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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1888
Page
4
Deteriorating Health of German Emperor Alarms Berlin
Reports from Berlin describe the Emperor's serious relapse with possible fatal outcome. Despite earlier hopeful signs and lingering belief he might outlive expectations, officials warn that his death would be a calamity for Germany with widely felt consequences.
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Berlin
Germany
Governor Hitt Opposes Ballot Reform in New York
A New York opinion criticizes Governor Hitt for vetoing a ballot bill aligned with Massachusetts style reform. It denounces the five minute voting limit and restricted candidate recognition as flaws while condemning clerks’ power and the veto as perpetuating a voting system seen as scandalous. It urges public ballot printing and distribution at public expense for true reform.
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Hitt
New York
Massachusetts
Hitu
New York City
Cleveland works toward civil service reform with honest purpose
The article rejects the Traveller’s claim that the President uses civil service reform as a campaign ploy. It notes Cleveland asked the Civil Service Commission to prepare a new classification in March, framing the move as a long standing policy and a genuine effort. Civil service reformers acknowledge his sincerity and expect further improvements.
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Civil Service
St. Louis
Cleveland
Civil Service Commission
Boston New York Train Plan Promises Faster Service
A proposed Boston to New York train plan aims to improve past methods with better frequency and convenience. It suggests a six hour day service, with potential reductions toward five and a half or five hours. trends in railroad management favor faster fast trains in both the United States and Europe.
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Boston
New York
Europe
Trains Between London and Edinburgh Cut Running Time
England notes a change in London Edinburgh train times saving about an hour. Observers say faster service, with proper diligence by railroad companies, need not raise risk to passengers. Some rail experts believe a five hour New York service could be arranged without great inconvenience or risk.
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Portant
England
London
Edinburgh
New York
Lord Grorce Harmilton
Charles Diky
Lord Brassey
Ham-Ley
Admiralty
Lord Geooge
Lord Geovge
Lord Wolseley
G. Purpis Hornspy
London Chamber of Commerce
Admiral Horry
Admiral Hornby
Cape Finisterre
France
English Channel
North Sea
Admiral CoLomb
Naval Volunteer Home Defence Association
Downs
Yarmouth
Channel
English
Isle of Wight
Folkestone
Cherbourg
Havre
Dieppe
Boulogne
Lord Grougs Hamilton
Mr Blaine Shadow Looms Over Republican Chicago Fight
The piece analyzes the crowded field for the Republican nomination with Blaine at the center. It notes solid support among delegates, rival factions in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, and the spread of Blaine influence through letters and campaigning. It contrasts unity under Blaine with discord among opponents as Chicago braces for the convention.
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Chicago
Blaine
Suerman
Quay
Alger
Forraker
Sherman
Foraker Club
Columbus
Florence
Paris
Patrickx Ford
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Maine
Blaarne
Official evasions spark renewed defence agitation in Britain
The piece criticizes the government’s handling of national defences and Lord Grorce’s Commons remarks. It argues a hostile invasion of 100000 could be landed and accuses officials of muddling. It notes public mistrust over past defense spending and pending adequacy issues.
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Lord Grorce Stamilton
House of Commons
Admiralty
Lord Grorce
Lord WorLsreLey
Lord Randolph ClarkcuiLe
Unitarian stance on Home Rule sparks cross‑Channel debate
In Britain and Ireland a London Belfast notice of a Unitarians and Free Christians meeting at Farringdon Street appears to advocate anti coercion yet supports Parnell ism and Home Rule. Irish Unitarian M Avestie r—one of Ulster’s oldest ministers—claims broad Unitarian opposition to Gladstone and Parnell policies. The Essex Hall trustees refuse hall use. The piece notes likely more Home Rule Unitarians in Ireland and England than believed.
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England
Ireland
London
Belfast
Farringdon Street
Essex Hall
J. M’avesteir
Times
Ulster
Liberal Party
Gladstone
Parknell
M’avester
County Down
Religious demonstration at Exeter Hall meeting ends
A large protestant gathering at Exeter Hall, noted as a stronghold of Protestantism and Dissenter groups, marked its final general meeting on Thursday evening, May 81, signaling the close of the series.
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Exeter Hall
Speculation and Art in Boston to Chicken Nose Advances
A Boston observer writes of amateur stock speculation and its temptations, noting profits from bear bets and the dangers of repeated gains. He recalls Mr Fred Williams returning to Boston art life, and reports medical progress using chicken bone grafts for noses and skin transplants, preserving human figures and faces.
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Adirondacks
Boston
Burrill
City
Carney
Tommy No-nose
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Grafting from a Chicken Sparks Humorous Physiological Debate
The writer considers how grafting material from fowl would affect a person’s make up and sketches a possible novel inspired by a hero or heroine aided by such a chicken derived graft. The term chicken-hearted gains fresh force when linked to someone who relied on a chicken for healing and appearance. Tavener weighs psychological and physiological dimensions of this unlikely premise.
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Taverner
Notable 19th Century Figures and Events Mentioned
Justice Stanley Matthews and Mrs Matthews will spend summer at Maplewood Pittsfield Mass A marriage license issued for Amelie Rives author to John A Chandler of New York Eugene Rimmel estate worth 100000 and bequests to longtime employees A monument planned near Yeddo for William Adams English mariner and first British resident of Japan Military leaders ages and service lengths Queen Natalie of Servia to reside in Weisbaden German education for Crown Prince Lord Londesborough to sell autograph collection Paris reports twenty centenarians including M Chevreul Japanese minister Munemitsu Matsu details of his 1877 imprisonment and Mill translation during confinement
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Stanley Matthews
William Adams
Japan
Schofield
United States Army
Terry
Howard
Crook
Miles
Natalie of
Servia
Weisbaden
Belgrade
Butler
South Carolina
West Point
Clark
Academy
Lord Londesborough
Henry V
Henry VI
Edward IV
Richard III
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Catharine of Arragon
Edward VI
Mary
Queen Elizabeth
Mary Queen of Scots
Charles I
Cromwell
Dr. Johnson
Adam Smith
Byron
Benjamin Franklin
Paris
M. Chevreul
Benedict
Seine
Munemitsu Matsu
Tokio
Mutsu
Mill
Europe
London
United States
Bureau of Foreign Affairs
Literary Notes Preview for July Popular Science Monthly
The July Popular Science Monthly promises two major articles an illustrated piece on Safety in House Drainage by William E Hoyt B and the final Darwinism and the Christian Faith essay. Scribners yellow covered selections add Mrs Burnetts A Fair Barbarian and A B Frost humorous drawings Twelve Full page illustrations accompany Stevenson s The Black Arrow forthcoming from Scribners with paper covers and boards.
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Popular Science Monthly
William E. Hoyt
Scribner
A. B. Frost
Scribner's Magazine
Mr. Stevenson
Messrs. Charles Scribner’s Sons
W. H. Low
Alfred Ivennan
Massachusetts delegates at sea on Chicago nomination
The Hartford Courant reports Massachusetts Republican delegates are hesitant about whom to back after Blaine's withdrawal. Many favor John Sherman but fear electability and state influence loss. Depew gains some support while Gresham has limited backing. Hoar and Beard oppose him. Delegation unlikely to unite behind any candidate unless nomination seems assured.
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Templeton
Hartford
Depew
Hoar
A.W. Beard
The Little Blaine Scheme
The article argues that Blaine’s nomination is being pushed by a party plot. It cites a Blaine headquarters planned in New York and discussions among powerful men at the Fifth Avenue Hotel as evidence that a deadlock could force Blaine’s nomination at the Chicago convention.
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M. ¥. Herald
Blaine
Chicago
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chace Reelected United States Senator in Rhode Island
In Newport on June 12, Jonathan A. Chace was reelected U S Senator by both houses. Senate vote listed Chace 29 Davis 4 Page 1. House vote Chace 59 Davis 8 Page 1. A joint adjournment from June 13 to the third Tuesday in January 1839 was approved.
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Newport
R. I
General Assembly
Jonathan A. Chace
United States
Senate
Jonathan A Chace
John W. Davis
Charles H. Page
House Chace
Davis
Page
William the Third by H D Traill review in Twelve English Statesmen
The critique weighs Traill’s examination of William III against Macaulay’s portrait. It argues Traill’s cautious, steady history underplays William’s royal ambitions and foreign policy while conceding his balanced appraisals and occasional praise. It notes his view of William as foreigner master of Europe and criticizes his treatment of Glencoe and Irish land grants.
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Mr. Traill
William
Macaulay
France
England
Europe
Traill
Glencoe
Napoleon
William the Third
H. D. Traill
London
Macmillan & Co
Ignorant Essays by Richard Dowling review notes
A dated critique of Richard Dowling’s Ignorant Essays, praising some definite Keats insights while faulting the author’s lack of style and originality. The piece notes wit at times, calls the volume tolerably good but not essential, and compares Dowling to Stevenson, with New York Appleton edition details.
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Richard Dowling
Keats
Tables Des Matieres
Mr. Dowling
New York
D. Appleton & Co
Literary Reviews of The New Judgment of Paris and Related Works
Critics find The New Judgment of Paris clever but faltering, with a woman attempting to write like a man and three male suitors poorly realized. Agatha Page is judged dull, Marahuna lacks compelling substance, and Bret Harte's The Argonauts of North Liberty is praised for readability though not its length or final twists.
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Paris
Bret Harte
North Liberty
Connecticut
California
Ty Philip Lafargue
New York
Macmillan & Co
Boston
Estes & Lauriat
Price
Agatha Page
Isaac Henderson
Ticknor & Co
Murahuna
H. Bb. Marriott Watson
Longmans, Green & Co
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Argonauts
Houghton, Mittin & Co
Boisterous miscellany mocks politics and progress
A fragmented public letter page riffs on Prohibition, Sunday laws, and political foibles. It notes Philadelphia liquor curbs driving drinkers to New Jersey, suggests Sunday marriages are void, mocks elections and conventions, and quips about gas, oil, and stage stars. Also parodies a journalist trip with playful anecdotes and slang.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Republican
Chumley
Ohio
Foraker
Jack Crawford
America
Edge of the Knife in Politics Seen in 19th Century Debates
A fragment from the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette suggests caution in adopting Mugwump and Democratic advice on Blaine and Gresham. The Gresham movement opposed Blaine and aligned with those who backed Cleveland's December message, per the Springfield Republican.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Blaine
Gresham
Cleveland
Springfield Republican
No low mood in mercantile life says Telegraph on wages and prices
The Philadelphia Telegraph reports there is no mood of depression, noting supplies cheap and wages high for decades. It claims the past forty years show record prosperity in essentials and labor pay, except during brief wartime shortages.
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Philadelphia
Ohio delegates split between Sherman and Foraker at Chicago
The Chicago News warns that Ohio delegates may abandon Sherman early in balloting to back Foraker. Editorializes that Ohio should support Sherman as its duty, while praising Foraker risks undermining the state's purpose and could trigger a sudden shift to Foraker.
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Sherman
Ohio
Foraker
Chicago
Chicago News
Ind
Thurman in Good Health Says Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record reports that the health of Mr. Thurman is excellent. He eats well and sleeps well with sound digestion, giving reassurance to anxious Republican inquirers.
Wedge mere Tennis Club Opens Season With Spring Tournament
The Wedge mere Tennis Club at Winchester announces a spring tournament and grounds opening for June 16 and 18. Events include gentlemen singles under New Haven rules, doubles, and ladies singles if four entries occur. Prizes for singles, first prize for others. Play starts 2 20 p m Saturday and 10 a m Monday. Entry fee 50 cents. entries close June 15 at 6 p m sent to the club. The Ladies Fortnightly Club hosts a lawn party Thursday on Stephen Thompson's grounds by Wedge Pond. Signs show Winchester Times is moribund but local support remains for a paper.
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Wedgemere
Winchester
New Haven
Club of
Stephen Thompson
Wedge Pond
Episcopal Convocation Holds 206th Meeting in Dedham
The southern convocation of Episcopal churches met at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Dedham. The day began with holy communion and a sermon by Rev. John V. Magrath of Mattapan. A noon business session followed, then adjoined for lunch at Rev. Cheney’s home. At 2:50 p.m. essays were read by Rev. E. W. Smith of Fall River, Leonard K. Storrs of Brookline, and others.
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Episcopal Churches
Church of the Good Shepherd
Dedham
John VT
Magrath
Church of A Holy Spirit
Mattapan
Mr. Cheney
E. W. Smith
Fall River
Leonard K. Storrs
Brookline
Roxbury Club House Warmed at New Quarters
The Roxbury Club invites members to a house warming at its new quarters at Warren and Montrose streets on Thursday evening June 21. Management promises a pleasant and successful event with careful preparations underway.
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