Notable People and Events Featured in Everyday Life
Summary of diverse items from a historic newspaper page. Includes Mr James M Tracy and family returning to Roxbury from Vermont. Mr Paul du Chailly described as American, born in Louisiana. Carnegie offering £10000 for a Ayr library if free libraries act adopted by plebiscite of 3738 households yielding 2015 in favor and 123 against. Miss Jessie Langford as sole licensed woman pilot on Northern lakes. Jerome Hopkins touring provinces with school opera Toffee and Old Munch. Mrs James Brown Potter in Paris with a painting A Smile bought for £400. Also notes the retirement of Pr A Harper from Harper & Bros with firm reorg continuing under Harper family relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Ayr
Jessie Langford
Duluth
Jerome Hopkins
Manchester
James Brown Potter
Paris
Jan van Beers
Burlington House
Joseph W. Harper
John W. Harner
J. Henry Harper
John Harper
James Thorne Harper
H. K. Harper
Subscriptions Rates and Page Placements Noted
The Financial Department will be found on the Sixth page the Commercial Department on the Sixth and Seventh pages and the Ship News on the Third page as part of the issue layout and pricing notices.
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Ship News
Amusements This Evening in Boston Area Theaters
The Roxbury Oakland Garden presents The Fall of Babylon at 3:30 and 8:30. Revere Beach Point of Pinks shows The Apaches at 3:30 and 8:30. Boston Theatre on Washington Street offers Good Old Times at 7:45. Globe Theatre on Washington Street shows You and I at 8. My Jack plays at Gerano Opera House at 2 and 7:45. Boston Museum Tremont near Scollay Square screens Lend Me Your Wife at 8. Out in the Streets plays at Arcade Howard Arnenarum on Howard Street at 8. The Sea King appears at 8 at the Barrio on Tremont Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland Garden
Roxbury
Babylon
Point
Pinks
Revere Beach
Boston Theatre
Washington Street
Glone Tugatee
GeRano Opera House
Washington
Dover Streets
My Jack
Boston Museum
Tremont Street
Scollay Square
Roland Reed
Wife
Howard Arnenarum
Howard Street
Barrio
Getryssura
Hortis Street
Teearee
Hollis Street
Southern Industrial Growth Sparks Jute Bagging Debate
The Railroad Record details 108 new cotton and woollen mills and other facilities in the South for six months in 1890, contrasting with New England. It notes the jute trust's price hikes provoking Southern farmers to back cotton bagging, fostering a new cotton bagging industry as a result of the trust conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
New England
Jute Trust
McKinley Tariff Backed by Congressman in Nomination Speech
Congressman McKinney lauded the McKinley tariff bill in accepting the unanimous Republican nomination in his district. The Philadelphia Ledger criticizes Congress for its delusive deliberation under party caucus and urges frankness to revive the party’s credibility. Two Hindu merchants, unable to speak English, were detained as paupers awaiting interpreter after arriving on the Richmond Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinuey
Congress
Chicago
McKinley
McKinney
Senate
Out
McKininy
Philadelphia Ledger
the Ledger
New York Custom House
Richmond Hill
Not Immigrant Status Sparks Detention Lawsuit Hint
Merchants claim detention as illegal and vow to sue the government. They condemn the English only suspicion, arguing that lack of English caused mistreatment. They insist clear English is needed to convince officials.
Debated House clash marks party rule crisis in era
The article recounts yesterday’s House turmoil caused by a majority party autocrat and stricter rules. It notes violent language and fisticuffs among lawmakers, blaming the majority and Speaker for escalating coercion and demoralizing the chamber. It contrasts with calls for decency and the dangers of factionalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
House of Representatives
Cannon
Billingsgate
True Harvard University and its Artistic Aim in 1890
Harvard University stands near many, yet most readers lack full grasp of its aims and influence. An Harper's article by Charles Extor Norton evaluates Harvard's ethical and aesthetic instruction, praising its scholarly critique and literary clarity, presenting a portrait beyond mere statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular
Norton
Clark University At
Worcester
Harvard
Non- Ton
Starvard University
America
Harper’s
Charles Extor Norton
Cambridge
Harvard University
Cleveland reformers face temperance reply and India note
A letter to the Washington branch of the Non-Partisan National Woman's Christian Temperance Union confirms that state dinners feature claret and champagne but calls this the driest administration since Hayes. It also notes life in India is hard for cold-climate natives, and warns of Mrs Jahns Crown Porter arriving in Calcutta potentially causing a new terror if she imitates Cleopatra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Washington
Hayes
India
Fishermen Find Season Lifts White Mountain Streams
Boston observers report unusually strong angling in New Hampshire during July and August. Stocking by the New Hampshire Fish Commission has boosted trout numbers, yielding large catches in streams once thought fished out and drawing city visitors to the mountains for recreation and nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
White Mountain
Jane
New Hampshire Fish Comission
Massachusetts Commission
Knights of Labor Could Hire Copy Editor at Higher Pay
Opinion from the New York Tribune argues the Knights of Labor should spend more on editorial work by hiring a first class copy editor at ten thousand dollars a year to thoroughly edit Mr Powderly's manuscripts with a blue pencil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Powderly
Scandalized organ halts House proceedings in Washington
The Hartford Post reports the House of Representatives in Washington yesterday devolved into filibustering and noisy colloquies. The paper complains such buncombe and shifting quorums hindered orderly public business and edification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Washington
Buncombe
Hartford Post
Will Not Have Lived in Vain War Path to Morse
Citizen Hobart attacks Congressman Elijah A. Morse over a Boston surveyorship setback. The Boston Post reports Senator Hoar will draft a letter on Morse’s behalf, but Hobart remains unsatisfied. The issue centers on personal motive and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hobart
Elijah A. Morse
Hobart
Morse
Springfield Republican
Ind
A Trying Year for Plain Citizens in Tariff Battle
The piece argues the tariff bill is stalled in Congress, harming trade and delaying relief. It criticizes the Democratic opposition and Republican leadership, noting President Harrison's weak influence and the unsuccessful federal election bill effort. It reflects frustration of ordinary citizens who seek stable governance for common prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Senate
Republican Party
Harrison
Philadelpia Telegraph
Horace Wilcox of Meriden Founder Dies at 66
Horace Wilcox of Meriden Connecticut founder and president of Meriden Britannia Works and Wilcox & White Organ Company died at Cottage City after strokes and long illness. He left a widow two sons and two daughters. Wealth estimated around two million. He chaired railroad holdings and other trust positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace, Wilcox
Meriden
Conn
Cottage City
Meriden Britannia Works
Wilcox & White Organ Company
Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad
Hoe
Herbert M. Currier
Spokane Falls
Wash
Boston
South End
Brimmer School
Lewis Currier & Son
Rochester
N. Y
Upton Baseball Club
New England
William E. Fuller
City of
Newton
North Street
Newtonville
Newton Lodge 92
Lo.c.f
Joseph Hammond
Peabody Academy of Science
Salem
Lagrange Street
Caroline
Europe
Canton
Mauritius
Sumatra
South America
Abby M
Western Star
Arctic
Honolulu
East India Marine Museum
The
East India Marine Society
Navy engineer shuffled between Philadelphia and Pensacola
In Wasnixeryn August 27 naval orders detain Passed Assistant Engineer R J Hull from Philadelphia and assign him to Pensacola relieving Passed Assistant Engineer John A Tobin who is removed from Pensacola and placed on waiting orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Gazette
Wasnixeroyn
Naval
R.J. Hull
Philadelphia
Pensacola
John A. Tobin
Harper's September issue features South America travel and Port Tarascon
The September Harper's opens with Theodore Child's Buenos Aires to Pacific slope journey, a vivid under taking for American readers. It includes Daudet's Port Tarascon chapters with charming illustrations, four short stories, Russell Sturgis on Greek sculpture discoveries, Jerrold Kelley on yachting, Norton on Harvard University in 1890, plus poems and editorials in a varied, popular issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's
South America
Theodore Child
Port Tarascon
M. Daudet
Russell Sturgis
Jerrold Kelley
U.S.N
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard University
Popular Science Monthly highlights and notable articles
Mr Edward Atkinson’s second tariff paper dominates the issue with statistical argument. Dr Andrew D White discusses The Fall of Man and Anthropology in Warfare of Science. Australasian race studies from M Reclus work and an African Pygmies piece by A Werper appear, plus Huxley on the old theological scientific dispute and an Evans Wild Horses illustration. Portraits of T C Mendenhall Coast Survey accompany biographical sketch and editorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Edward Atkinson
Atkinson
Andrew D. White
M. Reclus
Herr A. Werper
Huxley
E. ?. Evans
T. C. Mendenhall
United States Coast Survey
Mark of the Beast in Lippincott's September issue
The September Lippincott's features Katherine Pearson Woods's complete novel Mark of the Beast with a Woods sketch, and papers by Rear Admiral Ammen and Henry Clews. Also included are Frank A Burr on interviewing, Esme Stuart fiction, Gladstone portraits, and essays by Rev W Dike and Colonel Chaillce Long alongside poetry, criticism, and Homiletic Review notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott
Katherine Pearson Woods
England
Mr. Gladstone
Ss. W. Dike
Berford
Chaill¢e Long
Gordon
Willis J. Beecher
Miss Caroline Stecker Delivers King Philips War Lecture
Miss Caroline C Stecker the Old South prize essayist of 1889 spoke to school children at the Old South Meeting House on King Philips War The talk covers the rise and fall of Pokanoket sachem Philip Sassamon murder and colonial reprisals the Narragansett destruction the Puritans brutalities and the lack of a reliable Indian historian The speaker argues the settlers acted under biblical precedent and laments Philip dying in exile without seeing his homeland fall to intruders
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Caroline C. Stecker
Old South Meeting House
Miss Stecker
Pokanoket
Sassamon
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Narragansetts
Winslow
Philip
Boston
Hem
Massasoit
Alexander
Various Oddities and Social Quips Across the World
A collage of brief items touches on改 the New York Central case, Darwinian musings, Bismarck, poker misfortune in Massachusetts, an electric mouse trap, women census workers, a banished Moussa Bey, a humorous portrait mix up, James Robinson of Kansas City learning to write, English heiress markets, a cattle dealer’s book joke, Spain’s young king dining without utensils, debate over the next poet laureate, William Tell monument remarks, a Warsaw marriage advertisement, and a suitor boasting a cemetery plot for his future family.
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Bismarck
Massachusetts
Lowell News
Moussa Bey
Mecca
Holy City
Mr. Blimber
Mrs. Blimber
James Robinson
Phanix
Art
Kkkansas City
London Illustrated News
New York
Spain
Lord Tennyson
London
Tennyson
Owen Meredith
Earl of Rosslyn
Lord Salisbury
Alfred Austin
Hatfield House
Prince of Wales
William Morris
Swinburne
John Hitz
Switzerland
William Tell
Altdorf
Washington
Berne
Warsaw
Oil Tanks Explode On Freight Train Near Pavoni
A New York Parattenite and Ohio railway freight train entering Pavoni, Ohio, suffered a boiler explosion. Engineer Graham and Fireman Murphy were killed instantly. Head Brakeman Condon was thrown 75 feet, escaping with minor injuries. Seventeen cars, mostly oil tanks, were destroyed as fire spread over 200 yards of track.
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Mansfield
New York, Partattenite & Ohio Railroad
Pavoni
Here
Graham
Murphy
Condon
Hymns and the late Dr Hedge a noted Unitarian bard
The late Dr Hedge praised as a profound Unitarian writer and hymnist with enduring works. His funeral featured the favorite hymn by Rev Dr Furness, praising faith trust and love, followed by public bequests of William H Swan detailing donations to Maine institutions and Brooklyn missions.
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Dr. Hedge
America
Jeu
Church of Christ
Hedge
Bishop
Huntington
Furness
William H. Swan
Portland
Maine General Hospital
Bowdoin College
Second Parish Church of
Orthodox Congregational Church of
Calais
Brooklyn City Mission and Tract Society
Brooklyn Children's Aid Society
Brooklyn Protestant Orphan Asylum
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
American Bible Society
American Home Missionary Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
James M. Tracy
Vermont
Fort Avenue
Paul du Chailly
Louisiana
France
Boston Post
Post Publishing CO
Daston, Post
Autocrat
MOB
Cincinnati
Treasury Department
United States
Columbus Avenue
Cleveland
the True University
Hme
Suimmmer
Bennyon
Remont Street
Germantown
Summer Street
Paterfamilias
Jesushrist
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