Paris influenza touches artists and Samoa proclaims a king
Reports say Mme Judie and other Paris artists have influenza while Malietoa is proclaimed King of Samoa and formally recognized by consuls. Cardinal Gibbons plans a Mexico visit for Archbishop Sebastide’s jubilee. Edward T. Waite, son of a late Supreme Court chief justice, lies gravely ill in Washington.
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William
Mme. Judie
Paris
Malietoa
Samoa
Cardinal Gibbons
Mexico
Sebastide
Edward T. Waite
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Christian
Pettitt and Sims
Man
Princess’s Theatre
London
Letitia Alarich
Senator Stewart
Nevada
National Theatre
Gustave Frohman
Henry Ward Beecher
J. Q. A. Ward
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Contested House Power and Southern Growth in 1889
The piece argues Republicans aim to seat their members to gain control of the House under new rules, with a slim 168 to 161 margin and eight absences. It also surveys the ten year Southern industrial gains from agriculture to banks, mills, and coal, noting policy debates over schooling funding and an international maritime information bureau proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Baltimore
South
Blark
International Marine Conference
Bureau of Information
New York Maritime Register
Information Bureau
Marine Conference
Destruction Opens Gaps in New York Power and Gas
Widespread wire cutting disrupts electric service in New York City leaving streets dark and gas lamps insufficient. Electric light firms explain repairs delayed by late hours of work. Gas bureau chief warns fifteen hundred more lamps needed and two weeks before full gas lighting returns. Efforts to curb overhead wires touted as necessary, with calls for better cooperation between companies and authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gas Bureau
Electric
City weighs underground wiring for arc and incandescence
New York authorities push safer lighting amid push for buried wires. A compromise proposes Westinghouse inspiredConverter systems to feed lamps with only about fifty volts while keeping high tension supply overhead. Public concern over overhead danger delays a final plan.
Harvard Defends Football Ethics In Princeton Dispute
Harvard committee on athletics releases an abstract defending Harvard against Princeton Faculty charges. It argues no inducements or improper funding aided Harvard players and condemns professionalism in college football. The committee supports Harvard’s withdrawal from the Intercollegiate Football League.
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Harvard
Princeton
Harvard Committee
The Spoils System and Civil Service Reform
An editorial condemns the current administration for selling offices as party spoils while nominally upholding civil service restraints. It cites Wanamaker and Marshall Cushing as signaling doubt about the system and questions its efficiency and purpose within the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Congress
Joan Wanamaker
Marshall Cushing
Wanamaker
Civil Service Reform Under Fire In Post Office Debates
The article argues that Cabinet members question civil service reform and favor reinstating the spoils system. It cites W D Foulke and Turner of Kansas criticizing the administration as insincere. It notes broad Republican sympathy to repeal, but asserts public sentiment and Cleveland’s leadership will preserve reform despite opposition.
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W. D. Foulke
Indiana
Harrison
Cleveland
Commonwealth Club of
New York
Foulke
Nanamaker
Post Office
Civil Service Reform
Foulkr
Congress
Turner
Kansas
Payson
Illinois
House
Foulkes
Nationalist meeting in Tremont temple marks anniversary
The Nationalist Club held a public anniversary meeting in Tremont temple with Rev. Ebrowamp Everett Hale presiding and Edward Bellamy as principal speaker. Bellamy outlined a program toward state socialism including municipal light and heat, municipal transport, and nationalization of railroads and key industries. The address argues for rigorous public examination of its claims by economists and social philosophers.
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Tremont ‘Temple
Pbwamp Everett Hale
Friends of Government
Edward Bellamy
Bellamy
Harvard Catalogue 1890 shows high standards and growth
Harvard Catalogue for 1889 90 notes 2079 students making it the largest American university. It details tougher entrance requirements than Yale, strong graduate enrollment growth, cross enrollment from other colleges, and the Foxcroft Club lowering board costs. Also mentions summer schools and the Prick Greenleaf aid. The Meissner case is discussed as a literary controversy.
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Harvard
Yale College
Yale
Sheffield Scientific School
North American Review
Edinburgh
Tiibingen
Brown
Amherst
Bowdoin
Johns Hopkins
Oberlin
McGill
Toronto
California
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Uohio
Colorado
Kansas
Haverford
Columbia
Swathmore
College of the City of New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston University
Dalhousie
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
Foxcroft Club
Memorial Hall
Cambridge
Cambridge seeks to boost graduate enrollment with new fellowships
The article notes Cambridge has 107 graduate students and over 400 freshmen and new special students. To raise graduate numbers to 400, the university must create new fellowships and change its policy from dignified reserve to public sharing of its vast resources.
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Cambridge
Prodigy Pianists Rise As Young Otto Arrives
The article notes a surge of young pianists after Otto HroGner and Josef Hormann. It profiles a 13 year old girl from Pittsburgh who can play Baca fugues from memory after less than three years of study. The piece comments on the era's musical prodigies and clever youth.
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Otto HroGner
Josef Hormann
Pittsburg
Baca
Poet Wuitrikr Declines $2000 for New Poem
The venerable poet Wuitrikr showed rare unselfishness by turning down a publisher's offer of $2000 for a new poem. This act, celebrated by poetry lovers, suggests his inspiration comes from higher sources than financial gain.
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Wuitrikr
Parnell Commission Report Pending Parliament Session
The Parnell Commission findings are finished but will be released when Parliament convenes. The announcement is not expected to cause significant public concern or anxiety.
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Parnell Commission
Winter Influenza Grippe Fears Widen in Cold Season
In a severe winter, readers fear influenza may spread rapidly and grip the population. The weather drives concern as health officials warn of rising grippe cases and flu-like illness this season.
Names on Back Bay housing hint at foreign vibes and city shifts
The observer notes three new Back Bay apartment houses named Lemburg Heidelberg and Luxemburg and a trio Galen Gladstone Rathbone reflecting European and public figures. He also visits a horse auction region where a cocky stall proprietor and rough youths oversee a lively sale amid grim surroundings and Canadian jockeys.
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Back Bay Park
Lemburg
Heidelberg
Luxemburg
Boston
West End
Europe
Oray Peldin
Eliot School Graduates Hold Ninth Annual Reunion at Young's Hotel
The Eliot School Association gathered for a dinner and memories at Young's Hotel. About 100 diners included Charles H. Allen and Rev. W. H. Lyon among honored guests. Nathaniel G. Snelling presided as talks recalled old days and a flag gift celebrated by Harvey N. Shepard and Colonel Harrington.
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Eliot School Association
Young’s Hotel
Charles H. Allen
Boston
Old School Boys’ Association
W. H. Lyon
Samuel Harrington
Eliot School
S. W. Mason
Willard
Willard 5. Allen of the School Board, and Frank A. Hall
Nathaniel G. Snelling
Franklin School
Edward H. Dunn
Isaac B. Mills
Harvey N. Shepard
Shepard
Ninth Regiment
Colonel Harrington
Mr. Shepard
Dix
Samuel C. Harrington
John N. Barbour
Charlies W. Larmpee
Death of Edward Cunningham Spurs Firearm Reform Call
The Boston Post memorializes Edward Cunningham who died in Milton on November 22 from a pistol wound while defending his land from intruders. The piece lauds his fearlessness and moral independence while urging stricter firearm carrying laws and prudent regulation of newcomers lacking respect for law.
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Harper’s Weekly
Edward Cunningham
Milton
Boston
Boston Post
Cunningham
China
California
Business Troubles In Hartford And Minneapolis Causing Insolvency
Nathan Kemptner boot and shoe dealer of Hartford doing business as Nathan Kempton Jr and Oliver Baker carpet dealer in St Paul have filed voluntary insolvency petitions. Lewis E Moulton Beverly trader holds the petition. Within Bros of Montreal wholesale tea merchants and grocers suspended payment. Liabilities about sixty thousand dollars with unknown indirect liabilities. Durgy M Co Springfield groceries assigns due to sugar market fluctuations and losses. Wiles Bros Lynn manufacturers of sales have failed.
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Nathan Kemptner
Hartford
M. B. Durgy & Co
Springfield
Mass
Wiles Bros
Lynn
Col W A Bancroft Resigns as Road Master at West End
Colonel W A Bancroft resigns as road master for the West End Railway Company to resume legal practice. Rumor says the move stems from a dispute with the company vice president, Edmund Reardon, tied to Cambridge railroad history.
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W. A. Bancroft
West End Railway Company
Bancroft
Edmund Reardon
Cambridge
Various Wit and News Snippets from Early 20th Century Impressions
A collage of quips and anecdotes touches on politics, sport, culture, and crime. Jokes reference game preserves and Bonafide punsters while notes mention legal cases, famous boxers, and a fraud about an Australian marble man.
The Lady from the Sea at the Last Ibsen Reading
Mrs. Erving Winslow presents The Lady from the Sea, blending poetry with Ibsen's later style. Critics note hypnotic influence and a puzzling plot though Winslow's delivery pleases the audience and widens discussion of the Norwegian dramatist.
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Ibsen
Erving Winslow
Eilida
Ellida
Eliida
Courtesy Delay Reaffirms Brazil Recognition Move
The United States Senate today advanced a joint resolution that formally recognizes the Republic of Brazil, marking a long overdue act of international comity. The Philadelphia Record notes Brazil as the oldest republic in the Americas and the plan to welcome its younger counterpart.
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United States Senate
Republic of Brazil
Republic of the Americas
Philadelphia
Ind
Parnell at Nottingham Defends Health and Seclusion
Parnell's Nottingham speech counters Tory charges of ill health and seclusion, presenting him to English audiences as a leader and advocate of Irish ideas. It highlights his moderated rhetoric aimed at appealing to English listeners and downplays Irish excess.
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Parnell
Nottingham
Times
N. Y
Pimes
Ind
Parnell Speech Disappointing and Hedging on Home Rule
The Philadelphia Press reports Mr. Parnell in Nottingham delivering a disappointing speech that hedges against a potential adverse commission verdict. It outlines no new policy and implies agitation in Ireland is waning while other English questions gain prominence alongside Home Rule.
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Parnell
Nottingham
Commission
Ireland
England
Philadelphia Press
Object Lesson on Spoils System in Iowa Politics
The piece notes Judge Reed, former state Supreme Court justice, elected to the U S House last year, will not run again due to discontent over distributing offices. It argues the spoils system drives good men from public life and urges Iowa Republicans to consider civil service reform.
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Reed
Supreme
Congress
Iowa
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