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London pushes ahead with underground railways
The piece contrasts Boston and New York with London noting its long-established undergrounds, efficient steam railways, cheap omnibuses and cabs. It criticizes Boston and New York for delays while praising London’s steady, enterprise-driven progress in rapid transit expansion.
The Republican Nomination Divides Massachusetts Factions
The piece notes a shift toward Mr. Allen in the Republican race and a widening field to challenge him. It documents growing respect for Allen and efforts to split the nomination by adding candidates, with Blainer and Harrison camps forming similar lines as in Pennsylvania.
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Crapo
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Close Economy Faces New Congress Clash Over Spending
The Financial Chronicle highlights a $67 million gap in seven months as revenue falls $31 million and expenditures rise $36 million. It urges swift economy measures by the incoming Congress and a plan to curb Pension Bureau laxity and ongoing subsidies seen as wasteful.
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Advertisement in Official Postal Guide Sparks Political Debate
The Official Postal Guide, a government information periodical, bans advertisements including publisher ads. The Baltimore Sadler Publishing Company ran a full page ad for the New York Tribune as a Republican organ with tariff appeals, reportedly with Wanamaker's approval, signaling the administration’s stance on using official publications for party documents.
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Howe
Wanamaker
Wanamaker scheme tied to fraud on mails at New York
A Treasury Department notice cites fraud by mailing Republican papers in free “penalty” envelopes misrepresenting official business to newspapers. The scheme shifts penalties away from Wanamaker to the publishing contractors, making it more elusive to punish.
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Treasury Department
New York
Wanamaker
Republican Free Coinage Clash Over Ohio Platform
The Boston Journal is accused of falsifying the Ohio Republican platform on silver. The piece argues the Post reprinted the plank in full and urges printing the original documents the Journal condemns. It notes past Journal charges against the silver bill and asserts Eastern Republicans avoid the West’s free coinage ideas.
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Healtheries Exposition Comes to Mechanics Building Boston
Boston plans a Food and Health Exposition with exhibitors from grocers canners and manufacturers. The event aims to surpass the London Healtheries, featuring proprietary and staple goods plus a School of Domestic Science and Edward Atkinson led exhibits. The Boston Retail Grocers Association promises a comprehensive show and strong public interest.
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School of Domestic Science
Epward Atkinson
Aladdin Owen
Boston
Indiana economist argues tariff must adapt with market
An Indiana economist Frank SchaArt Logansport argues tariff finality is impossible and Congress must adjust schedules to changing domestic and foreign conditions all while protecting American interests. He says protection stimulates industry boosts competition and lowers consumer prices challenging British free trade views.
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New York World
E Ltivan A. Morse
Frank ScheArt
Logansport
Indiana
Swigart
Congress
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Swigart Letter Defends Markets and Tariff Fairness
The author quotes Mr Swigart praising American markets and the people of the United States while acknowledging prices are largely set by supply and demand. He argues competition must be level across producers, noting wage, interest, and transport costs create uneven advantages for regions. He also commends Swigart for recognizing McKinley tariff discrimination against New England as unjust and imprudent.
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United States
Secretary Ruse As Jupiter Pluvius Rain Making Test
The rain making scheme once dismissed as a joke by Congress is to be tested in Texas with balloon devices to create rain from dry skies. Critics call it scientific nonsense, while officials push ahead despite skepticism.
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Mr Bird on the Convention of 1864
Walpole August 10 report recalls General Butler’s stance at the 1864 presidential convention. The writer says Butler urged delegates from Massachusetts to prevent his own nomination as Vice President, expressing support for Lincoln’s presidency and detailing his personal briefing to influence the outcome.
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Walpole
Fatal bathhouse accident at Chelsea Bridge
William Davis aged 40, while diving from a side passage at the Chelsea Bridge bath house, struck his head on the bottom. He sustained a severe spinal injury, was taken to Station 1, pronounced fatal by Dr. Elliot, and moved to City Hospital. Davis lived at Harris and North streets, North End.
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Lawrence Republican Club Banquet Set With Greenhalge
The Lawrence Republican Club will host a Friday banquet featuring ex-Congressman Greenhalge and Major J Henry Gould as speakers unveiling campaign themes and party priorities for the forthcoming season.
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All Sorts Random News Snippets and Notable Bits
A collage of brief items spans theater plans and star comebacks, political quips, and social notices. Patti builds a theatre, Miss Penderlip shares Burns, Emma Sheridan rejoins Mansfield, and a National Volapuk president is noted amid cultural jests.
Undertaking Too Big a Job by Pan American Company
The San Francisco Examiner criticizes the Pan-American Transportation Company and its promoter claims. Dr. Kulp of Galveston predicts the United States will lead world shipping within a year, building 8,000,000 tons of new tonnage and placing the American flag on all waters. The plan calls for twenty steel steamships totaling under 100,000 tons, prompting questions about feasibility.
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Kulp
Galveston
United States
Globe
Great Britain
Ohio
Melbourne
The Color Line in the G A R
In Charleston The Color Line within the G A R is debated as white comrades withdraw from the order. The Detroit decision is seen as politic yet unresolved, pushing the color question into the organization in a difficult form.
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There is nothing in law that forbids liberty to all
The writer questions the notion of liberty when a conspiracy enforces imperial control over workers across states. He argues that no law supports one man’s wealth while another is barred from employment, condemning such edicts as slavery in disguise and calling for defined liberty.
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Maine
Alliance Problems in Georgia News
Savannah News argues that two or three unprofitable crops strengthen the case for farmers to plant more corn and less cotton though resolutions can help. It notes overproduction means world demand falls and prices stay below the profit line for cotton.
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Savannah News
Blaine and His Party Position Observed
The Times notes Blaine's stance today highlights opinion within the Republican party more than the likely outcome of the nomination struggle. It suggests he may not pursue the nomination, focusing on internal dynamics rather than a final bid.
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Man Drowns in Sewer Gas Incident Near Post Office Square
Hugh Maguire age 40 an employee of New England Telephone suffered sewer gas exposure while in a man hole in Post Office square yesterday. He was rescued and taken to the Telephone Company office on Pearl Street where doctors revived him. he resides at D.
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Boston in Summer Revelations and City Heat
The writer recalls downtown Boston after 10am with Cape and North Shore visitors caked in dust and heat. He contrasts their condition with his own neat appearance, laments public thermometers stoking unrest, notes a nose bag improvement for horses, and imagines a combined nose bag and watering pail for equine dining amid noon horse picnics in Post Office Square.
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Niobe at Museum Impresses Debutants in Ninth Week
The ninth week of Niobe at the Museum opened well with Miss Isabelle Coe as Mrs Dunn and Revel Germaine as Jefferson Tompkins making debuts as Abbott Teal regulars. Both drew favorable notices for experience and feeling. The company was well received and advance seat sales are strong, suggesting a record week for the engagement.
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Boston Hosts Honor to Veterans Brings Price Complaints
Grand Army of Boston veterans who toured Detroit for the National Encampment report mixed hospitality. Hotels charged higher rates despite promises. Parade crowds were meager, but Boston decorations and banquets impressed. Major Merrill notes Detroit fell short of Boston in entertainment and organization. The piece also discusses the two department idea and racial divisions within the Grand Army and post affiliations.
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Mr Blaine at Stanwood in near isolation amid Maine rumors
Bar Harbor correspondent reports Secretary of State Blaine is ill with mental fatigue and nerve weariness. He lives a passive life under Mt. Desert, shunning visitors, confined to a black sedan chair-like basket seat, and engaging in minimal activity with little exercise or travel.
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Blaine at Stanwood Reveals Strained Health and Quiet Life
The article recounts Secretary Blaine's fragile condition at Stanwood, noting a somber routine with light chauffeured outings and guarding relatives. It describes his pale, irritable state, political doubts about a return to public life, and the separation from Cape May, with family and visitors shaping a guarded, restrained atmosphere.
Endowment Order Holds Private Meeting In Boston
A committee of Fort Hill Lodge 1 members met at 136 Broad Street with about a dozen attendees to discuss lodge affairs. A subsequent lodge meeting is set for 40 Kneeland Street. Supreme officers announce late yesterday that the treasurer will pay 80 percent of eighteen assessments to members who surrender certificates, starting August 20, 1891, at 136 Broad Street, Boston, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., until further notice.
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Pocketbook thief captured in Charlestown arrest
James Nelson aged 18 of Charlestown was arrested on Winter street for snatching a pocketbook from Miss D Donovan of 285 Broadway South Boston. An expressman assisting was struck and the pocketbook ruined. Nelson confessed and is held at Station 4. He matches earlier thefts at the Boston Museum and on Washington Street.
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Notable Society Notes From Washington and Beyond
Senator Plumb of Kansas is a keen member of the Columbia Athletic Club of Washington with bowling as his specialty. Chief Justice Fuller’s seven daughters debut each residence year, and Mary Fuller returns from Berlin to rejoin society. Dr. Frederick M. Fling of Biddeford elected professor of European history at the University of Nebraska, replacing Professor Howard who moves to Stanford. Parthenia T. Morton of New York files a will leaving portraits of Emperor Maximilian and Carlotta to the New York Historical Society. Ella L. Knowles of Helena, newly admitted to the Montana bar, heads a lumber company as secretary and treasurer while advancing her legal career.
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Tennyson at Eighty-Two in Quiet Retirement
London letter reports Lord Tennyson in excellent health living in retirement near Hindhead with son Hallam and doctor Whiting. He rarely writes. poems possibly forthcoming. A Freshwater concert honored his birth anniversary with songs by Lady Tennyson and music by Mlle Jonatha, drawing a large audience.
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