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E. A. Grozier
Weyler Described as Barbarian in Official War
The piece condemns General Weyler’s conduct in Cuba, calling his private polish a sham. It asserts his official actions show a barbarous, pitiless war strategy, including the concentration decree that traps pacificos. The author argues Weyler is centuries out of step with modern civilization and that Spain remains barbaric in his hands.
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Cuba
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The Test of Real Prosperity in the United States
The article argues that true prosperity depends on the average worker's ability to earn a decent living, educate children, and improve living standards. It notes trusts and corporations show wealth, but widespread uplift for ordinary citizens remains essential for lasting prosperity.
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Post
United States
Stock Exchange
Prosperity Tied To Found Wealth Across The Country
The text notes that where this wealth is located the nation enjoys prosperity. It implies a linkage between resource discovery and economic strength across regions, suggesting broad beneficial outcomes for the country. The quotation hints at a broader economic philosophy without detailing sources or metrics.
Conscience of the People: Prohibitionists as Nation’s Moral Gauge
The article argues the Prohibitionists claim to be the conscience of the nation. It praises their sincerity and responsibility and says their leaders embody party principles. It asserts their claim is stronger than the Republicans and that the conscience of the people is in safe hands with them.
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Prohibitionists
Republican Party
Subway Politics and the Public Good in Boston
An editorial argues the subway proves its value yet fears private corporate control of transit in Boston. It warns monopolistic risk if governance sides with profit over public benefit and calls for a city managed enterprise run on business principles for residents’ benefit.
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Boston
Demoralizing Dance Ardent Critics from Dancing Professors
Delegates at the American Society of Professors of Dancing denounce modern waltz variations as an obnoxious romp. They warn reformers clash with fashion, arguing to abolish dancing if rules fail, yet acknowledge some waltz forms may endure while fashion dictates change.
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David
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John the Baptist
Obscure Tales and Town News From the Governor Gore Estate
The Misses Walker own the old Governor Gore estate on Main Street near Watertown and prize a historic chariot used by Christopher Gore. Sherman Hoar plans to stay out of politics and builds a strong law practice in Concord. Banks family members, including Maud Banke and a new Maude Banks, gain notice in theater circles. A potential military instructor for public schools is discussed as vacancies persist. Shoreditch London reports an electric refuse-burning plant powering dynamos, with Boston collecting enough daily to fuel several such plants. An Austrian doctor claims fifty cancer cures from patients eating lizards, a dubious remedy echoing the old saying the remedy is worse than the disease.
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Christopher Gore
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Cinderella Dress Saves the Belle at the Ball
Grace schemes to keep Elinor home over a dress dispute but a hidden trunk reveal upstages her. Grandmother recovers a velvet gown that transforms Elinor into the evening’s luminous centerpiece. Mr Fuller’s interest shifts to Elinor as Grace plots, and the secret entwines with a European wedding tour.
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Europe
Rail and social notes mix in 19th century column
The column surveys improvements from oiling railroad beds in Pennsylvania to curb dust, a stamps scam by a postal vendor, Barum's Circus touring England, Paris hospitals using bedside telephones, and Boston waiters of French origin at Hotel Touraine. A Delmonico anecdote closes with a witty card game reference and a waiter’s tale.
Joined Together Between Boston and Omaha in Plain Speech
An Omaha World Herald piece playfully imagines cross city talk as it jokes about using plain English to bridge Boston and Omaha. It riffs on linguistic clashes and a no nonsense business approach, stressing efficiency over fancy phrases.
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Boston
Omaha
Bedi
Lindley Murray
Back Bay
Jolly Snippets and Witty Quips From The Era
A collection of light jokes and puns from various papers featuring playful exchanges about candy kisses absent mindedness and marriage taxes. It includes quips about a professor forgetting to buy goods, abstinence bits, and a deaf dean’s toast amid losses of lawyers, all captured in period tone.
Beverly Boy Killed At Train Crossing
Beverly witness reports that Frank Shaw ten years old son of Joseph Shaw was struck and killed by a train at the Ellingwood court crossing of the Boston and Maine railroad this afternoon.
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Joseph Shaw
Ellingwood Court
Boston & Maine Railroad
The Picturesque in Gow ns and Fall Gown Styles
A descriptive look at fall fashion featuring picture hats and gowns. A tall, slim woman wears a large black velvet hat with backward wings and bold buckles. The gown shows a black plain skirt and a square yoke of black mousseline in the bodice.
Will an era of general prosperity kill the free silver movement
A reader argues that prosperity may dampen the free silver cause as history shows shifts with economic highs. Citing slavery, Greenbacks, and Wall Street pressures, the letter warns political revolutions follow material ease, yet asserts justice will prevail and hints Bryan as a future leader.
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Wall Street
Greenback Party
Supreme Courts
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England
Shylocks
Dupes
M. D. Lowell
Bryan His Hero Defends Free Silver, Warns Against Prosperity Debate
The writer argues that free silver benefits American wage earners while gold favors the rich. He condemns speculation, high taxes on essentials, and tariffs as barriers to genuine prosperity. He criticizes wage earners for not thinking for themselves and urges self-reliance in governance.
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Free Silver
Calls Gold Men Traitors
Letter from John Hurley denounces gold standard supporters as traitors to the nation. He argues demonetizing silver harmed money supply, inflates gold demand, and burdens farmers and creditors. He attacks Morgans, Belmonts, Armours, Rockefellers and Edward Atkinson, calling for removal of the critics to restore prosperity.
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Edward Atkinson
John Hurley
Silver to gold at 16 to 1 battle argued in Boston letter
A Boston letter by ib. Baxter argues that demonetizing silver harmed the poor and that the price of money should be fixed at 16 to 1 with silver and gold as honest money. The author condemns the 1879 coinage act and urges renewed silver circulation to restore prosperity.
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Boston
Daily Table Hints From Old Menu Card
Daily kitchen hints describe recipes for grapes Pettijohns Breakfast pod with Cream Broiled Lamb Chops Fried Sweet Potatoes Tomato Omelet and Peel tomatoes for stew pea then eggs. Potato salad uses raw onions olive oil butter and vinegar. Credits Lizzie MacGowan Box 246 West Boylston and officials Perkins and Clark as ex officio board members.
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Lizzie Macgowan
West Boylston
St Louis and St Paul Set Southampton Eastward Records
The American line steamship St Louis arrived Southampton at 5 30 this morning, making 6 days 10 hours 14 minutes from Sandy Hook, the fastest eastward voyage to Southampton. It beats its own record by 1 hour 16 minutes and bests the Fuerst Bismarck by 41 minutes, while the St Paul holds the westward record of 6 days 31 minutes. Both ships, launched in American yards, showcase U S shipbuilding progress and may improve further.
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Sandy Hook
Needles
Hamburg
Fuerst Bismarck
St. Paul
Stars and Stripes
New England Merchants Seek Reduced Rates to New York
At a New England Passenger Association meeting President William F. King urged a cut in rates for Merchants' Association members from all New England points. Chair Weeks said the idea was not resolved as several passenger agents want more talks with company officers. He noted Boston to New York rate was recently refused, casting doubt on the current application.
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New England Passenger Association
William F. King
Merchants’ Association
Trunk Line Association
New England
Boston
Lowell Strike at Novelty Suspender Works Persists
Lowell September 8 The strike of operatives at the Novelty Suspender Works continues. Proprietor Harriman says a striker committee met him but he refused to speak. He faces two options, to stop mills or incur losses, choosing the current course. Notices in the mill state a six to eight week stoppage or until product prices rise to match raw material costs.
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Lowell
Novelty Suspender
Harriman
Belgian pianist Rachel Hoffman to tour America this winter
Rachel Hoffman, a young Belgian pianist and pupil at the Conservatory of Music in Brussels, is among the world’s bright young talents set to tour America this coming winter. Her graduation is judged by eminent authorities in the field.
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Notable Ensigns and Arrivals in Arts and Royal Circles
A round of brief notes covers music critics and young prodigies, Rhodesia title talks, Day family baseball ties, Hannah Lund’s naturalization and mission plans, Queen Liliuokalani’s San Francisco stay, Kaiulani’s baggage permit, Danneker’s Ariadne, Bishop Hopkins’s life and career, and Wilhelmina’s engagement rumors. The queen demands six months and a year to decide.
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Washington
San Francisco
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Boston
Secretary of the Treasury
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Wilhelmina
Holland
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