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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1887
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates for the Boston Post including daily one year nine dollars, six months four fifty, three months two twenty five, one month five cents and weekly Friday issues one year one dollar. It notes payments sent at sender’s risk and directs checks to Post Publishing Company with office addresses in New York and Washington and names Ernest F. Bruinecham as manager.
On September 20 1887 Henry Groves outlined a political platform linking monopolies to government control with a push for government telegraphs and railroads. The Telegraphers Association urged telegraphers to support candidates favoring land tax, citing a supposed union of measures and labor aims.
A Philadelphia gathering of governors and officials sparked chatter that New York Governor Hill plans to withdraw from the Democratic nomination race next year The motive cited is fear of a Republican Free Grant bid and the desire to preserve New York for Hill’s party Governor Hunt’s withdrawal is also noted as likely to keep his supporters satisfied while keeping New York in play
The first shipment of rails for the Red River Valley road in Manitoba is due in Winnipeg today. Premier Norquay has been in New York seeking $1,000,000 to cover the seventy mile line, facing resistance from the Canadian Pacific railroad backed by the Dominion government. Provincial hopes rely on securing the province’s security as talks continue amid past injunctions and obstructions. The roadbed has reached the US border after substantial work despite threats.
The World argues that Massachusetts Democrats won support by appealing to voters and criticizes the push to replace experienced federal workers with allies of party bosses. It contends the era of spoils is ending and warns others not to campaign on spoils.
A terse statement argues that abandoning a policy or plan sooner benefits the involved parties. It frames urgency and self interest as decisive factors guiding action and outcome.
A Massachusetts Democratic subcommittee known as the smelling committee issues a report alleging many federal officeholders are partisan. The piece criticizes the report as inaccurate and harmful, urging the party to uphold civil service reform and ignore the spoils claim.
Cablegrams announce the sale of the Oriental railways by Baron Hurscn to the Ottoman Bank syndicate in principle, yet terms depend on resolving a dispute between the baron and the Porte. The reference likely concerns the Delta railroads and Ismail Pasha's creditors, needing Sultan approval.
The article discusses the rising public interest in the international yacht contests and debates whether the Thistle may unite American and English design strengths. It highlights Burgess's Pappoose influence, centerboard versus keel tradeoffs, and expectations of American skill shaping future cup outcomes. It also reviews Thackeray letters and Scribner's Magazine publications praising literary biographers and Miss Perry contributions.
Cablegrams describe Egyptian railroads with the word Oriental which outsiders alone would use for anything Egyptian. The phrasing adds weight to the presentation of Egypt’s transport lines and finances in the dispatches.
The publication of the Thackeray letters in Scribner's Magazine gains importance in English literature as readers see them as a welcome extension of his works. The letters reveal Thackeray as both man and author, suggesting he could have offered more if not for a fatal illness in his later years.
A respected Boston resident lauds last Thursday's Post for publishing articles on the political status a century past. He says the sketches will aid the rising generation by exposing the trials of their patriotic forefathers and the birth of popular government. He has charged his son to read and preserve the sketches for future reference.
A speaker argues that success stems from selecting the most important task amid competing demands and pursuing it with diligence. Emphasizes cultivating proportion to judge the value of people, ideas, and events.
In a letter to the editor, the author rebuts claims that Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was ignored or poorly regarded until after his death. He cites contemporary critics and a Nashville meeting with Robert Dale Owen as evidence that the speech was widely valued from the outset and would be remembered as a classic.
The two volume memoir by James Elliot Cabot centers on Ralph Waldo Emerson as a person and theologian rather than a literary critic. It frames his clerical beginnings, spiritual discipline, and individuality while noting gaps in his formal learning and literary method.
A Boston writer muses on urban bustle after a hot July and compares energy in the North and South. He recalls a hunter artist, forest walks, autumn frost, and the value of second hand bookstores with aged inscriptions from Simon Willard and Patience Hatherley.
A collage of notes surveys governors term rumors, sea stories, quirks from New York to Philadelphia, and odd tales. It mentions a Mexican widow seeking a husband, electric bitters, California trout, church bells in Messilla, and Salvation Army leader Harry Leroy turning waiter. The New York Tribune opinion on parties and a quip about John Quincy Adams in the railway mail service close the column.
A critique arguing realism in art and literature is a means not an end. It warns Zola's brutal realism harms culture while praising selective, vivid portrayal of heroism and pathos. The essay notes two sides of realism and predicts its demise for realism's sake when overemphasized.
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