Post Publishing Company contact and payment details
Boston Post notice lists sender risk for money sent and payable to the Post Publishing Company. It provides New York Broadway and Wall Street address, Brigdman BraincHAm Co. agents, and Washington Corcoran Building Fifteenth Street office details.
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Post Publishing Company
New York
Broadway and
Wall Street
Bridgman, Brraincham & Co
Washington
Corcoran Building
Fifteenth Street
Ship News on the Third Page and Departments on Pages Six Seven
The notice directs readers that the Financial and Commercial Departments are located on the Sixth and Seventh pages while the Ship News appears on the Third Page.
Election fallout haunts wages as mills slash pay
The Boston Post on November 14 1888 notes post election wage cuts and layoffs. Atlantic Cotton Mills in Lawrence reduce broad loom weavers pay by 20 percent while Salem carriers face weekly deductions. Hieeins & Co New York reports widespread belt tightening as Read ing Iron and other mills shut down. The piece critiques pre election forecasts of wage gains under Harrison versus Cleveland.
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Harrison
Boston Journal
New York Tribune
Atlantic Cotton
Lawrence
Salem
Hieeins & Co
New York
New Reading Iron Company
Cleveland
Canada trade move sparks row over reciprocity and ruin
The Home Market Club and Republican Senate clash over Sir Charles Tupper’s talks with Spain and a proposed Cuba Porto Rico pact. The piece argues the 1885 US rejection of reciprocity would be mirrored, warning Canada’s pursuit of southern trade could ruin Canada and threaten US manufacturers.
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Home Market Club
Senate
Canada
Charles Tupper
Spain
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Republican Senate
Blaine-Harrison
General Harrison
France faces 500 million franc war outlay drive
M de Freycinet told the Chamber of Deputies that 500 million francs, about 100 million dollars, would be needed to complete war preparations. He said the sum would be spread over several budgets while the annual war department spending tops 694.95 million francs. Government tax plans may not ease the burden and deputies applauded, perhaps spurred by fear of conflict with Italy.
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M. DE Freycinet
Chamber of Deputies
War Department
M. Pperry- Cinet
Chamber
Italy
Doubt Cast On Umbria Iberia Collision Speed Claim
The Advertiser’s haste on the Umbria Iberia crash is questioned. The Post notes no solid ground to claim Captain McMickan did not act with caution. Speed cannot be judged by damage alone, with examples of ships altering course causing severe damage.
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Umbria
Iberia
McMickan
Leyland
Boston
Collision Lessons From a Fog Bound Voyage
The text discusses dangers of heavy coal masses and the need for careful examination by the British Board of Trade into Captain McMickan's collision. It criticizes reckless charges about speed in fog and notes passengers’ old method of estimating ship speed by tossing a chip overboard.
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McMickan
British Board of Trade
Umbria
Call for Six or Eight Year Presidential Term
The piece argues business losses from campaign strain at 10 percent of 5 billion dollars and urges extending the presidential term to six or eight years as a remedy. It notes this would require a constitutional amendment and seeks timely action to reduce recurrent election disruption to industry.
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Coauncey M. Depew
New York Herald
Work of the new Congress looms with party clash
The short session is seen as unproductive with major policy disputes unresolved. The piece argues a Republican SenateHouse stalemate will persist, forecasting a stronger 51st Congress with contested seats, tariff bills, and expansive spending backed by party leaders and figures like Quay. It predicts reforms favoring revenue measures, pensions, subsidies, and elections interference.
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Congress
Senate
Democratic House
House of Representatives
Harrison
Pacific Mail
United States
Chandler
Republican Party
Indicated Path for Inaugural Session After Inauguration
The text notes a push for the Republican Congress to convene an extraordinary session immediately following the inauguration to pursue indicated aims. It emphasizes urgency and the anticipated legislative agenda shaping the early period of the new administration.
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Republican Congress
Resignation of London police chief stirs political反
The British Home Office faces scrutiny as Sir Charles Warren resigns as head of the Metropolitan Police. The clash with Home Secretary Matthews over authority, policy, and the Whitechapel case is blamed for turmoil. Warren’s record includes Trafalgar Square riots, while Matthews is faulted for blundering and indecision.
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Charles Warren
Metropolitan Police Force
London
Whitechapel
Home Office
Murray
Sir Charles
Trafalgar Square
Metropolitan Police
Home Secretary
Matthews
Cass
House of Commons
Marrarews
New York Herald
Bell Telephone Decision Sets Federal Challenge to Patents
The Supreme Court rules the government may sue in federal court to annul a patent for fraud in obtaining it, establishing a new precedent. The process is lengthy and may not affect the Bell case before the patent expires, but the ruling shifts power to police fraud in patent grants.
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United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Bell Company
Breit
Supreme
Court Would Reach Different Conclusion
A terse legal note suggests the court would arrive at a different conclusion if arguments were reconsidered. The remark implies potential shift in interpretation or outcome pending further review.
Miss Anderson Chooses Greek Gowns From Liserty Line
Miss Anderson discusses gowns for The Winter Tale production calling them Greek and Liserty made. A crimson cloak and a bewitching salmon dress with silver clasps are featured. She rejects Paris gowns, unlike Brown Porter and Lanarry.
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Miss Anderson
Laserty
London
Brown Porter
Lanarry
O'Connor Visits Gladstone at Hawarden in Personal Letter
In a New York World letter Mr T P O'Connor shares impressions of William Gladstone, praising his frankness and simplicity while noting a sly fox image. The piece weaves gossip with analysis of Gladstone's temperament and signals potential reminiscences. The overall tone is agreeable and tasteful.
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T. P. O’connor
Mr. Gladstone
Hawarden
New York World
Disraeli
Department of Literature
Rosé
Lectures Struggle for Public Favor Amid Campaign Year
In Boston the presidential campaign disrupts general lecture business as towns emphasize the election, while cities see few lectures aside from travel courses. Speakers shift to vivid visuals. John Fiske’s popular yet instructive histories offer encouragement for public taste. Welsh rarebits prompt debate on cooking skill, home preparation, and club life. The writer muses about street names and municipal memory on Boylston Street, noting Frog Lane and proposing a playful historic renaming.
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Tam
John Fiske
English pugilist Tom King leaves estate of 250000
Prominent figures headlined in the notice list as Estate of Tom King exceeds 250000. Cardinal Manning and other English prelates protest Italian penal laws to the Pope. Pendleton improves. Nice visit planned. Thompson to chair Nineteenth Century Club. Bright bedridden with bronchitis. Harrison wagers discussed. Various political and social notes from the era.
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Tom King
Cardinal Manning
Mr. Pendleton
United States
Berlin
Nice
Daniel Greenleaf Thompson
Cortlandt Palmer
Nineteenth Century Club
John Bright
Benjamin Harrison
Portsmouth
O. Harrison
Cleveland
Salmon P. Chase
Continental Club of
Washington
Burlington
Free Press
Vermont
Harrison
Washington Star
Lord Sackville
Sackville-West
Lord Stanley
Government House
Ottawa
Paris
New York
Earl of Lucan
Light Brigade
Balaklava
Tennyson
Thomas L. Botts
John Minor Botts
Virginia
Alexander Hamilton
Levi P. Morton
Rhinebeck
Miss West
Count Sala
Legation
Fine Art Notes on Portraits at Several Galleries
Galleries across Boston showcase portraits by Hardie Collins Churchill Wagner and Blashfield. Ellen Hale maintains a Park Street studio with studies in oil pastel and charcoal etching preparation. The piece extols charcoal drawing for etching and quotes William Hunt on value, line, and practice.
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Doll & Richards’s
Hardie
Collins
Boylston Street
Park Square
Williams & Everett’s
Churchill
Chase
Wagner
Dr. Williams
E. H. Blashfield
Ellen D. Hale
Woman’s Club
Park Street
William M. Hunt
Obituary for Marian Shimmin Jeffries Wife of Dr B Joy Jeffries
Marian Shimmin Jeffries wife of Dr B Joy Jeffries of this city died on Monday after a long illness. She led a busy charitable life and bore her protracted illness with patience. A devoted member of St Pauls Church she lived and died in the Christian faith with confidence in the life to come.
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Marian Shimmin Jeffries
B. Joy Jeffries
Mrs. Jettries
St. Paul’s Church
Underwriters' Association Meeting in Boston at Young's Hotel
The November Boston Life Underwriters' Association meeting was held yesterday at Young's Hotel. President absent, Vice-President Dyer presided. F. C. Sanborn elected associate member. Hedges Capron of Boston and Capron of Springfield named a nominating committee for December. About twenty-six gentlemen attended including Tolman of Pittsfield and agents Beebe Keep Tolman Holden Kilburn. Dyer opened with a cordial after-dinner, Hopkins read a paper on obstacles to success in life insurance, Barnard read The Solicitor, Gifford of Providence offered life insurance maxims, with additional remarks by Schwab Tolman Holden Kilburn.
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Underwriters’ Association
Boston Life Underwriters’ Association
Young’s Hotel
G. N. Carpenter
W. H. Dyer
F. C. Sanborn
Messrs. Hedges and Capron
Boston
Capron
Springfield
William Tolman
Pittsfield
Specia
Berkshire Life Insurance Company
R. O. Beebe
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
F. E. Keep
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dyer
Hopkins
Association
Darwin Barnard
Gifford
Providence
Messrs. Schwab
Tolman
Holden
Kilburn
Depew to Attend Home Market Club Jubilee Banquet
Chauncey M Depew has accepted an invitation to attend the Home Market Club jubilee banquet. The committee hopes Blaine will come. John F Scanlan telegraphed he would be present and General Alger of Michigan with Mrs Alger and daughters will arrive early Thursday morning.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Home Market Club
Blaine
John F. Scanlan
General Alger
Michigan
Haytian Republic Seizes US Steamer Haytian Republic
Haytian minister in New York reports the seizure of the United States steamship Haytian Republic for violating the blockade of St Marc. Cape Haytien revolts and rebels used the vessel to transport insurgents toward Gonaives. Dessalines gunboat fired on the ship and towed her to Port au Prince amid disputes over legality.
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United States
New York
St. Marc
Cape Haytien
St. Mare
Dessalines
Port Au Prince
Washington
Annual Meeting of Young Travellers Aid Society
The Young Travellers Aid Society held its annual meeting at Trinity Chapel with Rev. Edward Osborne presiding. Officers were elected, including Mrs. G. A. Meyer as president and Mrs. Bernard Whitman as vice president. The report praised one year of work, noting 900 aided locally and 400 more helped in two months with Mrs. Marceline assisting. Speakers Dr. Phillips Brooks Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells and Dr. E E Hale urged continued preventive action and civic Christian life to protect young girls from temptation.
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Young Travellers’ Aid Society
Trinity Chapel
Edward Osborne
G. A. Meyer
Bernard Whitman
Reginald Gray
R.S. Russell
J. M. Sears
C. Dupee
W. S. Fitz
G. Evans
William Nichols
Marceline
Phillips Brooks
Kate Gannett Wells
Boston
Christmas Mills bill urged by Record in Senate action
A Philadelphia Record editorial argues that passing the Mills bill before Christmas would alleviate the new administration's burdens and provide a signal benefit to the nation, urging Senate action as a decisive move for the public good.
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Senate
Philadelphia Record
Ind
Great Work for Democrats in Tariff Reform
A New York Times Ind editorial urges the Democratic party to pursue tariff reform without letting New York become the decisive battleground of its national contests. It argues New York’s vast trading potential and treachery risks must not derail the broader reform effort.
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Democratic Party
Party of Tariff Reform
New York
N. Y. Times
Ind
Senator Sherman Snubbed by Home Market Club for Broad Views
The Home Market Club did not invite Senator Sherman to its celebration, deeming his recent views too expansive to fit the club’s limited vision, though he once shifted to a suitable stance during presidential pressures last February.
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Sherman
Springfield Republican
Ind
Striking Out A New Policy on British Fortifications
A Philadelphia Telegraph item argues for dismantling or reducing Britain's fortifications at Halifax Esquimalt and Bermuda. It contends the fortifications threaten U S interests and urges starting proceedings to dismantle or cede Bermuda to prevent any menace.
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Great Britain
Halifax
Esquimault
Puget Sound
Bermuda
Philadelphia Telegraph
No Free Trade Fear in Massachusetts Cities
A Boston Post reprint notes Massachusetts manufacturing cities showed no free trade scare, similar to Rhode Island and other states. It argues Republican gains statewide result from Blaine supporters returning to the fold, while Democratic gains in Lowell and Fall River reflect the cyclone of fear failing to push workers to Republicans.
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Boston Post
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Tribune
Blaine
Lowell
Fall River
Evening Post
Ind
Badeau Denies Authorship Claims of Grant Book
General Adam Badeau issues a card denying he claimed authorship or joint authorship of General Grant's book. He states he never wrote or spoke such claims and reiterates his May 4 1885 statement that the work should be Grant's. He recounts offers and payments from Grant and Conkling, totaling $11,254 with interest, never previously admitted by Grant.
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General Badeau
Adam Badeau
General Grant
Colonel Grant
Mr. Conkling
Grant
Fragments of satire and science fill a busy page
A string of quips, editor jokes, political jests, and literary notes runs through a chaotic column. It mentions Mr Gladstone and Scottish tortoises, a Paris to Calais aerial transit proposal by Imbs, and Westland Marston’s Our Recent Actors with Kean’s vanity anecdotes, plus a Chicago Tribune election bet anecdote and amused banter about editors and proofs.
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Featherly
Mabel
Mr. Featherly
Grimsby
Belinda
Mandy
Amanda
MecPelican
Chicago Tribune
Imbs
Paris
Calais
St. Petersburg
Pall Mall Gazette
M. Imbs
Fleming Jenkin
Westland Marston
Macready
Mr. Chippendale
Charles Kean
Kean
Marston
Literary Notes on New Books and Series
Publishers announce new works and forthcoming editions by Ginn, Appleton, Roberts, Ticknor, and others. Highlights include a Reader in Botany, Riley poems Pipes o Pan at Ze ksbury, Donovan, The Man Without a Country, Counter Currents, The Philistines, and The Other Side of the War letters from the Army of the Potomac. River side Literature Series presents Long fellows poems with notes. Popular Science Monthly December features The Psychology of Deception by Jastrow and Beliefs About the Soul by Oakes. Jane Austen biography in Famous Women Series under Roberts Bros.
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Messrs. Ginn & Co
J.H. Newell
Bowen Merrill Company
Indianapolis
James Whitcomb Riley
Zekesbury
Messrs
D. Appleton & Co
Margaret Kent
Arlo Bates
United States Sanitary Commission
Virginia
Katherine Prescott Wormeley
Balzac
Sanitary Commission
Massachusetts
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Riverside
Longfellow
Popular Science Monthly
Joseph Jastrow
R. A. Oakes
Roberts Bros
Jane Austen
Miss Austen
Austen Leigh
Lord Brabourne
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Milk
Washington Street
NEW Congress
THE
British Home Office
Bell Telephone
Vatel
Condé
Tremont
Taverner
Fine Art Notes
MR. Depew
Haytian Republic
Hayti
Gladstone
Harrisons
Philadelphia Ledger
Scotland
Gladsby
Feverfew
Rosalie
Maud
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