New Books Review Highlights Dialect Recitations And Grammars
A long survey of new and noted books in education and literature. George M. Baker’s Humorous Speaker and Debater’s Hand-Book are reviewed alongside E N Kirby’s Vocal and Action Language. German Grammar by KE Joynes is praised for clarity. The Best Reading, Steele’s Chemistry, and other titles receive varying commentary.
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George M. Baker
Phil
Teddy
Paddy
Baker
J. B. Lippincott Company
Cutter
KE. S. Joynes
South Carolina College
Meissner
Queen’s College
Belfast
Steele
Mr. Jones
Boston
Lee & Shepard
Price
Same
E. N. Kirby
John C. Cutter
Philadelphia
I. Ambrose
F. Ambrose
Edward
Joynes
D. C. Heath & Co
Popular Sciences
J. Dorman Steele
New York
A.S. Barnes & Co
Lynds E._ Jones
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Laughton, Macdonald & Co
Rescue of Girls and the Lancaster industrial school
Boston aimed appeal from 1887 argues for using the Lancaster industrial school to reform girls under 17 who have engaged in immoral acts. It describes the family-style housing, probation with auxiliary visitors, and the balance between restraint and education to reduce delinquency and salvage youth from degradation. The piece urges parents police and judges to support expanded use of the program.
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House of Correction
Industrial School
Lancaster
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Boston
Sam Small Recalls Abraham Faith at Bromfield Street Church
Boston audience heard Rev Sam Small discuss Abraham’s leap of faith from Ur citing Hebrews. He linked Abraham to liberty themes and traced colonial echoes with Castle Island militia, Williams, Vane, and the broader impact of religious freedom on early America.
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Sam
Bromfield Street
Sam Small
Abraham
Mr. Small
God
Castle Island
Boston Harbor
Charlestown
Dorchester
Boston
Roger Williams
Endicott
Williams
Henry Vane
Liberty
Jefferson
Samuel Adams
Massachusetts
Charles I
James I
New England
America
England
The Planting of New England Lecture Recap
Mr John Fiske outlines early Plymouth Company land grants and Massachusetts Bay settlements. He traces self-government forming from 1631 tax protest by Watertown, the shift to a two chamber General Court in 1644, and church polity restrictions. He notes royal interference by Gorges, Mason and Parliament, and ends with Massachusetts fortifications ordered after King Charles I’s challengers.
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John Fiske
New England
Old South Meeting House
Plymouth Company
Massachusetts Bay
Newton
Old England
John Hampden
Samuel Adams
Watertown
Board of Assistants
Deeniacen
Strafford
Loud
Morton
Merry Mount
Kitn
Charles I
Massachusetts
England
Gorges
Mason
Council of
America
Hamilton
Arundel
Surrey
Carlisle
Stirling
Fernando Gorges
John Mason
Lot
Massachusetts Company
Winthro
Boston
Delaware & Hudson Acquires Rutland Railroad
H G Young confirms Delaware & Hudson Canal Company has bought the Rutland road including the Addison branch from Ticonderoga to Leicester Junction. The move secures north south coal and passenger routes, weakens Vermont Central, and reshapes access to New England via Boston and Montreal with lease to Vermont Central ending in 1890. The plan preserves current traffic for two years and positions D & H to control the Rutland’s operations.
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H. G. Young
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
Albany Evening Journal
Rutland Road
Addison
Ticonderoga
Leicester Junction
Delaware & Hudson
Rutland Railroad
New England
Bellows Falls
Boston & Lowell
Concord
Delaware & Hudson Company
Vermont Central
New York
Montreal
Fitchburg
Troy
Boston
White Creek
Rutland
Bennington
Delaware &Hudson
Albany
Here
Rutland and
Canada
Vermont
Central
North
Rail talks and market updates across New England
This week reports changes in New England rail personnel with N E Chalenor named traveling agent for the region, replacing Newbegin. It also notes lower Pacific rates, subsidies to Pacific Mail, and plans for Southern Pacific to build from Los Angeles to Redlands. Boston & Maine shifts freight routing via Lowell. earnings comparisons across major lines are listed, plus a Boston area stockholders meeting for Manchester & Lawrence. Sportsmen see a big sale at G W Simmons featuring a rifle at two dollars fifty.
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Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Orrick
New England
Washington Street
Boston
N. E. Chalenor
New Brounswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Newbegin
A. H. Fennicants
Canadian Pacific
California
Oregon
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Southern Pacific Company
Los Angeles
Redlands
Pasadena
San Bernardino
Manchester & Lawrence Railroad
Boston & Maine
St. Louis & San F
Louis
N.Y. & Tex
Northern Pacific
N. Y
Ont
West
Peo
Dec
Evans
St. Paul & Duluth
Nashua
N. H
Lowell
Ayer Junction
Philadelphia & Reading Road
Coal and Iron Company
G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
Perabo transcribes Iolanthe themes for piano
Transcriptions of themes from Sullivan's Iolanthe by Mr Ernst Perabo show that artistic value need not be tied to heavy classical form. The arrangements blend popular appeal with classical flavor, are scholarly, melodic, and enjoyed praise in public concerts. The volume is attractively published with decorative title page.
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Iolanthe
Ernst Perabo
Sullivan
Perabo
Living Authors of England recalls Alfred Domett in 1849
In recalling English literary journals, the writer revisits The Living Authors of England by Thomas Powell 1849. The book profiles thirty eight living English authors, with Alfred Domett listed fourteenth and given eleven pages. the author reflects on Domett and his verse amid broader notes on Powell and transatlantic literary memory.
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Powell
Domett
New Zealand
England
Browning
Mr. Browning
Donnett
Waring
Rh. H. Stoddard
N.Y
Appleton Houses
Messrs. D. Appleton & Co
Broadway
George 8. Appleton
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Thomas Powell
Vowell
London
United States
Wornsworth
Jerrold
Alfred Domett
Mr. Powell
Alfred Donnett
Weather forecast for New England and Atlantic coast
Washington reports a 24 hour outlook starting Monday with rain and snow in New England and eastern New York, turning to colder clearing weather and a cold wave. Temperatures may fall 20 to 40 degrees by Tuesday morning. Light precipitation, then fair freezing conditions appear Monday night through Wednesday. Southwest cautionary signals posted from Boston to Delaware breakwater.
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Washington
New England
New York
Atlantic
Central Valley
Atlantic Coast
Boston
Delaware
Observations From Rain Gauge Stations At Once
A synchronized report notes traces of rainfall at all observed stations. Timestamps indicate simultaneous measurements, with T values indicating light precipitation across locations and consistent minimal rainfall totals. The record emphasizes coordinated data collection rather than a weather event narrative.
Business troubles and creditor compromises in various states
A bundle of brief notices shows multiple firms facing distress or assignments. Curry & Sharp of Lynn seek 50 cent on the dollar settlements with creditors. R. M. Hastings in Elmora fails. M. H. Lipman in Salt Lake City and Hailey assigns. H. L. Persons & Coe in Providence expect 30 cents on the dollar. Wheeler & Cullinan of Columbus assign. Morris and Ireland of Boston assign. W. B. Barry Law and Supply of Indianapolis assigns. E. D. Hayes of Glastonbury offers 16 cents on the dollar. Thomas Be Sherman of New Bedford assigns. George P. Clark & Co of Boston offers 15 cents. Clark Putnam & Co of Boston offers 30 cents.
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Curry & Sharp
Grocers
Lynn
R. M. Hastings
Elmora
Ind
M. H. Lipman
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hailey
Ida
H. L. Persons & Coe
Providence
R. I
Wheeler & Cullinan
Tailors
Columbus
Morris and Ireland
Sudbury Street
Boston
W. B. Barry Law and Supply Company
Indianapolis
E. D. Hayes
Glastonbury
Thomas BE. Sherman
New Bedford
George P. Clark & Co
Clark Putnam & Co
Furniture Manufacturers
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Mr. Hamilton
Oratory
Wolfe
Herbert Knowles
Lady Nairn
Mr. Longfellow
Rome
Pallas
Jove
Marsfold
THER
Abrahama
Railroad Matters
The
Observer’s Office
Signal Service
U.S Boston
Annae
Nantucket
Washington Crees
Bair Lynchburg
Norfolk
Hatteras Eeere
Elmington
iClear Jacksonville
Montgomery
New Orleans
Shreveport
Fort Smith
Galveston
Memphis
Knoxville
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Oswego
Cleveland
Rand Haven
Mankinny City
Marquette
Mich
Chicago
Clear Green Bay
Clear
Lear Pes Moines
Foggy Halifax
Rain Leavenworth
Prupons
Fort Buford
Fort Assinaboine
Fort Custer
Ioudy Helenaee
Fair Deadwood
Cheyenne
North Platte
Clear See Nee
Weis I, L Bow & Yeu Poi
Rorau Baking Pewde CO
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Florida
City of
Macon
Almeria
State Streas
Kansas
Mississippi
Snow & Co., Commission Merchants and Auctioneers
North Market Street
George E. Hall
School Street
the Collateral Loan Co
Francis Henshaw & CO
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Ednesday
St. Anthony Mining Co
A Lee
Bay State Live "Stock Co
Old Boston
Natl
Naumkeag Natl. Bank
Salem
Quincy Rl
Stark Mills
Cocheeco Mfg
Middlesex Millis
Grendon Lion Co
Chicopee Mfg. Co
Jaswell EB. le Lowell
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Petroit, Lansing & Northern Rr, Ptd
City Bank
Union Stock Yard and Transit Co
Tremont Natl
Hamilton Mfg. Co
Asiatic Natl. Bank
Mt. Vernon
Boylston
Dwight Mfg. Co
Micago
Burl. & Quincy RR
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Private Saloon Commission
R. L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Arkansas Valley Town and Land Co
Falls Mig. Co
Nat'l Bank
Framingham
Shoe and Leather
Bank
Douglas Axe Mfg. Co
West End St. Ry
Heehire Rd
Eastern Ka. Com
Siehei
Do Neptuneius
Do Lombard Investment Co
Pal, Car Co
Lake Champ. Ra
Clinton
Water Works Co
Py Coe
Chi
Burl. & Quincy Ril
Cons. Mort
Bosson Gas Syndicate
West End St. Ra
Mt. Vernon Natl. Bank
West Lincoln Township
Momence Township
Burl
Mo. River
Cony
Atech
Top
St. Fe
New Mexico & So
St. Ry
Gideon Beck & Son
Tremont Street
Our
Dhearnat St
S. R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Main St
Cambridgeport
Boston Street
South
Richard Williams
Dwight Street
Cyrus L. Harris & CO
F. Geldowsky
East
Cambridge
Mass
Doane Street
J. B. Bugbee
Hr. L. Bearse
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Richards
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Broguet & CG
White St
Fownsend & Montant
Leoward Street
Cereals
A. B.C
M’f’g CO
Murray ST
Medical
Harvard Med
MT. Vernon ST
State House
Brookline
Lovuts Cassier
Eapitor
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