September in Boston Brings Shift from Leisure to Work and Social Edges
The writer describes a seasonal shift as September arrives in Boston, with renewed work rhythms and social routines. He recalls autumnal mood in poetry, notes changes in club life and married friendships, and observes how wives influence their husbands' social circles while praising discreet male camaraderie among Jack Blunt and Henry Steadyman.
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Boston
Dr. Parsons
Jack Blunt
Jack
Henry Steadyman
Steadyman
Blunt
General Butler Draws Crowds at Tremont Temple
Saturday readers packed Tremont Temple to welcome General Butler back into the Republican fold, drawn more by entertainment than conviction. The piece notes Butler’s sustained vitality, demagoguery, and shifting stances, contrasting him with Blaine and praising his onstage versatility.
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Tremont Temple
General Butler
Republican Party
Mr. Blaine
Blaine
Tewksbury
Cleveland policy and fairness in the president’s message
The piece denounces a Boston Herald misreading of the presidents last message to Congress. It argues Cleveland’s public record shows no partisan use of power and notes reforms and vetoes that benefited the administration party. It stresses bold duty over personal or partisan motives.
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Boston Herald
Congress
Cleveland
National Committee
Lincol
Mr. Cleveland
Boston Post attacks Spy over Blaine speakership claim
Worcester Spy complains of Post accusing the Spy of misrepresenting the Republican stance on Blaine while defending its own dissent from Chicago convention rhetoric. The paper notes independence growing against New York Tribune and Blaine praise, citing Thurston’s temporary chairmanship as the source of flattery.
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Boston Post
Blaine
Republican Party
Post
Mr. Blaine
New York “Tribune
Chicago
Worcester
New York Tribune
Incubus
BuLaine
Thurston
Dissent Within Party Warns Against Blaineism
The Spy rebukes the idea that Blaineism equals Republicanism and argues that the party’s sentiments transcend any single declaration. It cautions that current factional worship may distort core Republican principles and urges broader interpretation beyond rigid platform lines.
Minxs tariff reform would cut duties on woollen goods
A correspondent asks if the Minxs bill lowers tariffs on foreign woollen goods and the blanket and dress cloth classes. The bill would set a uniform 40 percent duty on woollen products, removing current disparities that taxed coarser fabrics more than finer ones and abolishing duties on wool materials, benefiting manufacturers and consumers alike.
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Mits
Blaine on trusts and political strategy in Foxcroft
The piece criticizes Blaine for sidestepping the trusts issue and argues that while trusts arise under state law, federal policy creates the artificial conditions enabling their growth. It notes his evasive rhetoric, attacks on the administration, and claims about trade, asserting trusts flourish in the United States due to tariff protection.
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Mr. Blaine
Foxcroft
Portland
Blaine
Cleveland
Congress
Paine
Ohio
Great Britain
England
United States
Not a Boston Notion on Tariffs and Industry
The piece argues against high protection as harming Boston and its industries. It recalls a 1820 Faneuil Hall meeting with figures like Webster and Appleton opposing tariffs, asserting that tax benefits should not favor one class. It cites cotton and woollen growth, and criticizes modern protectionist justifications while urging reliance on Yankee ingenuity.
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Boston
Pennsylvania
New England
Faneuil Hall
Danien Webster
Blaine
Butler’s Fallacies on Hemp and Jute Policy Exposed
The speech by General Butler is shown as inconsistent and far from factual. It argues hemp protection and cotton duties, while data reveal hemp and jute cultivation declining in Europe and the U S. amid labor woes and little advancement in processing methods since ancient times.
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United States
Great Britain
Ireland
Europe
Butler
West
South
General ButLer
Russia
India
Israel
Blaines Calais address on Maine goods market access
The speaker attacks the idea that Maine lumberers and farmers should gain entry to American markets by selling in Calais. He argues Massachusetts bears tax burdens for Maine and that Maine’s cheaper labor drains capital, urging reconsideration of constitutional access and taxes before allowing Maine goods into Massachusetts markets.
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Calais
Blaine
Maine
Canada
Mr. Blaine
Massachusetts
National Treasury
Fisheries interest cited in political squabble across Canada
The New York Mail and Express mocks Mr ChevELAND declaring his fisheries interest is only in those he participates in. It notes Mr Harrison's interest lies in Canadian brooks while Mr Burne’s real interest seems limited to meals at Cluny Castle or a Canadian railroad banquet at the Argyll in New Brunswick.
Infant son of Emperor William christened Oscar Karl Gustav Adolph
The clipping notes royal christening details for Oscar Karl Gustav Adolph, son of Emperor William, with emphasis on lineage and ceremonial naming. It also mentions other society items including Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton's prohibition and suffrage activities, health-restoration updates for Dr. Tourjée, and a royal widow’s preference for a name that severs political ties.
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William
Oscar Karl Gustav Adolph
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Indiana
Tourjée
Europe
New England Conservatory of Music
Unser Fritz
Frederick
Victoria
Hunt
James Freeman Clarke
Clarke
Church of the Disciples
Will Carleton
Betsey and
New York
Carleton
September Ticknor Books Preview Names Many Works
The September Ticknor volumes announce The Pagans by Arlo Bates Fortunes Fool by Julian Hawthorne Western China by Virgil C Hart with full page illustrations and map Rossiter Johnsons Short History of the Secession War A Dream of Fair Women new edition three juvenile titles Recollections of a Drummer Boy The Dead Doll Little Helpers Tenants of an Old Farm offered at 150. The Egypt Exploration Fund gains praise in the Unitarian by A P Putnam J D noting the work and its prospects.
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Peterkin
Ticknor & Co
Harry M. Kieffer
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Margaret Vandegrift
A. P. Putnam
J.D
The September Century Education Review Highlights Uppingham Reform
The September Century surveys education topics with an in depth look at Edward Thring and the English school at Uppingham. It praises the pupil centered limits on class size, varied curricula, and private study spaces, noting lasting influence on English education. Other articles cover mechanical drawing teaching, women's collegiate education, Bible study in universities, Greek letter societies, and professor Sill’s life.
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Uppingham
Edward Thring
Quincey
Arthur Gilman
Munger
E. R. Sill
Lincoln
Peculiar Silence in Saratoga Republican Platform
The Saratoga Republican platform adopted on Tuesday omits any stance on protection or tariff reform. The absence of policy on the live issue expected to decide the national election signals a deliberate avoidance of advocating higher taxes, as noted by the N Y Herald.
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Saratoga
Platt
Miller
Hiscock
N. Y
East and West split on trusts in party platform
The piece contrasts Maine and Nebraska over trusts with Maine skeptical of suppressing trusts while Nebraska demands suppression. It notes a partisan divide between the East and West, predicting the West’s strength will prevail even as Maine and Nebraska clash.
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Maine
Nebraska
Mohammed
Chicago Tribune
Admission in a Denian by General Butler Denied
General Butler disputes the Hudson Register editor's 1882 conversation claim. He concedes the editor’s point that he never said tariffs protect mill laborers. The piece argues woollen labor costs are 17 percent and duties average 67 percent, implying protected manufacturers gain from tariffs.
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Butler
Hudson Register
General Butler
N. Y. World Dem
Hands off the tenth district controversy
The Worcester Spy comments on Republicans in the tenth district, mocking rival papers including Boston outlets and the New York Mail and Express for offering candidate advice and even scripture, while noting their own readers may smile at such recommendations.
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Tenth District
Congress
Boston
New York Mail and Express
Worcester Spy
Fool-killer comment from Mr Phelps on presidential powers
Philadelphia Telegraph reports on Mr William Walter Phelps and Republican lawmakers at both ends of the Canites arguing over granting presidential powers. The piece criticizes senate and house folly over fisheries and asks why delay giving the powers, urging decisive action against perceived GOP failures.
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William Walter Phelps
Phelps
Republican Party
Senate
House of Representatives
Philadelphia Telegraph
Too Handsome to Be President in Botetourt Visit
Eagle Rock dispatch describes President Cleveland meeting two Botetourt County belles who mistake Commissioner Miller for the president. Miller corrects them amid laughter. A bearded mountaineer jokes about the President’s foot length, provoking further amusement among bystanders.
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Eagle Rock
N.Y
Kotetourt
Miller
Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Swedes and Germans Appoint Naval Admirals Across Nations
The King of Sweden is named admiral in the German navy and Emperor William is named admiral in the Swedish navy, reflecting a reciprocal honor between the two monarchies.
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King
Sweden
Emperor William
Diverse curiosities and notices in a scattered column
A jumble of anecdotes and brief items spans topics from fashion and manners to shipping and crime. It notes a bagging trust figure linked to Rebecca Gratz, comments on gun calibers, a house towed by tugs on the Housatonic, and a Dickens-related landmark nearing demolition, all wrapped in periodical quips and miscellany.
Blaine Press Speeches Revised After Calais Meeting
The article reports Blaine and stenographers revising his remarks at the St. Croix Hotel after a Calais speech. It notes the revised text is circulated and omits lines Blaine adds or alters on railways and Canadian Pacific, with the Herald noting differences between delivery and revision.
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Mr. Blaine
Augusta
Canadian
Pacific
Grant
Calais
Dominion
Blaine
Maine
Grand Trunk Railway
Canadian Pacific
Portland
Grand Trunk
Herald
Dominion Railway
Arrest of Cashier De Baun in Canada
Charles J. De Baun, assistant cashier of Park Bank New York, was captured in Sherbrooke near Quebec while using the alias Shiels. Detected after a long process of indictments and extradition papers, he was arrested at Staustadt Junction within 200 feet of the American line. Extradition papers approved by Washington were en route.
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DE Baun
Canada
New York
Charles J. DeBaun
Park Bank
Sheldon
Byrnes
Staustadt Junction
Washington
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Shiels
Grand Jury
State Department
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Henry
Taverner
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St. Louis
Rebecca Gratz
Rebecca
Scott
Ivanhoe
Bordeaux
China
Celestial Empire
Lulu
George
Grandmamma
Commodore Harmony
Housatonic
Stratford
Bridgeport
Castle Garden
High ‘Tariff League For the Protection of
Philadelphia Record
London Saturday Review
America
Philadelphia
Review
J. Ashby- Sterry
London
Black Prince
Chandos Street
Pickwick
Bedford Street
Dickens
Charing Cross Hospital
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