Debate over royal dowry grant in Rochester meeting
London reports that Gladstone's stance may block a government grant for the Duke of Clarence on his wedding. Harcourt leans against it amid Radical opposition and notes from the Liberal leaders. In Rochester, a heated council session ends with a narrow approval of an address of congratulation to the Prince and Duke of Clarence despite protests and insults.
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London
Mr. Gladstone
Prince of Wales
Duke of Clarence
Lord Salisbury
House of Commons
Gladstone
William Harcourt
Stedman
Powell
Waterford Nomination Clash as Election Opens Tomorrow
In Waterford the Dosti notes nominations for Parliament with Michael Davitt for McCarthyites and John E. Redmond for Parnellites. The day passes quietly though tensions run high with fears of clashes before polls close. Notables including Michael O'Brien Dalton, the Parnellite who attacked Tim Healy in Cork in March, are in Waterford supporting their candidates.
Bavarians prepare national celebration for royal marriage
Monica December 22 reports the Bavarians plan a nationwide celebration on December 28 for the marriage of Princess Elvira and Count Rudolf of Urban. The court frowns on the union, yet the people praise the match, viewing it as a triumph of love over political opposition.
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Monica
Elvira
Rudolf of Urban
Grip Epidemic Reports Deaths Across Cities
Report from the Board of Health notes one death from a pure grip case in West Roxbury and rising cases citywide. Six deaths aged 70 plus in various districts. Milton sees alarming growth. New York reports six grip deaths and police sickness. Nyack logs doubled influenza cases. three more grip deaths in BremwnGham Conn.
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West Roxbury
MecCollum
Charlestown
Dorchester
Back Bay
North End
Brighton
Roxbury
Boston
Milton
New York
Nyack
N. Y
Der
Christmas Gifts—What is More Appropriate Than a New Home Sewing Machine
Christmas gift note highlights a sewing machine as a fitting present. Mentions Lremont and a suggesting home craft device as ideal for holiday gifting. Readers encouraged to consider durable, practical devices for family use during the season.
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Lremont
The Puritan as a Crank and Liberty Prophet
A sweeping tribute to Puritans as crusading reformers who defied kings and church, framing a political conscience tied to liberty. It praises Robinson and the Pilgrims, links Puritan zeal to American ideals, and notes their clashes with commerce, religion, and power, ending with a defense of Puritan crankiness.
Casting a Di Montar A Success At South Boston Iron Works
A nine minute casting process for 22 inch rifled mortars used by US coast defenses unfolds at South Boston Iron Works. The operation involves a Rodman cold core system, 43 degree water cooling, and a 68 to 79 degree water start, with eight to ten hours of cooling and subsequent finishing in the machine shop. The process aims at strong, flaw free gun castings for government contracts.
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South Boston Iron Works
Builders’ Iron Foundry of
Providence
Boston
A. H. Russell
United States Ordnance Department
Hunt
Rodman
Meyer Defeats Carroll In Forty Three-Round New Orleans Fight
In New Orleans on December 22 at the Olympic Club Meyer defeated Carroll after 43 rounds amid a large, orderly crowd of about 4,000. Meyer, backed by Alf Kennedy, showed confidence from the start while Carroll appeared nervous early on. The fight featured noted boxing figures from Boston, Chicago, and the West, with heavy exchanges, multiple knockdowns, and a final Meyer victory amid cheers.
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Royal and
Charles Street
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Chicago
West
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Alf Kennedy
Pope
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Griffin
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Meyer
Barrett
Eddy Meyer
Link Pope
John Eckert
Robertson
St. Andrew’s Cross
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State Engravings Offered To Post Readers
Regular readers can obtain a state engraving by using a daily coupon on the second page, with thirty different dates providing a copy. Subscribers renewing for three months or more or new three month subscriptions receive the engraving without coupons and may request additional copies with dated coupons. Engraving plates require several weeks to complete.
Mrs Morse Dies Sudden Death in Rest
Mrs Isabelle C Morse wife of William F Morse died suddenly this afternoon of apoplexy after a day of Christmas preparations. She collapsed on steps at Mrs Chandler's house and expired instantly. She had just returned from Europe with her husband and daughter and was well known and esteemed socially in the town.
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Europe
Fine Arts at Chase's Gallery Shows Woodbury Works
A northern city gallery presents Charles H Woodbury and Marcia Q Woodbury with lively plein air and interior scenes. Dutch figures, canal views, Notre Dame studies, and fresh color depict mood, texture, and character. Abbott Graves adds a large chrysanthemum scene. Ames's Bromfield store features diverse reproductions and decorative plaster work. Ross Turner issues a calendar with a bronze lamp motif.
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France
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Sullivan and Slavin Set Bout For Ten Thousand Each
Representatives of Sullivan and Slavin agreed to meet next Tuesday to sign articles for a fight to a finish with a ten thousand dollar purse per side. The bout would occur within fifteen weeks after Sullivan’s theatre contracts end, likely in September, with a conditional on Peter Jackson beating Slavin in London affecting Sullivan's future matchup.
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New York
Sullivan
Slavin
Peter Jackson
London
Fitzpatrick and Burns Fight Draw In Ten Rounds
Montreal December 292 Jack Fitzpatrick Canada featherweight champion and Bob Burns of Providence met in a ten round bout for 200 dollars a side and gate receipts. The match ended in a draw with Burns having the better of the action though neither showed much punishment.
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Montreal
Jack” Fitzpatrick
Canada
Bob” Burns
Providence
Boston
Ajax Club
Burns
Everett Brakeman Killed in Charles Town Rail Accident
John Perkins a freight brakeman on the Mystic branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad fell between cars of his train in Charles Town about 10 15 last night and was instantly killed. The body was taken to the North Grove street morgue and Medical Examiner Harris notified. Perkins was 23 years old, unmarried, living with his parents on Mystic street Everett.
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Mystic
Boston & Maine R. R
Charlestown
North Grove Street
Harris
Perkins
Mystic Street
Everett
Welch Pardoned by Hill in New York Contempt Case
A special messenger from Albany brought Governor Hill's pardon to Thomas J. Welch, Democratic supervisor of Syracuse's third ward, who had been jailed for thirty days for contempt of court in contested election cases. The pardon arrived after the warden served the papers, releasing Welch within six hours of confinement.
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Syracussg
N. Y
Executive Chamber
Albany
North Shore Limited
Hill
Thomas J. Welch
Third Ward
Welch
Thieves Enter South Boston House Steal $27
Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday the house of John E. Hislop at 693 East Sixth Street South Boston was entered with false keys and $27 was stolen. No clues point to the culprits.
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John E. Hislop
East Sixth Street
South
Boston
Train Strike Injures Man on River Street Crossing
James Connery was walking along the Old Colony Railroad near River street when he was struck by an outward bound train at about 6 30 o clock Monday night and suffered severe injuries to the head and body officials said.
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James Connery
Residence Division
Old Colony Railroad
River Street
Recount Confirms Council Winners in Wards 6 and 25
The Monday recount of votes for Common Council in Wards 6 and 25 showed small shifts in totals but no changes to the winners. The review found a few adjustments across candidates, yet none sufficient to alter the outcomes.
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Common Council
Distinctions in Criminals Highlight Massachusetts Crime Debate
Secretary Warren F. Spaulding argues that crime data must distinguish between offender classes rather than group all violations together. He warns that treating burglars, drunks, vagabonds, and petty thieves as one category leads to ineffective punishment and demands individualized, criminologist based reform.
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The
G. B.S
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Andrews
Forum
Warren F. Spaulding
Massachusetts Prison Association
Naval Battalion Winter Work Ends With Armory Defense Drill
The Naval Battalion led by Lieutenant Commander Soley completes its first month of winter training with dress parade, reviews, and staged defense of the armory. Divisions drill in gatling and howitzer tasks, rooftop rifle practice, and skirmish lines along railways as two boatswains from the Wabash aid the fourth division. A January 15 concert at Music Hall is set, with ticket distribution organized. performers and artists to be announced.
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Soley
Wabash
Dartmouth Street
Boston & Albany and
Old Colony
Place Music Hall
Value of Plumpness and Cod Liver Oil Emulsion Ad
A promotional note extols plumpness for weak babies and failing weights, urging readers to learn about Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil. It offers a free book and lists Scott & Bowne Chemists in New York, with druggists nationwide carrying the product priced at $1.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
South Sth Avenue
New York
Plymouth Celebrates Standish Guards Banquet Anniversary
The 271st Pilgrim landing anniversary was celebrated by the Standish Guards in Plymouth on December 22. Under Captain George S. Dyer the company paraded the town, fired a salute at Plymouth Rock, and heard eloquent toasts by officers and guests at Lyceum Hall. A band concert followed at the armory, then a promenade and ball with Boston’s Ladies Fadette Orchestra.
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Standish Guards
George
Dyer
Plymouth Band
Plymouth Rock
America
Armory
Lyceum Hall
D. H. Maynard
Samoset House
George S. Dyer
United States of America
Herbert Morisey
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
W. F. Stoddard
Roswel S. Douglas
Lewis E. Day
Plymouth
Howard Holmes
James Morton
Colored
James D. Thurber
B. A. Hathaway
D. Shumway
Ladies’ Fadette Orchestra
Boston
American Economic Association to Meet at Chautauqua
The executive committee of the American Economic Association has decided to hold the next meeting at Chautauqua New York probably August 23 to 26 1892. The dates are chosen for convenience for distant members.
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The
American Economic Association
Chautauqua, N. Y
An Early Graduate Learns Salted Mine Lesson
A Boston man teases a Boston youth returning from six weeks out West about what he learned. The youth replies he learned one thing: after discovering how a mine was salted, he had no money left for further tuition.
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Boston
Texas
Round Earth Idea Inspires Cunning Retreat Quote
A Harper's Bazar quotation contrasts swift retreat as cowardice with strategic maneuvering to circle and attack the enemy from behind. The exchange highlights a clever, if unorthodox, approach to combat strategy and geography.
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Harper’s
Bazar
Alas Too True Gift Value Fears Neighbors' Disquiet
A fragment from Smith Gray and Co s Monthly notes that the value of gifts causes unease, not happiness, arguing the worth of neighbors unsettles the writer. The brief meditation reflects social attitudes and moral sentiment of the period.
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Smith, Gray, & Co
S Monthly
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