Boston Dog Catcher Reports and Local reminiscences
In Boston a correspondent reviews the city dog catcher's season noting few dogs taken, many alleged mad dogs proved to be indigestion or vermin, and few injuries to catchers. He also recalls 1612 captures in three months and memories of Winter street and notable local families tied to Dr. Randall and others, with a mix of social history and reminiscence.
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al” Watts
Schenck
Dr. Schenck
Back Bay
South End
Boston
Winter Street
Randall
Washington Street
Elizabeth
Georgia
Margaret Fuller
Harvard
Sumner
James Freeman Clarke
Margaret
West End
Fort Hill
Ralph Huntington
Trott
John W. James
Huntington
Newbury Street
Julia Webster
Appleton
Mme. Donnison
Notable 19th Century Figures in Brief Updates
Ex Governor Gaston nears seventy, Johns Hopkins leader Gilman plans Europe trip, and Prince Albert Victor to tour Asia and Africa. Milestones touch health notes, publishing plans, marriages, and academic appointments across U S and Europe.
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Gladstone
Gaston
Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Europe
R. D. Blackmore
Kit and
Kittie
Cleveland
Madison Avenue
New York
Rose Terry Cooke
Lord Salisbury
Alpheus B. Alger
Cambridge
Prince Albert Victor
Burmah
Florence
Royal Theatre
Stockholm
Mme
Helen Mansetell
M. Ferry
Chamber of Deputies
Algeria
Morocco
G. W. Childs
Philadelphia
Edmund Yates
London
Dickens
T. H. Bartlett
Boston
France
Millet
Edmund Gosse
Herbert Spencer
Mr. Swinburne
Leslie Stephen
Miss Huntington
Prince von Hatzfeldt
Coudert & Co
Oscar H. Cooper
University of Texas At Austin
Yale College
University of Berlin
Texas
South
Elbridge S. Brooks
D. Lothrop Company
Detroit Free Press
Son
Issachar
Palestine
Editor's Notice on Submissions and Anonymity
The editor announces submissions will not be returned and anonymous letters will be ignored. Writers must include full name and address for good faith, though details are not for publication.
City election tension in Indianapolis election fight
The Indianapolis city election set for next Tuesday appears Republican leaning, but Democrats press the fight with help from the Indianapolis News. Indiana Republicans in Washington fear the President may lose his stronghold as the local press backs the opposition.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Washington
Bitter South farmers clash with Jute Trust amid boycott violence
Farmers in the South growled at the Jute Trust and defiantly used jute despite a near universal boycott. Isolated acts of violence emerged though confined to destroying jute bagging bought for baling cotton.
Quaker Vote in Loudoun County Shifts in Virginia Race
In Loudoun County Virginia a large Quaker electorate, long presumed to favor the Republican ticket, has splintered after their newspaper organ ended a political silence and sharply opposed the administration’s protégé.
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Virginia
Loudoun County
Ohio Republicans bolt Forakerism amid splits and defections
Several prominent Republicans in Ohio defect from Forakerism as Mahonism in Virginia loses favor with conservatives. Ex-Congressman John Beatty and Captain Alfred Lee, former private secretary to Governor Hares, are among the defections. Lee particularly rails against Halsteadism after editor Halstead vows to seek the U S Senate if Ohio remains Republican.
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Ohio
Virginia
John Beatty
Alfred Lee
Hares
Cincinnati
United States Senate
Maine Advocate Backs Merchant Marine Tonnage Policy
Arthur Sewall of Maine urges liberal tonnage bounties to boost American shipbuilding. He notes Maine’s long effort to sustain fishing with similar subsidies, which led to shrinking local crews while Gloucester rose as the nation’s leading fishing port with Maine fishermen aboard its ships.
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Arthur Sewall
Maine
SeEwAll
Gloucester
Pennsylvania fund to aid MAWONE in Virginia noted
A Pennsylvania fund is reported to raise 3 percent assessments, about 42 dollars per man, to aid MAWONE in Virginia. The Pennsylvania Republican committee has notified officeholders of the levy, suggesting political machinations to mobilize MAHOONE’s black voters for the polls.
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Quay
Pennsylvania
Mawone
Virginia
Pennsylvania Republican Committee
Mahoone
Brackett Presented as Composite Temperance Candidate
The Arlington town scene shows Mr Brackett as a composite candidate with state temperance records and local town records. H H Faxon circulates Bracketts state temperance record while local Prohibitionists push his town record to suit party aims.
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Brackett
Arlington
H. H. Faxon
Mr. Brackettrt
Arnold interview sparks column critique over Gladstone stance
The Post acknowledges Sir Edwin Arnold for two interviews but questions an apparent contradiction about Mr Gladstone. It suggests Gladstone shifted to the Irish side to gain Irish votes and bolster his leadership, while preserving Liberal support.
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Edwin Arnold
Gladstone
Glapstone
Arnold
Noted Contradictions Over Mr Gladstone’s Motives
The passage urges readers to hold Mr Gladstone in the highest esteem while also attributing to him the motives described in the quoted excerpt. It presents a tension between veneration and cautious interpretation of his aims.
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Gladstone
Four New States Vote Amid Controversial First Elections
The four new states Montana North Dakota South Dakota and Washington faced their first elections with unclear results and capital debates. South Dakota may elect a capital amid a tainted vote while Montana plans a capital choice by ballot with no clear winner this year.
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Montana
Washington
Dakotas
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Huron
Pierre
Helena
United States
North Dakota
Flack Case Indictments Stir New York Court Scrutiny
The grand jury indicted Sheriff Flack and five others on charges of conspiracy to procure a fraudulent divorce and perjury in the divorce suit. They fault Judge Booxstaver for alleged deceit or negligence and urge ending referees in divorce proceedings while urging reforms to curb fraud and uphold judicial integrity.
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Flack
New York
Filack
County of
Frack
Booxstaver
Booxslaver
Grand Jury
Mahone and the Negroes in Virginia Politics
A critical notice argues Mahone uses the negro vote to undermine Democrats in Virginia. It cites Governor Lee on race tensions, white tax burdens, and claims voodoo tactics to influence black voters. The piece condemns Mahone and warns of long-term harm to race relations and political harmony.
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Mahone
Democratic Party
Lynchburg
Max O'Reay critics French home and honesty in novels
The review dissects Max O'Reay's work from Jacques Bonhomme to John Bull and His Daughters, noting a scrappy method, mixed tone, and patches over totals. It discusses O'Reay's satire of Philistines, patriotism, and the theme of home, including French notions of chez soi and the idea that foreigners do wash.
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Thas
Max O’reay
John Bull
Ile
John ‘Bull
Jonathan
Continent
L’ami
Macdonald
Max O’rett
Max O’rexall
Jacques Bonhomme
M. Pauxt Buovet
St. Paul’s School
London
John
L’ami MacDonald
Rome
France
Earth
England
America
Working Women in Large Cities Report From Labor Commissioner
The volume notes dire housing and sanitation conditions for very poor workers in New York and elsewhere. It describes crowded, smoky tenements, poor ventilation, and defective sewerage, with disease and immorality linked to these conditions. It credits some employers for humane treatment. others ignore workers’ welfare. it also remarks on foreigners often treating employees better than natives.
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Carrout D. Wincut
Washington
Father Huntington
New York
Monument design committee awards prizes for GRANT memorial
The GRANT monument committee awarded five design prizes with the top prize of 1500 dollars. The planned structure would cost about 476000 dollars, rising 215 feet with a central hall and mausoleum underground. Critics say the immense urn atop will mar the landscape and clash with General Grant's modest character.
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Grant Monument
Monument Association
Gran?t
The Traveller Switches to Eight Page Folio
The Traveller is praised for abandoning its old blanket sheet form and adopting an eight page folio. The new format is arranged for readers and shows commendable business enterprise in the change.
Washington Post mocks LopGe civil service resolutions
The Washington Post labels LopGe's civil service resolutions as meaningless chatter and argues the President's commission signals approval of evasion and enforcement of the law, or it signifies nothing at all.
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The
Washington Post
Rep
Massachusetts Urged as Preferred Site for World’s Fair
A speaker argues that New York should host the World's Fair but suggests Massachusetts as the better location to avoid future quarrels, proposing the state as a sensible alternative.
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New York
Massachusetts
Pianist and orchestral mispronunciation noted in letter
A letter to the Post discusses correct pronunciation of pianist and orchestral among musicians. R Peene argues the pianist is a pi a nist and an orchestral player in a public column. The writer aims to educate musical readers.
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Phyfe
Arnold Lectures On The Upanishads At Harvard
Sir Edwin Arnold delivered a Harvard Sanders Theatre lecture on The Upanishads. He described Indian sacred writings, the universal soul, transmigration, and the path to unity, contrasting Hindu philosophy with European thought. The talk praised cheerfulness in Hindu belief and noted wedding customs reflecting the soul’s unity with the universal.
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Sir Edwin Arnold
Harvard
Sanders Theatre
Eliot
Asia
East
Arnold
Order of India
Alexander the Great
India
Hegel
Darwin
Versatile News Snippets from a Distant Year
A miscellany notes stereotypes about pugilists oysters and ballet dancers, recounts a West church fair with fowl, mentions new German stamps and a Chinese minister, jokes about George Washington as a real estate aid, and reports on cotton yields and global curiosities including ships in New York Harbor and Irish arm laws.
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Germany
Sue
Lou
Ned
Salina
Plumply
London
Sui Kwo Ying
George
Mudville
N. C
George Washington
Ife
Smith
Lawrence American
New York
Sandy Hook
Java
Burleigh
Maine
India
Ireland
Mr. Gladstone
Dingwall
Ross-shire
Scotland
Ross Memorial Hospital
China
Bravo Paris Exposition Adds France to Show
Walt Whitman praises the Paris Exposition in Harper's Weekly, urging inclusion of France among the displayed temples towers goods machines and ores. He recalls American admiration and shared goodwill from millions across fifty nations.
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Paris
France
America
Walt Whitman
Harper’s Weekly
Misnaming of Private Dalzell Highlighted by Traveller
A reader letter argues that Private Dalzell is misnamed and suggests Public would be a more fitting nickname, noting the discrepancy raised by a Traveller.
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Dalzell
Tanner curses Dalzell in violent dispute
The Providence Journal reports Damon Tanner unleashes a blasting curse on Pythias Dalzell amid a heated dispute, describing sharp hostility and damaging sentiments.
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Damon Tanner
Pythias Dalzell
Providence Journal (Ind
Good Augury for Coeducation at University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania faculty declares in favor of opening coeducation, a favorable sign for women's advancement and those seeking opportunity to progress.
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Record
Ind
Boston Considers New Hampshire Water Supply Visit
The Boston Common Council debates traveling to New Hampshire to secure extra water supply. It notes Massachusetts often traverses there for various needs, including selecting candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
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New Hampshire
Common Council of
Boston
Bay State
Manchestr Union
Dem
Senator Sherman Seen As Jekyll And Hyde In Letter
A letter from Senator Sherman to Alexandria Republicans claims the election of General Mahone would be an auspicious national event. The piece contrasts his praise with earlier speeches in which he condemned rebels and urged forgetting war memories, illustrating a political shift akin to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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Sherman
Jekyll and Hyde
Alexandria
General Mahone
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Sherman
Nashville
Tenn
Springfield
Virginia
LN. Y
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George W. Waites
Beacon Street
Harvard College
M. Day Kimball
Flagg
Emerson and
Parker
Frott
Emily Marshall
Venus
New States
Manone
Max O’reil
M. Max O’rell
Hamerton
Peene
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