Gettysburg reunion highlights unity after Civil War
A large Gettysburg commemorative gathering reflects national healing with speeches by veterans and officials. Attendees celebrate reunions of blue and gray, pledge unity, and honor battlefield monuments including Beecher's regiment and Garnard Tigers. The day features civic addresses, a dinner, and plans for future memorials.
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Army of
Northern Virginia
Army of the Potomac
Springs Hotel
Fifth New York Cavalry
Round Top
Hammond
J. N. Penfield
B. Ryder
A. H. White
Anorty-Sixth
New York Infantry
Garnard Tigers
Little Round Top
New York
Longland Volunteers
Beecher
Culp’s Hill
Thomas K. Beecher
Elmira
G. K. Warren
Jesse Merrill
Grand Army of the Republic
J. K. Gordon
Georgia
Atlanta
Wadsworth
Protection and Wages in the Tariff Debate
Louis Prang, of L Prang & Co in Boston, argues that protection is a warlike policy harming workers and aiding only manufacturers. He notes wage differences across states, Europe, and free trade areas, crediting American energy over protection and urging merit-based industrial growth and education of the workingman.
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Louis Prang
Boston
L. Prang & Co
America
Europe
United States
Switzerland
Hawkins
Brights Rochdale Retirement Sheds Unionist Hopes
London dispatch surveys party disarray as John Brights son John Albert withdraws from Rochdale race amid Liberal Unionist decline. Commentary criticizes the Unionist faction, notes Tory resistance, and signals potential peril to government as Handel festival rehearsal and London Ethical Movement developments unfold.
New York and Omaha Clothing Co Closes After Seligman-May Failure
Omaha reports that the New York and Omaha Clothing Company shut its doors this afternoon. The failure of Seligman May in New York is cited as the cause, with liabilities totaling 42000 dollars.
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Omaha, Neb
New York
Omaha
Seligman-May
Watchman Acquires Rural Vermonter in Montpelier Deal
The Vermont Watchman newspaper and job printing house in Montpelier was sold to a stock company. The Rural Vermonter will be discontinued and its subscription list merged with the Watchman. Arthur Ropes, editor and manager of the Rural Vermonter, will edit the Watchman.
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Vermont Watchman
Montpelier
Rural
Vermonter
Watchman
Arthur Ropes
The
Tragic double murder suicide at Trafalgar Indiana
At Trafalgar Johnson County Indiana yesterday morning Samuel M Henderson shot and killed his divorced wife Sarah Henderson and then killed himself.
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Trafalgar
Johnson County
Ind
Samuel M. Henderson
Sarah Henderson
New Books on Missouri History and Unitarian Objections
A critical review of Lucien Carrs Missouri a Bone of Contention and A Unitarian Oberlin Jasper Douthit. The piece argues Carrs history lacks balanced objectivity, leans partisan, and repeats old disputes, while highlighting valuable Missouri-centered insights despite bias. It notes Carrs treatment of Lovejoy and Kansas Missouri clashes, and traces Douthits Unitarian connections and journal motto.
Unitarian Minister Joseph Douthit of Shelbyville
A 54 year old Unitarian minister and editor of Our Best Words describes a life of labor and hardship rooted in Southern ancestry. He was ordained in 1862 in Detroit, favored temperance in a temperate community, and has faced criticism from the Western conference while remaining committed to liberal Christianity and Unitarian identity. The piece notes his anti slavery stance and enduring activity despite frail health, ending with an unusual anecdote about him.
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Missouri
Carr
Mississippi
Northwest
St. Louis
Lovejoy
Alton I
Kansas
Massachusetts Colonization Society
Lawrence
Kansas Committee
Mr. Carr
Jackson
Blair
Lyon
Union
Mayr
Lucien Carr
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Massachusetts
Fowler & Wells
Boston
Sheodore Parker
James Freeman Clarke
Abington
Mass
T. W. Higginson
Douthit
Colonel Higginson
Robert Collyer
Chicago
Oberlin
Joseph L. Douthit
Shelbyville
Lil
Detroit
Western Conference
A. P. Putnam
Pro tection or Tariff for Revenue essay on constitutional limits
James W. Stillman argues the tariff should not raise revenue or shield home manufacturers. He cites Article I Section 8 limiting Congress to taxes for debts and general welfare, warns against taxes that protect specific interests, and urges free trade as constitutional. He cites Guilford White and Bancroft, noting four Revolutionary resolutions favor free trade and urging removal of taxes on raw materials to boost industry and labor wages.
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James W. Stillman
Congress
United States
Congress of the
West Indies
South America
Nova Scotia
Guilford White
Boston Post
Easton Free Trade and Revenue Reform Club
Continental Congress
Bancroft
Supreme Court
Dover School Committee Names 41 Teachers and Principal
The Dover New Hampshire school committee elected forty one teachers last night Frank W Whitney of Nashua was chosen principal of the high school assistors include Harriet P Peare of Lawrence Ada Thomson of Dover Hattie J King of Swampscott Naas music teacher Mary F Duxbury
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Dover, N. H
Frank W. Whitney
Nashal
Arriet P. Peare
Lawrence
Ada Thomson
Dover
Hattie J. King
Swampscott
Naas
Fatal Quarrel On Lenox Street Ends In Death
A fight last night at 9 45 near 120 Lenox street left Michael O'Brien dead after Hurley struck him during a dispute over a coat. Hurley was arrested. medical examiner notified. witnesses Cornelius and Timothy O'Brien detained. O'Brien was 30 and worked on the Harvard bridge.
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Lenox Street
Dennis Hurley
Michael O'Brien
O’brien
Hurley
Garland
Rowean
Draper
Cornelius
Timothy O’brien
Harvard
Notes to Taverners Praise for Boston Horse Car Conductors
A Boston reader praises horse car conductors for patience and courtesy. The writer notes conductors lift children, help old people, and treat riders politely during rides on horse-drawn cars. The letter is dated June 1888.
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Taverner
Boston
Night-time musings on age and a perilous fire escape
A letter writer recalls two vivid scenes from walks in Boston. One shows a well-dressed schoolboy guiding a blind vendor, the other warns of a factory fire escape ending over Stony Brook near Roxbury station where a fall could end badly yet evokes dark amusement.
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Taverner
Ark Square
Roxbury Station
Boston
Stony Brook
Lancaster Driving Club Opens with Fast Trots at Park
At Lancaster New Hampshire on July 3 the opening day featured two spirited races. In the 8:00 class T D Marsh's C C K swept three straight heats, Henry L. second. Times 2 39 14, 2 39 42, 2 40 7. In the 2:35 class Woodburn Boy won three heats despite a tight battle for second among John M Nathan and Fatinitza, with times 2 36, 2 34 4, 2 36.
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Lancaster
N. H
the Park
Lancaster Driving Club
T. D. Marsh
Henry L
Woodburn Boy
John M
Nathan
Fatinitza
Struck an Abutment Delays Tiverton Bridge Draw
Newport Rhode Island July 3 A schooner being towed to Tiverton draw struck the bridge abutment about ten inches shifting the draw so it could not close. Passengers crossed on foot while others returned to Fall River. Freight baggage and papers were delivered to Fall River and reached here by steamer Old Colony. A repair gang was set to work and trains expected to pass tomorrow morning.
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Newport
R. I
Tiverton
Fall River
Providence
Old Colon
Boston
Old Colony
Lobster season not extended by ministers in Maritime Provinces
OrtTawa Ont July 3 Special It is understood that the minister of marine has refused to extend the close season for lobsters in the maritime provinces.
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OrtTawa
Ont
Maritime Provinces
Bartlett Pears and Plums at Horatio Harris Auction
Horatio Harris and Co auctioneers at 227 State Street offer 73 boxes Bartlett pears and 55 crates plums for sale. Auctioneers invite bidders to inspect goods and bid on the listed fruit lots.
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Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Proposals for steel for the armored Texas at Portsmouth Navy Yard
The Navy Department invites sealed proposals for steel plates shapes rivets and castings for the battleship Texas to be delivered at Portsmouth Virginia within six months. Bidders must provide evidence of capability and a five percent certified check with proposals, which are due by July 23, 1888. The secretary reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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City of
Boston
City Hall
Boston Water Board
Boston Water Works
City Engineer
Water Board
United States
Texas
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Navy Department
Washington
DC. C
Lass C
Virginia
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Washington, D. C
B. Harmony
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States
Potomac
Great West
New England
William Stoughton
Greece
Erin
Webster
Bunker Hill
Commonwealth
Iowa
Wisconsin
Maine
Rhode Island
Washington and Pinckney
Jefferson
Madison
Martin
Alexander Hiemilton
Franklin
Rufus Kinz
Roger Sherman
Gettysburg
John Bright
London
SprorAn
Metropolitan Board of Works
Dillon
Chamberlain
Southampton
Arr
Ayr
Lord Hartington
Mr. Chamberlain
Jesse Collings
Glasgow Herald
Scotsman
Sinclair
National Liberal Club
Gladstone
Ireland
Mr. Gladstone
Foreign Office
Parnell
Rochdale
John Albert Bright
Young Bright
Potter
Cobden Club
Crystal Palace
August Manns
Belshazzar
Himnel
Saul
Queen’s Hotel
Norwood
Toynbee Hall
Drury Lane
Edward Cairo
Seeley
Foatwell
Cambridge
Sedgwick
Williaam Clarke
Clothing House
NEW Books
Lvenox Street
M’ohael O'Brien
California
Mobrytgagel
Augustus Winsor
Rutland Square
Back Bay
J. F. Fuller
Suffolk
Rutland Street
Boston Water Power Company
M. Catharine Rand
Board of
L’roduce Exchange
George F. Rogers
Commissioners
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Asa Burke
West Roxbury
Charles J. Poole
Norfolk
Poplar Street
Kittrects Street
Roslii Avenue
Roxbury
Cherry Street
Patrick Cunningham Eifty
John McDaniel
Charles Steere
Phillip Lowdon
John May
Atotion Sales
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Custom Hunt Farm
Bng
Warren Avenue
Ance
the Massachusetts Title Insurance
Milk Street
Wesley P. Balch
Stock Commission
Ihursday
Mr. Balch
Satrday
Thomas F. Doherty
William B. Smart
Robert Grant
Boston Weekly Post
Havana
Engels
School Street
ELBAP
Salem Lead Compant
F. A. Brown
Treas Salem
Mast
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