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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1888
Page
4
The article notes BisMARCK's evident intention to punish the Deutsche Rundschau for publishing portions of the Emperor Frederick's diary. It argues that such quarrels over the dead monarch are undignified yet shows how offensive the liberal ideas are to the ruling powers in Germany.
Reports on alleged Russian interference in Afghanistan illuminate a circulating rumor about the Ameer’s death. If sustained, the fiction could justify a southward move, echoing fruitless three year old Russia Britain negotiations and offering new excuses for escalation.
The Radical-Unionist leader Chamberlain is accused of malice and restating groundless charges after his Nottingham speech. Justin McCarthy defends integrity and calls Chamberlain’s insinuations calumny while asserting his own knowledge of the topic.
The Merchants Week gathering of trade representatives achieved notable success. The reunion united country and city in a cordial, well received event at Mechanics Halls. Speeches showed hospitality and broad, liberal views across trade sectors, suggesting moral, social, and commercial benefits for both guests and hosts.
The City of New York completed a fourth Atlantic crossing from Sandy Hook to Queenstown in seven days twenty three hours amid bad weather. Compared with earlier runs, the voyage shows slower times and an underperforming engine, indicating the need for a thorough overhaul before further ocean passages.
The street commissioners refused the trustees of the Public Library's petition to discontinue part of St James avenue to safeguard one wall of the new building. The decision rests on a technical objection, with critics calling it a mistaken action since the library sought no highway invasion or injury to neighbors and aimed to allow foundations misaligned in survey to be corrected.
It appears the issue is extra expense to the city for a new foundation and delay in completing the work. The building's architecture can be readapted, but denying the trustees' reasonable petition would unnecessarily increase costs.
The Daily Advertiser ends up in sharp conflict with Dr William Everett over high tariff taxation. The piece notes Everett’s Plymouth speech sparks unusual reaction linked to his status as a scholar and reform supporter, with hints the paper may resort to stronger bulldozing tactics against college professors and leaders.
An editorial defends the Boston school committee amid a heated debate sparked by a teacher’s note on indulgences. It argues the committee corrected an error by removing a flawed footnote and book, condemns Evangelical Alliance objections, and praises the fair, temperate handling by the committee led by Rev. Dr. Duryea.
A Washington despatch portrays the Republican tariff bill as a retreat masquerading as progress. It cites Senate adjournment and a plan to report a bill not to pass but to satisfy demands, then return the measure to committee. The piece argues the party cannot unite on reform and faces a humiliating, indecisive stance.
The piece defends Protestant interests, warns against state aid to private or parochial schools, and supports non interference with private schools as long as conduct stays within law. It states the state should provide non sectarian education and that parents choosing private schools must still fund and support public schools.
Mr Epmund Gosse contributes to the Forum with an audacious query on whether America produced a poet. The piece weighs critics issues, argues for a positive answer, and names Longfellow Bryant and Poe as among the best, while noting the limits of comparing to England’s greatest figures.
A period review dissects Mr Gosse's selection of poets for five centuries of British verse. Spenser, Gray, Byron, Keats feature amid debate over national bias and the place of Emerson and Longfellow in American literary influence. The piece notes Swinburne's praise of Cotriss and questions whether certain authors deserve top ranks, while praising Gosse's temperate critique and calling for recognition of sustained power in poets like Emerson.
The Honorable U S Converse recalls an eighty two year old Boston merchant who, sailing to Koenigsberg in 1828, wore rubber overshoes to dodge duty. Customs officers nicknamed him the gum on his feet as they inspected baggage and person by lantern. The speech reflects on early rubber use and long travel times from Loston to Koenigsberg via stage and coach.
The Harrison and Morton campaign ball arrived in Washington on Sept. 28. Escorting clubs rolled it up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Republican League clubhouse, where a large crowd heard speeches by Senator Dolph, Representatives Perkins and Johnson, and G. W. Pearce. The ball will proceed to West Virginia.
A bookkeeper at a Minorora shoe manufacturer was found to have defrauded the firm through raised and altered figures. The loss is estimated at 2600 dollars. The employers will not prosecute. The incident was reported today.
The piece recalls a Boston aldermen vs common council baseball game on Deer Island won by the aldermen 16 to 9, criticizes missing player names, and praises civic sport as moral edification. It then discusses Mystic Park horse racing, trotting families from Maine, notable horses like Dictator Chief and Ben Franklin, plus notes on stowaways en route to America and calls for sociological study of this trend.
A third edition of Morse and Morse Pars ons revised by Frank Parsons, two volumes from Little, Brown. It adds massive new material, reindexes, updates to Revised Statutes 1878, and reorganizes with headings and analysis for hard pressed lawyers.
Edwards Roberts's new volume Shoshone and Other Western Wonders will be published by Harpers with a preface by Charles Francis Adams. Not a guide book, it can be used as such in a general way with full faith in its truthfulness and is profusely illustrated.
A critical appraisal condemns Master of His Fate as unremarkable and prosaic, noting its focus on a rash youth who marries into wealth, works two years in a cotton mill, and returns as partner. From 18 to 20 is praised for wit but deemed overly clever and lacking depth, with Beatrice Hemenway's narrative voice highlighted.
The Republican Senate tariff plan labeled as free trade would remove duties on jute manila sisal grass and various drugs and chemicals. Critics warn of a broader shift threatening American industries and wages. The bill also exempts native brandy tobacco and alcohol used in the arts, drawing temperance opposition.
The Owosso Times editor George M. Dewey may confirm securing a London Times copy bought in New York around the St Louis convention. If true, editors of Republican country papers nationwide may circulate a general alarm. An item in the Rutland Herald reports Dewey bought the Times and keeps it at home.
A New York Commercial Advertiser editorial denounces Mr Harrison for misrepresenting surplus figures as estimates. It argues the surplus is a definite count, condemns carelessness in financial thinking, and warns that uninformed officials could threaten the nation’s economic machinery.
Dover NH September meeting of Salmon Falls Manufacturing Company elects officers and directors. O S Brown named clerk. Directors: William C Means Charles A Cottine Charles W Amory A A Lawrence Howard Stockton, William R Burleigh. Treasurer reports indicate prosperity.
A collage of snippets from period journalism and social chatter notes quick wit and current curiosities. References range from Bismarck and Berry Wall to a Bowdoin freshman misadventure, the U S navy, a Newport house by Van Alen, and a hotel piazza exchange with playful digs at gambling in wheat.
The Utica Observer urges voting for Grover Cleveland with Republican concerns in New York politics. The New York Evening Post questions the Boston Advertiser’s telegram claim and criticizes a Tremont House plot for a lucrative state treasurer’s office. Thurber’s amended circular is condemned as private property, not public speech, by the Post and others.
The ninth Star course lineup adds top national soloists, both vocal and instrumental, plus lecturers humorists readers and musical clubs. It is the sole winter series and should match past success. Sale opens Monday morning at Tremont Temple with prices from 2 to 6 dollars.
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