Boston Firm to Build Artificial Ice Plants Three Factories Planned
A Boston press notes New York Steam Heating Company plans three factories with a combined daily capacity of 300 tons to supply artificial ice. The manager claims clear pure ice from distilled water can be produced at reasonable prices, offering relief from scarce natural ice and high bills. The piece also critiques Anthony Comstock’s censorship stance, mocks the court scene, and discusses McKinney tariff impacts on cotton and clothing, noting high duties on ready-made garments and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Steam Heating Company
Balance of duties on cloth and clothing disrupted
The passage argues that duties on cloth and clothing could protect tailors and buyers, but the system collapses when one party seeks double protection to raise their own share of the public tribute. The narrator points to the unintended imbalance created by such opportunistic moves.
Controversy Over Kittery Navy Yard in Maine District
Voice in Maine politics centers on the opening of the Kittery Navy Yard with a $525,000 appropriation ahead of the Sept. 1 election. Critics warn of using government resources for campaigning as Rep Reep faces a narrow past majority and potential defeat. Boulette’s attack highlights intra party tensions over investigation.
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Maine
Washington
Navy Yard
Kittery
Rero
Reep
Congress
Kittery Navy Yard
Rerep
Cummings
Secretary of the Navy
Teed
Reformers In Earnest Push For Clean New York Politics
The Citizens movement in New York fights local party machines as it educates voters to demand businesslike city governance. Republicans fear a three cornered contest backed by Tammany Hall, potentially hindering the reform drive yet urging education of public sentiment toward clean government.
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Citizens’ Organization
New York
Republican Club Committee
Umwrrr
Grant
Tammany Hall
Tammany Maunagers
Citizens
Movement For
Citizens’ Movement
Reformers Push for Independent Election Reform in New York
The New York Sun mocks the reform effort yet acknowledges its value as documents and petitions pile up. Advocates emphasize organization over enthusiasm, noting the new ballot law aids independent voting by reducing costs and limiting corruption opportunities. The early campaign gains support beyond New York as voters await municipal governance improvements.
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New York Sun
Hepern Newton
Independent
Heeler
Citizens’ Movement
New York
Raum family pension ad sparks reform debate in Illinois papers
The column notes Jehmy Raum, son of the pension commissioner, using his kinship to solicit pension business in Illinois. It cites an Mt. Carmel office ad offering pensions and bounty claims, arguing the Raum claim to influence risks abuse and a second Pension Bureau scandal. It also touches on sensational undertakings around electric current, circuses, and public reaction to promised features that failed to appear.
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Jehmy Raum
Illinois
The
St. Louis Republic
Raum
Lawrenceville
Ill
R. T. Wilkinson
Joan Raum
Mt. Carmel
Washington, D. C
Wilkinson & Raum
Wilkinson
Pensions
Green L. Raum
R. ‘C. Wilkinson
Carmel
Baum
Commissioner of Pensions
Elain
Washington
Pension Bureau
Brazil War Clause Prompts Satirical War Talk
A column debates Brazil’s anti conquest clause in its constitution noting war temptations, potential misreadings by a future rulers and the risk of mixing etiquette with military aims. It also mocks the idea of rapid imperial changes and bells in New York with weighty notes on public opinion and journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
South America
Indicting a Whole People and Census Reapportionment
The Providence Journal blasts Henry Cabot Lodge noting the failed aim of indicting a whole people and predicting the federal election law will only provoke exasperation. The Pittsburgh Post argues a census promised for Sept 1 will guide a reapportionment of Congress, urging patience for an accurate count amid distrust of the 1880 census.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Mdmu
Burke
Providence Journal (Ltd
Census Bureau
Pittsburg
Canada to adjust tariff policy amid US protections
The Montreal Herald notes that Canadian observers watch US political shifts with interest as a disintegration of protection looms. It argues Canada’s safety hinges on abandoning protectionist delusions and returning to a revenue tariff, with future choices driven by evolving circumstances.
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Canada
United States
Montreal Herald
Senator Quay and the Lodge Bill dispute
The federal election bill is stalled in the Senate with steady opposition. Senator Quay is believed to oppose its passage for political reasons, aligning with concerns over its effects in both North and South. The Telegraph notes his potential sympathy with Ben Butler’s historic remark about being called many things but not a fool.
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Senator Quay
Quay
Ben Butler
North
South
Villadelphia Telegraph
Concerning a Lowell Fisk Sonnet Claim
A reader letters to the Post challenge a claim that James Russell Lowell wrote a sonnet honoring General Clinton Fisk. The writer notes Lowell’s poem, dated decades ago, was actually addressed to Wendell Phillips, urging verification in Lowell’s Poems.
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Clinton Bb. Fisk
James Russell Lowell
General Fisk
Lowell
Generalisk
Liefer
Cieneral Fisk
Fall of Babylon Charms Boston Viewers Without a Star
A Boston reader extols the Oakland Garden spectacle Fall of Babylon for its mass movement and lack of a central star. He notes Cadman’s influence as chaplain and music master, praising the choral work, revival melodies, and the dog and sparrow vignette near the Common. The piece closes with a Sutton veteran Ezekiel Sheldon’s death by throat cutting in a despondent moment.
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Oakland Garden
Babyon
Belshazzar
Daniel
Cyrus
Artaxerxes
Jonn W. Cadman
Deer Island
Cadman
Shaw
Chaplain Cadman
Sankey
Lomeward Bound
John Brown
Worcester
Ezekiel Sheldon
Sutton
Boston Theatre Redecorated With Luminous New Look
The Boston Theatre reopened after summer renovations under manager Tompkins. The interior features honeycombed salmon walls, antique ivory detailing, opalescent silver pillars, and three shades of old gold in the proscenium area. Incandescent lighting replaces the old chandelier, a Baker & Co. creation once famed for its 250 burners, 15,000 glass pieces, 25 feet tall and 15 feet diameter, costing $6500.
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Boston Theatre
Tompkins
Broadway
Washington Street
L. Huberstroh & Co
Baker & Co
Philadelphia
Pictorial Snippets and Notable Quotes in Abridged Musings
A collage of brief social notes and anecdotes. The piece references General Butler’s popularity, a humorous Indian boy description of a liar, questions about business women’s marriageability, and various witticisms. It includes notes on Railroad Jack the wandering dog, Hawthorne’s life, Sir George Airy, and a Frederick the Great will. It closes with eclectic vignettes about Mayville church fundraising, phonograph chatter, and a Purvis family tale linking Charleston and English naval ties.
Aristocracy of the Dollar highlighted at Chautauqua
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson spoke to a large audience at Chautauqua New York on The Aristocracy of the Dollar. He warned against wealth’s easy rise and social power while affirming America’s enduring prestige in peace. He argued birth aristocracy wanes as wealth reshapes society toward common good and education lowers money’s grip.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
America
House of Lords
Boston
Massachusetts
Pope Urban
Newport
Boycott in Politics Criticized as Wrong and Dangerous
Harper's Weekly discusses the Atlanta Constitution recommendation to boycott Northern merchants if the election bill passes. It argues the boycott is an improper use of power, harms colored citizens, and fails to remedy the issue, stressing that constitutional redress lies with Congress and voting rights must be protected by lawful means.
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Yorl
Fifth Avenue
Harper's Weekly
Atlanta Constitution
General Gordon
Congress
North Carolina
Obituary of Captain Kellatty and Three Deaths
Captain Albert G. Kellatty dies in Surry Maine at about twenty eight. He sailed from Boston as master of several schooners including Hattie White Joseph Wilde Timo Field and Charles Morford leaving the last vessel recently for health reasons. He has no family. Thomas H Farnum of Watertown dies of typhoid malarial fever after a brief illness. His widow and one child survive. The wife of John P Manning clerk of the Superior Criminal Court of Suffolk dies in Sharon after a lingering illness.
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Albert G. Kellatty
Surry
Boston
A. B. Perry & Co
John& Emery & Co
Hattie White
Joseph Wilde
Timo Field
Charles Morford
Thomas H. Farnum
Harvard Mills
Watertown
John P. Manning
Superior Criminal Court
Suffolk County
Sharon
More Maine Nominations From Democratic GOP Nominating Conventions
The Androscoggin county Democratic convention named F. H. McDonald of Minot and J. C. Foxx of Wales for U S Senators G A Jordan of Auburn was set for sheriff W H Newell of Lewiston for county attorney George Warren of Durham for clerk of courts J N Liffeureux of Lewiston for treasurer Virgil P Waterhouse of Poland for register of deeds The Penobscot county Republicans met in Bangor and Bangor area nominees included E Ryder of Springfield and Benjamin B Thatcher of Bangor for Senators William F Reed of Bangor for sheriff Charles A Bailey of Bangour Charles F Sweet for clerk of court Benjamin K Thomas of Bangor for treasurer Joan T Bowler of Bangor Ambrose C Klint for register of probate William L Wood of Corinne for county commissioner.
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Auburn
Androscoggin County
F. H. McDonald
Minot
J.C. Foxx
Wales
G. A. Jordan
W. H. Newell
Lewiston
George ©. Warren
Durham
J.N. Liffeureux
Virgil P. Waterhouse
Poland
BanGor
Ambrose C. Klint
William L Wood
Corinne
White Elephant in Nova Scotia Company Considered Sale
At the Nova Scotia Cotton Manufacturing Company annual meeting Hallimax N. Aug. 7 the directors were authorized to sell the concern or close it, as it is now a white elephant on the company’s hands.
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Kate Frein
Washington
Kate Fimup
Miss Frevo
Hallimax
Nova Scotia Cotton Manufacturing Company
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Wasnhincton Ofvice
Corcoran
Fifteenth Street
Commercial Department
Boston Most
Anthony Comstock
Comstock
New England
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McKin-ney
Dawes
Mr. DeLano
Lynn
Burton van Emon
San Francisco
Berlin
Austria
Dramatic Mirror
Caar
Finland
Rogarth
Chiswick
England
General Ezeta
Salvador
Christine Nilsson
Andrew D. White
Cornell University
McGill
Swarthmore College
Alexander Leveson Gower
Duke of Sutherland
London
William
Russia
von Caprivi
Prince of
Saxe-Attenburg
Charles Fisher
Augustin Daly
Mr. Fisher
Suffolk
Snngland
Helen Mathers
Scotland Yard
Advertising
Baron Nordenskjold
Spitzenbergen
Oscar Dickson
Joseph A. Dunlap
Chicago Times
Storey
Wilbur F. Storey
the Times
Swing
People’s Church
Chicago
W. C. Bronson
de Pauw University
Indiana
Brown University
Harvard
Cornell
de Pauw
N. QO. Picayune
Butler
Senate
New York World
Mr. Fresher
Captain Flyer
Moncure D. Conway
Hawthorne
Evangeline
Conolly
Longfellow
Jack
Saratoga
Omaha
Montreal
George Airy
Cambridge
Lucasin
Airy
Frederick the Great
Germany
Rheinsberg
Knobelsdorf
Horace
Tusculum
Dr. Holmes
Oria
Methodist Church
Mayville
Belles of
Mexico
Doug
Robert Purgis
Charleston
Day
Baron Judah
William Purvis
Robert
Joseph
Purvises
Newfoundland
T. W. Higginson
Nova Scotia
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