Prohibitionists Rally Over Whiskey and Wine Taxes in US
Treasury Bureau report through June 30 1888 shows rising malt liquor and American wine per capita consumption while distilled spirits fall since 1840. Most liquors are domestic. imports play small role. Data cover US and Canada Europe with per capita figures and tax receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sprcray
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
United States
Tandom
Annes
Internal Revenue
Canada
Weer Ee
Great Britain
Germany
United Kingdom
Denmark
World wine production and trade figures from 1888 report
The report includes consumption and production data by country for wine and malt liquors, with figures for the United States United Kingdom France Germany Canada and others. It cites a United States consular report dated February 27 1889 detailing world shares for 1888 and lists production gal lons for major wine producing countries such as Austria Russia Spain France Switzerland Hungary Italy Portugal and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Canada
Mar_geilles
Austria
Algeria
Cape D’pay
Spain
Switzerland
Hungary
Cyprus
Italy
Portugal
Australia
Roumania
Greece
Turkey
Amherst Professor Heads Sun Eclipse Expedition to Angola
Professor David P. Todd of Amherst College has been appointed chief of the expedition to observe the total solar eclipse on December 22 in southwestern Africa. He will depart from New York around October 1 with a large staff, using a navy vessel and Harvard supplied apparatus including a 40 foot photographic telescope to record the eclipse and corona. The station near the Quanza River at 1000 feet, 125 miles inland, is set for optimal viewing and the full trip will be under Todd's sole command with Dr. J. G. Holland as the expedition naturalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
David P. Todd
Amherst College Observatory
State Department
Washington
Africa
Oe Todd
New York
St. Paul de Luanda
Angola
Harvard
J. G. Holland
Pittsburg
Penn
Journal OF Economics
The
Dunbar
Congress
Cleveland
United States
Treasury
Epward_ CUMMINGS
Robert Treat Paine
Harvard University
Cummings
Stuart Woop
A. C. Miller
Harvard College
E. Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
Quarterly Journal of Economics
George HH. Ellis
National Greenback Party Call for State Delegates to Cincinnati
G C Jones, chairman, invites all who support a distinct American money policy to meet in their states by Sept. 4 to appoint delegates for the national Greenback convention in Cincinnati on Sept. 12. The platform favors greenbacks as legal tender, repayment of public debts, a strong merchant marine, secured corporate limits, and anti British trade, echoing Continental Congress principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G. C. Jones
National Greenback Party
Cincinnati
Eople
Continental Congress
Great Britain
Strikers Riot in Duluth Leaves Two Dead
In Duluth Minnesota fifteen hundred street workers struck became unruly attacking police with stones and clubs. Police fired, two strikers killed and twenty five wounded. Militia and extra deputies called out. Contractors to resume under police protection at former wages. One confirmed dead is Ed Johnson, 25.
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Duluth
Minn
Dulluth
Charles Carlson
Henther
Joe Frank
Eric M. Lundbren
Ed Johnson
National Soldiers' Homes board meeting in Brunswick
Colonel Harris of Ohio outlines the work of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and the board’s duties. The meeting will reflect on the seven homes from Togus to San Francisco, their management, and the new Marion Branch with 11,000,000 cubic feet gas capacity. He advocates a naval reserve and urges public discussion.
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Brunswick
National Home For
United States
William B. Franklin
Connecticut
Leonard A. Harris
Ohio
John A. Martin
Kansas
Martin T. McMahon
New York City
John ©. Black
Washington
D. C
Thomas W. Hyde
Maine
William J. Sewall
New Jersey
John L.L. Mitchell
Wisconsin
John F. Hartranft
Pennsylvania
H. H. Markham
California
Harrison
Paris
Post
Harris
Congress
Togus
Old Point
Dayton
Milwaukee
Leavenworth
Kan
Pacific
San Francisco
Cal
Boston
Chancery
Congress & New
Marion
Grant County
Ind
Rail rate tensions ripple through Midwest freight
A Baltimore despatch reports Vice-President Lord of the Baltimore and Ohio says the 2 cent per mile passenger rate for clubs of ten or more is suspended pending trunk line committee review. The Interstate movement, grain traffic shifts, and new rate cuts across Chicago to New York and Philadelphia trigger broader rail conflict. Pennsylvania line boosts reductions to Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Alleghany, with effective July 10. Central Traffic Association weighs wool rate changes as Soo Line redirects through Sault Ste. Marie, lowering third class rates to entice volume. Trans-Missouri warns Union Pacific over Alton rate cuts to Denver, signaling wider industry friction.
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Baltimore (Md
Baltimore & Ohio
Trunk Line Committee
Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Beardstown
Missouri
Kansas
St. Louis
Baltimore
Smith
Fink
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Curiaco
Pennsylvania Road
Baltimore & Oho
Baltimore and Ohio
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Alleghany
The
Central Traffic Association
Pennsylvania
Soo
Vita Sault Ste. Marie
Kansas City
Findlay
Trans-Missouri Railway Association
Union Pacific
Alton
Denver
Wich
Massachusetts Horticultural Society Exhibition Awards
Awards announced for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society exhibition with prizes in fruit vegetables flowers and plants. Winners include William C Winter George W Fletcher C N Brackett and J H Woodford along with multiple second and third placements across berries currants onions squashes beans and carnations.
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Winter Bros
J. H. Woodford
C. A. Learned
Portugal
Danvers
Warren Heustis & Son
W. Heustis & Son
W. Houstis
E. M. Gill
William
Winter
William Patterson
K. M. Gill
W. ©. Birong
E. M
Supreme Judicial Court Assignments for July 9
The Supreme Judicial Court lists equity assignments for Tuesday July 9 including Briges versus U S I P Co Partoon versus Cloon Essex Atherton versus Wilson Quincy versus Kennard Norfolk.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Briges
Partoon
Cloon
Essex
Fortier Pleads Guilty In Gibbard Tragedy. Hogan Trial Under Way
The indictment against Thomas Hogan for manslaughter in the June 10 Blackstone Street shooting that killed Charles Gibbard proceeds after Fortier pleads guilty and is sentenced to four years in state prison. District Attorney Stevens warns against pursing the case against Hogan. The July grand jury reports numerous indictments including larceny robbery and embezzlement. several defendants plead guilty while others face no bills or probation. Fortier is jailed. Hogan faces trial for manslaughter in the Gibbard case.
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Thomas Hogan
Charles Gibbard
Twigg
Blackstone Street
Fortier
Hogan
Stevens
Parker
Ilogan
Cora Brooks
John H. Daley
Daniel Lucy
Frederick
Eddy
Michael Fitzgerald
Charles ©. Hanson
Frank Smith
Herbert W. Healey
William H Freeman
Frank Marsh
Jennie Casey
William Naylor
John Parker
Michael J. Sullivan
Frank Stanley
Annie Maguire
Simon Veznia
William McClure
John Welch
Thomas King
Janes P. Weldon
Ellen Donahue
Amos V. Downing
John F. Ferguson
Limothy Casey
Lie
Charles 5. Sanderson
Frank Walker
Homas Powers
Willis B. Meachum
John Clancy
Michael Beaty
William Long
Frank McKay
James Murray
Henry Clark
Clarence Fawkner
William Twige
Gibbard
Edward Fortier State Prison
New Books and Notable Novels Review
A compact survey of recent novels. Edna Lyall’s Derrick Vaughn, Thoth and Kophetua the Thirteenth receive critique, alongside Frances Peard’s The Country Cousin and Vagabondia. The article weighs hero types, authorial aims, narrative craft, and readers’ reception with period tone. It also lists several new works and publishers, reflecting late 19th century literary criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roslyn
Kophetua
Julian Corbett
New York
Macmillan & Co
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Price
Cassell & Co
Cassell
Frances Mary Peard
Harper & Bros
Christine Chaplin Brush
Roberts Bros. Price
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Denman Thompson
Old Homestead
Street & Smith, Publishers
Lucy C. Lillie
New Rosiyn’s Trust
York
A. L. Butt
Manhattan
Probate Court list for Suffolk County July 3 trustee accounts and petitions
The returnable list for Monday July 3 in Suffolk County Probate Court includes trustee accounts and petitions. Items show various executors administrators and guardians, with entries like Freeman Allen, Gertrude May Allen, Mary Burlingame, Sarah A. Clark, Catherine Hall, Lorenzo Hall, and many others. Real estate sales, guardianships, and foreign will administrations are noted, with numerous petition types and accountings listed alongside names and docket numbers.
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Suffolk County
Freeman Allen
Harriet KE
Gertrude May Allen
Mary Burlingame
Kily
Minor
Benjamin Burlingame
Emily E. Strater
Howard Burlt
Sarah A. Clark
Mary Cosgr
Saine
A. Dickerman
Cathe Tion
Francis Garlan
Andrew J. Hall
Catherine J. Hall
Lorenzo S. Hall
Sally Hammond
William Ingame
Robert KE. Calder
Rine Donnelly
Petid
Peti
Hamiston
Hutchinson
Josiah Knowles
Ambrose Kohler
James Malone
Daniel Mecco
Edward MacLang
Isaac McLellan
Jacob K. Moore
John B. Parkin
Margaret Yates Pilman
Hiraim Blumer
Jacob Schmidler
Annie M. Shapleigh
Pet
John H. Sum
Mine Lochetti
John Lochetti
Hlm
Charles H. Towlee
Albert
Wilkins
Bridget O'Rourke
T. Coggan
Ernest A. Dixon
George Noyes
Ada W. Hurgess
Ardian
Elizabeth DeBrown
Book and poem listings from late 19th century publishers
A dense catalog of 1889 publications and forthcoming works across multiple series and publishers. Items include school readers by Hale and Whitman, poems honoring Lady Arnold, novels by Nouchette Carey and Winter, and non fiction such as James Croll's Stellar Evolution. Essays mention Grand Trunk travel guides and profits sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia P. Hale
Bernard Whitman
Boston
Roberts Bros
Fanny
Lady Arnold
Sir Edwin Arnold
London
Tribner & Co
Basil Lyndhurst
Rosa Nouchette Carey
New York
Frank F. Lovell & Co
Sophy Carmine
John Strange Winter
Appleton & C
Charles Gibbon
George Manville Fenn
Clive Phillipps- Wolley
Helen Shipton
Katharine S. Macquoid
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
B. L. Farjeon
Grant Allen
J. Maclaren Cobban
Jd. H. Riddell
Austen Pember
James Croll
Ll.d
D. Appleton & Co
United States
Richard G. Boone
Grand Trunk Railway
Charles Hannan
Cassell & Co
Francis E. Clark
D. Lothrop. Company
Maurice Denasquez
Selina Dolaro
Belford, Clarke & Co
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Pata
the _P
Europe
Ces Eke
Weltwirthschaft
Department of Agriculture
Professor Todd of
National Soldiers’ Homes
Colonel Harris
Railroad Matters
Mr. Beckman
Joseph H. Beckman
Parker House
Old Point Comfort
William N. Bush
Hotel Dorrance
Revere House
Bush
James M. Winship
New Orleans
M. W. Conkling
D. Paul B. Conkling
W. Jr. Chapin
Springfield
Daniel Baugh
Bessie W. Baugh
H. K. Baugh
M. E. Baugh
John L. Ringwall
Perry H. Smith, Jr
E. S. Allen
J. F. Hartra
J. H. Emery
W. . Martin
F. R. Martin, Jr
Newark
N. J
F. E. Wiggin
Topeka
Warren H. Hayes
Minneapolis
James Nelson
Cuchas
India
James A. Robinson
A. N. Rankin
J. W. Butler, Jr
Clemmons
St. Paul
P. L. Bigelow
Omaha
Neb
John T. Baldwin
John F. Fenlon
P. M. Baker
Brattleboro
J. BE. Miller
Peabody
S. B. Flerron
H. C. Elkan
Bob. Weimer
H. P. Horne
Lynn
W. E. Stearns
Potsdam
P. Smith
Fred B. Grinnell
Spokane Falls
Wash
Quincy
H. EK. Schurz
Charles E. Perkins
H. C. Baker
George A. Cochrane
Montreal
H. Miller
W. F. Robertson
T. 8. Shaw
Marysville
N. B
C. McLean
Portland
Me. Young
S—H. H. Bligh
Ottawa
F. H. Meeder
South Orange
N. d
R. L. Coleman
C. A. Bilyen
J. A. Gallagher
A.C. Cattell
Cincinnati, O
Edgar L. Marston
Fort Worth
Tex
H. H. Hodgson
A. Williams
Superior Criminal Court
Sarker
NEW Books
Rochester
Jane Eyre
Pope
Miss. Lyall
Derrick Vaughn
Derrick
V. C
Miss Lyall
Charlotte Bronti
Mr. Stevenson
Tito Melema
Messrs. Appleton & Co
Thoth
Thibet
Aylward
Creswick
Lord Medhurst
Joan
Sir Henry Lancaster
Miss Peard
Sir Henry
Basil Gray
Englis
Lizzie Church
Chester
Bohemia
W. H. Ballou
Henry A. Mott
Duffy
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Sales
California Fruit
Steamship
Brunel
Palermo Oranges
Palermo
Fiske’s Wharf
S. R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Main St
Cambridgeport
West End Land Company
Beacon
Webster
Prospect
Summer
Winthrop
Brookline
Office of Auctioneers
L. L. P. Atwood & CO
Pemberton Square
Langwood Park
Langwood Hotel
Wyoming
Melrose
New England
Boston & Maine Railroad
Gideon Beck & Son
Eliet Street
Washington and
Tremont
Eliot Street
Borton
West Chester Park
Westland Avenue
City of
Frank A. Dearborn
A. L. Sewell
Richards & CO
Reade St
New Xlork
DJ Chance
Liberty Street
W. H. Klenke
Willsell
R. V. Harnett
Frederick Tudor
Quimby N. Evans
Arlington
Mass
Tudor
D. Adams
P. Barclay
Bates Mfg. Co
Boston Univ. School of Med
Carlton Club
Case & Williams
D. Connery & Co
J. C. Cooper
C. H. Delamater & Co
Florence House
G. Frankfeld
George Franklin
Gas Saving Company
General Theological Seminary
W. H. Gessner
J. Grange
A. Guild
Hawthorne Apt. Ase’n
Homeop. Hospital
St. Mare Hotel
F.J. Hudner
Huntington & Hopkins
St. Lighei Iris
EH. Kirmiss
J. R. Lionberger
Lyceum Bond
Lyceum Theatre
5. Mackaye
U.S. Government
University Club
J. M. Way
Westbo. Hospital
George Worth
Whipple & Co
Frank Doyle
Seqquake
Aim
Norcross Brothers
Sewell
Dary
Norcross
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Bourne and
Nahant
Nahant Land Co
Wakefield
Medford
Stoneham and Sturbridge
Fenno
Otis Brother & Co
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