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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1891
Page
4
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At 7 45 PM Devanelly and Girard present Natural Gas a feature program at the Grand Orrra House on Washington Street with showtime listed.
The Doston Post states the Worcester convention will affirm the Democratic call for honest money. It argues free silver cannot become law, but criticizes the current coinage act moving toward 50 cent silver dollars as pernicious. A report on party records in currency policy is noted in today’s Washington despatches.
The piece questions Mr Lopez's stance on a campaign debate with Joan E. Russell. It accuses Lopez of fearing to face opponents and suggests his chosen role near Candidate Allen. It recalls his prior boast of meeting Democrats on any stump platform or subject.
The St Louis Republic found an alleged American Tin medal linked to McKinley to be forged. Analysts report no steel present, the plate is wrought iron with low grade tin alloy coating containing lead, debunking claims of a genuine tin medal from Ohio.
The piece notes strong anti foreign sentiment in China and argues missionaries often provoke reactions with aggressive zeal. It reports the British Customs head’s view that Chinese are receptive to sensible policy and that Lord Liébung favors delaying firm measures for now.
The article argues that government leaders should pursue a cautious approach, ignoring Jingoes demanding greater naval power and a show of force to intimidate authorities in Pekin. The stance emphasizes restraint over confrontation in foreign policy.
The piece urges Candidate ALLEN to hire a capable writer and to supply a list of relevant tissues with syllabi to keep speeches within proper limits. It argues there is no school question in state politics and condemns bringing schools into politics, noting past election disturbances and urging vigilance over school control by citizens of both parties.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat warns of rising illiteracy in Louisiana as new voters in 1880s and 1890s cannot read or write. It cites 1880 and 1888 figures showing white and Black illiterate voters, blames state schooling failures, notes 85 000 children in public schools and 265 000 shut out by funds, and warns of illiterate majorities shaping elections.
The piece argues that maintaining a lottery corrupts public virtue and urges abandonment of the policy. It hopes the Times-Democrat’s appeal for more funds for schools will be heard.
The article surveys the renewed interest in English politics as Mr Gladstone prepares to speak in Newcastle while Sir William Harcourt fired the opening shot at Cambridge. It weighs Liberal popularity against Salisbury and notes byelection clues to the next general election, including the Manchester seat contest.
The 1891 trotting season closes with Allerton 2:09 Nancy Hanks 2:00 Nelson 2:10 records as five challengers eye Maud S. 2:08. Sunol and Palo Alto lead the fresh bids alongside Allerton and Nancy Hanks with Nelson. Breeding lines show Hambletonian and various crosses. Localities place Allerton and Nancy Hanks in Kentucky with Nelson weighing 180 pounds versus 165 for Allerton’s driver.
The passage notes that the Maine bred horse was Sunol, and California bred Palo Alto, illustrating how trotter breeding has become a science. It highlights that Nelson and Palo Alto come from lines once considered unfashionable less than five years ago.
The week opened with optimism for stocks but a cascade of rumors and the failure of S V Waltz & Co jolted traders. speculation centered on Deacon Waitr and financier Gouup with talk of 300,000 short shares and a shaky Missouri Pacific, Union Pacific links, and funding schemes.
The review notes that Margaret Fleming has too much plot and that things happen here and there. It questions whether the critic Burlesques his own theory of art or lacks a sense of humor.
A fragment notes a comedy attributed to TeNNysON believed to be written for an irresponsible cable. The readable text lacks context but suggests a humorous script associated with a network or channel.
Miss ApA Kenan is described as the first and only stage piece. Eva Hamilton has joined a cheap New York burlesque company. Rumors persist that Commissioner Raum may be leaving.
A collage of short items notes arrests and titles. Manager Locke is under arrest, plus a playful line about gunpowder blue and a teasing remark about actors. It also reports on Paris Wagner revival, Miss Bond engagement rumors, Schliemann relics in Berlin, Major Von Wissmann’s Lake Victoria railway plan, Canada’s geologic budget, a cemetery sermon, a comic Deacon Smith exchange, and a Los Angeles juvenile arson spree by a 15 year old.
A fragment praises Henry Cabot Lodge and quotes a Harvard note on Tennyson's eighty second birthday. The poet Theodore Watts laments aging but lauds enduring art and courage. The piece ornaments political and literary figures with classical allusions and period tone.
The Pittsburg Post notes two major wage worker strikes since the McKinley tariff, questioning if protection raised wages. Window glass blowers asked for higher pay but returned to work at old wages, despite claims by the Window Glass Workers' Association that tariffs lift wages.
In Chicago Port readers hear that a mass gathering of Republicans renews a powerful, enduring enthusiasm for the White House bid. The speaker notes age, scandal, and defeat cannot diminish the party's vigor, calling the moment magical.
At its recent meeting the American Association of Railway Clerks endorsed a platform opposing strikes and rejecting affiliation with any body that supports them.
In Boston a design by sculptor F Edwin Elwell is before the committee for the Boyle O Reilly memorial. Elwell, born in Concord, studied in Paris and earned early fame with works including a statue in Edam and a bronze Aqua Viva. His later pieces include Yale bas reliefs and a bust of S B Chittenden.
The Grant Monument Association of Chicago invites General Butterfield and the Society of the Army of the Potomac to attend the unveiling of the Grant monument in Lincoln Park on October 7. The article lists other notable society items and appointments.
A letter to the editor argues that Herbert Spencer misreads U S copyright law noting the cost of producing duplicate plates in America is minor and that he could print in America to cover both markets. The writer cites the need to set type in America and send plates from Mayland.
The October issue features J B Thayer's A People Without Law on American Indians and law, Emily Dickinson letters, The Ascetic Ideal and The Equinoctia on the Ipswich Dunes, continued novels, Howell's Literary Creed with harsh critique, Gran'ther Hill's Patridge by Rowland Robinson, Holmes on Lowell, and Dr Rand olph's London With Doctor Swift critiquing Swift. Randolph notes Swift's cynicism versus tenderness with a witty Harvard tale.
The October issues feature Story's The Curse of Rome and The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson, with notes on The Actions of Wounded Animals and other topics. poetry, reviews, and essays on census lessons, steel manufacture, and higher senses. The magazine row includes John Winthrop's Harvard sketch, a life on an ostrich farm, polyandry in Massachusetts, and rain-making experiments.
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