Personal notes of high society and political figures
Senator Aldrich salmon fishing in New Brunswick. Pauline Hall seeks a Casino lease in New York without success. Duc d Aumale moves his belongings from Brussels to Chantilly. General Sir Fred Middleton to relinquish Canadian militia command in October. Miss Mildred Fuller engagement announced to H A Wallace of Tacoma. Justin Huntley McCarthy’s Your Wife produced at St James’s London, well received. George Bancroft at Newport, frail but seen infrequently. Mrs Grover Cleveland guests of Mr Nickerson in Dedham, then departs for Marion. Rev W R Gardner elected president of Nashotah Seminary. Chancellor Von Caprivi hosts first soiree. Dr Windthorst chats with ex-Minister Von Puttkamer. Major Wissmann honored by the Emperor.
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Pauline Hall
New York
Duc d’Aumale
Brussels
China
Chantilly
Fred Middleton
Mildred Fuller
Fuller
H. A. Wallace
Tacoma
Wash
Justin Huntley McCarthy
St. James’s Theatre
London
George Bancroft
Newport
Grover Cleveland
Albert T. Nickerson
Dedham
Marion
W. R. Gardner
Church of the Advent
Fond du Lac
Nashotah
Episcopal Theological Seminary
von Caprivi
Windthorst
von Puttkamer
Major Wissmann
Boston Post Subscription Rates Notice
Public notice on subscription terms and payment instructions for the Boston Post. Details include second class matter status, sender risk, payable to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY, Corcoran Building address, editor’s note on manuscript returns and anonymity rules, and requirement of full name and address for correspondence.
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Post Publishing Company
Wasumneros Orvicz
Corcoran
Fifteenth Street
Pennsylvania Democrats Face Quay Influence Split
The Boston Bost reports on Democratic prospects in Pennsylvania with independents opposing Boss Quay. It notes ex Senators Wallace and Patterson as leading candidates, Patterson backed by Republicans, and Wallace as Quay-aligned. It also covers Bishop Potter’s pension critique, Britannica copyright suit in New York, and a Kansas spotter case tied to prohibition.
Public morals and good government debated in court and politics
The article discusses Judge Crozier overturning a case citing a moral stance on handling evidence, questions a settlement involving England France over Newfoundland fisheries, and analyzes Dominica’s possible cession to France in exchange for France's withdrawal from Newfoundland. It notes French occupation harming Newfoundland’s development and fishery trade, and suggests new territory-yield ideas may bring gains despite losses.
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England
France
Newfoundland
Dominica
Leeward
Lord Salisbury
The New Force Bill Examined in 1877 Debate
The piece cites Illinois Governor Canton's assertion of state election sovereignty and criticizes federal interference via a force bill. It argues the bill's partisan aims to boost Southern Republican votes, questions its necessity, and notes Republicans may resist such centralization despite claims of safeguarding honest votes.
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Cantom
Illinois
Union
Congress
Henry Capnor Lopge
Johnny’’ Davenport
South
Reed
Pittsburg
Senator Cullom
Harper’s Weekly
Rapublican Party
Undoubteax
Tammany
Florida
Board of Supervisors
Pennsylvania Opportunity and Quay's Puppet Candidate
The piece argues that new federal election measures threaten state control, urging Pennsylvania Republicans to resist Quay aligned candidate Delamater. It accuses Delamater of corrupt backing, warns of a decline in virtue, and calls for independent Republican action ahead of next fall’s election.
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Pennsylvania
Delamater
Mat Quay
Quay
Philadelphia
The
Press
Wharton Barker
Mr. Barker
Barker
Harrisburg
Cambria
Lancaster
Republican Party
Hs Party
The African problem and the American Negro in Atlantic Monthly
A review of two essays on the Negro in America. Professor N. H. Shaler argues for studying Negro nature and its modifications in the United States to aid uplift. He favors a factual society focusing on data and reserving remedy ideas for separate bodies, warning against cranks.
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Atlantic Monthly
Shaler
United States
Cranks
Maryland Negro Progress Report and Army Promotions
A Johns Hopkins study by Jurrrry Brackett on Maryland’s colored population since the war tracks education, economy, media, and social customs with Shaler’s theories. Brackett notes gradual gains in property, savings, and self denial amid communal groups and lavish secret societies, while Shaler urges cultural advancement through music. The piece also notes rapid army promotions due to retirements, and Louisville’s heat contrasted with a satirical take on the city’s thermometer readings amid Kentucky reform efforts.
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North
America
Shaler
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland
Jurrrry BR. Brackett
Baltimore
Israel
Brackert
Heat wave and morgues overwhelm Chicago during rare July days
A city identified as Chicago suffers five days of 75 F nights and 90 F afternoons with over 100 heat prostrations and 25 percent mortality. Hospitals overflow and morgues hold bodies of unknown men as sunstroke reports rise to thirty by 8 a.m. The piece notes the World's Fair selection and references a Congress debate on silver policy and a Pennsylvania Republican plank about Senator Quay, questioning why a quoted sentence was removed from a pre-release version.
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Congress
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Senator Quay
Associated Press
Visitors wear summer ribbon badges in Boston streets
A Boston observer notes a recent trend of ribbon badges worn by passersby as a friendly summer signal. He suggests brighter colors and bolder designs to boost mood, compares with historic Peace Jubilee standards, and muses on civic esprit. The column shifts to historic Boston lore about the Curtis house, colonial era ties, and local family stories, ending with a reminder about a writer’s advice on reworking rejected manuscripts.
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Boston
Curtis
Boston Independent
Washington
Elf
Rhode Island
William Curtis
Nazing
England
Sarah
Bennett Eliot
Apostle
Roxbury
Leon
Ann Mountfort
Eliot
Winthrop
Philp
Old House
Henchman
Marlboro
Joseph
Catherine Parker
Boylston Street
Lexington
Connecticut
Lippincotts July issue features Wilde novel and Round-Robin Talks
The July Lippincott's presents Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray with its unsettling charm plus the second Round-Robin Talk. It also includes Dr Felix L Oswald on The Powers of the Air, a Keely defence by Mrs Broomfield Moore, a chiromancy study by Mr Heron-Allen and a verse by Mrs Rose Hawthorne Lathrop.
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Lippincott's
Lippincott
Oscar Wilde
Mr. Wilde
Dorian Gray
Felix L. Oswald
Keely
Broomfield Moore
Heron-Allen
The Antiquity of Man and Pre Historic Archeology in Populus Science Monthly
The July issue features Dr. Andrew D White's concise paper on the Antiquity of Man and pre historic archaeology, tracing science theology conflicts over geologic epochs and orthodox chronology. It includes Elisée Reclus Greenland chapter, Weismann on musical sense, and papers by Jordan Huntington and Halstead. Stoller contributes Human Heredity.
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Popular Science Monthly
Andrew D. White
Populus Science Monthly
M. Elisée Reclus
Greenland
North America
Herr August Weismann
D. 8. Jordan
Oliver, W. Huntington
D. Halstead
James Stoller
The Cosmopolitan July Issue Review
The Cosmopolitan shows improved illustration and text quality though it still relies on process pictures. Notable pieces include Benjamin on High Life in Persia and Edward Kine on Court Life at Versailles, with Miss Bisland’s Flying Trip Around the World and observations on Hong Kong.
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Benjamin
Persia
Edward Kine
Versailles
F. D. Sherman
Review of July Arena issue includes Garlands play and debates
The Arena’s July issue focuses on Mr Hamlin Garland's Under the Wheel praised by some as future drama, but others find it rough and lackluster with dialogue and structure criticized. It also features Wade Hampton on race, Frothingham against woman suffrage, Schindler on Bismarck, Browne on disease correlations, and alarmist protests tied to the Reid case.
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Hamlin Garland
Mr. Howells
Wade Hampton
United States
O. B. Frothingham
Schindler
Bismarck
Junius Henri Browne
Reid
Belford's July Issue Promises Strong Content
Belford's for July shows potential with solid pieces such as Captain Codman's discussion of Mormonism in Idaho Dr Oswald on storms and earthquakes Lyman Kumbull's Stephen A Douglas sketch and R H Stoddard's A Dark Woman plus various stories and poems though the cover is said to be unattractive and may hinder its ranking.
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Belford’s. Belford
Captain Codman
Idaho
Oswald
Lyman Kumbull
Stephen A. Douglas
R. H. Stoddard
The American Etcher Debuts As Major Art Monthly
New York figure George F. Kelly launches The American Etcher, a high class monthly with etchings on Japanese paper priced 75 cents per issue or six dollars a year. The first issue features Frederick Keppel on What Etchings Are, Chicago art notes, and an etching attributed to Hamilton Hamilton showing a girl and dog crossing snow toward a house.
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George F. Kelly
New York
American Etcher
Frederick Keppel
God Save the
Mark
Chicago
Hamilton Hamilton
Ethher
Pennsylvania Republicans Praise Cameron Drive
The Pennsylvania Republican state convention lauded Senator Cameron for wisdom integrity and statesmanship while omitting any praise for his silver coinage vote. A second item notes Senator Quay’s task unfinished pending nomination of a governor candidate by the Democratic convention before returning to Washington.
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Pennsylvania
Cameron
Hartford Courant
Senator Quay
Washington
Providence Journal
Ind
Mr Blaine's Deliverance and tariff views
The Montreal Herald notes Blaine's opposition to tariff revision that would raise taxes and his push for a more liberal foreign trade policy. It views this as a sign of growing U S sentiment favoring tariff relaxation over restrictions, praising the education campaign as progressing steadily.
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Blaine
United States
Montreal Herald
Platform muddle at Harrisburg convention sparks voter indifference
The Harrisburg convention produced a flawed platform that fails to guide voters. The document is unlikely to influence elections, with some declarations opposing both public interests and GOP mainstream views. A note adds Horace Greeley’s nephew, a Warren County barber, as an odd aside.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia Telegraph
Horace Greeley
Warren County
Penn
New Orleans Style Names and Ocean Chair Plans
A survey of New Orleans baptismal favorites notes Viola as a common name for young women while Ophelia appears often and Desdemona is rare. Accompany, a New York venture, rents steamer chairs for $1 per voyage across the ocean, each chair fitted with a small table for a plate, tumbler and bottle, with thousands already in use. A recovered prison pocket letter in a New York theft case praises the bearer as honest and industrious.
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New Orleans
Viola
Accompany
New York
Upper Broadway
Chan
Puck
Humbert
Jay Gould
Corporal Tanner
Gould
Poe
Raven
Gainesville
Fla
Dr. Phillips
Friends of the National Press Association
Theebaw
Mindoon Min
Manila
San Francisco
John Jacob Astor
N. Y
Flynn
McGinty
Trains Run Again After Illinois Central Strike Ended
Illinois Central strike settlement reached by a 306 to 105 vote with workers agreeing to return to duties. Preparations for resuming service began as engines were fired and trains resumed by 4 30, while officials described the settlement as the men surrendering rather than the railroad conceding.
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Chiago
Central Illinois Railroad
Sullivan
Russell
Hartrorp hosts fast trots at Charter Oak Park meet
The Charter Oak Park June meet ended with two straight heats as Harry Wilkes defeated Rosalind Wilkes in a 2:19 pace, Lochinvar sweeping to win the 2:23 pacing, and Simmocdon edging Prince Aand dewell in the 2:30 trotting event amid quick times and close finishes.
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Hartrorp
Conn
Charter Oak Park
Harry Wilkes
Rosalind Wilkes
Harry
Lochinvar
Simmocdon
Prince Aanddewell
Nonunion Bricklayers Strike at Public Library and State House
Nonunion bricklayers were found at work on the new Public Library building yesterday morning triggering a full union strike by all union bricklayers and building laborers. In the afternoon two nonunion laborers were found laying tile on the State House addition prompting Norcross Bros. building laborers to strike in solidarity.
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Public Library
State House
Norcross Bros
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