Congress Button and Lace Shoes Offer Seamless Comfort
An advertisement touts Congress Button and Lace shoes made seamless with no tacks or nails. It claims they won’t tear stockings or hurt feet, use the best material, cost less than five to six dollars, and come with a warranty stamped on every pair. It prices ease of wear as hand-sewn level and promises best satisfaction across toe styles.
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YaRrpey
Penn
St. Nicholas
Fla
W. L. Douglas, Esq
Brockton
Mass
Farket Street
Philadelphia
Florida
A. Livezey
Congress
Holiday Savings On TIDIES SCARFS AND CURTAINS
A local retailer promotes low prices on odd lots across TIDIES SCARFS TABLE COVERS PORTIERES and CURTAINS aimed at holiday trade, noting reductions available before Jan 4.
Weather outlook and notes from Washington and Yale Observatory
The weather forecast covers December 9 to 10 for New England and nearby states. Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut expect warmer, fair conditions with light to fresh northeasterly winds diminishing toward variable. Vermont and eastern New York show warmer, fair weather with light to fresh variable winds, becoming southerly in Vermont and northern eastern New York. The BLUF Observatory reports fair and slightly warmer weather for southeastern New England from tonight 12 o’clock.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
New York
Bluf Hint Observatory
New England
H. H. Clayton
Weather observations from Boston station December 8 1887
Observer's Office reports daily meteorological data for Boston with temperatures 44 maximum and 37 minimum, mean values 40, barometric pressure 830.25, wind at 15 mph, total rainfall 0.00 inches, dew point 36, humidity around 32 to 42 percent, indicating a clear to mild day and light wind from the north.
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Stahleie
Observations Note Rainfall Trace Across Stations
At multiple stations observations record the same moment in time with indications of rainfall traces. The note confirms synchronized data collection and consistent weather signals across locations.
Norah Goes Ashore Near Fortune Island and Other Maritime News
New York reports the Boston bark Norah capt Forbes ashore November 28 on the south side of Long Cay Fortune Island while the brig Rocky Glen from Turks Island to Boston arrived with a sick crew after a December 1 gale off Cape Hatteras. A second mate Walter Swindler died December 4 and was buried at sea. Harry Newell, a bridge construction foreman at Black Rock Crossing Conn, suffered a fatal injury yesterday.
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Boston
Norah
Forbes
Port-de-Vaix
Long Cay
Fortune Island
London
Liverpool
Montreal
Lewes
Doel
Turks Island
Cape Hatteras
Walter Swindler
Harry Newell
Black Rock Crossing
Conn
Weather and civic notes on a busy day
The issue covers a fair day with a dull stock market, and reports from city groups. Relief officers meet and banquet, dental society papers read, religious talks at Channing Hall, and new rooms by British Americans in Washington street. Leadership elections noted at several clubs and a suffragist fair planned for Music Hall next week.
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Association of Relief Officers of
Massachusetts Dental Society
Joshua
C. F. Dole
Channing Hall
Washington Street
Cambridge
Moses True Brown
Dumping Snow From Bridges Sparks Harbor Hearing
The West End Street Railway sought permission to dump snow from bridges, claiming annual grants. Fort Point Channel owners protested solid matter in snow risking shoaling. dredging proceeds underway with federal and wharf owner involvement. The harbor board weighed disposal options, keeping a further hearing and land-dumping possible.
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West End Street Railway Company
Prentiss Cummings
Harbor and Land Commissioners
Charles Theodore Russell
Fort Point Channel
South Boston
United States
Harbor Commissioners
Dennis
Boston Wharf Company
Lampsey
Fort Point
Sanford
Notable Oddities and Quotes From an 19th Century Assembly
A German Cleve family clings to a 200 year old postal clerkship amid relics of governance. General Pike owns a vast tobacco pipe collection boasting the world’s largest meerschaum. Rep Kelley remains frail yet improves. Leopold of Belgium jokes with a rural mayor about better wine. The House includes three ministers, ex-pastors Stewart and Cheadle, and Rev McKinney, the new Democratic candidate from New Hampshire.
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Cleve
Germany
Albert Pike
Congressman Kelley
Leopold
Belgium
House of Representatives
Stewart
Georgia
Cheadle
Indiana
New Hampshire
McKinney
Frank Jones
Goblet's Predicament in Cabinet Formation in Paris
Paris dispatch reports M Goblet struggling to form a cabinet as Ribot refuses a second Radical-led portfolio. Lacroix and Menard-Dorian oppose, Ricard resists joining, and a grand coalition collapse looms. President Carnot backs Goblet. Clémenceau opposes Rouvier's return. Roulede resigns Patriotic League presidency amid crisis.
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Paris
M. Goblet
M. Ribot
M. Sigismond Lacroix
M. Menard-Dorian
Carnot
MM. Goblet
Ribot
M. Ricard
Union of the Left
M. Rouvier
M. Clémenceau
M. Paul de Roulede
The
Patriotic League
Austria Russia tension mounts over frontier troop moves
Vienna reports a military council presided by Emperor Francis Joseph with Count Kalnoky, deciding not to summon delegations as Russia masss troops on the frontier continues. Austria plans mobilization if needed while aiming to avoid provoking war and seeks pacific resolutions amidst cautious Russian moves.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Kalnoky
Austria
St. Perrisrura
Berlin
Lublin
Poland
Harrington Sentenced in Tralee Over Sentinel Reports
Edward Harrington MP was found guilty in Tralee for publishing in his Sentinel reports of suppressed National League meetings. He received a month in jail with an option for release on own recognizance if he stopped reporting such meetings, which he refused. Also noted were punishments for Mandeville in jail and Dublin murder-accused arraignments. London speech by Mr. Dillon discussed nationalist reporting bias.
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National League
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Olice
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Dillon
Islington
Dublin
Lord Hartington
Liberal Unionists in Council Deems Unionist Fortitude
Lord Hartington presided at Westminster Hall as Liberal Unionists gathered with about six hundred delegates. The Earl of Derby proposed a resolution for stronger Unionist action amid rising Scottish dissident sentiment. Hartington defended Liberal principles, warned that Irish parliamentism would fuel ongoing agitation, and urged continued Conservative collaboration against Home Rule and protectionist policy.
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Lord Hartington
Liberal Union
Earl of Derby
Edward Harrington
Tralee
London
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Scotland
Mr. Gladstone
Banquet Highlights Unionist Rift Over Trade Policy
Lord Hartington presided at a banquet with 750 guests including leading Unionists. Mr. Goschen stated as a government member that no principle would cause friction between the Conservatives and the dissidents, signaling cautious cooperation amid disruption.
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Uionists
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Fair trade urged as markets react to Cleveland message
In Lonpox on December 9 President Cleveland's message stirs the Scotch pig iron market with rising prices. A St James's Hall meeting backed fair trade and moderate import duties. MP Howard Vincent argued Conserva tives largely favor fair trade to provide jobs amid population growth. Daniel Doherty of New York was arraigned for murder after shooting George M Graham of Rochester over a gambling debt.
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St. James’s Hall
Howard Vincent
England
Daniel Doherty
New York
George M. Graham
Rochester
N. Y
Wool growers urge railroads to adjust wool classification
Washington December 8 wool growers and wool dealers adopted resolutions condemning current railroad wool classifications. They pressed to place wool in the new classification at least equal to present, detailing carload weights and classes for sacks and bales. A central Washington organization is urged and addresses to Albert Chapman in Middlebury Vermont are requested.
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Washington
United States
Albert Chapman
Middlebury
Ninety to One Vote on Tax System Repeal in Virginia House
In Ricumonp Virginia the House of Delegates adopted a joint resolution by 90 to 1 urging Virginia's Senators and Representatives to pursue repeal of the entire internal revenue system of taxation. If full repeal fails, the measure calls for repeal of tobacco and fruit spirit taxes where possible.
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Westmoreland County
Penn
Ricumonp
House of Delegates
Virginia
Congress
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Record of Flares At Knight McIntyre’s And Nearby Fire
A rekindled fire at Knight and McIntyre’s on 52 Chatham Street caused an alarm just after 5 yesterday morning. A. Decker on the second floor reports $1000 loss with no insurance. The Whitney and Barnes floor stored grindstones and implements, insured for $1000, with total losses around $3000. Building damage estimated at $1000, fully insured. An earlier box alarm from Somerville reported a fire at Broadway and Medford Street. McLoud’s Grocery stock loss about $500 and building $500.
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Chatham Street
Springfield Company
Somerville
Broadway
Medford Street
McLoud
Crystal Club
Fire damages and injuries in multiple New England incidents
Maxpen reports a small blaze in a large tenement owned by the Abbott heirs behind the horse car station on Abbott street. assistant foreman John Marston sustains an ankle sprain en route to the fire. Worcester notes Dwight Vinton’s house and outbuildings at Dudley burned yesterday, with losses around 8000. Montreal records Moses Vineberg’s fur establishment fire, destroying over 400 furs and many caps in process, estimated loss 20000, insured.
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Abbott Heirs
Abbott Street
John Marston
George P. Cox H. & L
Worcester
Dwight Vinton
Dudley
Montreal
Moses Vineberg
Gardner Barker Missing From New York In 1902 Disappearance
Pittsfield reports that Gardner T Barker of this town, missing since August 2 from a Waverley Place lodging house in New York, has been seen in New Orleans and spoken with by a Pittsfield traveler. Family and Masons searched widely, fearing death or foul play, while friends think he fled to start anew in business.
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State Board of Arbitration
Haverhill
J. H. Winchell & Co
Gardner T. Barker
Pittsfield
New Orleans
Waverley Lace
New York
Park A Democrat For Alderman Forth District
The Hon William D Park Democratic candidate for alderman in the fourth district favors a gentlemanly canvass. He says if elected he would belong to no creed or color but remains a Democrat on party issues. He seeks business experience and opposes false economy to build Boston into a first-rate city with good government simple and pure. About 700 Fallon supporters at Roxbury Political Club endorsed Fallon for common council from Ward 19. John C Short supporters met at Goldsmith Hall and nominated him independent Democrat for alderman from the ninth district.
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William D. Park
Boston
Friends
T. F. Fallon
Roxbury
Halifax Gun Cotton Magazine Attack Foiled
Halifax Nova Scotia December 8 military and police officials are tense after three unknown men tampered with the gun cotton tank on Georges Island and escaped by boat during a blinding snowstorm. Guards doubles and harbor searches follow the failed attempt that could have wrecked much of the city and shipping.
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N.S
SprotAt
George’s Island
Church and Capital and Labor Debate at Evangelical Alliance
At the Evangelical Alliance session James McCosh of Princeton argues the church and state must stay distinct while the church aids labor through spiritual means. He notes property rights, warns against patronizing ministers, and urges pastoral work to reach working classes amidst corporate power and union influence. A general discussion follows with E. H. Rogers among others.
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Conference of the Evangelical Alliance
Washineton
Evangelical Alliance
James McCosh
Princeton College
Christ
Scotland
Free Church of Scotland
Church
Oet
Law
Brooklyn
E. H. Rogers
Chelsea
Mass
Cape Cod's Danger Foretold by Cape Cod Advocate
The Province town Advocate warns that Cape Cod below Wellfleet may drift into the sea within less than a century. It cites a lighthouse 100 years ago and an original ten acre plot now reduced to six. A bluff north of Highland Light has receded about 200 feet in five years.
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Provincetown
Cape Cod
Wellfleet
Highland Light
Notable Republican Social in Washington at National League Reception
A large Republican gathering at the Republican National League clubhouse in Washington featured almost all congressmen, ex-members, and visiting delegations. Speakers attacked the president's tariff message and urged protection for American labor. Senators Cullom Stewart Allison Hawley Evarts and Murat Halsted spoke amid high enthusiasm.
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League
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Congress
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Stewart
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Allison
Hawley
Evarts
Murat Halsted
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Connecticut Prohibitionists Adopt Unanimous Platform
New Haven December 8 The Connecticut Prohibitionists at their convention report a unanimously adopted platform. It stresses the liquor question as the top political issue, calls for a third national party, argues state prohibition rests on national prohibition, opposes compromises of principles, highlights education as key to party success, and urges local prohibition clubs in every town.
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New Haven
New York
Conn
National Prohibition Party
No-License Men Endorse Higgins for Mayor
The Anti License League met in the YMCA Hall and endorsed George Higgins for Mayor. It voted to back no license candidates on the Republican municipal ticket.
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Indorse Higgins
Lynn
Young Men’s Christian Association
Indorsed
George ©. Higgins
Governor Bodwell Stricken With Serious Illness In Avousta
Avousta Maine December 8 Governor Bodwell is seriously ill after a midday collapse. Five physicians attended and opiates were given. Reports from the consultation indicate the patient soon grew easier and prospects were cautiously hopeful for recovery.
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Bodwell
Barbour Nominated by Acclamation for U S Senator
John S Barbour was tonight nominated by acclamation for United States Senator by the joint Democratic caucus of the Virginia Legislature in Richmont Virginia on December 8.
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John
Will Meet in Chicago Chairman Jones Confident of Victory
At the Arlington Hotel Was called to order by B F Jones of Pennsylvania as chairman of the Republican national committee. The meeting aimed to choose time and place for the next GOP national convention and discuss allied matters. Delegates from most states debated venues with Chicago favored for tariff strength and support.
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Tom Corwin
Salmon P. Chase
Murat Halsted
Mr. Batterworth
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