Unimpeachable Evidence From Leading Boston Firms
Boston October 7 1893 A visit to the Boston Post press room shows Sunday Oct 8 circulation over 80000 with independent verification of Sun day average 82207 for four issues and September daily average 60711 Jameson Knowles Co Browning King Co Edward Kakas & Sons certify the Post's circulation figures corroborated by their accounts and orders
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Boston
Boston Post
POST
Jameson & Knowles CO
J. F. Knowles
Milton H. French
Browning, King & CO
L. Fletcher
E. F. Kakas
Edward Kakas
British mockery of U S Senate sparks UK recall of Commons brawl
The London press derides the U S Senate all night session as ludicrous and contemptible while recalling the Commons rough and tumble fight with eye injuries and benches. The piece argues British criticism is untimely and unpalatable given their own parliamentary past.
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London
United States Senate
House of Commons
Liberal Board Upholds Noyes’s Faithful Missionary Status
The board’s tolerant ruling averts a dispute that could have damaged religious unity. Mr. Noyes, a devoted missionary of the orthodox faith, was spared condemnation as a heretic, a move that would have weakened belief and invited scoffing. The decision, despite dogmatic variances, shows liberality with broad, positive influence.
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Noyes
Valkyrie Retains America's Cup in Thrilling Finish
The final race of the America's Cup series produced a near perfect windward to windward contest. The Valkyrie and Vigilant matched boats remarkably with only seconds separating them at the finish. Lord Dunraven earns praise as a true sportsman for bringing a boat that neared international championship status on the transatlantic quest.
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Genesta
Amendment to Chinese exclusion law passes House vote
The upcoming House vote on Monday will approve amendments to the Chinese exclusion law. The changes extend registration and certificate deadlines by six months, define laborer more clearly, and do not restrict witnesses by color. Proponents say the improvements address enforcement issues while maintaining American standards.
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House
Geary
United States
California
World’s Fair joins debt free status amid strong attendance
The Columbian Exposition reports a treasury balance over a million dollars after debt payoff. The auditor's Sept 30 statement notes uncertainty about last Monday’s large bond redemption, yet confirms the fair is out of debt and has net value for stockholders. Attendance and receipts are expected to exceed any prior world’s fair. The achievement is described as remarkable and unexpectedly successful amid a low mood.
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Chicago
Sectarian Critics Disappointed by Mission Board Remarks
Disappointed sectarian critics voice dismay at the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and their deriding glee over anticipated dogmatic warfare. The board’s stance, expressed by Mr. Noyes, unsettles supporters of the expected conflict.
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American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Mr. Noyes
Board
End of the physical contest and the currency bill
The author urges business leaders to pressure sound money Senators to end the repeal fight. He claims delaying the vote shows Senate ineffectiveness and warns that a compromise would prove incompetence. A bare repeal vote with closure is demanded to express the people's will.
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Senate
United States Senate
Mystic races patron Blanchard tied to Maine hunt plan
The Observant Citizen notes Mr David H Blanchard a longtime supporter of trotting in Mystic where he helped inaugurate the first great stallion race in the 1870s won by Smuggler His season ending plans include a hunting trip to Maine with Horace Willis They seek reliable handlers to load horses and guns Also mentioned is upcoming Lyons marriage of Annie M Putnam to Louis K Stark and a Norfolk Unitarian Church call accepted by Rev William H Branigan in Dorchester Additional item is General Mobart Moore entering his 38th year as military drill instructor for city high schools.
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David H. Blanchard
Blanchard
Mr. Blanchard
Horace Willis
Maine
Kmustis
William H. Branigan
Norfolk Unitarian Church
Dorchester
Mobart Moore
What Des Greenhalge favors on temperance platform
Greenhalge declares thirty years of support for prohibitory legislation as a Republican. He defends temperance measures, rejects Prohibition party policy for now, and says he would follow majority public sentiment if it shifted toward prohibitory law. He cites Republican platform as his guide and stresses practical temperance progress.
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Republican Party
New Bedford
Prohibition Party
New England college presidents convene at Yale meeting
More than a hundred college presidents and instructors from New England arrived in New Haven for the eighth annual convention of New England colleges and preparatory schools. Notable attendees include Presidents Andrews of Brown Harvard Eliot Yale Dwight Clark Seelye Smith Cornell Warren Columbia and others. John Tetlow presided at the opening session as Professor Collar discussed Latin teaching in preparatory schools and Professor Peck of Yale led the discussion.
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New Haven
New England
Yale
Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
C. W. Eliot
Harvard University
Timothy Dwight
Yale University
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
L. Clark Seelye
Smith College
Schurman
Cornell University
Warren
Boston University
N. M. Butler
Columbia
Abercrombie
Worcester Academy
Bancroft
Phillips Andover Academy
Fish
Exeter Academy
Coy
Lakeville
Fox
Hopkins Grammar School
Keep
Norwich
Gallagher
Williston Academy
Walter Scott
Suffield Literary Institute
Bartlett
Black Hall School
Brewer
Hearing On Anti Stock Watering Sessions Prolonged
The committee on the revision of corporation laws continued the anti stock watering hearing as president Pinkerton presided. Counsel for water and electric companies argued dividends and stock powers while urging not to grant commissioners veto power. The session ended with adjournment to 10 o’clock Friday morning.
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Pinkerton
Senate
Josiah H. Benton, Jr
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Coolidge
Boston & Maine
Proctor
Lynn & Boston
J. Otis Wardwell
E. W. Burdett
Burdett
Electric
Electric i
Massachusetts
Boston & Maine Railroad
Cowles Art School to Open Fine Sculpture Studio
The Cowles Art School plans a dedicated modelling and sculpture studio modeled after Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts. George Brewster will lead the class, with Paris training and notable commissions. admission requires drawing samples for nonbeginners. The program includes life studies, architecture ornament classes, day and evening options, and a growing staff.
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Cowles Art School
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Paris
George Brewster
Art Students’ League
New York
West
Dumont and Mercie
Ross Turner
W. J. Kaula
Counterfeit Coin Ring Busted In Boston by Street Purchase
Joseph Nuncia and two accomplices bought trousers for 35 cents from Samuel Glass, then paid with a counterfeit silver dollar. Glass alerted Officer Maguire who chased and captured Nuncia on Moon Street. The coin was light, off color, and fake. three men worked together, likely receiving counterfeit money from New York and passing it locally.
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Joseph Nuncia
Joseph
Nuncia
Samuel Glass
Salem Street
Nunecia
Maguire
Moon Street
Glass
Hhem
Cath
North End
Boston
New York
American Board Holds Final Worcester Meeting
At the American Board final meeting in Worcester resolutions honored retiring prudential committee members Thompson Alden and Torrey. Elijah Horr was elected to the committee, Langdon Ward sought $150000 in new funds, and clergymen planned a November unity effort. A resolution urged Congress to amend the Geary act to remove provisions harming American citizens in China.
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Worcester
American Board
Messrs
Thompson
Alden and Torrey
Prudential Committee
Elijah Horr
D. D
Cooper
Horr
Langdon S. Ward
United States Senate
House of Representatives
China
Chinese Bride Popular in San Francisco Marriage Rumor
Ellis Mills sailing for Honolulu to take up consul-general duties may wed Marie Afong daughter of the Chinese millionaire of San Francisco Citing the engagement of Miss Emma Afong to Commander Whiting of the United States ship Alliance Mills declined to confirm but hinted at possible family ties Marie Afong is visiting the World’s Fair with her mother and a married sister
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San Francisco
Ellis Mills
Honolulu
Marie Afong
Emma Afong
Whiting
United States Ship Alliance
Mills
Miss Marie
Peace League pressingly urges Italy France to ease ties
The International Parliamentary Peace League in Brussels will ask members in Italy and France to use influence to improve relations. A key passage argues that if alliances aim to balance power, foes with shared origins and sacred memories should not live in hostility. War would be a crime against civilization and progress.
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Brussels
International Parliamentary Peace League
League
Italy
France
End of Argentine Rebellion Marked by Te Deum
Buenos Ayres reports the rebellion’s end celebrated with a Te Deum and military fetes. The government raids brigand bands plundering rural districts and reorganizes de moralized administrative offices after the uprising.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentine
Street Car Combination Is Completed In San Francisco
A merged street railway system in San Francisco is finished with about eighteen million dollars in capital. Southern Pacific holds 76 percent, with 24 percent split among Ferries and Cliff House Road, the Omnibus Company, and North Beach and Mission roads. The union covers sixteen lines and controls most city routes, enabling widespread transfers.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Ferries
Cliff House Road
Omnibus Company
North Beach
Mission Roads
Mutiny Charges Debunked By Enterprise Cadets Testimony
BostonPost reports a defense of the Enterprise voyage amid mutiny claims. Cadets, led by Samuel Gaylor, deny any discipline failure and say the cruise educated officers for the merchant marine. They describe protests as minor and cite strict but fair rules and future exams on Oct 26.
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Samuel Gaylor
Enterprise
Office of
the Post
Cambridge Ladies Plan Charity Concert For Poor
Enterprising Cam bridge young ladies led by Misses Lockhart Austin street organize a Tuesday evening concert at Union Hall Cambridge to raise funds for a new dispensary to aid sick and needy residents. Tickets available at leading Cambridge stores. no class color or creed distinctions. Dispensary doctors will patronize the event.
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Cambridge
Diamonds from Montana Mines Gavel for Brotherhood Meet
Montana delegates to the first biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will present the grand lodge with a handsome gavel carved from solid Montana copper and studded with diamonds from local mines. The showpiece is on display in Wilson Bros. window attracting much attention.
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Montana
Grand Lodge
Wilson Bros
Firemen Injured As Hose Escapes Control In City Run
Yesterday afternoon around 2 15, Engine 4 led a fire run on North Market when the hose wagon lagged behind. Solari, 24, the hose driver, was thrown and run over, breaking his collar bone. Hoseman Gilam sprained his ankle. both men taken to City Hospital. The runaway horse calmed after crossing Elm Street. Quill escaped injury. Solari expected to be out in a few days.
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North Market Street
Joseph Solari
City Hospital
Howard Street
Court Street
Tremont Row
Solari
Hanover Street
Elm Street
J. Gilam
John Quill
Kennedy
Washington Street
Company 4
Gilam
Democratic Ward Campaign Information Points List
A list of ward by ward locations where Democrats can obtain campaign information. Locations include Comer Marion and Bennington streets Ward 1, Meridian Street Ward 2, Bunker Hill Street Charlestown Ward 8, Main Street Charlestown Ward 4, 5 Main Street Charlestown Ward 5, Fleet Street Ward 6, Friend Street Ward 7, Independence Hall Lowell/Causeway Charlestown Ward 8, Cambridge Street Ward 9, Tremont Place Beacon Street Leary Building Ward 10, Harrison/Kneeland Ward 12, Broadway South Boston Ward 14 Junction Broadway Emerson Ward 15 F and Seventh streets Ward 16 Dover/Washington streets Ward 17 Canton/Washington Ward 19 Friendship Hall Cabot Street Ward 20 Dudley/Dearborn Ward 21 Dudley Street Opera House Ward 22 Gurney Street Green Street Jamaica Plain Ward 4 Robinson Building Field's Corner Ward 25 Warren Building Washington Street Brighton.
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Marion and
Bennington Streets
Meridian Street
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
Main Street
Fleet Street
Friend Street
Independence Hall
Lowell
Causeway Streets
Cambridge Street
Leary
Tremont Place
Beacon Street
Wossler
Harrison Avenue
Kneeland Street
Broadway
South Boston
Aoe
Emerson Street
F and
Seventh Streets
Dover
Washington Streets
Canton
Washington Street
Friendship Hall
Cabot Street
Dudley and
Dearborn Streets
Roxbury
Dudley Street
Opera House
Gurney Street
Ward Green Street
Jamaica Plain
Sta
Robinson
Field's Corner
Warren Building
Brighton
Freddy's Reasons to the Editor of the Post
Malden letter criticizes Mr Greenhalge’s reasons in verse form labeling Freddy as the author. The mock poem imagines Freddy as a Guv'nor and citizen leader. It casts a political satire on candidacy and leadership with rural imagery and a pledge of clean record and prosperity.
Baby Swallowed a Needle Found in Greenville
In Greenville at Moosehead Lake a seven month old child of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Marsh suffered persistent crying and abdominal distress. After hours of observation a foreign object was suspected. Ether was used to open the bowels and a needle eleven and a half inches long was found deep inside, working out eye end first.
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Bangor
Greenville
Moosehead Lake
W. M. Marsh
Scribner’s to Move to Fifth Avenue Hotel Site
Charles Scribner s Sons bought the Glenham Hotel property on Fifth Avenue above Twenty first Street for 300000 dollars and will build a six or seven story fireproof stone and iron structure Ernest Flagg to design the building with a 586 foot frontage. The new Scribner home will cost about 200000 dollars and place the firm among nearby publishers.
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New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Glenham
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Ernest Flagg
Scribners
Broadway
Astor Place
Lafayette Place
Judge Publishing Company
Anson D. Randolph
Methodist Book Cancern
Frank Leslie
Scribner
Pan American and Latin American terms explained
A reader asks why Pan American and Latin American terms are used and what a Latin Union means. Pan American refers to all Americans across the continent, possibly including Mexico and Brazil, while Latin regions denote countries descended from Latin Europe, suggesting a Latin Union among Italy, Spain, and Portugal, with Mexico and Brazil as examples of Latin American countries.
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The
Post
G. E. Salisbury
N. H
Misplaced Love Before Judge Fessenden at Superior Court
In a Boston Superior Court session titled Last Resort for Il- mated Couples, Judge Fessenden heard cases with few spectators and frequent "not prepared" remarks. Notable pairs included Rogers vs Rogers with a settled outcome, Jessie E W v Charles E W where Jessie recounted a troubled marriage, and Mary E Cushing v Frederick K Crayon portraitist whose infidelity led to shadowing by detectives. Ella M Howard, married to Howard since 188? at Lagrange IL, described his jealousy, theft of furniture, and new career as a doctor of female ills, with threats and affectionate letters revealed. decision postponed to next Monday at 9:30 p.m.
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Fessenden
Bar of Justice
Rogers
Jessie E
Charles E. W
Jessie
Charles
Bat Charles
Tremont Street
Mary E. Cushing
London
Frederick K
Washington Street
Plainville
Conn
Mary
New York
Frederick
Eliot Street
Burtis
Ella M. Howard
Ella
Howard
Lagrange
Boston
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Seventeenth Birthday Party for Kerrison at Beachmont
Tom A. Kerrison, son of the Post cor respondent at Beachmont, celebrated his seventeenth birthday Thursday evening. A happy gathering of about fifty friends attended, presenting him with many gifts of value. Music and games brought a merry evening to all eight being active.
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Tom A. Kerrison
Post
Beachmont
A Walkover Here in East Boston Letters
E W H of East Boston notes a morning aboard a vessel reading thirteen Posts and one Herald among newspapers in the men's cabin while no Globes or other morning papers are present. He questions the absence of Globes and Heralds as he observes the mix on October 12.
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Globes
E. W. H. East
Boston
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