The New York Evening Post warns protectionists of rising wrath
The New York Evening Post warns wheat and cotton growers will rise in anger and tear down the tariff. The piece cites evidence of protectionist manipulation and bellows against Pennsylvanian monopolists while praising President Gregg and noting French leaders' stability, urging tariff reductions and reform.
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New York Evening Post
Colonel McClure
Philadelphia Times
Kelley
Pennsylvania
Congress
Hungary
India
Evening Post
Whitebait Dinners Define English Gastronomic Heritage
The piece argues whitebait dinners are a unique English tradition dating back 170 years, tied to national identity and history. It notes greenwich and London claims, references Captain Perry’s sea wall repair, and mentions New Zealand as a whitebait source, highlighting national pride and the diet’s cultural significance.
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Greenwich
New York
Thames
Perry
Essex
Dagenham
Sam Ward
Newport
London
New Zealand
Old England
Texas
Chicago
Re-election of Grevy underscores French republican spirit
The reelection of President Grevy without strong opposition highlights the republican character of France. He embodies republicanism as a leader from the people, committed to rights and liberties, and his renewed mandate follows a stringent test of his capacity to govern the nation. Despots may wear liberal titles, but Grevy represents the republic.
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Gregg
Grevy
Thiers
MacMahon
France
Mayor Courtenay Resigns After Six Years in Charleston
The Charleston mayor Courtenay, a six year chief executive, resigns to focus on private business. The News and Courier lauds his reorganizing of departments, businesslike administration, improved streets and fire department, and strong integrity. His friends in Boston recognize his notable public service.
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Courtenay
Charleston
D. C
the News and Courier
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Captain Courtenay
Boston
Barnstable County Journal Promises Democratic News
The Democrats of Barnstable county launch the Barnstable County Journal a thorough Democratic newspaper praising the administration. It cites revival of the old Barnstable Patriot influence with Ss B Phinney and other Patriot leaders assisting. It reprints Amos Otis's history of Barnstable county.
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Barnstable County
Barnstable
Ss. B. Phinney
Democratic leadership must rely on 11 brains and character
The piece argues that the Democratic party should stay in power under strong leadership. It praises the current administration as the right force and notes that opposition comes from emerging Democrats evolving from Republicans, who will mature into thoughtful conservatives.
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Democratic Party
Residence of Six Months and the Capital City Spelling
A traveller notes that a six month residence affects newspaper correspondents by teaching them to spell the capital city correctly, emphasizing how prolonged stay sharpens local knowledge and language accuracy. The remark underscores the link between place familiarity and reporting precision.
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Ft Csils
Capital
All sorts of jests and jabs from a holiday print
A collage of quips and cartoons from a New York judge, jokes about dogs and burglars, notices on bartenders in Maine, salaries for praying ministers, and mock dialogues. It catalogs satirical lines about Prohibition, social quirks, and celebrity mentions, ending with Christmas banter and a lost knife joke.
Miss Nevada wedding cake stunt draws Austin crowd
The Hartford Post relays a humorous tale of Miss Emma Nevada using wedding cake souvenirs to boost a West Tour stop, claiming 200 pounds of cake given to concertgoers. A separate Lime Kiln Club report details Sir Isaac Walpole proposing leniency for a museum keeper fined 8000 after a Harvard professor impersonator allegedly absconded with Napoleon’s clock.
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Jennie
Hartford Post
Eugene Field
Emma Nevada
West
Austin
Ney
Miss Nevada
Nevada
Sir Isaac
Harvard
Napoleon I
Napoleon
Dhat
the Lime Kiln Club
By the Wayside Humorous Teething Baby Joke And Charity Critique
A column recalls a toothless baby joke that fooled a city editor and reporter in a long gone era, then criticizes charity collectors and self serving managers. It cites To Day on fundraisers taking up to half of donations and exposes greed in a local charity led by a prominent promoter, urging reform.
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Daily
Ambition and Etiquette Reflections In Aboard Cambridge Car
A long excerpt portrays a preacher’s money woes and a chorus’s laughter at fundraising. A Cambridge car conversation questions etiquette, male rights, and women’s seat courtesy, while a New York journalist mocks sensational church work and “cram” for topics. End note Horace.
Notable Global Figures and Arts Grist from 19th Century News
A wide array of brief items includes Bishop Healey preparing for a Rome visit, Stoddard beginning a lecture course in St Louis, J B Lippincott reported ill, Mrs Talmage lecturing to 309 women, Yale’s Timothy Dwight a favored Yale president candidate, the Queen’s aid to Bulgarian sick and wounded, Cheshire farmers shipping apples to Philadelphia, Oxford hosts and honors, and Anton Rubenstein’s prolific Berlin recitals. Also noted: Christ Church New Haven freed from debt, Trinity College preacher President Smith, Chilean trade chatter in St Louis, vast numbers of Petersburg city workers, and Peter Esselmont’s British parliamentary win. Cox’s Turkish bound books, and Meissonier’s financial woes and artistic temperament.
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Jobo L. Stoddard
St. Louis
J.B. Lippincott
Talmage
Brooklyn
Timothy Dwight
New York
Yale College
Anton Rubenstein
Berlin
Christ Church
New Haven
Boardman
Smith
Trinity College
J. Gonzales
Chillan Agricultural Society
Boston
Chicago
St. Petersburg
Mr Parnell Described as Courageous Ireland Leader
The World reporter quotes John Russell Young on Charles Parnell noting his unbounded courage and self possession. He calls Parnell more American than English, a fanatic for Irish independence, and the imperious controller of his party's legislation in the House of Commons.
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John Russell Young
Parnell
Mr. Parnell
Ireland
House of Commons
Commodore Stewart
England
American Society of Naturalists Renamed
The Society of Naturalists held its annual session with President C. K. Gilbert presiding. The secretary Charles Sedgwick Minot reported 130 members and several new appointees joined. Members Hyatts, Lees, Emersons, Rices and Comstocks were named to a nominating committee and the group renamed itself to the American Society of Naturalists by nearly unanimous vote.
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Society of Naturalists
C. K. Gilbert
United States Geological Survey
Charles Sedgwick Minot
Boston
Society
F. J. H. Merrill
New Jersey State Survey
J. Francis Walsh
M. D
Philadelphia
Walter B. Barrows
Wesleyan University
Messrs. Hyatt
Arditti to Return as Orchestra Leader at Boston Theatre
The familiar Signor Ardittis presence will reappear in the Boston Theatre orchestra leader chair as he recently received a salary check, signaling his return to prominence in the ensemble.
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Signor Arditt
Boston Theatre
Signor Arditti Mistaken Identity at Bank of the Metropolis
An Italian conductor, Signor Arditti, attempted to cash a check in New York. Bank officials could not identify him until a director requested he turn his back, revealing Arditti’s face and allowing payment. The incident ends with the director recognizing the conductor.
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Dallas
Tex
Eila Wheeler
Bank of the Metropolis
New York
Signor
Arditti
Grand Opera
Signor Arditi
Christmas Night Mystery Of Slug Twenty Nine In Bee Office
Slug 29 also known as James Smith works at the Daily Bee, a quiet man with a troubled past. On Christmas night a mysterious post note prompts his sudden exit and a confession of a past life, ending with him leaving town after a dramatic night of drinking and a police incident.
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Bee
James Smith
Slug
Kee
Slag
Smith
Lame
Mazur Ipuceu
Post
Chelsea
M.law
Bobby
Major
Vermont politics clash over Democratic unity and Republican tactics
Castletown Vermont correspondent denounces Republican schemes to sow dissent within the Democratic Party. He praises honest appointments like United States Marshal John Robinson and A. P. Child, argues Republicans seek to taint the party with monopoly charges, and criticizes efforts to pit Democrats against each other over public appointments and railroad interests.
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Castleton
Vermont
John Robinson
United States
Devulogian
Pingree
Adams
Danby
Vilas
Atkins, Smalley & Co
Atkins
Smalley
Hon
A. P. Child
Central Vermont Railroad Corporation
W. H. H. Binghem
Democratic Party
Mints of Ireland Sent Home Annualy Noted by Archbishop
London based commissioner Fritz Cunliffe-Owen visits the United States and discusses Irish emigration. Archbishop Corrigan cites over 25 million dollars sent annually from the US to Ireland, largely in small drafts to relatives, framed as proof of Irish industriousness. The piece contrasts this with lingering land tenure abuses before 1870 and the long road to reform.
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Fritz Cunliffe-Owen
London
Japan
United States
Corrigan
Vatican
Ireland
Great Britain
AN IRISH SETTLEMENT. PARNELL SUPPORT IN AMERICA GROWING
The Irish National movement led by Parnell will gain broad support from the United States through public opinion rather than money. Colonel Michael Boland of Kentucky notes that England respects American opinions and that U S self-government progress educates England on Ireland. He predicts Ireland may gain from agitation, though the final amount is uncertain and tied to the jury's award.
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New York Tribune
Parnell
Michael Boland
Kentucky
America
London
Gladstone
New York
United States
England
Ireland
Dimcult
A Duke and Earl's Heritage in Smalley's Letter
Smalley notes the Duke of Norfolk as a premier noble with a long royal pedigree dating to 1483, the oldest English peerage, while tracing related titles and honors. The piece humorously laments the shift of favor and the social duties that accompany high office.
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Smalley
Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Arundel
Earl Marshs
England
Frances Esmond
Vicount
Castlewood
James the First
Sussex
Lord Salsbury
K. G
Trains and Destinations on Causeway Street Schedule
Daily railroad timetable listing routes from Boston to Lynn Revere Chelsea Newburyport Portsmouth Portland and Halifax with departures and arrivals at many towns including Saco North Conway Hampton Beach Beverly Swampscott and Rockport and noting Western Division connection between North Berwick and Scarborough Junction.
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Virginia
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Causeway Press
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Fayville
All Us
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Sun
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Saco
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