New Books in Yucatan by Altice D Le Plongeon
Altice D Le Plongeon describes in Here and There in Yucatan a visit to Contoy and Mugeres Islands, the pirate Lafitte, pygmy cities, and marvels of Yucatan. The author recounts buried treasure tales, strange strangers, and exotic curiosities amid travels that test endurance and health.
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le Plongeon
Mugeres Island
Bay of
Dolores
Lafitte
Mrs. le Plongeon
Caribs
British Honduras
Altice D. le Plongeon
New York
J. W. Bouton
Subscription Rates in Daily Weekly Editions
Subscription rates listed for daily and weekly editions with terms for various periods. Daily options include One Year £9, Six Months $4.50, Three Months £2.25, One Month 75e. Weekly editions issued Fridays offer One Year $1.50. Entered as second class matter.
The Sunday Law Described as a Curious Act
The Sunday law passed yesterday is a curiosity of legislation. The long list of occupations allowed on that day shows the petty distinctions the law makes between barber shops and bath houses and between papers and magazines, milk and soda water, bread and fruit. Discrimination in enforcement seems useless and foolish.
Blaine campaign gears up with party and supporters
The New York Republican Club outlines a varied program to back Blaine in 1888. It cites Blaine Democratic groups from 1884 ready for service on normal terms, plus unorganized elements and diverse allied bodies. Also listed are the Tariff League, the Trish Blaine organizations, labor and anti saloon groups, and other campaign factions ready to mobilize.
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Blaine
Republican Club of
New York
Blaine Democratic
Tariff League
Chandler Nomination Emerges in New Hampshire Senate Race
Ro lins withdraws from the New Hampshire senatorial contest as Chandler gains Republican caucus nomination. The party still lacks a guaranteed majority on joint ballot, leaving room for independence by anti boss factions. The Democratic minority could decide the outcome if a sufficient number resist party dictation.
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New Hampshire
Rolins
Chandler
Daily Advertiser
Cuanpleer
New York man seeks jubilee fame by jumping from bridges
Lawrence Donovan of New York traveled to England to honor Victoria by leaping from London Bridge and Westminster Bridge. He refused bystander collections on the first jump and later attempted another jump into the Thames to gain money, but police intervened and charged him with disorderly conduct. He complained that police meddled in his plans and said he wished to show it was possible to swim ashore. The note ends with a nudge about the Atlanta Constitution's attention.
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Lawrence Donovan
New York
England
London Bridge
Victoria
Donovan
Westminster Bridge
Thames
Phelps
Atlanta Constitution
Rights of Workingmen in Boston Trades Dispute
A Boston era discussion on trade union rights contrasts individual rights with union power amid a building trades dispute. The piece critiques breaches of April conference terms by both masters and unions, urges clear fact finding, and calls for legislative reform to regulate medical practice and protect workers.
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Master Builders’ Association
Amalgamated Building Trade Council of
Boston
Vicinity
New York Physicians Licensing Bill Goes to Governor
The Assembly measure for physician registration and licensing aims to curb bogus diplomas and untrained practice. Backed by the Medical Society of New York, Homeopathic Doctors’ Association, and reputable state schools, it faces opposition mainly from patent medicine sellers. Massachusetts serves as a precedent with licensing tied to Harvard or the Massachusetts Medical Society.
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Thompsonian
Massachusetts
New York
Assembly of
Medical Society of
State of New York
Homeopathic Doctors’ Association
Great Britain
South America
Commonwealth
Massachusetts Medical “Society
Harvard University
Way of the transgressor ends in hard road for exiled aldermen
A Montreal despatch portrays Dempsey Lacy and associates as idle hotel loungers and nocturnal revelers. It paints McLoney Moroney and Moroney as heavy drinkers, readers of New York papers, and wary of returning to face alleged State's evidence. The piece concludes that the transgressor’s path remains stern.
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Canada
Montreal
Dempsey
Dr Lacy
Windsor
New York Times
New York
McLenry
Billy
Arrvucks memorial vote cited as partisan move
The Massachusetts Historical Society reports that their Arrvucks memorial plea failed at the State House because granting it might anger the Republican colored vote. Legislators and the Governor reportedly cared only for political gains, not historical facts, and pushed through the measure.
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Massachusetts Historical Society
Original edition of Childe Harold canto iv ownership note
Cambridge correspondence describes an 1818 first edition of Childe Harold canto iv with MS notes by Byron. Ownership on title page reads Mrs Turner December 26 1818. A back note quotes Byron about printing and painting errors and a dedication line shows erased phrases about political questions.
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London Atheneum
F. J. Sedley
Cambridge
Byron
Notes on 1818 poem corrections and printer notes
The passage lists textual corrections and misreadings in an 1818 poem edition. It notes substitutions in stanza exxxzil and line reads, remarks on a careless printer, and mentions a later reader’s judgment. Additional textual notes include changes to phrases in canto and verse several locations, with minor notes elsewhere.
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Mr. J. Murray
Venice
Demolishing Boylston Market Sparks Reflections in Boston
In Boston, as preparations begin for the Boylston Market demolition, a reflective observer notes the building’s dignified though unornate architecture and predicts a new landmark will rise. He contrasts ready made clothing with tailor made quality, observes street life and a modern Dying Gladiator pose outside the Post Office, and cites Emerson and Choate while musing on progress, memory, and style.
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Boylston Street
State House
Boston
Handel and Haydn Society
Charles Matthews
Wyzeman Marshall
Hairy Family
Siam
Captain Boynton
Postoffice
Water Street
Devonshire Street
Emerson
The Theory and Practice of Mental Healing by Marston
Dr. Marston explains mental healing as a theory where disease is a reflection of inverted thought and the real self is healthy. He cites Emerson, Goethe, and others, arguing illness stems from senses versus God, with instantaneous cures possible under highest power. The work, Essentials of Mental Healing, notes it as a bold claim within scientific Christianity and credulity of the day.
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Marston
Goed
Emerson
Goethe
James F. Clark
George Herbert
F. D. Maurice
L. M. Marston
M.D
C. M. Barrows
Boston
Houghton Mifflin Completes Browning Works with Volumes 5 and 6
Houghton Mifflin & Co complete Browning’s works in six volume crown octavo edition. Vol 5 covers Red Cotton Night-Cap Country Aristophane's Apology The Inn Album and minor poems. Vol 6 includes Agamemnon two series of dramatic lyrics Jocoseria Ferishtah's Fancies the Parleyings fragments and indexes. Gilt tops. $175 per volume. Boston.
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Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Robert Browning
Aristophane
Agamemnon
Jocoseria
Ferishtah
Browning
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Why the Child Pedl ers Are Abroad
Letter to the editor from Frank B. Fay of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, noting child pedlars on streets late at night, the lack of a governing law, the $10 pedlars license penalty, a state law prohibiting imprisonment of children under 12, and a bill before the Legislature to impose heavy fines on parents or guardians. The writer urges passage to punish parents and curb the practice.
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Post
Frank B. Fay
The
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Talleyrand's Brain in Hugo Tale
In Choses Vues Victor Hugo recounts the fate of Talley rand's brain. Doctors embalm the corpse, remove bowels and brain, and encase the brain in a satin lined coffin. A servant, seeing the “loathsome object,” disposes of it by tossing it into the sewer.
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Victor Hugo
Talleyrand
Prince Talleyranda
Aarr Apes
Portraits and portraits in a busy political world
A full length portrait of Queen Kapiolani reaches the State Department. Noting varied life, items recount Jefferson Davis and others from the Civil War era as the last surviving senators at war’s start, Russian envoy Gregor as an amateur swordsman, and Tokyo professor Kichuchi translating math texts. Also reported: Dan Rice’s marriage to Mrs. Robinson of Texas, the Lee Corps visit to Boston with a Richmond‑made flag, and obituaries including Mrs. Julia Handy Brady and ex‑President White’s wife who died suddenly at 57 after a morning breakfast.
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State Department
Boston
Canon Wilberforce
N. Y
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Simon Cameron
A. P. Kennedy
Hannibal Hamlin
United States Senate
Gregor
Washington
New York
Kichuchi
Wranglers
Cambridge
Tokio
Japan
Dan” Rice
Cincinnati
Robinson
Lavaca County
Texas
Rice
Robert E. Lee
Count Anton von Heussenstamm
Heissenstein and Grafenhausen
Starhemberg
Archduke Carl Ludwig No
Miss Carroll
J. Fenner Lee
Vienna
Julia Handy Brady
M. B. Brady
Samuel Handy
Somerset County
Commodore Levin Handy
Tightmans
Winders and Goldsboroughs
Maryland
Wises and Baileys
Virginia
White
Cornell University
President Adams
Peter Outwater
Syracuse
A Useful Man Sentiment to Mr Blaine Before Europe Trip
In a current comment the Graphic Democratic editor wishes Mr Blaine a good death and luck on his trip to Europe and a safe return. The piece notes that despite faults he remains beloved in these States and is likely to be nominated for the next national contest to lead a strong fight for the Democracy.
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Blaine
Europe
No Call For Interference By Labor Group
Michael Davitt misstates that the Knights of Labor should press the President for a diplomatic protest over Bourke evictions. The paper notes the Knights have no special authority and that, while evictions are deplorable, they are not suitable for international interference.
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Michael Davitt
Knights of Labor
Bourke
Providence Journal
Dead Letter Laws and Reading Notices Machine
An editorial noting zealots seize on dead letter laws and urging repeal. It mocks attempts to force opinion, cites Queen and Phillips Brooks as examples, and critiques the Cobden Club plan to place reading notices as editorial content in major papers.
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Boston Journal
Cobden Club
Blaine
Brotherhood of Man
N. Y
Randall viewed as potential nominee by protectionists
The Philadelphia Record notes that protectionist and some Democratic factions split on Randall’s candidacy with quotes from the Chicago Journal of Commerce suggesting Southern support for a Randall ticket while Democratic leaders dismiss any path to a protectionist platform.
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Randall
Proposal for a Scabs Union Advocating Free Contract
A Times of Indiana reprint argues for a union of scabs to defend laborers against tyranny. It insists workers should freely choose hours, wages, and terms with employers, and urges employers sympathetic to the cause join this new body to promote individual control and free contract.
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Aerer
All Sorts and Snippets From a Century Ago Lampoon
A collage of takeoffs and curiosities on manners, fashion, and society from a historical page. It jokes about violence, straw neckties, apartment life, and a host of eccentric observations. Included are quips about journalism in Kansas, apples found in Jacksonville, and West Point’s Hall renamed Grant Hall.
Lord Salisbury In Body And Mind Darkens Politics
London letters describe Lord Salisbury as ill and fatigued, with a bowed posture signaling possible retirement. The piece notes his literary and ecclesiastical interests, political misanthropy, and the challenge of disentangling from office amid a divided Conservative realm and among Liberal Unionists.
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Lord Salisbury
Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Hartington
Lord Melbourne
Goschen
Mr. Chamberlain
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