The Story of a New York House review
Mr Bunner's latest novel contrasts old New York merchants with modern life, portraying wealth hospitality and home life alongside decline caused by idleness competition and ambition. The work moves through elderly fortunes and a brilliant youth, praised for style and feeling.
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MR. Bunner
New York
Mr. Banner
H. C. Bunner
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Boston
Laughton, Macdonald & Co
Price
Boston Post milk rates and postal details
Boston Post announces subscription prices for daily and weekly editions with formal terms. Rates listed include daily one year nine dollars, six months four fifty, three months two twenty five, one month seventy five cents, and weekly one year fifteen sixty cents. The notice notes second class matter status and payment details for checks and money orders.
Republicans Defy Platform on Prohibitory Amendment
In a sharp vote, several Republican legislators rejected the party platform by opposing the prohibitory amendment, while others voted for it, sensing failure to achieve the two thirds. The piece argues the episode serves political maneuvering ahead of fall campaigns and exposes labor-law gimmickry in New York. It notes a ten hour workday law failing in practice as elevated railroad workers toil twelve hours, paid hourly, with no real change in conditions.
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New York
City to publish official gazette modeled on City Record
City plan to publish an official gazette for council consideration. The printing committee endorses a streamlined edition, avoiding past abuses and aligning with New York City Record. It would compile department announcements with city council proceedings at similar cost.
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Committee On Printing
City Record
New York
Senator Sherman Accuses Over False Illinois Claims
The piece cites a State Department register showing 106 Southern and 233 Northern officers in the diplomatic service, with 79 Southerners and 146 from the North in top posts. It quotes ex-Governor St John of Kansas condemning Sherman for railing against rebel officers while his party once elevated Mosby Longstreet and Key.
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Sherman
Illinois
State Department
Senator Sherman
St. John
Kansas
New York
John Sherman
Connecticut Board Eases Sunday Train Ban Across NY Boston
A Connecticut railroad board has liberalized the Sunday embargo between New York and Boston, allowing most passenger trains and some freight runs despite a state law aimed at keeping trains off sacred ground. The action, prompted by two New York newspapers, is praised as a model for Massachusetts to avoid similar legislative conflicts.
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Connecticut
Board of Railroad Commissioners
New York
Boston
Massachusetts
Missionary Transforming Tsimshean Indians Under Duncan
Mr. William Duncan’s work among the Tsimshean Indians of British Columbia has transformed a degraded tribe into an industrious, lawabiding community. Slavery ended, schools and a church established, and local governance efficient. The model supports broader Indian policy in the United States, while BC laws push people toward Alaska via Metakahtla, Port Chester, and promised US lands.
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William Duncan
British Columbia
United States
Duncan
Massachusetts
Metakahtla
Alaska
Port Chester
Nogales Incident escalates as Mexican troops rescue officer
Three months after a Mexican lieutenant was arrested in Nogales Arizona for disrespectful language toward the sheriff, Mexican soldiers seized the town with a sergeant in command. The incident provoked Southwest alarm until the Mexican government apologized and pledged punishment, while Bayard pressed for trial of the prisoner by Arizona authorities.
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Arizona
Nogales
Mr. BayArp
Bayard
Manning
Mexico to Try Prisoners by Court Martial
The Mexican secretary of state proposed a Mexican court martial to try and punish the lieutenant and other officers for a grave offense. Mexico agreed to return the prisoner to the United States for trial, but insisted on a cross border remedy. The court martial sentenced the men to be shot, a severity the American government aimed to mitigate before final action. The matter strengthened peaceful ties between Mexico and the United States.
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Marci Cal
Arizona
Bayaro
Mexico
United States
Bayard
Manning
Dr Aza
Tenement Houses and Parks in City Reform Plan
The piece argues for using self interest to spur better tenement housing and supports the Small Parks bill in New York. It proposes converting land from blighted tenements into nearby parks, arguing that local parks on riverfronts could provide essential air and recreation, with simple amenities and safety features for residents.
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New York
Brooklyn
Central Park
Franklin Park
Boston
Charles River
Cambridge Street
North Street
South Cove
Boston Common improvements and reflections on flora
In Boston the Common is being thinned and seeded to revive bare spaces near the Frog Pond. The author suggests sods, foliage thinning, and continued care to keep the park attractive, while noting a broader concern for preserving the grand old pleasure ground. A prior note about a snowy owl at a dime museum prompts reflection on humane treatment of animals in display.
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Frog Pond
Tremont Street
Park Street
King’s Chapel
The Snowy Owl and the Gothic Church of Beacon Hill
A writer urges humane treatment of a snowy owl in a dime museum and invites naturalist letters to shed light on its confinement. He critiques carpenters gothic church repair on Beacon Hill, warns against sham architecture, and notes Boston’s appetite for cycloramas and public shows including Gettysburg and Bunker Hill displays.
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Sion
Buffalo Bill Comes Home with Big Bugs Solid
Colonel Thomas P Ochiltree reports from Buffalo Bill that his letter from the famed showman says he has “got all the bigbugs solid” from the old Queen down. Cody, still the frontier man, values the royal honors for their commercial potential as his show draws crowds, expecting a million dollars from the European tour. In one week 256,227 persons paid to visit the camp.
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Thomas P. Ochiltree
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Europe
English Writers and other works reviewed in a 19th century notice
Henry Morley's English Writers volume one is a reissue that enlarges the scope but risks appealing mainly to adult readers not deeply engaged in literature. John C. Van Dyke's Principles of Art is a popular but uneven history and theory blend. Mrs Diaz's The John Spicer Lectures presents a child oriented course in twelve barn lectures. its appeal to grown readers is limited. Julia Ward Howe's Later Lyrics is newly announced, renewing her celebrated patriotic poetry for new generations.
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Boston
Getysburg
Tremont
Chandler
Bunker Hill
Gettysburg
Henry Morley
Geowwulf
New York
Cassell & Co
Clarke & Carruth
Price
John C. van Dyke
van Dyke
Fords, Howard & Hulbert
John Spicer
Abby Morton Diaz
D. Lothrop & Co
Julia Ward Howe
Lee & Shepard
Current comment and protection debates across parties
A compilation notes that boycott tactics between Knights of Labor factions attract opposition to settlement methods. It questions the daylight tax burden on households and highlights a wealthy glass magnate's fortune. It also discusses Democratic protectionism and Secretary Whitney’s shifting view of American shipbuilders amid bond guarantees and contract quality concerns.
Momentum and caution for Republicans in next campaign
The writer argues that reliance on the Republican party’s momentum risks a dead end, noting 1884 lessons. It suggests motives for prior voters to stay may be weaker next year and warns observers that the current momentum may have stalled or regressed rather than progressed.
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Republican Party
N. Y
Cambridge Crew Invitation Aims at Harvard Rivalry
The New London races will reveal whether Harvard Yale and Columbia prove superior to Cambridge after England’s bid to have Cambridge meet the best U.S. college crews. The Harvard crew, though, showed lapses last year against Yale and Columbia despite prior cross Atlantic matchups. Cambridge, fresh from beating Oxford, would represent the top English oarsmanship this season and deserves to be met by top American crews.
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Cambridge
England
Cambridge University
Harvard
Oxford
Yale
Columbia
New London
N. Y
June Weddings Highlight Boston Society
Nearly 1000 guests attend the Church of the Advent on Brimmer Street for the marriage of Beverly Harrison of New York to Annie Page. The event features an ornate aisle carpet, candles, incense, and a reception on Spruce Street. Additional ceremonies include Miss Ellen Strong’s marriage to George A. Burdett at Harvard Street Church in Brookline and a Cambridge wedding for Abbie E. Brooks and Freeman Hunt with a Russell Street reception. The article notes guests from prominent families and officials, and mentions plans for a European wedding tour for the Hunts.
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Church of the Advent
Brimmer Street
Beverly Harrison
New York
Annie Page
Burns Street
C. W. Hubbard
George 5. Harrison
Frank F. Downs
Frederick W. Lincoln, Jr
Miss Harrison
Robbins
Lexington
Spruce Street
Harrison
Richard J. Monks
Marlboro Street
Ellen Strong
William B. Strong
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
George A. Burdett
Harvard Street
Brookline
Reuen Thomas
Theodore ©. Williams
Carrie Starr Dana
Portland
Harriet Singleton
Nellie Alling
Canon City
Col
Anna Chapin
Beloit
Wis
F. W. Burdett
William Lawrence Dana
E. H. Burdett
Edward Hale
W. C. Lane
H. F. May
William Redfield
Holland Spaulding
Harold E. Warren
Horace Wheeler
M.S. C. Wright
S. B. Whitney
St. Francis de Sales Church
Charlestown
Pierce Anderson
Lucy Squire
I. P. Eagan
Charles Canterbury
Walter Bellou
Russell Street
Abbie E. Brooks
Freeman Hunt
North Avenue
Cambridge
E. H. Hall
Unitarian Church
Harvard Square
Sumner J. Brooks
Hunt
Cambridge School Board
Want’s Magazine
J. F. Brooks
Messrs
J. F. Tyler
Arthur Tarbell
Benjamin I. Tarbell
George D. Morrill
J. P. Parmenter
S. A. Brooks
F. G. Davis
Personal notes on notable figures and transfers in early America
Jacob Gaudaur, a Canadian boxer of mixed heritage, has defeated Hanlan. Mrs. James Meilson, sister of the late Horace Greeley, is gravely ill with pneumonia at New Brunswick New Jersey at age 79. Opera singer Galassi and several boys named Toedt Hoff Morsell Hillard Adams were choir boys. Wealthy G W McCormick of Thomasville Georgia gave houses and lots to white pastors. Seidl and Stanton travel to Bayreuth to secure American rights to Wagner works. Mme Antoinette Sterling traces ancestry to Governor William Bradford and John Bradford of St Pauls. Colonel John Paul Jones sells the Atlanta Evening Journal to a buyer group including Hoke Smith and others. Cabaniss named business manager, Carter managing editor.
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Jacob Gaudaur
Hanlan
James Meilson
Horace Greely
New Brunswick
N. J
Galassi
Theodore Toedt
Edwin Hoff
Herndon Morsell
Harry Hilliard
Charles Adams
G. W. McCormick
Thomasville
Herr Seidl
Mr. Stanton
Bayreuth
America
Mme
Antoinette Sterling
William Bradford
John Bradford
St. Paul's
London
John Paul Jones
Atlanta (Ga
Evening Journal
Hoke Smith
H. H. Cabaniss
Josiah Carter
Henry Jackson
Frank P. Rice
Charles A. Collier
W. H. Parsons
Jacob Haas
R. M. Pulsifer
Cabaniss
Mr. Carter
Business troubles prompt multiple assignations in Ohio and Connecticut
The text lists several business troubles with assignments or offers to settle debts. B. D. Brown & Co., hat and cap dealers in Columbus, Ohio, and E. Manning, Bethel, Connecticut, have assigned. W. A. Dwight of New Britain, Connecticut, offers 50 cents on the dollar. debts about $8,000 against $4,000 assets. Eugene F. Davis, Plainville, Connecticut, owes about $2,800. creditors offer 60 cents on the dollar. Copeland & McLaren of Montreal, importers and commission merchants, owe about $100,000 with assets around $76,000. majority creditors accept 25 cents on the dollar, three hold out.
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B. D. Brown & Co
Columbus
E. Manning
Bethel, Co
Montreal
Merchants Association Hails Treasury for Appraisers Meetings
The Boston Merchants Association adopted a resolution thanking the Secretary of the Treasury for enforcing the last Congress provision for quarterly local appraisers meetings. It urged the order to ensure representation from Boston and Philadelphia ports as well as New York. The secretary was directed to convey the vote to the Treasury.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
Secretary of the Treasury
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Postmasters, pies, papers, and a rain champion in town
A collage of light notices and anecdotes covers topics from postmasters as a right stamp class to a St Louis man eating eleven pies in one sitting. It mentions Sunday trains in Connecticut, hotels banning dogs or children, and quips about prison counts and Republican staff cuts. It also notes Gilbert endowing a girls’ school in Winsted, a funny depot relief tale, five cent Havana cigars, Blaine in Little Rock, pencil handwriting myths, and finger bowls in Chicago society.
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St. Louis
Railroad Commissioners of
Connecticut
United States
Government Printing Office
Hartford Post
Vilas
Post Office Department
War Department
Winsted
Conn
William L. Gilbert
East Village
Norman Adams
Judge Hitchcock
Institute
Union Depot
Pennsylvania Relief Association
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
Twenty-eighth Street
Italy
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Havana
Blaine
Rock
Cradle of the Deep
Journal of Education
Springfield Union
Democratic
John Sherman
Nashville
Springfield
Springfield Republican
Chicago
Hotel Richelier
Chicago News
Ex Vice President Wheeler Mastered Senate Rules
Wheeler earned a reputation as a sharp presiding officer who kept order in the Senate many times. He once quieted a heated exchange by insisting the Senator take his seat and declare the chair's authority. Wheeler was famed as a political prophet predicting the 1873 panic and party nominations. He compared Zach Chandler to Cromwell and counted Farwell and Chandler among close allies.
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Wheeler
W. BE. Curtis
Chicago News
Senate
Aorime Teller
Hayes
Tilden
Cincinnati
Blaine
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Ohio
Farwell
Zach Chandler
Chandler
Cromwell
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Knights of Labor
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