Irish wit livening Parliament jokes in Rome burning remark
The Hoston Post notes Irish members brighten Parliament with sharp wit. It cites Mr Sexton joking that Mr Chamberlain, if alive in Nero's era, would have played second fiddle while Rome burned. The piece frames this as satire on the Radical leader’s stance against Ireland.
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Sexton
Chamberlain
Nero
Rome
Ireland
Mayflower to sail cup races under seasoned hands
News from New York confirms the Mayflower will be managed by Captain Stone who has sailed the sloop since commissioning and Captain Joe Ellsworth who advised the Puritan last year. The crew will be trained in running rigging and canvas to give the American champion every advantage for the upcoming race.
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New York
General Paine
Joe Ellsworth
Printer Jump Commentary Shows Bridge Jump Risks And Gladstone Pamphlet
The article notes the Brooklyn bridge jumper as the third such case and critiques prevention efforts, while also discussing Mr Gladstone's pamphlet on the Irish question. It highlights his stance against land purchase schemes, analyzes the Irish policy of the new government, and argues for Ireland remaining under Britain to avoid invasion risks and maintain trade with a global market.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Great Bridge
Mr. Gladstone
Great Britain
Ireland
Pall Mall Gazette
Swettenham
Civil Service
Straits Settlements
The
Anthropological Institute
Malay Peninsula
Bret Harte
Park loan vote tests aldermen on retirement vow
Four of five aldermen opposing a 500000 dollar annual park loan announce they will not seek re election. The piece argues the fifth vote could block the project, urging a swift passage to prevent loss and deterioration of the parks, and to spur a clearer verdict from voters on council priorities.
Prohibitionists tap temperance pivot in 3rd party push
Pennsylvania Prohibitionists claim prohibition outperforms tariffs as a remedy, rallying 658 delegates in Harrisburg to back Charles Wolfe and a wide cross section of labor groups. The movement expands in Maine with ex Governor St John and Neal Dow on Blaine’s tour, challenging Republican lines and signaling a shift in regional politics.
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Pennsylvania
Blaine
North
Harrisburg
Charles
Wolfe
Philadelphia Times
Maine
St. John
Mr. Blaine
Neal Dow
Mr. St. John
Calais
Congress
Republican Party
Melancholy Elopement and Public Figures in 19th Century Gossip
A quixotic tale from Quincy features a social young lady eloping with a milkman, hinting at a broader social peril. The column then skims political and cultural notes, including remarks on Senator Riddleberger, Henry James, Blaine, prohibition, and theater listings with critics from Chicago to London.
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Quincy
Milkman Elopement Plots Recounted In Quixotic Rhapsody
The piece extols a milkman as an unlikely elopement hero, describing clandestine signals from milk cans, covert conversations at back windows, and a ladder fitted into a wagon. It riffs on the peril to paterfamilias and the prankish defiance of social norms in a playful, quixotic voice.
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Quincy
English cable despatch on Boston poisoning case shocks readers
A New York despatch says Robin son, jailed in Somerville Massachusetts for poisoning her son, is now suspected of murdering 100 people by the same method in four years. Reporters in Somerville lag far behind this figure as English papers claim many more victims.
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Tompkins
Ian Meguinris
Edward Lamb
Mark Price
J. W. Taylor
Rachel Noah
Grace Thorne
Pennoyer
Boston Theatre
Hollis Street
Paris
John W. McKinney
Julius Kahn
New York City
Effie German
Wallack’s
Richard Mansfield
Prince Karl
James A. Herne
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Boston
New York
Robinson
Somerville
Mass
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
John N. Randall
Suffolk
Roxbury
Dale
Wakulla
Wakulla Street
Rockland Street
Thomas J. Dunbar
Charlotte
Spaulding
Dale Street
Institution For Savings
Andrew J. Browne
Direct Mail From Europe Shown By Gallia Case
The Gallia’s last voyage to Queenstown proves direct European mails via Boston are faster than New York routes. The Scythia’s arrival ahead of the City of Chester highlights delays in sending Tuesday Liverpool mails by a New York ship. Merchants face multi day lags as post office moves letters from New York to Boston, despite faster Boston departures.
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Queenstown
New York
Gallia
Boston
Liverpool
City of Chester
Scythia
Folio editor lashes Post over music hall remarks
The Folio editor inflates a quarrel with the Post over promenade concerts and their beer and tobacco. He attacks the Post harshly and even targets a former staff member with violent language. The piece reveals his own narrow minded bias, though the writer deems further rebuttal unnecessary.
Coming Season in New York Promises Brilliant Theatre
The 1886 87 New York season will feature Booth, Barretts, James, Wart, and other stars in Hamlet and classical plays. Meiningen, Coquelin, Ward, Modjeska, Bernhardt, Langtry, and Jefferson head lines in high merit works. Major houses plan new plays, revivals, and expanded Lyceum seating with Frohman and Stetson readying major productions.
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New York
Boston
Hamlet
Mr. Booth
Two Barretts
Louis James
Robert Mantell
Frederick Warde
Messrs. Keene
Charles Pope
Bargs
James
Meiningen
Shakspere
Schiller
Coquelin
Genevieve Ward
Mme. Modjeska
Sarah Bernhardt
Mr. Jefferson
Madison Square
Gillette
The
Enemy
Mr. Wallack
Robert Buchanan
Sophia
Fielding
Tom Jones
London
Mr. Palmer
Jim
Penman
Chicago
H. C. de Mille
Harrigan
Park Theatre
Violet Cameron
Offenbach
Lionel Brough
Bijou
Nat Goodwin
Mr. Dixey
Star Theatre
Lawrence Barrett
Wilson Barrett
Miss Ward
Miss Eastlake
Princess’s
Claudian
Rome
Clito
Wilson Burrell
Star
Booth
Arthur Chase
Jefferson
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Mr. Stetson
Langtry
W.G. Wills
Globe
Maurice Barrymore
Mr. Beerbohm-Tree
Miss Mather
Union Square
Peg Wofington
Mile
Rhea
Feuillet
Mejibac
Halevy
Legouve
Niblo
Lillian Olcott
Grand Opera House
Windsor
Bancroft Hosts Irving Guests At Summer Home Visit
Henry Irving and companion J C Parkinson called on George Bancroft at his Newport summer home. Bancroft welcomed the actor warmly, sharing memories of Hamlet and Talma, and discussed Shakespeare, authorship, and stagecraft before Irving's departure.
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Newport
Henry Irving
J. C. Parkinson
London
George Bancroft
New York Tribune
Bancroft
Mr. Irving
Irving
Hamlet
Washington
Mr. Bancroft
Talma
Talia
Shakspere
Irving and Terry Sail From Cunard Umbria to Liverpool
A party of guests gathers at the Cunard liner Umbria to bid farewell to Henry Irving Ellen Terry and Miss Wardell as the vessel sails for Liverpool. The scene includes waving handkerchiefs and final goodbyes while remarks indicate plans for an American tour in 1887-8 possibly featuring Miss Wardell.
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CN. Y. Times
Cunard
Henry Irving
Ellen Terry
Liverpool
Mr. Irving
Miss Terry
Miss Wardell
Terry Denert
Excise
W. 8. Andrews
E. A. Buck
W. H. Hurley
Mr. Edwards
Cleveland
Horace Porter
N. Y
Irving
Mediterranean
Terry
Mrs Cleveland Treasures Quiet Time in Adirondacks
An observer portrays Mrs. Cleveland at the Adirondack cottage near the hotel. She spends much time on the piazza, greets hotel guests, and enjoys cribbage and bezique. The President's wife, admired for elegance and charm, jokes about tennis and recalls her limited experience yet remains unfazed by press comparisons.
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Cleveland
Adirondacks
Upper Lake
Hoff
Mr. Cleveland
Buffalo
Engagements and Upcoming Weddings Noted in Boston Area
Samuel Hoar son of Judge E R Hoar and Bainbridge Wadleigh's daughter announce an engagement. Russell Gray half-brother of Justice Horace Gray and Amy daughter of Augustine Heard of Boston linked to a wedding reception at Glen Rock Malden. Theodore Roosevelt of New York to soon wed Miss Carow of New York. Miss Mary Louise Clark and Mr Benjamin C Porter plan September nuptials.
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Samuel Hoar
E. R. Hoar
United States
Bainbridge Wadleigh
Russell Gray
Horace Gray
United States Supreme Court
Amy
Augustine Heard
Boston
B. F. Dutton
Miss Cora
John W. Little
Glen Rock
Malden
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Miss Carow
Mr. Roosevelt
Miss Gray
Mary Louise Clark
Henry L. Clark
Bridgeport
Ancient land conveyance recorded in Plymouth County
On July 16 W. S. Danforth, Plymouth County register of deeds, accepted for record a 1756 deed never previously registered. The document, age stained, conveys one acre in Kingston from Gershom Bradford of Bristol to R, 1.
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Danforth
Plymouth County
Kingston
Gershom Bredford
Bristol
Partial Solar Eclipse Observed by Harvard Astronomers 1886
Yesterday morning a partial eclipse was visible in this region while totality occurred near the Atlantic equator. Observations at Harvard Observatory led by Professors Searle and Wendall recorded contact times, greatest eclipse, and corona details amid plans by English observers in Grenada to photograph and spectrograph the event for the official record.
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Atlantic Ocean
South America
Harvard Observatory
Arthur Searle
O. C. Wendall
Benavelar
Africa
Grenada
J. Norman Lockyer
Arthur Schuster
Turner
Maunder
Royal Observatory
Thorpe
Harvard College Observatory
Fragmented atlas of wit and world notes in a newspaper round
A collage of satirical items and brief notices spanning European politics theatre and public figures. It lampoons Sofia and Alexander, Stolypin, Mexican peace, naval clashes, and public figures like Gladstone and Blaine while recounting quirky anecdotes about Miss Minnie Palmer and an Arkansas politician.
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Boston Post
Post Publishing
Publishers
Washington St
Boston Weekly Post
the Club
Post Publishing Company
Hoston Post
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
N. Y. Tribune
Riddleberger
Henry James
Detroit Tribune
Augusta and Hominy Hill
James G. Blaine
Garland
Hominghill
Augusta
Chicago News
Chicago Herald
Frye
Senate
Capitol
Buffalo Times
Civil Service Reform
Chicago Times
Texas
Mexico
Alta California
Geronimo
Baltimore American
Democratic Party
Lewiston Journal
J. Harris Rogers
N. Y. Freeman
Beecher
England
Halliday
Plymouth Church
Mr. Beecher
Brooklyn Union
Museum
Harbor Lights
New Stock Company
Park
Prince Earl
Gilbert Opera Company
Music Hall
Messrs
Meinch and Schurmann
Berlioz
Scherz
Mary
Comedy Theatre
Dion Boucicault
Prince’s
London Assurance
Boucicault
Clare
Grace Harkaway
Hawley Smart
London Observer
the Theatres
Nineteenth Regiment
Nineteenth
Massachusetts Regiment
Lynnfield
Dunn
Charles A. Newhall
Saugus
Hinks
Cogswell
A. W. Greeley
College Society
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Akron
Boston University
Loita Barrell
Cambridge
Miss Joy
Miss Cooper
Biorsford’s
F. U. Hawley
Canandaigua, N. Y
Irvisna
Sofia
Alexander
Herr Most
Stolypin
Tirnova
Sir Charles Dilke
Delft Haven
Cincinnati Enquirer
Burchard
Mr. Featherly
Bobby
New York Times
Henry George
Henry
Henry Bergh
Niagara Falls
Mr. Bergh
Coney Island
Isaac
Rebecca
New York Commercial
W.H.S. Frothingham
Daniel Pratt
Dallas News
Munich
N. O. Picayune
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Jenkins
Jones
Arkansaw
Minnie Palmer
Sarah
America
Australia
Miss Palmer
Belfast
Entertainments
Globe Theatre
Wae Hall
Oakland Garden
Keyes—Stevens
A B Kendig
Henry Keyes
Emily P Stevens
LA Gros—Cloyes
Geo Landor Perrin
Robert O la Gros
Ellen M Cloyes
Wilson—Talbot
Jacob Birl
Peter T Wilson
Mary Talbot
Keene—Lovett
Chelsea
F W S3aldwin
Henry C Keene, Jr
US Army
Mary F Lovett
McGaffey—Gordon
O P H Nason
Ernest McGaffey
Lizzie J Gordon
Chelea
Babcock
Charlestown
Moses Babcock
Doty
Adam
William H Doty
Higgins
Harriet
Hansburn Higgins
Howard
Boston Highlands
Leslie Wilson
Fred L
Salvine
Reynolds
Charlotte Potter
Charles G. Reynolds
Reinhardt
Henry W Reinhardt
It Stone
Norah M
John Stone
Birnstill
Newton
Louisa Birnstill
Cook
North Chatham
Professor William Cook
Joy
Love Joy
Pratt
Revere
Joseph G Pratt
Prati
South Framingham
Metcalf Pratt
Tyler
Hyde Park
Caroline O Tyler
George W Tyler
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Central Car Company
Gardner Colby
State Street
Massachusetts Hospital Life Tospragge
Henry F. Spencer
Austin Bhaw
Nurseryman
Rochester
Chesley Hayes
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
Sims and Pettitt
Adelphi Theatre
Geo
Knight
Prince
Karl
Little Tycoon
BOSTC
Eugene Tompkins
Murray & Murphy
J. M. Hill
Chanfray
KIT
Gilbert Opera
Alsetf
Howard Atheneum
New England
Conservatory of Music
Franklin
Tourjee
Berkeley School
Cor
Boylston and
Berkeley Streets
Technology and Business
Harvard
Taylor, DE Meritte & Hagar
A. H. Rice
William Gaston
A. P. Peabody
Austin Phelps
Atvah Hovey
Autl-Wsmit
Colby Academy
James P. Dixon
A.M
A. L. Smiley
New London
N.H
Mw&fi
Chauncy-Hall School
Boylston Street
Abby H. Johnson
Newbury Street
Gannett Institute
L.cien
Mass Gero
Gannett, A. M
Prin
Chester Sq
Institute of Technology
Boylston Place
Albert Hale
Boston and Hingham Steamboat Co
Nantasket
PemeBerTon
Strawberry Hill
Nantasexrt
Dustan
G.T. A
E. G. Peirom
Boston & Bangor
Agricultural Society
Bangor
Boston & Bangor Steamship Co
Poster’s
William H. Hill, Jr
Boston, Revere Beach
Lynn
Beachmont
Crescent Beach
Oak Island
Point of Pines
Winthrop
Ocean Spray
Cottage Hill
John A. Fenno
A. Hammond
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Hingham
Hull & Downer Landing Steamboat CO
Gov
Andrew
General Lincoln
Iredia Wharf
South Pier
Huxit
Downer Landing
Huvenam
Hincnam
Downer Lanping
Melville Garden
G. P. Cushing, Bup
Kidder, Peabody & CO
Devonshire St
Nassau St
Messhs
Baring Brothers & CO
Europe
California
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London & Brazilian Bank, Limited
Bank of Eengland
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co
Brazil
Para
Pernambuco
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Rio de Janeiro
Santos
Sao Paulo
Rio Grande Do Sul
Pelotas
Porto Alegre
Portugal
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Oporto
River Plate
Montevideo
Wall St
Col J. Lawrence
McKeever
Empire State
Battery Wharf
Mantasket
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Isles of Shoals
Provincetown
Lancing
Central Wharf
Gloucester
N. B
E. S. Merchant
Paris American Register
William Groff
Karnak
Thothmes III
Mageddo
Jacob-El
Joseph- el
Jacob
Joseph
M. Oppert
Institute
Academy of Inscriptions and Belles- Lettres
Israel
Egypt
Exodus
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Germany
Bach
Taft
Point Shirley
Revere Beach
Congress Square
NEW Pacific Hotel
Nantaseket
W.B. Hathaway
Pitt Bros, & CO
Hall Court
Canada
jyis-Fom
A.S. Richards & GO
Reade Street
Broadway
Wilsell
J. Woochrane
Bareges
Parasinas
Nottingham
John ©. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Monatant
Leonard Street
Samuel Bunting
Lippincott, Son & CO
Market Street
R. L. Daw & Coo
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Exchange Place
Boston Stock Exchange
Frenchman’s Bay and
Mt. Desert Land and Water Co
Middlesex Horse
State National Bank
National Webster Bank
Freeman’s National Bank
National Hide and Leather Bank
People’s Nate Bank
First National Bank of
Woburn
Lowelli Hosiery Llo
Connecticut & Passumpsic River
R R Co
St Johnsbury & J. Cham
St Johnsbury & L Cham
Boston & Colorado Smelting Co
McKay & Bigelow Heeling Machine Assn
City of
Francis Henshaw& CO
Merchants’ Exchange
Koom L
Nat! Bank
Lincoln National Bank
Nati Bank
Central Nati Bank
Lowell
Boston and
R R. Co
Wilmington
Baltimore
San Diego
Horatio Harris & CO
Genoa
State St
Alesia
James Williams
Phoenix Manufacturing Company
Fred W. Alcock
L. Foster Morse
Gfice
Warren Street
Telephone
Albert Howe & Co
Brighton
Lagos
Warren Avenue
Ton
Congress Street
Kansas Loan & Trust
T. B. Sweet, Pres
Topeka
Kas
Reliable Company
Western
Fries & Sons
Devonshire Street
John Jep
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire St. Declowfemif
Fitic
Hill & CO
Coffin & Henry
Iowa
Des Moines
Rogers & CO
Dundee Seed