Harvard Professor Dies After Forty Years Of Service
A long-serving Harvard professor, known for his clear incisive lectures and wide influence, has died after forty years on the faculty. He lectured on philosophy, aligning with Hamilton yet differing on innate ideas, and opposed Spencer and Darwinism while endorsing Christian truth.
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Liberty Bigelow dies prominent Melrose resident after long illness
Liberty Bigelow, a leading Melrose citizen, died at his home Monday evening after a lingering illness. Born in Sutton, he left at seventeen to drive stages and led a career as a stage line proprietor between Fitchburg and Keene. He helped mail contracts for Cunard ships Boston to New York and served as first superintendent for the Burlington and Rutland railroad line, later guiding Fitchburg railroad operations. He ran express services Boston to Fitchburg and Keene, with ventures in Chicago including coaches and its first horse car line. Returning to Melrose, he lived in retirement for thirty years and left a widow.
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Philanthropist Alfred T. Lilly Dies in Northampton
Alfred T. Lilly of Northampton, born April 15, 1813 in Mansfield Centre, Conn, died yesterday. A former manager at Nonotuck Silk Company, he funded the town library, the Lilly Science Hall at Smith College, a free public library in Florence, and Cosmian Hall. He supported Grand Army, drama, anti slavery, prohibition, and woman suffrage. leaving no relatives, his large estate goes to public institutions in Northampton.
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Celebrated musician Lachner dies at age 84 in Munich
Obituary notes the Bavarian composer Franz Lachner born April 2, 1804 near Rain Bavaria. A prolific figure with symphonies and operas, he held key posts in Vienna Mannheim and Munich, influencing philharmonic concerts and opera. He retired in 1872 with a Munich doctor title.
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Barometer of Trade An Analysis of Postal Receipts
An 1889 report by Mr Slazen argues that postal revenue tracks national trade and population growth, with gains during prosperity and declines in downturns. It notes 1878 panics, varied quarterly changes, and contrasts large offices with national trends, citing totals and city-by-city figures across major post offices.
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Bishop Crowther’s Transatlantic Voyage to London
The African church leader Bishop Crowther, now in London, was kidnapped as a boy on the Benue River and sold into slavery. After months at the coast he was shipped to America where, years later, an old woman in the crowd recognized him as her son, embracing him in a moving reunion.
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Train to New York from Boston Reaches City by Dinner Time
The popular Boston departure leaves from the Summer Street depot at noon and arrives in New York at 6 30 p m. The schedule promises timely service suitable for dinner and theatre plans, highlighting consistent punctuality.
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Irish Hamilton and Parnell’s Irish indebtedness debated
From the N.Y. Sun the Irish view Charles Stewart Parnell as pivotal as Hamilton to their nation’s history. They insist only on clear proof of guilt and, if proven, would rally to his era defining leadership in Home Rule, balancing private faults with trust in his future guidance.
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London milliners form thirty member window display club
A London club of thirty amateur milliners exhibits their work in a large window they rent as a showcase. The piece notes the organization’s success and highlights the craft as a shared public display rather than a private guild.
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The Grand Canal Painting Acquired by Mr Vanderbilt
The Grand Canal pictured as a small frame work three by two feet from the spectator’s viewpoint at the opening. Foreground shows no houses while distant middle ground reveals distant houses rising from water, barely shading the landscape’s bounds.
Fire Damages Two-Story Block in Gardner
A two story Chestnut street block owned by Mrs. Martha Heywood Burrage suffered fire damage totaling about 1500 with Caswell Bros. photograph studio on the second floor damaged by an overturned lamp. Caswell barely escaped. lower floor damaged by water. Total losses expected around 8000 with insurance on most properties. Fire also destroyed a Whitefield wood factory causing 26000 in losses, fifty workers displaced. Health's icehouse near Keene set ablaze with 500 loss. Mrs. A C Wyman home and barn at Lake Village burned. owner narrowly escaped. 1500 insurance.
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Fire consumes church and two downtown properties in Roxbury
At 2 40 this morning a milkman found flames at the Congregational Unitarian Church at Center and South streets in West Roxbury. An alarm from Box 542 followed, with little hope of saving the old wooden church. Later at 6 20 last evening officers discovered a blaze on the second floor of 47 and 49 Summer street, occupied by Thompson Willis and Moulton and owned by Tufts College. Damage to the building was 1000 and stock losses about 4000 from fire and water. An alarm came from Box 45. A separate fire on 2 North Margin street at 6 05 damaged a wooden house owned by James and occupied by Margaret Gallagher, costing about 50.
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Miss Aus der Ohe in a Mixed Steinert Hall Recital
A detailed review of Miss Aus der Ohe’s Steinert Hall recital praises some numbers as superb, notably Schubert and Schumann pieces, while criticizing Tausig arrangements of Bach and Beethovens virile works as not truly Bach or fully satisfying. The critic urges deeper interpretation and faithfulness to each composition and cautions against careless pedaling and insincere delivery.
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Recital at Chickering Hall with Clara Smart Fanny Berry and Adamowski
A large audience attended the Chickering Hall recital by Clara E Smart Fanny Cliff Berry and J Adamowski. The program featured violin and piano works including Brahms Liszt and Mendelssohn with strong piano accompaniment and spirited final Mendelssohn. Miss Smart displayed learned technique despite vocal fatigue Miss Lang impressed with My Lady Jacqueminot and Ghosts while Miss Berry excelled in Liszt Polonaise though her role was mainly as accompanist.
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Revision Debate Continues Over Westminster Standards
New York January 21 A long-scene Scotch Presbyterian debate on Fourteenth Street weighs whether to revise the Westminster Confession. Dr John Hall opposes revision while Dr Charles L Thompson favors a partial update. session adjourns with plans to resume tomorrow. Philadelphia presbytery also votes against revision.
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Drama in Japan as seen by Edwin Arnold in London Telegraph
Edwin Arnold reports on three nights at Yokohama theatres, describing odd rooms for clogs and teapots, mats and cushions, private pens, children roaming the stage, and actors in rich dress with wild instrumental recitation. He notes samurai swashbucklers, hari kari, universal smoking, and a simple stage scenery with traditional Japanese drama in pure form.
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Civil service reform gains traction in Virginia
The South shows progress as Virginia introduces a bill by Mr. Clements of Petersburg to enshrine civil service reform in statute. The Times notes prior efforts by Mr. Thompson in South Carolina and governor duties, praising reform advocates for prioritizing principle over expediency.
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Book notes on Ganong's The Economic Mollusca of Acadia
A critique highlights W F Ganong as a young Harvard botany instructor whose The Economic Mollusca of Acadia offers detailed species classification and distribution in eastern Canada. The review credits scholarly merit, notes practical educational value for Canadian molluscs and food resources, and praises St John printers for the volume.
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New Publication Notices and Upcoming Works Stir Literary Circles
Messrs Roberts Bros announce February publication of Albrecht by Arlo Bates and The Bagpipers by George Sand translated by Miss Wormeley, matching their Balzac edition. D Lothrop Co publish The Catholic Man by Mrs Turnbull and Stories of New France by Machar and Marquis. Jefferson recollections of Edwin Forrest feature in Midwinter Century with portraits. Henry Harland’s My Uncle Florimond gains second and third editions. Congo articles slated for February Century by Lusdel and E J Glave. Grace Dean McLeod contributes Acadian folklore tales to Wide Awake. Kaduskak Giant highlights truth beyond fiction in March Century. Poets double include Stoddard Riley Roberts Whomas and Whitman. New editions Aids to Endeavor and Yan Phou Lee When I was a boy in China. Luska My Uncle Flor Mond, Mrs Sherwood Royal Girls, Hale Boys Heroes.
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Lovely Florida beyond Jacksonville on the line to De Land
Southern travelers are urged to explore De Land and Lake Helen near the Florida Southern line. The article praises orange groves, pine hills, refined Northern settlers, and the Harlan House hotel. It contrasts Jacksonville with the lovelier, tranquil scenes further south, highlighting scenery, architecture, and bracing air.
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