Atkinsons Plan for 1892 World Fair in New York
Mayor Grant's committee considering Edward Atkinson's plan to make the 1892 World Fair primarily instructive and useful rather than money making. The piece weighs costs, suggests curtailing advertising, praises Georgia's Atlanta Exhibition for its broad progress focus, and notes NY should consider hosting with a balanced, nationally beneficial approach.
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Grant
New York
Epwardd Atkinson
Chicago
Washington
Atkinson
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Boss Mahone Dominates Virginia Republican Convention
In Norfolk the Virginia Republican gathering reveals Mahone’s tight grip, backed by President Harrison’s patronage. Delegates bow to his decrees, opposition shunned, and party control appears secure, signaling a dangerous federal influence on state politics with potential national repercussions.
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Norfolk
Ism
New York
William Manone
Republican Party of
Virginia
Quay
Harrison
Matone
Republican Party
Manone
Mahone
Groner
Cameron
Petersburg
Old Dominion
Handison
Republican
Washington
General Mahone
Fortger
Amory’s civic legacy and the Studies at Home society
In Boston, the late Thomas C. Amory is remembered for public service, historic city interest, and philanthropy. The piece praises his town spirit, supports his stance on good government, and notes his role in promoting letters and benevolent deeds. It highlights Miss Anna Ticknor’s Society to Encourage Studies at Home, its 509 students taught by 196 women, and its growing national reach with a lending library of 2268 volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Amory
Boston
John Suullivan
Bancroft
Mr. Amory
Robert D. Joyce
Deirdré
Amory
Anna Ticknor
Blackstone
Palestrina
Pope Marcellus
Wisconsin
Taussig
Post
Marlboro Street
Royal Bounty Fund
Linnwus Banks
Banks
Blanche Wakefield
Ethel
Succes
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Blanche
Mme. Aubrey
Mr. Ruskin
Walkley
Sheffield
Eng
Meresbrook Hall
St. George’s Guild
Royal arrivals and social notes from distant shores
King Malietoa arrives in Apia to take the throne as Queen Victoria's rumored Bath Order may reach Edison. Reports also note Hubert Herkomer again holds Oxford Slade Professorship, a Duran daughter to wed Feydeau, and Coy declines Phillips Exeter principalship.
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Malietoa
Apia
Victoria
Order of the Bath
Edison
Parnell
America
Slade
Oxford
Hubert Herkomer
M. Carolus Duran
M. Georges Feydeau
Professor Coy
Phillips Academy
Andover
Phillips Exeter Academy
Alma Tadema
Whitelaw Reid
France
Dieppe
Robert Louis Stevenson
Gilbert Islands
South Seas
Charles Williams
Manchester
N. H
Three Americas Congress Delegates View Washington
Boston Morning issue notes that the Three Americas Congress schedules weeks of sight seeing for foreign delegates. It criticizes limited commercial aims and a policy of restricting trade, with guests allowed to look but not touch the U.S. products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Controversy Over Home Market Club Quotations
Colonel Albert Clarke criticizes past club actions while acknowledging limits of his knowledge. He disputes Robert Bleakie and disclaims responsibility for quoted English newspaper passages. The piece alleges forged quotations circulated by the club and questions Clarke's competence and Vermont residence context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Clarke
Home Market Club
Robert Bleakie
Bleakie
Colonel Clarke
Rapeclyffe
Vermont
Boston
England Italy talks on balance of power in the Mediterranean
A Rome newspaper says England has not joined the Triple Alliance but has an understanding with Italy on maintaining balance in the Mediterranean. It notes England is unlikely to sign a special agreement with Italy or to back allied plans. The Saturday Review questions close ties with Germany and questions the Mediterranean accord’s basis, warning it could offend France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
England
Italy
Mediterranean
Saturday Review
Williams
Europe
Germany
France
Surprise at West End stock increase approved by railroad board
Informed railroad observers express surprise that railroad commissioners approve an 80,000 share increase in the West End Street Railway Company capital stock, nearly matching the requested 90,000 shares. The extra stock equates to about 4.6 million dollars at par, expected for West End Land Company to acquire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Street Railway Company
West End Land Company
Commissioners Debate Value Increases For Company Assets
Officials clash over the valuation of a company’s assets including cash to be paid in. Some deem the rise excessive while a conservative approach would cap the increase at half and monitor further developments. The dispute centers on whether the reduction affects adherence to the law’s strict limits.
Life Penal Servitude for Mrs Maybrick Commutation
The Home Secretary Mr Matthews commutes Mrs Maybrick's sentence to life penal servitude rather than a pardon or imprisonment. The case leaves unsettled questions about guilt and the jury's verdict, though authorities claim the sentence rests on careful review of the evidence with input from notable lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews
Maybrick
Matt Thews
Exhibition of 1892 Would Demonstrate Interdependence of Nations
Mr ATKINSON argues the proposed 1892 exhibit should serve as a object lesson in mutual dependence and peaceful collaboration among peoples. He says the goal is not a Home Market, but sound policy that promotes plenty through interconnection and service in the arts of peace. He hopes the New York committee adopts this view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Atkinson
New York
Atkinson
Unappreciated Field in American Novel Critique
The essay argues that the American novel fails to depict life accurately by treating the American as a summer boarder rather than as a genuine product of nineteenth century conditions. It contrasts poetry’s uplifting aim with the novel’s duty to represent life and condemns past writers for distorted portrayals of Americans and their era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Arnold
Paris welcome eases concerns over Hammer phonograph accusation
The reception of Mr. Epon in Paris eased fears that the Controversy surrounding William J. Hammer would tarnish the inventor. Hammer had used a phonograph to accuse a Paris newspaper writer of offering to publish a flattering notice for pay. He then claimed French journals refused exhibition mentions without payment, prompting wider criticism of Parisian journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epon
Paris
William J. Hammer
Carner
France
Epison
Hammer
Albany Reservoir Collapse Acknowledges Costly Slopes Error
Albany New York August 22 An engineer in charge of the citys new driven well reservoirs miscalculated ground conditions. Quicksand and clay forced dramatic slope changes after a fall grading collapse. Original cost 272000 now estimated at 300000 with work hurried to October completion. The mistake stems from incorrect slope plans and delayed authorization.
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Albany
N. Y
Deverona
New York
Tariff Reform Picnic Sees Big Turnout in Plattsburg
Plattsburg Missouri hosts a tariff reform picnic with about 2000 attendees. A canvas amphitheatre was crowded during speeches including a letter from ex-President Cleveland and remarks by Senator Dockrell, Congressmen Dockery Wilson Mansur ex-Senator Ladue and Congressman-elect Tarsney.
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Plattsburg
Cleveland
Dockrell
Dockery
Wilson
Mansur
Ladue
Tarsney
Cape Cod Oil Co. to Run Provincetown Fish Factory
Boston parties lease the Long Point oil factory and operate as Cape Cod Oil Company with Lorenzo Richardson as superintendent to manufacture guano and oil from fish in Provincetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Boston
Long Point
Cape Cod Oil Company
Lorenzo Richardson
Bar Harbor Notes and Local Developments
Bar Harbor Me Aug 22 The burlesque opera L Africaine was repeated at the Kebo Valley Theatre. George W Vanderbilt has purchased Watersmeet from the Ogden family of New York, a twenty acre shoreline property near Bar Harbor. The price paid is not fully stated. The Hon William L Putnam is stopping at the Louisburg.
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Bar Harbor
Kebo Valley
George W. Vanderbilt
Ogden Family
New York
William L. Putnam
Louisburg
Indian Female Seminary Opens in Tahlequah
The new female seminary in Tahlequah, L. T., cost 78000 dollars and rises three stories in a brick building set in an eight acre park. Cherokee applicants exceed capacity with 124 seeking admission for 106 rooms. students pay five dollars a month or board free if unable to pay, with 35 percent of tribal revenues funding schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahlequah
L. T
Interior official may ease bar to military pensions
The Philadelphia Telegraph reports Assistant Secretary Bussey of the Interior Department questions that dishonorable discharge should permanently bar pension eligibility. If upheld, the ruling would benefit deserters and bounty-jumpers, seen as glorious news by supporters of military critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bussey
Interior Department
Tanner
Army
Navy
Philadelphia Telegraph
Warning to Republicans from a balmy South Louisiana
The Times-Democrat notes that national Republican speakers slated for the third district should not fear the August climate as South Louisiana is described as breezy and balmy, malaria free, yet full of Democracy. It suggests visiting visitors may be tempted to stay when exposed to local political atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Republican Party
South Louisiana
Bar Harbor
Long Island Sound
Chuck
Times-Democrat
Exhibition as an object lesson of progress since Columbus
A letter from Mr. Atkinson read at the World's Fair finance committee meeting proposes making the exhibition a staged lesson in the progress of science, art, and industry from civilization’s dawn to four centuries after Columbus. It urges exhibits to show steps, not just results, though noting the immense labor required.
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Atkinson
America
N. Y
The Condition of Johnstown
The Hartford Post reports residents fear General Beaver will halt cleanup and body recovery in Johnstown not only in town but in the riverbed. Thousands of dead remain buried under wreckage, wires, and debris from destroyed iron works, with hundreds still unrecovered.
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Johnstown
Beaver
Hartford Post
The Delights of a Home Market Editorial
A Springfield Republican editorial argues against free trade, praising American high tariffs and a protected home market while depicting English pauper labor as depauperized. It mocks British free traders and inte nds to boost support for Carnegie and tariff advocates, noting ships should be built by Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Great Britain
Cobden Club
London
Carnegie
Springfield Republican
Queen Appears as Speaker at Royal Wedding
At a recent royal wedding in England the Queen surprised guests by delivering a toast in addition to the customary two. The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe had been slated to propose the toasts for the bride and bridegroom, with a third honor for the King of the Greeks added at the last moment.
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England
Earl of
Mount Edgcumbe
Canton Fire Inquest Sparks Veracity Dispute Among Officials
The Canton fire inquest degenerated into a test of truth as Judge Grover, Chief Wade, and State Policeman Pratt traded accusations. Grover says the jury ordered his summons to Wade, Wade disputes the tone and outcome, Pratt defends his long service and asserts no grounds exist for grand jury action.
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Judge Grover
Chief Wade
Canton
Mr. Wade
Pratt
Grover
Ames
Wrenthem
Wade
MTS
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Dicx- Ens
Robert Buchanan
Pizarro Cesar
Newark
N. J
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Adams
Eve
Franz Hals
Oultremont
Rembrandt
Sellar
F. Hails
Jan Steen
Felix Pyat
City Boarder
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Biddy
Galway
Benny
Harper’s Weekly
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Milan Obrenovitch
Belgrade
Clementine
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Sophia
Prussia
Greece
Emma
Holland
Waldeck- Pyrmont
Lord Brassey
Java
South Sea Islands
California
Boston Post Post Publishing CO
Milk
Washington Street
Taeana
Post Publishing Company
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Corcoran
Fifteenth Street
Boston. Post
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