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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1887
Page
4
The notice lists prices for daily and weekly print subscriptions: daily options include one year nine dollars six months four fifty three months two twenty five and one month seven hundred fifty. Weekly editions issued Fridays show a one year rate of eighty one. The piece notes entry as second class matter.
A Monday note from September 26 1887 reports the Orleanist princes preparing for a possible departure amid cabinet disunity. President Grievy is positioned to decide, with commentators urging restraint as the princes remain nonthreatening when ignored.
Rumors speak of better Franco German understanding as Count Von Munster returns to Paris with a pacific note from Prince BISMARCK. The arrest of 15 year old SCHNABELE remains to be weighed, but officials see it as a minor factor in a broader lull in covert Rhine border hostilities.
The Asiatic cholera has crossed the Atlantic aboard the steamship Alesia arriving from Naples in New York on Thursday. Experts warn strict quarantine and rigorous sanitation are essential to prevent spread as cooler weather reduces immediate risk but latent danger remains if shore contact occurs. The European epidemic has been less virulent this time, but vigilance is urged nationwide.
The article condemns Chamberlain for shifting toward coercion and endorsing harsher measures while criticizing the Mitchelstown police action. It also reports on emigration abuses at Castle Garden, noting White Star’s immigrant agent calling charges blood money and the Adriatic’s stranded steerage passengers overnight.
The text argues the commissioners refused to embarrass White Star agents, portraying the act as contemptible and evidence of the current board's unfitness for its duties.
In Georgia the GLENN bill faces a Senate substitute enforcing segregated schooling with penalties for violators. The piece notes opposition in the Senate, public protests in Ohio and Kansas, and parallels to Britain with civil liberty concerns. It cites Fort Scott and Yellow Springs school conflicts and discusses Balfour and O Brien trials and the broader anti liberty stance.
A Danish professor in a fairy tale misplaces his fortune shoes after praising old days. The tale contrasts nostalgia with mischance as he departs inappropriately wearing the wrong footwear, leading to a fable about luck and consequence.
The New York World details a staff member’s informal inquiry into Anarchists in the city. He drinks beer with a boisterous crowd, meets a knowledgeable adherent, and relays a six-point program including class rule destruction and free social accords, noting the danger implied by their desperation.
A veteran reflects on crossing Beresina and enduring cold as English travelers endure damp weather and social events. He argues that hardy constitutions allow older men to resist pneumonia, while others should reconsider a Europe visit when senses wane. The piece likens travel to a final cordial after a banquet, offering a momentary lift to aged intellects amid rich literary references.
The Atlantic Monthly readers will welcome Dr. Holmes’s Hundred Days in Europe and the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table’s autobiography style. The review notes travel vignettes with clever humor, reflections on Goldsmith and Johnson, and a respectful but lively portrait of London sites and literary memories.
A Boston correspondent recalls the city’s language gaps at international events and notes English speech flaws. He also describes a bachelor friend who buys a year’s wardrobe in bulk and invented morning routines with pulleys and oil skin gear to avoid shopping and dressing hassles.
A foreign correspondent cables that Queen Victoria breakfasts on porridge at Balmoral served in blue and white china basins to all guests with no individual choices. The report suggests the disclosure could provoke a sensation among republicans.
A man in a tavern narrative describes rounds of a hot tub, a sudden pull, and a flood of water cascading over his head and shoulders. He humorously notes not pursuing the toilet mysteries further, joking about clothes dropping in like fire engine harnesses.
The Beacon reports on various figures including Rev Sam Small and family headed to Washington to influence Congress, Horace Allen aged 88 arriving in Albany after a 675 mile trek on foot with a wheelbarrow, and Dr Heber Newton resuming duties at All Souls' Church. It also notes Senator Ransom of North Carolina as Adonis of the Senate, E H House returning from Japan, Count Mitkiewicz’s odd appearance, and B H Warder’s Washington mansion costing over 400000 with rare marbles. Emperor Francis Joseph is described as Europe’s wealthiest ruler with several royal titles and about 2 million yearly from the treasury.
The Journal notes curiosity over Cleveland yielding to Worcester convention pressure led by a “smelling committee” and predicts two disappointments. It suggests Massachusetts will back Cleveland unanimously at the national convention, asserting he “has the bait.”
New York farmers resist tax ideas as George and McGlynn push land taxation while Governor Hill rallies crowds for personal property taxes. Senators Evarts Hiscock and Sherman urge GOP protection as the cure. Hill attracts the largest audiences. farmers stand firm.
A Chicago News (Ind.) editorial condemns public office work as demoralizing to workers and the public, urges honest voters from both parties to note officials engaging in pernicious activity, and recommends keeping them out of public life.
The Democratic Party is urged to call an extra Congressional session under a Democratic president to cut taxes. The piece notes ten years of resolutions against a surplus and emphasizes action over words.
The Philadelphia Times notes that New Jersey and Massachusetts show similar results, with most federal officers remaining Republican despite claims of a clean sweep. It criticizes Republican organs for bald lies and urges exposing the truth rather than blaming the smelling committees.
The New York Sun argues a tax on imported labor as a remedy to immigration, proposing exclusion of known paupers and criminals, and favoring admission for Anarchists or Nihilists if they pledge allegiance to the Constitution. It suggests treating imported labor like other commodities with a restrictive but not prohibitive tax.
The Atlanta Constitution notes there can be no lasting peace without firm ties with southern neighbors and warns European aggression will force the United States to rely on military action. The columnist predicts ongoing conflict and a need for soldiers in the near future.
The American consul in Paso del Norte confronted the Federal Court judge over missing a meeting about stolen articles. Accompanied by an interpreter, he insulted the judge in his home, provoking the judge to eject him by force as his wife pleaded for calm.
A collection of brief observations and quips from various places. Notes on taxes, fashion, mining, churches, Mormon settlements, and a Portland Alpine Club. Jokes about hats, painting, and a Paris barber. Mentions Montreal aldermen, Canadian colonization, and a weather prophet.
The sixteenth exhibition opens Tuesday at 2 pm in Grand Hall Exposition building Huntington avenue. President Newton Talbot will preside and speakers include Governor Ames Mayor O'Brien General Francis A Walker Mrs Mary A Livermore General N P Banks and Tufts President Capen. Baldwin's Boston Cadet Band provides music.
John Dyer a Millville bartender was arrested on a charge of causing the death of John Garvey who died days after being thrown from a saloon where Dyer worked Dyer arraigned at Uxbridge and held for trial. Lew Vanderpoele released from Queens county jail after obtaining money under false pretences. Ex Senator Samuel Snow of Hyannis broke a leg falling in Seattle. Edmund Robbins of Springfield suicide three weeks after a marriage his mother disliked his bride. Eugene Finn of Holyoke held for stabbing Michael Wallace and Patrick Shea. Sixth Regiment held fall drill at South Framingham with 577 total officers and men reported for duty.
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