The Post's Jumbo Press Arrives At The Plant
Thirty tons of machinery in six drags was moved into The Post basement Saturday night. The press will soon operate at 24 000 copies per hour, boosting output to 110 000 in a morning, with six hours a typical run. The piece marks a milestone in Boston journalism, yet it contrasts with blameworthy conditions at the Dover Asylum prompting calls for fire safety inspection and reform.
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Post
Boston
Dover Asylum
New England
Dover
Secretary Gresham as Secretary of State strongest choice
The article argues Judge Walter Q. Gresham is the strongest selection for Secretary of State, highlighting his high ability and as a representative of Republicans who joined the Democrats. It credits President Cleveland for the decision and suggests this strengthens the Democratic party by incorporating these former Republicans.
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Walter Q. Gresham
Clear Land
Ono
Gresham
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Fire escapes for Boston schools urged after New Hampshire horror
A Boston warning warns of a Stratford County asylum style disaster if city schools lack fire escapes. The writer argues schoolhouses, though solid, resemble tinder and could trap children in a blaze. The call is to equip all schools with practical, practicable fire escapes as an imperative duty.
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Stratford County Asylum
Boston
New Hampshire
Dover Insane Asylum Construction Described as Crime
An inquest probes the Dover Insane Asylum project noting conduct that could be termed a crime against humanity. The piece laments the disaster context and suggests the community has prior experience with such issues.
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Dover Insane Asylum
Boston scene shows politics and society figures in lively chatter
The text sketches Boston politician Colonel Moore and Governor Russell receiving odd requests, notes socialists lecture by Martha Avery at Friendship Hall, and mentions diverse audiences and colorful characters at Kneeland street amid a vivid city backdrop. It portrays a bustling, opinionated civic scene with names like Dr. Dodge and Flip Perkins and references to local institutions.
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Martha M. Avery
Friendship Hall
Kneeland Street
Mr. Locke
Barnard Memorial
Margaret Shaw Ingersell
A Cause of Distrust in Open Transit Plan
Opposition to opening the Common to rapid transit grows from distrust of the West End Company's methods. Hearings at the State House reveal public suspicion of improper influences. Citizens recall past tactics and fear added rights granted to a corporation managing public property.
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West End
State House
Mr Harrison's Last Days
The article argues President Harrison plans no new appointments and urges restraint on hastily resolving Hawaii's status before his end. It criticizes his silence on the silver question and contends the remaining weeks should not force risky policy changes amid limited time.
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Harrison
Congress
O Neil Leads House Fight For Pension Reform
Congressman O Neil presses for a national pension reform, backed by veterans, aiming to curb abuses in the pension system. He faces opposition from claim agents led by Corporal Tan Ner, whose aggressive rhetoric exposes pension lawyers seeking fees.
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O’ Neil
Tanner
O’nwi
Pension System Reform Echoes Just and Generous Basis
A discussion frames the pension system as aiming for a balance that is fair and honorable while also being generous. It emphasizes sustainable funding and dignified retirement security.
Free ships policy marks Washington’s birthday ceremony
On Washington's birthday the British flag will be lowered from two Inman Line steamships in New York harbor and the Stars and Stripes raised in its place. The event is hailed as the first application of the Democratic doctrine of free ships to revive American commerce and signals a transition of government control toward restoring the shipping industry.
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Washington
Inman Line
New York Harbor
The Stock Market Outlook and Confidence
The market shows resilience amid heavy gold shipments and currency instability. Despite bear raids, prices hold. Americans trust facts over theories and expect a boom. Some fear slippage tied to personal aims, yet national strength sustains confidence. A market turn seems likely though not guaranteed.
Observant Citizen Notes Local Club, Road Reform, and Officials
The Observant Citizen recalls a Shorthand Club victory, displaying a portrait in Colonel Pope’s Columbus Avenue office, and highlights local figures. Governor Russell writes on Massachusetts road reform, Harvard figures and social circles are described, while Postmaster Hart faces a stamp joke, and Parker Wellman Dodge are sketched as legislative figures with hints of upcoming political moves.
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Colonel Pope
Pope
Columbus Avenue
Neponset
Asa Potter
Russell
Massachusetts
George A. Perkins
Boston
Shaler
W. B. McClintock
Harvard
Hart
National Lincoln Day Celebrations Across the Nation
Abraham Lincoln birthday celebrations fill cities from Chicago to New Orleans. Banquets feature notable speakers including Luther Latlin Mills in Chicago and General Stewart L. Woodford in Newark. Mardi Gras events run in New Orleans and Mobile with grand processions and allegorical floats in a busy day of public festivity.
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Abraham Lincoln
Ilinois
Marquette Club of
Chicago
Luther Latlin Mills
Triavis
Maryland Republican Club
Baltimore
Union League of
Minneapolis
Uneconditional Club
Albany
Newark
N.J
Republican Club
Stewart L. Woodford
Brooklyn
Unite States
Dubois
Idaho
John A. T. Hull
Iowa
Jersey City
Lincoln Association
Harr
Michigan
Star
Rochester
N. Y
Chamber of Commerce
John A. Cocker
John Crerar
Hamilton
Canada
C. EF. Hooker
Mississippi
Benjamin Butterworth
John R. Fellows
Erastus Wiman
New York
Schurman
Cornell
Union League
Frederick Douglass
John G. Nievolay
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lincoln Club
Alger
Luce
Rich
Palmer
Portland
New Orleans
Hex
Comnus
West
Rex
Mobile
Felix
Dauphin Street
Pollock
Fielder
Sloane
Hubert W. Buchanan
Gue
Lowell
Reading
Pean
Hutchinson
Kan
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Kansas
Denver
New York Yacht Racing Association
Press Club
Salt Lake City
American Trade Press Association
Atlantic Press Club
First Presbyterian Church
Camden
N. J
Staud
Wellington &. Loucks
Medfield Asylum Plans Fire Safe Buildings
Herbert M. Federhen explains Medfield asylum plans for housing 1000 chronic insane inmates with brick two story dormitories, dining halls, fire safety features, water supply of 1,000,000 gallons daily, and guard oversight. Officials stress cost efficiency, no iron bars, wire masks on windows, and phased construction under legislative approvals.
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Herbert M. Federhen
Medfield
Federden
Federsen
Dover
State Board of Inspection of Buildings
Reform talk at Reform Club cites 1891 state house spending
Ex Representative Archibald M Howe and Gamaliel Bradford urged reforms to curb legislative spending and secrecy. Howe said 331000 plus dollars was paid in 1891 to attorneys and agents promoting or opposing bills, much to ex-governor level figures. They called for open committees, published notices, biennial elections, and anti gerrymandering. Bradford urged strengthening executive power to drive reform. Dr. Everett warned against any legislation that sacrifices even a foot of the Commonwealth.
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Archibald M. Howe
Cambridge
Gamaliel Bradford
Reform Club
Howe
State House
Commonwealth
United States
Bradford
William Everett
McCourt Indicted as Grand Jury Reports $48,000 Shortage
Crvemynati February 12. The grand jury finds a shortage of ex-Weight Agent John C. McCourt exceeding $48,000 and he has been indicted for embezzlement.
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Crvemynati
John C. McCourt
Afternoon literary meeting chaired by Mrs Sallie Joy White
Mrs Sallie Joy White will chair the New England Women's Press Association afternoon meeting at Parker House. The February event date moved from Ash Wednesday to Tuesday February 14, St Valentine’s Day.
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Sallie Joy White
Parker House
New England Women’s Press Association
Mary A. Boland
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Century Company
Charlotte M. Yonge
Coleridge Pattison
Redcliffe
South Sea Islands
Julian Hawthorne
Ledger
Hallowell
Philadelphia New Century Club
Fragmented quotes from newspapers and jokes
A collage of brief humorous quotes and wry remarks from various papers including Galveston News Picayune and Washington Post. Items touch on drummers phrenologists time flight criminals and attire with a mix of ironic observations and fictional narration.
Death of J. E. Fitzgerald at 26 in Hull Street
James E. Fitzgerald died suddenly at 6 15 am Saturday at his home 18 Hull Street aged 26. Born in Boston he trained at Comers Commercial College and worked for the Boston Herald before serving as a health department inspector and later partnering with his father on North Street. Cause of death heart failure. Mass at St Mary's Tuesday 9 am with interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James E. Fitzgerald
Hull Street
Mr. Fitzgerald
Boston
Comer’s Commercial College
Boston Herald
James Fitzgerald
North Street
St. Mary’s
Calvary Cemetery
Fog signal broken at Dumpling Light
The keeper at Round Hills Dumpling Light reports the fog signal machinery is broken and cannot be operated until a duplicate part is obtained.
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Round Hills
Buzzard'’s Bay
A Pink and White Dressing Table for a Child’s Room
In a little girl's pink and white room a homemade dressing table was crafted by the mother. A carpenter built the frame with a triangular space for a mirror, fitted with broken-mirror glass, and nailed to a glazier cut glass. White crepe paper trimmed the edges into a two inch ruffle, tinted pink at the edge.
A Story of Miss Willard
The article recounts Frances E. Willard recalling her transition to womanhood and the severe constraint of wearing skirts and hairpins. She laments the loss of her free outdoor life and quotes a diary entry about her discomfort and inability to jump a fence.
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Frances E. Willard
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