Stearns Urges Honest Vote for Governor Despite National Contest
The Hon. George M. Stearns of Chicopee says Republicans may support Governor Russell based on merit regardless of presidential outcomes. He believes Russell has fulfilled his duty and fears about effects on the national election should not deter supporters. Mr. Stearns commented when approached by a Post representative.
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Governor Russell Confidence Wins Over Critics in Interview
In a lengthy interview, Massachusetts Governor Russell receives staunch support from Samuel Stearns who praises his administration as attentive and effective. He argues Republicans fail to present solid reasons for defeating Russell, asserting public service and integrity strengthen state governance and hinting at broader political implications for the presidential race.
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Prominent Men Implicated in County Funds Loss
Ex-County Treasurer Orin Sperry, who vanished in 1884, confesses to misappropriating funds and implicates Dana Horton a county supervisor H R Case sheriff and Adam Davis a leading Republican. He says he granted them county funds for oil speculation and all was lost. The disclosure causes a great sensation in Jamestown New York.
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Child dies after fall with plate causes fatal wound
In Lewiston Maine a 6 year old girl, daughter of Charles English, fell downstairs with a plate in hand. A shard pierced her jugular vein, leading to her death this morning. The incident was reported from the city.
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Brooks Preached First Sermon as Massachusetts Bishop in Grace Church
In Salem Grace Church crowd packs the space as Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks delivers his first post consecration sermon. He likens Israel’s escape from bondage to personal battles with recurring vices and urges believers to slay the “old Egyptian” within and press toward new life.
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Sermons and Literary Notices from St Pauls and Roxbury
An audience at St Pauls Church hears Rev J B Lindsay praise for Dr Brooks’s bishop consecration. A Winthrop Street Church sermon by Rev Charles L Goodell reflects on America’s destiny. Book notices cover Roche’s The Story of the Filibusters, Lincoln essays, Westminster Abbey guide, Edinburgh landmarks, and The Warwickshire Avon with critical appraisal.
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Politics in the Pulpit Delivers Sermon on Civic Duty
Rev. Emory J. Haynes spoke at People's Church on Columbus Avenue urging the church to seize vital issues. He argued that many politicians go to Washington for a trade and contrasted President Lincoln with contemporary leaders to emphasize moral guidance in public life.
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Ministers urged to engage in great questions of public life
Mr. Haynes compared past statesmen with today and urged ministers to discuss tariff, sanitation, temperance, misery, tax, and human relations from the pulpit. He said ministers should take an active part, study large issues conscientiously, and lead their congregations on vital matters.
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Book Notes on Lincoln Essay by Mr Schurz
The Atlantic Monthly reprint of Mr Schurz's Lincoln essay is discussed in the Post as a political take on Nicolay and Hay's history. It mirrors old style book reviews, recalling earlier writers who used a major text as a backdrop for their own analysis as Macaulay did with Rauke and Machiavelli.
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Obituary James Parton Dies After Lingering Illness
James Parton famed biographer and author died at his Newburyport home on Saturday after a long illness caused by heart enlargement. He leaves a widow, two children, and an adopted daughter. Born in Canterbury England February 9, 1822, he moved to the United States at age five and later settled in Newburyport in 1875 after long work in New York. He wrote the Horace Greeley life, a long biographical corpus, and married twice, to Sarah Payson Willis Eldredge, the author known as Fanny Fern, and then to Ellen Eldredge after a later, contested New York marriage. The second marriage, while illegal under New York law, followed their move to Massachusetts.
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Professor Lincoln of Brown University Dies at 74
Professor John Larkin Lincoln of Brown University died on Saturday in his 75th year. He was a son of Ensign Lincoln of Boston. For fifty two years, with thus slight interruption.
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