New Books Wellington's Letters to Miss J
A critical review of The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. The volume collects 390 replies by Wellington to a pious young woman who sought marriage and religious reform through him. The piece labels Miss J. as a monomaniac and mocks the correspondence as earnest folly.
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Wellington
Miss J
Duke of Wellington
Duchess of
Christine Terhune
New York
Dodd, Mead & Co
Tolstoi and Democracy Debate Amid Christmas Lectures
The talk centers on Count Tolstoi's social critique and charity idea of breaking class barriers. Attendees discuss money as power, democracy, and how wealth shapes society. The speakers contrast Tolstoi's simple life with urban excess and warn against denying modern economic progress.
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Lee
Count Tolstoi
America
Henry George
Francis G. Peabody
Harvard University
Harvard
Ot Tolstoi
Tolstoi
Mr. Lee
Sedgwick
The
Institute of Technology
Recommendations of the Marine Conference Committee on life saving
Washington December 11 report by the International Marine Conference life saving committee chaired by S. J. Kimball outlines duties after collision, shipboard lifesaving equipment, oil use, shore rescue operations, signaling cooperation, and legal inquiries. The document endorses practical rules, British Board of Trade standards, and extending measures to smaller craft. The report urges watch patrols on dangerous coasts and official inquiries into shipwreck causes for stronger life protection at sea.
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Washieton
International Marine Conference On
S. J. Kimball
Chili
Board of ‘Trade” of
Great Britain
Banks and Treasury Surplus Debate Publicly
In a letter to the Post, a banker defends Secretary Fairchild's plan to deposit part of the Treasury surplus in national banks. He argues Harrison and Windom misinterpret the move, noting banks must invest more government bonds and that the surplus distribution benefits the public. He calls officials’ criticisms misleading and harmful to trust in government-bank relations.
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Treasury
Harrison
Massachusetts
Windom
Multiple Firms In Debt Proceedings Across Cities
The report lists several firms and individuals in financial distress including George H. Davis & Co. and J. B. Rainey Jr in Petersburg, W.8. Downs & Co in Chicago, L. W. Apecomb in Richmond, and Kearns & Pearson in Gouverneur. Others include Samuel Ashton in Binghamton, H. B. Sharp in Monticello, and George A. Eayres in Pittsford. The New England Shoe Company and Charles C. Davis confessed judgment on notes totaling $10,530.33. The Rhode Island Creamery Company is not failed but arranging creditor terms. Mallarky & Co in Montreal suspended with $75,000 in liabilities.
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George H. Davis
H. B. Sharp
Monticello
George A. Eayres
Pittsford
New England Shoe Company
Charles C. Davis
Chicago
Rhode Island Creamery Company
Mallarky & Co
Montreal
Obituary notes Mary E Sawyer Tyler founder of verse
Mary E Sawyer Tyler of Sterling born 1806 died in Somerville on Tuesday. She was the matron of McLean Asylum for 35 years and wife of Columbus Tyler. His will leaves about 30 000 dollars to the Unitarian Church for a parsonage with grounds kept for children. if rejected the estate goes to Massachusetts General Hospital or a Harvard department. Also noted are the deaths of Rev James Ryland Kendrick, General David Atwood, and James A Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Tyler
Somerville
Mary
Sterling
Mary E. Sawyer
McLean Asylum
Columbus Tyler
Tyler
Unitarian Church
Highland Avenue
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Colege
James Ryland Kendrick
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Kendrick
Poultney
Brown University
Forsyth
David Atwood
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison
Congress
James A. Gray
Peardman & Gray
Albany, N. Y
Whitman approves electric railroad franchise to Boston
At a Whitman public meeting the vote granted a franchise to a company to build an electric railroad between Whitman and Boston. Officers reported a series of other brief items including a clash between U S Marshals in Portland, a Missouri burglary, a shooting gallery accident, a Pacific railroad freight strike, rising Canadian trade, a prize fight case delay, a Penn mill collapse, Sacramento River flooding, Barbed Wire Trust collapse, a New Rochelle elopement, and Cronin case proceedings ending with a pending acquittal appeal.
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Whitman
Boston
United States
R. M. Johnson
Harmon
United States Hotel
Portland
Johnson
Kosciusko
Miss
J. W. Carter
J. D. Lee
Springfield
Tommy Russell
Northern Pacific Railroad
Helena
Tacoma
Dominion
Jake Kilrain
Purvis
Davis
James Snaveley
Lexington
Penn
Sacramento
Cal
Oregon
Barbed Wire ‘Trust
Alta Sickles
New Rochelle
N. Y
Daniel Sickles
Thomas Dinham
Joey
White Plains
Forrest
Cronin
Railway Matters and Northern Lease Approved
The Boston and Albany Railroad stockholders met, reelecting the present directors led by Bliss and Rumrill, approving a new capital of 10 million dollars, and changing the annual meeting to September. The Boston and Maine vote authorized issuing up to 8.5 million in stock to retire bonds. Eastern and other lines held meetings with various director selections and lease approvals for the Northern railroad. The New York Providence and Boston line reported earnings and authorized asset realignments and charter amendments. Richmond & West Point Terminal directors were elected as capitalized at low levels per mile. E. P. Vining of the New York & New England railroad resigned as traffic manager.
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Meiona
Bliss
James A. Rumrill
William Bliss
Boston
John Cummings
Woburn
Edward L. Davis
Worcester
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Jarvis N. Dunham
Pittsfield
Edward B. Gillett
Westfield
Edward
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lawrence
Lord
George ©. Lord
Newton
Amos Paul
South New Yarket
N. H
William $. Stevens
Dover
Joseph 5. Becker
Northern Railroad of
New Hampshire
Eastern Railroad
Union Hall
Samuel
Medford
Walter Humewell
Wellesley
George (. Carpenter
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Joseph H. Gray
Henry D. Hyde
William A. Haskell
Leopold Morse
Charles A. Sinclair
Portsmouth
Messrs
Haskell
Morse
Sinclair
Frank Jones
N.H
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Endicott Peabody
Salem
Northern Railroad
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Sewall
Great Fails & Conway
Boston & Maine
New York, Providence & Boston Railroad Company
Providence
Samuel D. Babcock
Thames River
Groton
New London
General Assembly
William H. Pope
Charles H. Sheldon, Jr
George Maceinock Miller
Nathan I. Dixon
Robert Knight
Henry C. Robinson
George Peabody Wetmore
John L. Riker
Benjamin R. Lapham
Pierrepont Morgan
George G. Havin
Richmond & West Point
Comany
Richmond, Va
John H. Inman
M. Logan
James Bb. Pace
John A. Rutherford
George J. Gould
Simon Wormser
John G. Moore
Edward Lauterbach
George
Scott
Samuel Thomas
Calvin
E. P. Vining
New York & New England Railroad
Vining
Shinn
Sremonto
Late Ship News From New York Arrivals and Clearances
Shipping notices list numerous arrivals including barks J Bogart Port Natal and Senator Iken, schooners Taylor and Mathias, and steamers Westernland and Teutonic. Cleared vessels include Rhaetia, Powhattan, State of Indiana, and Albania among others. ports shown include Hamburg Leith Glasgow Havre and St Pierre.
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New York
J. Bogart
Rio Janeiro
Senator Iken
Hamburg
Maria
Port Natal
Taylor and Mathias
Amelia G. Ireland
Calvino F. Becker
J.J. Moore
H. R. Congdon
Boston
W. DV. Mangan
Warren Hall
Hastings
G. H. Watford
Elias Ross
New Stedford
Julia Frances
Fall River
S. L. Crocker
Taunton
Saint Hanans
Liverpool
Hipparchus
London
Palestro
City of Washington
Havana
H. F. Dimock
Austria
Ste
Mers Rhaetia
Vogelgesang
Powhattan
Euwards
Marseilles
Pormence
Hews
Para
Chlac
Davies
Leith
State of
Pretty Wedding in Grace Church Salem
A wealthy ceremony in Grace Church Salem saw David I. Anderson of New York wed Annie Fairfax daughter of F Butman of Salem. The Episcopal service was led by Rev J P Franks with a large guest list including bridesmaids from Salem and New York and a reception at the bride's parents home. The couple will reside in New York after a wedding tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Grace Church
David I. Anderson
New York
Annie Fairfax
F. ©. Butman
J. P. Franks
Ford Sylvester nuptials in Haverhill wedding
Lowell Lincoln Ford city editor of the Haverhill Gazette and Miss Lillian Mayberry Sylvester wed at the bride’s father’s residence on Lowell Avenue this evening. Reverend E. C. Holman officiated.
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Ford—Sylvester
Haverhill
Lowell Lincoln Ford
Haverhill Gazette
Lillian Mayberry Sylvester
Lowell Avenue
E. C. Holman
Walker Wiman wedding at Christ Church in Brighton
The December 11 wedding in Christ Episcopal Church Brighton linked Norman F. Walker Jr and Minnie Wiman daughter of Erastus Wiman. The church was crowded for the ceremony.
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Walker~wiman
New York
Norman F. Walker, Jr
Minnie Wiman
Erastus Wiman
Christ Episcopal Church
Brighton
New Fire Defense Proposals for City Skyscrapers
A Boston reader urges new methods to fight large fires amid dense streets and tall buildings. Proposals include watchmen with time clocks, roof tanks connected to high service, iron standpipes with couplings, and a city pumped forced-pressure system to quickly supply water to hydrants during outbreaks.
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Sir
Narrrow
Satelliiae
Belmont Heights
Arlington Street
Boston
Vital Statistics Problem on Voting Age Deaths
A letter from An Inquirer discusses a Post problem about death and births affecting registered voters. It cites Walter C. Wright using the tenth census to estimate yearly changes from 1–2 percent deaths and 3.42–5 percent youths reaching majority, enough to swing close districts if all youths vote together.
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Walter C. Wright
Register of Voters
Congress
Massachusetts
Grand Army Chief Announces Boston Encampment Dates
Commander in Chief R A Alger arrives in Albany and fixes the twenty fourth national encampment in Boston for the second week in August with a parade on Tuesday August 1.
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Albany
N. Y
R. A. Alger
Grand Army
Boston
Denne
Cable car runs on new Providence route
The first cable car operated on the new Providence, Rhode Island route yesterday, marking a milestone in local transit development.
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Providence
R. L
Some Eminent Women of Our Times reviewed
The review notes Mrs. Henry Fawcett’s biographical sketches of about twenty notable women of the era. It praises effort and many lives especially Elizabeth Fry and Mary Carpenter, critiques overlong details on some figures like Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen, and comments on spelling choices and literary immersion in others.
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Henry Fawcett
Plutarch
George Eliot
Jane Austen
Dorothy Wordsworth
Mrs. Fawcett
the Brontés
Gray
New York
McMillan & Co
Boston
Damrell & Upham
Sir Edwin Arnold's Poems in New Two-Volume Edition
A review notes Sir Edwin Arnold's eight volumes condensed into two thick volumes with thin paper. It criticizes monotony and praises the translator's fluent diction while finding little originality in the Indian myth adaptations. The piece reflects on poetry standards of the era and compares Arnold to Moore.
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Sir Edwin Arnold
Arnold
Moore
Peris
Edwin Arnold
Boston
Roberts Bros
Book Notes on History Verse and Fitness Guides
The review critiques Ferris's Great Leaders selection for bias and misreadings and suggests better Greek sources and clearer notes. It discusses Musical Moments as valuable for music references and notes missing pieces like Coleridge and Hamlet. Home Gymnastics is praised for potential public health impact if followed faithfully and consistently.
The Red Mountain of Alaska fiction review
A Boston publisher offers The Red Mountain of Alaska by Willis Boyd Allen as a tale of fortune hunting in the Arctic. An ex manufacturer leads a five member party with servants and guides through perilous waters toward an iron ore vein in Mount Wrangel then returns home. the book targets young readers with respectable adventure and sensational elements.
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Red Mountain of Alaska
Alaskan
Allen
Mount Wrangel
Red Mountain
Red Mountain of
Alaska
Willis Boyd Allen
Boston
Estes & Lauriat
Southern Visitors Arrive for Boston Merchants Dinner
Delegation from Atlanta including Henry W. Gray and Rufus Bullock arrives in Boston to attend the Ven dome reception hosted by the Merchants Association. Northern hosts entertain guests at Algonquin Club dinner before a formal Merchants dinner with speakers like exPresident Cleveland and Andrew Carnegie scheduled.
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Atlanta
Merchants’ Association
Vendome
Henry W. Gray
Evan P. Howell
W. A. Hemphill
The
Atlanta Constitution
J. R. Halliday
W. B. Low
M. Inman
John A. Fitten
R. D. Spalding
Sheo. D. Meador
J. W. Rankin
George S. Brown
Clarence Knowles
George Hildyer
Rufus B. Bullock
Georgia
E. B. Haskell
W. A. Haskell
C. H. Andrews
Cleveland
Andrew Carnegie
Republic
Henry W. Grady
South
William L. Putnam
Maine
Mr. Stetson
New York
Artner
Jonathan Aane
Mrs. Carnegie
Murdock Free Surgical Hospital A Six Year Review
The Murdock Free Surgical Hospital of 120 beds explains why it was started and kept open for six years, treating 3000 patients with five-sixths surgical cases, and why it closed citing lack of appreciation from the medical profession. It notes low mortality, cost over $100,600, and 203 applicants waiting since July 1, with samples of letters from sixteen states.
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Murdock Free Surgical Hospital
New England
Hospi
Asell
Murdock Liquid Food Co. Respond to Cancer Patient Inquiry
A Newport. Kentucky letter from Nov 11 1889 asks Murdock Liquid Food Co. if hospital treatment could extend the life of a woman with a womb cancer. The writer, claiming long weak digestion, notes improved strength from the Liquid Food and pledges to spend any amount for hope.
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Newport
Murdock Liquid Food Co
Admission Request for Abdominal Tumor Surgery
A letter from a physician requests admission for a patient with a large abdominal tumor who cannot afford private care. The writer notes the hospital’s excellent results and seeks placement to obtain surgical treatment.
Letter from a widow seeking abdominal fibroid surgery at a hospital
A needy Northampton mother of three asks Murdock Liquid Food Co and a hospital about treatment for a large abdominal fibroid tumor. She requests whether the hospital performs the operation, average success rates, and the surgeon’s experience, stressing her children depend on the outcome.
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Northampton
Murdock Liquid Food Co
General Hospital
Inquiry on Hospital Admission for Childbirth Injury
A resident reports medical examination by a local doctor diagnosing lacerations from childbirth. She states a seventeen year struggle with this unknown ailment, causing poverty and inability to work, and asks if she can be admitted to the hospital.
Hospital Pressure and Murdoch Liquid Food Offer Declined
A historical notice discusses the Murdock Liquid Food Co offering 120 beds and equipment free of charge to medical societies or hospitals for extended use. They would donate all needed liquid food and suppositories but require annual reports and avoid trustee roles. Four hospitals offered to accept the gift if the Murdoch name was withdrawn.
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Murdock Liquid Food Co
Murdock, Surgical Hospital
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Churchil
Oliver Ditson Company
Washington Street
Suffolk
Emery W. Smith
Beston
John Albree, Jr
NEW England Mutual
Life Insurance Post Office
Benj. F. Stevens
Jos. M. Gibbens
Fef. Trule
WM. B. Turner
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Silas Peirce
Eugene E. Patridge
Charles E. Macallar
E. van Noorden & GO
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