Harbor improvements and politics spark river plans
The Harlem River improvement debate shows engineers proposing a $2,000,000 plan with $600,000 this year, while Boston Harbor deepening and a Sandy Bay refuge feature in the hearings. Mrs. Cleveland's midday reception draws a crowded audience as politicians push wartime and post office measures and debates on education aid and court reforms continue.
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Protection in the South and the case for tariffs
A Boston letter writer argues that Southern states will build competing industries using cheaper resources and labor, urging renewed protectionist tariffs to shield Northern manufacturers. The piece notes Alabama iron costs and the broader shift to diversified industries after slavery, predicting Southward market encroachment and a need for sustained protection.
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The Coming Campaign and Cleveland’s Strong Position
The letter argues the presidential campaign opens with Republicans attacking the president while Democrats enjoy an early edge. It highlights Cleveland as the likely nominee and a bold reformer on national harmony revenue reform and civil service reform. It notes bipartisan praise for Cleveland’s administration and civil service reforms and predicts future candidates must prove loyalty through deeds.
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Cleveland Likely to Head 1888 Campaign Says Boston Editorial
A Boston editorial argues that Grover Cleveland’s record in civil service reform and administration gives him strong prestige for the 1888 campaign. It notes Republicans must rebuild a nationwide organization and lack a clear alternative beyond protectionism. It predicts Cleveland’s proven success and political sagacity will appeal to voters.
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Obituary of Samuel Blaisdell Jr Cotton Dealer at Chicopee Falls
Samuel Blaisdell Jr aged 54 died at his Chicopee Falls home. He led a leading cotton firm in Chicopee, exported cotton waste to Europe, and held pivotal roles with rail and steamship firms. He served in government transport contracts during the war and first sent vessels from Baltimore to Savannah and Charleston after the war. He was born in Boston, raised in Great Falls New Hampshire, and married the daughter of L H Crane. He leaves a widow and three daughters.
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Brattleboro
Death of Boston Physician Dr George Stevens Jones
Dr George Stevens Jones of Boston died Thursday at his Charles Street residence formerly home to Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes. Born July 1817 in Boston, he served on the common council, helped found the Massachusetts Medical Society, and was county and city physician before the role existed. He edited the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal in 1854 and helped found West Boston Savings Bank. He was pension office surgeon in Boston for eight years and an active Mason and Odd Fellow. He leaves a son, Dr George Howard Jones.
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General John L. Thompson Dies in Chicago
General John L. Thompson born 1835 in Plymouth New Hampshire died in Chicago on Wednesday. He was son of William C. Thompson of Worcester and descendant of Thomas W. Thompson a Salisbury lawyer and congressman. He studied at Dartmouth Williams Harvard Law and served in the Civil War rising to lieutenant colonel and brigadier general before settling in Chicago as a prominent lawyer.
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Mary Howitt Dies in Rome At Advanced Age
Mary Howitt, noted poet and novelist, died Thursday in Rome. Born Uttoxeter, she was daughter of a Friends member Mr Botham and widow of William Howitt. She wrote children’s books with him, translated Bremer and Anderson, edited the Drawing Room Scrap Book, illustrated portraits of Queens, and received a government pension for literary work.
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Harm on Dies at 39 in Charles Town
Homer F. Harmon uncle by marriage to Mrs. Cleveland dies at the Waverley House Charles Town after a six day illness aged 39 He was eastern agent for the Al pion Milling Co of Albion Mich born Wheatland N Y He married Jessamine Lovejoy of Houston Maine Interment likely in Wheatland New York.
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Notable deaths in New England region reported
Dr William Vermilye of Pittsfield Massachusetts dies at Florence L L after paralysis aged 80 widow and son Nehemiah Preble a sea captain elderly man. Nehemiah dies aged 62 at Marblehead. Rev G W Frost former New England Methodist leader dies in Omaha aged 64 previously linked to Charlestown Watertown and Boston and Union Pacific roles. Charles K E Fuller Star of the East clerk dies in Hallowell Maine aged 47. Mrs Sophia Lane likely Warner New Hampshire oldest woman dies aged 94.
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Foot troubles relief sold by druggists everywhere
A compact product notice touts relief for foot troubles sold through druggists. price listed as 25 cents.
Baeder Adamson Co Makers of Glue and Emery Papers
Baeder Adamson Co manufactures glue Flint sand paper emery cloth and related materials listed. The fragment mentions stock and prices in ghost terms and references Balke Street and assorted products with unclear descriptors.
Warner’s Safe Cure lauded by Boston reformer and kin
Mrs Annie Jenness-Miller of 253 Fifth Avenue New York editress of Dress and leader of the Jenness-Miller reform credits Warner’s Safe Cure with curing her post college illness and keeping her well, saying Boston physicians doubted recovery. Her husband’s blindness and blood acidity were cured by the medicine after a year in darkness. She notes friends call her cranky on the cure but praises its results. She is related to Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes and known in Boston and New England.
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Warner's SAFE Cure Helped Woman End Illness From Poison Taste
A Chelsea Massachusetts woman recalls six years of illness from a cancer scare and stomach poisoning after inhaling fumes. She credits Warner's SAFE Cure and Warner's Sawn Pills with stopping a persistent taste, curing abscesses, and restoring health after pneumonia and womb trouble.
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