Book listings and series promotions in nature education
A fragment lists Nature Readers Seaside and Wayside and First Steps with American and British Authors, Three Kingdoms handbook, Elements of Practical Arithmetic and other educational works. Notes prices and publishers Boston New York and authors Ballard Payson Wright.
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Nature Readers
Julia McNair Wright
Boston
D. C
Heath
Albert F
Bisisdell
Lee & Shepard
Price
The
Book notes on Wordsworth Browning English history volume
The notice reviews Wordsworth Prelude edition with notes and a rambling intro, criticizing the editor’s biographical emphasis. It also highlights Browning's new sixteen volume works, and Green’s Short History of the English People revised by his wife, praising printing quality and editorial aids.
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Wordsworth
Sordello
Green
William Wordsworth
A. G. George
A.M. Boston
D. C. Heath & Co
Robert Browning
New York
Macmillan & Co
John Richard Green
Harper & Bros
Literary Notes on May Writer Features New Cassell Sunshine Series
The May Writer hosts James Parton on journalism as a profession for young men. Charles A. Dana offers Advice to Young Writers. Buckham critiques English of Miss Amelie Rives. Two shorthand items and frequent departments add interest. Cassell & Co announce The Veiled Beyond and Orion the Goldbeater in new Sunshine series. The June Popular Science includes The Effects of Moderate Drinking. Heath & Co publish Nature Readers Seaside and Wayside. Ticknor’s May includes Next Door and The Minister's Charge. Sylvester, Mackay, Goodwin, and Scheinwurth lead new titles with plates. Rabbi Schindler's Dissolving Views in History of Judaism in press.
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James Parton
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
C. K. Nelson
Amélie Rives
James Buckham
B. Alexander
Boston
New York Ledger
Messrs. Cassell & Co
Orion the Goldbeater
Popular Science
George Harley
M.D
Messrs, D. C. Heath & Co
Nature
Julia McNair Wright
Ticknor
Clara Louise Burnham
New Plymouth
John A. Goodwin
J. A. Scheinwurth
Normandy
Brittany
Venice
Ravenna
Visiting Merchants Visit Boston For Merchants Week
The Boston Merchants Association and allied groups plan a week of events with a Wednesday emphasis including a Faneuil Hall reception, a harbor excursion by Silas Peirce & Co, and a Music Hall entertainment. A full list shows merchants from Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and beyond signing to visit and register at 94 98 Federal Street.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
Paper Trade Association
Dry Salters’ Club
Fish Bureau, Druggists’ Association
Fruit and Produce Exchange, Chamber of Commerce, Grocers’ Association
Shoe and Leather Association
Earthenware and Glassware Association
Faneuil Hall
Messrs
Silas Peirce & Co
Music Hall
Boston
George Hutchinson
Federal Street
Merchants’ Committee
Allen
E. H
Bradford
O. P
Palmer
Mass
Adams
H. D
West Or
N. H
Aldrich
L. F
Barret
L. J
Barre
Alexander
H. T
Sretel
N. A
C. E
Lancaster
Amsden
Rollin
Windsor
Ayer
C. J
White’s Station
Barney Bros
Canaan
Benson
O. W
Troy
Baty, L
Pennacook
Bell
W. H
Beckwith & Co
Middlebury
Butterfield
A. M
Three Rivers
Barnes
Barnes, T
Rochester
Bassett & Crane
Greenboro
Baker
W. G
Ringfield
Batchelder
Newfane
Bliss
J. H
Winchester
Brewster
Pittsfield
Brigham
C. W
Brown, T. D. & Co
Burleigh
Laconia
Brodie
D. A
Burlington
Bailey
M. J
Irasburg
Bridgeman
Belchertown
Bridgeport
Burr
M. L
Bowen
Cheshire
Borden
Bristol
Bowen & Bro
Peru
St. Albans
Rooks
H. L
Claremont
N. Browne
Ashland
Briggs
W. A
Montpelier
Burbank
Barnet
Bartlett
A. W
North Brookfield
Bengie
Charles
Indian Orchard
Jissell
A. H
Bellows Walls
Bridgman
Northampton
Buchanan
H. W
Barton Landing
Brown
I. H
Bellows Falls
Burt
Groton
Corwin
Clough
G. D
Charlestown
Croaby
F. S
Ware
Cook
FE. P
Springfield
Collins
M. B
Turner Falls
Cilley
W. B
Wolfeboro
Faton
Lyndon
Ellis, W. B
Ensign
H. N
Easthampton
Forbes, C. P
Greenfield
Fuller, D. L
Fairbanks
St. Johnsbury
Fairbanks, E
Warren
Fitz
Brookfield
Gates & Brown
Gorham
George W
Gilmanton Iron Worka
Green Glass Bottles Tariff Unequal for American Bottlers
The article exposes a tariff flaw dating to 1883 that protects foreign bottlers of mineral waters by taxing empty green glass bottles far more than the bottles containing foreign waters. It notes Roscoe Conkling helped craft the clause, cites large imports by Fred de Bary & Co, and details Underwood Company of Maine pressing Congress to correct the imbalance with proposals for equal duties or duty drawbacks.
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Roscoe Conkling
Fred de Bary
New York
Fred de Bary & Co
Mexico
Congress
Underwood Company
Falmouth
Falmourn Foresipe
Europe
Treasury Department
Tun Underwood Company
West End Triumphs in Senate Fight on Key Bills Elevates Road Plan
In a busy general court session the West End triumphs as Senate defeats two house bills and advances an elevated road measure. Debates over land for state house expansion and pension claims highlight the day, with committees proposing funding and procedural changes. The House adjourns after a near quorum challenge as senators move to reconsider stalled railway and street legislation and set a framework for elevated transit.
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West End
Senate
Boston
Southworth
Street Railway Committee
Howe
Meigs Elevated Railway Company
Board of Railway Commissioners
Supreme Court
Suimmar
Methodist conference opens with colored delegates opposed to women
The Methodist Episcopal conference in New York opened with Bishop Bowman presiding. Delegate Knox proclaimed colored delegates oppose admitting women, then was told to sit down. Reports proposed a new Malaysian mission, and ecumenical conference planned for 1801 in the United States.
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Methodist Conference
New York
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Bowman
Knox
Thorborn
Malacca
Malay Islands
Committee On Ecumenical Councils
Methodists of
Canada
United States
W. McIntyre
Austin Conference
J. C. Jackson
Central Ohio
Mothers and Daughters Invited to Dorchester Talk
Mrs. Dr. Li. C. Kelle of Jamaica Plain will speak on What Every Mother Should Know of the Physiological Changes of Childhood and Adolescence in both Boys and Girls before the Dorchester branch of the Moral Educational Association on Wednesday May 16 at 2 30 p.m. in the parlors of Mrs. Charles H. Dodge Ashmont street Dorchester Mothers and daughters are cordially invited.
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Li. C. Kelle
Jamaica Plain
Dorchester
Moral Educational Association
Charles H. Dodge
Ashmont Street
Chicago to California railway opens luxurious Chicago Santa Fe line
A continuous Chicago to California rail link under the Atchison Topeka Santa Railroad now operates via the Chicago Santa Fe California extension. The Chicago to Kansas City segment features state of the art vestibule trains, Houston steam heating, and electric lighting. Trains are designed to prevent telescoping and burning, reducing accident risk.
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Chicago
California
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Railroad Company
Kansas City
Chicago, Santa Fe & California Railway
Houston
Boston House Passes Bills and Resolutions in Session
The House ordered articles passed to be engrossed including a bill to punish a second drunkenness offence by females, incorporation of the Presbytery of Boston trustees, Ellen G. C. Johnson resolution, support for MIT, and a plan to build facilities in Waltham for the Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded alongside related fiscal measures.
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House
Senate
Messrs. Wyman
Wharton
Hyde Park
Smith
Athol
Massachusetts School Fund
Presbytery of
Boston
Ellen GC. Johnson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Waltham
Massachusetts School
Massachusetts census reveals 1885 farm value and county ranks
The 1885 Massachusetts agricultural census reports total farm products at 47,756,083 gold dollars, with Worcester County first at 9,586,744 and Boston noted for dairy and greenhouse wealth. It details land values, crop totals, dairy output, fruit, and livestock, plus farm labor counts and wages.
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Massachusetts
Carroll D. Wright
Worcester
Middlesex
Essex
Berkshire
Franklin
Hampshire
Hampden
Bristol
Norfolk
Plymouth
Barnstable
Suffolk
Dukes
Nantucket
Boston
Commonwealth
Wright
Air
Robert T. Swan
Division of Agriculture
Charles F. Pidgin
William C. Hunt
Bureau
Currency Without Money Debate in U S Senate
A letter to the editor discusses a Senate debate on a bill urged by Senator Farwell to issue 24 percent bonds for bank notes in exchange with public funds. Reagan and Stewart oppose the plan, arguing currency should reflect commodity money value, not debt. The writer warns money value mirrors global prices and England's advantage in trade.
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England
New York
John Stuart Mill
Farn 1
United States Senate
Treasury
Farwell
Reagan
Stewart
Congress
Yachting Notes Change at Jeffrey's Point and Great Head
Yacht notes report changes at Jeffrey's Point East Boston Great Head and West Lynn with repairs and upgrades. The Eager shifts from sloop to cutter with new mast boom bowsprit and sails. ongoing clubhouse work adds new lockers and repairs. measurements for sails discussed. Speculation grows on how new rules will alter fleet standings.
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Jeffrey’s Point
Great Head
West Lynn
Jeffery
York
Great Head Yacht Club
V. Colby
Gloucester
N. Colby
Erminie
Gracie
Second Hand Carriages Offered at Low Prices
A selection of used carriages offered in fine order includes a Ladies top phaeton with rumble an open phaeton with rumble a top buck wagon with pole and shafts an Alexandria cart a light rockaway with partition used lightly an English whitechapel cart full rockaways open stans hopes carryalls and more all in good condition and selling at low prices.
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Alexandria
Water Tower Bid Notice for Mt Bellevue Boston
Sealed proposals addressed to the Boston Water Board for building a water tower at Mt Bellevue Ward 28 will be received until 12 m on Saturday May 26 1888 and publicly opened. Bids must state prices in writing and figures and be signed with a certified check for 1000 payable to the city of Boston. The Water Board may reject any or all bids. Boston May 12 1888.
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Boston Water Board
Mt. Bellevue
Ward
Boston
City Hall
Massachusetts
Water Board
The
Public hearing on Public Institutions management in City Hall
City Hall Boston March 10 1883 Committee on Public Institutions will hold a public hearing in the Common Council Chamber City Hall on Tuesday the 15th at 6 o clock p m regarding management of the Public Institutions from May 1 1876 to the present time OTIS EDDY Chairman of Committee
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City
Common Council Chamber
City Hall
Otis Eddy
Boston Assessors Notice on Property Tax Returns Due
The Assessors' Office in City Hall Boston issues a circular urging taxpayers to file property tax returns as early as possible before 2 p.m. Friday June 15. Secretary Joshua B. Duncklee signs the notice on behalf of the Board of Assessors.
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Ciry Hall
Boston
Board of Assessors
Joshua 8
Duncklee
For Sale Superior Pair of Family Horses
For sale a superior pair of family horses, dar dapple bay with black points, ages 6 and 7, about 1 hands high, weight 2800 lbs. They are good roadsters, well built for service, back shape short, hips smooth, carry heads well, can ride at 10 mph and show a promising gait. Both good single drivers. warranty of soundness and kindness or permit examination by a rec elinary surgeon. A Ws Davis, 80 2 and 61 Northampton Street.
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Dardapple Bay
Ws Davis
Northampton Street
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W. D
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M. G
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Osborne
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M. H
Ovitt
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Parent
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I.T
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N. J
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Burlington, Vt
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N. HH
Towne
G.J
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Komen W. A
Vandoorn & Morris
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Webb
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Williams
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Whitney
Warden
J. M
Whitredge
George B
Walton
EB. A
Wheeler & Ketchum
Wheeler
D. J
Wilcox
Mooretown
Whitcomb
Woodstock
Wilder, Z. & Co
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Woods
J. I
Wilson
L. E
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A. C
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Whipple
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Symonds
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Sanger
Jaques
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Sohier
Beverly
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Hayes
Lynn
Bottom
Miller
Worester
Committee On Federal Relations
Washington
Committee On Finance
Council of Administration
Barrett
Melrose
Lodge
Long
Grand Army
Finance Committee
Carpenter
Brookline
Lovell
Messrs. Gracey
Salem
Leary
Wilkinson
Wales
Attleboro
Gracey
Delta Upsilon Society
Williams College
Aoe
Ashakum Pond
Framingham
New Bedford Board of Trade
Wire
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Chestnut St
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