Telegraphs and politicians in late 19th century America
The piece notes Honolulu's many private line telephones and rare royal access, cites Grover Cleveland's final New York call to Samuel J. Tilden on Democratic policy, contemplates a hypothetical Boston call to William H. Whitmore, and recalls a Buffalo editor refusing office, likening it to an old maid reacting to marriage offers.
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Grover Cleveland
New York
Samuel J. Tilden
Boston
Wiliam H. Whitmore
Buffalo
Troy Times
Congress pressures amid treasury doubt over surplus and tax cuts
In Washington a press critique notes ignorance about the treasury’s finances as Folger’s surplus forecast clashes with rising expenditures. Dudley faces a likely deficiency, clerks’ payroll overruns, and calls to slow tax cuts while Morrison pushes for tariff reform and opium tax miscalculations highlight the debate.
Tobacconists Hope Tax Cut Would Save Trade
Cigar and tobacco trades face growing strain as manufacturers and workers anticipate reductions in internal revenue taxes on cigars. Hours have been cut in large factories and workers receive notice of possible dismissals amid Congress considering a tax cut measure. Industry leaders favor tax relief to avert further decline.
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Congress
Pension reforms urged to simplify grades and aid widows
The commissioner of pensions urges sweeping changes to pension grading, proposing disability as the measure of pension and calling for removal of the 117 grades. He seeks for backdated widows and minors pensions, extended benefits to non enlisted service, late claims relief, and higher agents’ pay, plus fireproof archives funding.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Congress
Dudley
Quartermaster General’s Department
Army
United States
Navy
Regular Army
War Department
Bank stockholders oppose assessments under Hoar opinion
Charles J. Mcintire and William Aspinwall, on behalf of the Pacific National Bank stockholders association, report Judge Hoar’s opinion endorsing their stance against further assessments. The ruling may reduce dividends for depositors by diluting their share with new stock subscribers.
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Charles J. Mccintire
William Aspinwall
Association of Stockholders
The
Pacific National Bank
Judge Hoar
Association
Celia Logan Lectures On Actresses At Boston Theatre
At the Boston theatre Sunday evening Celia Logan delivered a lecture on actresses before a modest but attentive audience. She praised royal patronage of theatre by Queen Elizabeth and Henrietta Maria, noted the shift from melodrama to realistic staging, and contrasted past and present actresses in craft, costume, and public regard.
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Boston Theatre
Celia Logan
Miss Logan
Juliet
Elizabeth
Henrietta Maria
Charles the
Margaret Hughes
Ann Marshall
Nell Winn
Mrs. Siddons
Charlotte Franklin Wilkinson
Charlotte Cashman
Ann Sefton
Julia Dean
Logan
Great Britain
E. C. Towne
Church of the Unity
Orange Loses a Chair Manufactory and Stock
A large chair shop at L. Kilburn & Co. in Orange Massachusetts burned today. The stock and stock-in-work were substantial, with about 40 workers left unemployed. The loss is estimated around 50,660 dollars, with partial insurance on building and contents. Other fires reported include James Dooling’s catering, Ford stand property in Gray, and multiple fires across Amesbury, Laconia, Manchester, New Brunswick, and New York, causing varying damages and insured losses.
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Orange
Mass
Dee
L. Kilburn & Co
New Home Sewing Machine Company
Chase Turbine Company
Eloss
Portland
Anderson
Gray
Rice Manufacturing Company
Amesbury
Catholic Society
Laconia
N. H
Hanson Gray
Lake Village
New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company
Manchester
Samuel Marston
Chester
C. A. Wilcomb
Congregational Church
Wilcomb
Purchase Street
James Groat
H. W. Rhodes
N. Davignon
Emma Nye
Groat
Rhodes
New York
Sturtevant
Neponset
Tenean Street
J. W. Iannum
James Hayes
Cooper Shop
John Gitz
Watrous to Retire as President of Consolidated Road
MEW HAVEN Conn Dec 10 A report claiming Hon Geo H Watrous will retire as president of the Consolidated road and Charles P Clark second vice president to take the office was made without authority Watrous says he learned of it by reading it He doubts the $400000 track improvement plan and urges a cost well under that He adds a survey by FF S Curtis chief engineer of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad between New York and Stamford has been made and work will start as soon as practicable.
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Franklin County
Samuel S. York
Jonathan L. Reed
West Dresden
Lincoln County
George H. Newland
Trasburg
Orleans County
G. H. Horicon
la Grange
Grand
Worcester County
Mass
Edwards. Ellis
North Sandwich
Barnstable County
James L. Whipple
Windsor
Berkshire County
William B. Hawley
Sherman
Fairfield County
Conn
Everett E. Salisbury
South Killingly
Windham County
U.S
Nipsic
Ville Franche
France
Richard Henderson
Secretary of the Navy
Minnesota
Dakota
Congress
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Yankton
Representative Strait
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New York
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Alcazar
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Bowery
Foucher
Syracuse
Charles E. Poucher
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Broadway
Poucher
Starr & Co
Fifth Avenue Jewellers
Haverly
Boston
William Y Poertzel
Sinclair Toucey
American News Company
Marie Prescott
Joucey
Young
Devonia
Mew Haven
Geo. H. Watrous
Consolidated Road
Charles P. Clark
FF. S. Curtis
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Stamford
Samuel Lees & Sons
Philadelphia
F. J. Clements
Walnut Bridge
Ark
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17Th
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Repub- Bean
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Custom House
Paris
Evanston
Harris
Medical College
Kingston
Can
National Rifle Association
National Guard
Wimbledon
National Butter
West Troy
Sweeney
Long Island City
Frances M. Scoville
George Scoville
Guiteau
Congress Sees First Saturday Sessions In Long Recall
Washington reports Saturday sessions mark a rare shift as both houses debate political assessments and the fate of the bankruptcy, river and harbor, and civil service reform measures. Key figures test money in elections with a $490,000 New York to Indiana transfer and critiques of the old system.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Beck
Voorhees
Republican National Committee
New York
Indiana
Levi P. Morton
Stevens
North River Bank
Iowa
United States
Hoar
Brown
Garland
Lecture on City Politics at Morgan Chapel on Shawmut Avenue
The Rev. Henry Morgan spoke on the live Yankee and politics. He critiqued Massachusetts politics, highlighted corruption in city contracts, and urged electing men of integrity and ability. His delivery entertained with varied tones and frequent laughter.
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Henry Morgan
Morgan Chapel
Shawmut Avenue
Benjamin F. Butler
Massachusetts
P. T. Barnum
Brigham Young
Sam Slick
William Lloyd Garrison
Charles Sumner
Mr. Peabody
Sumner
Boston
John Brown
Karper
Perry
Parker House
Meigs
Charlestown
Back Bay
Pemberton Square
Mr. Morgan
Maine Governor removes entire reform school trustees
Governor Plaisted nominates new trustees for the Maine state reform school, replacing the entire old board. Over 1,000 Christmas trees are shipped daily from Maine to Boston, with Warren Missouri as a supply hub and other Maine firms contributing to a large timber business despite the loss of many growing trees. Enoch H. Tebbetts of Bangor owns a notable portrait collection showing two generations. Mrs. Sarah Small of Fo wdeinham aged 100, her daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Hinkley aged 80, granddaughter Mrs. Sarah Goodwin aged 14, great granddaughter Mrs. Lydia Bickford aged 36, and great great granddaughter Miss Annie Bickford aged 12.
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Sarah Small
Fowdeinham
Elizabeth Hinkley
Sarah Goodwin
Lydia Bickford
Annie Bickford
Patterson Delivers Address Before Concord Benevolent Society
Hon. H Patterson spoke at the annual gathering of the Concord Female Benevolent society Sunday night. M C Foster, contractor and builder of the new Farragut house at Rye Beach, fell from a stage Friday, struck his head, and was found insensible. He showed partial improvement by Saturday morning.
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Concord Female Benevolent Society
H. Patterson
M. C. Foster
Farragut House
Rye Beach
Burglars Target St Johns Bury and Lake Champlain RR Office
Burglars broke into the cashier’s office at St Johnsbury by cutting through a partition from the hallway. They opened drawers and searched but found nothing of value. In Windsor a mills boy nailed a girl worker’s shoes to the floor as a prank, causing her hand to be crushed in the spinner gears. All her fingers were amputated.
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St. Johns Bury and Lake Champlain Railroad
St. Johnsbury
Ascutney Mills
Windsor
Marberry shipments and local crime headline recaps
Marblehead shipped 290 cases of shares this week, a loss of 25 from last year. Edward Haskell remains unconscious after shooting himself in New Bedford Saturday morning. A Boston area crime roundup notes the John C. Webb case, with over twenty prior frauds in Essex County, and a North Adams safe incident followed by burglar-proofing calls.
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Marblehead
Edward Haskell
New Betford
John C. Webb
Lawrence
Kesex County
Vandie
Deaf Sandy Josselyn Survives Apache Attack Near Silver City
A Albuque rque dispatch reports Frank Josselyn known as Deaf Sandy arrived from Chihuahua detailing the murder of McDonald and Biggs by Apaches led by Nana. Josselyn fled the ambush, later returned with 60 armed men to bury the victims. Chihuahua state is in arms.
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Denver
Col
Albuquerque
N. M
the Tribune
Frank Josselyn
Sandy
Silver City
Chihuahua
Josselyn
McDonald
Biggs
dJub
Arrivin
Paso del Chocolah
Nana
Boston No-License union meeting at Tremont temple
Public gathering in Tremont temple Sunday afternoon led by Hon. John G. Webster who urged prohibition and described Maine’s experience after the law. Secretary W E Sheldon warned against spurious ballots and voided votes. Clergymen condemned license and argued against taxation as a revenue motive, citing liquor harms and fraud in the trade.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
John G. Webster
Maine
W. KE. Sheldon
Seelye
Amherst College
A. P. Peabody
Brown
Bromfield Methodist Church
Republic
Dr. Ellis
Union Temple Church
Friends
Hargrave
United States
Papyrus Ladies Night at Revere House Draws 120 Guests
The Papyrus club held its annual ladies night at the Revere house with about 120 attendees including Col. and Mrs. Theodore Lyman Gen. and Mrs. Francis Walker Mayor Green and otherNotables. President Harris opened the event with stock company entertainment and T W Higginson delivered a witty toast of the ladies. Gov. Long spoke briefly and poems were read by several clergy and writers.
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Papyrus Club
Revere House
Theodore Lyman
Francis Walker
Mayor Green
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Lawrence Hutton
Noble
McLean
Emily Faithfull
Harris
T. W. Higginson
Gov. Long
H.B. Caree
T. R. Sullivan
J. Boyle O'Reilly
A. P. Martin
Merchants’ Club
Parker
C. F. Choate
Old Colony Railroad
Edward Atkinson
Soule
Boston and Albany
Col
J. H. Benton
Old Colony
Gen. Wilson
New York and New England Railroad
Jonas. H. French
Calvin A. Richards
Metropolitan Railroad
Bexacan Society
Central Club
Edward A. White
J. W. Hayden
Charles B. Barrett
William P. Tyler
Saturday Night Caucuses Nominate City Candidates
The working men's and citizens caucuses held ward meetings to nominate common council, school committee, and assistant assessor posts across seven wards. Nominations include George F. Day in Ward 1 and Cyrus H. Flanders in Ward 5 for the common council, with numerous supporters listed for each ward. A separate case notes Dr. William D. Corken facing charges after an operation on Abbie L. Cain with bail set at 1500 dollars, while a Cambridge incident reports a driver’s report of a man seen in the river near Cragie’s Bridge with a possible suicide or accident.
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North Adams
Fall River
Oshkosh
Wis
England
Wisconsin
Cobb
Charles E. Burdick
Lydia Cummings
James 8. Anthony
Arthur Anthony
Byron W. Anthony
Abial’ Orswell
Clarinda Orswell
Hannah Durfee
Quincy House
Quincy House Independent Association
A. Green
John P. Dore
B. Stebbins
C. H. Hersey
D. D. Kelly
Thomas N. Hart
Laban Pratt
A. C. Wellington
Andrew J. Hall
William Woolley
B. F. Anthony
C. V. Whitten
P. H. Kendricken
Joseph Caldwell
Francis W. Pray
Hugh O’brien
Austin C. Wellington
Charles Hersey
Charles V. Whitten
Cyrus Haldeman
Thomas M. Hart
Thomas H. Devlin
Lyman Winship
G. M. Hobbs
J. A. Fleming
Henry F. Naphen
George B. Hyde
Daniel 8. Smalley
Charles Levi Woodbury
Patrick A. Collins
Benjamin Dean
J. B. Martin
Horace L. Bowker
Jerome S. Macdonald
Walter Smith
Hugh J. Tolavis
Thomas Devlin
Alderman Flynn
John J. Maguire
Ward 2
Democratic Executive Committee
Finance Committee
Parker House
Boston
Lyceum Hall
George M. Hobbs
J. B. Walker, Jr
B. Walker
P. Goldie
H. Hitkey
Republican Citizens’ Committee
Sword
Bunker Hill
Horace
Boynton
George
Beecon
Samuel J. Harrison
Patrick Maguire
Charles H. Allen
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Workingmen’s Parties
Common Council
Workingmen’s Party
George F. Day
D. L. Farrar
Warrens. Harvey
Charles D. Hollis
William &. Melden
A. E. Blood
Freedom H. Lander
Wallace O. Mudge
Edmund H. Lomasney
Charlies BR. Smith
Charles 8. Parker
Moses F. Carr
Benjamin K. Premtiss, Jr
John H. Hagan
William H. Trask
William F. Dodge
Henry
Bishop
Charles E. Patten
William A. Clark, Jr
Cyrus H. Flanders
John H. Scannell
M. F. Moody
J. L. Libbey
Joel V. Taylor
John W. Berry
Martin Healey
James T. Breslow
D. Henry Taylor
Samuel Anderson
Charles 8. Goodridge
George G. Tarbox
Frank EB. Davis
William J. Clark
Bryan Marding
Citizens’ Caucuses
George A. Vincent
George W. Vincent
George H. Stackpole
William R. Melden
S. Henry Kent
Charles BH. Brackett
John B. Emery
Luther Graves
E. F. P. Smith
Joseph W. Garfield
John D. O’shea
Howard B. Killings
Joseph W. Haines
Edwin 4
Parrott
Henry F. Jordan
J. Coleman Adams
Joseph Haines
George C. Neal
Frank E. Wright
Everett H. Dunbar
John W. Blaney
Charles P. Barry
John Sed Berry
Thomas F. Pedrick
John W. Brimblecow
Charles S. Wood
Howe J. Rhodes
James J. Hennessey
P. Usher
J. Meidge
Henry W. Maxfield
Bryan Harding
Charles A. Newhall
Willian D. Corken
Salem
Mansfield Toms
Abbie L. Cain
Corken
Cain
N. B. Bryant
Lynn
M. Sanday
Robert Douglass
Cambridge
Cragie’s Bridge
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