The Culmination of Puritan Influence in New England
The Rev Edward A Horton spoke in Channing Hall on 1675 to 1725 Puritan history. He traced the Mather family, witchcraft, Harvard shifts, and the rise of Episcopacy, noting the shift from theocratic rule to liberal church and school forces, ending with the downfall of Puritan theocracy and changes in colonial society.
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Edward A. Horton
Channing Hall
Boston
Mather
Mr. Horton
Harvard College
Massachusetts
New England
Higginson
Mathers
John Wise
Ipswich
Wise
Solomon Stoddard
Church of England
Boston Harbor
Ratcliffe
Andros
Episcopal
Old South Meeting House
King’s Chapel
William
Mary
Brattle Church
Increase
Cotton Mather
Dudley
Wamay
Wood
Senator-elect Gallinger speaks on civil service reform and party loyalty
Noting the Middlesex Club dinner at Young's, Senator-elect Gallinger urges strong party discipline. He critiques civil service reform, arguing Democrats often hold offices, and advocates awarding offices to Republicans where available while urging Republicans to stand by their principles and fight for victories.
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Middlesex Club
Young’s
Dr. Gallinger
United States
Massachusetts
Washington
Boston
New Hampshire
Boston Druggists Defy Sunday Tobacco Ban
In Boston many druggists ignored a Sunday ban on tobacco sales citing medicinal use. Stores at Bartletts Odd Fellows Hall and Folger’s Tremont Street displayed “for medicinal purposes only” signs, while reporters noted some shops defied the rule after a Druggists’ Alliance meeting where a majority urged repeal and continued sales despite police enforcement.
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Boston
Charles A. Bartlett
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Bartlett
Post
Burrell
Park Square
Eliot and
Tremont Streets
Folger & Co
Tremont Street
E. T. Leach
West Brookline
Tremont
A. D. Shephard
Dover
Washington Streets
Druggists’ Alliance
Young’s
Army and Navy Gazette Navy and Army orders list transfers and leaves
Army orders detail a board to examine officers for ordnance transfer, and engineers to Willet's Point for annual school examination. Naval orders note detachments, promotions examinations, retirements, and leave grants, with several officers awaiting duty on the Lancaster.
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Army and Navy Gazette
Washington
Army
Edward P. Vollum
Chas. T. Alexander
Andrew H. Russell
Ordnance Department
William P. Gordon
Army Building
New York City
William C. Pierce
Second Artillery
Frederick A. Tripp
Corps of Engineers
Engineers’ School of Application
Willet’s Point
N. Y
David C. Houston
George L. Gillespie
Robert H. White
Fort Monroe
Robert J. Gib Sor
New Haven
C.A. Rogers
John Hood
E. W. Ebstee
Washington Navy Yard
Joan Downs
Navy Department
United States
Swatara
Mare Island Navy Yard
S. C. Cooper
E. W. Watson
J. L. Bostwick
W. A. Miniter
W. H. Jones
H. T. Stancliffe
F. P. Gilmore
P. H. Smith
John Russell
Lancaster
Lynn selects site for new public building
J H C McLean Assistant Superintendent and Chief Clerk of the Treasury visits Lynn to review land options for a new government building. He reports none suitable within the 35000 dollar appropriation and seeks a 130 by 100 foot corner or 160 by 100 foot square lot, aiming for a structure modeled after the New York post office.
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Lynn
J.H. C. McLean
Treasury Department
Washington
New York Post Office
B Street
Fifth Street
Gold Street
Joseph Danham, Jr
8. R. Knights & Co
Washington Street
Boston
Death makes a tie in Montana politics
Hexen Mont Feb 1 Representative Wit ter Speaker of the late Republican House died this morning of pneumonia. This death leaves the House a tie politically. Ask for Van Hooren's Cogoa take no other.
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Montana
Hexen
Mont
Witter
van Hooren
Fortieth Anniversary of Boston Y M C A Observed
The Boston Young Men's Christian Association marked its fortieth anniversary at New Old South Church with Rev. George A Gordon presiding. Attendance was large and programs included church services, musical selections, and reports by James D Ball detailing outreach.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
New Old South Church
George A. Gordon
James D. Ball
Dr. Gordon
Christian Association
United States
Boston
F. O. Winslow
Massachusetts
Boston Y. M. C. A
Phillips Brooks
Young Men’s Christian Association
Japan
First Baptist Church
Philip 8S. Moxom
Association
David Allen Reed
Young Men's Christian Association Training School
Springfield
Tremont Temple
Dwight I. Moody
Hr. M. Moore
Mr. Moody
Daniel
Washington
Lions’ den
Park Street Church
J. L. Gordon
Boston Association
W. R B. Colley
Connecticut
Tremont Street Methodist Church
W. H. Brodbeck
E. W. Watkins
New York
Li. B. Chamberlain
Bishop Warren
Trinity Church
Denver
Col
Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
Ruggles Street
Berkeley Temple
Grace Methodist Episcopal
Average age of freshmen rising in colleges debate
Letter to the editor cites new annual reports from Boston University Tufts College and University of Michigan noting lower average entrance ages. President Angell records last year’s literary entrants averaging eighteen years and one eighth of a month, with Michigan’s men at seventeen years seven and a half months and women at nineteen years five ninths months.
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Harvard
Post
Boston University
Capen
Tufts College
Michigan University
Angell
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
America
O. We
Somerset Street
Boston
City funds urged to cover fair costs amid funding clash
Cuiiaco February 1 local paper says finance chair will report that at least 15 million dollars is needed to meet department expenses for the World’s Fair. Only up to 10 million may be available before May 1 1893, with 5 million from bonds and subscriptions delayed by Treasurer Seeberger’s receipts.
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Cuiiaco
Seeberger
Weather Indications for New England and Nearby States
Forecast till 8 p.m. Monday for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont calls for decidedly colder conditions with northwesterly winds and fair weather, and local snow in extreme northwest areas as a cold wave arrives. Eastport is set to see a 30 degree drop by 8 a.m. on the 3rd. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut also face a cold wave with fair conditions. Eastern New York expects fair weather with local showers near Lake Ontario and a pronounced cold wave with northwest winds.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Eastport
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Lake Ontario
Post's Forecast Signals Cold Wave Across New England
The forecast calls for fair weather then a rapid drop in temperatures across New England today and tonight with northwest winds. Tuesday should stay fair but colder as a cold wave hits, possibly reaching its peak Tuesday night. Reports show varying temperatures across cities from Eastport 36 to Boston 44, with snowfall in lake regions and strong pressure systems in Nova Scotia and the Gulf area.
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POST
New England
Nova Scotia
Eastport
Halifax
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
St. Vincent
Salt Lake City
el Paso
Boston
Block Island
Nantucket
Northfield
Portland
Montana
Dakotas
Ft. Assiniboine
St. Buford
North Platte
Des Moines
Mercury
St. Paul
Chicago
Cleveland
Albany
Jacksonville
A Pact About Silver
Sir sixty years or more ago silver coin was very much in use in settlements between banks and in foreign trade. The author recalls the old practice and the burdens of transporting 200000 silver dollars by steamship and Concord coaches to Boston for trade with China. He warns that irredeemable paper money could return if free coinage becomes law.
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China
Carolus
Bryant & Sturgis
New York
Providence
Concord
Boston
Beacon Square
JS. F
Clever Women Buy Draperies Early in Spring Sales
Clever women purchase spring draperies this month as stores showcase new imports. Paine's Furniture on Canal Street offers the richest upholstery stock with low prices and wide choices. The United States Electric Fire Signal Company installs closed circuit alarms in major buildings, noting resilience during storms and protection when standard fire boxes were out of service.
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Paine’s Furniture Company
Canal Street
United States Electric Fire Signal Company
Jordan
Kingston
Bedford Streets
Macallar
Parker & Co
Frederick Ffrench & Co
Roberts Block
Channin
Citizens Association Executive Committee Report Review Boston
The Citizens Association of Boston held its annual meeting at Kilby Street to review the Executive Committee's extensive report. The document criticizes city spending under Mayor Martin, notes tax and debt trends, and outlines reform principles favoring centralized mayoral power, executive accountability, and a limited city council. It also covers current issues such as street cleaning, contracts, naturalization, and proposed reforms to franchise payments and a supervisor of wires. Officers for the new year were elected, including President Francis A. Osborn and vice presidents William Endicott Jr and Causten Browne.
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Citizens’ Association of Boston
John C. Paige
Kilby Street
Martin
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
William A. Simmons
George A. Wilson
Fisher Hill
Congress
West End
L Road
West End Railway Company
Harrison Avenue
Francis A. Osborn
William Endicott, Jr
Causten Browne
Charles C. Jackson
Herbert L. Harding
William Caleb Loring
Robert M. Morse
Soden Pastilles Endorsements for Throat and Lung Ailments
Dr Moreau 8 B Brown notes satisfaction with Soden Pastilles for throat chest and lung diseases. Each box bears testimonial of Sir Morrell Mackenzie. Price 50 cents.
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Moreau
B. Brown
Morrell Mackenzie
New Books Cherubini review in Crowest monograph
A critical review of Fred erick J Crowest The Great Musicians on Cherubini notes flaws in arrangement and phrasing yet praises Cherubini as a vivid personality. The essay references Mendelssohn on Cherubini and mentions an appended catalogue of his compositions. It lists Scribner Welford as publishers and W B Clarke & Co as distributors with a price of $1.
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Cherubini
Scribner & Welford
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
The Voice of the Psalms by W P Walsh reviewed
A devotional study guiding worshippers through the Psalms, not a scholar’s treatise. Dr Walsh’s book arranges and explains diverse psalms with reverent, poetic diction to aid devotion, consolation, and aspiration in church life.
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Walsh
W. Pakenham Walsh
D.D
New York
Thomas Whittaker
English Men of Action Drake review in 1900s prose
A lively review of Julian Corbett's English Men of Action on Sir Francis Drake, praising vivid buccaneering times, Drake's leniency toward prisoners, and harsh portrayal of Elizabeth I, noting dramatic flourishes and readable narrative for both youth and adult readers.
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Drake
Queen Elizabeth
Corbett
Sera Vancis Drake
Julian Corbett
New York
Macmillan & Co
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Winter Wisdom Exchange
Advice warns against draughts and overcoats, urging warm but breathable underclothes and removing coats in warm spaces. It labels pure whiskey as the best short term remedy for coughs and chills, endorsing Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the sole medicinal option.
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Duffy
Notions on the Word Lady and Odd Anecdotes
A Bar Harbor anecdote about the word lady is shared to illustrate usage in a Grand Central Hotel doorway exchange. Additional letters recount a jail visit joke about baking loaves for the ladies and gentlemen, plus a California orange gift and a room attendant stealing from the storecard.
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Grand Central Hotel
Celia
Taverner
Milton
C. B
Notable Bible Lectures by Boston Sacred Literature Institute
The Boston Board of the American Institute of Sacred Literature announces spring Bible lecture courses at the Y M C A Building, February 8 9. Lecturers include Briggs Thayer Lyon Griffis Moore Moxom McKenzie Vincent Harper and others from Union Theological Seminary Harvard Yale and more.
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Boston
American Institute of Sacred Literature
Congregational
Charles A. Y Briggs
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
J. Henry Thayer
Harvard University
D. G. Lyon
William Elliot Griffis
D.D
Shawmut Congregational Church
Edward C. Moore
Providence
R. L
Philip 5. Moxom
First Baptist Church
Alexander McKenzie
First Church
Cambridge
John H. Vincent
Buffalo
N. Y
William RK. Harper
Yale University
Harver
Yale College
Lieutenant Schwatka Not Dead Despite Worsening Spinel Injury
Mason City, Iowa reports Lieutenant Schwatka is slightly improved after a spinel injury. Doctors now believe he will recover, though lingering effects may leave him crippled.
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Schwatka
Mason Crry
Iowa
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