Elms and Ice, A Boston Letter on Street Trees and Plenty
A Boston writer laments the death sentence on Washington Street elms and the loss of shade around the Common. He notes Broadway in South Boston as a rare surviving canopy, warns of car wires harming trees, and reflects on ice waste, charity, and the charm of pedal boats at Public Garden with a plea for more scenic attire for watermen.
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Washington Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Chester
Union
Boston
Broadway
Tremont Street
Notable Figures Mention Various Travels and Events
The Hon Hugh McCullochs family called to Washington due to his illness Earnest C Richardson new Princeton librarian in his thirties Bandits seize Mahmoud Djelaleddin Pachas son near Constantinople demanding 19000 pounds Mrs Garfield sells farm near Prestonburg Kentucky for 7000 dollars General Garfield bought it early war for less than 700 Princess Elizabeth of Austria must remain near her grandfather Emperor Butterworth ill in Philadelphia from heat and iced tea New York adds Thomas Conno deserter from Queen s Eighteenth Royal Irish Dragoons enlisting for five years Professor John Smock elected State geologist of New Jersey succeeding Dr George H Cook and head of Albany Museum of Natural History
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Hugh McCulloch
Washington
Earnest C. Richardson
Princeton
Mahmoud Djelaleddin Pacha
Sinckli
Constantinople
Garfield
Prestonberg
Elizabeth of
Austria
Crown Prince
Princess Strephanie
Congressman Butterworth
Philadelphia
United States Army
New York
Thomas Conno
Queen’s
Eighteenth Royal Irish Dragoons
John Smock
New Jersey
George H. Cook
Geological Survey
Smock
Museum of Natural History
Albany
N.Y
Cook
Public Service Cuts Threaten Hydrographic Office Move
The Hydrographic Office in New York may lose its quarters in the Maritime Exchange if Congress does not restore a 6000 appropriation for rent and branch offices. The piece condemns Congress for penny-pinching while public welfare is at stake and notes potential impacts on shipping communications and efficiency. It also surveys debates over the silver inflation bill and labor issues in Britain, including post and police disputes and street cleaning problems in the city.
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Hydrographic Office
New York
Maritime Exchange
Exchange
Congress
Davenport force bill sparks heated press clash
The piece critiques Barkes for restricting union meetings while supporting government responses. It highlights Henry Caser Loner’s defense of the Johnny Davenport force bill and notes the claim that troops could be called at polls under new provisions. Senator Hoar reportedly drives the bill’s Senate path.
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Henry Caser Loner
Johnny’ Davenport
LopGe
Partisan Boards of Supervisors
Hoar
Senate
Commercial Non Intercourse Policy Sparks International Objections
A review argues that a U S tariffs policy toward foreign makers risks harming trade and provoking retaliatory measures. It notes protests from Germany France Britain and South American reps and warns of escalating trade blockades and potential abolition of trade if non inter course continues. It emphasizes the folly of the policy and urges practical lessons before further action by Congress.
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Sheffield
America
United States
Germany
France
Great Britain
Party
Congress
Republic of
Mexico
Local advocates tout friendly commerce as strategic edge
Debates over friendly commerce highlight its claimed advantages for regional traders, with supporters arguing the approach strengthens ties and boosts economic growth in the area. Opponents caution against overreliance on external partnerships and urge careful planning.
Quarrels over Chicago World’s Fair heat up again
The article details intensified disputes over the 1893 World’s Fair site at Jackson Park Chicago with West Side critics accusing directors of real estate syndicates and political influence to secure land profits. It notes mismanagement, bond threats, and calls for greater regional effort alongside broader curbs on alleged boodle.
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Chicago
Jackson Park
West Side
New York
Massachusetts
Steamer State of Pennsylvania Crank Shaft Breaks Near Sandy Hook
A State line steamer State of Pennsylvania arriving from Glasgow is anchored twelve miles east of Sandy Hook with her forward crank shaft broken. Tugs have gone to assist. the vessel is not in danger.
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New York
State Line
State of Pennsylvania
Glasgow
Sandy Hook
Somerville Aldermen Approve Local Licenses and School Plan
The Somerville Board of Aldermen granted leave to withdraw sixth-class liquor license petitions for Augustine Cunningham F Phipps O W Pollard and W A Stone. An order for laying Madison street was adopted. A new hose carriage for Hose 3 costing up to 500 was approved. F Nild and Horatio Wellington won coal-supply contracts for city buildings. The public property committee was authorized to advertise for an eight room schoolhouse on Jacques street with Loring and Phipps to furnish the plans and the Gimmes school name to honor Jacob T Gimmes.
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Somerville Board of Aldermen
Augustine Cunningham
F. Phipps
O. W. Pollard
W. A. Stone
Madison Street
F. Nild
Horatio Wellington
Jacques Street
Loring & Phipps
Jacob T. Gimmes
Twenty Years a Station Master Resigns Posts in Malden
S. W. Pattee, station agent at Malden Eastern division station, resigns after twenty years in the post. Mr. J. W. Meldrum of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is appointed to succeed him.
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Ma Pen
S. W. Pattee
Malden Eastern Division
J. W. Meldrum
Portsmouth
N. H
China May Borrow 37 Million Silver For Railroads
A Philadelphia Press editorial notes China could borrow about 37 million dollars of American silver for railroad projects if the silver bill passes Congress. It suggests China could obtain double the amount with adequate security and warns the silver measure will likely secure Republican support in both houses, becoming law. It also comments the bill, a compromise to avoid free coinage, is not ideal but preferable to free coinage.
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Calcutta
Washington
Massachusetts
East
Rock- Well
Evigan A. Morse
Dogs
Greenhalge
Wallace
Walker
Speaker Reed
China
Conference Committee
Worcester
Halt in Pension Legislation Faces Reluctant Approval
The leading Republican press urges a halt on service pensions for soldiers, warning the bill risks vast Treasury costs and national debt. The piece notes pension lobbyists call it justice while veterans pressure for full benefits, and predicts no quick relief as credit and funds dwindle.
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Harrison
Pennsylvania
N. Y
Decadence of the Romans Feared in Election Reform Debate
The bill would shift control of congressional elections from state to national officers, subordinating state officials and risking the loss of local self government. Critics accuse the party of civil service pledges violations and political cronyism, recalling Couture's Decadence of the Romans in Harper's Weekly.
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United States
New York
Quay
National Republican Committee
Beneft
Republican Party
Couture
Harper’s Weekly
Glimpse of Heligoland from a Hull to Hamburg
London letters recall a late afternoon vision of Heligoland as the Hull steamer neared the Elbe. The island’s eastern cliff face glowed red gold under sunset while the inhabited side showed few red-roofed houses, leaving a solitary wall of cliffs burned into memory like Niagara or the Alps.
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London
Commercial Advertiser
Heligoland
North Sea
Hamburg
Elbe
Helizoland
Niagara
Alps
Dogs in the Park Urges Park Ordinance Across Cities
A letter to the Post editor condemns dogs running at large in Franklin Park and argues for a park ordinance similar to Boston and Baltimore signs. The writer cites injuries caused by roaming dogs, notes riders with dogs, and urges caution signs or a formal ordinance. Boston's example is referenced with a date of July 8.
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Park Commission
Franklin Park
Buffalo Papers
Dodge Brundage
Druid Hill Park
Baltimore
Central Park
New York City
Boston
Obituary of two presidential candidates Fisk and Wigginton
General Clinton Bowen Fisk born 1828 in New York died at his New York home after a long career as a Civil War general and educator. He led the Prohibition campaign in New Jersey and founded Fisk University while serving as a trusted official under Johnson administration. Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton of Oakland California, born 1839, served as Merced district attorney and U S Representative after a Civil War era legal and political career.
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Clinton Bowen Fisk
Prohibition Party
United States
New York
St. John
New Jersey
General Fisk
Michigan
Actua Insurance Company
St. Louis
Merchants’ Regiment
Thirty-third Missouri Volunteers
Price
Fletcher
Militia
United States Volunteers
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen
Nashville
Tenn
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Arkansas
South
Johnson
Fisk University of Tennessee
Jubilee Singers
Missouri
First Society For the Relief of the Soldiers
Oakland
Cal
Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton
American
Deaths List of John Allyn and Théodore de Lajarte
John Allyn longtime foreman of the Boston Courier composing room died in Chelsea aged seventy eight. He belonged to the Boston Franklin Typographical Society for thirty eight years. Théodore de Lajarte noted composer died in Paris born 1825. author of Le Roi de Carreau Le Portrait Le Secret de Vonele Vincent and other works. recently assistant librarian at the Paris Opera.
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John Allyn
Boston Courier
Chelsea
Allyn
Boston Franklin Typographical Society
Thédore de Lajarte
Paris
Roi de Carreau
Vonele Vincent
Paris Opéra
Harvard sprinter Downs breaks amateur quarter record at Beacon Park
W C Downs of Harvard and the New York Athletic Club beat the 440 yard amateur mark with 47 2 5 seconds on a slow Beacon Park track despite a crosswind. G P Cogswell paced the last 100 yards. Officials included D Lee, R Stoll, E Merril, B M Wood, E Buckley, J Graham, H Curniss and J Gouldie.
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Linelun
Beacon Park
W. C. Downs
Harvard
New York Athletic Club
Wendell Bakr
Downs
G. P. Cogswell
Boston Athletic Association
D. Lee
Robert Stoll
Eugene Merril
BF. M. Wood
Eugene Buckley
John Graham
Harry Curniss
John Gouldie
Alfa
The West Newton Classical School Adopts New Year Plan
The co educational West Newton Classical School in West Newton opens its next year on the third Wednesday in September. Since 1855 it has offered family style daily schooling for both sexes and prepares students for Harvard Smith MIT and other colleges as well as mercantile pursuits. Emphasis on natural sciences and character development, with focus on mariners and morals.
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West Newton
Harvard
Smith
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts
A Bizarre Parade of Notes From Across the World
A miscellany of vignettes from the period including Mrs Rider Hageard in Suffolk famed for a mustard house, a New York World quip about Uncle George and a Babe Ruth style boast, a Canadian Montreal monk monastery, Cardinal Gibbons on Subbash day, a Norwegian housekeeper mystery in New York, Princess Victoria and her dowry, Miss Blank a mission teacher, and a Glasgow to St Kilda excursion that ends without a wedding.
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New York Evening Sun
Abel
Our
Sporting Extra
Wall Street
Bobby
George
Bacon
M. Rovaisson
Louvre
Mars
Cardinal Gibbons
New York
Victoria
Empress Frederick
Prince Adolph of
Miss Blank
Glasgow
St. Kilda
Lhis
Great Britain
July Magazine Highlights In New England
The July New England Magazine features two long illustrated articles including Our National Songs by Miss Ferris and a historical paper on Haverhill by Albert L. Barnett with notable illustrations. It also presents fiction installments by Carpenter and Eaton, a critical piece on absent’s Social Dramas, reviews on drama and travel, and poetry including Longfellow’s My Lost Youth with illustrations, in a substantial issue.
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NEW England
New England Magazine
Str. Paul
Mr. Carpenter
Shawmut
Miss Eaton
Edward Futler
Absen
July Unitarian Review offers broader topics than usual
The July issue of the Unitarian Review broadens beyond theology with five of six articles on secular or cultural themes. Notable pieces include Cavazza on Italian Patriots, Crocker on Forces Educating America, Gilman on Way to Utopia, Lusigustun on Lossier's life theory, and Stearns revisiting Classic and Romantic. Shayer presents a concise essence of Christian religion in evolution.
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THI
Unitarian Review
Cavazza
Joseph HM. Crocker
America
N. #. Gilman
Beverly Pastor to Summer at Duluth
The Rev. W. E. Strong pastor of the Washington Street Church and his wife left today for Duluth Minnesota for the summer. During that period the church will be remodelled and a new chapel costing about 6000 dollars will be built.
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Beverly
Duluth
Bevery
W. E. Strong
Washington Street
Minn
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