A Boston Winter Walk and the Streets of Coasting
In Beacon Street I observe festive sleighs and winter street life with ice carts and sleds. The author critiques asphalt paving and planks for winter walking, notes dangers of icy sidewalks, and argues for regulated coasting on the Common to curb street misuse, while highlighting police limits and district variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Street
Park Square
Charlestown
Boston
Beacon Hill
Taverner
Editor’s Notice on Submissions and Payment Instructions
The notice states second class matter posting and payment to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. It warns editors won’t keep rejected manuscripts and ignores anonymous communications. Writers must include full name and address as a guarantee of good faith.
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Riz
Post Publishing Company
Amusements Tonight in Boston Theatres and Halls
Listings show daily showtimes across venues on Washington Tremont and other streets. The Crystal Slipper Bettys Finish The Solicitor The Red Hussar The Great Metropolis A Straight Tip Ship Ahoy Cadet Theatricals Henry Burlesque Company Stoddard Lec ture and Henry M. Stanley appearances noted with 2 and 7 45 PM or 2 and 8 PM slots.
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Boston Theatre
Washington Street
Boston Museum
Tremont Street
Scollay Square
Betty
George Theatre
Duff Opera Company
Red Hussar
Grand Orgra House
Washington
Dover Street
Great Metropolis
Boston Dost Doubts on Morton Role in Hoar Force Bill
The piece questions Vice President Morton's part in pressuring the Senate to back Mr Hoar's force bill. It casts doubt on reports he would mimic the House tactic of sidelining Democratic motions and favoring party managers, contrasting with his past stance that kept debate open against partisan demands.
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Morton
Senate
Hoar
Resp
Earldom
Devon
W. H. Samru
House of Commons
Ignatius Donnelly
Ohio
Dean Burgon
Garden of Eden
Zoological Gardens
Sedan
France
Mr Parnell Supremacy Grows in Ireland Public Consensus
The article notes a strengthening popular support for Mr Parnell across cities and towns in Ireland. It highlights the Trades and Labor Federation delegates at Waterford voting 291 to 28 to join a public demonstration in his honor, signaling momentum despite the anti Parnellites quarrel.
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Parnell
Ireland
Trades and Labor Federation
Waterford
President Harrison rebukes Civil Service over public letter
A Washington newspaper reports President Harrison condemning the Civil Service Commissioners for publishing their reply to Postmaster General Wanamaker’s attack on the merit system. The piece argues the President’s transmission of the Wanamaker report made him a passive party to the criticism and that the Commissioners were justified in publishing their forceful response.
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Washington
Harrison
Civil Service Commissioners
Wanamaker
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Republican gains in France with Bolanger remark
The Saturday Review notes that French Senate gains bolster belief the Republic has turned the corner after Boulangism defeat. Monarchists of Orleanist and Bonapartist camps lack encouragement as the Senate remains reactionary and radicals press for its abolition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Review
London
France
Boulanger
Orleans
BonaParte
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Republican gains alter government diplomacy with clericalism decay
The text notes that distinct Republican gains shift diplomatic challenges toward clericalism, with signs of decay affecting the fate of governance.
The Protest of Boston at Faneuil Hall on the silver question
The hour and a half gathering at Faneuil Hall presented clear and forceful arguments on the silver question. Speakers from Higginson to Whitney showcased the city’s intelligence and honest purpose while a unifying, nonpartisan sentiment backed resolutions urging decisive legislative action during the currency crisis.
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Faneuil Hall
Higginson
Whitney
A Great Rapid Transit Scheme For New York
A proposed underground rapid transit plan led by Austin Corbin and capitalists envisions tunnels over 100 feet below ground, surface elevators, electric power, and two circle lines connecting Manhattan, with a Brooklyn Jersey City submarine tunnel and Whitehall Street station to ease connections.
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New York
Austin Corbin
London
Battery
Harlem River
van Cortlandt Park
Tenth Avenue
Boulevard
Broadway
Third Avenue
Ninth Street
Central Park
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Whitehall Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners
Governor Pattison Seeks Australian Ballot Reform in Pennsylvania
In his Harrisburg inaugural address Governor Pattison attacks current election flaws and urges adoption of the Australian ballot. He cites lavish campaign spending fraud registration intimidation and ballot secrecy violations as endemic under existing law and calls for reform to restore honest elections.
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Pattison
Harrisburg
Call for Constitutional Convention to Reform Balloting
Governor Pattison urges an immediate constitutional convention to amend the constitution. The convention would make registration a prerequisite for voting and address the secret ballot system as a major public issue.
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Pattison
Farmers and Subsidy Debate Reach For Farmers Aid
An analysis from Washington relays a Tribune appeal to farmers for subsidy support. It questions the claim that shipbuilding subsidies benefit farming, calculating food and labor costs tied to a Maine shipyard project and noting opposition from Rep. Wheeler and shipping interests. It suggests farmers' tax burdens and ledger implications are uncertain until figures are tallied.
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Washington
New York Tribune
Tribune
Maine
Wheeler
Alabama
American Shipping League
Work of the Boston Children’s Aid Society
The Boston Children’s Aid Society aims to keep families intact as a strategy for social betterment. It places homeless and destitute children in good homes, trains wayward youths, and relies on voluntary gifts. last year income fell short of expenses, urging new donations to sustain its programs.
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Drs Malford
Boston Children’s Aid Society
Pine Farm
Rock Lawn Farm
Weston Home
George S. Hoxe
Epward
Jackson
Franklin Street
Cxuarves W. Brrtwell
Art collections and notices in a crowded page
A note about placing Denis Bunker’s complete pictures at the St Botolph Club, plus social commentary on the Courtenays, a failed Evanston cooperative, and varied cultural tidbits. It mentions the Washington Memorial Arch fund at $87 369.44 and a critic’s jab at Chicago style shown in a New York paper.
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Denis Bunker
St. Botolph Club
Bunker
New York
Washington ‘Memorial Arch
Andres Doerner Concert Appeals to Double Pianists
The first Andres and Doerner ensemble recital at Horti cultural Hall featured Bach organ Fantasie, Liszt arrangements, and Chopin Schubert pieces. Critics praised technique but faulted ensemble unity and tonal expression, noting misreadings of Bach and heavy rubato. The second concert, Thursday, promises Saint-Saens Variations and Scharwenka Scherzo with Doerner, Andres, and soloist Benzing.
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Henry G. Andres
Armin W. Doerner
Horticultural Hall
Bach
Zizold
Araben
Doern
Adulcs
Andres
Mattei
Ay Benzing
Gipsy Polk
Liszt
Andres and
Doerner
Saint-Saéns
Messrs
Cincinnati
Burmeister
Abert
Chopin
Benzing
Handel
Matte
Reinecke
Scharwenka
H F Pierce to perform piano recital at Steimert Hall
Mr H F Pierce presents a piano recital this afternoon at Steimert Hall at 3 30 assisted by baritone Heinrich Meyn. A benefit concert for Fritz Giese by the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra is set for Feb 1 at the Boston Theatre.
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H. F. Pierce
Steimert Hall
Heinrich Meyn
Fritz Giese
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Boston Theatre
Reflections of yet Mac Jon and Son on Lamb letters
In the Atlantic February issue, William Carew Hazlitt presents unpublished Lamb letters. The notes reveal Lamb’s witty condolence to Thomas Hood over his child’s death ending with a pun about the dear one. Hazlitt, a Lamb friend, also prints his Life of Lamb with letters.
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Mac Jon
William Carew Hazlitt
Charles
Mary Lamb
Atlantic
Hazlitt
Lamb
Maxom
Reform of Railway Passenger Rates and Literary Notices
Harvard Journal of Economics outlines two profit points for railroads and urges public pressure to move to low rates with high traffic. Blackwood's Magazine 1891 issues announced with travel, fiction, and essays. Upcoming Putnam selections include Keary Vikings in Western Christendom and foreign quotations manual. February Harper's highlights Thackeray album drawings and Hale story. The Season offers new dress designs and millinery trends.
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Harvard Journal of Economics
Edmund J. James
James
Blackwood’s Magazine
Leonard Scott Publication Company
Syrian Desert
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York
Western
Christendom
Charles F. Keary
John Earle
John Devoe Belton
Philip Dormer
Winona
Harper's
Thackeray
Moudin
Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Edward Everett Hale
Clyde Fitch
Beau Brummell
Frederic Maitre
Febru Lippincott’s
New York City
Ice Encased Arlington Hills Encounter in Suffolk Diary
A Sunday ice storm transforms the Arlington hills with inch-thick ice. The writer describes birds and mammals coping among crystal branches, shattered pines, and a landscape of gleaming, fragile flora across Suffolk and Middlesex.
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Arlington Hills
Suffolk
Middlesex
Owever
Massachusetts Rifle Association elects officers at Quincy House
At a Quincy House meeting the Massachusetts Rifle Association elected officers for the year including President Nathaniel C. Nash and executive officer James E. Kelly. A plan to rebuild a large range house at Walnut Hill for about $3,000 was discussed and is expected to be approved at the next monthly meeting.
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Massachusetts Rifle Association
Quincy House
Nathaniel C. Nash
H. S. Harris
James E. Leach
James E. Kelly
N. C. Nash
H. G. 1Kwell
J. P. Frost
S. L. Hubbard
C. W. Hinman
F. J. Rabbeth
Lectures at Lasell on Architecture Begin
Professor and Homer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology start ten lectures on Architecture at Lasell Seminary Auburndale for the senior junior and art classes.
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Lasell
Homer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lasell Seminary
Auburndale
Open mouths and closure eyes in senatorial gossip
A sweeping column laments gag rules in newspapers, questions railings around pension office letters to a major company, and mocks political and social follies. It cites Ignatius Donnelly, a Boston pork joke, a Chicago Harvester Trust dispute led by Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick, and a Minnesota auditor selling his office for cash before a public-spirited closing line.
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Senate
Raum
Pension Office
Thayer
Nebraska
Chicago Herald
Boston
Chicago
Great Harvester Trust
Cyrus H. McCormick
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
Alliance
John Brown
Windom
Minn
Ola
Bernhardt to Earn Million From Tour and Performances
Mme Sarah Bernhardt plans to return from America as a millionaire, with $200 daily hotel allowances, $600 per performance, and one third of gross receipts. Kageama Hidde, likened to Louise Michel, unites a new party in Japan. General Norton lies ill after a second stroke at the Palmer House. Elizabeth Tobey receives a $275 birthday testimonial from California allies.
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Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
America
Kageama Hidde
Louise Michel
Mikado
General C. B. Norton
Chicago
Palmer House
General Norton
United States
Boston
Elizabeth 8. Tobey
State Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Brookline
Liberty Hill Holiday Pageant Draws Crowds on One Side
Report from Liberty Hill describes a festive scene with youths using double runners and "flyers" on the sunlit side near Charlotte street, while three poor boys on the shaded side improvise sleds from dry goods boxes and a stick, creating a stark contrast yet shared spirit of fun.
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Liberty Hall
Charlotte Street
Liberty Hill
Berners
Record of Fires Across Several Montclair Properties
A series of fires reported January 20 caused heavy damage. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western freight depot at Montclair burned, destroying four Pullman cars and two passenger coaches along with seven freight cars and much freight. loss about 100000, insured. Hayden farmhouse on Rockdale Avenue burned to the ground. engines arrived too late. loss 2500, insured 1000. J Fred Webster saw mill at Shirley burned. rotary gang edger and machinery destroyed. engine and boiler saved. loss 8000, insured 4000. A two and a half story wooden dwelling on Alexander Avenue owned by Richard H. Humphreys and occupied by John Scott burned from overheated furnace. loss 60.
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Newark
N. 4
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Montclair
New Reprorp
William A. Hayden
Rockdale Avenue
Bancor
J. Fred. Webster
Shirley
Alexander Avenue
Richard H. Humphreys
John ©. Scott
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Children’s Aid Society
St. Louis
St.Louis
Evanston
Ill
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Apostle of
London Atheneum
Sthenium
Pav. Heyse
Occidental
Minneapolis
Andres-Doerner
Moscow
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the Rifle Association
Walnut Hill
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