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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1888
Page
3
The score stood 18 to 6 as Harvard and Yale Freshmen prepared for a Cambridge contest tomorrow. The clash pits rival teams on the Polo Grounds with high stakes and local interest.
About 3000 spectators watched the Polo grounds clash as Pennsylvania defeated Wesleyan 18 to 6 after a hard fought game. Hulme Colleday and McDonald starred for Wesleyan while Siegler, Wagenhurst and Hill led Pennsylvania’s attack with Slayback scoring twice. Referee Walter Camp and umpire Richard Hodge officiated.
Harvard and Yale freshmen meet on Jarvis field tomorrow with Yale boasting several university players and Harvard fielding stronger men. Captain Brooks leads a lighter rush line while Lee Harding and Cranston, all with university experience, headline the backfield and line. Arthur James Cumnock of 1891 is named captain of the University eleven and has earned wide athletic acclaim.
St Louis reports the Jute Bagging Trust losing grip on cotton bagging prices as sales slump. Sixteen of twenty four U S bagging factories, leased by the combine, face expiring leases on January 1 and may reopen or cease production, amid public opinion against monopolistic cornering that cost the cotton industry millions.
The Roxbury Presbyterian Church building fund benefitted from a youth led sale at Armory Hall on Warren Street. Young ladies offered foods, canned goods, fruits, and cigars along with handmade items like bags towels shawls and draperies. The event drew many visitors and will continue through today and tomorrow with more articles still on sale.
A large Back Bay audience enjoyed an evening at Cotillon Hall Mechanics' Building featuring Temple Musical Company and the Ladies Philharmonic Orchestra. Soprano Miss Rachel Stockbridge and young Georgie Copeland drew praise, with L H Allendorff directing and a lineup including Lizzie Howe Ida Wiggins Lena Howe Maude Ames George Carter John Luscomb Dan Ahern and more.
The infant class of the Church of the Holy Apostles in St Clair Penn seeks funds for a Sunday school building. A letter from a local supporter notes coal miners’ low wages and contrasts with a New England coal tax aimed at wage support. The donor, criticizing mining employers, includes a personal offering and urges charity.
Cornell University faces a $1,000,000 bequest loss from the McGraw Fiske estate with Supreme Court review likely. President Adams notes the decision could affect library funding and the hospital and women and men students from New York State. The will restricts funds to library use with minor allocations for the McGraw building lease and a hospital. The university questions whether the property belongs to the university or to the State under the 1862 land grant, with attention to scrip and investment income.
A review praises Willis J. Abbot's Blue Jackets of 76 as engaging graphic history of Revolutionary era sailors. It highlights Manly Mugford Read Harding Conyngham Biddle Whipple and John Paul Jones as key figures, noting the book deserves wide reading for its vivid storytelling of America's naval defenders.
A nostalgic review praises Professor Church for engaging young readers with historical tales drawing on ancient Marathon and Salamis. While noting occasional English slips and chestnutty slang, the book is deemed informative and pleasurable, with Flaxman inspired illustrations that lack dramatic clarity for children.
In a rounded 19th century tone the column praises The Household of Glen Holly by Lucy Cillie for its gentle home school vignette and recommends FAGOTS FOR THE FIRESIDE a lively collection of games. It also notes Stoddard's Lives of the Presidents and Great Thoughts for Little Thinkers as strong educational volumes with moral lessons and historical insight.
Sunny Side Day Nursery at 35 Blossom Street appeals for urgent aid as it faces closure. Serving children aged six months to six years from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., it notes rising attendance and aims to keep operations with contributions. Despite a 10 cent daily fee, expenses for matron and rent exceed income. donors listed include G Shaw treasurer and multiple Cambridge and Beacon Street managers and solicitors.
A genuine Assistant Dresser device by G W Simmons Co is highlighted in the Globe fire room scene. Described as ingenious and useful, the item is expected to have a large sale this winter and makes a desirable Christmas gift for father.
A review of the book Industrial Liberty describing its defense of individual freedom against paternal government. It emphasizes three targets: corporate control, protective tariffs, and the common school system, with the strongest focus on corruption and tyranny within corporate management and railroad systems.
A critical survey discusses Industrial Liberty by John M. Bonham, praising its firm conviction and proposed legal trusts enforcement, while critiquing the book for dialect and style. followed by mixed appraisal of Arlo Bates The Philistines and related works, noting bold courage, social critique, and uneven craft, with attention to character portraits and moral themes.
The volume presents twelve sermons by William H. Channing, selected by his nephew. The editor notes Channing’s liberal Christian message, positive view of human potential, and the Universal Father. A holiday gift of thoughtful, hopeful religious content from a renowned preacher.
A critical review portrays the book as earnest, arguing for universal salvation and attacking both Calvinism and Arminianism. It frames the work as a sign of the times and a catalyst for religious change, predicting Calvinism’s decline amid growing liberal sentiment.
The long critique credits Shields for breadth and impartiality yet concludes the work does not deliver a final philosophy. It endorses parts defending supernatural religion and notes the author’s occasionally mixed phrasing while praising the book’s intellectual reach and ambition.
A critical review of Dr Hanson's examination of Universalist influence on Christianity. The piece traces how universal salvation ideas softened eternal punishment concepts, noting Orthodoxy’s grudging respect and the rising zeal of Universalists and Unitarians. It ponders which church emerges from these concessions and reforms.
A critical review of A H Bradford’s Spirit and Life with Emerson’s motto, praising the twelve sermons for their humane tone and the Holy Spirit doctrine while contrasting with Butler and New Orthodoxy. The prose surveys the author’s aim, style, and theological stance, and then rounds up several late 18th and 19th century literary notes and travelers’ accounts, including Dr Walker’s Virginia journal and Mr Warner’s On Horseback.
A critic questions Simon Adlerstein travel letters published in Philadelphia. He notes China and Japan are well trodden subjects and Adlerstein’s expurgated notes add little new. A dinner tale about wine refusal and a gouty former attaché provides a humorous aside.
A Cambridge reader argues the 1888 Massachusetts high license bill will fail to curb saloon issues. The writer contrasts Massachusetts fees with Pennsylvania and Western states strict licensing, bonds, and citizen input, warning licenses will be driven by politics and fees rather than public welfare.
Messrs Tanaka Tagagi and Nakamura from Kioto Japan visited the Boston Young Men's Christian Association with letters of introduction. They spent several hours viewing the building and the association's work, noting its growing appeal to Japanese youth.
Advert for Dr Bull s Cough Syrup promising a cure for cough with a price of 25 cents and a remedy for cramps and inflammation using Salvation Oil applied externally.
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