Boston Post advertising and notices amid theater listings
Boston Post publishing rates and office details appear alongside amusement notices for Evan geline Niobe The Midnight Alarm and a Mystic Park August pacing and trotting program with showtimes and venues in Boston and Medford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Theates
Washington Street
Evangeline
Boston Museum
Tremont Street
Niobe
Grand Orrra House
Mystic Pann
Medford
Postal card poll on tariff by agricultural papers
The Philadelphia Press recalls a 110000 postal card survey of farmers on the McKinney tariff. Of those replies 57258 favored the tariff and 39133 opposed. The piece labels such polls as irresponsible, noting no basis to claim current majority support and questioning the conclusion.
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Philadelphia
Ano
The Cruise of the Senators on the White Squadron
The Senate Naval Committee will cruise with the White Squadron, a valuable educational trip for lawmakers on naval affairs. The piece defends the voyage as a fair, practical benefit, noting the new navy’s growing popularity and the need to avoid costly past blunders through firsthand experience with naval officers.
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Senate Naval Committee
Republican silver coinage outlined by Ohio Republicans
The Boston Journal is accused of avoiding full reproduction of the amended coinage act and of misrepresenting free coinage. The piece argues the Ohio Republican resolution adds the entire product of U S silver mines to the currency and questions if the Journal would back Greenhalge including such a resolution in Massachusetts platform as sound money.
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Boston Journal
United States
Ohio
Journal
Greenhalge
The Ukase About Rye Prohibition in Russia
The export ban on rye and rye flour signals a grave Russia situation. Over the last decade the average rye crop, including Poland and Finland, has run about 725 million bushels with roughly 60 million bushels exported to Germany Belgium and other nations.
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Russia
Poland
Finland
Germany
Belgium
European rye crop crisis looms as exports shrink
Reports estimate rye yields at 25 to 60 percent of average, signaling a likely crop failure with a deficit of at least 200 million bushels. Russia faces domestic shortages, raising rye prices in Germany and increasing bread and wheat demand. Germany resists lowering grain duties while American farmers are seen as pivotal, in a scenario that could favor a proposed wheat trust.
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Russia
Germany
London Daily News
America
James Russell Lowell remembered as man of letters and diplomat
The obituary honors James Russell Lowell as a premier American writer and diplomat. It notes his poetic feats The Biglow Papers and The Vision of Sir Launfal, his critical prose and essays, and his role as a statesman reflecting English respect for his intellect and public service. It praises his broad, humane intellect and enduring influence beyond poetry.
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James Russell Lowell
Launfal
Biglow
St. James’s
Lowe
Matthew Arnold
Lower Li
Arnold
Lower
Morley
Lowel U
Lowew
Loowell
Superintendent Owens Idea On Labor Law Evasion Plan
Superintendent Owen proposes employers and employees jointly set the share of foreign skilled workers allowed under the alien contract labor law and notify the Immigration Commissioner of desired violations. He imagines a court like forum guiding enforcement, while iron workers and opponents trade accusations in letters and interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Owen
Commissioner of Immigration
Supreme Court
Nicep- Ringhaus
Iron and Steel
We are all of us Philistines in modern life
A New England Magazine essay by Charles Lewis Statvery argues that Philistinism is a societal flaw. He advocates inoculating future generations by sending children of the better classes to public schools to blend cultures. The example from a small New England town shows how mixed classrooms foster refinement, character, and against priggishness.
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Shakspere
Hamlet
New England Magazine
Harvard
Charles Lewis Statvery
Suarreery
SvAtTrEery
Suartery
New England
Grammar School
Walter Scott
Mr. Slattery
Channing
Maria White
Watertown
Lowell
Margaret Fuller
Frederick Douglass
Boston
Cambridge
Pegasus
Maria Whit
Keats and Tennyson
Hoston Miscellany
Pioneer
Hale
Hawthorne
Poe
John Neal
W. Parsons
Elizabeth Barrett
Story
Elmwood
Fredrika Bremer
Blanche
Edward Burnett
Liberty Bell
Boston Courier
Robert Carter
Neal
Dwight
Jones Very
Parsons
Elizabeth Barrest
Browning
Whittier
William W. Story
Brittany
Wendell Phillips
Joshua K. Giddings
Sir Launfal
Lowell Institute
Harvard University
Putnam’s Monthly
Biglow
Mr. Lowell
Arthur Gilman
Harvard Register
Mexico
Petroleum
Longfellow
the Atlantic
Phillips, Sampson & Co
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dr. Holmes
The
Atlantic
North American Review
Charles Eliot Norton
Review
Fight Philistinism From Beneath Not Above In Nation
The piece argues culture must stem from the masses, not elites, to curb vice and uplift youth. It critiques top down schemes and emphasizes college trained individuals fail to reform peers, urging a collective national ascent driven by shared character and widespread influence.
Boston Mayor Refuses Ferry Named After Him
The New York Sun notes Mayor Nathan Matrhews of Boston declines a ferryboat honor, preferring humility over fame while praising the idea. It also comments on M Rovustan’s Madrid ambassadorship, American diplomacy, and a weather affecting a theater performance of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Mansfield delaying the show.
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New York
Matrhews
Richard Mansfield
Rumor and Witty Snippets From A Gambit Of Paper Gags
A collage of light gossip and quips about scandals and society found in a 19th or early 20th century newspaper. It mentions rumors about the Kaiser’s knee, a sensational market squeeze linked to a butcher’s boy, jokes about dancing and matrimony, a banker’s seaside study, and pithy exchanges on travel, railway accidents, and social manners. The tone is a light household humor column with clipped observations and quips from various cities.
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Jerry Rusk
Brown
Bronson Howard
Bobby
Bentley
Cabby
Cadby
Aroast
Amy
Sue
N. Y. San
Webb
Solomon
Joscelyn
Watts
Potts
Indianapolis Journal
Moscow
Russia
Washington
Hudson Bay
The Danger Line from Hartford Courant
A New York Sunday paper prints many bathing suit pictures with full names of wives and daughters of notable New Yorkers. The piece mocks this journalistic excess and suggests the enterprise may push toward a deadline as it nears the equator in sensationalism.
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Hartford Courant
New York
The Value of Naval Reviews
The national reserve theory has been tested with results far superior to expectations, confirming the reserve as a permanent institution. This will spark new enthusiasm in the naval militia, and battalions are likely to form in all sea coast states.
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Portland
Oregonian
Chicago’s Cleanliness Aids Summer Confidence
An editorial argues that closing for worship in Chicago during summer increases suspicion of local Christianity. It states cleanliness is vital in midsummer heat and suggests public bathing places could restore trust in Chicago’s religious life.
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Chicago
Why Boast of Our Imports McKinley Tariff Defense
The Springfield Union notes British manufacturers in mourning while New England producers stay busy turning out goods equal to foreign imports and meeting domestic demand. The piece argues this is exactly what the McKinley tariff is designed to achieve.
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Springfield Union
New England
Boston Letter on James Russell Lowell Death and Weather Reflections
A Boston writer mourns the death of James Russell Lowell and recalls a recent social visit, praising Lowell as a scholar diplomat and vivid conversationalist. The piece muses on hot weather tempering conceit, the value of lemonade, and the grim internet of weather indications and maternal anxiety over forecasts.
Notable summer movement and political run in 1880s circles
The piece lists Rev J L Withrow visiting Saratoga from Boston and Chicago, Austin Dobson planning US readings in autumn, Francis Wilson publishing Horace in verse, Governor Russell at Magnolia summer home, cadet camp at Essex, W L Shearer and Dr Charles Bullock at Rangeley Lakes, Mrs W L Shearer and family at Franklin, M F Sweetser sailing to Europe, Swinburne vacationing with his mother at Brockhampton Park once owned by Sir Walter Raleigh, Seitz Greenback bid for Ohio governor, and veteran jockey William Hayward from Eatontown NJ with $60,000 fortune and a Saratoga Cup dead heat memory.
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J. L. Withrow
Boston
Chicago
Saratoga
Austin Dobson
United States
Francis Wilson
Horace
Governor Russell
Magnolia
State House
Second Corps of Cadets
Essex
W.L. Shearer
Charles Bullock
Cambridge
Rangeley Lakes
W. L. Shearer
Franklin
N. H
M. F. Sweetser
Europe
Nevada
New York
Sweetser
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Sir Walter Raleigh
Brockhampton Park
Cheltenham
Seitz
Ohio
Greenback Party
William Hayward
Preakness
Eatontown
N. J
Hayward
THAT COSTLY GUN CONTRACT
A letter to the editor questions government orders for guns from a Pennsylvania firm rather than cheaper alternatives at government shops in Troy. The writer notes Pennsylvania's supposed need for "redeeming" and defends Cramp & Sons’ selection for a cruiser contract, arguing the state’s influence could prod better outcomes and more spending on naval salvation.
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Pennsylvania
Troy
Cramp & Sons
Bath Company
Delaware
Kennebec
Maine
Boston
Abominably Bad Principle in Trade and Currency
The Chicago Lerald notes Senator Sherman defending two aims a sound currency and a hostile trade restriction system. It argues the People’s party opposes the currency stance but would promote a robbery minded principle harming creditors wage earners savers and policyholders.
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Chicago Lerald
Sherman
People’s Party
Death of James Russell Lowell at Elmwood Cambridge
The long illness of James Russell Lowell ended at Elmwood Cambridge where he died after a liver tumor and complications. He endured five weeks in bed and was cared for by nurses with Dr Henry P Wolcott taking charge. Funeral services will be held at Appleton Chapel Harvard College with pallbearers including Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes and Judge E R Hoar.
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James Russell Lowell
Elmwood
Cambridge
Lowell
Merrill Wyman
Henry P. Wolcott
Wyman
Edward Burnett
Appleton Chapel
Harvard College
Brooks
Bar Harbor
William Lawrence
Oliver Wendell Holmes
E. R. Hoar
Literary Club
Holmes
Auburn
Sketch of James Russell Lowell Life in Cambridge
James Russell Lowell was born February 22 1819 at Elmwood Cambridge Mass to Rev Charles Lowell and Harriet Spence. He hailed from a large New England clan of ministers judges and authors with ties to John Lowell and Francis Cabot Lowell.
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Lowell
James Russell Lowell
Elmwood
Cambridge
Mass
Charles Lowell
John Lowell
United States
New England
Massachusetts
Harvard
Newburyport
Percival Lowell
Bristol
England
Newbury
R.I. 5
New Jersey
S. K. Putnam
Madison
Francis Cabot Lowell
Cotton Manufactures
Lowell Institute
Boston
John) Lowell
Percival, Abbott, Lawrence
Edward Jackson Lowell
Charles Russell Lowell
James Jackson Lowell
Professor Lowell
Harriet (Spence) Lowell
Robert Traill Spence
Portsmouth
N. H
United States Navy
Hear
Hrattle Street
Jory Row
Baroness Riedesel
Thomas Oliver
Elbridge Gerry
Brattle Street
William Wells
Harvard College
Schlar
William Story
T. W. Higginson
Charles C. Perkins
Wells
Cicero
A. M
Story
Charles Devens
Rufus King
Cincinnati
G. B. Loring
Portugal
H. L. Eustis
E. A. Washburn
Rufus Ellis
J. L T. Coolidge
Harvardiana
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Boston Post
Meney
Post Publishing Company
Warmerox
Corcoran
Fifteenth Street
Boston, Post
Senators
Century Magazine
Slattery
M. Rovustan
Madrid
North Pole
N. Y
Popson
Noodles
Detroit Tree Press
Beacon Street
Spain
Sejor Riafio
Spanish Academy
London
Wit
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