Street Cars Manners and Boston House Style Discussed
A Boston column debates street car etiquette, advising smokers to abandon cigars on public transport and praising open cars as a lure away from walking. It also reviews Mr. Russell Sturgis on old Boston, New York, and Philadelphia houses, noting Beach street as a typical Boston example and contrasting with Manhattan layout. The author visits Mystic Park to observe horses including Pamlico, praising Morgan-Hambletonian traits and noting trotter type variety.
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Brighton
Allston
Boston
Russell Sturgis
Scribner’s
New York
Philadelphia
Boston House
Beach Street
Baltimore
New York City
Manhattan
Scribner
Washington Square
Pear Street
Ticknor
Harrison Gray Otis
Beacon Hill
Sturgis
Mystic Park
Pamlico
Horse Breeders’ Registry
Ice laden voyage and political critiques mix in notes
A NORWEGIAN ice shipment reaches New York as summer warms. The piece questions Lord Salisbury and Mr Stanley on Africa policy, reviews the City of Paris inquiry, warns census misuse in Indianapolis and Missouri, and laments Britannica pirating by a New York firm selling sets at 36.60.
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New York
Norman
Norway
Indianapolis Sentinel
Charles 8. Tartton
Governor’s Guard
Missouri
Messrs. Fonk & Wagnalls
New Transit Plan Endorsed for New York City
Mayor Grant appointed commissioners report a rapid transit scheme using an underground route with a viaduct and four tracks two for express and two for local trains The plan mirrors Hewitt's earlier idea and is described as experimental and advisory to lawmakers while arguing it avoids existing elevated road objections.
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Grant
New York
Hewitt
City Hall
Forty-second Street
New York Central
Rapid Transit
London
Mr Blaine’s Bold Step Against Party Policy
The Secretary of State shifts from behind the scenes to front and endorses free trade with the Americas. He challenges Republican tariff discipline, argues for free wool and broader reciprocity, and cites past positions to frame a leadership move amid party dissension and presidential ambivalence.
Election rivals clash over tariff reform impact
The text notes a call for tariff reform to aid struggling industries and revive foreign trade. It suggests a bold move would pit a leading figure against his party and outshine a cautious executive ruler.
Census criticism and debates over accuracy reach national scope
The piece critiques census errors across cities including New York and Chicago, noting omissions and carelessness. It cites color blindness cases and increases scrutiny of enumeration methods, while touching on New York transit plans and a few unrelated legal and social anecdotes.
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St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Porter
New Haven
Burlington
Columbus
The Science of Color Blindness in London Lectures
London surgeon Bracenell Carter delivered a Royal Institution lecture on color blindness. He described three nerve fibre types for red green and violet, noted that color blind individuals retain the defect, and traced its history from 1777 Dalton to modern prevalence. He cites about 4 percent of men and one in 1000 women, with higher rates among Jews and educated classes.
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Eton
Carrer
Carter
Royal Institution
England
Board of Trade
Bracenell Carter
London
Priestly
Huppart
Harnris
Maryport
Cumberland
Dalton
France
Society of Friends
Notable Awards and Events Across Europe and America
Mrs. Alice Shaw travels to St Petersburg to whistle for the Czar. The President approves a pension for Mrs. Parnell mother of Charles Parnell. Mickiewicz remains to be buried in Cracow on July 1. Miss Moors will wed Mr Cabot in Cohasset on June 23. Prof Colby sails to Liverpool with a pedestrian tour planned. Mme Tschbrikova moved to Yareusk after protesting Russia policy. Auction at London nets Dickens manuscripts £300 and The Woman in White £320. Sir Edwin Arnold now fluent in Japanese. new book due early year. Miss Fanny Williams completes a ten mile grading contract in Indiana and ships equipment to Wellington for further work.
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Alice Shaw
St. Petersburg
Parnell
Charles 8. Parnell
Mickiewicz
Paris
Cracow
Miss Moors
J. B. Moors
Mr. Cabot
Brookline
Cohasset
James F. Colby
Dartmouth
City
Berlin
New York
Liverpool
Switzerland
Mme. Tschbrikova
Russia
Yareusk
Vologda
London
Collins
Dickens
Sir Edwin Arnold
Japan
Fanny Williams
Evansville
Terre Haute
Mackey
Columbus
Ind
Wellington
Cleveland & Wellington
Providence Life Underwriters entertain Massachusetts insurance chief
The Providence Life Underwriters' Association hosted G. W. Merrill, Massachusetts insurance commissioner, at Vue de l'Eau on the bay in Providence today.
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Major Merekill
Providence
Providence Life Underwriters’ Association
G. 3. Merrill
Massachusetts
New England Magazine June opens with college history note
The June issue reviews Columbia College's past and present by J. Howard Van Amringe with portraits of presidents. It features Trumbull on Decoration Day Thoughts, Mrs. Tiffany's fugitive slave Sims tale, and sketches of Lydia Maria Child's home and Henry W. Grady's early life. Also includes Shawmut life tale A Woman of Shawmut and John Endicott flag tale with historical corrections, plus Kate Gannett Wells on New England higher education aid.
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NEW England
Columbia College
J. Howard van Amringe
General Trumbull
Henry W. Grady
Athens
T. Remsen Crawford
Massachusetts
Shawmut
Edmund James Carpenter
Nathan M. Hawkes
John Endicott
Boston
Kate Gannett Wells
Prospects of the Crews at New London Races
In New London on June 20 Cornell crews arrive with coach Charles E. Courtney. The freshmen race Yale and Pennsylvania on June 24, and the Columbia Harvard freshmen race is set for June 26. The Yale Harvard four mile race is slated for June 27 with Yale and Harvard preparing. a Cornell Pennsylvania Columbia clash may occur on June 28.
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New London
Conn
Cornell
Charles E. Courtney
Bassett House
Crocker
Courtney
Yale
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Harvard
Harvard University
Yales
Atalantas
Powderly Gompers clash draws crowd at Cooper Union
Defending the Knights of Labor, Samuel Gompers does not appear as Alexander Wright and George Warner chair a meeting to rebut Federation of Labor charges. Powderly reads documents on eight hour history, defends members, and notes false memberships while factions outside hold an overflow rally.
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New York
Messrs. Powderly
Gompers
Cooper Union
Knights of Labor
Mr. Powderly
George Warner
D. A
Alexander Wright
Knights
Federation of Labor
Powderly
Mr. Gompers
Warner
Knights of Lab
Shoemakers’ Union
T. B. McGuire
I. P. Quinn
J. F. Quinn
Inge nton Silver and a Fateful Fiji Lecturing Visit
A reformed cannibal from the Fiji Islands lectures in Georgia claiming no life regret greater than eating fellow humans. A convict on a prison train hides handcuffs with a bouquet, while a Chicago paper lists a Europe‑bound sum of $44,175,000 for American girls in four years.
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Senate
William
Bill
Jersey City
Chicago
Europe
Bronson
Lagley
Germany
United States
Cupid
Talb
Austria
Altna
Maria B. Woodworth
St Louis
San Francisco
Israel
William W. Merriam
Sagg Harbor
N. Y
James G. Blaine
Obituary of Judge Edward G. Loring
Judge Edward Greely Loring died at his Winthrop summer home on Thursday night at seventy five. He was famed for his role in the Anthony Burns case when he remanded Burns to slavery in 1854 as Boston probate judge and U S commissioner. Loring later led the Court of Claims at Washington for about 25 years resigning in 1877. He was Harvard class of 1821 and the sole Democrat on the bench. survivors include his widow and two daughters and one son.
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Edward G. Loring
Edward Greely Loring
Winthrop
Anthony Burns
United States
Boston
Loring
Burns
Faneuil Hall
Buchanan
Court of Claims
Washington
Judge Loring
Massachusetts
Harvard College
William Withington
Winchester merchant George W. Spurr dies in Winchester
George W. Spurr a respected Winchester citizen and former Commercial street Boston mercantile clerk for the Albany firm Taylor & Sons died early today. For four years he served in town offices and was clerk treasurer and collector and a member of the board of assessors. Major-General Henry Brackenbury of the British army is dead at fifty three years old.
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George W. Spurr
Winchester
Commercial Street
Boston
Albany
Taylor & Sons
Henry Brackenbury
Tug Curlew Raises Schooner Amy D in Plymouth Harbor
The Curlew with pontoons and wrecking gear has raised the Amy D of Yarmouth N and G last week and towed her up the channel. The Stamford must wait for high tide at 1 am before returning, and passengers were sent to Boston by afternoon trains.
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Stampord
Plymouth
Curlew
Amy D
Yarmouth
Stamford
Boston
Carpenters Union Votes Nine Hour Day Strike Plan
Worcester union leaders vote to strike nine hours daily and eight hours on Saturday starting Monday, with no wage reduction. The action affects Carpenter and Joiners' members in the area.
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Worcester
Carpenters and Joiners’ Union
Third Sunday After Trinity Prayer Note from Scituate
A dated 1890 prayer note from Scituate-by-the-Sea recalls Lord hear us and teach us to pray as Jesus did. The author T. W. Parsons signs the plea for mercy protection and comfort in danger or distress.
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Jesus
T. W. Parsons
Scituate-by-the-Sea
Bulldog in Stable Becomes Child’s Loving Target
A New York sportsman’s stable holds a fierce bulldog kept by a coachman’s four year old daughter. The child daily visits, striking the dog with an iron bolt yet the animal shows calm, deference, and affection. The coachman notes dogs rarely harm children.
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New York
Blacksmmith’s
N. Y. Sun
Friends of Dumb Animals Report at Ma S P C A Meeting
At the June directors meeting of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals President Angell announced 452 cruelty complaints handled since the last report 22 prosecutions 45 horses removed from work and 35 mercifully euthanized.169 new Bands of Mercy formed bringing total to 7975. The group voted to send 6000 copies of Our Dumb Animals to the National Education Association convention in St Paul.
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Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Angell
Bands of Mercy
National Education Association
St. Paul
Scenes of Splendor at Oakland Garden
Visitors to Oakland Garden find a colossal spectacle blending ancient Mesopotamian settings with modern stage craft. Mechanical marvels and realistic scenes recreate Babylon with Queen Amytis, the Tower of Babel, Belus temple, and the Euphrates queenship. First show is Monday evening June 30 with daily afternoon performances to follow.
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Oakland Garden
Euphrates
Babylon
Reai
Amytis
Tower of Babel
Belus
Nabuadis
Failures of the Week Reported Nationwide and Canada
Business failures for the week ending in New York show 178 in the United States and 21 in Canada per Dun Russell reports. Bradstreet figures list 144 United States and 1 Canada as reported losses.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
E. Russell & Co
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
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