Art commission vetoes MacMonnies gift to Public Library
The commission declines Mr. McKim's gift, deeming it unsuitable for the Public Library building. While praising Bacchante as a fine work of technical art, the commission calls the statue's theme inappropriate for the library court and endorses selecting a more suitable sculpture. The decision is presented as the correct course.
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Art Commission
McKim
Public Library
Post
MacMonnies
A Better Channel Prompts Harbor Improvement Call
The passage argues for improved Boston Harbor navigation noting recent groundings as signs of the port’s peril. It urges federal funding for a safer channel and docks, stressing that modern trade demands unobstructed entry for steamships and efficient land-water access.
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Boston
Bug
No Intimidation in Missouri Great Department Store Case
The St Louis incident where a department store owner discharged workers for opposing free silver stirs outraged reaction. It is condemned as coercive and a crime against the republic if it influences voting. The piece urges Missouri statutes to prosecute and upholds the voters' free choice in the McKinley era.
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St. Louis
Missouri
United States
A Poor Sort of Fun Affects Harvard Statues and Buildings
An opinion piece denounces Harvard undergraduates for vandalism including defacing John Harvard’s statue the Fogg Art Museum and the Gray Arms entrance. It argues the act harms the university’s image and urges student self-policing to curb similar mischief.
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Harvard
Cambridge
John Harvard
Fogg Art Museum
College Arms
Gray
Nantucket corked bottle mystery and sea rescue tribute
A beach finder discovered a corked bottle with a note addressed to Mrs. Mary Fraser in Gloucester. Investigation found no such person in Fish City. Boston life insurers host a harvest dinner famed for cigars and tall tales. Captain Young and Captain Anderson rescued the Alsatian crew at Baker's Island, while a Wood Island Park field day celebrated speed records and a shared feast at Maverick House. A faulty charcoal team incident on Court Street ends with a policeman guiding the horse to the station. A political debating excerpt questions wage gains under currency reform and silver dollars.
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Nantucket
Mary Fraser
Gloucester
Fish City
Captain Young
Captain Anderson
Baker’s Island
Court Street
Washington Street
Buffalo
Wages and Silver Coinage Threaten Labor Stability
A Chicago Trades and Labor Assembly commission notes that silver coinage would not raise purchasing power. Wages would not keep pace with dollar depreciation, leading to instability for workers and increased capital risk. The report cites Mexico as a cautionary example, where wages lag behind devalued currency.
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Mr. Bryan
Mexico
Trades and Labor Assembly of
Chicago
United States
Fair Gotham Maiden’s Opera Cloak Spells Frugal Finesse
A Gotham maid buys an expensive black satin cloak with seven yards at 69 cents, lining in pearl gray silk at 7 cents a yard, two front box pleats and back yoke, jetted mousseline de soie, and bishop sleeves with wide pleats. Costs include $3 for the jetted piece and $6 for ribbons plus making, a thrifty wrap overall.
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Gotham
Fair Maid
The Bachelor Club Godfather and the Cloak
In this tale, Waldo Frohman frets over a christening as Jed Reynolds coaches him through potential godfather duties. A twist arrives when Margaret Wells is revealed as godmother, leading Frohman to a new, comic pursuit of social standing and a tailor made cloak to suit the occasion.
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Margaret Wells
Miss Wells
Waldo Frohman
Frohman
van Buren
Jeddiah Reynolds
Protest from Ladies Institute Against Bacchante Statue
The Ladies Physiological Institute thanks the Post for opposing the Bacchante statue in the Public Library. They argue art should not normalize vice and condemn any depiction of womanhood as an ornament or educational value in public institutions. Signed by Salome Merritt president and L P I L Frances Babcock secretary in Boston October 12.
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Sir
Ladies’ Physiological Institute
Saturday Post
Bacchante
Post
Contested Stetson Will Faces Possible Settlement
Proceedings in probate court seek to determine Adah Richmond’s status as widow of John Stetson. Contestants aim to dismiss her appeal and prevent her from joining the case, while discussions of a private division of the estate between Mrs. Stetson and John Stetson Sr. circulate.
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John Stetson
Adah Richmond
Nickerson
Pattee
Probate
Stetson
North America split by reader bets
A Constant Reader argues that Canada is only part of North America, with the United States and Mexico forming the other parts, stating Canada’s status is not distinct from the continent.
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North America
Canada
United States
Mexico
Short Story Competitions Offer Weekly Prizes at the Post
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars each for four others. Prizes go to female writers, checks mailed Monday after Sunday announcements, stories up to one thousand words, on one side, with name and address for publication.
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Post
Sunday Post
The
the Post
Boston
The Price of Liberty Letter to the Editor
A reader from Lynn asks if Americans paid the English for possession of the country during the war. The writer asserts liberty cost money and blood, comparing to Cuba’s fight against Spain.
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Lynn
Cuba
Spain
Population of Ireland in 1891 Census
A reader in South Boston asks for Ireland s population. The Post Almanac cites 4 704 750 from the 1891 census.
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Population OF Ireland
Post
Sir
Ireland
South Boston
John Holland
Honored Russell Receives Bar Association Honors
At the Boston Bar Association annual meeting officers were elected for the year. A committee read resolutions on the death of William Eustis Russell, praising his public service, legal skill, and character from Cambridge birth in 1857 to Governor and lawyer. The group noted his enduring influence and inspired young lawyers as they plan a biennial dinner.
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Bar Association of the City of
Boston
George O. Shattuck
Lewis 8. Dabney
Charles P. Greenough
S.ourney Butler
Henry W. Putnam
Henry M. Rogers
Joseph B. Warner
Charles B. Southard
Charles T. Gallagher
Frederic Dodge
Everett W. Burdett
Ezra R. Thayer
William Eustis Russell
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Cambridge
Cambridge High School
Harvard University
Boston Law School
Suffolk
C. T. & JT. H. Russell
Nisi Prius
Pulpit Politics Debate Among Boston Presbyterians
Boston area Presbyterian ministers debated political preaching at a weekly meeting. Majority urged ministers to avoid political endorsements unless on exceptional occasions while some favored engaging with public issues and reading the signs of the times.
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Boston
Bryan
McKinley
S. F. Hershey
S. Cc. Gunn
D. B. McMurdy
W. E. Archibald
Brookline
W. H. Angier
Alden
Philadelphia
Peter Keeler
South Boston
Puzzle of the three breaks solves hotel gift riddle
The article presents a self contained puzzle about distributing a thirty one link gold chain to a hotel keeper over thirty one days with only three breaks. It lists numerous solution authors and addresses alongside several humorous quotes from newspapers.
Daily Table Menu and Recipes from Mrs Marshell Melrose Highlands
The listing outlines a full day of meals including dinner with filet of beef and mushroom sauce, vegetables and desserts, plus supper items like cold pressed chicken and blue berry shortcake. It provides detailed recipes for blueberry shortcake and Scotch scones and notes a mushroom sauce method with stock juice and lemon. Signed by Mrs J Marshell of Green Street Melrose Highlands Massachusetts.
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J. Marshell
Green Street
Melrose Highlands
Mass
Breezy Chats Hint at Courtroom Clash over Bicycle Suit
A brief, fragmented chat hints at a legal dispute as a man sues over a bicycle incident while a woman makes a light remark about a new bicycle suit. The exchange suggests courtroom action and local drama without full details.
Beav er Canyon Sheep Owner and Other Obscure Notices
Personal items note J D Wood of Beaver Canyon Idaho with flocks totaling 78000 sheep. Richard T Browning finds a canoe in Deep Creek Maryland belonging to his grandfather. Simeon Collins of Clay County Missouri bequeaths one sixth of his estate to his granddaughter Mamie Collins on condition she renounces Christian Science. In Hicksville Ohio a wedding party is disrupted by tramps who steal the license. Antonio Apache, first Indian to enter Phillips Exeter, will enroll this year at age four and a half. A Big Rapids Michigan citizen loans money to Ezra Smith when war breaks out. he later receives a letter with a five dollar bill after 35 years. Engineer Edwin F Ingles of the Central Pacific kills a bandit in cab. San Francisco Chronicle suggests reward.
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Jove
Waldo Frohman
van Buren
Bachelor Club
Godfather
Frohman
Burgess
Jeddiah Reynolds
Hoffman
Jed
Wallie
Reynolds
Walne
Upham’s
McVeigh
Waldo
Miss Wells
Simeon Collins
Clay County
Mamie Collins
Big Rapids
Mich
Ezra Smith
Sedalia
Ezra
Edwin F. Ingles
Central Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Newport Ceremony Unites Sybil Sherman and John Hoffman
Miss Sybil Sherman daughter of William Watts Sherman of New York, wed John Ellis Hoffman son of Mrs. George Hoffman and a Foran Harvard man, in a morning ceremony at Trinity Church attended by family and Boston classmates. The gown featured white velvet with a long train and lace, pearls, and orange blossoms. The couple left by yacht Sakonnet to catch a train to New York.
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Newport
R. I
Sybil Sherman
William Watts Sherman
New York
John Ellis Hoffman
George Hoffman
Harvard
William Wetmore
Henry R. Taylor
Reginald Brooks
Archibald Thacher
Boston
Robert Stephens
G. J. Magill
Trinity Church
Venice
Mr. Hoffman
Mrs. Hoffman
Senator
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Boston Life
Young’s Hotel
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Wood Island Park Gymnasium
William Burns
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Maverick House
Hammond
Ind
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Ablington Strect
Franklin, Mass
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Frances Babcock
New Movement
Richmond
Russell
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Glenwoods
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Weex
GC. H. Robinson & Co
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Detroit Tribune
H. M. Wright
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Collins Street
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George M
Palmer
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H. Danforth
Everett
W. I. Greene
Talbot Avenue
Dorchester
John J. Irwin
Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown
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Western Union Telegraph Company
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William J. Riley
K Street
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Malden
William Johnston
Dartmouth Street
A. H. Sprague
Ralph H. Anderberg
J. Grashein
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Brooks Street
John M. Horr
North Dana
Charles L. Channell
Reading
Dorchester Avenue
G. F. Braley
Lever Street
E. M. Smith
Howard Avenue
Roxbury
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Maverick Street
Chelsea
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W. H. Grover
Eliot Street
David R. Robb
Lawrence Street
Tremont Street
Fr. W. Turner
Shawmut Avenue
P. H. Knidtt
the Tudor
J. A. Lynch
Beckford Street
Worcester
Frank James
Care of
American Tool & Machine Company
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N. Healy
Norfolk Avenue
H. G. Winter
Devonshire Street
J. Curran
W. B. Chandler
William Street
Portland
George Be B. Greene
Belchertown
H. Y. Fuller
Broadway
Somerville
C. D. Foss
Gordon Street
Jamaica Plain
Floyd S. Wilkins
Franklin Street
A. H. Cushing
Theophilus
Detroit Free Press
Astor House
George
Madge
J. D. Wood
Beaver Canyon
Idaho
Richard T. Browning
Deep Creek
Garrett County
Hicksville, O
Antonio Apache
Phillips Exeter
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Penny Magazine
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Charles Frederick Stansbury
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