Essentials of Perspective praised as practical art text
The Essentials of Perspective by L. W. Miller is lauded as thorough practical for artists and draftsmen. It guides readers from first principles to advanced features with clear explanations and illustrative plates, presented in an entertaining classroom style. Price is listed as $1.50, with publishing details in New York and Boston.
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L. W. Miller
School of Industrial Art
Pennsylvania Museum
Philadelphia
Boston
Laughton, Macdonald & Co
Price
Ross
Subscriptions Rates Listed for Ship News
The notice itemizes monthly and one month rates for the Ship News on the third page with prices of $2.25 for months and 75 cents for a single month.
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the Ship News
France's ministry stalemate and Boulangism cloud crisis
In Boston Most May 27 1887 commentary notes Freycinet failure to form a ministry underlines France's governmental crisis. Boulang er becomes the obstruction, with no easy fix in sight. It cites tariff debates and contrasts protected industry outcomes, including British Hosiery and American thread prices, amid rising living costs.
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Thornton
R. I
Wii1ams Clark
Newark
N. J
Thistle
First appearance of Thistle in regular contest unfolds
The yachting season opens with the Scotch yacht Thistle debuting in a fifty mile Southend to Harwich race against the crack yacht Irex. The match serves as a comparative test of speed for the America’s Cup challenger, with Irex long regarded as England’s fastest boat, ahead of Genesta Galatea Puritan and Mayflower in prior trials. Tomorrow’s race promises revealing figures for speculation.
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England
Thistle
Southend
Harwich
Irex
Veaper graded liquor tax bill near passage
The New York Legislature rushed a Veaper graded liquor tax bill toward passage with Governor Flix expected to veto. Framed as temperance, it chiefly serves revenue, taxing New York City and Brooklyn heavily to fund other regions. It creates four classes of cities and two license grades, requiring saloons to pay twice their license fees, totaling over 4 million dollars annually from the two metropolises. The measure faces broad opposition except from the New York Tribune.
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New York
Flix
Massachusetts
New York City
Brooklyn
New York Tribune
Braye
Arithmetic in the Schools Debate Persists in Boston
Mr Ennis Peterson a school board member defends the current arithmetic program against proposed reductions and simplifications. He argues to extend hours preserve logic, metric study, and mensuration while noting changes in education beyond public schools and the altered needs of modern students. He contrasts conservative aims with progressive outside resources and school reforms.
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Ennis Peterson
Board of Supervisors of Schools
Boston
Petenson
Peterson
New England
Pixe
Elysian Fields
Paris Opera House Fire Among The Deadliest Dreadful Losses
The Opéra-Comique fire in Paris results in at least a hundred deaths with many more injured. The disaster prompts warnings about theatre safety as numerous fires have struck venues since the century began and questions remain about protective safety advances and building design.
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Opéra-Comique
Paris
Brooklyn
Ring Theatre
Vienna
Theatre Fire Safety And Escape Measures After Paris Calamity
The piece argues owners of theatres must ensure clear exits and avoid blockages during panics. It notes Opéra-Comique fire shows panic risk and urges use of easily opened or remotely controlled emergency exits, with electrical options from stage or auditorium, to prevent similar disaster locally.
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Opéra-Comique
New York Herald
Paris
Romantic Generosity and the Spectator's Parable of Charity
A critique of The Spectator Unionist stance on government aid to prosecute The Times. The piece argues the offer was a diversion for a political retreat and ridicules the notion of romantic generosity as impractical, highlighting Conservative ministers under siege and English fair play.
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London Spectator
Spectator
Dinion
the Times
Charles Lewis
Times
Dillon
House of Commons
Mr. Gladstone
Indian Society elects officers at annual meeting
At the annual meeting of the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians in North America held yesterday afternoon in the Unitarian building, officers were elected. The Rev. A. P. Peabody D D was chosen president with Samuel Johnson as vice president and the Rev. A. McKen as another officer.
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Society For Propagating the Gospel
North America
Unitarian
A. P. Peabody
D.D
Samuel Johnson
A. McKen
Prominent Boston Club Names Officers and Audit Board
The H. W. Foote serves as secretary with Cobbe as treasurer and William Perkins as vice treasurer. The select committee includes J Huntington Wolcott Arthur Lincoln and J Randolph Coolidge Jr while auditors are Roger Wolcott Rev Henry I Jenks and James Hunnewell with Rev J H Morrison D D also listed among leaders.
Boston Light on Ghosts and Cheap Restaurants Reflections
In Boston a columnist praises Judge Dewey's ruling that bogus spirits are not fraud unless believers are deceived, then shifts to critique cheap restaurants citing worn silver and noisy environs. He notes a legal case about a ship’s crew hoarding clothes and money, then letters lament idle urban life and suburban commuter crowds, urging thoughtful civic suggestions.
William OBrien mission to Canada unsettles crowds
Commentary notes William OBrien’s Canadian mission fails to shift Lord Lansdowne, stirring only passion and mob rhetoric in Toronto. The piece dismisses the effort as squabbling politics and predicts no real impact on policy or relations between Britain and Canada.
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William O’brien
Canada
Toronto
Lord Lansdowne
Springfield Republican (Ltd
Stop Sullivan exhibitions in towns urged by press
The New York Tribune reports calls to ban John L. Sullivan’s prizefighting exhibitions in Rochester and Albany, arguing his presence brings bad influence and lures the young to admire a fighter over virtue, urging other cities to follow the example for public morals.
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John L. Sullivan
Rochester
Albany
Sullivan
N. Y. Trivune
Rep
Enemies of Press Face Bullies and Bludgeons
A New York Sun opinion column argues that the press reflects enlightened public opinion and civilization. It condemns Canadian and English bullies who attack reporters to sway opinion, noting they have failed against unarmed reporters and against worldwide belief in Ireland's cause.
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Strongbow
Ireland
N. Y. Sun
Ind
Valuable Emigrants From Scandinavia Portrait
The Providence Journal argues that adult, healthy, industrious immigrants bound for the newer country bring material strength. It notes this year's arrivals are of better sort, especially from Scandinavian peoples, seen as excellent additions to population. They are not needed in cities but in undeveloped regions they may prove useful citizens as they assimilate.
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Providence Journal
Partisan bias questioned by rebel judges on federal bench
The Boston Journal weighs in after the Evening Post report that seven of thirteen U S district judges in the South appointed by Republicans before Cleveland were Confederate veterans. It argues this undermines claims that Democratic appointments would offend, noting Republican presidents had appointed many rebels previously.
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The
Boston Journal
Evening Post
United States
South
Mr. Cleveland
N. Y. Post
Ind
Not A Sound Policy For Stock Doubling Scheme
The Springfield Republican criticizes a plan by the West End syndicate to double stock shares of the Highland Metropolitan and South Boston lines. It argues against converting shares to two shares with guaranteed dividends, saying such capitalization would be monstrous and unjust as stockholders gain on inflated par values while continuing to earn dividends.
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Highland
Metropolitan
South Boston
West End
Springfield Republican
Weston the Pedestrian Sees Quiet Life Beyond Fame
The veteran walker Edward Payson Weston, once famed for long treks, now reports for the World. He claims streetcars are too slow, plans visits to his Highbridge country home, and recalls a career that earned about 30000 dollars in savings before he left pedestrianism as it dulled its tone.
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Edward Payson Weston
The
Sun
Highbridge
England
Church of England Temperance Society
Forbes's New Steam Yacht Launched At East Boston
The steel steam yacht built for John M Forbes by Atlantic Works in East Boston slid into the water yesterday with about seventy five on board. Designer Edward Burgess attended. Forbes was ill. The 108 foot waterline length and 125 foot overall length reflect a strong steel hull and fine finish. The Bellville boiler was made in France. Estimated cost nearly $40,000. The yacht will arrive around Saturday and is expected to reach fourteen knots. Captain remains from the Permelis.
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Atlantic Works
Boston
John M. Forbes
Edward Burgess
Forbes
France
Bellville
Burgess
Sixty Years Old Unitarian Sunday School Society Held Sixtieth Anniversary
The Unitarian Sunday School Society marked its sixtieth anniversary at King's Chapel with devotional exercises and speeches. William H. Lyon welcomed attendees while Rev Henry G. Spaulding delivered a historical address noting past leaders, the 1837 Channing sermon, and the society’s expansion since incorporation. Speakers emphasized the church’s duty, the reach of its literature, and the aim to teach immortality and value of life beyond.
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Unitarian Sunday School Society
King’s Chapel
William H. Lyon
Henry G. Spaulding
Channing
Great Britain
Germany
S. W. Seer
B. R. Bulkeley
Francis Tiffany
Various Inquiries and Vivid Notes From Chicago and Abroad
A jumble of topics notes health worries about Tennyson and diet tips for baseball players including muffins. It cites yacht racing, wire fence firms in the West, proposals for anti noise societies, and a big belief in Peck's Bad Boy sales. It reports on anarchist prisoners, gold rumors, burglars, theater plans, fashion trends, a French pun, peach crops, and a dramatic Indian ritual with human sacrifice. It ends with social observations of wealth in Chicago and the moral of a boy gifting a silver dollar to buy something for children, revealing class tensions and landlordism in the city.
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Tennyson
Thistle
West
New York
Chicago
California
New York Sun
Count von Beust
Delaware
Madras Presidency
India
Great Western Land
Joe
Our Carter
Pat's Store
Patta Gurpus
Chicago Herald
Blue Island Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Knight of the
More Young Doctors Graduate At College of Physicians and Surgeons
At the sixth annual commencement held in Harvard Street Church, several graduates received the MD degree including Declan R. C. Kayalgian of Turkey who lectured on religious differences. Misses Martha A. Anderson Annie G. Copeland and Sarah L. Wetherbee and Gilman Osgood others were awarded parchment. An address on medical education was delivered by Rev J H Gunning, and Dr Annie Copeland read the valedictory. The Mendelssohn Ladies' Quartet performed and a reception followed at Tremont House.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons
Harvard Street
Declan R. C. Kayalgian
Turkey
Martha A. Anderson
Annie G. Copeland
Sarah L. Wetherbee
Gilman Osgood
Edward B. Silsby
Damase M. Poulin
Augustus W. Turner
KE. B. Silsby
M.D
Washington
J.H. Gunning
Annie Copeland
Mendelssohn
Uartet
Foster
Harvard Union Election Ends in Turbulent Vote
A three week battle over Harvard Union leadership culminated in Lever Hall with a two and a half hour clash. G P Furber, the incumbent, was reelected president amid charges of illegal votes and a vote to expel RK B Mahaney, chairman of the executive committee, who refused to report.
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Harvard Union
Lever Hall
RK. B. Mahaney
G. P. Furber
Mahany
Farber
Crimson
R. Duane
F. B. Williams
Furber
H. Page
Williams
Elderly Widow Delivers Baby to Cambridge Police
Mrs. Drum a widow at 8 Hampshire Street called Station 2 Cambridge yesterday morning and tried to leave a baby with Captain Folsom. She said Annie Duffy left the child with her eight weeks ago promising to pay. Folsom sent her to Mr. David Buzzey, overseers of the poor agent, then she left, alarming the officers.
Mission Board Meeting Highlights Seventies Goals and Addresses
The Woman's Board of Missions held a large Mt. Vernon Church meeting with Mrs. Albert Barker presiding. Treasurer reported 46 512 in receipts since Jan 1. Home secretary Abbie B. Child indicated rising need for funds to sustain 101 missionaries, many connected with boarding schools. Speakers described Madura mission schools, Spain outreach, and a call for 23 new missionaries at twelve stations. Lily M. Lyman and Catharine H. Barbour were named for new posts, with P. L. Cull closing the addresses on Western Turkey mission.
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Woman's Board of Missions
Mt. Vernon
Albert Barker
Abbie B. Child
A. H. Burnell
Madura
Capron
Anna Connable
William Gulick
Spain
America
Miss Childs
Lily M. Lyman
Maratha
Catharine H. Barbour
Mt. Holyoke Seminary
P. L. Cull
Western Turkey
Sunday school's new quarters at Brookline
The Bethany Sunday school of Brookline moved into new quarters, with services in the Old Harvard Church. A packed audience heard speeches by Dr. A. P. Peabody and others, and Dr. Meredith raised 2000 dollars to clear the debt. The school, organized eleven years ago with 25 members, now numbers 350 and has bought the church for its use. Rev. Renen Thomas will preach the dedicatory sermon Saturday. Mt Holyoke Alumni Association re elected the old board of officers.
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Bethany Sunday School
Brookline
Harvard
Alpheus Hardy
Reven Thomas
A. P. Peabody
Harvard University
William Eliot Griffs
Meredith
Christ
Earth
Brookline Village
Renen Thomas
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General Boulanger
M. P. Freyciner
Boulanger
Paris Theatre
Indian Society
Beacon Street
Mr. Taverner
Shades
Laverner
Old City
GoThere
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San Francisco Examiner
Weston the Pedestrian
Philadelphia Press
MR. Forbes
Woman’s Board OF Missions
Mt. Holyoke
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