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New York
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Wall Street
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Wasmrxcton
Post prepaid offer extends to presidential election
The Weekly Post will be sent postpaid to any United States address for 25 cents from Aug 8 until Nov 9, covering the period up to after the presidential election.
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United States
Seashore and Country Readers Offer Summer Mail Service
Readers of the Post traveling this summer may have the newspaper mailed to them for 50 cents per month with postage paid, ensuring delivery while away from home.
Swedish paper abandons Harrison in favor of tariff reform
The Levenska Folkets Tidwing, a leading Northwest Scandinavian paper, declares it cannot support General Harrison and moves away from the Chicago platform and Republican nominees. Editor Magnus Lunnar notes a shift among Minnesota Swedes toward the Democratic ticket over tariff reform, signaling Republican anxiety in the region.
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Levenska Folkets Tidwing
Northwest
General Harrison
Minnesota
Magnus Lunnar
Chicago
Lunnar
Mr Blaine’s Return and 1887 Prosperity Claim
The piece argues Mr Blaine misstates U S conditions. It notes 1887 had labor troubles and poor rail earnings amid prosperity claims. Since the president’s radical industrial change proposal, some improvements are observed, though causation is not asserted. The writer suspects ignorance rather than deceit.
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United States
Blaine
Mrs BeLva A Lockwood Seeks Iowa Victory For Equal Rights
A minor presidential candidate, Mrs BeLva A Lockwood of the Equal Rights party, campaigns from New York and hopes to carry Iowa. She plans future party work in Mayors and Governors races, citing women magistrates in Kansas and comparing movement growth to Prohibition. She notes reliance on sympathetic men for canvassing support.
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BeLva A. Lockwood
Equal Rights Party
Father McGlynn
Prohibition Party
Mr Parnell Announces Final Decision to File Suit
Mr Parnell appears to have resolved to bring an action for damages in the near future. The statement signals a decisive legal step after ongoing disputes.
PARNELL libel suit proceeds in Scottish court system
A libel action against The Times is lodged in Scotland with “ar restments” for legal standing. The case, to be heard in Edinburgh’s Court of Session after October, raises the letters and Times articles and may feature a non unanimous jury from a Liberal city. CHAMBERLAIN documents are challenged as evidence.
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Times
Scotland
Parnell
Court of Session
Apotheosis of Humbug Blames Blaine for Mass. Humility
A Boston newspaper critique denounces Blaine as leading Republicans into humbug and falsehood. It argues his balcony speech in Vendome overstates an anti free trade issue to mislead Massachusetts voters, accusing him of demagoguery worse than Butler. The piece questions leadership and the party’s intelligence.
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Blaine
New York
Vendome
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Butler
Mr. Blaine
Infant Industry Drives Debate on Sugar Tariff
The editorial argues that a tariff reduction on sugar harms an infant industry in the West, highlighting Senator Plum of Kansas as a rare dissenter. It cites sorghum-based sugar in Kansas and Nebraska as a developing alternate crop, noting the need for a profitable extraction process and warning against protectionism’s shifting of principles during tariff reform.
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Senate
Plumb
Kansas
West
Frank Wilkeson
New York Times
Nebraska
Wages and Free Raw Materials Debate in Boston Journal
The Boston Journal responds to a correspondent regarding Colonel Charles R Copman and free trade. Copman argued that removing duties on raw materials for manufacturing would lower costs, boost woollen industry, create jobs, and raise wages through competition and new factories. The Minuts bill’s plan to free foreign wool aligns with operatives and manufacturers.
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The
Boston Journal
Charles R. Copman
Colonel Copman
Worcester
England
Copman
Sugar industry growth in Kansas sparks tariff controversy
In Fort Scott the 1887 sugar works produced 235826 pounds of sugar and 51000 gallons of syrup, with seed saved worth 7000 dollars, showing sorghum juice sugar can be profitable. The piece argues Kansas could someday export sugar, opposing tariff plans that would free sugar and harm infant rural industries.
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Energy and Intelligence
Coleman
State of Kansas
Congress
Wilkeson
Fort Scott
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Suppression of the Thirty-Six Beasts Gameed in Cambodia
The debate over King Noropom’s game Thirty-Six Beasts drew French Deputies into a lively afternoon dispute. M. La Porte and M. Constans clashed as the latter argued that banning one vice among many risks Cambodia’s revenue, while the former claimed the game would be suppressed for dangers it posed.
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King Noropom
M. Or LA Portte
M. Constans
London Daily Telegraph
Noropom
Far East
Constans
Ennoyé
la Porte
Semercey
M. Or LA Porte
Cambodia
Inauguration Thought Amid Cambodian King’s Favorite Feu
A fragment notes debate on an inauguration and the difficulty for a semi barbarous monarch. It mentions Mr Stockton and the suppression of the favorite feu of King Noropom of Cambodia, implying political maneuvering in a colonial or exotic context.
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Mr. Stockton
Feu
Noropom
Cambodia
Harrison and Morton club rumor sparks wage recall
A Poughkeepsie manufacturer urged workers to form a Harrison and Morton club and promised future remembrance. One employee recalled eight years earlier when a placard warned that Democratic votes would reduce wages, and days after an election a superintendent cut wages by twenty five cents per day.
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Poughkeepsie
Harrison and Morton
Boston sculptor Greenough and American art ideals
The writer praises Richard B. Greenough’s Franklin statue at City Hall and the Boy and the Eagle at the Boston Atheneum, contrasts with the Crispus Attacks monument, laments many artists living in Italy, and argues for a distinct American art scene. He notes a Post note about a large dog for a young lady, warns against setters and bull mastiffs, and ends with an anecdote about a broker on State Street and a wealthy man.
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Richard 8. Greenough
Boston
Franklin
City Hall
Wendell Phillips
Phillips
Greenough
Lavater
Richard
Italy
Largest advance order for new novel received
G. W. Dillingham reports a single order for 10,000 copies of The Hidden Hand by Mrs. Southworth, possibly the largest advance for a new novel. D. Appleton & Co will publish The Elect Lady by George Macdonald next week in Lown and Country Library. Robert Elsmere expands in England and America with 5,000 copies snapped up. a second edition is planned.
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G. W. Dillingham
New York Ledger
England
Woman Hater at Boston Museum Praises Reed and cast
The Woman Hater at the Boston Museum features Roland Reed in his Boston debut as Samuel Bundy with Mr. Raymond delivering sharp wit and a strong Boston humor. The play, set in New York and a lunatic asylum, unravels Bundy’s triple betrothal to widows and his comic misadventures ending in happiness. Hastings Bartram and Annie Lewis receive favorable note as part of a capable company.
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Roland Reed
Yorick
Denmark
Samuel Bundy
Joy
Bundy
Newport
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Boston
Raymond
Globe Theatre Opens Season With Johnson Slavin Minstrels
Globe Theatre lit up the 1888 89 season as John Stetson presented Johnson and Slavin’s minstrels with a bright renovated house. Notables include Carroll Johnson Bob Slavin Hughey Dougherty and Fred B Malcolm with acts ranging from singing and dancing to clog dancing and Serb riders. Performances run this week with Wednesday and Saturday matinees to follow.
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Globe Theatre
John Stetson
W. J. Moorhead
Johnson and Slavin
Carroll Johnson
Bob Slavin
Hughey Dougherty
Fred B. Malcolm
George C. Marshall
Tive
Island of
Pokah
East
Grand Opera House Opening Remembered Play
Ten years ago, memory recalls Joseph Bradford wrote Law in New York. Its first production at the Grand Opera House marked the opening where the play debuted amid community anticipation and theatrical interest.
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Grand Opera House
Joseph Bradford
New York
One of the Finest revives amid mixed reviews and brightened interior
Howard Athenerum and Stuart Robson star in a revived production once titled One of the Finest. Bradford, Hassan, and Edwin Ryan headline a cast with humor trimmed for more variety. The North River scene shines though the lower seats see little beyond water splashes and moving props. The theatre has been brighter at its second opening with fresh paint and decorative interior changes.
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Howard Athenerum
Stuart Robson
Mr. Bradford
Harry Bloodgood
Gus Williams
Edward J. Hassan
Edwin Ryan
John Mishler
Pinafore Presented at Oakland Garden in Poor Weather
At Oakland Garden the lake performance of Pinafore was moved to the pavilion due to rain. Miss Alice Carle as Ralph Ruckstraw drew applause, with strong turns by Harry Brown as Sir Joseph Porter and Alma Norton as Josephine. The rest of the cast were commonplace, but the show will continue the rest of the week when the weather allows.
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Oakland Garden
Alice Carle
Ralph Ruckstraw
Harry Brown
Joseph Porter
Percy J. J. Cooper
Corcoran
Buttercup
Kate Field Preaches California Wine Reform Eastward
Kate Field announces lectures defending California wines as a temperance solution, urging substitution of light cheap wines for beer and whiskey, with the first reform step to improve wines. Mme Carnot’s Parisian style draws criticism at a recent open air fete. Senate and Congress fund portraits and busts of Chief Justices Ellsworth Rutledge and Waite. Autographs of the German Emperor rise in Paris due to scarcity and rarity. Rep Randall’s convalescence at Wayne, Pennsylvania continues with doctors unsure when he can fully recover.
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Kate Field
California
N. Y
Mme. Carnot
Senate
Ellsworth
Rutledge
Waite
Congress
Frederick
Congressman Randall
Wayne
Penn
Martin
Randall
Dr. Martin
American Authors Dinner in London Draws Notables
The Incorporated Society of Authors hosted a successful dinner for visiting American writers, drawing many celebrities including Wilkie Collins George Meredith William Black and Oscar Wilde. American guests such as J Rowl, G W Smalley and Mrs Louise Chandler Moulton attended, while critics warned against Times lists and editorial bias shaping history.
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London
Incorporated Society of Authors
Wilkie Collins
George Mereith
William Black
Lord Brabourne
H. Russell
Walter Besant
W.G. Wills
F. O. Adams
Lord Desart
Oscar Wilde
Waller
J. Rowell
G. W. Smalley
G.H. Boughton
Brander Matthews
F. H. Underwood
Colin Campbell
Times
Macdonald
Bearwood
Unpublished Cromwell Letter From 1648 Revealed
The London Atheneum prints a previously unpublished letter of Oliver Cromwell dated Westmr. 6 February 1648. It discusses Mr Lincolne, his service to faction, and Cromwell’s request to admit him to favorable composition, noting past good offices and civility. The document cites lineage details and ties to English clergy and antiquaries.
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London Atheneum
Borrestorp Manor
Brice
Oliver
Record Office
Lincolne
William Lincolne
West Halton
Lincolnshire
Bottesford
Elizabeth
James ‘Yorre
Sasepien
O. Cromwell
Ratios of Scattered Tales on Power and Pockets
A roundup of brief, unsourced anecdotes and quips from American and European sources. It cites persistent anti tariff sentiment, thieves in Vermont, anecdotal remarks on hats and bonnets, and a London street umbrella maker delivering a custom item in under an hour after a Boston woman’s rush demand.
Weavers Strike Over Wage Cuts in Massachusetts Mill
The Massachusetts carpet weavers have struck to protest wage reductions they deem unfair. The piece urges Mr Blaine to press mill owners on the issue, noting his Republican keynote that American labor should consent to wage changes.
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Massachusetts
Blaine
Palmer
N. Y
Not Divided Fairly in Trade Relations
The piece argues that capital and labor share identical interests in producing merchantable goods and that a protected manufacturer unfairly diverts government bounties to himself rather than to workers. It condemns the deception of claiming the bounty benefits wage earners and urges fair division of rewards.
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N. Y. Times
Free Trade in Labor Sparks Tariff Clash at Castle Garden
A Philadelphia Times editorial denounces Blaine and his tariff stance as inviting British and other foreign workers to compete with protected American labor. It claims high war tariffs protect monopoly and harm mill and mine workers by driving them to idleness and starvation.
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Burlington Free Press
Rep
Boston
Cleveland
Maine
Belfast
Turkey
Emily Warnock
Macon
St. Simon’s
J. M. Whittaker
Blaine
Castle Garden
Philadelphia Times
Ind
Blaine and Labor Under Old Rivalry Revisited
The Philadelphia Record critiques Blaine's New York speech, arguing he blames labor gains on tax policy and Congress while claiming free institutions and resources are not prosperity sources. It warns Blaine and Carnegie influence will let bosses run mills and politics, making labor pay the price.
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Blaine
New York
Mr. Blaine
Petty
Carnegies
Blaines
Philadelphia Record
Tariff Reform League in Massachusetts promotes lower taxes
The Tariff Reform League of Massachusetts runs leaflets and pamphlets asserting that federal revenue should fall and the Mills bill be enacted. They cite past Republican speeches praising tariff reductions as proof of public support for immediate action.
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Tariff Reform League of Massachusetts
Republican Party
Bay State League
N. ¥. Herald
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the Theatres
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Indiana
Vermont
Bill Arp
Atlanta Constitution
Oxford Street
Liverpool
N. Y. World
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