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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1891
Page
12
Boston Post notes the Worcester gathering will stress a strict honest money policy. It argues free coinage of silver cannot pass but warns the current coinage act shifts the nation toward 80 cent silver dollars, urging condemnation of the law as pernicious.
The piece questions Mr. Lodge’s stance on a debate with Mr. Joan RusSELL, suggesting he dodges confrontation and prefers backing Candidate ALLEN. It recalls Lopez’s earlier claim to debate “on any stump on any subject” and asks if his current position shows bluffing or strategic delay.
The St Louis Republic checked a tin medal bearing McKinley’s image and found no tin at all. Chemists report the medal is made of wrought iron with tin and lead alloy and no steel in the composition. The plates claim to be Ohio steel and California tin, but the alloy is lead heavy and inferior.
The analysis notes strong anti foreign sentiment in China and the risk of provoking unrest. It argues that missionary zeal sometimes provokes hostility, suggesting restraint may be wiser. The British Customs chief supports patient, judicious handling, and Lord Sainsbury favors delaying strong action for now.
The article criticizes hawkish voices urging naval buildup to intimidate Pekin while praising the government for adhering to a cautious policy despite calls from Jingoes for forceful action and more ships.
A Boston editorials panel criticizes Candidate ALLEN for vague rhetoric in Norwood and Dedham. The piece argues there is no school question in state politics, warns against letting schools become political, and urges voters to focus on school system improvement rather than party manipulation.
The Times-Democrat warns that Louisiana faces rising illiteracy as the current school system fails to educate new voters. It cites 1880 and 1888 figures showing a growing number of illiterate voters, especially whites, and predicts about 25,000 more illiterate voters by 1904 06. It argues public funding shortfalls deprive 85,000 children of schooling, leaving the state ill prepared for future elections.
The passage argues the lottery debauches public conscience and that self-interest or higher motives should push abandonment. It expresses hope the Times- Democrat appeal for more school funds will be heeded.
English political scene heats as Gladstone campaigns in Newcastle amid lingering uncertainty about election timing. Harcourt opened in Cambridge. Salisbury remains largely out of the public eye. Analysts note Liberal appeal while Conservative gains in late polls appear fragile, with Manchester by election seen as a key gauge of Liberal strength before the general election.
The 1891 trotting season closes with Allerton Nancy Hanks Nelson Sunol and Palo Alto eyeing Maud S 2 08 5 as the new target. Allerton defeats Nelson and Nancy Hanks on a kite track while Nelson’s 2 10 on a regulation track is noted. Breeding lines and drivers are compared, with Palo Alto and Nelson leading in size and disposition. All five horses show high intelligence and notable temperaments.
The note compares horses bred in Maine Sunol and Palo Alto bred in California to show how trotter breeding has become more scientific. It highlights that standout horses Nelson and Palo Alto come from lines that were unfashionable less than five years ago, illustrating rapid shifts in breeding trends.
The week opened with eager stock buying but a shock came with the failure of S V Waitt & Co. Deacon Wire’s downfall shocks bulls as rumors swirl about Gouup and his family. Missouri Pacific rumors and funding schemes unsettle markets while Union Pacific bonds and creditor tensions loom. Prices swing, confidence wavers, and truth remains elusive amid feverish speculation.
Miss ApA Kenan is described as the first and only piece written for the stage. Eva Hamilton now joins a burlesque company in a cheap New York theatre. Commissioner Raum may leave, a standing rumor of the administration.
A collage of brief items and quips from newspapers and magazines. Mentions manager Locke’s arrest, a color called gunpowder blue, social gossip, and a string of odds and ends about actors, poets, and explorers. Notable notes include Troy relics in Berlin, Major Von Wissmann’s railway plan to Lake Victoria, Canada geologic funding, and a Paris Wagner-Sardou revival. A Los Angeles tale covers a 15 year old arsonist. Ends with poems and a Harvard birthday tribute to Tennyson.
In Pittsburg the McKinley tariff hike is blamed for a wage struggle. Window Glass Workers, led by economists like Jim Campbell, argued for higher pay after the McKinley act raised glass tariffs. The workers returned to the same wages after strikes failed to win increases.
The passage extols a durable Republican figure whose appeal endures from 1876 to 1891. It suggests that even amid national defeats and global scandal, the appeal of this figure remains powerful, described as magical and inspiring renewed enthusiasm among rally attendees.
The American Association of Railway Clerks adopted a platform opposing strikes and refusing affiliation with any order countenancing them, signaling no progress in labor fields.
In Boston, debate on a Boyle O Reilly memorial favors sculptor F Edwin Elwell. The Concord-born artist trained in Paris and is noted for works from Edam to Aqua Viva and a Yale bas relief. His stature, busts, and upcoming Dickens pieces mark him as a leading modern sculptor.
The Grant Monument Association of Chicago invites General Butterfield and the Society of the Army of the Potomac to attend the Lincoln Park unveiling on October 7. The Princess Ludwig of Bavaria recently gave birth to her thirteenth child, daughter of Duke Ferdinand of Modena and an Archduchess of Austria, born in 1849 and married in 1861. Rider Haggard’s brother Captain Andrew Haggard of the King's Own Scottish Borderers is leaving the service after eighteen years, earning honors in Egypt and the Soudan with the Egyptian iron medal, clasp, and Khedival bronze star. Mr. and Mrs. Augustin Daly and Miss Ada Rehan visited Tennessee last week to hear a comedy read by the poet laureate. Daly bought the play and plans a New York production this winter. Mr. C. S. Copeland takes charge of a large Shakspere class at the Boston YM C A and will write a critical sketch of Miss Annie Clarke for a forthcoming American actors volume.
To the Editor of the Post Sir Mr Herbert Spencer rejects American copyright arguing the law imposes a double manufacture cost but the writer contends the extra expense is minor and tolerable. He suggests printing master plates in America while duplicating in England to cover both markets. Boston printers F H Gilson Company.
The October magazines feature J B Thayer on Indians in A People Without Law and Emily Dickinson notes with Higginson. Scribner’s and October Popular Science offer literary criticism, travel sketches, and scientific pieces, including Wright census lessons and the higher senses. Holmes’s poem on Lowell and Randoph essays share space with Hayti studies, the Wrecker serial, and other period pieces.
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