International Maritime Exhibition urged by city and delegates
The Kedge Anchor notes the upcoming International Maritime Exhibition planned for November in the city and urges local exhibitors to participate. Secretary Tracy visits Charlestown Navy Yard and advocates federal funding to expand facilities at Brooklyn and Norfolk, criticizing slow naval construction and urging faster progress.
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Washington
Tracy
Charlestown Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Norfolk
Congress
Merit System Debate Signals Hope Amid Reform Struggle
The Transcript flags "signs of promise" for civil service reform under the Harrison era yet admits obstacles from executive veto. It praises the Civil Service Commission as aggressive but notes Republican obstruction and mixed results under Harrison versus Cleveland. The piece reviews naval ship plans, criticizing armor choices and urging armored cruisers for future fleet protection. It also recounts a lively picnic train excursion with mixed mishaps and social antics, ending on an affirming, distinctly American tone.
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Transcript
Civil Service Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Harrison
Friends of the Reform
Republican Party
Cleveland
Haakarisson
Naay
Mr. Cleveland
Blaine and Wanamaker
memorials of Dr Le Baron Russell in Boston society
In Boston, a tribute recalls Dr Le Baron Russell born in Plymouth, long linked with local education and philanthropy. He lived quietly at Mt Vernon Street, aided schools, reform causes, and supported freedmen while serving on Harvard overseers and Boston school committees, leaving a broad legacy and cherished social ties.
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Russell
Dr. Russell
Carlyle
Emerson
Kansas
South
Harvard College
State Lunatic Hospital
Taunton
Training School
Boston
Normal School
Mt. Vernon Street
Union Club
London Daily Snippets and Oddities From Abroad
A collection of curious notes and jokes touching on events from Europe to America. It cites lightning striking the Eiffel Tower no damage, the Shah of Persia going home, and lighthearted quips about telegraph runs and Horace. Historical curiosities and small town humor fill the page.
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Diamond Trust
Eiffel Tower
Highland Light
Vancouver
Shah of
Persia
Europe
Shah
Financial and Ship News Page Placements Noted
The notice lists where to find the Financial and Commercial Departments on pages six and seven, and the Ship News on page three. It guides readers to the correct sections for these topics in the newspaper.
Behring Sea Seizures Prompt Call for Policy Change
Reports of British sealing vessels being captured in Behring Sea indicate each seized schooner may sail off its prize crew to Victoria, not Sitka, signaling ineffective enforcement of the act. The Bush commander’s methods draw Treasury-directed criticism, underscoring urgency for a clear administration policy and faster protection of fisheries amid claimed large seal skin take.
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Behring Sea
Victoria
Sitka
Bush
Treasury Department
Blaine
United States
Bayarp
Post office purge under Clarkson ad mission prompts debate
The piece notes fifteen thousand post office changes in five months under Clarkson’s ad mission, averaging over one hundred daily. It cites a peak of one hundred forty eight postmasters removed in a single Tuesday, with Wanamaker boasting the head removals and questioning civil service reform rhetoric versus practice under the Chicago platform.
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Clarkson
Wanamaker
Chicago
Optimistic Theory Of Navy Built By Native Enterprise
A historical note argues that in a future conflict a capable navy could be improvised through native enterprise and ingenuity, suggesting reliance on local initiative to build or expand naval power if needed.
English ideas in our navy press on new cruisers
Secretary Tracy's Naval Board has agreed on plans for 7500 ton and 5300 ton cruisers, with all appropriations vessels under way. Unarmored cruisers Baltimore and Charleston near service readiness, Newark Philadelphia and San Francisco due for completion soon, while smaller vessels are also being pushed rapidly.
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Petrel
Herreshoff
Texas
Maine
Department
New York Tribune
The
Boston Journal
Wait Tory
Tracy
Mr. Whitney
Epdwarp Reed
Tribune
Journal
Warrley
Reina Tegente
Baltimore
Congress
Naval Board
Charleston
Newark
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Summer Excursions And The Pitfalls Of Pleasure Rides
Summer excursions reach their peak as crowds flock to trains and country pleasures. The piece catalogs scenes of picnic days with tracks cars and lemonade but notes drawbacks like old cars delayed by fast expresses, collisions with freight trains, and rowdy behavior that risks injuries.
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North Atlantic Express
Friction Ends Duet of Erckmann and Chatrain Authors
The French writers Erckmann and Chatrian, partners for forty two years, have separated over money concerns and will not write together again. Their joint works were highly praised, and each author now aged sixty seven and sixty three respectively.
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Bxrckmann- Chatrian
Erckmann
Chatrian
London singers clash over next American season
Much interest centers on Mme Parri's plans in light of Mme AlbanI's engagement with the same company for next year. Parri reportedly views AlbanI as a rival, while Tamagno, the new London tenor, refuses to sing with AlbanI, complicating the TamaGNo nights and Mr Anpry's announced American season.
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London
Mme. Parri
Mme. Albani
Mme. Parr
Tamagno
Albani
Mme, Albani
Anpry
America
Dr Hamilton on Elixir of Life dangers from Brown Sequard
In a New York Sun interview Dr Atlen McLane Hamilton, just back from Europe, warns the Elixir of Life may carry virulent poison. He cites albumen decay, heat sterilization, and bodily injection as risks, notes painful injections and possible erysipelas, and urges careful scientific testing before medicines are tried.
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New York Sun
Atlen McLane Hamilton
Europe
Brown- Sequard
Paris
Brown-Sequard
Reading Iron Works resumes sheet mill operations
Reading Pennsylvania August 21 The Reading Iron Company sheet mill, part of a nine unit plant, resumed this morning after six months off. The mill employs 275 workers with eight other mills to follow in ten days, offering steadier work to about 2300 more men. Over 2000 men have signed to forego alcohol and labor union membership in exchange for steady employment per President Corbin's conditions.
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Lord Fauntleroy
Galway
Jo Lynch
Kansas
Boulanger
O. S
Horace
Lord Tennyson
Keats
Spithead
Pennsylvania Weather Service Bureau
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Reading Mills
Reading
Penn
Reading Iron Company
Reading Iron Works
Corbin
Sullivan barred from sparring at Oak Island
John Barnitt, manager for John L. Sullivan, applied to Revere selectmen for a permit to hold a grand sparring exhibition next Monday at Oak Island. The permit was refused. The selectmen said no sparring exhibitions on the beach.
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Sullivan
Oak Island
John Barnitt
John L. Sullivan
Revere
Publishers notes on new chemistry and history texts
Youmans editors revise Class Book of Chemistry with the author’s brother at the helm and Appleton to publish in fall. D C Heath issues Woodrow Wilson The State or Elements of Historical and Practical Politics, to be followed by The American State. Appleton to publish A First Book in American History by Edward Eggleston with biographical sketches and maps.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Messrs. D. Appleton & Co
Edward Eggleston
Oil Refinery Burned at Alleghany Pittsburg Fire
A massive blaze at the A. D. Miller oil refinery in Alleghany Pittsburg started from a gasoline still and spread to white oil and ordinary brands. 25,000 barrels burned as flames enveloped the block. night watchman Perry Heuck was found dazed and engineer Thornton Miller missing, presumed dead. The plant, valued at 225000, was largely destroyed with fire under control by 5:30 but still burning at 9 AM. insurance was light due to refinery risk.
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Prirrspurg
Penn
Alleghany
Pittsburg
Ohio River
A. D. Miller
Perry Heuck
Thornton Miller
Preble Avenue
Lower Allerhany
Difficulty in Dakota over constitution and lands
Grand Forks August 21 two lawyers uncovered a clash between the state constitution and Congress enabling act. The constitution lists all state institutions and divides public lands, but the act says the legislature shall recate institutions and divide lands. If the constitution fails, North Dakota may lose federal lands.
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Grand Forks, Dak
Congress
North Dakota
Shoe lasters strike in Cincinnati over discharge
All the union shoe lasters in Cincinnati factories, nearly 300 workers, walked out today after three union men were discharged. Owners offered no reason for the layoffs. A long strike looms as the dispute continues.
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Cincinnati, O
Pension Discharge Controversy Shapes White House Policy
President Cleveland vetoed pensions for men dishonorably discharged from the army while President Harrison moves to award them pensions. Albany Argus comments on the shift, noting partisan angles and potential political implications.
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Cleveland
Harrison
Albany Argus
Restraint of greed on Harrison spoils policy
The New York World Democratic comment notes no Republican leader fully approves President Harrison’s spoils distribution. It predicts no open criticism while any unserved provisions remain in the White House refrigerator.
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Harrison
White House
N. Y
Mr Roosevelt and the Workers Reported Traitor Denunciation
Albany report says the county Republican committee denounced Theodore Roosevelt as a traitor for his civil service role and even claims he visited a Democratic newspaper office. The Democratic editor is a state civil service commissioner, suggesting Roosevelt found him more companionable than patronage newspapers.
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Roosevelt
Albany
Republican Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
N. Y. Evening Post
Pension ruling: dishonorable discharge not bar to veterans’ pay
The Springfield Republican notes that a dishonorable discharge may not bar a veteran from receiving a pension, a view applauded by Commissioner Black as fair though critics call it lenient. The Pension Bureau now treats all applicants, whether scalawags or patriots, the same under the ruling.
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Springfield Republican
Ind
One Private Soldier Validates Disability Proof
Corporal Tanner abolished a safeguard requiring officer or sergeant testimony for disability proof. From now on the testimony of a single private soldier suffices. The columnist warns such changes invite rascality and threaten the Pension Bureau's integrity.
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Tanner
Pension Bureau
Philadelphia Record
Ind
Appointment of Rascals to Office Shocks Readers
The Post Office Department has removed a burglar recently appointed postmaster at Shushan New York. Congressman Quackenbush togelled the appointment, claimed to act on recommendations from prominent Washington county Republicans. The Troy Times notes the alleged lack of personal knowledge by Quackenbush.
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Post Office Department
Shushan
N. Y
Quackenbush
Troy Times
Washington County
The
Times
LN. Y. Evening Post
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