Bric a Brac Shops Grow in Beacon and Boylston Streets
In Boston two new bric-a-brac shops have opened adding to a growing scene of curios along Beacon Street near a stretch nicknamed Bric a Brac Row and on Boylston opposite the Common. The essayist notes the appeal of aged and odd objects for collectors and art lovers, then muses on street signage, advertising, and cataloging quirks as he recalls a humorous episode at the Athenaeum and a purchase of a cigar box bearing John Boyle O'Reilly's image, linked to a local tobacco brand.
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Boston
Charles Lamb
Beacon Street
Europe
Boylston Street
John Boyle O'Reilly
O’reilly
Taverner
One Year Notice of Publication Policy
Entered as second class matter and published at sender's risk. All checks should be payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. Washington Offices: Corcoran Building, Fifteenth.
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Post Publishing Company
Parnell to Speak at Nottingham in Coming Week
Mr. Parnell has issued a statement from London planning to address Nottingham next week in response to Lord Salisbury's Conserva tive conference address. The piece notes England’s political fervor remains high as Parliament resumes in February and praises the English talent for debate.
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Mr. Parnell
Nottingham
Lord Salisbury
Parnell
England
Senator Cameron’s steamship subsidy bill debate
The piece criticizes Senator Cameron’s steamship subsidy bill as a gift of public funds to shipowners. It explains the three mileage classes paying four to 5.3 cents per hundred tons per mile and estimates a 10,000 ton ship like City of Paris could earn about $23,000 to $30,000 on a New York to Liverpool round trip.
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Cameron
City of
Paris
New York
Liverpool
Prominent Nonfarmers Speak at Wool Growers Meeting
In Washington the Wool Growers Association lists Columbus R. Delano David L. Harpster and Judge Lawrence as speakers for farmers. Delano a former banker and Interior Secretary under Grant now rests as a gentleman of leisure. Harpster a lawyer and Lawrence a former Treasury auditor are all politicians, not farmers, with votes as their flock. Their stance against New England manufacturers in the name of Ohio farmers appears absurd.
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Wool Growers’ Association
Washington
Columnus R. Delano
David L. Harpster
Judge Lawrence
Delano
Interior
Grant
Hakpster
Treasury
Artutor
New England
Ohio
Senator Vance pushes repeal talk on civil service law
The North Carolina senator has introduced a repeal bill that challenges the civil service statute. Observers doubt the measure will progress, noting strong support for the law and widespread public approval. The current administration and party factions may resist changes, keeping the reform largely theoretical.
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Senator Vance
North Carolina
Congress
Vance
Ballot reform spreads as silver debate roils politics
The piece traces ballot reform momentum across Ohio Iowa Virginia and Pennsylvania amid the 1890s political clash over silver policy. It notes Murat Halstead and Ch s to challenge reform while advocates push for unlimited silver coinage led by Stewart Reagan Bland and Windom.
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Ohio
Murat Halstead
Iowa
Virginia
Boss
Quay
Pennsylvania
New York
Con
Connecticut Faces Inevitable Public Opinion Shift
The passage argues that Connecticut must now recognize the public mood is turning against them and will likely resist further opposition to a change that is deemed inevitable. It emphasizes a lack of courage to block the forthcoming transformation.
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Necticut
Western farmers shift stance on tariff reform at Mt Vernon meeting
A mass meeting of Western farmers in Mt. Vernon Indiana drew speakers who criticized a high protective tariff and were cheered by a large Western audience. The coverage differed between a true newspaper and a subsidized organ, which omitted crucial context to blur the message of tariff reform.
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Mt. Vernon
Ind
Great West
West
Silver Question Divides Congress Over Currency Policy
The piece notes opposition to concentrating Treasury authority, praises some protectionist views, and describes a broad debate in Congress between sound currency advocates and those seeking unlimited cheap dollars. It commends the administration for opposing inflation.
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Treasury Department
The
New York Tribune
Wixcom
National University plan faces stern opposition in Congress
The article criticizes Senator Epmunds proposed National University at Washington as impractical and fiscally risky. It argues government funding cannot replicate Harvard or Yale, warns of political control in a federally run university, and notes opposition from educators and critics who see the idea as chimerical.
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Senate
Washington
Epmunds
Blatr
Cameron
Congress
EpmuNpps
America
Vermont
National University
Ep-Mundss
Columbus
Harvard
Yale
Brian A. Morse
EpmMuNapDs
Newspapers and Actors in Criticism Debate
The piece argues critical fault lines in theatre writing, noting how some critics face pressures from editors and advertisers. It defends the integrity of top journals while challenging claims that advertising acts as a subsidy to media coverage.
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Mansfield
Montgomery
Entertaining New York Letters Highlight Dramatic Mirror
Mr Grorce Encar Montcomery, known for his New York letters to the Post, writes in the current Dramatic Mirror about a topic his readers will recognize.
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Grorce Encar Montcomery
New York
Post
The
Dramatic Mirror
Entertainment for Firemen Families Benefit at Boston Theatre
Boston residents urged to attend a Sunday evening benefit at the Boston Theatre in support of families of firemen who perished on Thanksgiving Day. All proceeds go to the victims' dependents, honoring heroic self sacrifice and protecting property from fire.
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Boston
New Brockton elects mayor with illustrated portraits
Our illustrated contemporaries will have no difficulty in getting an authentic portrait of the newly elected Mayor of Brockton. They have all printed advertisements of the W. L. Dovug.as $3 shoe.
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Brockton
W. L. Dovug
Watchful Gunboat Goes Ashore at Lowestoft
The British gunboat Watchful ran aground at Lowestoft with officers deemed less vigilant than required. No injuries reported and investigation likely to follow.
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Watchful
Lowestoft
Maritana at the Boston Theatre review
The Boston Theatre staged Maritana with Judi’s company led by Charles Turner as Don Jose and Franz Vetta as the minister. Critics praised Lizzie Macnichol as Lazarillo but condemned most other cast members and the chorus and orchestra, hoping for improvement in the run.
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Boston
Wallace
Miss Judi
Charles
E. N. Knight
Don Jose
Pat
Franz Vetta
Don César de Bazan
Charles Turner Marquis de Montefiori
Frank Pieri
Guise Lazarillo
Lizzie Macnichol Marchioness de Montefiori
Fannie Gonzales Mariland
Laura Bellini
Charles Turner
Vetta
Secretary Windom’s Silver Plan Faces Mixed Opinions
Contemporary editorials critique Secretary Windom's plan as a cautious alternative to free coinage and current policy. They note strong objections, the potential risk of Treasury price control, and view it as a compromise between free coinage advocates and existing silver-stable factions.
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Windom
Springfield Republican
Ind
N. Y. Evening Post
Harrison
Treasury Department
Philadelphia Record (Ltd
Fire prompts safety reforms in Boston buildings
The Boston fire spurs public debate on building methods with proposed safety reforms. Suggestions include limiting storage buildings to fifty five feet in height, capping single rooms at 5000 square feet, and replacing iron pillars with brick, likely to influence next winter’s legislation.
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Boston
iPortland Press
Miss A. C. Nowell Exhibits Seven Pastels at Williams Everett
The Fine Arts note Miss Nowell's seven pastel portraits at Williams Everett's. Descriptions praise the graceful three quarters length of a lady in blue and white, a delightful little girl, and the two boys' heads with a humane touch. Also highlighted is Mr. Alexander Pope's Peacock Decoration for the La Plaza Hotel in New York with outdoor realism and strong color, plus two English setters in a stable interior. An etching of Norton's Arrival of the Hér ring Fleet and a portrait of Rev. J. F. Clarke by Charles S. Parker are shown, the latter small yet sharp.
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A. C. Nowell
Williams & Everett’s
Alexander Pope
la Plaza
New York
Pope
W. EK. Norton
J. F. Clarke
D.D
Charles S. Parker
Dr. Clarke
Hall of the Unitarian Association
Beacon Street
Quincy Postmaster Backing Effort to Retain H Spear
An editorial argues to keep postmaster H Spear in Quincy citing Democratic status as the sole reason for removal and notes Republican petition support. The piece warns signers oppose their Congressman Morse and frames the move as a rebuke to spoils politics.
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Post
Sig
Quincy
H. Spear
Elijah Adams Morse
Pleasant Courtesies To The Squadron Officers Banquet
By courtesy of Mr Francis Wilson the Mayor and other city officials the squadron of evolution attended a Globe Theatre performance last evening. Alderman Wilson hosted a game supper at the Algonquin Club with poems and repartees as farewell toasts were made to the departing squadron.
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Francis Wilson
Wilson
Algonquin Club
Harvard Chess Tournament Round One Details Noted
The article lists first round results by section with players Hawes Decane Burlingham Brown Reed Adams Nichols Baker Gage Nichols Irwin Nicolls Latham Morton Greenleaf Stone and notes the top two from each section advance to the final round. It also covers Harvard hare and hounds winners and announces the college catalogue in press with library collections and athletic facilities details.
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O. B. Hawes
Ye. J. Decane
F. W. Burlingham
K. Brown
W. Reed
S. Adams
H. G. Nichols
W. F. Baker
F. H. Gage
M. C. Nichols
F. Irwin
F. W. Nicolls
A. Latham
J. F. Morton
W. B. Greenleaf
A. P. Stone
Harvard
W. Austin
W. Alexander
L.S
Mt. Auburn
Magazine Street
Brookline
Fresh Pond
T. P. King
Foxcroft
Gore Hall
Lawrence Scientific School
Bussey Institute
Observatory
Botanic Gardens
Law School
Divinity School
Medical School
Zoological Museum
Peabody Museum
Holmes, Jarvis and
Orton Fields
Brighton Marshes
Variety of odds and ends in a late 19th century column
A miscellany of quips and facts touching public figures and events. Notes on Queen Victoria's health, Pope Leo XIII burial plans, Mme Dudevant's pen name, and humorous exchanges. A hippopotamus birth at the New York Zoo named McGinty Murphy and fashion shifts in women's hair among notable social circles are described. The story ends with details of hunting park stock losses and recoveries for Austin Corbin.
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Mme. Dudevant
Sand
Merchant
Leo XIII
Tribuna
the Lateran
St. Peter’s. Pius SX
San Lorenzo Fuori
New York Zoollogical Gardens
McGinty Murphy
McGinty
Fencers’ Club
New York
Cleveland
Earl of Airlie
Colorado
Maude Ogilvy
Lady Maude
Dakota
Austin Corbin
New Hampshire
Corbin
Manitoba
Tufts College Report Details Growth and Needs
President Capen reports on Tufts College changes in trustees and faculty, plus student counts. Enrollment stands at 142 with 54 admitted this year distributed among seniors freshmen first engineers special students Divinity School and graduates. Demand is high with full dormitories and calls for new facilities for the Divinity School and engineering. A history department is planned as funds are raised. English needs an assistant and more scholarships. The faculty proposes higher requirements for the philosophical degree and to grant the A B along with the classical. The library now holds 28 000 volumes largely from Rev W A Ryder.
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Capen
Tufts College
Divinity School
W. A. Ryder
Field and Wright Wedding In Cambridge Residence
George F Field of Everett marries Juliet Wright daughter of James H Wright of Cambridge at the bride parents home No 22 Sacramento Street North Avenue Congregational Church officiant Rev W S Alexander D D bride wears white silk bouquet of bridal roses best man Wallace Snow Worcester bridesmaid Carrie Wright couple to reside at 305 Centre Street Jamaica Plain reception planned at 22 Sacramento Street on January 15.
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George Franklin Field
Everett
Juliet Wright
James H. Wright
Cambridge
Sacramento Street
W.S. Alexander
North Avenue Congregational Church
Wallace Snow
Worcester
Carrie Wright
Field
Centre Street
Jamaica Plain
Winthrop Couple Wed in Quiet Episcopal Rite
Mr Edward Tewksbury and Miss Laura H Ritchie were married Wednesday evening at the parsonage by Rev C T Johnson in a small ceremony with relatives present. A large reception followed at the couple's Bu champ street homes. Bridesmaids were Nellie Patch and Addie Belcher with J B Tewksbury as best man. Numerous costly remembrances arrived from friends.
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Edward 5. Tewksbury
Laura H. Ritchie
Winthrop
C. T. Johnson
Tewksbury
Buchamp Street
Nellie Patch
Addie Belcher
J. B. Tewksbury
Charlestown Fire Station Honors Lt Benjamin Durgin
Station 15 officers thanked Lt Benjamin A Durgin of Station 9 with a complimentary speech and a handsome extension chair. Durgin, a three year Station 15 sergeant, recently earned a promotion and conveyed thanks for the recognition.
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Charlestown
Benjamin A. Durgin
Gaskins
Durgin
Notable arrivals and retirements in arts and politics
Patti and Nordica reach New York aboard the Teutonic while Browning reveals a forthcoming volume titled Asplando Fancies and Facts. Mary Anderson plans an early stage return to rehearse The Tempest. Joseph Chamberlain works on a compilation of Home Rule speeches. Grace Henderson plans to retire in January from the Lyceum Theatre company. Baron de Penedo is dismissed as Brazilian minister to England and Senhor Itajaba will replace him. Jonathan D Wheeler of Grafton Mass dies aged elder statesman of the Civil War era. General Boulanger grows restless on Jersey, seeking social bustle. Bishop Smythies travels to Mozambique declaring no Makololo attack.
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Mesdames Patti
Nordica
New York
Browning
Mary Anderson
Joseph Chamberlain
Ireland
Grace Henderson
Lyceum Theatre Company
David Henderson
Chicago Opera House
Baron de Penedo
England
Senhor Itajaba
Jonathan D. Wheeler
Grafton
Mass
Andrew
General Boulanger
Jersey
London
Bishop Smythies
Central African Mission
Mozambique
Likoma
Lake Nyass
Quillimane
Zanzibar
Mrs Cleveland Missed by Crowded Madison Car
A crowd on a Madison avenue horse car fails to offer a seat to a famous yet unrecognized Mrs. Cleveland. A red faced woman identifies her and stirs conversation, prompting Democratic dismay as news of the incident spreads among passengers.
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Madison Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Ftieth Street
Washington
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Stewart
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A National University
Beethoven Club
Chickering Hall
Massenet
Klughardt
Humphrey-Allen
Miss Pray
Ringhardt
the Fine Arts
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Birmingham Age-Herald
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N. Y
Tufts College Report
Field-Wright
Ritchie
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