Rise of Civil Service Reform Across the Nation
A sweeping critique of patronage and party control in U.S. governance traces its roots from English monarchy to Jackson and beyond. It calls for nonpartisan civil service, warns of endless spoils, and urges one term presidencies to curb temptations, celebrating reform milestones and patriotic resolve.
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House of Hanover
Lord Chatham
America
Thacke
George the Third
New York
Washington
Jackson
Hamilton
Jefferson
Pennsylvania
John Quincy Adams
McLean
McLean Ws
Cato
Aaron Burr
Adams
James Sr
Lilliburlero
van Buren
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Harrison
Heaven and Earth
Mr. Webster
Jenckes
City of
League
de Tocqueville
First Civil Service Commission
Joseph Medill
Chicago
Grant
Monroe
White House
Congress
Henry Clay
Webster
Charles Sumner
Senate
Cleveland
Secretary of the Treasury
Ulysses
Columbia College
United States
Madison
Dar
Dison
England
Gladstone
Old England
House of Representatives
Lowell
Benedict Arnold
National Capitol
Be Kind to Your Dog Says Samural in Boston 1888
A letter-worne reminiscence urges humane treatment of dogs and praises the Gifford Home for Poor and Homeless Dogs. The author recalls sheltering a starving mongrel, its death by a fire with mournful eyes, and the moral that kindness to dogs reflects on humanity. Boston, May 29, 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taverner
Fred
Samural
Boston
Public Citizenship Society Meeting Letter Correction
Eowiy D. Meap of Boston writes to the Post correcting the reporter’s portrayal of his stance on a Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Good Citizenship resolution on public schools. He states he voted for it and objects to having another person’s speech attributed to him. May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Massachusetts Society For the Promotion of Good Citizenship
Coffin
Eowiy D. Meap
Bostop
Christ Entering Jerusalem Exhibition Extended in Boston
Matt Morgan’s painting Christ Entering Jerusalem draws over 18,000 viewers at Horticultural Hall in four weeks. The show continues this week except today with a 6 cent admission, free for the destitute, and a cleric present daily to discuss the work. Funds beyond hall costs go to the Morgan fund for the artist’s Holy Land trip. Hall hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Massachusetts Republicans head to Chicago on Thursday, June 14.
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Christ
Jerusalem
Matt Morgan
Horticultural Hall
J. M. Hill
Boton
Morgan
Holy Land
Massachusetts
Chicago
Boston
Why Royal Baking Powder Is Absolutely Pure
The article argues Royal Baking Powder is completely pure, while others include lime or alum. It explains three powder types: cheap alum-based, phosphate with lime, and cream of tartar. Royal uses specially refined cream of tartar free of lime, via patent processes, giving superior leavening and wholesomeness.
Books Received Last Week
A catalog of new titles with authors and publishers listed, including Pepys diary edition from Cassell, practical statistics by Pidgin, ethics of marriage by Pomeroy, Fawcett novels, Warden and Jewett works, and other literary titles from Appleton, Scribner, Houghton Mifflin, Lothrop, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Pepys
New York
Cassell & Co
Cassell
National Library
Charles £. Pidgin
Boston
William E. Smythe Company
H.S. Pomeroy
Fank & Wagnalls
Edgar Fawcett
Richard Dowling
D. Appleton & Co
Lord Bacon
Ignatius Donnelly
J. G. Pyle
St. Paul
the Pioneer Press Co
D. C. Heath & Co
Moliére
Charles Heron Wall
Scribner & Welford
Edmund A. Whitman
Rand Avery Co
Missouri
Lucien Carr
Horace E. Scudder
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Folly Island
Sarah Orne Jewett
J. A. M. Whistler
Olivia Delaplaine
Ticknor & Co
Emma M. Connelly
D. Lothrop & Co
John Austin
F. J. Stimson
Dale
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Charles Woodruff Shields
Edward R. Roe
Chicago
Laird & Lee
8. T. Rover
Philadelphia
Arnold & Co
West End Nursery Appeals For Aid As Baby Care Fades
The West End Nursery and Infants’ Hospital lists donations totaling 857.42 and warns it can suspend care for about fifteen babies this summer without further assistance. Appeals are directed to H. C. Haven, M.D., at 200 Beacon Street, or William Minot Jr., 39 Court Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Nursery and Infants
Blossom Street
Rirs
G. C. Crebore
Causten Browne
M. Day Kimball
Ellerton Pratt
J. J. Putnam
Otis E. Weld
Amos A. Lawrence
Edward I. Browne
Frank Merriam
Horatio Bigelow
G. C. Shattuck
Caroline Tappat
Mary A. Tappan
M. Hodges
J. W. Elliot
H. P. Quincy
E. L. Wells
Ruth L. Wells
E. L. Davis
S. W. Burh
J. Lewis Stackpole
William Rotch
Parsons
G. Parsons
Alexander Moseley
A. F. Wadsworth
H. 8. Grew
Augustus Lowell
H. H. Coolidge
F. Cunningham, Jr
Jacob Morlock
F. A. Brooks
John C. Paige
Joseph N. Fiske
Francis C. Foster
R. S. Fay
Joseph B. Glover
J. C. Jordan
J. H. Hecht
Channing Lilly
C. J. White
A. 8. Krimball
John Hogg
C. EF. Hutchins
William Thomas
Samuel A. Devens
J. B
A.M. R
Bb. B. R
H. C. Haven
M.D
Beacon Street
William Minot, Jr
Court Strect
Boston Liquor Licenses Sought by Lynch and O'Donnell
Board notices that William Lynch seeks a license to sell intoxicating liquors first class at 163 Causeway Street and Beverly Street door in Boston. Mary A. O'Donnell seeks license to sell intoxicating liquors as wholesale dealer fourth class at 1198 Washington Street in two rooms first floor and cellar.
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Board of Porres
Boston
William Lynch
Causeway Street
Beverly Street
Thomas Ryan
Board of Polce
Bostron
Causeway and
Bookpof Peeries
Mary A. O'Donnell
Wasington Street
Annual Meeting Notices for Two Companies
The Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad announces its annual stockholders meeting for the first Monday in June 1883 at eleven o'clock in the forenoon at the station in Kittery to elect directors and conduct other lawful business. Everett Mills calls its annual meeting in Boston on Wednesday June 6 1888 at 1 o'clock in the forenoon to choose officers and transact other business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad Company
Kittery
R. Barrett
Portland
Everett Mills
Everet Mills
New England Mutual Life
Postoffice
Skillings Whitneys Barnes Lumber elect officers May 25 1888
At the annual meeting the Skillings Whitneys Barnes Lumber Company elected officers. David Whitney was named president, Henry L Tibbetts treasurer, with directors including David Whitney W L Proctor Henry L Tibbetts D W Robinson and D XII Skillings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skillings
Whitneys Barnes Lumber Company
David Whitney
Henry L. Tibbetts
David Whiteney
W. L. Proctor
Henry L.tibbetts
D. W. Robinson
D, XII
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Bchanan
Taylor
the Treasury
Supreme Court of
Indiana
Maryland
Buffalo
Moses
Red Sea
Promised Land
Beulah
Pericles
Samuel Adams
Lexington
West End Nursery
New England
J. A. Glass & CO
Washington St
Great Falls Manufacturing
J. Howard Nichols
Cincinnat
Sandusky & Clews Land
R. R. CO
Merchants’ Row
A. P Simpson
State Street
Eliot C. Clarkak
Bostor
Lancaster Mills
Wat Street
Harcour? Amory
Nashua Manufacturing CO
No. Water Street
Frederic Amory
Pacific Miles
Henry Saltonstall
Kilby St
Board OF Police
Pemberton Square
Board of Porrce
India Brug CO
Willia W. Coolidge
India Square
Ston
Said
Ae Thomas Ryan
Skillings, Whitneys & Barnes
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