Democratic campaign blunder swings balance in state race
The Morning Press critiques Democratic leaders for subordinating policy to personal feuds and courting money. It argues their strategy to win with a large vote without Independents backfired as Independents rejected the plan, shifting the contest's outcome.
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Herald
Lovering
Independent vote shapes Worcester results in governor race
The article notes a walled campaign by opponents and reports that Independent voters shifted from the Democratic party to Governor Ames. It highlights the Democratic machine’s influence in the Worcester convention and the insult-driven split that worsened Lovering’s standing, praising Independents for aiding Ames’s decisive win.
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Andrew
Ames
Worcester
Lovering
Governor Ames gains plurality amid Boston bosses’ backlash
The Advertiser notes Governor Ames’s increased plurality compared with last year and credits Republican gains to independent voters and President Harrison’s support for Mr. Lovering. It argues independents acted on home matters and that the President’s influence harms his Massachusetts standing.
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Ames
Boston
Lovering
Henee
Massachusetts
Election Outlook Shows Ames Victory Likely With Narrow Margin
The Globe notes Governor Ames and the Republican State ticket favored to win by a larger margin than last year yet still modest in historic terms. Democrats gain strength as Republican majorities ebb, marking a tough, spirited contest that tested the press in covering the race.
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Globe
Ames
Stratford Opening of Fountain Ceremony Impresses
Henry Irving records in London Punch a Stratford event where the speech pleased attendees though omissions irked him. He notes absent American figures Abbey and Buffalo Bill Cody, praises Miss Mary Anderson, and remarks on the American minister and the Phelps name in theater.
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Cody
America
William Shakspere
William Cody
Swan Shakspere
England
Mary Anderson
Lyceum
Phelps
Next Massachusetts Legislature Swings Republican in Essex Overturn
The article details a sweeping shift in Massachusetts politics with Essex County leading a GOP breakthrough. It notes Senator Roche remains as a Republican holdout in the region, Democrats defeated in Middlesex, and a Republican surge in Suffolk and Worcester. The Senate tally is reported as 80 Republicans to 10 Democrats, with House gains and a Republican Executive Council.
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General Court
Hampden
Berkshire
Essex County
Roche
Welch
Middlesex
Alger
Cambridge
Suffolk County
Jenkins
Worcester
Senate
House
Executive Council
Boston and other counties list of candidates and districts
A dense OCR style list presents candidates and districts across Norfolk Plymouth Bristol Cape District and RE districts. Names include D and R party affiliations with Boston and surrounding towns such as Braintree Needham Rockland Brockton Norton Fall River Bourne Somerville Belmont Cambridge Framingham Groton Maiden Lowell Lynn Marblehead Gloucester and Lawrence.
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Carlisle
Fairhaven
Chelmsford
Fall River
Concord
Falmouth Ee
Stowe
da Hochester
Tewksbury
Sr Ee
Sandwich
Townsend
Seekonk
Tyngsboro
Somerset
Westford Eevee
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Wilmington
Tisbury
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Wareham
Eee Wellfleet
Westport
Yarmouth
Ashland
Bellingham
Berlin
Vod Blackstone
Brookline
Abington
Clinton
Brockton
Franklin
Corneod
Holliston
Carver
Hodale
Cohasset Esas
Fiangon
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Medfield
Jiingham
Ovo
Medway
Holbrook Sees Es
Mendon, Eee
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Milford
Kingston
Millis Ene
Mansfield A Eer
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Yembroke
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Plymouth
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Eee Ov
Sherborn
Nincy
Es Eeee
Southboro
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Sudbury
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Eeaesee
Walpole
Rockland
Beituate
Wellesley Ee
Sharon
Westboro
South Seitwate
Weston
Stoughton Eee
Wrentham
Eene
Weymouth
West Coe
Whitman
Goy
Lins
Edward Glines
Somerville
Varnum Fletcher
Belmont
Chester W. Kingsley
Cambridge
Edward J. Slattery
Framingham
Moses P. Palmer
Groton
John K.C. Sleeper
Maiden, R
Frank M. Howe
Lowell, RE
Executive Councillors Elected
A list of eight council members elected from various cities. Jonathan Bourne of New Bedford Elijah A Morse of Canton E M McPherson of East Boston Michael M Cunniff of Boston Frank D Allen of Lynn Francis Jewett of Lowell George W Johnson of Brookfield Levi J Gunn of Greenfield are recorded as elected.
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Jonathan Bourne
New Bedford
Elijah A. Morse
Canton
E. M. McPherson
East Boston
Michael M. Cunniff
Boston
Frank D. Allen
Lynn
Francis Jewett
Lowell
George W. Johnson
Brookfield
Levi J. Gunn
Greenfield, R
Suffolk and surrounding counties party ticket listings
A dense roll of candidates by county and party lines across Suffolk Wampden Barnstable Norfolk and Norfolk counties. The list shows Republican and Democrat nominees for multiple districts, with a tally of party counts per county. Names include Witt Lovell Kennedy Mcfnany ONeil Hayes Gleason Calnan Collison Flynn Farren Doherty Donovan Parkman Armstrong Fisk Wharton Quinn Leary Noyes Garrity Woods Desmond OMeally Colby Frost Noonan McDonough McKitrick Ware Dunlea Gunn Leach Hathaway Champlin Miller Finney Hatch Turner Lothrop Hooper McCarthy Thompson Bixby Crowell Rogers Crowell Finney Hatch Perry Rogerson Aull White Babbitt Rounseville Willis Tompkins.
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Charles T. Witt
Clarence P. Lovell
Patrick J. Kennedy
Thomas C. Mc Fnany
John W. O'Neil
John E. Hayes
Joseph H. Gleason
William H. Preele
Patrick J. Calnan
Edward Gagar
D. U
N. Collison
Edward J. Flynn
Thomas G. Farren
John Doherty
Edward J. Donovan
H. H. Atwood
Henry Parkman
William O. Armstrong
Edward P. Fisk
Jacob Fottler
Willian KF. Wharton
Andreas Blame
P. H. Quinn
I. D
Daniel Gunn
Edward W. Bremer
William T. Leach
John F. Brown
James A. Hathaway
Arthur B. Champlin
William S. Hixon
Lyman M. Miller
David Floyd
Wampden County
Newfoundland's Interests Sent to Washington
The Hon. J. S. Winter Newfoundland's representative at the international fisheries commission travels to Washington in an unofficial capacity. He is delegated by the Newfoundland government to attend sessions and explain to British commissioners what the colony desires.
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Halifax
J. S. Winter
International Fisheries Commission
Washington
Yale Dominates Crescents 70–0 at Polo Grounds
Yale overwhelmed the Crescents at the Polo Grounds, scoring 70 points while holding the Crescents to none. Yale reached 12 touchdowns, converted 9 extra points, added a safety, and forced two safeties on the Crescents.
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Yale
The
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Polo Grounds
McCarty vs Boston and Lowell Railroad verdict $5500
In Middlesex Superior Court Judge Pitman presided. The jury found for the plaintiff McCarty in the case against Boston and Lowell Railroad Company, with a verdict of five thousand five hundred dollars. The Cambridge court list will be taken up on Wednesday, November 9, with the first three pages in order.
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Middlesex County
Pitman
McCarty
Boston & Lowell Railroad Company
Cambridge
Commonwealth OF
Edward N. Wood
George C. Evans
Lowell
Middlesex
Copartners
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Kenneth K. Smoot
Chcago
Ilinois
T. B. Carruthers
T. W. Moorehead
New York City
Theo. C. Hurd
Boston Fire Underwriters Elect Officers and Local Notices
The Boston Board of Fire Underwriters elected officers including President J Ed ward Hollis and secretary Osborne Howes Jr, with committees on brokers and tariff named. Midweek noon services at King's Chapel resume today. Unitarian Club meets at Vendome. Rev Brooke Herford speaks on Business Enterprise in Religion. C W Bates arrested for alleged illegal mails scheme. bail set at 1000. John D Long to speak on Methods of Procedure in Congress at the YMCA. A rally for Associated Charities planned at the Institute of Technology next Thursday at 3 30 p m.
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Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
J. Edward Hollis
Osborne Howes, Jr
George R. Rogers
Frank E. Sweetsir
Charles E. Guild
B. B. Whittemore
E. E. Partridge
R. A. Boitt
C. H. Hayes
Harmon Vinton
A. P. Curtis
James Goodwin
King’s Chapel
Unitarian Club
the Vendome
Brooke Herford
C. W. Bates
State Street
National Card Company
Hallett
John D. Long
Congress
Young Men’s Christian Union
Boylston Street
Mrs Abba Goold Woolson Lectures on Spain in Hawthorne Hall
The second Woolson Spain lecture covered Valladolid and Avila. Valladolid marked by a past capital role and royal ties. Avila famed for old foundations, the wall, cathedral fortress use, and Saint Therese birthplace. Next, Beyond the Guadarrama and the Palace of the Escurial.
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Spain
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Valladolid
Avila
Ferdinand
Isabella
Phillip II
Hercules
Therese
John
Guadarrama Mountains
Escurial and
Madrid
Public flower exhibition opens at noon for three days
At noon today the flower display opens to the public and runs for three days. The exhibition promises a wealth of blossom and the managers find it difficult to group all plants in the two large halls offered by exhibitors.
Funeral for Roxbury ex Mayor John J Clark
Funeral services held for former Roxbury mayor John J Clark with large attendance. Clergy Rev James DeNormandie and Rev John G Brook presided, pallbearers included Samuel C Cobb Charles K Dillaway Edwin Lemist Parkman Blake Charles Hickley Roland Worthington former Governor William Gaston and John J May.
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John J. Clark
Roxbury
James DeNormandie
John G. Brook
Samuel C. Cobb
Charles K. Dillaway
Edwin Lemist
Parkman Blake
Charles Hickley
Roland Worthington
William Gaston
John J. May
Catch Thief From The Pall Mall Gazette
French novelist M A Theuriet laments international piracy of his works mirroring Dreyfus case. He recounts discovery that his novel Tante Aurelie was published as a German author's work in Munich Deutsche Zeitung with changed title and incognito. He urges stronger protections and prepublication payment.
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Pall Mall Gazette
M. A. Theuriet
M. Dreyfus
Don R. Blasco
M. Theuriet
Deutsche Zeitung
Tante Aurélie
Charpentier
M. Theurier
Dreyfus
Ben Jonson Autograph Letter Put Up For Auction
An original Ben Jonson autograph from the first folio year, dated December 1625, is to be auctioned by Pattick & Simpson in the coming weeks. The letter describes book purchases, a neighbor building a house, and ends with Jonson’s signature and a request for the names of two interesting books.
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Ben Jonson
Pattick & Simpson
Juli Dist
Frende
Mayster Lee
Bren Jonson
Drought Reports and Local Developments Across New Hampshire
Reports of drought reach all sections of New Hampshire. Framingham breaks ground on Union Street railroad with Dexter Hemingway 94, oldest resident, turning the first sod. Lancaster workhouse inmates attempt escape after tobacco rations cut. Baker & Whitmarsh relocate shoe manufacturing to Brockton via Brockton Young Men's Business Club, payroll about 1000 dollars weekly. Burglaries cost James J Hayes Market in Sterling about 300 dollars in cash and notes. Adams & Westlake assign New England business to Wheelock Co. in Boston. firm promotes modern heating and cooking stoves for sale.
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Framingham Union Street Railroad
Dexter Hemingway
Framingham
Lancaster
Penn
Baker & Whitmarsh
Abington
Brockton
Young Men’s Business Club of
James J. Hayes
Sterling
Om and Gas
Adams & Westlake Manufacturing Company
New England
C. W. Wheelock & Co
Cornhill
Boston
Petition to dissolve Boston Exhaust Ventilator Co filed
Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court hear a petition by stockholders of the Boston Exhuast Ventilator Company seeking dissolution. The company with 100 shares of $100 par value has no assets or liabilities and no paid-in capital. Notice ordered in Boston Post for appearance on the first Monday in January 1888 to show cause.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Cambridge
Boston Post
Boston
Suffolk
Theo
C. Hurd
Supreme Judicial Court
County of
Boston Exhaust Ventilator Company
John Noble
Stenry A. Clapp
Jos
A. Willard
Edwin A. Wadleilgh
Divorce Libel of Mary McMullin Against Timothy McMullin
Mary McMullin of Chelsea seeks divorce from Timothy McMullin after a long desertion since 1884. She requests custody of their minor son Jeremiah W. and to resume her maiden name Mary McGuigan in the Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, dated 1887.
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Boston
Mary McMullin
Cheilsea
Timothy McMullin
Chelsea
Mulberry Street
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Timothy McMulin
Mary McGuigan
Mary X McMullin
Mark
OES Business and Medical Clairvoyant Beacon Street
OES business and medical clairvoyant operation on Beacon Street is noted in the segment. The brief records say a local firm offers readings and services related to health and business fortune telling.
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