Ritualistic revival eyed by London Methodists in West End
The piece notes rising Ritualism in England and a planned revival by London Wesleyans in fashionable West End areas rather than East End slums. It cites church ties, musical preparations, and banded choirs, contrasting with Methodism’s poorer reach and highlighting historical links to Newman and tractarian roots.
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London
Church of England
East End
West End
Joan Weslery
England
Lincoln College
Oxford
Thomas A. Krempis
Merton
Oriel College
Newman
Pusry
Wesley
New York
Boston
Boston Post Mile Subscription Rates Notice
Boston Post Mile lists subscription options near Washington Street with daily and weekly plans. Rates include one year nine pounds, six months four pounds ten pence, three months two pounds twenty five, one month seventy five cents, and weekly on Fridays at one pound eleven pence. notice states second class matter status.
Political deal clouds New York election inspectors
The Boston Post notes about 600 election inspectors appointed for Henry George supporters by a Republican official, questioning legality and party eligibility. It argues the arrangement benefits the party and public funds are used for pay, with 800 workers involved. It also covers Grand Duke Nicholas I’s Paris visit and speculative remarks on Franco Russian relations amidst broader continental tensions.
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New York
Henry George
Civil Service Reform Proves System at New York Custom House
The New York Custom House tests under Collector Magone reveal widespread ignorance and incompetence among clerks. Of 200 examined in previous tests, over half may be dismissed, and only six of 30 examined most recently meet the intelligence standard.
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New York Custom House
Magone
Seaboard
New York
Boston
New Jersey
Californy
Philadelphia
Massachusetts Republicans Endorse Repeal of Whiskey Tax
The Herald argues some, but not all, at the recent Republican convention favored repeal of the whiskey tax. It notes the platform does not make an outright declaration yet confirms that the party in Massachusetts supports repeal when translated plainly into English.
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Herald
Republican Party of
Massachusetts
Boston
Parnell
Republicans Favor Whiskey Tax Repeal Among Surplus Plans
The Republicans back several surplus remedies including heavier spending, repeal of the whiskey tax, or scrapping sugar duties. They argue the whiskey tax repeal is a favored option among equal alternatives, while cautioning that tariff critics risk Democratic losses. A separate note discusses Judge Ruger granting a stay in Jacob Suarp’s bribery case, highlighting the danger of delayed justice and the duty to trust law process.
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Internal Revenue
Randall
Congress
Ruger
Jacos Suarp
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Suarp
Funeral baked meats in Hoar speech stirs old partisan ghosts
A Melrose Republican meeting sees Senator Hoar replay the 1884 campaign biases with lines about Blaine, illiteracy maps, and the sub treasury. Critics urge Hoar to guide Republicans toward renewal and away from partisan zeal.
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Senator Hoar
Melrose
James G. Blaine
White House
New England
Copiah
Congress
Senator Hoan
City of
New York
South
New York City
Hoar
Hoan
Commonwealth
Republican Party
No Excuse for His Present Attitude
The speaker laments a leader's disgrace and the Republican party's ruin. He condemns Senator Hoan for returning to dishonor, calling it a pitiable case of a man who has gone mad for three years and remains so.
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Bloomfield Moore
India
Salah Jung
Sarah Jungo
Sarah Bung
Tom Bowen
Colorado
Bowen
Byron
W. W. Christmas
Myra Clark Gaines
Washington Navy Yard
Samuel P. Carter
Navy
New York
Carter
Tennessee
Republican Party
Hoan
Battle at Springfield shifts debates over missionary appointments
The American Board split over its management of missionaries with the conservative wing led by Dr. Storrs sustaining a two thirds vote, while the liberal faction pushed for broader liberty for missionaries to think for themselves. The debate marks a shift from Andover to New Haven and from probation after death to Catholicity in manage ment. The progressives frame the clash as a Bunker Hill moment. the conservatives mobilize through Drs Topp and Nose as Storrs weighs accepting the presidency amid calls for peace.
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Prudential Committee
Fisner
Des Moines
Andover
New Haven
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Herrick
G. A. Gordon
R.S. Storrs
Storrs
Smyth
Fischer
Congregational New England
Dartmouth
Fisumi
Topp
Nose
Boston
Bunker Hill
The Tariff and the Partisans
A critical critique of Republican tariff policy arguing that protectionist aims only arose during the Civil War era as a concession to Union preservation. The author questions the claim that protection is the party’s cardinal objective and urges liberal-minded readers to reject the stance.
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New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Union
Republican Party
Sec
Regulation proposed for wandering minstrels provokes dispute
City board considers tighter rules to curb street bands hand organs and Salvation Army activity. Italians and their monkeys rumored to avoid objectionable districts. Salvationists vow to resist enforcement, arguing it harms their mission. Officials view fines as worth trying to assess impact on public peace.
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Board of Police
Salvation Army
Mr. Davis
Convict’s Good Time Bill Frees Tennessee Inmate
A Tennessee inmate serving twenty one years for express robbery framed a good time bill that allowed felons to reduce terms for exemplary conduct. Introduced in the State Legislature, it became law and the author profited by it to gain liberty. Massachusetts prison prior talent yielded no result.
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Tennessee
Massachusetts
Warned Marquis of Artespery Nixes Newmarket Heath
The Marquis of Artespery faces a warning for swindling at Newmarket Heath. Some contemporaries push to abolish the House of Lords. America should move cautiously. Hagland could benefit from an upper chamber, while Newport society would be unsettled if peers vanished.
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Marquis of Artespery
Newmarket Heath
House of Lords
America
Hagland
Newport
Thistle for sale at ten thousand pounds pose
The Thistle is offered at a price of £10,000 set by Mr Brun to gauge its value among American yachtmen. The tale hints the assessment would have helped before the race. Currently the vessel is slightly off its best condition.
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Brun
Sarry
American Yachtamen
Boston Reception Shows Spirit of Popular Demonstration at Faneuil Hall
In Boston the crowd at General Paine and Mr. Burgess’s reception at Faneuil Hall overflows with spontaneous warmth. The mayor steers a lively gathering where cheers, floor remarks, and a grand Army post entrance create a relaxed, informal tone. A horse episode and a street scene with Kennedy’s Medical Discovery add local color to the urban pageant. TAVERNER
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Taverner
General Paine
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Grand Army
Mr. Burgess
Kennedy
Masters of Painters Convene in Boston Oct 21
A letter from the editor outlines a mass State master painters and decorators convention to be held in Boston on Friday Oct 21 1887. Notables M H P A committee members C H Sefton Albert Haberstroh W Frederick White urge all master painters in the state to attend for mutual benefit and to advance their professional interests.
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Boston
National
United States
Park Street
Mass
C. H. Sefton
Washington Street
Albert Haberstroh
W. Frederick White
Ashburnham
Sefton
National Association
America
Haberstroh
Newport
KR. I
L. Haberstroh
Munich
Plain blunt man Oberly shocks office seekers
Civil Service Commissioner Oberly is a plain blunt man whose habit of telling unpleasant truths about party office-mongers turns him into a terror with fiery eyes. Salaried spoilsmen who kept offices under reform administrations fear him nightly, checking under beds to see if he is there.
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Civil Service
Oberly
Reform
Chicago News Ind
Two Conditions For Democratic Charge Over Surplus
The Washington Post argues that only two affirmations justify charging the surplus to Democrats. First, the laws that let the surplus accumulate were enacted by Democrats. Second, Republicans have been as willing as Democrats to repeal or alter these laws.
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Washington Post
Cleveland risks image with extended travel exposure
President Cleveland warned that his popularity may hinder his ability to perform if he returns from abroad in poorer health. He stressed that the president must maintain a level head and poise, noting the strain of crowds clamoring for a glimpse could undermine his work.
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Cleveland
Philadelphia Press
Republicans Debate Tariff Reduction in 8 Line Note
The Philadelphia Record notes that Republicans in Chicago favor a tariff cut of half, with many privately agreeing behind closed doors. It mentions President Arthur’s tariff commission suggesting a 20 percent cut, while critics liken tariff advocates to unweaned infants resisting change.
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Chicago Tribune
Tariff Commission
Arthur
Philadelphia Record
Ind
No-Censor Rule on Union of Government Clerks and Clubs
The piece argues it is improper to punish a Democratic officeholder for belonging to Democratic clubs or for government clerks voting with party ties. It questions the authority of Mr. Oberly and Mr. Cleveland to regulate private associations and clubs, urging that private club membership is none of their business. The tone defends personal political association from partisan control.
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Cleveland
Oberly
N. Y
Everett denies leading Democrats in spoils tangle
In a letter to the editor, Dr William Everett rebuts ex Mayor Greenhalges claim that he and Mike Cunniff are joint Democratic leaders in a spoils dispute. Everett says he leads no one but himself and that any spoils would disentangle without his help.
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Greenhalge
Lowell
Democratic Party
Mike Cunniff
William Everett
Election of Miss Longfellow in Cambridge
In Ward 1 Cambridge women celebrate Miss Alice M. Longfellow winning a vacant Cambridge school board seat after Professor Byerly withdraws and Mr McNamee declines. The letter praises Byerly’s conduct and notes Longfellow’s educational experience, Cambridge Friday Oct 7 18387.
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The
Lost
Cambridge
Alice M. Longfellow
Emerton
Professor Byerly
Harvard University
McNamee
Byerly
Global oddities and lighter notes from newspapers
A collage of short items notes jokes and curiosities from Philadelphias policemen to Californias pensioner to Massachusetts dissipation and a New London clock exhibit It mentions a Mexican War veteran Colonel A Andrews a Chinese laundryman Wing You humor about music and drama in New York and many quirky European and American tidbits reflecting humorous social observations.
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Riccard
Philadelphia
New York
United States
A. Andrews
San Francisco
Wing You
Baltimore
Adelina Patti
Central Park
Arsenal
Park
California
Chicago
Denver
G. F. Wright
God
Jesus
Massachusetts
New Bedford Standard
North Christian Church
Brown
George A. Cornell
Paunce’s Corner
Cornell
Fraud charges against three bank employees in Crooklyn case
New York on October 7 reports paying teller A N Snell Edward Fowler and W E Hepburn were arrested yesterday and charged with defrauding the Fulton Bank of Crooklyn. They were arraigned in court and the case was continued to tomorrow for further hearing. In South Gardner a four year old boy named Albert Creed fell into a frog pond while playing near the house and drowned.
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New York
A. N. Snell
Edward Fowler
W. E. Hepburn
Fulton Bank of
Crooklyn
South Gardner
Moses E. Creed
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