Rag Pickers and Public Walks Stir Boston Commentary
A Boston writer laments neglected drainage holes on Walnut to Frog Pond path and critiques city maintenance. He praises rag pickers for patience and observation, contrasts dignity of work with empire of wealth, and notes Polish and Russian dialogue around Beacon Hill. He also cites Consul Underwood at a Glasgow banquet and observes fashion trends in ready made clothing.
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Walnut Street
Frog Pond
Beacon Hill
Park Street
Moscow
Boston
Glasgow
England
Francis H. Underwood
Scotland
Lord Coleridge
United States
Underwood
Soldiers Exemption Bill Debate Sparks Protests in Boston
A letter signed An Indignant Soldier criticizes the soldiers exemption bill as elevating a separate soldier class seeking more pay and rewards. The writer argues the reform is perilous, while weather reports show plentiful rains boosting crops east of the Mississippi and across the Northwest, with general prosperity expected this year.
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Herald
Washington
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Sunday bill faces clash over merit and purpose
The legislature nears agreement on a Sunday bill described as a sham and antiquated. Chicago votes favor orderly governance in circuit judge races while defending figures respond to a New York demonstration. Dr McGlynn and Mr McMackin defend themselves amid reaction to extreme views and dynamiter apologias. The dispute highlights tensions over law, morality, and modern civilization.
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Mr. O'Brien
Dr. McGuLynn
Land Reform Debate Splits Irish Politics Over O'Brien Views
The text highlights Henry George’s land reform ideas and Charles O’Brien’s stance on property rights in Ireland. It notes that Saturday’s resolutions against coercion were framed to challenge O’Brien’s objections to George’s theory, underscoring a clash between George’s eccentric doctrine and mainstream humanitarian concerns.
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Henry George
Ireland
O’brien
Mr. George
Senator Sherman’s Springfield Speech Sparks Backlash
The Springfield address by Senator SHERMAN drew anger from supporters and foes alike. Critics fault his tariff claims and anti-Southern tone, while business leaders preferred a nonsectarian official stance. The response signals easing sectional divides though the debate about policy remains heated.
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Sherman
Springfield
Bourne
Chicago
South
Sunday liquor ban stirs New York uprising against blue laws
The piece compares New York and Boston blue law enforcement, noting similar results as authorities test Sunday liquor restrictions. It details a Gilsey House incident where Captain Williams observed a champagne purchase in the café, with Bresuin and Hotel Keepers' Association counsel present.
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New York
Boston
Wiliams
New York Times
Gilsey House
Bresuin
Mr. Andrews
Mr. Bresuin
Law and liquor: NY hotels face enforcement as Bowery saloons run openly
The account notes Captain Williams witnessing a Gilsey hotel incident where a proprietor faced charges while Bowery and Third avenue saloons allegedly operated openly. Police were scarce at these venues, with some arrests elsewhere, underscoring law's uneven reach and the resort systems resisting enforcement.
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Tain Winliams
Brestin
Captain Williams
Gilsey
New York
Bowery
Third Avenue
Gladstone’s Gauntlet Signals Liberal Split Deepens
The piece argues the division within the English Liberals grows as Gladstone’s Swansea speech pressures Unionists toward compromise on Irish reforms. It notes his stance on Home Rule as non final and seeks mutual safeguards with the Irish, while critics like Gibson Evans challenge obstructionism over the crimes bill.
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Gladstone
Swansea
Grapston
Mme Bernhardt West Tour Reveals Cultural Gaps and Flair
Mr. Marcus Mayer reports on Mme Bernhardt's West tour with Parisian standards. San Francisco leads in cultural advance, Minneapolis and St Paul show strong interest, Chicago disappoints, and Omaha lags due to language and overlong engagement. A clergyman Mr Stiles vanishes amid a feverish revival and is later found incoherent from overwork.
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Mme. Brernhardt
West
Marcus Mayer
San Francisco
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
Omaha
Stiles
New Hampshire
Sruxs
Musical Year Book volume review and summer promenade plan
The fourth volume of the Musical Year Book by G. H. Wilson is praised as a comprehensive, indispensable reference on U S musical events of 1886 87. Promenade concerts at Music Hall begin next Saturday and run every weekday. Adolph Neuendorff conducts a fifty member orchestra drawn from the winter Symphony Orchestra, with Charles A Ellis directing, same price scale as prior years.
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G. H. Wilson
United States
Music Hall
Adolph Neuendorff
Charles A. Ellis
New Books On Tolerance By Phillips Brooks
The Rev Phillips Brooks lectures on tolerance outline harmony of truth and love of man in God. He cites six works Milton Areopagitica William Roger Williams Liberty of Conscience Jeremy Taylor Locke Lessing and Mills On Liberty as essential reading for students. Intolerance harms life and true tolerance requires recognition and acceptance of differences.
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Brooks
Milton
Roger William
Jeremy ‘Taylor
Locke
Lessing
Nathan the Wise
John Stuart Mills
Mart
Jesus
Mr. Brooks
Phillips Brooks
New York
E. P. Dutton & Co
Boston
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Price
Possible Church Consolidation in Hartford or Boston Back Bay
Templeton's Letter discusses uniting three Unitarian churches led by Bartol Hale and Savage to build a new Back Bay edifice. Bartol may quit pulpit. Hale prefers less preaching and more literature. Savage would lead preaching, but radicalism and small Bartel society hinder the plan.
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Templeton
Hartford Courant
Back Bay
Bartol
Hale
Savage
Bartel
Dr. Hale
Savvage
Critique of the Cracker Joe novel for Florida life
A harsh review condemns Cracker Joe as a crude representation of poor whites in the Florida setting. It praises the wife Cracker Joe and the character Pruny but derides the dialect, sentimentality, and lack of realism. The piece urges better literature in standard English focusing on noble deeds.
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Joe
Florida
Cracker Joe
Seaboard Southern States
Boston
Roberts Bros. Price
4 Year Worth Living by William M. Baker
A review of the late Rev. William M. Bakers 4 Year Worth Living describes his Texas memoirs. It notes his lively portrayal of adventures and characters, his focus on human nature and the battle between good and evil, and the book’s mix of faults and vitality.
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William M. Baker
Texas
Baker
Boston
Lee & Shepard
Two Royal Lives: Crown Prince and Princess of Germany
A portrait of the crown prince and princess of Germany focusing on character, education, and benevolence. The crown princess is also England's princess royal, daughter of the Queen, with Prince Albert credited for much of her early training and moral formation.
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Germany
Princess Royal
England
Prince Albert
Alice
the Royal Lives
Dorothea Roberts
New York
Scribner & Welford
Boston
Clarke & Carruth
Keller’s Poker Rules Book Praised for Clarity and Wit
A review lauds Keller’s poker rules guide for clear concise presentation of current best practices. The author notes the work is informative and well organized enabling players to reference rules at critical moments. The text highlights a sharp critique of borrowing at the poker table as a source of confusion ill feeling and dishonesty.
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Keller
Tolstoi's Katia reviewed as concise tale with Tolstoy flavor
The critique weighs Tolstoy's Katia as a compact tale that cannot rival his major novels yet retains the author's mood. The French translated version may dilute the original, yet the story of a wife seeking lost loving care is presented with directness simplicity and emotional power.
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Count Tolstoi
Katia
Morceau
Tolstoi
France
Count Léon Tolstoy
New York
Gottsberger
Picturesque Picardy and Peronne Pucelle in English Illustrated
The English Illustrated Magazine features Mrs. Craik’s Unknown Country aiming to foster better English views of Ireland. Walter Armstrong’s Picturesque Picardy highlights Amiens museum and the Somme region, focusing on Peronne la Pucelle with its siege, fortress remains, and historic ties to Louis XI.
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English Illustrated
Amiens
Péronne la Pucelle
Somme
Abbeville
Péronne
Calais
France
Pucelle
Charles the Bold
Louis al
Scott
Quentin Durward
Charles
Crévecoeur
Louis
Charles the Simple
Comte de Vermandois
Falkland
Exeter
John Gay
Thomson
Under the Gaslight Shines at Boston Theatre
Augustin Daly melodrama attracts large crowd with enthusiastic reception though first night has minor roughness. Edwin Browne Eugene Moore Charles Nichols and others lead with Mercedes Malagini Henriette Floyd Kate Singleton in the cast. Ward and Horane supply variety features while scenery earns praise as weeklong run begins with matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
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Boston
Augustin Daly
Messrs
Edwin Browne
Eugene Moore
Charles T. Nichols
Thomas H. Ward
Mercedes Malagini
Howard "The Boy Scout" opens at Howard Atheneum with dramatic frontier drama
Mr. N S Wood and company present The Boy Scout at the Howard Atheneum to a fall audience. The premise involves wild frontier life with intense situations. W D Chalfin as O d Vel the stage driver and Joseph P Winter as Ben Black receive praise, Holmes as Colonel Valieo also noted. The program tonight includes Jack Sheppard on select performances and The Boy Detective on Friday and Saturday.
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Howard
Mr. N.S. Wood and Company
Howard Atheneum
Dad's Girl at the Bijou in Boston benefits show
Lizzie May Ulmer led her company in the New England drama Dad's Girl at the Bijou yesterday afternoon and evening. The performance, a benefit for Charles Burnham, featured Ulmer's pleasing performance and strong local supporting actors with veteran character specialists adding extra appeal.
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BIJOU
Lizzie May Ulmer
Pijou
New England
Flowers Banned Aboard Steamer Matinees For Practical Gift
Passengers at steamer matinées are urged not to bring bouquets as they are tossed overboard after departure. The greeting on ships favors practical gifts like baskets of fruit or randoms, though organizers note the poetry of motion at sea defies such sentiment.
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Many odd notions in a miscellany of thoughts
A scattered editorial collage parades quips on law, labor, elopements, and culture. It jokes about rail rules in Connecticut, receivers’ fees on the Wabash, Boston living, and Brooks sermons. It muses on Paris censors, Buffalo Bill in London, and eyes versus calm contemplation.
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Wabash Railroad
Tennyson
London
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Buffalo Bill
Paris
Zola
Congregationalist
Society For the Promotion of
Antioch Disciples’ Association of Christian
Michigan Cadets
Washington
Toledo
Rogers
Orchard Lake
Prentice Malford
Boston
New York
Phillips Brooks
Cotton Mather
Brooks
Political Commentary Highlights Party Struggles
The Prohibitionist vote looms large beside labor support with Democrats relying on themselves. John Sherman is defended as sane by the St Louis paper, Henry George’s land doctrines are challenged in New Hampshire, and Ireland policy is praised for O Brien’s tactful stance amid controversy.
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N. Y. Sun
Ind
St. Louis
Henry George
New Hampshire
Manchester Union
Dem
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