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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1889
Page
4
The notice indicates the Financial Department appears on page six, the Commercial Department on pages six and seven, and the Ship News on page three for the issue.
The Indianapolis Journal quotes President Harrisson declaring Harvard College is a poor place to keep American boys out of. The Journal grieves that Harvard's roster of American boys is currently larger than ever before.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat notes the tariff barrier removals against South American products may help reach new markets. It questions whether the Home Market Club has recognized the broader concern for markets we seek and whether officials have noticed growing interest.
The Charity Club proposes a new charitable surgical hospital for women in this city. A house is selected and Dr Ernest W Cushing, a gynecology specialist, has offered his services as surgeon. The plan aims to provide needed care and broad community benefits.
Detroit art buyers cheered as Mr James E. Scripps acquired a genuine Rubens at M Secretan's sale. A Detroit customs inspector challenged a suspected modern canvas and stretcher, but Assistant Secretary Tichenor defended the Rubens, arguing an old master remains venerable even with a modern patchwork and frame.
Federal figures attend FORAKER events in Ohio with Joan R. Lynch and Chief Inspector Rathbone among speakers. Virginia seats more federal officers than before with the President’s private secretary at Fortress Monroe recuperating, highlighting strong federal involvement in state campaigns.
Henry Lea of Philadelphia joins Augustus Russ in deserting the Republican party over perceived lapses from reform ideals. Lea, a civil service reformer, accuses the party of opportunism under Harrison and seeks honest Republicans to join his revolt. He contrasts his stance with past criticisms of President Cleveland.
An article notes the intelligence of the Republican party deserting that organization, signaling fractures within party leadership and shifting loyalties among key figures and factions.
The Massachusetts canvass pits reforming Democrats against evasive Republicans. The piece notes that Democrats nominate Rus sell for Governor and Dr. William Everett for Senate, with Thayer Swift Lowpon Wheelwright Stratton among House candidates, signaling higher reform aims and intensified public debate amid a shift in public opinion toward the Democrats.
The International Marine Conference in Washington faces heavy work amid nearly ninety proposed amendments. Key issues include fog signals night lights and speed in fog or snow. Experts debate simple yet effective systems and potential changes to position and intensity of night lights, with glycerine lens considered for practicality.
The conference votes to classify ships as sailing or other vessels to clarify responsibility in collisions. It marks difficulty in defining moderate speed in fog or snow, noting current rules may set different speeds for steamships like the Etruria. Some members even suggest discarding the speed rule, which alarms cautious navigators and the public.
Western farmers at the Interstate Wheat Growers convention in St Louis press tariff reform and reciprocity with foreign nations to lift duties on farm products and lower costs for farming supplies. They vow to prioritize farming interests over party loyalty while urging Congress and the President to repeal duties on farming implements and raw materials.
The Transcript notes Henry James translates a fresh Daupet novel to illustrate modern story writing for American readers. It questions whether Daupet’s humorous sketches aim to reveal true literary art or mere satire, and ponders a comparison with Harpers’ The Woodlanders as a measure of the modern novel.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes the Washington Memorial Arch Fund should grow faster after eight months since plans were first proposed, urging quicker contributions and support for the project.
It seems settled that the Brotherhood of baseball players will secede from the League and Boston will have two teams next year. This will maintain great interest in the game, but the question remains whether there are enough enthusiasts to sustain both teams.
Ipsen has had a hearing in this city early in the season suggesting Ipsen clubs should be formed before winter ends. The remark is noted as a provocative suggestion in the sporting community.
A writer is considered respectfully without creating a fanatical following. Critics note balance between acclaim and avoiding cult status, emphasizing enduring literary merit over trendiness.
The Globe presents Ibsen's play to a receptive audience. Critics praise Beatrice Cameron's Nora yet fault the ending and Ibsen's didactic ambitions. The reviewer notes Nora's dollhouse world, Krogstad's loan, and Torvald's remorse, while comparing Ibsen to French dramatists and praising the translation.
Arthur Weld reviews a Meionaon performance headlined as Grand Concert with Lillian Chandler violin, Fay Davis reader, Dela Prescott-Holbrook piano, and Ruggles Street Quartet. Chandler excels in Sarasate Spanish Dance. Davis charms the audience with readings. Brook’s piano overpowers. Quartet sings well but includes Helmut’s Margarita badly arranged, lacking taste.
Admiral Porter improves after returning to Washington while Vice-President Morton plans a permanent Washington residence. Olive Schreiner to publish this winter. Queen Victoria funds another Osborne theatre season and Kyrie Bellew to support Grace Hawthorne in Theodora.
A private donor has given 10000 to the Hommopathic Medical Dispensary treasurer Dr J Wilkinson Clapp for a new building. The note promises further support if local friends raise substantial funds. The project aims to aid 200000 patients, support families, host a maternity hospital and expand medical training and community relief.
The Pan Americans yesterday were hosted in Kansas City where each received a silver medal honoring their visit to the smelting works. After attending a theatre performance they departed for Springfield.
In Boston the writer laments ongoing street excavations that disrupt daily life and health. He notes noisy hammer blows, nightly trenches, and slow work, urging municipal action while praising Phillips Brooks and criticizing church politics and the pursuit of trivial fashions over culture.
A Philadelphia reader argues Republicans should withhold votes for the State ticket to rebuke President Harrison for supporting Quayism through party appointments in New York and Pennsylvania. He warns that continued allegiance risks party degradation and a 1892 defeat, urging peers to revolt by abstaining from the state vote.
The essay argues that elaborate gowns and sewing waste time and wealth. women should dress simply and avoid imitation fabrics. It condemns embroidered footwear and ostentation as nonessential, urging a shift from luxury toward health and beauty to allow cultivation and refinement.
A miscellany notes that a stingy man stays tight, a bird in hand vs bonnet value, a blossoming apple tree at Professor Campbell's in South River New Jersey, and a Marlboro New Hampshire couple aged ninety two and sixty eight. It also references humorous dialogue about a child named Master Dick, experiments on heated passenger coaches in Richmond, and a West remark about absent mindedness. Other items mention a man with three artificial eyes for different times of day, fashion changes after marriage, a South Sea travel relic jar from the Peruvian Inca tomb near Pisagua, and a Leipzig stamp exhibit showing life size figures of rulers. London Lord Mayors tied to grocery trades are listed.
Music Hall hosted a day long festival for Carney Hospital drawing about 10 000 visitors. Afternoon punch and Judy for children preceded a promenade concert by the Salem Cadet Orchestra. The 8 pm program featured the Weber Quartet Mrs Julia Dorgan Herrick John McCloskey James J Herrick and William H Milliken and tableaux by twelve Medford girls directed by Miss Nellie Dickinson.
George Westinghouse has purchased valuable copper mines in Washington camp Arizona. The ore will feed production at the Westinghouse Electric Company works and expand supply for the firm.
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