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Post Publishing Company
New York
Nassau Street
Ernest F. Binwinenam
Mbeaiatey
Corcoran
Christmas Observances In Boston And Street Windows
A Boston writer reflects on Christmas Day and the holiday stretch, notes snow covered streets, dogs on horse cars debates, and displays of animals in shop windows. He complains of Uncle Sam’s lamed mail horse and praises festive cheer, while praising the Haindel and Haydn Society Messiah performance at Music Hall with Griswold Edmonds and Whitney starring. The second Messiah concert is set for Jan 29.
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Haindel and Haydn Society
Music Hall
Gertrude Griswold
Gertrude Edmonds
Albert Lester King
Myron W. Whitney
Carl Zerrahn
B. J. Lang
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Franz Kneisel
Edward N. Lafricain
Hindel
Boston
Child
Miss Griswold
Death of Daniel Manning Sparks National Loss
The Fi Doston Post notes Daniel Manning's death after a brief cabinet tenure. It praises his delicate yet firm conduct of government, his competence and sagacity, and contends his untimely death in his prime is a loss felt across parties and opinions.
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Daninl Manning
Home Rule viewed in light of possible war support
The piece argues that English policy toward tacit aid to the Allies in a Russia war could boost Home Rule sentiment. It says Salisbury would not win support from sober national sense if he pursued jingoism, and that Unionists seek to defeat Home Rule at any cost even if it requires compromising on other issues, likely avoiding clashes with Salisbury over foreign policy.
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Russia
Lord Salisbury
Labor party aims for George McGuire ticket in 1896
The New York Tribune publishes an alleged interview with Dr McGlynn chairing the United Labor party in New York State. He says the party is not free trade nor revenue reform and hints at nominating Henry George for president with Judge McGuire of San Francisco as vice president, a plan the Tribune treats with calm indifference.
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Henry George
Blaine
New York Tribune
McG Lynn
United Labor Party
New York
United‘Labor Party
Party of Tariff Reform
McGlynn
Judge McGuire
San Francisco
The
Tribune
George
Senate battle over LAMAR confirmation sparks sectional tension
The piece notes Republican opposition to the LAMAR confirmation as a strategic mistake. It suggests two GOP votes could swing the outcome and cites ex-rebel RippDLEBERGER as willing to side with the president. The author argues opposition mostly aims to revive sectional tensions sparked by Senator Cuanover's election bill.
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Senate
Lamar
Rippdleberger
Mr. Lamar
Cuanover
Po lice Captains Race Aided by Hotelkeepers Donation
At a New York church fair voters chose police captains by ballots for a gold shield. The successful candidate was helped by a $1300 subscription from hotel keepers and others in his precinct. The New York World says such funding undermines discipline and effectiveness of the force and notes the distribution looks less like a reward.
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New York
New York World
Sherman Keeps Quiet While Republican Nomination Scene Warms
The piece notes Senator Sherman denying withdrawing from the race and stating he will wait for the convention decision. It highlights his active plan to attack the President's message, plus signals from Ohio and Philadelphia media that hint at factions favoring Sherman over Blaine. It warns Suckman against waiting too long.
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Sherman
Paris
Blaine
Brains
Philadelphia North American
Republi
Suckman
Two Monopolies Clash in Coal Strike Movement
The Knights of Labor order halts 65 000 Reading railroad workers except essential crews, paralyzing coal production during winter. A local wage dispute sparked by Reading and Lehigh region strikes escalates into a broader conflict between coal monopolies and labor, with calls to remove the seventy five cent duty on bituminous coal to ease fuel shortages.
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the Knights of Labor
Reading Railroad Company
Lehigh
Knights of Labor Organization
Port Richmond
Knights of Labor
Reading Railroad
Elizabethport
Assembly of Knights of Labor
Reading Company
Pennsylvania
Nova Scotia
New England
Penunsyl
Change of base implies Russia ready to toppling Balkan order
The article argues Russia abandons defensive rhetoric and seeks rapid expansion in the Balkans and toward Constantinople. It contends Russia aims to subjugate Bulgaria, force Austria to yield Bosnia and Herzegovina, and challenge German and Austrian influence, with potential war implications for the triple alliance.
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Russia
Germany
Austria
St. Petersburg
Poland
Bulgaria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belgrade
Balkan
Turkey
Constantinople
Danube
Czar
Europe
Bismarck
Coal trade tensions ripple through anthracite and coastwise routes
The text discusses free coal affecting the anthracite monopoly clash and its potential impact on coastwise coal transport to Eastern ports. It notes the possible extermination of monopolies without harming the public and the broader effects on regional carriage costs and distribution.
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Vania
Oyster War Sparks Chesapeake Tide of Dredgers and Police
Annual clash over oyster harvesting pits tonns men and dredgers against each other on the Chesapeake. The State oyster police and a German protective society complicate efforts, as dredgers evade patrols and tongermen deploy a large howitzer to defend their industry amid escalating hostility.
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Chesapeake
Rival Oyster Seekers Clash as Dredging Party Heads North
The excerpt describes a struggle termed shanghaiing of men by the dredging party. The chief combatants are rival oyster seekers, nearly even in success, with the police backing the legal tongs possibly tipping the balance in their favor.
Paris Critics Rally Against Sarpou La Tosca
The impression grows that M. Sarpou's latest play La Tosca is a rank failure. Paris critics even suggest it has dealt a death blow to the dramatist's reputation. Some call it a fatal weakness in the work.
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M. Sarpou
M. Pardon
Thut “Fédora
Théodora
Estate of London Times editor leaves £144000 in assets
The late city editor of the London Times left an estate valued at £124000 plus a picture collection valued at £20000. American journalists may view London as a city where true genius is recognized.
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London Times
Chadwick's New Overture Brightens Christmas Eve Concert
Review praises Chadwick's new overture as the best he has written with strong dramatic elements and vivid orchestration. The Siegfried Idyl delights, while Cowen's Welsh symphony earns mixed verdicts for using folk tunes as themes. Miss Rose Stewart's aria choices draw critique amid a varied program.
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Chadwick
Siegfried
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Wagner
Mr. Cowen
Grau
Gram
Miss Stewart
Graun
Carl Reinecke
Berlioz
Lennon enters music as tenor and manager
Mr. George Lennon plans to pursue a musical career as a tenor and to manage the business of Miss Mathilde Lennon. This marks the second item in a four part chamber music series.
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George Lennon
Mathilde Lennon
Concerts and credentials mark music season in Boston
Certs by Lewis Maas will be given in Miller Hall next Thursday evening. The programme includes Klein piano and violin sonata in G major, a reverse impromptu, a folkedans, and a Schubert trio in EB flat. At the Music Teachers National Association meeting in Indianapolis last July Professor Lavallee was named a delegate to the Society of Professional Musicians of England in London. The National Opera Company begins a two week Boston Theatre season Jan 9 with a repertoire including Nero, Queen of Sheba, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Faust and Alda. Principal artists include Emma Juch, Bertha Pierson, Clara Poole, Agnes Fearing and Barton McGuckin. The Hofmann boy pianist returns to Music Hall tonight with a program of Wagner, Beethoven, Verdi, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Godfroid and others. Due to illness Jacob Benzing, George K Clark will assume Figaro in the C R Adams company opera. Cory Burmeister Peterson announces two Steinert Hall piano recitals on Jan 17 and Jan 19.
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Lewis Maas
Miller Hall
Society of Professional Musicians of
England
London
Lavallee
Max Leckner
American Association
Layallee
Music Teachers’ National Association
National Opera Company
Charles E. Locke
Boston Theatre
Rubinstein
Goldsmark
Mendelssohn
Josef Hofmann
Die Folkunger
Mkretschman
Jacob Benzing
George K. Clark
Ruggles Street Quartet
Figaro
Music Hall
C. R. Adams Company
Mme
Cory Burmeister Peterson
New York
Steinert Hall
Paris Salon Preview Indicates Many Portraits and Genre Works
The New York Herald reports on expected Salon entries for 1888. Jules Lefébre plans a portrait of a rare colored lady and an Eve. Robert Fleury shows a life size Princess Terka Jablonowsky portrait and Terka’s likeness by Mile. Beauty Laurel. Wil liam L. Marey sends Miss Eames of Boston. Henner works on Saint Sebastian. Lucian Doucet and Leslie Griffin Caldwell reveal portraits. Cardinal Gibbons portrait by G.P.A. Healey sparks talk.
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New York Herald
Paris
Jules Lefébre
Robert Fleury
Terka Jablonowsky
Julian School
Maurice Bernhardt
Mile
Laurel
Terka
Henner
Saint- Sebastian
Lucian Doucet
Leslie Griffen Caldwell
Gertrude Taber
Mr. Blaine
Stephen Hills Parker
Salon
Lucy Lee Robbins
Milo
Mand
E. Gelhuy
Bouguereau
Fleury
Reinhardt
Villers
Normandy
Harper & Bros
New York
Legion of Honor
Henry Bacon
Boston
Etretat
Easant
Many Donations and Political Notes Across the Era
The Starr King monument fund in San Francisco nears $5000 while Dr. Charles U. Shepherd donates a mineralogical collection to Amherst College from his late father Professor Charles U. Shepherd. Beverly anti-divisionists hire ex Governor Robinson. Farms may retain ex U S District Attorney Stearns. W Brough Russell departs London for India after a $100,000 coal and iron stock claim in Tennessee and Alabama. In Congress, Stone leads with 73 bills, Hogg 63, Wheeler 57, Peters 47. The grand collar of the Legion of Honor was given to M Carnot, one of four ever made, with Napoleonic ties and a prior link to Murat and Francis I.
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Starr King
San Francisco
Charles U. Shepherd
New Haven
Amherst College
Beverly
Robinson
United States
Stearns
W. Brough Russell
London
India
Russell
Tennessee
Alabama
Representative Stone
Kentucky
Mr. Hogg
General Wheeler
Mr. Peters
Kansas
Legion of Honor
M. Grévy
M. Carnot
Napoleon
Murat
Emperor of Austria
Paris
Francis J
Maria Louisa
Tobacco tax debate and curious tidbits from press
A mixed bundle of notes touches on tobacco tax proposals, a Nebraska milking machine claim, Sullivan's England earnings, Hartford carpet, Grévy’s possible memoir, Florida breakfast fare, burglar justice, diamonds market, emigration to Russia, a hermit Californian’s discourse, Colombia's export rewards, a missing Union Pacific freight car found intact, Mt. Wrangel as tallest peak, a love letter query to Cicely about seals, Cornell buying Barnum’s elephant skeleton, and a quip on cough insurance.
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Grévy
Florida
Strawberry Valley
Cal
Government of
Colombia
Rafael Vallegas
Guabiare
Union Pacific
Laramie
Mt. St. Elias
Mt. Wrangel
Wrangel
St. Elias
Mt. Hood
Copper River
Cicely
Hartford Post
Cornell University
P. T. Barnum
Museum of Anatomy and Zoology
Springfield Union
John
N. Y. Sun
Embezzlers Drain Canada Trade Balance Claim
The Philadelphia Press notes Canada lost about 3 million dollars in two years to embezzlers who fled to the United States while American embezzlers took over 20 million into Canada. The piece comments on the balance of trade remaining in Canada’s favor.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
Philadelphia Press
Workingmen and Fairchilds stance on alien contract labor
The Philadelphia Record argues that while Cleveland's administration faces criticism from protectionists, Secretary Fairchild directs customs collectors to bar alien contract labor miners imported by Lehigh Valley coal operators from Belgium. The piece asserts the Treasury head favors American workers over coal barons in this issue.
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Cleveland
Fairchild
Lehigh Valley
Belgium
Treasury Department
Philadelphia Record
Ind
The Congressional Record Should Not Be Abolished
Opinion piece arguing against abolishing the Congressional Record. It asserts the record preserves valuable and foolish speeches, reveals political frauds, and provides public amusement through its varied columns.
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Congress
Congressional
N. Y
What Are War Taxes In 1870 Debate On Tariffs
The New York World argues that about half of existing duties were raised to replace repealed internal taxes and that continuing war tariffs is unjust. It cites Morrill who denounced the rise as not lawful prize of protection and warns public pressure will demand their removal or risk broader protection fading.
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New England
Tremont Street
Washington Street
Bengal
Morrill
N. Y. World
Dem
No North No South Critique of Lamar Confirmation
The piece argues sectional prejudice is obsolete as Southern public figures are eligible for federal service. It notes that Congressional action removed political disabilities and that the test oath is repealed. It asserts Republicans cry against Lamar is ridiculous and unfounded given ex Confederates hold federal positions.
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Lamar
Congress
United States
N. Y
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