Tariff Debates Highlight Consumer Interest and Census Views
The Boston Post discusses tariff amendments and their impact on tea costs, noting Senator Sherman and Evarts in the debate. It also contrasts English census methods with US practices, and critiques the Home Market Club's shift toward ultra free trade while urging clearer explanations from its secretary.
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Boston Post
Boston Post Pacific Railway
Canada
United States
Sherman
Evanks
Plumb
Evarts
Sumamann
Domestic felicity not secured by coercion says judge
The piece notes Chief Justice M apam of New York’s court dismissing coercive actions in a breach of promise case. Harris Cowen is freed after defaulting on $1000 damages, Racyn Levinsky’s suit ends without jail. It adds satire on street shooting, police intoxication, and Northamptonshire beer strikes.
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M’apam
New York City
Harris Courn
East Side
Rachel Levinsky
Rachen Levrinsky
Harris Coun
Racuk
Cougn
Racum Srevinsky
Coumn
Harris Cowen
Racius Levinsky
New York
Boston Librarians to Attend ALA Conference in White Mountains
The leading Boston librarians including Mr Chamberlain and C A Cutter will attend the American Library Association meeting at the Fabyan House in the White Mountains. Papers will cover Library classification Trustees relations and Public Library and School. A post conference excursion is planned amid mountain scenery.
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Boston
American Library Association
Fabyan House
White Mountains
Chamberlain
Public Library
C. A. Cutter
The
Atheneum
Charles C. Soule
Boston Law Bookseller
Association
Brookline Public Library
H. E. Green
Boston Atheneum
William T. Harris
United States
E Commissioner of Education
James K. Hosmer
Washington University
Paul L. Ford
Brooklyn
White Mountain
Amusements Tonight in Boston Theaters and Venues
The schedule lists shows in Roxbury and downtown Boston at 3:30 and 8:30 with The Fall of Babylon at Oak Land Garden Roxbury and Boston Theatre on Washington Street. Other acts include Good Old Times at Gone Theatre and Flying Sand at Boston Museum with The English Rose at Howard Avenue Howard Street. Additional performances feature Hendrik Hudson and The Editor with Dan sully in The Millionaire and A Straight Tip.
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Oak Land Garden
Roxbury
Boston
Washington Street
Bottom of the Sea
Tremont Theater
Tremont Street
Boston Museum
Scollay Square
Howard Atuenvem
Howard Street
Dan’ Sully
Hous Street
Hollis Street
World events and Irish famine woes dominate GOP split talk
The piece notes Republican dissension over the Force Bill in Tennessee as Rep Taylor seeks re election while Rep Bur Ler predicts victory for himself amid party rifts. It also comments on Chicago World’s Fair criticism, Irish potato crop failures, and tariff amendments affecting tea imports and cross border trade.
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Chicago
Benjamin Butternworth
Board of Trade
Cook County
Ill
Senate
Evants
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Maine Campaign Shows Apathy In Key Congressional District
The piece notes W. W. Dupley’s arrival to aid Speaker Rex in Maine’s first district where the election centers. It cites weak public enthusiasm at rallies such as Sebago Lake with 483 attendees 223 voters and remarks by Congressman McKintry expressing disgust at the district’s apathy while predicting stronger turnout at the polls.
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W. W. Dupley
Maine
Rexp
Duprey
Rup
Ohio
Repp
Campaign Rivalries Shape Maine Ballot Clash
The piece notes strong party machinery backing Reed while Democrats lack coordinated effort. It highlights friction between leaders Blaine and Rep, influencing voter apathy in Maine and a likely lower turnout amid a tense campaign landscape.
Zone fares for railroads Hungary to be studied here
The piece surveys Hungary’s zone fare system where tickets cover zones rather than stations. It notes fourteen zones, a central starting point, and wide savings in tickets and travel. It cites a 135 percent rise in Hungarian passenger traffic and questions applicability to the United States. It mentions related commentary in academic and journal sources and a digression on a London theater controversy.
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Hungary
State House
Berkeley Street
United States
England
Germany
France
Iangary
Rupyarrd Kipling
New York
Boston
FE. J. Jasms
American Economic Association
Providence Journal
European Royalty and Notables Abroad in Brief Encounters
The ex Emperor of Brazil and the Comtesse d En visit Baden Baden for weeks long stay. Croker allegedly funds a 50 000 mark Wiesbaden residence. Queen of Roumania seeks relief in Wales and attends a poet crowning. Tennyson reportedly phonographs royal passages for future summers. Pope Leo Xill receives visitors on his name day and orders charity distributions in Rome. Whistler assaults editor Augustus Moore at Drury Lane, sparking a brawl before crowd intervention.
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Brazil
Comtesse d’En
Baden-Baden
Jack” Croker
Tammany
Wiesbaden
Roumania
Wales
Lord Tennyson
Light Brigade
Duke of Wellington
Leverett Saltonstall
West
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Leo Xill
Sacred College
Rome
James McNeill Whistler
Drury Lane
London
Augustus Moore
The
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Moore
Whistler
Paraphrase of Congressional Reporting Standards
A Hartford Post editorial urges impartial exactness in official Congress reports and condemns senility in reporting, arguing the public deserves accurate records. The piece stresses accountability and fidelity to official documents.
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Hartford Post
Rep
Political Debate Echoes From Maine and New York Press
Newspapers from New York and Bath comment on the Fifty-first Congress and Speaker Reed. Republican critics praise House performance while Maine is urged to feel pride in Blaine and Reed as key national figures. The Providence Journal notes Reed risking backlash to lead an election amid Dudley’s district controversy.
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Price
N. Y
Mail and Express
New York
Maine
Blaine
Reed
Bath Daily Limes
Dudley
Odit Hall
Providence Journal
Democrats seek to inflame GOP quarreling says Ledger
The Philadelphia Ledger warns Democrats in the House may plot to split Republicans and provoke Quay and anti Quay members into clashes. It urges Democrats to refrain and rely on the Republicans' own ammunition.
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Quay
anti-Quay
Philadelphia Ledger
Struck a Responsive Chord in Republican Hearts
A spirited opinion notes a Kennedy led attack on the Senate provoked strong reactions. The writer praises the House for its creditable record and contrasts it with Senate discontent, predicting continued Kennedy influence in national politics.
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Senate
House of Representatives
House
Nore
Vallambrosia
Inter
Ocean Rep
Home Marketers Defend Free Trade Creed in Open Letter
Albert Clarke of Boston writes to the Post defending the Home Market Club stance on free trade and protecting American labor. He argues for preserving the home market while expanding other markets, claiming universal adoption by first class nations and provinces, and urges sincere acceptance of their position with confident rhetoric.
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United States
Albert Clarke
Boston
Population of Vermont by counties and towns
Census Bureau figures show Vermont total population 352 205 with ten year decline. Counties with changes include Chittenden up 2642 and Washington up 4177 while Addison Bennington Orange Windham and Windsor show decreases. Towns Bellows Falls Brattleboro Burlington and Rutland listed with small to notable gains.
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Rutano
Vermont
Washington
Addison
Bennington
Caledonia
Chittenden
Essex
Franklin
Grand Isle
Lamguille
Orange
Orleans
Rutland
Windham
Windsor
State
Bellows Falls
Brattleboro
Burlington
Obituary of Benjamin A. Baker the Actors' Fund official
Benjamin A. Baker assistant secretary of the Actors' Fund of America died at 177 West Twelfth Street New York from a brain blood vessel rupture. Born April 4 1818 in New York he pursued acting promoting writing and stage management across Natchez Olympia Boston Washington San Francisco and New York before becoming Actors' Fund assistant secretary in 1883. He leaves a widow and no children.
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Actors’ Fund of America
West Twelfth Street
New York
Mr. Baker
New Orleans
Houston
Natchez
Rob Roy
South
Mitchells Olympic Theatre
Jose
Frank Chanfrau
Baker
Olympia Theatre
Mitchell
Booth
Chatham
Laura Keene
Death of Captain William McMickan, long-time Cunard commander
News arrives of Captain William McMickan s death. He commanded multiple Cunard liners including the Umbria Australasian Catabra Algeria Bothnia and Gallia and later Oregon. He sailed to New York in 1884 in command of the Gallia and made many Atlantic Indian and Mediterranean voyages totaling about 2 000 000 miles and carrying around 200 000 passengers.
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William M’mickan
William McMickan
Cunard Line
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Sydon
The
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Algeria
McMickan
Bothnia
Gallia
New York
Oregon
Liverpool
Hector
Boston
Atlantic
India
Mediterranean
Death of Dr Winthrop F Stevens Shocks Stoneham Community
The widely known Stoneham physician Dr Winthrop F Stevens died after a hemorrhage of the lungs following a bout with la grippe. He was born in Stoneham, educated at Exeter Phillips Academy Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School, and served as medical examiner and town physician. He leaves a widow a daughter and two brothers including ex District Attorney William Stevens. The funeral at First Congregational Church will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev W W Sleeper with Rev William J Batt assisting.
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Stoneham
Stevens
William F. Stevens
Phillips Academy
Exeter
N. H
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Middlesex East District Medical Society
William Stevens
First Congregational Church
W. W. Sleeper
William J. Batt
Massachusetts Reformatory At
Concord
Major Henry Huse Dies, New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner
The Hon. Henry Huse, state insurance commissioner for New Hampshire, died suddenly of apoplexy at his Concord home aged fifty one. A West Fairlee native, he practiced law in Pittsfield and Manchester, served as insurance commissioner since Oliver Pillsbury’s death, and held leadership roles in NH politics. He left a widow and two children.
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Henry H. Husf
Henry Huse
New Hampshire
Concord
West Fairlee
Barnstead
Pittsfield
Manchester
James F. Briggs
Oliver Pillsbury
Ereaith
Notable Deaths Across Cities Highlight War and Arts
Joseph B. Carrier Norwich chief engineer for twenty years dies after two year illness. John Pins Leahy Roman Catholic bishop of Dromore Ireland passes away. David B. Ames Cambridgeport man dies suddenly at sister’s home aged forty three. Captain William A. Beard New Bedford whaling master dies at seventy five. former president of the Law and Order League and Civil War sutler. Lillian Grubb actress and opera singer dies in Baltimore from long decline. Patrolman Samuel J. Vaughn Charlestown District dies at 56 from liver disease. served since 1869.
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Joseph B. Carrier
Fire Department
Norwich
Conn
United States
Hendricks
New Haven
Boston
Carrier
John Pins Leahy
Dromore
Ireland
David B. Ames
Cambridgeport
Parker Burleigh
Kolderness
N. Oh
William A. Beard
Hts
New Bedford
David Hayman
Samuel J. Vaughn
Charlestown
Elm Street
Mixed Snippets On Widows Plans and Elevator Etiquette
A collage of anecdotes from the era includes widows forming a group to pressure Colombia over a Panama concession, humorous vignettes about snow blindness and hats in elevators, a Greek royal birth, and a Brooklyn Navy Yard encounter with Admiral Brains.
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Brimmer
England
Lucien Wyse
Panama
Colombia
India
German editionuo f Ely taxation book and Italian translation
Professor Richard T. Ely of Johns Hopkins reports that his Taxation in American States and Cities has been issued in German and will be translated into Italian. Heinemann of London has first published an English edition of the Labor Movement in America.
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Johns Hopkins University
Hns Publishers
Tf. Y. Crowell & Co
Heinemann
London
America
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