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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1888
Page
2
The report notes that Carlisle has sought legal counsel as the election situation remains unsettled. Hamilton’s victory appears secure, and the overall outcome now rests on forthcoming legal developments and potential challenges.
Nov. 8 dispatches from Sypranapolis and other cities report General Harrison inundated with telegrams and letters of congratulation after early returns suggested his victory. The notices come from states across the Union, including New York, Maine, Ohio, Connecticut, Rhode Island, California, and Massachusetts, with figures and supportive messages from notable politicians and party leaders.
In Indianapolis on election day crowds of about 10 000 roamed the streets celebrating General Harrison with flags hats and chalked numbers. They gathered from trains arriving from Danville and gathered at the Harrison residence where John J Hull announced a congratulatory message. A ratification meeting was planned for Saturday evening.
Governor Hill receives a serenade from Buffalo Association and Pilot Club in Albany honoring his reelection. He thanks supporters, laments Cleveland’s national defeat, defends tariff reform, and urges continued Democratic unity and steadfast adherence to their platform despite temporary losses.
New York Nov 8 Anna E Dickinson lecturer and actress sues the Republican national committee in the Supreme Court to recover 1250 dollars for services. She alleges she was engaged in September to deliver thirty lectures in the West and was to be paid for the campaign work. Senator Quay faces an unpleasant reminder of campaign duties as the suit proceeds.
A complaint filed against Senator Quay and fellow committeemen alleges a speaker was promised 125 dollars per lecture and expenses, totaling 3750 dollars, plus a separate 5000 dollar sum if Harrison won the election, prompting service of the complaint tonight. The speaker claims the additional 5000 was part of the agreement tied to Harrison's election.
Lowell November 8 Republicans jubilant after victory in Huntington Hall with General B F Butler speaking. He praised supporters, urged leniency toward Democrats, attacked Cleveland tariff ideas, warned of permanent duties, claimed fourteenth amendment violations, and predicted Southern representation reduction and possible Mexican annexation.
Londown reports The Globe notes President Cleveland gains little from fisheries disputes and brusque behavior toward Lord Sackville. Democrats suffer defeat. Blaine may head State, while United Ireland remains indifferent to the result. Harrison’s win appears linked to the Sackville affair, with Irish voters wary of Cleveland.
New Haven Conn Nov 8 W H Barnum of the Democratic national committee is seriously ill at his Lime Rock home after returning from New York where he fell ill a week ago. His condition is now slightly improved though the illness is attributed to nervous prostration caused by overwork during the campaign.
Henry Tucker of Robinson and Tucker paid a wager to wheel William Mills around Faneuil Hall Market in a wheelbarrow for a Harrison victory. The procession included five Italian hand organ gunners and drew sport and laughter.
Harvard notes cover a debate at the Harvard Union on the resolution that the government should suppress trusts. Sanford and Reisner spoke for the affirmative with Bailey and Butterworth for the negative as the audience heard a thorough, well attended discussion.
Washington dispatch describes Mrs Cleveland calmly facing election disappointment at the White House gathering. She remains brave and smiling, discussing Miss Endicott's marriage and planning a memorable final winter in the White House.
New York World correspondent records Mrs Mary Harrison recalling her Oxford Ohio upbringing with sunbonnets and dances, meeting General Harrison at the university, and marrying young. She describes her elderly father in Washington, a brother, and her Montana son with a cattle ranch, journalist ties, and a daughter Mamie with two grandchildren, Benjamin Harrison McKee and Mary Lodge McKee.
The D Lothrop Company will publish a new volume titled The Story of Mary the Mother compiled by Rose Porter. This anticipated work offers examination of Marys life and role in Christian tradition from a biographical and devotional perspective.
A critical survey of Canon Venables biography of John Bunyan, praising its readable, selective approach that uses self portrayals from Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and other passages to illuminate the saint and writer. The review notes Venables’ liberal, impartial treatment, and endorses the cheap series edition as a desirable addition.
A critical review of Hugh Macmillan’s Roman Mosaics. The travel essays center on Rome with topics such as the Appian Way the Forum obelisks and Vatican collections. The author shows wide knowledge on antiquities and prehistoric religion and writes in a dry factual tone. landscape and art are limited. The volume is judged creditable if not distinguished among Italian works.
The volume is praised as unusually excellent criticism showing a refined, modest, and tolerant mind. Grimm’s broad range covers Emerson Voltaire Frederick the Great Durer the Grimm brothers Bethina von Arnim Dante and modern Italy. The review notes his distinct personality and cosmopolitan culture making the book a valuable, readable addition cherished by cultivated readers.
Gilmore portrays James Robertson as the central figure in a two part narrative of Southwest settlement. The book chronicles the brutal frontier war with Native tribes over Cumberland territory and the Spanish schemes to block Western expansion along the Mississippi. Wilkinson is cast as the antagonist in the second half.
A 1836 reprint of Thomas K. Hervey’s Book of Christmas explores old English Christmas customs and entertainments. It notes lavish feasts, carols, misrule lore, mince pie superstitions, mistletoe kissing, and New Year gifts, with critical asides on Queen Elizabeth and praise for Shakespeare.
A Victorian catalog notes Fitzgeralds Rubaiyat in a pale gray volume with text plus earlier editions and notes. It lists Thackerays Letters 1847 to 1855 in a compact edition with frontispiece, and D Artagnan Romances editions of The Three Musketeers in two volumes. Also announced are Cobbe works in Good Company and Broken Lights, Hunt and Jerrold compendia, and Fireside Saints with affordable prices.
D Lothrop Company presents Babyland bound volume with gay fanciful pictures and humor. The review notes abundant illustrations that showcase artistic style and the appeal for children, while praising fashion trends that highlight long skirts and leggy figures as a playful detail.
A review of several children's and youth volumes including Our Little Men and Women and The Story of Mary the Mother. Notices praise Knighted in illustrations, with comments on Longfellow Remembrance Book and Palmer Cox Queer People with Wings and Stings. Includes publication details, prices, and publishers.
The second volume of the Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens reports Sterrett’s inscriptions in Asia Minor, funded partly by the Archeological Institute of America. Stevenson’s Edinburgh Picturesque Notes gets a prettily bound new edition, praised as a delightful guide.
A list of small book selections and reprints from publishers in New York and Boston. Titles include Christmas poems, Mother Goose rhymes with new pictures, animal hunting narratives, bird guides, and a history of naval battles, reflecting a diverse 19th century catalog.
An advertisement promotes Benson's Plaster as a world renowned heating remedy for rheumatism sciatica lumbago backache and kidney affections. The copy notes broad physician support and offers instructions from the doctor via a two cent stamp to Seabury Johnson New York.
Boston October 2 A high State Department official shared alarming Massachusetts health figures. He warns New Englanders neglect headaches fatigue and appetite changes until dark days arrive. He cites rising kidney disease and endorses Hunt's Remedy as timely aid to curb illness and deaths.
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