Newer of Pore Entered as second class matter
All money sent at the sender's risk. All checks drafts and money orders should be made payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. New York Office Broadway and Wall Street Bridgman Birmingham & Co Agents Washington Office Corcoran Building Fifteenth Street
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Post Publishing Company
New York
Broadway and
Wall Street
Bridgman, Birmingham & Co
Washington
Corcoran Building
Fifteenth Street
Cunard declares 4 percent dividend to stockholders
The Cunard Steamship Company announces a four per cent dividend as part of a rebound in shipping profits. Directors report a £200,000 balance from the recent Liverpool meeting and promise stronger returns ahead, though American tariff and navigation laws hinder full U.S. participation in the rising prosperity.
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Cunard Steamship Company
Liverpool
Cunard Company
Secretary Noble Declares Interior Appointments Favor Republicans
The report claims Secretary Nobles is quoted as vowing to reorganize the Interior Department and pension office to favor Republicans, asserting no secret. this clashes with civil service law Noble swears to uphold and may risk dismissal for such violations.
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Nosbee
Department’ of the Interior
Blaine- Harrison
Tanner
Pension Office
Interior Department
Civil Service
Civil Service Law, Which Secretary Noble
Secretary Noble
Washington
Rep
Noble
Doctor Talbot Discusses Restricting Medical Practice in Mass
Dr. I T Talbot spoke to the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society banquet on limiting medical practice and criticized deception in the field. He favored proscriptive laws as a step, arguing fines and imprisonment for unauthorized M D degrees would curb improper practice even if not perfect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society
I. T. Tatbor
Samoan commissioner dispute and New York ballot reform
The article questions Secretary Blaine's handling of Samuelon commission selections, suggesting Bates be replaced to avoid anti German sentiment. It criticizes Bates as unwise for Berlin talks and accuses Blaine of courting jingoism. It also analyzes the Saxon bill for ballot reform in New York, condemning party division and Governor Hunt's veto tilt while linking Blaine and Hunt to obstruct reform.
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Blaine
George H. Bates
Berlin
Bates
Germany
Mr. Bates
SaxTon
New York
New York Democrats
Hitu
Assembly
Albany
Augusta
Maine
Hunt
Three Powers Reach Samoa Modus Vivendi Amid Berlin Talks
The three powers reportedly agree on a Samoa modus vivendi with one ship each at Apia pending Berlin conference decisions. The United States will send the iron sloop Alert from Honolulu to represent it, while the German Sophie replaces a wrecked squadron and Britain also plans to send a vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanzibar
Great Britain
Peaceful settlement aided by new protection arrangement
A single vessel will safeguard her interests and support a fair arrangement aimed at a peaceful settlement of the issue. The plan is described as satisfactory and likely to advance diplomacy.
Substantially perfected plan for State House extension
The plan presented to the Legislature would add departments and a new House chamber by constructing a building across Mt. Vernon street, linked to the current structure to form a harmonious whole. It aims to preserve Mr. Bulfinlen's original design and the building’s dignified, simple architectural spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Mt. Vernon Street
House of Representatives
Museums Fine Arts Appeal for Public Support
The Museum of Fine Arts appeals for further funds to continue its work. It receives no state or city aid and relies entirely on voluntary contributions. Citizens who have supported it deserve praise, and the public should respond to sustain its benefits for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
Museum
Public support urged for city museum expansion
The article extols the museum as a civic asset with world class Japanese and Roman collections and notes it cannot be self supporting. Trustees seek $15 000 annually from 1500 subscribers at $10 each, with four daily admission rights, to broaden public access and sustain ongoing programs.
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America
Egypt Exploration Fund
Atchison Road Crisis and Its Expansion Strategy
The piece argues panics misled investors about Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe mismanagement. It notes 1887 profits of about 4.2 million, drop to 2 million in early 1888 due to Rock Island and Missouri Pacific lines, crop failures, and rate wars. It details a strategic shift to control a Chicago line, backed by stockholders and bankers, to save and grow the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Rock Island and
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Atchison
Texas
Atchison Road
Chicago
Missouri River
Union Pacific
Denver
Great Western
Atchison Company
Atchison Route Completes a Transcontinental Connection
The Missouri Pacific and Rock Island strategy delayed dividends, but the Atchison line now connects Chicago with the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. Its equipment is splendid and the system is strong except for Texas and western Kansas. Growth abroad is lifting population and business, likely reducing future rate cuts as earnings improve since early 1888.
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Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Atchison
Chicago
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Kansas
West
Grievances Mark New York Centennial Preparations
Citizens and officials in New York debate parade plans for the centennial celebration. Caterers fear tipped waiter shortages at the Metropolis banquet while Massachusetts militia considers knives and corkscrews for safety. Directors replace managers, and Assemblymen object to parade routes. A giant twenty five foot presidential arch and Cabinet and Supreme Court presence with their ladies are slated to add éclat.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Massachusetts
Warp McAlister
Waverley Place
Fifth Avenue
Supreme Court
Vermont Prohibition Study Sparks Liquor Debate in Rutland
The Rutland Herald reports Rutland county liquor sales exceed 200000 gallons annually, implying wide spillover to neighboring counties with stricter enforcement. The piece links high fines paid in liquor cases to Rutland and questions overall state enforcement under prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Rutland Herald
the Herald
Rutland County
Suffolk County
Suffolk
Massachusetts
Rutland
Springtime in Boston Inspires Reflections and Smoke Tales
A writer in Boston notes lingering spring vitality, bird and frog sounds, and a hazy sense of a great fire observed from multiple streets. He recalls Nan tasket wreckage, a dog adrift, and a police officer sharing fire location. He admires the electric car as an intellectual triumph and muses on Emerson.
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Boylston Street
Public Garden
Charles and
Cambridge Streets
Tremont Street
Temple Place
Beacon Hill
Joy Street
Park Street
State House
Beacon Street
Emerson
Neva
Legislature and the constitutional amendment debate
To the Editor the writer argues truthfulness in the Legislature is essential for constitutional changes. A two thirds House vote is required then the people decide. The letter questions sincerity of lawmakers who support a resolve yet oppose the amendment and warns against invalid or insincere votes.
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Sir
Senate
House of Representatives
Sunpot
Die Walkure shines with Kalisch in Boston debut revival
The second Die Walkure performance in Boston features Kalisch as Brunnhilde and Koschowska as Sieglinde with Fischer as Wotan. Critics praise Kalisch’s Brunnhilde and Fischer’s Wotan, note Koschowska’s Sieglinde, and salute Seidl and the stout orchestra. The program also announces a Saturday matinee start at 1:30.
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Frau Kalisch
Brunnhilde
Fri. Koschowska
Sieglinde
Herr Fischer
Wotan
Bruinhilde
Wagner
Siegmund
Siegfried
Herr Kalisch
Hunding
Kalisch
Fischer
Briinhilde
Fri
Koschowska
Boston
Herr Weiss
Herr Seidl
Funds for the Art Museum Boston Trustees appeal for subscriptions
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston asks for 1500 yearly subscriptions of 10 dollars to fund an enlarged building and ongoing expenses. The plan covers four sides around a central court and Japanese art storage. Subscribers gain yearly admission for four guests.
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Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
E. H. Greenleaf
Samuel A. B. Abbott
Edward W. Hooper
Frederick L. Ames
Henry Lee
Henry J. Bigelow
W. P. P. Longfellow
Stanton Blake
Charles G. Loring
Martin Brimimer
Augustus Lowell
Francis Brooks
Charles Eliot Norton
J. Elliot Cabot
Edward N. Perkins
John W. Dickinson
Henry L. Pierce
Samuel Eliot
Alexander H. Rice
Charles W. Eliot
M. Denman Ross
William Endicott, Jr
William G. Russell
John L. Gardner
Edwin P. Seaver
William Gray
Nathaniel Thayer
William W. Green
George W. Wales
Ough
Francis A. Walker
Thomas N. Hart
Trustees
Variety of light items and quips from papers
A collage of brief items and jokes from several papers. Notes include a Tennessee man rewarded with a postoffice job, jokes about President Harrison and Spina deafness, fat gossip about actress Margaret Mather, classroom quips, a Boston theft of a brass monkey, and humorous blasts at fashion and manners.
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Orlando B. Happy
Tennessee
Harrison
Old Town
Bangor
Boston
New York
de Hobnob
Jiggins
Omaha
Burlington Free Press
Margaret Mather
Johnnie
Harper’s Bazar
Senator Sherman Sails For Europe On May Day
Senator Sherman will sail for Europe on May 1 for rest and pleasure. He has no program and will go wherever fancy leads, not knowing his return date.
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Sherman
Europe
Charleston News and Courier
J. C. Hemphill
Dawson
Hemphill
John Fiske
Washington
St. Louis
Milan
Change in the Book Trade Sees Houghton Mifflin Acquire Ticknor Works
Announcement states Houghton Mifflin & Co. has bought copyrights electrotype plates and stock of Ticknor & Co. George F. Godfrey retires, Thomas B. Ticknor joins Houghton Mifflin, Benjamin H. Ticknor stays to publish remaining Ticknor titles. The old Ticknor house partly dissolves while continuing at its stand. The move cements Houghton Mifflin’s position in American publishing with a vast catalog and a history stretching to Riverside Press origins.
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Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Messrs. Ticknor &Co
George F. Godfrey
Thomas B. Ticknor
Houghton, Mifflins& Co
Benjamin H. Ticknor
Ticknor
American Architect
Ticknor & Co
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Ticknor House
H. O. Houghton
George H. Mifflin
Lawson Valentine
James Murray Kay
Cambridge
Charles River
Riverside Press
Houghton
Dickens
Bacon
Hurd & Houghton
M. M. Hurd
New York
Albert G. Houghton
Thee
Horace E. Scadder
J. C. Gregory
W. A. Townsend & Co
Cooper
Atlantic Monthly
Boston
Crocker & Brewster
Messrs
James R. Osgood
James R. Osgood & Co
Fields, Ene & Co
Ticknor & Fields
Osgood
Kay
Barnes
H. O. Houghton, Jr
Houghton, Miftim & Co
America
Carlyle
James Freeman Clarke
Clara Erskine Clements
Charles E. Craddock
Mary Hallock Foote
Julian Hawthorne
E. W. Howe
W. D. Howells
Henry James
Samuel Longfellow
J. Rolfe
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Boston Post
Washington Street
Boston Bast
the Museum OF Fine Arts
THE
William Henry Harrison Miller
Indianapolis Sentinel
Matthews
George Washington Childs
William Walter Phelps
Russell Harrison
Montana
United States
Congress
Springfield Republican
Ind
Oliver Ames
John A. Andrew
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Nantasket Beach
Funds For the Art Museum
Alban Cope
Marigold
Bright
John Bright
Philadelphia Record
Chicago Tribune
Mail
Gould
Portland
N. Ward & Co
Horse Undertakers
Lawrence American
Messrs. Houghton, Miffin & Co
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