Feasting at the Hub a cosmopolitan Italian banquet
Boston youths from many nations attended a grand Faneuil Hall banquet hosted by the Christian Association. They enjoyed turkey, cranberries, and ice cream, with Italian music and elaborate entertainments led by Senator Thomas and a Neapolitan-themed kitchen staff. The event honored Garibaldi era liberty and drew attendance from many nationalities including Italians, Hibernians, Africans, Germans, Swedes, and English, with donations from prominent local firms.
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The
Fairies of the Christian Association
Italian Banquet for Beacon Street workers in Town Hall
Ex Senator E I Thomas of Brookline hosted a Thanksgiving supper and entertainment for Italian laborers on the Beacon street extension at Town Hall. He and Mr May, the North End Mission’s Italian outreach, aimed to recreate an Italian festive atmosphere with music and songs.
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Naples
Brookline Town Hall
Julius Cesar
May
Thomas
Signor Saccia
Brunswick
Pranza
Senator Thomas
Kellen Thomas
D.D
Harvard Church
Marshall M. Cutter
Congregational Club
John S. Adams
Charles W. Wrightington
James H. Shapieign
Julius H. Ward
Charles M. Southgate
Pilgrim Church
Worcester
J. ©. Tyler
Harvard
Mr. May
Lazzaroni
Signor
Gerard Russo
Pranzo
Zappa
Fritto
Frittura Alla Romana
Entrate
Miscaglio di Legumi
Arrosto
Vitella Con
Salza Fiorentina
Passicceria
Frutti Assortiie
Signora May
Signora Mag May
Declamazione
Fritz ‘Lfriebe
Cavour
Sons of Liberty
North End
Italy
Lake Village
N. H
E. I. Thomas
Brookline
Beacon Street
Thanksgiving Dinner for Union Members in Boston Hall
The eighteenth annual Thanksgiving dinner of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union honored distant members with a full New England feast in Union Hall. Speakers urged loyalty to America, civic duty, and voting participation, noting Massachusetts lagging in voter turnout.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Mr. Baldwin
Union Hall
New England
George C. Paine
Union
Baldwin
Christian Church
United States
United States of America
America
Leverett M. Chase
Dudley School
Hoe
Boston
Phillips Brooks
Christian Union
Pewsboys
Bcootblicks
Faneuil Hall
Surround Memorial Hall
Cambridge
H. H. Sprague
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
Thanksgiving dinner of Boston YMCA draws many nations
At the YMCA Thanksgiving dinner in Boston 202 young men from twenty one states and territories four Canadian provinces and eleven nations gathered. Natives hailed from the United States Canada South America England Wales Scotland Ireland France Germany Sweden Switzerland Portugal and Bulgaria. Women from the YWCA served the tables while directors Frost and Pitkins sat with the president.
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England
Scotland
Ireland
Sweden
Russia
Armenia
Cuba
Norway
Poland
Canada
Italy
Austria
Nova Scotia
Germany
Prince Edward Island
West Indies
New Brunswick
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Florida
Mr. Baldwin
Governor Ames
William Endicott, Jr
Edward A. Horton
Beckman
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
United States
South America
Wales
France
Switzerland
Portugal
Bulgaria
Young Women’s Christian Association
Frost and Pitkins
Association
A. S. Weedworth
Willard HB. Roots
Little Rock
Ark
Southwest
Northern Intelligence
Boston
Great Northwest
E. F. Randolph
Toledo
East
E. A. Trowbridge
W. R. Macdonald
Corey
St. John
N. B
Old England
J. W. Calvert
London
Leonard G. Nilson
Mr. Vatralsky
Hattie S. Whittier
Lulu M. Stanley
Thanksgiving dinings across institutions noted
In a Thanksgiving roundup, about ninety inmates at Little Wanderers Home enjoyed a festive meal with services led by Rev. W. A. Cooper and prayers by Rev. S. S. Cummings. At North Street Union Mission over 150 poor children received delicacies and heard Missionary Davis on his seventy ninth birthday. Over 100 boys at Roxbury’s North Street Mission ate turkey after a singing service and an address by Davis. Soldiers' Home Chelsea hosted an extra dinner from Faneuil Hall marketmen, about eighty inmates, with a later volunteer concert. foul weather kept visitors away.
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Little Wanderers
W. A. Cooper
S. S. Cummings
North Street Union Mission
Davis
Thomas Grant
North Street
Roxbury
Grace
Chelsea
Faneuil Hall
Cunningham
Thanksgiving at Massachusetts State Prison with pardons granted
At 9:30 a.m. a guardroom crowd of visitors entered the chapel for a Thanksgiving program for 550 inmates at the Concord style state prison. Warden Russell presided as the Wemyss concert company performed with prisoners watching and 2 pardons announced, including Thomas Herty, age 60, jailed since 1872 for murder, and Charles Witham, 38, imprisoned since 1877 for breaking and entering. The day concluded with a turkey dinner for all inmates and fresh-air time in the yard. Jesse Pomeroy in solitary confinement was kept from the public events but shared in the cheer.
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Massachusetts State Prison
Russell
Keene
E. M. McPherson
EE. A. Morse
Governor’s Council
Homans
Robert Hooper
J. W. F. Barnes
Father Moriarty
Wemyss Concert Company
Nellie S. Thomas
Wemyss Company
S. Wemyss Bradbury
Miss Thomas
Mr. Cooper
Mayinge
Alexander J. Wemyss
Ames
Thomas Herty
Lowell
Charles Witham
Witham
Salem
State Prison
Jesse Pomeroy
Maiden Rifles Hold Bear's Den Range Shoot
Maideen, Nov. 29. Company L of the Fifth Regiment staged a marksman shoot at Bear's Den range. First class prizes were two gold medals. W P Dickson scored 89 of 100 and F J Lounsberry 86. Second class offered gold and silver medals. F A Shaw totaled 83 and W F Getchell ? Third class had two silver medals. O L Prescott 69 and D E Richards 57.
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Malden
Maiden Rifles
Bear’s den
W.P. Dickson
F. J. Lounsberry
F. A. Shaw
W. FF. Getchell
O.L. Prescott
D.E. Richards
Company B Guards Opens Rifle Range at Cider Mill Pond
The First Regiment Massachusetts Guards of Cambridge opened the new rifle range at Cider Mill Pond with a successful target shoot. Private Cooley won the company match by 62 and the Chronicle trophy by 42. In the pool match two best scores counted, Sergeant C L D Parkhill won by 23 30 438.
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M. V. M. Massachusetts Guards
Cambridge
Cider Mill Pond
Cooley
Chronicle
C. L. D. Parkhill
Removal of Mrs Sherman's Remains Move to St Louis
New York on November 29 the body of Mrs Sherman was taken from General Sherman's residence to the Pennsylvania depot in Jersey City. General Sherman and five family members accompanied the remains to St Louis with James G Blaine attending the services in New York.
Tombs Dinner and Prison Festivities Reportedly Dull
Sixty six men and twenty women dined at the Tombs yesterday with a plain menu lacking epicurean temptations. Prisoners mostly for drunkenness, meals served in the rooms. Assistant Keeper Buswell advertises prompt service. Concord reformatory inmates enjoyed yard freedom and a noon turkey dinner. Apollo Club concert with humorist J R Hood drew many visitors.
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Buswell
Concord Reformatory
Apollo Club
J. R. Hood
Official Virginia vote canvassed by State board
The Vote of Virginia reports the official state canvass from Richmond with Cleveland 151977, Harrison 150438, Fisk 1678. several cities and counties failed to report Prohibition votes. Congressional results show Browne 414 majority in the 1st district, Bowden 6095 in the 2nd, Wise 261 in the 3rd, Venable 642 in the 4th, Lester 1363 in the 5th, Edmunds 3730 in the 6th, O Ferrall 2820 in the 7th, Lee 1123 in the 8th, Buchanan 478 in the 9th, and Tucker 583 in the 10th.
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Richamont
State Board
Cleveland
Harrison
Fisk
Browne
Bowden
Wise
Venabie
Lester Er
Edmunds
O'Ferrall
Lee
Buchanan
Tucker
Judge Gresham calls for state election reform
Minneapolis Despatch reports General Gresham’s strong warning that the upcoming Legislature must reform the election laws to stop poll corruption. He denounces prominent financiers for funding bribes and vows actions to end the scandal, comparing it to a state disgrace and contrasting it with public virtue.
Prominent figure's trial would shake community
The quote warns that convicting a single prominent man would have greater impact on the community than prosecuting hundreds or even thousands of obscure voters for bribery. It emphasizes the social and political stakes of high profile legal action over mass voter corruption.
Translations and Translators in English Letters
A Bar Harbor 1888 letter to the editor reviews the state of translations from prose and poetry. It praises Lutke and Detmold, Adams, Lalor and others for faithful style, notes Longfellow and Bryant for Dante and Homer as compromised, and criticizes Taylor's Faust edition as a flawed publication alongside questionable reprint packaging.
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Molitre
England
Miss Bunnett
Lubke
Atlantic
Miss Adams
Grimm
Goethe
Mr. Lalor
von Holst
America
Victor Hugo
Republic of Letters
Mr. Detmold
Macchiavelli
Detmold
Carlyle
Wilhelm Meister
Jowett
Plato
Bryant
Homer
Longellow
Longfellow
Dante
Carey
John Carlyle
Pope
Chapman
Newman
Lord Derby
Bayard Taylor
Faust
Anster
Gurney
Taylor
Matthew Arnold
F. H. Hedge
Goethe and
Schiller
John Dwight
Morocco
Cranch
Winkelmann
France
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Struck Jason's Ledge Vessel Wreck and Captain Identified
The schooner deck shows major damage with ten feet of main mast standing while the rest lies across midships. A 50 year old male body identified as Captain Daniel Morrison of Jordan's Ferry Shelburne N S retrieved from the wreck. cargo consisted of potatoes from Prince Edward Island for Boston. crew likely washed overboard. Steamer Gulf Stream overdue but arrived damaged by gales. Rockport buoy and cage spindle at Avery's Rock ledge broken.
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Daniel Morrison
Jordan’s Ferry
Shelburne
Prince Edward Island
Boston
Charleston
S. C
Gulf Stream
Rockport
Nova Scotian’s Trip Ends With Rough Passage to Halifax
The steamer Nova Scotian arrived from Liverpool after a hard voyage marked by a heavy northeast gale and thick weather from Newfoundland to St. John s. No injuries or major damage occurred besides a damaged boat. Nearby Gloucester schooner Shiloh leaked badly after parting its cable during the storm and was in Shelburne for repairs.
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N. S
Nova Scotian
Liverpool
Queenstown
St. John’s
N. F
Shiloh
Shelburne
la Have
Lost in the Waves Off Delaware Capes Turbulent Seas Sink Crew
Captain Chabot of the French steamship Panama reports a cyclone near the Delaware Capes on November 26. The crew of a full rigged, deeply laden vessel was seen clinging to an emergency structure and signaling for rescue before all lights faded, with all aboard presumed lost after the ship foundered.
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Philadelphia
Chabot
Panama
Delaware Capes
L. Francous
Life in a Lighthouse at Conmasset During Storm
The sea subsided at dawn and the shore relief landed at Minot's Light to relieve Captain Reamey for a two week shore furlough. Assistant keepers Lyon and Burdick transferred the station by boat. Reamey reported the lighthouse withstood the storm, with minor water leakage and a cracked chimney, but no major damage.
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Conmasset
Reamey
Lyon and
Burdick
Minot’s
Broad Seat War reshaped Congress in 1839 New Jersey dispute
The Chicago Herald recalls the 1839 Broad Seat War when 119 Democrats and 118 Whigs faced a contested New Jersey delegation. Clerks refusals to enroll contested seats sparked three chaotic days, with John Quincy Adams briefly presiding, ending in Hunter's speakership and a cross party move on the sub treasury bill.
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Chicago Herald
Congress
House
New Jersey
H. A. Garland
Virginia
Bedlam
John, Quincy Adams
Henry A. Wise
Adams
R. M. T. Hunter
Funds for destitute boys in Boston event nets $2000
About 6000 people gathered at Mechanics Hall to witness a grand march of Catholic parish children and contribute tank-offerings for the Working Boys’ Home. The day featured a May pole dance, readings, songs, xylophone solos, a lightning drill, dramatic poses, gymnastic displays, and a promenade concert. The café offered meals and a flower booth, with the event totaling around $2000.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Boston
Baby Lulu Kivlin
Ida May Templeton
Major McQuillen
Ella E. O’brien
Pompeii
Jerusalem
Boston Young Men’s
Christian Union Gymnasium
J. W. Montgomery
M. E. McCarthy
E. O. Havener
J. Connorton
George E. Fay
Messrs
P. J. Shields
E. Young
Strange schooling by Chicago anarchists sparks alarm
The Philadelphia Times notes rumors that Chicago anarchists run six schools with about eight hundred pupils teaching anti authority doctrine. The piece alleges children are being indoctrinated to venerate bomb throwers as martyrs and fears waifs may be recruited into crime through such classes.
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Philadelphia Times
Chicago
Sad Eyed Women. A Noble Woman Explains Why Few Ladies Are Attractive
A feature explores perceptions of beauty in women, arguing that noble bearing and expression contribute to attractiveness. The piece reflects historical biases and social standards, suggesting charm grows from demeanor more than mere appearance.
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Congress of Women
Agnes Willard
Hunt
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