Thought Transference At Boston Psychical Research Meeting
A large fashionable gathering at the American Society for Psychical Research in Boston attended sessions led by Dr. Charles S. Minot and Prof. Bowditch. Experiments on thought transfer produced no clear results, while reports on apparitions, hypnotic phenomena, and telepathic toothaches highlighted ongoing debates about the reality and methods of psychical research.
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American Society For Psychical Research
Boston Society of Natural History
Charles S. Minot
B. Cory
Patti
Richard Hodgson
Hodgson
Miss
S. P. Isangley
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Myers
Belmont College
Thurlow Weed Barnes
William Everett
Henry Parkman
F. O. Prince
John Greenleaf Whittier
Ednah D. Cheney
Nora Perry
Turner Sargent
J. A. Andrew
Gideon Scull
Livingston Cushing
Helen S. Shaw
Moncure Robinson
Ticknor
British Society For Psychical Research
H. P. Bowditch
Bowsten
W.S. Bicelow
Professor Bowditch
Dodgson
Diodgson
Bowditch
Minot
Josiah Royce
Charles B. Cory
W. N. Bullard
Royce
Boston
Mem
Dead Letter Office reports for year ending June 30 1887
News from Washington shows John B. Baird reporting 5,335,363 original mail pieces received, plus 239,816 letters without inclosures and 3,786 on hand, totaling 5,578,965 items handled. Breakdown covers misdirected, unmailable, and foreign origin mail, with substantial sums found and remitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasutincton
John B. Baird
Rockland & Fox Island Steamboat Co Elects Officers
At the annual stockholders meeting in Rockland Maine the company reported flourishing finances. Directors elected include G. M. Brainerd G. A. Safford R. Y. Crier W. S. Kittredge T. J. Libby E. P. Walker and John Lowe. Brainerd named president Walker secretary H. K. Lawry treasurer Walker general agent Safford Rockland agent and A. B. Vinal Vinal Haven agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Rockland & Fox Island Steamboat Company
G. M. Brainerd
G. A. Safford
R. Y. Crier
E. P. Walker
HK. H. Lawry
EF. P. Walker
A. B. Vinal
Vinal Haven
Vitriol Attack Shocks Haverhill Woman at Door
Miss Mamie Meehan, a visitor from New York and worker at Varney & Hayes's paper box factory, was assaulted on Lock street last night. A man flung vitriol in her face, causing severe burns and likely permanent blindness in both eyes. By nightfall she was improving, with doctors hoping to save one eye's sight.
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Haverhill
Lock Street
Mamie Meehan
Jumbo moose shot on Spence River in Dead River region
Farmington Maine reports A B Douglass, noted hunter and guide, killed a huge moose on Spence River. The nine year old animal measured 9 feet from horn base to tail, stood 22 hands high, with a 4 feet horn spread and a stretched length of 18 feet from nose to toes.
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Farmington
Spence River
Dead River
A. B. Douglass
Mansfield youth bound over after attempted shooting
In Mansfield Connecticut Frank Hall, a youth from the east part of town, quarreled with his father and tried to shoot him after being accused of stealing and selling store checks obtained at a Mansfield Hollow store. He was this afternoon bound over in 8000.
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Witumantic
Conn
Frank Hall
Mansfield
Young Hall
Mansfield Hollow
Young Hail
Erie company approves lease amendments and old board reflected
The New York Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, in a meeting on November 29, reflected the old board of directors by a vote representing 80,049,000 dollars in bonds and 628,000 shares of stock without opposition. Amendments to the lease of the New York New Jersey and Ohio road increasing advantages to the Erie company were approved and adopted by the shareholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company
Erie Company
Virginia canvass shows Democratic edge in state totals
In Ricamonp Virginia on November 20 the state canvassing board tallied election returns. Democratic votes reached 119 806 and Republican 119 880, a Democratic majority of 426, with regional variances noted in counties without House candidates and Governor Lee’s 1885 tally.
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Ricamonp
State Board of
Lee
Wise
Cologne Question At Ives Bellasy Co Store
A reader asks where women buy fragrance noting Ives Bellasy Co at 564 Washington Street. They praise a German cologne as splendid and seek confirmation of the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ives, Bellasy & Co
Washington Street
Secretary Bayard Reply on Thomas Callan Dynamite Arrest
The Department of State replies that it has no more information on Thomas Callan and Michael Hawkins arrest in London than the published cablegram. It states the U S cannot request a stay of proceedings and would interfere only to ensure a fair trial, not to prevent lawful judicial action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower
Abbott
Bayard
United States
Thomas Callan
London
Department OF State
Washington
Michael Hawkins
Great Britain
T. F. Bayard
Wellington Fisher Wedding Tops Cambridge Winter Nuptials
Colonel Austin C Wellington of Boston and Miss Sarah Cordelia Fisher of Cambridge wed last evening at the Fisher home 721 Main Street Cambridge The ceremony in the parlors followed by a banquet and reception for about 400 guests The Rev George W Briggs and Rev Minot J Savage officiated Distinguished guests included Judge Hammond General Dalton and Mayor Russell Gifts ranged from a $1000 bill to bronze statues and an ornate piano lamp by local employers and bands The Wellington Coal Company clerks provided music from a two floor orchestra
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Austin C. Wellington
Boston
Sarah Cordelia Fisher
Cambridge
George Fisher
Main Street
George W. Briggs
Austin Street Unitarian Church
Minot J. Savage
Charles L. Hovey
Fred G. King
W. W. Kellett
Francis Bachelder
Horace B. Parker
O. H. Marion
H. 8. Dearing
M. J. Savage
Fred W. Wellington
J. Frank Wellington
Charles R. Teele
Frank H. Teele
Edward H. Baker
Cunningham
Soldiers
Chelsea
Worcester
William FE. Russell
James A. Fox
Springfield
Ingalls
Thompson
George
I Fall
Parker
James P. Frost
Haley
Wellington
J. C. Wellington
Wellington Coal Company
Reeves
American Band of
Providence
R. 1
Sweden and Norway Compared by Miss Brown Lecture
Miss Marie A Brown spoke on Sweden and Norway, praising Sweden while contrasting Norway as barren and backward. She mocked Norwegian culture, noted poor seating and cold conditions, and argued Sweden preserves its Viking past and will be tourist paradise with soil and mind united.
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Marie A. Brown
Sweden
Norway
Jacob
Esau
Christiania
Stockholm
Upsala
Lund
Skara
Daleearhia
FalkGping
Miss Brown
Leif
America
Record of Fires In Various Cities
Lawrence Andover Mansion House burned at 8 this morning. Owned by Phillips Academy trustees the 100 year old tavern and hotel sits in central square. loss 20000, partially insured. Other fires reported: Amerige barn Cliftondale loss 1500 insured. Panneton Co drug store Lisbon street loss 2000 insured 1000. temporary NY&NE station Hartrorp destroyed. Bowery six story building 78 damaged 850000 total. Guilford J M Sherman barn and Adams Exess building fire with multiple insured losses.
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Cliftondale
Lewiston
Panneton & Co
Lisbon Street
Farwell Heirs
Hartrorp
Conn
New York & New England Railroad
New York
Bowery
Charles Jackson
Dremel & Bros
Janover
New Haven
Guilford
J. M. Sherman
Adams Excess Company
D. W. Potter & Co
I. N. Benton
Potter & Co
Weather Indications From Washington and New England
For twenty four hours from 7 a.m. Wednesday November 30 fair weather is expected in New England with slight temperature changes and light to fresh northerly winds. Eastern New York may see a small temperature rise with winds shifting easterly. At Hill Observatory forecast for southeastern New England calls for fair weather tonight.
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Washington
New England
New York
Buyee Hill Observatory
Obituary notices for Mrs Hannah S Curtis and Henry Overstoltz
Mrs Hannah Sanborn Curtis wife of John Burnham of Concord New Hampshire died yesterday aged 65. She served as assistant matron and matron at various state institutions and later taught in Fort Plains New York. She helped organize the Centennial Home for the Aged in Concord and was active in local charities. Henry Overstoltz president of the defunct Fifth National Bank of St Louis and former mayor died yesterday of heart trouble not knowing the bank had suspended operations.
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Hannah Sanborn Curtis
John Burnham
Concord
N. H
Lunatic Asylum
Women’s Department
House of Correction
South Boston
Fort Plains
N. Y
Burnham
Centennial Home For the Aged
Concord Female Charitable Society
Chichester
Henry Overstoltz
Fifth National Bank of
Zylonite Company Triumphs in Shelter Suit Verdict
Norry Adams reports that Judges Gray and Colt of the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the American Zylonite Company, allowing continued manufacture of their material. The decision, seen as a victory over the Celluloid Company, was celebrated in Zylonite where the plants are located. Both companies maintain offices in New York City.
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Zylonites
Norry Adams
Gray and Colt
United States Supreme Court
Celluloid
American Zylonite Company
Zylonite Company
Zylonite
New York City
Yale seniors pick class officers in annual election
New Haven Connecticut November 29 The Yale seniors elected Orlando Isbel of New Haven class orator Fred Palmer Solley of Orange New Jersey class poet and F A Verplank of Norwich Connecticut statistician.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Orlando Isbel
Fred Palmer Solley
Orange
N. J
F. A. Verplank
Norwich
Carter Rice & Co At New Devonshire Street Store
At their new store 246 Devonshire street Carter Rice & Co offer bargains in paper with an invitation to call and examine.
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Devonshire Street
Carter, Rice & Co
Observations Across Stations At The Same Moment
Observations were recorded simultaneously at all listed stations, noting identical timing and cross station consistency. The report emphasizes synchronized data collection and uniform timestamps across locations.
Bargain rifles offered by Lovell Arms Co
John P. Lovell Arms Company at 147 Washington street has received about 600 Sharp rifles and is selling them at 2.85 dollars each. The sale is a rare chance for a good gun at a great bargain and supplies are moving quickly.
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John P. Lovell Arms Company
Washington Street
New Books Review Miss Curtis by Kate Gannett Wells
The review criticizes Miss Curtis for noble aims and Emerson influenced style that hampers clarity. It notes the story centers on Miss Curtis, a rich woman softened by benevolence and a sympathetic younger girl, delivering earnest philanthropic themes amid uneven prose and occasional misused words.
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Mrs. Wells
Miss Curtis
Kate Gannett Wells
Emerson
New England
New
Boston
Ticknor & Co
Mr Scudder's Men and Letters: thoughtful literary criticism
A review praises Horace E. Scudder as a sane critic in Men and Letters. The volume opens with Elisha Mulford, then essays on American history on the stage, Longfellow, Landor, and Emerson, with balanced judgments and humane prose.
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Mulford
Shakspere
Scudder
Longfellow
Fiche
John Brown
Landor
Mrs. Gilchrist
Pericles
Mr. Scudder
Horace E. Scudder
Boston
Houghton, Millin & Co
Price
Froebel's Philosophy Education of Man Book Overview
The fifth volume of the International Educational Series reviews Froebel's Education of Man edited by Dr. William T. Harris. It presents Froebel’s philosophy and kindergarten principles aimed at developing a child’s highest life, with emphasis on religious feelings shaping intellect and will.
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Froebel
International Educational Series
William T. Harris
Kielhau
Troebel
Europe
America
The Education of Man by Froebel excerpt
A line notes that a person’s apparent failure can lead to success through ideas that have traveled beyond the sea to yield rich harvests after death. The passage is from Froebel’s Education of Man in the Appleton edition of the International Education Series.
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Man
Friedrich Froebel
New York
D. Appleton & Co. International Education Series
Pleasant Occasion Marks 89th Birthday of Boston Merchant
Otis Monroe a veteran Boston grain merchant celebrated his eighty ninth birthday at home 18 Stamford Street. A large group including Chamber of Commerce members visited to extend felicitations to Mr Monroe and his wife of sixty five years. He remained active with outdoor exercise though retired from downtown duties. A second delegation paid calls in the afternoon.
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Otis Monroe
Boston
Stamford Street
Chamber of Commerce
Messrs
G. W. Hagar
J. B. Hagar
George Russell
Free Appraisals and Wednesday Saturday Auction Sale Notes
Auction notices dated November 30 1887 list free appraisals and sale times at 11 30 A M on Wednesday and Saturday. The invoices include numerous stocks bonds and railroad and mill company securities for auction by the executor with detailed valuations and corporate names across multiple states.
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Richard Willias
Dwight Street
R. L. Day & Company
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Arkansas Valley ‘Town and Land Co
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Bodao Chicago & West Michigan
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Roxbury
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Plymouth
Mass
Cambridge Gas Light Co
Lyman Mills
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Leather
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Newton
Douglas Axe Mfg. Co
West End St. Ry
Cheshire Rd
Fitchburg Rd
Eastern Rd
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Lake Champ
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Boston Cab Co
Champion Iron Co
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Salem
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Nashua & Roch, RR
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Boston Gas Light Co
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Little Rock & Fort Smith
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R.R. L
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Michigan Lake Shore Rd
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West Lincoln Township
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Momence ‘Tow Pare. Co
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Burl
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St. Fe
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AISO
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Bank of Commonwealth
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New Eng. Rubber Mfg. Co
Neumatic Ore Mill Co
Branchville
du Laanne Natl. Bank
East Cambridge
Gideon Beck & Son
Tremont Street
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George E. Hall
School Street
the Collateral Loan Co
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Horatio Harris & CO
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Albert Howe & Co
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Warren Avenue
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Bay State Live Stock Co
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Atlantic Cotton Mills
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Hamilton Mfg. Co
Asiatic Natl Bank
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Dwight Mix. Co
Everett Mills
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Cheshire RR. Co
Dorchester Gas Light Co
Natl. Tube Works Co
Michigan
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Shawmut Natl, Bank
Appleton Co
Detroit, Lansing & Northern RR
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Great Falls Mie. Co
Hamilton Do
Lawrence
Boston & Lowell
Jickson Co
Marquette
Houghton & Ontonagan
Everett Malls
Chicago Rolling Mills
Pomeney
Falls & Conway RR
Atchison & Nebreke Rkr
Washington Mills
St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain RR
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Franklin Co
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Burton Stock Car Co
Common
Arlington Mills
Great Falls Mfz. Co
Boston Storage Warehouse Co
Chicago, Burl, & Quincy
Charlestown
Rutland RR
Mercantile Fire and Marine Ins. Co
Lawrence Gas Co
Private Saloon Commission
Richards & CO
Joan CG
Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Roguet & CO
White St
Townsends& Montant
Leonard Stretts
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