Coast Defences and Theatre Encores Stir Public Debate
The piece argues for Congress to fund a permanent coast defence system, citing national safety and port security. It contrasts defense needs with fears of excessive military build up and criticizes public indifference and theatre encores as impairing artistic integrity. It notes strong entities such as Senator DeLou and references to the Bostonians and Sir Charles Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
DeLou
Senate
United States
Seaboard
Republican Party
Tanner
Bureau of Ordnance
Massachusetts
Illinois Court Declares Gas Monopolies Unlawful Under Public Policy
The Illinois court rules that monopolies in public employment or business are illegal for restraining competition and raising prices. The decision contrasts with New York law and highlights broader common law principles against monopolistic practices. It also notes J Heenniker Heaton’s English pamphlet on postal subsidies and the debate over ocean penny postage and Post Office profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
New York
Ilinois
Magrauder
Missouri
J. Heenniker Heaton
M.P
England
Heaton
Journal
Alien Contract Labor Law Case In Jeannette Penn
United States will sue English glassblowers imported to Jeannette for violation of the alien contract labor law with trials expected at the May district court term. Manufacturers and labor leaders are named as defendants for using the union backed plan to hire foreigners instead of American workers, a case seen as enforceable justice for the law’s aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette, Penn
United States
District Court
American Window Glass Workers’ Association
Universal Federation of Window Glass Workers
International coin scheme urged by Bolivian merchant
A Bolivian merchant pressures Pan American delegates with a pamphlet proposing a unified silver coinage. He argues that adopting the silver standard with equal weight across nations could ease South American debt payments and boost U S South American trade, though it would not fix silver's value relative to gold or create a true world currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan-American Congress
Bolivia
United States
South America
Illinois Supreme Court Reverses Gas Trust Ruling
Following New York decisions the Illinois Supreme Court reverses the lower court and voids the Chicago Gas Trust Company judgment. The case concerns four Chicago gas companies that combined under one control to pursue a stated purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court of the
State of Illinois
Chicago Gas Trust Company
Chicago
Free Wool Petition Gathers 215 Signers in Twentieth Century Trade Rift
The American Wool Reporter highlights a growing bloc of nearly 250 wool industry players seeking tariff relief by free raw wool. Signers include Wanskuck, Middlesex, Worumbo, and Weybosset mills, with ex governor Tarr and Governor Ames among backers. The move signals a shift toward ad valorem reform and a push for permanent free wool policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Wool Reporter
Congress
Ohio
New England
Wanskuck Company
Roger T Bleakie
Atlantic Mills
RowLand Hazard
Arthur T. Lyman
B. W. Evans
Blackstone Woollen Company
G. Z. Silsbee
Middlesex Company
George ©. Moses
Worumbo Manufacturing Company
E. Ler
United States
William Wuilman
Free wool would boost American industry argues reformers
The piece argues that removing wool tariffs would unite profits for farmers and manufacturers. It claims foreign wool taxes hinder domestic growth and that free wool supports industrial supremacy, with supporters Lawrence and DeLano cited as representing petitioners. The essay frames tariff removal as a national economic advance.
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Lawrence and
Delano
United States
Encore Evil Plagues Bostonians Farewell Colloquy
A critic notes the rising encore nuisance during the Bostonians engagement and the interval before Miss Emma Juhn's company. The author recalls conductors granting repeats at the demand of single audience members despite hissers outnumbering those who applaud.
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Emma Juhn
Massachusetts farmers oppose colored oleo margarine
Massachusetts farmers push to keep oleo margarine uncolored as a butter stand in a public debate stressing consumer clarity and fair labeling amid food integrity concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
New York Aldermen Lift Ban on Hand Organ Music
The New York Aldermen rescinded their decree against the hand organ allowing street performances again. Brass bands remain banned as the Italian and German votes influence the city’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barnum Receives Unprecedented Free Ad in England
English coverage of P T Barnum highlights a banquet in his honor and a London Times leader praising him as the Great Showman. The piece notes how England can elevate a temporary hero and Barnum’s unprecedented self-promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burralo Bitt
England
Barnum
London Times
Barnem
Stolen silverware recovered from lodging house room
A lodging house at 327 Harrison Avenue reported a theft when two men in a room left exposed silverware marked H. E. M. A. W. G. and H. M. W. A resident confronted the thief who fled before an officer arrived. The cache included silk dresses cloaks a fur lined circular and assorted copper coins valued over 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Avenue
A. W.G
H.M. W
Thanksgiving in Boston Celebrates Family Hearths and Ties
The essay extols Thanksgiving as spared from formalism by its family character. It notes domestic gatherings, absence of masks, and the joy of rare reunions that revive affection and appreciation for home. Distance enhances the charm of yearly family meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Robert C. Winthrop
Churches of God
Germany
The
Palatinate
Kansas City
New York
December Atlantic sees Browne Fiske and Riis on past and future America
The December Atlantic surveys American history and modern life with essays by Edwin Lassetter Bynner on Boston’s old days, John Fiske on border warfare and 1778, Albert G Browne on Latin and Saxon America, Van Brunt on Western architecture, and W C G Lawton on Delphi. Scribner’s offers Riis’s How the Other Half Lives, Mitchell’s caricature survey, and Beers on a midwinter dream with Montauk Point hexameters by Lloyd McKim Garrison.
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Atlantic
Bunch of Grapes
John Fiske
Robertson
Sevier
Tennessee
Albert G. Browne
Browne
United States
Washington
van Brunt
West
Richardson
W. CG. Lawton
Scribner’s
New York
Riis
Jeremy Taylor
Battlements of
Heaven
Harper’s Weekly
Life
Ste. Anne D’auray
Howard Pyle
Kenyon Cox
E. H. Blashfield
Professor Beers
Lloyd McKim Garrison
Montauk Point
Evidence in Navassa Rioters Case Concluded in Baltimore
The evidence in the Navassa rioters case was concluded in Baltimore yesterday with arguments now under way as the trial proceeds.
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Navassa
Baltimore
Literary notes and new works announced for 1880s readers
Dr. Holmes to write a series for Atlantic Monthly titled Over the Tea Cups. Henry Bacon plans a Corsican illustrated novel Chca, la Fille du Bandit with sixty engravings. Joan C. Rand to publish One of a Thousand a biographical compendium of Massachusetts leaders with seven hundred pages and five hundred portraits.
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Holmes
Atlantic Monthly
Henry Bacon
Paris
Bacon
Corsica
Colomba
Maquis
Joan C. Rand
First National Publishing Company
Massachusetts
Boston Tech Eleven to Clash With BAC at Morning Grounds
The Boston Athletic Club faces Technology eleven in a football match at the Boston baseball grounds this morning at 10 30. The game headlines local sports as BAC seeks a win on home turf against the visiting rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Athletic Club
Technology Eleven
Boston Baseball Grounds
Variety of anecdotes and global notes in a single column
A collage of items including a jockey remark, Hecla Iron Works fire casualties, a juror’s ignorance in Iowa, Rosa Bonheur in male attire, an old Bath school retort, the Duke of Edinburgh’s stamp collection, Chinese rainfall pleas, Paris Exposition costs and injuries, and casualties from construction at the Champs de Mars.
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Hecla Iron Works
Brooklyn
Iowa
England
Africa
Canada
California
Rosa Bonheur
Mlle. Bonheur
Europe
Bath
Rascal
Whetstone
Joshua
Lewiston Journal
Duke of Edinburgh
Lisbon
Portugal
Praca de Luiz de Campes
China
Amoy
Soochow
Canton
Department of Public Works
Champs de Mars
November's Quiet Dreams and a Fading Summer
A reflective verse moraine speaks of November as a subdued month, contrasting muted hues with a longing for rest. The speaker recalls solitude and memories of freedom and space, imagining a future where the festive vine remains while summer lies dead.
Territorial government for Alaska urged in editorial
The Detroit Free Press argues Alaska deserves territorial government to maintain order and administer justice. It notes Alaska is a party to an implied U S contract seeking protection and a suitable organization to match its anomalous status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
United States
Detroit Free Press
Dem
Incivism in Mr Blaine Critics Skew Him as Inaccessible
The New York Times notes Republican critics accuse James G Blaine of inaccessibility and lack of democracy as he rises as a popular leader. They warn that office seekers view his public engagement as a nonfunctional duty and fear political unpopularity if he ignores constituents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Blaine
Robespierre
Blaine
Harrison
N. Y
Australian style ballot law trial described with party labels
The article discusses a single ballot paper listing candidates with party labels to aid voters. It notes literacy concerns and claims some states see improvement. It cites Leeds Mercury and mentions thirteen confirmations at a Middleboro Episcopal service led by Rt. Rev. Benjamin H. Paddock.
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Repub
Dem
Montana
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Leeds Mercury
Episcopal Society of
Middleboro
Benjamin H. Paddock
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