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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1886
Page
4
A Boston voice reflects on Thomas Colley Grattan's Civilized America, its foreign scrutiny, and the Civil War era. The column visits John Milton and Pilgrim founder themes, praises J Henry Stickney and Enoch Pratt, and muses on tavern life and waiter gratuities across Boston and Baltimore.
Boston announces the launch of American Art, a quarterly magazine blending fine arts with crafts and industry. Backed by experienced editors William M. Thayer and Frank T. Robinson, with Lyman H. Weeks as editor, the publication will feature diverse contributors from across the country and Japan. The first issue promises extensive illustrations, etchings, and headpieces, highlighting modern art movements and industrial handicraft. The project already secures wide encouragement from state to international art circles.
A collage of satirical notices and brief curiosities from American newspapers. Topics include candidacy chatter in Kansas, a Darien voyage, Seabird’s new magazine, Pineapple jokes about rye and music, wormy weather forecasts, a Slawson postmaster demand, Mrs. Ada Sweet’s Europe rumor, poultry weight quips, Sadie Martinez in Cuba, Boston undertakers forming an association, and Tennessee’s Taylor brothers amid campaign opera.
Post Publishing Co offers daily and weekly subscriptions for Milk Nebraska near Washington Street. Daily rates include one year 89 dollars, six months 4.50, three months 2.25, and one month 0.50. Weekly issues released Fridays listed at 1.50 per year. All money sent at sender’s risk. Checks payable to Post Publishing Co.
The note states where to find the Financial and Commercial Departments on pages six and seven, and the Ship News on page three. It directs readers to locate sections by page number within the newspaper.
With a steady breeze from Newport the Saturday morning races promise clear results in the centreboards versus cutters controversy. Each class features top boats, and unless the wind again drifts, something decisive should emerge from the contest.
The Chicago anti saloon committee chair vows to press a platform plank to destroy or cripple the liquor trade. Prohibitionists claim long running grievances and mock the effort as political stunt. In Massachusetts a Prohibition convention shows 49 delegates, while 287 Republicans attended Chicago.
The article notes J Rollin M Squire plans a series of public lectures on New York politics, suggesting his ex commissioner temperament may incline him to satire in prose. It also endorses Sheriff OBrien for re election, praises John M Clarks service, and discusses Irish land bill prospects and Diaz on arrestsures.
The spoils journals emphasize a resolution from the California Democratic convention calling for removing every Republican in office by appointment except those under civil service reform. The piece argues the convention may have meant civil service rules, which would apply to many Republicans, and that removal could be read narrowly.
The article notes Nathan Appleton as a capable ally of M de Lesseps and his cautious yet hopeful Panama canal report. Appleton, while not predicting 1889 completion, argues philosophy allows some delay and highlights progress on the Chagres River, expected annual income of 80 million dollars once opened, and manageable labor mortality amid recent setbacks.
The Bulgarian situation grows more critical as Sobranje denounces the kidnapping of Prince Alexander and vows court martial for involved officers. Russia’s vast influence on the Balkans is central, with Edward Freeman warning that great power jealousy dampens national aspirations in Bulgaria and eastern Europe.
In a critique of Republican and Democratic political resolutions, the piece notes the Republicans draft long dreary records while promising future action, drawing on Junius and invective. It urges Senator Dunbar to refresh GOP rhetoric and avoid dull forms.
George Gould plans to wait until the press forgets his marriage to Miss Kingdon before starting the wedding journey. He deems the celebrity glare unsuitable for a honeymoon and notes the practice of a pell-mell trip may be fading. The couple may decide not to call it a twedding tour.
The New York Sun lists foreign and American examples of actresses who married into wealth or power, noting some unions lasting and others fraught, while arguing the stage remains a reputable profession with many eligible women and few reliable judgments on suitability.
A brother of the famous novelist Henry James is identified as an alderman in Eau Claire Wisconsin, a city labeled the lumber metropolis of the world. The note ties local civic leadership to a literary family.
A genuine American writer writes to Alfred Lord Tennyson using the formal address A L Tennyson Esq without a middle name. The remark ties the modern novel's relation to the lumber business to the peculiarities of American postal and social etiquette.
The NY Star runs a sea serpent photo linked to Colonel Stockwell with oversized eyes while the Transcript notes Mrs Gould, née Kingdon, refusing alias in acting. The piece questions whether stage names differ from pen names and why theatre nom de plume isn’t treated as real names.
A report claims the President amuses himself with cribbage during vacation rain days. The assertion is doubtful and the text notes the only game played by statesmen is poker. If the President shuns poker, opponents will view it as a significant political hurdle comparable to pension vetoes.
A New York theatre features a stunt where an actor leaps thirty feet from a prison turret into an imagined sea and lands on a rubber sheet. Accidents have occurred as this stunt risks life and limb, prompting potential authorities to halt the dangerous spectacle.
The article surveys Houdon sculptures of Franklin and Jefferson in Paris and details the Napoleonic monument at Fixin near Dijon, created by Grenadier guardsman and Dijon sculptor Von Rude. It recalls Huntington’s Franklin portrait collection, Shaw’s famous full length by Hunt, and notes a Paris provincial museum housing Jefferson’s terra cotta bust and Hunt’s modest payment for Shaw.
General J B Kinsman a judge of the international tribunal at Alexandria Egypt arrived in Boston Thursday and yesterday went to Newport aboard General Butler s yacht indicating continued high level diplomatic movements and social engagements observed on the eastern seaboard.
Mr. Ross Turner returns to Boston and takes a Studio Building studio while Scott Leighton resumes work in his. Tomasso Juglaris to have a Pratt building Bromfield street studio. E H Garrett sails for Europe for a year or more. Louis K Harlow reoccupies Beacon street studio. F Childe Hassam to sail to Europe likely Paris residence. American Art magazine offices in Studio building. St Leonards paintings and fine furniture to be auctioned. Emile Renouf expected in US to paint portraits. works include A Helping Hand and Repairing a Boat. William Howe Downes returns to Boston early October after summer at Woodmont. Sidney Dickinson at Provincetown for art lectures with new topics.
John Walter and George McPherson, minors, faced District Court in Cambridge for stealing a tent a boat and two sails. McPherson and Walker were sent to the Massachusetts reform school at Concord. Brown pleaded guilty to stealing a boat and awaits sentence on the 24th. Citizens Trade Association holds its monthly meeting at Knights of Honor Hall East Boston on Monday evening.
A collection of brief public opinions and editorial snippets from leading papers. Items discuss Ireland’s parliament, Democratic ascendancy, Republican distinctiveness, stage merit, protectionist factions, civil service reform, Dawes’s Indian policy, public-interest driven governance, and railway system consolidation as a national trend.
The Country Club considers buying Clyde Park quarters for 100000 with a 40 dollar annual member fee or acquiring the Faulkner estate at Brookline for 150000 with a 50 dollar yearly fee. Circulars were sent to members seeking votes. results are not yet known. Next week stewards set the fall racing program noting no steeplechase races and allowing professional riders. Prizes will be large to ensure an engaging race series.
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