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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1886
Page
4
The State board of arbitration shows a determined disposition to get down to business at the State House. Printed forms of applications for service are available to employers or employees, and the board waits to be asked, as if the waiting maiden.
The navy plans three new cruisers likely to be among the fastest in their class. The Charleston will mirror two Japanese vessels and reach eighteen knots or more, the Baltimore based on a Spanish plan may hit nineteen knots, and the Nowak from naval designs should reach eighteen knots. The piece argues for speed over national exclusivity, urging fast ships regardless of origin.
It is hoped Congressman Lovering has no part in using navy yard patronage for politics. He would lose strength, not gain it, by mirroring Blaine-Republican tactics from two years ago in the Sixth. His zealous friends should reflect that those methods brought defeat, not victory.
Sunday gathering in an Indiana town drew sympathizers of Chicago murderers. Parsons wife delivered a defiant address praising the condemned, urging echo of “crash of seven scaffold traps” and vowing persecution would be rewarded, while police viewed the threat as contemptible.
The piece argues Prince Alexander may resign the Bulgarian throne amid Russian hostility. It notes his earlier anti Russian stance and the risk to Bulgaria’s independence. It questions his recent return to Sofia and suggests his actions may have accelerated Russia’s influence and jeopardized Bulgaria’s welfare.
The passage questions why the Prince returned to Bulgaria amid looming danger and why he did not exhaust options to support his throne. It argues that his retreat to safety may worsen the crisis, challenging his past reputation for sagacity and courage. It examines personal motives versus public duty in a grave moment.
The article denounces Blaine for reviving the bloody shirt argument and stoking sectional rancor during Reconstruction. It argues his pursuit of personal advancement harmed national healing and warns that his protectionist policy and senility threaten his political career. It then shifts to a separate report from Tiree on land clashes with crofters resisting eviction, detailing armed islanders, potential resistance to authorities, and calls for land reform.
The article argues that the new British government faces crofter distress in Scotland and church tensions in Wales, with Ireland’s unrest cited as a warning. It notes constitutional agitation led by Dr G B Clark, the displacement of crofters by landlords for pasture, and the rise of deer forests worsening misery across Scotland. Argyllshire shows sharp depopulation, Tiree’s decline, and uneven rental burdens among a few landlords versus many tenants.
A New York society scandal centers on Victoria Morosini who married her father's coachman Ernest Schelling and vanished with him. The pair's courtship and class tension are detailed as the husband, a Sixth Avenue conductor, seeks to recover honor while Victoria reportedly heads to Canada with nuns. The tale highlights social polarity and moral judgments.
A Boston morning scene shows 8000 to 10000 workingmen parading on Beacon Street in a holiday display from various trades. The crowd, sober and orderly, contrasts with earlier New York demonstrations, bearing mostly peaceful American motifs and the Declaration of Independence references, with no large socialist banners. General Walker is praised for his leadership and ties to the Technological Institute, while Amos Learned’s reminiscences recall Boston’s printing history and old city figures. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is noted at Nahant, and a Governor’s reception tale closes with humorous frontier banter.
A London Saturday Review critique argues William D. Howells brutalizes the English aristocracy through his Harper’s Magazine essay on General Badeau’s Aristocracy in England. It contends his demolition reflects bias, misreads history, and harms the nation’s self-respect by portraying the aristocracy as wholly corrupt and unworthy.
A fragment suggests Victoria, sheltered by parents, seeks alliance with a man she weds under watchful eyes. She tires of him and contemplates a foolish solution born from weariness. It hints at tensions between strict upbringing and social class in old American society.
In last Wednesday's issue an item on municipal indebtedness discusses Governor Banks 1858 figures appended to his message. It explains the difference between the city’s total consolidated funded debt of 1 19077 and the Governor's gross debt figure 9 168 04 7, noting both statements are correct and quoting Banks’ courtesy closing to city and town clerks.
A London audience and French journals laud Mr Daly and his troupe as leaders of light comedy and American dramatic art. The review notes the company’s triumph but laments the lack of better plays for his brilliant actors.
In a local pageant yesterday the Carpenters Union joined the procession and carried an old saw as a float prop. The crowd noted the unit might have carried a chestnut banner if present, signaling strong union turnout.
Republican figures show cautious interest in prohibitory logic but resist broad bans. Some argue against sweeping anti saloon conference measures, keeping limits on social reform proposals under debate.
Philadelphia servants push into Knights of Labor assemblies as labor action prompts cautious reaction. The scene questions impact on domestic work and what Powderly would make of it.
The men who signed the petition to Henry George to run for mayor must decide how to vote as the act shifts from signing to backing a campaign. The difference between signing a petition and acting on it becomes apparent as voters prepare to cast ballots.
A fragmented editorial roundup cites calls for inflation and criticizes anti inflation stances. It notes senators Frye and Blaine in a dispute over remarks and urges parties to back robust monetary expansion to meet rising population needs.
The Waltham aldermen heard a majority report from the committee investigating fuel and furnace contract awards, condemning the commissioners' methods but not their motives. A minority report defended the commissioners. The group tabled both reports for printing. A proposal for a brick engine house on Lexington Street and an $8000 highway appropriation were noted, with a seven member committee named to study drains and sewers.
Orthodox Sunday School Superintendents Union met at Pilgrim Hall with 101 of 164 members present. Five new members joined and sympathy resolutions were sent to two members critically ill. Discussion favored the view that vacation harms Sunday school work. October meeting will address the relation of the Christian Endeavor movement to the Sunday school.
A pretty ceremony was held at Third Universalist Church North Cambridge uniting Mr. Christopher D Jefferson of Philadelphia and Miss Carrie D Schroeder of West Somerville. Rev C W Biddle officiated before about seventy five guests. After a wedding tour to Long Branch the couple will reside in Philadelphia. A female infant's body was found yesterday morning in a vacant lot at Dorchester avenue and Mather street.
The fifth annual convention of the Stationary Engineers National Association opens this evening. The aim is to expand theoretical and practical steam engineering knowledge through libraries laboratories and models. Delegates enjoy a Quincy House reception a Lawrence Mills visit and a Plymouth excursion.
The twelfth Country Week by the Boston Young Men's Christian Union closes with 2430 needy children and some mothers enjoying country vacations. Harvard Sunday School Brookline Emmanuel Church and others contributed, including Hull yachting parties and garments from nine little girls and Concord's Young Ladies' Aid Society.
A new primary schoolhouse behind Prescott grammar school in Charlestown district was occupied yesterday for the first time. Wood two story Queen Anne building cost about 15000 dollars, measures 64 by 36 feet, and features fire escape. It contains four recitation rooms, two on each floor, with high ceilings and six windows per room. Basement playrooms separate for boys and girls.
Cambridge man F L Roberts, 45, clerk at National Fast Freight Despatch Co in Boston, vanished after leaving for work a week ago Thursday. His wife fears overwork or a mental lapse. colleagues report orderly accounts. He is a married father of three, member of Charles Beck Post No 56 G A R, formerly its adjutant.
A collage of satirical quips about politics and society. Mentions Pennsylvania Republicans Wolfe the Prohibition candidate, General Guitar Missouri, labor day jokes, earthquakes, and a parade of humorous brief items from Punch and various papers. Includes a playful note on Dickensian chestnut bells and a Punch theatre remark.
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