Willing to Compromise Silver Touches a Low Point
The Boston Postoffice yarn reports free coinage supporters admit a bleak outlook as mint directors buy large silver supplies at mid prices. Senators from mining camps falter, while Nevada and California reps weigh compromise measures and a House vote on silver policy grows uncertain. Town River dredge plan for Quincy also outlined with cost and scope.
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Washington
the Post
New York
Mint
Stewart
Senate
Bartine
Nevada
Representative Geary
California
United States
Dingley
Associated Press
House of Representative
Townsend
Colorado
House
Boston Ward and City Committee linked to postal superintendents
A circulated report claims Senator Hoar has a list of twenty two postal station superintendents who are or were members of the Democratic Ward and City Committee out of twenty five such positions in the Boston district. Democratic lawmakers dismiss the claim as a yarn and deny partisan appointments.
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General Corse
Senator Hoar
Boston
Congress
Hoar
MR GORMAN PRESIDENTIAL BUZZ PROMPTS DEMOCRATIC DREAMS
Enthusiasts back Senator Gorman as a potential Democratic presidential nominee due to opposition to the force bill, but practical hurdles loom. Southern origins, Northern support dynamics, and Tammany’s preference for Hill complicate the bid, while Cleveland remains the favored front-runner amid spoilsman undercurrents.
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MR. Gorman
Senator Gorman
Mr. Cleveland
Governor Hill
New York
Tammany Men
Vermont Military Post Bill Aimed at Essex Swanton Junction
General Hawley told the Senate the bill authorizes a new Vermont military post at Essex Junction or Swanton Junction. General Cutcheon and the Military Affairs Committee favor the measure, stressing its value in case of hostilities with England via Canada. A large force could be gathered from New England and New York to defend the northern frontier and disrupt British lines of communication.
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Vermont
Hawley
Senate
Essex Junction
Swanton Junction
House
Cutcheon
England
Canada
New England
New York
The Brazilian Treaty Resolution Offered in Senate
Senator Carlisle of Kentucky introduced a resolution urging the President to take action on the Brazilian treaty. The measure signals debate on foreign commitments and diplomatic policy within the Senate.
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Carlisle
Kentucky
Brazil Reciprocity Treaty and Tariff Study
The article discusses correspondence with the Brazilian Republic’s minister regarding the reciprocity treaty and a translation of the Brazilian tariff as impacted by the agreement. It notes a forthcoming presidential message from the State Department guided by Secretary Blaine and Senator Carlisle’s demand for concrete facts to gauge the treaty’s real effects amid a complex, frequently changing tariff schedule.
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State Department
Blaine
Carlisle
President approves act for merit certificates in army
The President has approved the act giving additional pay to enlisted men who receive certificates of merit for distinguished service in the army.
Improving Lubec Channel for Maine and New Brunswick trade
Lt Col Smith urges War Department to fund Lubec Channel improvement in Maine at 231000 more than already spent. Dredging 600000 cubic yards at 35 cents each with contingencies to enhance anchorage in Quoddy Roads, aiding ships in storms and boosting annual traffic from Quoddy Head light area and life saving station.
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Town
Colonel Mansfield
Secretary of War
Congress
Town River
Quincy
Mansfield
Department
Lubec Channel
Smith
Engineer Corps
War Department
Lubec Channe
Maine
New Brunswick
Quoddy Head
Dancing to Good Ends annual ball of Catholic Assn Boston
The twelfth annual ball and reunion of the Young Men's Catholic Association of Boston College at Mechanics' Fair building drew over 7000 attendees despite bad weather. Grand march included about 1500, with Governor Russell and staff, Mayor Matthews, and many dignitaries present.
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Young Men’s Catholic Association
Boston College
Mechanics’ Fair
Mullally
Governor Russell
Dalton
Corcoran
Donohue
Peabody
Gaston, Wheelwright
T. B. Fitz
Matthews
John D. Berran
Misserran
Russell
Fernakies
Donahue
Wheelwright, Peabody and Gaston
E. J. Flynn
EF. J. Donovan
P. Maguire
D. F. Barry
Leary
M. M. Cummiff
J. O'Kane
Charles Maccabe
Alice H. Maccabe
Thomas Flatley
C. J. Collins
James F. Mullen
Lizzie
Mullen
J. M. Galvin
John F. Dever
McNary
G. F. H. Murray
Apollo
Hebrew Ladies’ Sewing Society
Horticultural Hall
W. W. Swarnsbourne
Abe Frank
Messrs
Harry Westheimer
J. M. Spitz
J. Hollander
Harry Grossman
Joseph Hecht
JL Kantrowitz
Willie Frank
Harry Liebman
M. C. Rosenfield
A. C. Ratshesky
Dr. L Louis
George W. Spitz
A. H Shapiro
J. Levi
J. Lasker
J. H. Cohen
J. _C. Moore
J. H. Hecht
Sewing Society
A. Shuman
Charles Weil
Henry B. Spitz
L. Pickett
Max Friedman
Abraham P. Spitz
I. Cohen
Isaac Peavy
A. Steinert
J. Andrews
A. P. Freed
Joseph Mode
Louis Strauss
Hebrew Association
Brookline
Country Club
Boston
Gotts
George von L. Meyer
J. Murray Forbes
Robert Bacon
Frank White
H. D. Brnnell
W. A. Brunell
R. B. Forbes
Edward Grey
A. A. Lawrence
J. L. Thorndike
G. B. Messervey
H. 5. Howe
G. L. Dexter
Charles Davis, Jr
William Stackpole
J. Brice Allen
H E. Ronience
Somerville Company Inspected by Governor Staff
The Somerville Company M Eighth Regiment MVM was inspected last evening by Colonel Chase of the Governor's staff aided by Colonel Mills of the Eighth Regiment. The unit included forty four privates and Mills praised the inspection while Chase planned to report to Adjutant General Dalton. No mention was made of any trouble in the company.
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Somerville
Eighth Regiment
M.V.M
Chase
Mills
Dalton
A Sunday by the Sea Snow Wind and Waves
A Sunday diary from February 8 1891 recounts a snow bound Boston harbor stroll from Arlington through Crab alley to Rowe's wharf. The author notes whistlers gulls and buntings in a desolate winter scene with frozen streets kiosks and a storm laden ride home along Crescent Beach.
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the Post
Arlington
Old
Boston
Battery-march Street
Rowe’s Wharf
Parker House
Revere
Back Bay
Point of Pines
Saugus
Lynn
Nahant
Crescent Beach
Oak Island
New England
Pout of Pines
Crescent Beach Station
Unitarian Review Opens February Issue with Papal Tradition Essay
The February Unitarian Review begins with Ernst de Bunsén on Papal Tradition arguing it clashes with history from a Protestant view. It also surveys sects in Russia by Cornelia D. Cyr and includes No abuta Kishimoto on Our Mission Field in Japan, plus editor notes and essays by J. Frederic Dutton, H. S. Tolman, and Clement Pike.
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Unitarian Review
Ernst de Bunsén
Paul
Cornelia D. Cyr
Russia
Japan
Nobuta Kishimoto
Trinity
Triad
J. Frederic Dutton
Emerson
Dutton
Robin Hood’s
God
H. 8. Tolman
Clement Pike
Frederick Maurice
The Lovers Lament and a Patent Medicine Claim
An early 20th century advertisement uses sentimental verse to promote Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It claims the tonic cures female complaints including periodical pains prolapse bearing-down sensations and neural weakness while promising youth and vigor and offering a money-back guarantee. The ad cites the World’s Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo New York as proprietor.
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World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors
Buffalo, N. Y
Dr Pierce Pleasant Pellets Promise Quick, Mild Relief
Advertisement touts Dr Pierce Pleasant Pellets as easing bilious headaches dizziness indigestion and constipation. It claims one pellet acts as a laxative and three to four as a cathartic, cleansing liver stomach and bowels quickly and cheaply.
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Dr. Pierce
Boston meeting opposes liquor law repeal and argues barroom ban
About fifty gentlemen gathered at 263 Boylston Street to discuss enforcing current liquor laws and resisting repeal efforts. Resolutions endorsed the public bar clause, urged legislators to block modification, and cited harm to women and children from saloons and barrooms in defiance of law.
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D. Webster King
Boylston Street
E. E. Hale
D.D
Phillips Brooks
Elmer H. Capen
Philip H. Moxom
A. H. Plumb
Samuel E. Herrick
L. B. Bates
Julian K. Smyth
Boston
John D. Long
Brooke Hereford
John L. Whiting
Eber .R. Butler
A. A. Miner
Charles S. Wood
C. C. Kellogg
E. T. Eastman
G. D. Gilman
W.H. Savary
Samuel C. Birchmore
Clarence Fowler
George H. Whittemore
Charles G. Ames
K. B. Johnson
Long
L. Edwin Dudley
Dudley
B. B. Johnson
Brooks Hereford
G. A. Gordon
C. Kellogg
Governor Long
Mr. King
Tippling
Commonwealth
Dr. Talmage Lectures on The Holy Land at Tremont Temple
Dr. Tal mage spoke at Tremont Temple on his visit to the Holy Land detailing Jerusalem Bethlehem Jericho the Dead Sea and the Jordan River. He argued most travelers misinterpret sights and urged thoughtful study of the sacred sites for spiritual benefit.
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Tremont Temple
Holy Land
Talmage
The
Rome
Athens
Palestine
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Christ
Jericho
Dead Sea
Obituary: Edward Tyler longtime Suffolk National Bank cashier dies
Edward Tyler aged about 73, longtime Suffolk National Bank cashier for 38 years and 53 years with the institution, died after a long illness from dropsy of the heart. A publican in politics, he attended Old South Church, affiliated with Masons and Odd Fellows, and served as director of the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn railroad. He leaves a wife but no children. Also noted: John Henry Alley of Lynn died suddenly at 58, leaving a widow and four children. Alley had worked with Abbott & Lawrence, J Betram & Sons, and in real estate, and helped found the Tower Hill Mission.
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Edward Tyler
Suffolk National Bank
New England
Tyler
Old South Church
Masons and
Odd Fellows
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
John Henry Alley
Breed and
Ocean Streets
Lynn
Boston
Mr. Alley
John B. Alley
Abbott & Lawrence
J. Betram & Sons
New England Western Electric Lighting Company
Union Electric Car Company
Tower Hill Mission
Jewett
George E. Jewett
McGraham
Wallace McGraham
Walpole
Mass
Stephen Pember
Spear
Cincinnati
Ohio
Julia Maria Spear
J. E. Spear
Quincy
Suffolk Bank
Old South Chapel
Warren
Chelsea
Edward J. P. Warren
Willis
Nellie L. Willis
Marital Notices and Public Announcements From 1891
A compilation of marriage notices including Mooney Sloane Brigham Carver Jewett Pember Spear Tyler Warren Willis and obituaries for McGraham and others. Also notes the Ladies Aid annual meeting at 90 Marlborough Street with secretary Curtis and a Massachusetts railroad crossing hearing set for February 13 at the State House.
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Ladies’ Aid Association
THE
Children's Hospital
Convalescent Home
Children’s Hospital
A. J. W. Curtis
Hereford Street
Nervous Ability Pills promise health and vigor restoration
An advertisement from NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL LT. offers Nervous Ability Pills claiming permanent health restoration. Each vial contains GO pills and a six-vial package is billed as curing most cases for $5. Contact the firm at 24 Tremont row, Boston, Mass.
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NEW England Medical
Tremont Row
Boston
Mass
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Boston Postoffice
Gorman
Young Men's Catholic Association
the Unitarian Review
DR. Talmage
Mooney-Sloane
Charles H. Pratt
John H. Mooney
Mary E. Sloane
Brigham-Carver
Charlestown
Unitarian Church
Charles Co. Carpenter
George A. U. Brigham
Foster
Mary E. Carver
Westford
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House
Committee On Railroads
Senator Hagerty
State House
J. W. Kimball
Frederic W. Buiss
M Graypen
Omerce Building
Maa
Saleen
WM. C. Codman
J. G. Preeman
Kilby Street
Murdock Building
Huntington Avenue
Oliver Street
Franklin Street
A. L. Murdock
Advertiser Building
Washington St
Beacon Street
Kilby
Broad Streets
Shannon Davis
Bar Harbor
Ss. P. Blake
Exchange Place
Grandes
Pan Terest Payas
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Strie
Bath
NEW Publications
Bishop Huntington
V. Y. Tribune
E. P. Dutton & Co., Bsl
23Rd St
Ireland
Choice
Potter
Ballard
Fibian
Qlaver Ditson Company
Mf’g CO
Central
Benworth Sts
Express
Northampton St
M. Ss. Starr Weather
Mr. Clyde Fitch
Betty
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
the City Directory
NRL Sea
Annie Pixley
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Chas, H. Hoyt
Chinatown
Hollis Street Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
Kendal
Daniel Frohman
Squire
Globe Theatre
John Stetson
Henry E. Dixhy
Park Theatre
SHIPA
Grand Opera House
Peoone Mansfield
Mat
Cyclorama Erusalem
Tremont St
Delmary
Gettysburg
Holy City
Chickering Hall
Chopin
AF von
Vladimir de Pachmann
Howard Atheneum
City Club Vaudeville and Burlesque CO
Halifax
Bermuda
Jamaica
Kingston
Fort Antonio
Ben J. Johnston
Central Wharf
Atchison, Topeka & Santa FE RR
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Oregon
S. W. Manning
Boston, Mass
E. C. Morris & 60
Sudbury St
Chicago
Haverhill
Eastport
Marblehead
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