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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1882

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Dominion Commons approves marriage to deceased wife's sister

The Dominion house of commons passes an act allowing a man to wed his deceased wife's sister. The bill faces hurdles before becoming law and still does not permit a woman to marry her deceased husband's brother.

Dominion House of Commons

First Elephant Auction At Hoboken Sells For 6600

A healthy elephant fetched 6600 dollars at Hoboken in a sale to a southern circus company. Several gentlemen still holding elephants seek the auctioneer’s name for future inquiries.

Hoboken Southern Circus Company

Back Bay Residents Protest Inland Railroad Site

Solid men of Back Bay attended the aldermen meeting in large numbers to oppose the proposed location of the New York and Boston Inland railroad. Speakers urged scrutiny as petition and plan did not align, and the matter was laid on the table for further consideration.

Back Bay Board of Aldermen New York and Boston Inland Railroad

Gladstone At The Opera A Champion Against Wagner

The London World notes that Gladstone during a recent opera visit drew attention as he studied the act to come and listened to Wagner with a critical ear. The piece suggests he could become a champion against Wagner, making him appear a greater statesman.

Gladstone London Wagner Mr. Gladstone

Longfellow’s Passing Weighs on American Poetry Stylistic Debate

The piece notes Longfellow’s death as a pivotal era marker in American literature, weighing rank against Tennyson and the era’s poets. It argues Longfellow’s sustained muse and moral tone set a high, almost peerless standard, while pondering who might succeed him.

Cambridge Longfellow London ‘Times The London Times Tennyson

Senator Miller and the pulp monopoly in tariff debate

The writer rebukes Senator Miller for using his congress position to promote a pulp monopoly and block tariff reform. It argues such conflicts of interest should bar participation in tariff laws and criticizes overprotection as harming consumers and workers amid rising corporate profits and production risks.

Senator Miller Congress Miller

Ingersoll on the war path and public chatter

A collage of opinions and bits from public life. References to speakers like Whittaker, Mason and Hayes mingle with satirical jabs at politicians and actors. The piece notes local curiosities, theatre incidents, and book notices amid lively, opinionated commentary.

Ingersoll Whittaker

St Nicholas April Edition Bright and Entertaining

The April St Nicholas delivers a monthly trove of entertaining writing for young and old with frontispiece by Rosina Emmett and poems. It features The Hoosier School Boy Recollections of a Drummer Boy Donald and Dorothy and other illustrated pieces. Also reviewed are Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine March offerings Littell's Living Age March issues and various literary notices.

St. Nicholas Rosina Emmett Donald Dorothy Bingham Mr. Weathercock Garret Blackwood Edinburgh Leonard & Scott Publishing Co Peatock Great South West Martin Horace Lord Crawford Earldom of Mar John Bright Littell Germany Juliet Robert Southey Caroline Bowles the Hebrides Horace Walpole Robin Mrs. Parr Lady Jane Mrs. Oliphant

Saint Jacobs Oil praised by healer monk in German remedy tale

Rev W B Ballou of Stoughton Mass credits St Jacobs Oil with curing severe rheumatism that left him using crutches. The piece extols the monk like healer Saint Jacob and links the remedy to German cures, claiming rapid relief and renewed mobility.

St. Jacob Germany W.B. Ballou Stoughton Mass St. Jacobs Cnicago, Fl Sentinel

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