Thanksgiving sale at 1900s department store offers deep discounts
A large shopping event promises special bargains for Thanksgiving with long hours tomorrow until noon. Featured items include 200 children’s all wool cape overcoats at 2.97, 100 children’s Ulster reefers at 5.00, and 300 all wool cheviot suits at 2.97. Men’s Ulsters coats and caps are highlighted, plus Corduroy Windsor caps selling for 1 and 1.25.
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Ulster Reefers
Chumleys
Cap
Windsor
G W Simmons and Company Boston Address Note
G W Simmons & Co located at 62 44 North Street Boston appears in the notice. The fragment notes a business location and contact point in the city.
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North Street
Boston
Weather Indications For New England And Eastern New York
For twenty four hours forecast calls for light rains in New England then clearing on Wednesday with slightly cooler, northwesterly winds. Eastern New York expects light showers followed by clearing and cooler conditions. Storm signals remain active along the Atlantic coast from Boston to Eastport and at Sandy Hook.
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Washington
New England
New York
Atlantic
Boston
Eastport
Sandy Hook
Weather data from Boston observations in 1888
Fide signals service Boston reports for November 27 1888 showing hourly temperature and precipitation figures. Readings include 8 AM 29.46 sovssecce 40.9 44.0 seekes 45.0 40.0 digging die sip 93.0 85.0 9.47 Maximum ther .48.0 rt 4 Minimum ther .48.0 142.5 Max. vel. of witd. "BB 39.0 Total precipitation .72
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ATHER
Boston
FIDE
Signal Service
U.S.A
Max. Vel. of Witd
Maritime passenger and cargo ships listed by port and date
A dated compilation of ships arriving and departing from ports including Boston, Yarmouth Halifax Greenock Queenstown Liverpool London Bremen Stornoway Havana Hamburg Lizard Vancouver Quebec Barbados Glasgow New York Philadelphia San Francisco and more with origin destinations such as Baltimore New York Montreal Yokohama Hong Kong Auckland and Surabaya noting sailing dates from November 25 to 28 and proceeds where indicated. The list names ships like Navy Arecibo Gellert Moravia Gallia Werra Chancellor Flamborough and Mariposa among others along with routes to Liverpool London Matanzas and Polynesia and includes several entries marked proceeded or from and to various trade hubs.
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Boston
Navy
Yarmouth
Carroll
Halifax
Scythia
Liverpool
Greenock
Kengore Head
Baltimore
Queenstown
Egypt
New York
Arecibo
Wilmington
Gardenia
Galveston
Guy Colin
Cephalonia
Oston
Ohio
Philadelphia
London
Glendale
Montreal
The
Lizard
Galileo
All
Bremen
America
Stornoway
Army Dora
New Orleans
Reval
Havana
Manhattan
Matanzas
Hambug
Gellert
Moravia
Tamburg
Vancouver
Albany
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Quebec
Pomeranian
Barbados
Flamborough
Glasgow
State of Indiana
Gallia
Arlona
Polynesia
Hamburg
Grecian
Werra
Chancellor
Sourabaya
Hans & Kurt
San Francisco
Thanksgiving Services at Congregational Curren Church
Thanksgiving day service scheduled for Thursday November 29 at 10 80 a m. The Rev Edward Mee will preach all are cordially invited to attend at the corner of Newbury street and Exeer street.
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Congregational Curren
Newbury Street
Exeer Street
Edward Meewatt Ale
Weekly Boston Post Milk Subscription Rates
Weekly printed notice lists subscription rates for one year and details payment terms. Mentions second class matter status and that all money sent at sender's risk. Indicates check and money order payables to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY with office locations in New York and Washington, D C.
Editor's Notice on Submissions and Departments Listing
The editor states manuscripts may not be returned and anonymous letters will not be considered. Contributors must include full name and address for good faith. Financial and Commercial Departments listed on pages six and seven, ship news on page three.
PARNELL Commission Hearings Note Fairness In Police Testimony
The Doston Post reports yesterday's PARNELL commission session focused on police testimony about outrages while the London Times sought to withhold certain books. The presiding judge ordered their production, signaling strong fairness. It also criticizes the French Chamber's treatment of the late President's son-in-law as political theater amid a parliamentary snub.
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Parnell Commission
London Times
Chamber of Deputies
M. Wilson
Chamber
Arden
Featherly
Mabel
George
Banquet Honors James P Foster in New York
Mr James P Foster head of the Republican League and sponsor of the famed fat circular will be honored at a New York banquet. The event will largely feature protected manufacturers who benefit from tariff laws. The tribute parallels Herspert Radclýff e, a key figure at a similar local event last night, with both praised for their capacity for political misrepresentation.
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James P. Foster
Republican League
New York
Herspert Radclyffe
Privilege Debate Over Summonses for Irish MPs
Commentary notes that serving summonses on Irish members inside the House risks parliamentary privilege. A committee was set up after Mr Batroun apologized, and the writer argues government action against Irish MPs should follow law, not persecute. Ministers are praised for promptly recognizing this principle.
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Batroun
Journal on Englishizing navy and tariff folly
The paper notes a gunboat weakness led to designs for several vessels and argues the Democratic effort to Englishize the navy mirrors the failed tariff policy. It ridicules Republican taunts at Whitney’s handling, praising his achievements and contrasting them with past neglects.
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Whitney
Trustees of Peabody Fund Report Praises Benefaction and Leadership
The twenty seventh meeting pamphlet shows Mr Peabody’s munificence aiding the South and praises the fund's administration. Four of sixteen original trustees remain, with vacancies well filled. Dr Curry returns as general agent pro tem, Dr Green resigns, and Wintarer's tributes to Manning and Waite are noted. An appendix includes Mr Bryan's address and Memorial Day proceedings.
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Peabody Education Fund
Peabody
Pro- Bopy
Curry
Spain
Green
Pro ‘Em
Wintarer
Manning
Waite
Bryan
Winthrop School Named for Mr Winthrop in Columbia
Winthrop Training School at Columbia South Carolina last May honored Mr Winthrop by naming the school after him. The appendix includes Nashville proceedings from October presenting portraits of Mr Peabody Mr Winthrop and Mr Ewing a former president of the University of Nashville connected to the Normal College.
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Winthrop Training School
Columbia
S. C
Winthrop
Peabody Fund
Nashville
Peabody Normal College
Peabody
Ewing
University of Nashville
Normal College
A Citizens' Candidate for Boston City Government
A Boston Union Hall convention endorsed an independent nonpartisan ticket for mayor and city government. The keynote speaker Mr. Hant aligned with the Independent platform, stressing governance over party, urging qualified trustees for school affairs, and rejecting sectarian control of public schools. The convention proposed a broad, diverse slate for the school committee, aiming to keep government free of party entanglements and focused on efficiency.
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Boston
Citizens’ Movement
Hant
Citizens
Harr
Hart
Friends of the
The New Congress and Quay’s Purity Fund
The article notes the unsettled House composition after elections and criticizes Boss Quay and his party press for promoting a purity fund used to reward fraud detection, while opposing moves that would increase Democratic strength during roll call certification.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Incor
Quay Denounces Democratic Certification in Election Fight
Senator Quay argues Governors will not certify disputed elections to favor Democrats. He warns such moves would be revolutionary, while Republican control in Washington looms. The piece notes tariff reform risks from a partisan House and critiques Miss Anderson praise.
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Quay
Quayy
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Republican Senate
Life-Saving Service Deserves Higher Support and Reward
A long editorial argues the life-saving service is a national insurance, saving vast property and many lives at modest cost. It cites the Hull rescue and recent coast incidents to urge stronger funding, better organization, and fair wages for trained crews over private volunteers.
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Hull
Death's effect on dependents of laborers
A fragment notes concerns about the impact of a death on those who rely on a worker's labor for support, highlighting worry over financial stability and family welfare.
Disposition of Dramatic Fund Money Settled by Referee
The court referee resolves the Dramatic Fund dispute with members to receive their shares of about 50 000 dollars as the fund dissolves. The decision aligns with beneficiaries, though it diverges from the fund’s original intentions noted by the Post.
Critics label Shakespeare tribute as murder of dramatic taste
A Victorian critic derides actors who plan to perform Shakespeare heroines like Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra as societies amateurs. The piece condemns impersonations by Mrs. Landry and Mrs. Brown Porter, arguing the pitiful attempts mock real dramatic attainment and progress.
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Shakspere
O Brien Faces GOP Fallout Over Election Deals
The Bureau of Elections chief in New York, Joan J. O O Brian, is accused of failing to implement deals described by the Mail and Express. The Evening Post questions why Republicans have kept him in power years after his term and why no party leaders or papers have opposed his continued control of city election machinery.
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Joan J. O O’ Brian
Bureau of Elections
New York
Mail and Express
The
Evening Post
London World mocks Holborn bye election candidates
The London World ridicules Liberal hopes in Holborn as gullible. It says Gailford Bruce lacks appeal in a birth and title driven seat and is plagued by prior defeats and weak oratory. It praises Lord Compton as an ideal radical candidate, a marquis heir with urban property flaws and a fashionable wife, backed by London’s smartest women. The piece contrasts English and American campaigning, noting the male dominance in the US.
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London
Holborn
Gailford Bruce
England
Free trade praise tangled by Blaine remarks
A Springfield Republican note argues that gold leaving the country shows a free trade symptom. It suggests room for explanation amid claims that free trade has been opposed, reflecting ongoing debate.
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Blaine
Springfield Republican
Ind
Failing to Deliver the Goods in City Republican Row
A New York World dispatch cites post election turmoil among city Republicans. Party leaders complain that candidates were betrayed and funds raised for the campaign did not fully reach the cause.
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N. Y. World
Wem
Foolish partisan talk on House seating and extra sessions
A Philadelphia Telegraph editorial derides calls for a congressional revolution and a stolen House. It argues no effort to organize the House can occur before December 1889 unless Harrison calls an extra session, asserting the Democratic clerk has no power to seat uncertified members.
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House
Harrison
Congress
Quay
National Republican Campaign Committee
Philadelphia Telegraph
Mississippi and Rhode Island voting figures questioned
The New York Tribune argues that Mississippi had 238532 men over twenty one yet 116000 voted, and Rhode Island had 85727 men twenty one and over in 1885 with only 40783 votes. The Providence Journal notes the suggestion that the poll pathway is similarly difficult in both states.
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Mississippi
Rhode Island
New York Tribune
Moor
Providence Journal
The Republician Party's Debt and Saloon Vote Impact
The piece argues the Republican gains in New York electoral votes and three House seats in St. Louis hinged on saloon votes. It quotes the St. Louis Tribune claiming their work won Congress for Republicans, tying Prohibitionist sentiment to political success.
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Hill and
Harrison
New York
St. Louis
House of Representatives
Congress
St. Louis Tribune
Libert League
N. Y
Thanksgiving Dinner At Little Wanderers Home Canceled
The Thanksgiving dinner at the Little Wanderers Home will not be public due to sickness among the children, changing from prior public celebrations to a private gathering to protect residents.
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Little Wanderers
Corner Stone of Boston Public Library Marks Growth of City
Boston remarks at the cornerstone ceremony praise rapid expansion of the Public Library from 70 000 volumes to over seven times that figure in thirty years. Speakers honor founders like Bates Abbott Lawrence Phillips Ticknor and bow to the Library’s evolving design balancing beauty with modern needs.
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Boylston Street
Bates Hall
Joshua Bates
Abbott Lawrence
Jonathan Phillips
Dartmouth President Leaves for California for Health
Dartmouth College president S. GC Bartlett and his wife depart for California for health reasons and expect to return next June. Professor H. E. Parker will cover during the absence, and A S Hardy sails soon for an indefinite European stay. The Rev Howard T Widdemer withdraws from all Episcopal church ties to pursue the Lord's work freely. John A Porter, Yale graduate, buys into the Hartford Evening Post and joins its editorial staff. Thomas W Ferry, ex senator, seeks Grand Haven customs collector post. General Gustave P Cluseret, Civil War veteran and Communist leader, served in Union army, later criticized operations. Empress Elizabeth of Austria, at 30, discussed for her independence from court life and youth in appearance, widely admired yet constrained by duties.
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John A. Porter
Yale
Hartford Evening Post
Evening Post Association
Porter
United States
Thomas W. Ferry
Michigan
Senate
Henry Wilson
Grand Haven
Mich
Congress
Gustave P. Cluseret
Chamber of Deputies
Barbary States
Garibaldi
Elizabeth
Austria
Cornhill Magazine
England
Empress Elizabeth
Europe
Whimsical Clippings Of Letters And Puns From The Era
A collage of witty quips and social jests about postmen seas weather and city transit cites Victoria plans an equestrian statue and references to trust law and theatre. Dialogues feature Mabel Belinda and Fledgeby amid light gossip and satire from a bygone newspaper page.
Young People's Concert Delivers Mozart Chopin and More
Herr Gericke conducts an admirable program featuring Mozart, Chopin, Handel, Massenet, Liszt and Nicolai at the Young People’s Concert. Moriz Rosenthal makes a second Boston appearance, exciting critics with his virtuoso piano technique as he plays Chopin E minor concerto and his Liszt arrangement.
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Mozart
Chopin
Handel
Massenet
Liszt
Nicolai
Herr Gericke
Moriz Rosenthal
Boston
Herr Rosenthal
Thalberg
Herz
Jaell
de Meyer
Rubinstein
Joseffy
Society Weddings Tie Griggs Heiress to Dr Dow in Brookline
Miss Mary Griggs daughter of William J Griggs married Dr Edmund Scott Dow of Allston at the Griggs mansion Harvard street Brookline. The ceremony was by the Allston Baptist Church pastor. Guests included numerous Griggs and Dow family members and friends. The couple planned a short wedding trip and will reside in Allston upon return with December weekly receptions. Also in New York Michael Henry Herbert and Miss Leilia Belle Wilson wed at St Bartholomew Episcopal Church with 200 guests at a Fifth Avenue breakfast and a fashionable church-house assemblage.
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Griggs
Harvard Street
Brookline
Mary Griggs
William J. Griggs
Edmund Scott Dow
Allston
Allston Baptist Church
T. B. Griggs
Waite
Dow
Frank Dow
Thomas Griggs
New
Collision Between Glaucus and Goldsmith Maid Off Boston Harbor
United States local inspectors of steam vessels held an inquiry in the Post Office building into the November 5 collision near Nixs Mate. Captain A B Coleman and mates testified that the schooner showed a green light before the Glaucus steered and struck her starboard side. the Green light was extinguished as the schooner wore. The Glaucus anchored below the Buzz Light after the collision. wind was SSW, course NW by N. night clear. maximum speed ten and one half miles per hour. The hearing closed.
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Glaucus
Nix
Boston Harbor
United States
A. B. Coleman
John M. Francis
Ruble
Howe
Buz Light
Boston Light
Public Library Corner Stone Ceremony Today
The corner stone laying of the new public library is set for today with noon exercises at Old South Church. Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes will read an original poem and addresses will be given by F O Prince, mayor O'Brien, and library trustees. A large platform will host invited guests on the library site.
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Nathaniel Bowditch
Theodore Parker
George Ticknor
Public Library
Taverner
Old South Church
Oliver Wendell Holmes
F. O. Prince
O'Brien
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