Boston Post Publishing Co Notice and Rates
The item lists subscription rates for the Boston Post and notes publication as a second class matter. It specifies payment details and where to mail money orders and checks to the Post Publishing Company with reference to New York and Washington offices and agents Brigdman, BiraineHam & Co.
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New York
Broadway and
Wall Street
Bridgman, BiraineHam & Co
Washington
Corcoran
Fifteenth Street
Communication Not For Publication Guaranty Purpose
A confidential note indicating a guaranty arrangement not intended for public release. The document outlines an assurance from one party to back a obligation, with terms kept private and for internal use only. It emphasizes nonpublication and binding intent between the involved entities.
Six and Seven Pages Hold Financial and Ship News
The notice states that financial and commercial departments appear on pages six and seven while ship news is featured on page three.
European rulers pledge peace in new year
The Boston Dost notes that European sovereigns express confidence in maintaining peace for another year. The Emperor of Austria and the King of Italy exchange congratulations and the Austrian ruler writes to William of Germany on the subject. The piece suggests the Triple Alliance has a pacific character and that France and Russia would be to blame if war arises.
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Austria
Italy
William
Germany
France
Russia
Indiana Controversy Over Dupry Residency
The Indianapolis Journal claims Colonel Dupry never lived in Indiana for seven to eight years, while the Richmond Sentinel cites his votes in 1884 and 1886 and argues illegal voting if not a resident. The New York Evening Post agrees the Sentinel is right, prompting calls for new methods to challenge his Indiana political ties.
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Indianapolis Journal
Colonel Dupry
Indiana
Sentinel
Richmond
New York Evening Post
Dupleyy
Governor Opposes Electoral Reform Inaugural Address
The governor’s stance on electoral reform faces doubt for enactment this year in New York. He labels reform ideas ridiculous and cites Massachusetts as misrepresented, noting its official ballots carry place, date, and clerk seal on the back when folded.
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H1uu
New York
Massachusetts
Hill
Governor Hill
New England Historic Genealogical Society Elects Officers
The annual meeting in this city highlighted governance changes to boost usability. The society’s library now holds about 24 000 volumes on local and family history and seeks more funds to resume Waters genealogical work in England. It also urges more paying subscribers to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register journal.
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New England Historic-Genealogical Society
America
England
Waters
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Ocean Post Age Rates Reduction Aimed at National Impact
A discussion outlines a reduction in ocean post age rates, focusing on national implications and potential economic effects within the country. The text examines policy angles and broader maritime administration considerations.
Penny rate debate advances in Congress over postal reform
Britain urges reform while Mr Hinton plans to advocate a penny rate in Congress supported by data. Critics note German subsidy ships and Queenstown delays undermine the case. both nations would face lower receipts and must accept reduced outlays for a lasting solution.
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Great Britain
Hinton
M.P
Congress
Heaton
Omnibus loan order passes despite Mayor’s veto
The aldermen approved an omnibus loan order despite the Mayor’s veto. The measure is designed to gain support through district-based influence, a first in municipal history. Log-rolling may continue in the common council as the year ends, delaying public pride in city governance.
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Board of Aldermen
Pennsylvania Moves To Probe Telegraph Consolidation
Legal action may test the 1874 Pennsylvania constitutional ban on consolidating telegraph and railroad lines. Suits reportedly seek forfeiture of the Western Union and Baltimore & Ohio property, with questions on bondholders’ rights and the effects of any sale. The case mirrors prior rail disputes and pits state isolationism against corporate power.
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Western Union
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph
Pennsylvania
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Supreme Court of the
United States
Broadway Surface
New York Court of Appeals
South Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Company
Color Blindness Examined for English Merchant Sailors
A British Board of Trade report finds no standard color vision test for ordinary seamen in England while some lines require color tests for deckhands. It highlights a faulty method using color naming and cites cases of misclassification, noting four in every hundred men are color blind worldwide with local results varying.
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London
Board of Trade
England
Admiralty
Orient Steam Navigation Company
British Board of Trade
G. S
Liverpool
A. Favre
Lyons
France
Ophthalmological Society of Great Britain
Forfeiture Law Requires Exhaustion of Resources and Talent
The statement argues that enforcing forfeiture demands exhausting all resources that unlimited wealth can command and the finest legal talent may be essential. It frames forfeiture as a challenging, resource intensive process needing strong legal support.
Bungle of System Roles Cited in Poor Hiring Practice
The note calls out a wrong system and inexpert examiners, alleging that faulty employment decisions led to a bungled operation and broader inefficiencies.
Critics Debate Irvine MacBeth at Lyceum in London Style Clash
A London critics’ clash over Mr Irvine’s Lyceum Macbeth condemns lavish spectacle over fidelity. The piece argues Irvine alters scenes to suit star power, while Miss Terry’s Lady Macbeth is judged lacking tragedy.
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Lyceum Theatre
London
Irvine
Shakspere
London Standard
Shak“Sper
Macbeth
Inviana
Garrick
Thane
Miss TreAcy
Lady Macbeth
Miss Terry
Marguerite
Olivia
Landscapes and Impressionists on View at Local Galleries
Charles H. Davis displays two Salon landscapes Soir d’Hiver and Avril at Doll’s, praised for their faithful nature and luminous skies. Mrs. Chadwick’s Five O’clock Tea earns honorable Salon mention. Williams Everett’s shows Impressionist works by Monet, Pissarro, Brown and others, with notes on color and mood.
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Charles H. Davis
Doll’s
Davis
Boston
Avril
Williams & Everett
Monet
Stoley
Pissarro
F. L. Brown
Huguet
Boudin
Sioley
Seine
Paris
Social gaiety and genteel amusements in Boston society
In Boston the new year ushers a broad social season of entertainments for society. The author notes the allure and perils of fashionable gaiety, praising schools of deportment at balls and dinners, while criticizing overindulgence and women’s luncheon encroachments. A tale of a rogue horse and a papal exchange concludes with a humorous warning about American visitors.
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Boston
Harvard Reopens. Norse Course Added and Pro Baseball,
Harvard resumes 9 AM classes across all departments after Christmas recess. J J Hayes will resume voluntary elocution classes. A half course in Old Norse is added under Babbitt focusing on Icelandic prose. A vesper service is at 5 30 in Appleton Chapel. The Boston Symphony Orchestra performs at Sanders Theatre at 7 45. The winter rowing tank work begins in the old Hasty Pudding Club house on Holmes Field. The athletic committee ends the restriction on college teams playing professionals, enabling the baseball nine to arrange games with pro teams.
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Harvard
J.J. Hayes
Babbitt
Appleton Chapel
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sanders Theatre
Hasty Pudding Club
Holmes Field
Harvard Athletic Committee
Notables and Ventures in Letters and Leadership Across America
Senator McMillan of Michigan donates 16000 dollars to the Mary Allen Institute in Crockett Texas. Belford's Magazine editor hopeful Donn Pratt described as gaunt and shaggy at sixty. Miss Kate Field says she will preach the gospel of the grape, not be California wine company’s agent. The Washington Hatchet ceases under new ownership after Colonel Bissel’s deal falls through. Douglas Sladen honored as life member of Scottish Society of Literature alongside Whittier and Clemens. Sculptor Daniel C. French recalls a Harvard statue episode. Laurence Oliphant portrayed as charming, privately religious by Henry Labouchere. Mark Twain advises Trinity College’s Smith on the Ohio bishopric with sharp, humorous entreaty.
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Senator McMillan
Michigan
Mary Allen Institute For Colored Girls
Crockett, Tex
Donn Pratt
Belford’s
Bissel
Douglas Sladen
Scottish Society of Literature
Whittier
Holmes
Samuel Clemens
Jules Verne
Max O’rell
Daniel C. French
John Harvard
Laurence Oliphant
Henry Labouchere
Harris
United States
Smith
Trinity College
Hartford
Mark Twain
Ohio
Maryland
New Hampshire
Congressman Reed
Maine
Boston
Washington Post
Gibson
Detroit Free Press
Puck
the Tribune
Tribune
N. Y
Bjones
Kiljordan
Chicago
Gladsby
Hullo
Webb
Cabinet suggestions from the South on Har rison
The piece argues two men owed by General Harrison should join his Cabinet. It proposes Abram S. Hewitt for Secretary of the Navy and Charles A. Dana for Secretary of War, praising Dana’s varied credentials.
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Harrison
Abram S. Hewitt
Charles A. Dana
Richmond State
Dem
English reception of U S ministers in London
The Daily Telegraph notes that Americans visiting England are seen as more English by their hosts. It argues Blaine would be received as a compliment and that any U S minister chosen by Harrison would be a persona grata in England.
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Blaine
England
United States
Harrison
London
Eng
Daily Telegraph
Cleveland praised for reform and platform critique
The Chicago Herald notes President Cleveland as a reforming force who exposed enemy elements within his party and compelled Republicans to abandon decency. It emphasizes the platform as monstrous yet triumphant for now, criticizing high taxes on tobacco whiskey wool and sugar while the toiling consumer bears the burden.
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Cleveland
Party of Progress
Chicago Herald
Ind
Wool tariff stalemate foreshadows 1896 campaign shifts
The Philadelphia Record notes wool manufacturers seek cheaper inputs while wool growers push for protection. A patchwork compromise exists as the presidential race looms, with tariff plans unlikely to please either side. Congress may ease wool access without cutting duties on woollens, reshaping alliance dynamics ahead of the election.
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Congress
Philadelphia Record
Una
Adventures of an Embezzler in a Saratoga Trunk
Thomas W. Vines of Adams and Westlake Manufacturing Chicago plotted to smuggle $3800 in a trunk. With a confederate he loaded the money into a Saratoga trunk, sealed it, and sent it by express. A brutal baggage handler battered Vines inside the trunk before authorities intervened.
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Thomas W. Vines
Adams & Westlake Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Saratoga
Vines
Constitutional Convention session opens in New Jersey
Delegates assembled in Representatives' Hall with Charles H. Bell elected president. The 1876 convention rules were adopted and meeting hours set at 10 30 a m and 2 p m. A ten member committee, one from each county, was appointed to report rules and procedures.
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Concorp
N. J
Representatives’ Hall
Charles H. Bell
Quips and Courts and Elopements from a Bygone Era
A collage of 1900s humor and social scenes features jokes about the Dane, Lodge whispers, and a Temperance expulsion. A Detroit Free Press quip about a parcel misdelivery, readers spar with legal politeness, and a wedding dash ends in a comedic compromise as Alexander James and Edith Smyth wed after a hurried escape.
Criterion Club Theatricals Stage Comedy School at Union Hall
A large Union Hall audience enjoyed Robertson’s School performed by the Criterion Amateur Club. J. S. Wilkins led the cast as Beau Farintosh with solid early acts, while Walter Dugan and C. H. Butterfield also impressed. Lora Beaufoy and Dr Sutcliffe received strong onstage presence, with makeup praised for Krux. Overall, the production was enjoyable and reflects credit on the managers.
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Union Hall
Robertson
Criterion Amateur Club
Criterion Club
J. S. Wilkins
Beau Farintosh
Walter Dugan
Jack Points
C. H. Butterfield
Lora Beaufoy
L. B. Fenderson
Sutcliffe
G. E. Bruce
Krux
Eleanor Heal
Bella
Miss Beal
Miss Arrington
Naomi Tighe
Missing Boston & Maine agent in Thetford noted in books
C H Hadlock, traveling agent for Boston & Maine and American Express at Thetford Vermont, vanished December 26. An examination of his books reportedly shows a debt of $300 to the express company and possibly an equal amount to the railroad.
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C. H. Hadlock
Boston & Maine Railroad
American Express Company
Thetford
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Alpharetta
Squire Ludridge
Alexander
Criterion Club Theatricals
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