The Mormon Problem A Plan to Curb Polygamy in Utah
A special letter argues polygamy will fade with outside civilization and fashion changes, but Mormon hierarchy and persecution claims keep it alive. The writer urges equal, strict enforcement of laws against illegal cohabitation, civil marriage records, and penalties to stamp out polygamy and curb Gentile influence.
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Utah
Tabernacle
Judiciary Committee
United States
House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
Salt Lake
Israel
Castle Garden
Gloucester Fisheries District Vessel Totals and Losses
Gloucester reports 487 vessels in the district, 25 225.44 tons in Gloucester harbor, 51 vessels at Rockport, and 4 in Lanesville. Since Sept 1, 1855, twenty six vessels totaling 1 761 700.79 tons valued at 164 000 have been lost, with ten deaths leaving twenty two widows. Forty nine fishing firms fit out 529 schooners and boats. top fitters include John Pew & Son with eighteen vessels and Capt. Andrew Leighton with seventeen.
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Gloucester
Gloucester Harbor
Rockport
Lanesville
Bay View
Annisquam
John Pew & Son
Andrew Leighton
John F. Wonson & Co
Rowe & Jordan
James G. Farr
Cunningham & Thompson
D.C
J. Babson
George Clark & Co
Samuel Lane & Bro
William Parsons
2D. & Co
Reed & Gamage
George Dennis
George Norwood & Son
Oakes & Foster
Pool, Gardner & Co
Sayward Bros
F. A. Langsford & Son
McKenzie, Hardy & Co
Pettinger & Cunningham
C. F. Wonson & Co
General Lew Wallace Lectures on Shiloh at Tremont Temple
General Lew Wallace opened a lecture series at Tremont Temple under Post 15 G A R on the Third Division Amy of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing. He defended his handling of the Shiloh order mix up with fairness toward friends and detractors. The talk was graphic and engaging, leaving the audience convinced the division acted with energy and loyalty.
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Lew Wallace
Post 15
Tremont Temple
Amy
Tennessee
Pittsburg Landing
Wallace
Grant
Shiloh
Law School Marshals Named for Anniversary Torchlight
The law school elected marshals H B Cabot H M Williams and R D Smith for the first second and third class. They form a committee to arrange costumes and submit a report at the next meeting.
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Law School
H.B. Cabot
H. M. Williams
R. D. Smith
H. L. Clarke
Bolsten
L. Meek. Gams
Laurence Scientific School
Arvise Tj
Harvard
Jarvis Field
Banquet Honors First Corps of Cadets at Young’s Hotel
The First Corps of Cadets held a formal banquet at Young’s Hotel to mark the 145th anniversary of the corps’ organization and the 160th anniversary of its joining Massachusetts militia. About 160 guests attended, including Governor Robinson and Colonels Holt, Rockwell, and Currier. Colonel Thomas Fk. Edmands presided as the evening passed with addresses from several gentlemen and a cordial, sociable atmosphere.
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Young’s Hotel
Massachusetts
Robinson
Holt
Rockwell
Currier
Thomas Fk. Edmands
Charleston relief committee approves advertising bills
The Charleston relief committee met in the Mayor's office and voted to authorize payment of all advertising bills and sundry expenses. The fund is nearly closed with more than 877,000 in aggregate. Eben P D Jordan agreed to be treasurer of the Eastport fund and will receive contributions at the Mayor's office. J Montgomery Sears sent a $100 check today, bringing the total on hand to 250.
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Charleston
Eben PD. Jordan
Eastport
J. Montgomery Sears
Cod Liver Oil and Juniper Tar Soap Ad
An old advertisement touts Cod Liver Oil as the purest sweet oil made from fresh livers on the seashore, claiming physicians favor it over others. It also promotes Juniper Tar Soap by Caswell Hazard & Co. of New York for chapped hands and rough skin.
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Caswell, Hazard & CO
New York
Boston artists and studios in old Chestnut street
The article discusses Boston art figures Hunt Rimmer and Fuller, praising their impact and noting Mr H O Walker has taken a Chestnut street studio. It contrasts their influence with current local art, reflects on Assisi and Italian scenes, and ends with a quip on lighting the Statue of Liberty.
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Old West End
Hunt, Rimmer, Fuller
Whistler
Limipses
Italy
H. O. Walker
Chestnut Street
Hunt
Boston
Rimmer
Tunt
George Fuller
Fuller
Somerset Street
William Graham Stands Apart in Boston Art Acquisitions
The article extols William Graham as uniquely superior in Boston art acquisitions. It lauds his instinctive precision, refined training, and delicate subtleties, claiming no American who studied in Italy preserves individuality as Graham does, aided by Italy’s influence and nature compared with others.
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Boston
William Graham
Italy
Graham
Whistler Responds to Chase Lampoon Portrait
In a near factual note Whistler comments on Chase's caricature of him. He recalls offensive aggression and a painted portrait that presents him as charming yet mocked. The exchange highlights tension between Whistler and Chase over Whistler's image and modern portraiture in art circles.
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Whistler
Chase
David Before the Combat by George T. Brewster
The Art Review in New York lists George T. Brewster’s statue David Before the Combat as a notable illustration. Brewster, a Stoughton native who studied at the Government School of Fine Arts in Paris, has resided in New York since returning. His work receives praise though he has few public commissions due to limited influence.
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Art Review
New York
David
George T. Brewster
Young Brewster
Stoughton
Paris
Government School of Fine Arts
Grant Statue for Chicago Faces Prolonged Delays
A skeptical note questions Chicago’s prospect for a good General Grant statue as a foreign clay sculptor wins the commission. The author suspects the model used in Washington years ago and criticizes committee manipulation and evasive tactics by officials.
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General Grant
Chicago
Washington
Head of Rameses Compared to Modern Rulers
A writer notes the likeness between the head of Rameses in a window portrait at the Old Corner Bookstore and many contemporary men who rule. The profile is common among leaders whose narrow heads above the ears suggest pyramids and sphinxes built by others to their glory.
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Rameses
From physiognomy to convents in an Italian tale
A keen observer links trust breaches to insufficient scrutiny of individuals beyond social ties. The piece discusses physiognomy, artists’ discernment, and quotes Edwin D. Mead on William and Mary College. It then surveys Italy’s confiscation of convents, highlighting the famed St Francis of Assisi monastery once bustling with popes and 30,000 worshippers, now deserted with only a monk or two remaining as bells toll in fading echoes.
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Assisi
Clory
William and Mary College
Edwin D. Mead
Old South Church
New World
Italy
St. Francis of Assisi
Florence
Rome
Back Bay ivy naming sparks garden corrections
Readers debate the correct botanical name for a climber covering Back Bay houses. Corrections distinguish Japanese creeper ampelopsis versus common mislabeling as ivy, noting La France rose mischaracterizations and stressing accurate plant naming.
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Post
Taverner
Virginia
Arlington Street
Beacon Hill
Japan
New York
Boston
St Luke's Home Trustees Elect New Officers at Annual Meeting
The annual meeting at St Luke's Home for Convalescents on Roxbury Street elected a board including Bishop Paddock as president and Rev Phillips Brooks as vice president. The home reported 208 patients cared for with an outlay of 675052 and a treasury surplus of 882470 to sustain operations until December 1.
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St. Luke’s Home
Roxbury Street
St. Luke's Day
Bishop Paddock
Phillips Brooks
M. Lindsay Killner
Francis W. Lawrence
Joseph 8. Fay
J.D. W. French
Francis C. Foster
Charles F. Shimmin
Vincent L. Bowditch
M.D
Cecil Haven
Russell Sturgis
Robert Lovett
F. EK. Oliver
OW. Doe
Murdock's Liquid Food Praised by Medical Societies
Prepared food claim extols Murdock's Liquid Food as superior raw condensed nutrition. It asserts wide professional endorsement by British and American medical associations and cites support from Jesuits and hospitals funded by A. Lb. Murdock, asserting counterfeit extracts mislead.
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Murdock
British Medical Association
Brighton
England
American Medical Association
A. Lb. Murdock
Free Beds and Forty Food Preparations Promised
An advertisement touts 140 free beds and 38 000 feet of four as part of a liquid food product claim. It promises eight percent new blood weekly and vitality restoration for infants with five drops added to each feeding. It cites a Saratoga report from 1836 and lists milk, grain, pep tonoid foods and beef extracts as key products.
Fragmented 19th Century Public Notice Listings
A damaged OCR fragment shows a dense list of bonds, banks, railroads, and insurance firms with valuations and dates. It includes references to Merchants and Miners Transportation Co, Old Colony Rd, Boston & Maine, Springfield & Cincinnati Rd, Cambridge Horse RR, Bay State Live Stock Co, Metropolitan Bank, and Brookline water lien notes. The item reads like a municipal or financial notice with stock and debt entries dated 1893 to 1896, lacking readable context.
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Bok Toeaiebanks, Co
Do Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Ca
Lo Boeviston, Ins. Co
Old Colony
Boston & Maine
Col
Springfield & Cinn
Quincy, Alton & St. Louis
FSC
West Amesbury Branch
Boston, Concord & Mont. RR
Ada
Cambridge Horse RR
Boston Consol
St. Ry. Co
Boston & Alhany Rd
Cambridge Horse Ri
da Bay Staite Live Stock Co
Fitot Natl
del” Metropolian KR. Co
Alo oMogisten Insurance Co
Auction Notice of Shares and Securities Sale
By order of Executor shares of Lawrence Natl BRR of Lawrence 14 shares Boston Gaslight Co 55 shares alo Boston Revere Beach Lynn RR 10 do Union Telephone Co Francis Henshaw & Co Auctioneers Brokers and Appraisers Ro S13 State Street Merchants Exchange First Floor Room L Telephone 1665 Auction Sales every Saturday at 12 M
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Brighton
Warren Avenue
Boston
KR. L. Day & Co
Merchants’ Exchange Building
News
OS State Street
14 Exchange Place
Lawrence Natl Brr
Lawrence
Boston Gaslight Co
Alo Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn RR
Do Union Telephone Co
Francis Henshaw & Coo
Atctioneers
Sate Street
Merchants’ Exchange
Financial list of stocks bonds and shares from Boston area institutions
A dense OCR style catalog lists numerous securities and corpora tions including Boston Marine Insurance Company Mass National Bank Trustees orders Nat Jit Kacti Bank of Quincy Market Nat Bank Lowell Mi g Co Lyman Mills Highland Street Railway Middlesex Railroad Quincy Railroad Bridge Company Boston Consolidated Street Railway Hawkes Lasting Machine Company Union Stock Yard and Transit Plymouth Nail Bank Consolidated Railroad of Vermont Boston and Maine Railroad Rutland Railroad Burlington and Missouri River Railroad New England Telephone and Telegraph Cambridge Railroad National Banking interests Boston Concord Montreal Railroad Boston and Maine Railroad Kansas City etc reflecting collateral and executors orders with various dates and share counts
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Mass. N. Bank
Nat
Jit. Kacti Bk
Quincy
Mase
Market
Bank. Naumkesg Nat. Bk
Salem
Union Bk
Lowell Mig. Co
Lyman Mills
Highland Street Ry
Middlesex RR
Quincy RR. Bridge Co
Union Stock Yard & Transit
Nanmkeag Steam Cotton Co
Plymouth Nail Bank
Masigeo Consolidated
Vermont
Boston & Maine
Rutland Rd
Burlington & Missouri
Lolo
Lowell
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Cambridge RR
Nath Bank
Nashua & Rochester RK
Kansas City
Maine
Charlestown
North Adams
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Louisville
W. L
Boston, Concord & Montreal & R
Boston & Albany RR
Eliot Natl. Bank
Pacific Mills
Ft. Scott & Gulf RR
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Antoine
Francois
ST. Luke's Home
Richmond
American Institute of Fiomecopathy
Saratoga
Hin
Looo Llomaphic
Duneian
Murdock’s
Free Hospital For
Free Surgical Hospital For
Huntington Avenue
West Chester Park
Gainsborough Street
Causeway Street
Avoction Sales
8. R. Knights & CO
Washington Street
Mauin St
Cambridgeport
South Margin Street
Concord Street
Gale
Porkey
Telephone
Philip Sosnowski
Catharine Sosnowsi
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
Suffolk
Chapman Street
James Hooton
Flenry R. Plimpton
William H. Leatherbee
Thomas B. Burnham
Mendlewitz Myers
Myers
Jacob Myers
Samuel Myers
Ester Weber
Herman Weber
Massachusetts Hospital
William J. Bowditch
Otober Ts
Lssg
A. M. Bates
Boston Garlings —Reasitery
Haverhill Street
East Side
Boston & Maine Depot
A. My
the Repository
Oper Bugeies
A. F. Bates
Brice S. Evans
Equitable Building
Bulfinch Place
Bulfinch Street
Howard Street
New Court House
Bowdoin Square
J. Franklin Fanon
Surmmier Street
C. F. Libbie & Coo
COC Re FM
Murdock’s Liquid Food Co
Louis Papanti
Hawthorne
Park Street
Doll & Richards
Doll & Richards’s
Chickering & Sons
Papanti
Broadway
Cambridge
Salem Lead Company
F. A. Brown, Treas
Mass
Baeder, Adamson & C.O
Atoption Sales
Massachusetts Titles Insurance Company
All Street
Boater
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
United States Supreme and Circuit Courts
Administratrexn
Dorchester District
County of
Charles H. Leach
Dorchester
Dorchester Avenue
Mt. Vernon Street
Crotty
Hanley
Kimball
Jana
McKay
Buttonwood
Shelburne Streets
CL. Briggs & Co
Buttonwood Street
Sheburne Street
Charles Hf. Leach
L. Briggs & Co
Leach
Addie A Pinkham
Jay
Eascly
Leach and Burbank
Moseley
Addie A. Pinkham
Hares
Annie L. Leach
Georgee Z. Adams
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Richards & CO
Reade St
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & Co
White St
Townsend & Montant Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
SL Leonard Street
Philadelphia
Samuel Bunting’s
Lippincott, Son & CO
Muriket Street
Boston Stock Exchange
Gare Elo
Hood Co
Tre
Brookline Natl. Bank, Brookline
Len
Salean Ferchants’ Nath Bank
Nath Webster Bank
Street Rv. Co
American Shoe Tip Co
Concord
Montreal
New
Atlantic Nath Bank
Nee & Nion Bank
Tremont Nath Bank
Yale
Lvulann
City of Bath
M.L. Irigan
Concord & Claremont RR
Eng
Mert. Sec. Co
Sus
AIS Bo. &P Purbanks. Co
Taunton Copper Co
Concord & Portsmouth
National Webster Bank
Market National Bank
National Revere Bank
Floridase
First National Bank
Haverhill
Cambridge Horse Ra
Ustate— Manufacturers’ Ins. Co
Vermont Conperns Co
Central Rd. Co
Sado Ado Do
Ado Do
Boston Marine Ins. Co
Cincinnati
Cheshire RR
Burlington & Missouri Riv. RR
Anon
Roxbury Gas ‘Light Co
Boston Consolidated St. Railway Co
Hawkes Lasting Machine Co
Aton
Atchison & Nebraska
Appleton Co
Middlesex
de Columbian Nat. Bank
Portsmouth
Falls & Conway Tal
Doe
Waite
Ewo. És
Chicago Rolling Mills
Aten
Nat. Tube Works Co
Shoe and Leather Insurance Co
Do Commonwealth Insurance Co
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Gorham, Rogers & CO
Dundee Seed