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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1887
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates and mailing details for the Boston Post Publication Company. Rates include ten dollars yearly, two dollars and twenty five cents for six months, and seventy five cents for one month. It notes Fridays issue, second class mailing, and payment details.
A London press review notes the Philadelphia celebration draws attention from English journals. Crystal Palace displays echo American festivities with pictures of Washington and President Cleveland. The piece argues the United States is now large enough to be remembered abroad.
The constitutional ban faces varied fate as Michigan rejected it in April, Texas refused in August, Tennessee set a Thursday to vote, and Oregon debates with a November ballot. Analysts note Oregon’s campaign may decide the fate if other states fail to pass it.
The Dublin Castle edict targets Irish districts angering nationalists. The British ministry led by Mr BAL four and allies uses Parliament powers to proscribe and disband the league. Observers warn such actions fuel Home Rule support rather than curb it.
Dr. McGuynn drew passionate defense from Methodist ministers at the Book Concern assembly room. A motion for unconditional endorsement broke up amid protests, later replaced by a compromise praising his “high duty” while opposing his land theory. The scene underscored his influential, controversial influence.
Two young graduates start a Neighborhood Guild in a new tenement offering five evenings a week of games crafts and dancing for ages 14 and up. The project emphasizes amusement with incidental instruction and direct mentoring, planning to expand by creating more small clubs rather than enlarging existing ones.
A reflection urges productive, sympathetic help for urban poor, arguing the greatest good comes from targeted assistance over large scale impersonal charity. It frames social aid as a duty to provide meaningful support to needy residents in cities.
The rumor threads a coalition among RANDALL men labor men and Republicans in the new Congress to replace Carlisle with the contestant Thorne. The piece notes no talk of speaker impropriety or Troor’s large alleged majority, and cites only a few voting irregularities and petty technicalities. The contest shifts from argument to numerical strength, though the suggested coalition is deemed unlikely.
The Worcester Democratic convention faltered, failing to embrace the bold reform stance of the prior year. It rejected a clear anti spoiled-issue position, endorsed Cleveland's course, and faced criticism for appeasing the spoils system and civil service compromises.
On the same day as a federal constitution anniversary in our country, Bulgarians observed a patriotic celebration. The report notes parallel national pride and official observances, highlighting the shared spirit across nations.
At a Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers gathering the repeal of the color blind law was lauded for reducing exams. The piece argues the Worsted test remains fair and practical, noting its use on the Pennsylvania and Reading railways and now in Alabama, with potential spread to Massachusetts.
The Fortnightly Review essay defines Realism as presenting objects as seen and felt, and Idealism as presenting objects as the mind imagines them. The author argues realism exposes ugliness and vice but lacks legitimacy, while beauty and virtue are equally real, noting revolutions test realism by focusing on vulgarity and pathology.
The author argues that 20th century art suffers from false idealism and false realism, neither acknowledging how nature and beauty must be selected and harmonized. He critiques philosophers and writers, noting a pendulum swing between idealization and mechanized imitation and warning against art copying the phonograph.
A New York production of As in a Looking Glass features Mrs Lanarry whose gowns dominate fashion commentary while acting draws mixed praise. Critics deem the play morbid yet acknowledge potential merit if used properly, contrasting with praised Shakespearean standards.
Credible testimony from Lt. Henn on the Galatea and residents of Nahant Clarendon Hills place a ball shaped fire event east-northeast of Highland Light. The British Crown crew and Captain Walker of the Cephalonia confirm a sea touchdown near half a mile from shore with a long fiery tail. The event, while clearly observed, leaves the catastrophe uncertain.
English publishers expect many new titles this season due to low paper costs. Critics warn this may threaten literary purity as publications multiply. Authors generally need no extra incentive, and only the best books should appear regardless of paper prices.
Mr. Talmage returns to his Brooklyn Tabernacle on a Sunday to the strains of Boulanger's March, listening with a secular smile. He may sense a shared sentiment with the admired figure of the French public.
A Chicago Herald opinion piece defends the public school as a distinctive American institution and argues that attacks on it cannot reflect the spirit of American citizenship. The editorial stresses the school system's central role in nation building and civic values.
A New York World Democratic note argues the temperance issue will test voting independence in the South where both races might show free ballots. It claims blacks have been courted mainly for federal offices and that national leaders abandoned them to fuel the bloody shirt in the North.
The essay argues that no single quality guarantees wealth or success in any field. It notes many succeed without discipline or integrity while others with these traits fail, and suggests success depends on an unclear, idiosyncratic mix of factors beyond easy attributes.
A detailed note on the October Atlantic Monthly contents covers Dr Holmes Hundred Days in Europe reflections on England and America elm trees, dinner party talk, and social observations. It also previews essays by Miss Hale, Mr Bynner, Percival Lowell, E H House, Theodore Child on Millet, and Crawford fiction, with notes on Helen Gray Cone poetry.
A theatrical, satirical Victorian tone runs through this clipped collage of verse and scattered notices. Sir Harry Lovelock’s ode blends bravado and fatalism while interleaving brief biographical notes on General Grant’s kin, the Duc d OrlÉans, Colonel D Grant, and traveler Frank Vincent Jr., signaling a miscellany of literary and public figures from the era.
Ex Senator Ferry of Michigan plans residence in Utah where he owns extensive holdings. Thomas Hughes will return East from Rugby soon but will not sail for England until next month. Miss Frances E. Willard will lead the national W C T U convention in Nashville November 16 to 21. Chancellor Sims of Syracuse University expects a fireproof new library to be ready in a year to house the Von Ranke collection with 150 000 volumes. The late Mrs. Anna Paul Hendricks of Madison Iowa was the wife of Iowa's first Governor who rode to Washington with him and sat by his side in Congress. Dr Douglas, weakened by devotion to General Grant, is ill and financially embattled, unlikely to resume practice.
All sorts: Wiggins predicts a great equinoctial storm that may miss Monday. Baseball nears end as snowball season looms. Thistle carries fourteen and a half feet of water yet may fail to seize the cup. Chemical analysis finds glue in ice cream, explaining why girls are “stuck” on it.
A reader deciphers the term Paddisway as Paduasoy a silk used for a wife’s gown and traces its etymology to padoue soie from Padua. The note then wanders through Thackeray lore, anecdotal encounters with readers and writers, and a miscellany of late 19th century observations on culture, society, temperance, and fashion, ending with a few literary tidbits from the era.
Fred Wheeler of New Ipswich N H sues the town for 5000 damages claiming his wife was injured by a defective highway. Charles Davis a grain dealer of South Berwick Me was killed when thrown from his carriage while returning home from Great Falls N H on Monday night. Burglars blew open the safe at the Boston Maine depot Farmington N H Monday night taking ten dollars and 2000 dollars worth of tickets.
A four panel cartoon sequence mocks Irish Home Rule era politics. Figures including Marquis London Derr y Gibson Salisbury and Balfour critique League and proceedings. Satirical captions threaten Home Rule clashes and cell blocks in a wry political lampoon.
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