Brown Hal Lowers Stallion Record at Goodwood Meeting
Spectacy reports a lively day at Cleveland circuits with Brown Hal shattering his own 2:13 mark to 2:12 and Roy Wilkes tied at 2:13. The program featured heat races from 2:27 class to the free for all amid strong attendance and fast times, including Annie Wilkes dominating early events and a dramatic finish in the final heat with Brown Hal carrying Roy Wilkes off his feet for a narrow win.
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Cleveland
Brown Hal
Roy Wilkes
Sprague Golddust
Jim Fuller
Annie Wilkes
Annie H
Jewett
Bessemer
Wilkes
Kroy
Roy
Hal
Tennessee Flyer
Gossip, Jr
Axtell
Guy
Annie
George H. G Pehomas
van Méter
Onustere Rbs Boothevine S
Irwin
Tippie
Bever
Miss Alice
Walker
Eee
Marie Jansen
Doble
Olmedo Wilkes
Dickerson
Dr. Harrison
Patterson
Stanley
Adrian Wilkes m
Allie West
Petit
Ssemer
Ossip, Jr
Turner
Saratoga Races Amid Muddy Track Draws Larger Crowd
Saratoga July 31 rain left a muddy track but attendance exceeded yesterday. Few scratches and large fields kept racing lively. Mignon broke her leg in the first race and was shot. Results: Eminence 1st, Successor 2nd, Mil ton 3rd in 1:22. Whitenose won the second race in 1:56%4, Leontine 2nd, Minnie Palmer 3rd. Marshall Luke, Golightly, Kitty R. won by June in the sixth. George Corbett 1st, Fred Zeibig 2nd, Woodburn 3rd in 1:52. Royaly Garter 1st, Boccaccio 2nd, George Argus 3rd in 1:55.
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Saratoaga
Mignon
Milton
Whitenose
Leontine
Minnie Palmer
Marshall Luke
Golightly
Kitty R
George Corbett
Fred Zeibig
Woodburn
Royaly Garter
Boccaccio
George Argus
Veracity and Enthusiast Triumph at Goodwood Races
The second day of the Goodwood meeting featured the Chesterfield cup won by Veracity, with Mercy second and White Legs third. Enthusiast captured the Sussex stakes, Gold was second and Criniere third, in a race worth 25 sovereigns with 500 added.
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Veracity
Wisdom
Varnish
Mercy
Barcaldine
St. Clemence
Albert Victor
Flora McIvor
Prince Charlie
Duchess
Sterling
Lucetta
Criniere
Robert the Devil
Crinon
Senator Evarts Said to Be North Dakota Constitution Author
New York report claims U S Senator William M Evarts drafted a model constitution for North Dakota at the request of Burleigh county landowners many of them non residents The document included an appeal clause to the Supreme Court and was attributed to Evarts and a second New York jurist Judge Williams kept the source secret and assumed responsibility The piece notes wealthy non residents own land west of the Missouri and paid for the work
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New York
Grand Forks
Dak
United States
William M. Evarts
Missouri
Burleigh County
Evarts
Williams
Bismarck
State Board of Equalization
Supreme Court
Elastic Starch No Cook Solution Gains Quick Attention
Home cooks and hobbyists explore Elastic Starch as a no cook thickening agent praised for simplicity. Reviewers note easy handling, smooth texture, and rapid results for sauces dressings and cold desserts.
Whitney denies backing newspaper or presidential run
William C. Whitney, writing from Lenox Mass, rejects a circulating item claiming he will back a Washington weekly newspaper as a presidential candidate. He states he is not a candidate for the nomination, praises other Democrats, and says the notion is absurd and unfounded.
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New York
Lenox
Mass
William C. Whitney
New York Star
Washington
Democratic Party
Sam
Managing Indian Schools Stresses Reform and Unity
Dr Dorchester reports on a tour of Indian Territory Nebraska and Kansas, urging better buildings sanitation and teaching methods. He criticizes frequent staffing changes, backs nondenominational schooling, and notes improvements in reading penmanship and art among students. He supports the government aiding denominational schools only within constitutional limits and discusses his wife’s role as special agent.
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Washington
Sproran
Daniel Dorchester
Indian Territory
Nebraska
Kansas
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kan
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Carlisle
Hampton
Morgan
United States
Indian Service
New England
Oberly
Noble
Phillies and Boston Ground hold up rain soaked game
Boston and Philadelphia failed to play when 3:30 approached despite usable conditions. The Bostons left for Washington as President Soden and team pressed to play while the Phillies were unavailable. In other reports, Cleveland babies shut out Indianapolis in a pitching duel, and Pittsburgh Chicago game halted by rain with grounds ruled too wet. A Washington New York postponement followed a heavy rain storm after thirty minutes.
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Bostons
Philadelphias
Soden
Phillies
Washington
Cleveland
Cleveland Babies
Indiana Spark
Bakely
Indianapolis
Clevelands
Seery
Stricker
Glasscock
McAleer
Denny
McKean
Hines
Twitchell
Sullivan
O'Tebean
Buckley
Faatz
O McGeachy
Ranford
Bassett
Zimmer
Boyle
Kakely
ee _ TORML
Brs
Fantz
Lakely
Umpue
Curry
Pittspuro
Pittsburg
Chicago
Chicagos
Anson
McQuaid
New York
Washingtons
Hull Club Ladies Day Rain Dampens New England Yacht Race
A special meeting of the New England Yacht Racing Association and Hull Yacht Club event was spoiled by heavy rain and no wind. Commodore Whitten's Troubadour collided with a coal schooner causing major damage. Numerous members and guests rode the steam launch between yachts Troubadour White Cap Adrienne Albatross Aglain Echo. A late meal and a promenade concert plus hop concluded the day with many visitors from nearby resorts attending.
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Hull Yacht Club
Old Prob
Commodore Whitten
Troubadour
Charles V. Whitten
E. C. North
Charles Fourdrinier
A. L. Andrews
Franklin Adams
Helen Jacobs
Harry A Ecere
Arthur L. Brackett
E. Russell
Elisha Jared
E. H. Church
Laura Clark
J. J. Eaton
Eaton
Pattee
Locke
Ford
Dr. Brown
Albatross
John J. Henry
George FE. Hatch
Bertram
Henry
Itzroy Kelly
Horace S. Woodbury
William «. Fish
Frederick H. Nazro
Aglain
Miss Davis
Florence Davis
Mary Chase
Bernard Jenny
J. E. Davis
Sabin P. Sanger
Henry Taggrard
L R. Burwell
Burwell
Isham
Joslyn
Lillian Burwell
Pleon Yacht Club Race Relies On Stormy Marblehead Test
Pleon Yacht Club open race and sixteenth regatta at Marblehead faces light winds, squalls, and thunder as Gardner Pierce's new boat leads early, with Don, Foam, Fly, Volunteer, Anna L., and Minna chasing. Nine boats start in each class. Don and Norris's new dory duel ends with Von narrowly ahead by seconds.
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Pleon Yacht Club
Marblehead
Point Neck
Gardner Pierce
Don
Foam
Fly
Volunteer
Anna L
Minna
Norris
Dory
Von
H. M.S
H. M. S. Don
Blaney
J. H. Nor
J. Stacey
Eens
J. J. Blaney
Pink
K. Russell
Apna
H. Martin
Mabel
H. Stone
Oswa
H. Hildreth
Edith
W. Sleeper
G. Corbett
Gypsy
F. M. Baker
Milo
Damagons
Minnie
J. Bertram
Laura
F. Merkland
Lucy
W. H. Rawson
Keenls. Estelle
C. Pierce
Madge
H. D. Jackson Eeen
Kittie
F.O. Gould
Ween Ae
Enigma
J. F. Swalleee
Reba, Palmer & Toole
Rane
F Borden
Rccess
Nanepashemet Hall
New York Yacht Club
Iroquois
New London
New England Yacht Racing Assn Elects Officers
Eight clubs attended a NE Yacht Racing Association meeting at Parker House. G W Mansfield presided in absence of a president. W Lloyd Jeffries has resigned. A nominating committee proposed Louis M Clarke for president and George G Saville for the vacant executive seat. both were unanimously elected.
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The
New England Yacht Racing Association
Louis M. Clarke
Yachting Notes
Parker House
G. W. Mansfield
Salem Bay Yacht Club
H. L. Parker
Lynn Yacht Club
W. Lloyd Jeffries
Beverly Club
T. D. Bagley
Monatiquot Club
Fred S. Clayton
Chelsea Club
Mansfield
Dorchester Club
George G. Saville
Quincy Club
Yacht Alice Disabled After Collision near Marblehead
Marblehead July 81 P D Wheatland reports the cutter Alice arrived crippled after a collision with another yacht during an Eastern Yacht Club cruise. The vessel broke its gaff and rigging and sailed to Boston this morning to go on a railway.
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Alice
Marblehead
P. D. Wheatland
Eastern Yacht Club
Boston
London Yacht Club Regatta Triumph at Cowes Nab Course
Valkyrie led from start to finish in the London Yacht Club regatta from Cowes to the Nab and back. Yarana finished second and Irex third. Official times: Valkyrie 41 minutes 11 seconds, Yarana 3 hours 52 minutes, Irex 3 hours 56 minutes 49 seconds.
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London Yacht Club
London
Cowes
Valkyrie
Yarana
Irex
Movements of yachts report from New England ports
Provincetown July 31 schooner yachts feetwing Wanda Quickstep proceed to Bar Harbor Warwick and New York while Neves and a small cutter stay. Wingyard Haven cutter Gorilla arrives from Hyannis and will sail to New York. Nashawena and sloop Eclipse await weather. Fredonia enters Quick's Hole for Boston Triton sails west. Harbinger arrives from East Greenwich to join the railway. Merlin the Forbes schooner at Fairhaven.
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Provincetown
New York
Bar Harbor
Sea Fox
Quickstep
Warwick
R. I
Neves
Sunset
Wingyard Haven
Gorilla
RK. P. Carroll
Hyannis
Nashawena
Eclipse
New Reptorp
Wanda
Fredonia
Quick’s Hole
Boston
Triton
Harbinger
Yachts and vessels maneuvers amid gale and wreck off Monomoy
Railway receives a coat of black lead. The steam yacht Ballymena loaded coal today and will sail for Boston in a day or two. The schooner yacht Iroquois will haul out at Fish Island for New York races prep. The August Belmont sloop Marquitta was overhauled after railway work. Griselda and Elma stay in port due to the southwest gale. Yacht Sea Fox bound to New York ashore on Shoveliul Shoal near Monomoy. wreckers dispatched. Wind heavy, southwest, foggy.
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Ballymena
Boston
Iroquois
Fish Island
New York
Marquitta
Griselda
Elma
Chatham
Sea Fox
Shoveliul Shoal
Monomoy
American cricketers win in London match
In London on July 81 the Gentlemen of Southampton and Philadelphia met. Philadelphia totalled 329 in two innings while Southampton finished their second inning for 210, giving the Americans an 11 run victory. Morgan of Philadelphia notably caught Nicholson.
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London
Gentlemen of Southamton
Philadelphia
Morgan
Nicholson
Champlain the Founder of Quebec lecture at Old South
The Old South Meeting House hosted the summer course opening with Charles Carleton Coffin speaking on Champlain the Founder of Quebec as part of a series linking American and French history. Coffin described Champlain’s daring voyages, governance, and battles with Iroquois and Algonquins, noting his role in Quebec's 1608 founding and later life.
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Old South Meeting House
America
France
Washington
Charles Carleton Coffin
Champlain
Quebec
Coffin
Cabots
Brittany
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Spain
New World
West Indies
Stanley
Africa
Canada
John Smith
Jamestown
Dieppe
St. Lawrence
Maine
Henry Hudson
Lake Champlain
Hudson
China
Manhattan
Montreal
Cottin
Verrazzano
W. E. Griffis
la Salle
Great West
Old South
Mr. Holt
Pilgrim Hall
Somerset Street
Keany Expected to Accept Democratic Ward Chair
Mr Matthew Keany, named as likely permanent chairman by both factions, said he would accept if offered but prefers to wait and notes he does not seek office. He cites confidence from both sides and expects conventions to back the same choice for permanent leadership.
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Matthew Keany
Post
Keany
Republican State Committee Selects Tremont Temple for Sept 25 Convention
The Republican State committee met with President Burdett presiding to set the state convention date and site. Tremont Temple Boston will host on Sept 25 with ex-Governor George D Robinson as president and Henry Cabot Lodge as chair of the resolutions committee.
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Republican State Committee
Burdett
Tremont Temple
Boston
George D. Robinson
Henry Cabot Lodge
John D. Long
Hingham
A. A. Putnam
Uxbridge
T. G. Spaulding
Northampton
John $. Brayton
Fall River
Theodore C. Bates
Worcester
Joseph O. Burdett
J. Otis
Fine Imported Spirits Offered by Pierce & Co
Pierce and Co at Scollay and Copley squares advertise a selection of French imported brandies guaranteed pure. The display includes port wines, gin, Jamaica rum, and assorted gingers.
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Pierce & Co
Scollay
Copley
France
Burnett’s
Jamaica
Long List of Boston Custom House Applicants Eligible for Posts
Civil Service rules publish lists of candidates who scored at least 70 percent in recent exams for clerks inspectors weighers and sugar samplers at the Boston Custom House. The names from October 1888 to June 1889 are posted today with disabled-soldier prioritization. Only a few appointments have been made since October, so many eligible candidates face slim chances.
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Boston Custom House
Civil Service Commission
Custom House
R. G. Frye
Thomas Flatley
Edward Donovan
F. McGuinness
William O. Childs
Frank L. Sanford
William H. Keyes
Robert W. Wilson
Albert W. Provan
Stetson W. Cushing
William H. Crowley
George P. Brown
Carl A. Scott
John M. O’reilly
John T. Masterson
Ban J. Saunders
Frank Ans Rilt
James W. Cotter
Pierce T Murphy
William D., Hanley
John E. Riley
Thomas F. Keefe
Martin Gilbert
Henry W. Keefe
Charles P. Gavin
Tene
A. Keliher
Martin C. Crowe
la Roy Perry
Timothy J. Swift
Edward H. Maloney
John H. Flanders
Michael W. Ahearn
Francis J. W Shere
Peter M. Riordan
W. J. Middleton
John J. Schayer
Willis E. Flint
M. L. Poland
William P. Barnes
John J. Killion
Ada E. Brown
Charles W. Trask
F. L. Ward
G. W. Armstrong
W. H. Burdakin
Charles W. Curtis
John F. Egan
John F. Gillespie
John J. Ford
Hugh F. Kerr
H. W. Kimball
Joseph O’ Hare
David F. Bennett
Edmund Cussen
John F. Loughlin
Hale Chadwick
Maurice A. Duffy
John B. Sheevin
Josiah H. Pratt
Bryant J. Sweeny
Thomas A. Maloney
George F. Braley
E. W. Mitchell
Eben T. Brackett
Lewis F. Smith
Henry H. Collamore
Patrick E. Daly
Amos A. Nudd
Albert KE. Fraser
Benjamin P. Park
Everett IT. Hatch
George
Lufkin
Orion G. Dutton
Herbert C. Sumner
Chester M.flanders
J. D. Powell, Jr
R. J. Ferguson
Frank W. Rand
Aeides
X. Gray
Frank I. Howe
John W. Hitchings
J.J. Shanahan
Frederick Bunker
G. Q. Kingsbury
Michael H. Travers
Sargent
Joe ‘. Forristall
Daniel J. Daly
Jas
Charles N. Stearns
Harry H. Q.connor
H. Millett
R. A. Boudreau
John J. Green
Emery W. Frost
Jeremiah Carroll
George Prieble
Warren
Osborne
John C. Kerr
William T. Parker
Richard M. Batty
J. B. Hamblen, Jr
P. A. Mungovan
John L. Gannon
John 8S
McGrath
Richard McGowen
John F. Donovan
Samuel H. Hume
Frank P. Fulton
W. J. McCarthy
John J. Lane E. S. Hemenway
Patrick J. Connor
Edin
D R.kittredge
Henry W. Brown
Richard A. Beneee
John H. O'Donnell
John Norton
Daniel Lane
John J. Hoar
William T. Quinn
Charles H. Carey
Patrick Doody
Patrick T. Downey
Dunleavy
John Bromerman
Reddington
Daniel E. L. M Nyem
John B. Frederic
Thomas L. Whelan
Patrick J. Malley
Frank W. Bragg
William 8. Hudson
Aaron ©. Bell
John H. Fennerty
Ambrose G. Bennett
Atidohn N. Fox
Ee C. J. Charmody Sible Ain Ay James J. Leary
Michael McGiveran
McCraith
Frederick Cate
William H. Perkins
George P. Morris
William JJ. Cain
Michael P. Greary
James J. Friery
A. W. Batchelder
Daniel J. Mullen
Bertick H. Hooley
J. Ae Ete Ghiin
Timothy H. Carr
John Fanning
John H. Finnerty
James A. Callen
J W. Twombly
T. F. McDonald
Gilbert D. Fales
Aaron Twigg
Henry FE. Eskildson
Vont Pene
T. J. McLaughlin
D Clason
Charles A. Floyd
Edward Hayden
Thomas
Oyt
Joe Td Lawrence Roche
John Donaldson
Bernard ©. Kane
Harry H. Clifford
Joseph Merrill
John E. Gallagher
John Clifford
Orange S. Canefield
John J. Hayes
Charles McHugh
E. O ‘Donoghue
James H. Arnold
John F. Ryan
Martin E. Evans
Joseph Ternan
Mail wagon driver Cassidy held on charge of destroying letter
U S Commissioner Hallett held Edward D Cassidy, a mail wagon driver, in 500 bond for the September term of the District Court on a charge of destroying a letter addressed to Mrs Cook of Onset Bay. A witness reported seeing him tear the paper from his wagon on Sudbury Street and toss it into the street before it was recovered.
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U. S. Commissioner's
City notes on revenue chief take charge and local changes
Mr. Orcutt assumes the internal revenue post today while General Sewall inspects the office, counts stamps and cash, and reviews Collector Fitzgerald's accounts. The Burnham estate on Tremont Street passes to Edward O. Prichard & Co, with plans to extend the exterior and alter interior layout. A list of inspector-general officers is assigned to the Second Brigade camp, and Patrick Cohen dies after a 48 foot fall at Purchase and Oliver. Councilman Hahto may resign for health and a Europe trip, as Pain's London Fire exhibit draws praise for realism.
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Orcutt
Internal Revenue
General Sewall
Internal Revenue Agents
Fitzgerald
Burnham
Tremont Street
Parker House
Tremont Temple
Edward O. Prichard & Co
School Street
Inspector-General’s Department
Horace T. Rockwell
E. E. Currier
A. N. Sampson
Fred W. Wellington
Newell A. Thompson
Patrick Cohen
Middlesex Street
Purchase and
Oliver Streets
Hahto
Ward
City Hall
Common Council
Europe
Pain
London
Obituary of Edward H. Rollins Ex Senator Dies at Isles of Shoals
Portrsmouth New Hampshire July 31 ex Senator Edward H Rollins died at 8 this morning at the Appledore House Isles of Shoals after never regaining consciousness from a Saturday shock His wife and three sons were at his bedside The funeral will be held at St Pauls Church Concord at 1 pm Friday with interment at Blossom Hill Cemetery Born Oct 8 1824 in Somersworth he held multiple NH Legislature terms and served in Congress from 1861 to 1865 and 1877 to 1883 He was a banker railroad investor and a prominent Free Mason.
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Edward H. Rollins
Portrsmouth
N. H
KE. H. Rollins
Appledore House
Isles of Shoals
Rollins
Concord
St. Paul’s Church
Blossom Hill Cemetery
Somersworth
Rollinsford
Stratford County
Boston
New Hampshire
Lincoln
Congress
Union Pacific Railroad Company
United States Senate
District of Columbia
Rollins & Co
Weather prophet Francis Capen dies in South Boston
Francis Lemuel Capen a noted weather predictor born in Sterling in 1817 died in South Boston yesterday morning. He studied at Boston Latin School and Harvard, won Boylston elocution prizes, and pursued weather theory publishing predictions and defenses of failed forecasts. He never earned income from his work and lived at times in Jacksonville and Florida before returning to Boston. His brothers included Bernard Capen, once master of the Boston Latin School, and John C. Capen, librarian of the Haverhill Public Library.
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Vyrancis Lemuel Capen
Francis Lemuel Capen
South Boston
Sterling
Dorchester
Lemuel Capen
Jancis L. Capen
Boston Latin School
Harvard College
E. E. Hale
Samuel Longfellow
Boylston
Divinity School
Vesuvius
Gibraltar
National Signal Service
Unitarian Association
Jacksonville
Florida
Boston
Bernard Capen
John C. Capen
Boston Public Library
Public Library of Haverhill
Ouida on English literature critique of today
Ouida claims English literature lacks artistic style and polish compared with French writing. She argues writers like Carlyle and Dickens would not have tolerated grotesque diction, and laments puritanism timidity and worldly ignorance restraining England’s literary growth.
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Ouida
Sinyle
Jarlyle
Dickens
Hotels Host Notable Californians At Monthly Meeting
A large attendance of the California Pioneers gathered at Crawford House for the regular monthly meeting led by William H. Thomas. Speeches and tales of the gold land were exchanged as notable guests and residents checked into United States and Parker House hotels along with numerous others from cities including New Bedford, Washington, New York, Chicago, and Providence.
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Crawford House
William H. Thomas
W. W. Crapo
New Bedford
United States Hotel
J. A. Jewell
Washington
Parker House
Dan Lamont
New York
Young’s Hotel
Sorrento
Plankinton
D. T
George Howland
Chicago
J. Q. A. Henry Denver
William Barbour
A. McLean
Cincinnati
J. J. Herrick
A. D. Morse
Omaha
United States
George E. Moore
D. M. Johnson
L. H. Rogers
T. Hill
Toledo
W. B. Borden, Jr
Fall River
E. W. Stickney
Milwaukee
C. A. Phillips
William A. Ainsworth
Providence
A. H. Russell
U.S.A
William W. Crapo
Brunswick
Malcolm Lloyd
Philadelphia
Charlies P. Cassidy
W. F. Sayles
F. A. Sayles
M. F. Sayles
R. L. Davis
Pawtucket
R. 1
B. H. Bristow
William HL. Bristow
Vendomer
William Storrs Wells
Newport
John Clinton Gray
F._A. Morrison
Troy
P. A. Rhodes
Isaac C. Atkinson
Portland
E. H. French
Concord
N.el
George H. Fitzgerald
Island Pond
Henry M. Rich and Family
Gardner
Grammatical Errors From John Randolph of Roanoke
Boston letter writer quotes John Randolph on English usage in 1816. Notes common errors such as lie and lay, sit and set, sowed versus sown, and pronunciation shifts. Encourages Walker as authority and remarks on Virginians’ dialect alongside nonstandard forms. Mention of Leigh Hunt and Murray's wharf.
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Taverner
John Randolph
Roanoke
Philadelphia
Leigh Hunt
American Review
Grave
Reverend Semers
Senate
Piquet
Walker
Boston
A Dangerous Custom With Bottles In Parks
A reader condemns tossing empty bottles and cans in parks and picnic grounds after incidents like a boy nearly losing a finger on a horse car door. He recalls foot injuries from broken glass and urges care to keep toys and drinks away from children.
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Taverner
Boston
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