Subscriptions and Amusements Listings in Boston Paper
The notice lists subscription rates for one year six months and three months. It also enumerates numerous amusements and theater listings across Boston venues with show times and venues including Boston Theatre Tremont Theatre Park Theatre Grand Opera House Howard Alley Hollis Street Theatre and the ship news and departmental pages reference. It notes editor guidelines about manuscripts and communication details.
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Mesic Hart
Winter Street
Hamilton Place
The
Bostonians
Boston Theatre
Washington Street
the Soudan
Goose
de Wolf Hopper Opera Company
Tremont Theates
Tremont Street
Park Theatre
Faust
Boston Mass
Seollay Square
Grand Opera Hovst
Washington
Dover Streets
Howard Athenrm
Howard Street
Shamus G’irien
Holltis Streett
Hollis Street
Augustin Daly
G— “Nancy & Co
Chicago Exposition Site Chosen South Park for 1893 Fair
The text notes a long contest among Chicago’s South Side North Side and West Side, with South Park selected outside the built-up city for the Columbus landing exposition in 1492. It praises the site but warns only rapid progress will prevent further postponement of the fair. It also discusses annexation debates with Canada and a Brooklyn school textbook dispute over Longfellow’s The Building of the Ship.
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Chicago
Pickering
South Park
Brooklyn
Longbellow
Schiller
Senate amendments delay House action push bill over year
The Boston Post notes Senate amendments slow the process and likely prevent House action this year. The timeline pushes the bill over to another year while the Supreme Court remains about five years behind its docket, delaying justice in many cases.
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Boston Post
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Notable Placed Notables and Estates in Brief
Personal library in Napoleon NT slated for auction. Hjalmar Hiorth Boyesen turns forty-two. Rev. William C. Winslow returns to Boston work. St James Chicago invites Rev Dr McConnell to join. U S minister William Walter Whelps arrives in New York for vacation. Queen Margaret’s ladies include New York’s Eleanor Lorillard Spencer and Hickson Field. Duke of Sutherland builds a grand organ for Stanford House, cost 30000 dollars. Endsleigh at Endsleigh costs 300000 to build with 60 miles of gravel walks. owners visit for limited months.
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Hjalmar Hiorth Boyesen
William C. Winslow
Ll.d. D.C.L
Boston
St. James's Church
Chicago
S.D. McConnell
St. Stephen's Church
Philadelphia
William Walter Whelps
United States
Germany
New York
England
Duke of Bedford
Endsleigh
Great Britain
Washington and Vienna in a storm of partisan fault lines
The piece rails at a quarrelsome House over seating disputed Republican contestents, blames a partisan majority for disrupting deliberation, and criticizes President Harrison for not returning to push tariff reform. It also questions Emperor William’s visit amid Austro Hungarian floods and notes the slow progress of Supreme Court relief legislation amid Senate- House friction.
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Washington
Harrison
House of Representatives
Congress
House
Langston
Willliam
Vienna
Frederick the Great
Frederick
A very practical politician in the civil service fight
A letter from ex Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson argues for spoils politics in federal appointments, claiming Republicans should fill offices with their own, while critics warn this erodes public service. The Indianapolis News weighs in against partisan control and urges public conscience education.
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Clarkson
Castleton
Republican
Harrison
Sawpforb
Utah
Indianapolis
Duprey
Florida
Indianapolis News
Free art and copyright debate discussed by press
A Philadelphia Ledger correspondent argues that free art prospects are bleak and compares the free art movement to international copyright. Artists and authors protest the current government policy, noting the duty on art as part of a broader illiberal stance.
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United States
Fiji “Island
Crosny
Dr. Funk
Congress
Philadelphia Ledger
Clergy Join Push for Practical Good Government in New York
Clergy from many denominations gathered in New York to urge municipal reform driven by business methods, economy, and honesty. They warn against treating city offices as spoils and stress universal services, fair taxation, and expanded public works while noting the risk of elevating moral issues over practical governance. They call for sustained, nonpartisan organization by business and professional leaders to oppose entrenched corrupt systems.
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New York
City of
Letter to Gladstone in Midlands Curio Shop Window
A tourist in Birmingham encounters a note written on House of Commons stationery asking Gladstone for three minutes behind the Speaker’s chair. The shopkeeper admits the letter is staged to attract buyers and says it has sold for two sovereigns.
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Edmund Yates
NY Tribune
Midlands
Birmingham
House of Commons
Mr. Gladstone
B. Disnarnes
Enurio Nonger
Gladstone
Earthquake Shocks Reported Overnight in Convmera
Six distinct earthquakes struck around 3:20 this morning near Convmera. The tremors lasted from a few seconds to nearly a minute with a lingering rumble, seemingly emanating from the south.
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Convmera
Autumn Excursions Draw Boston Tourists to Mountains
The essay extols the autumn excursion season from Boston with cheap fares and calmer crowds. It notes cool days, scenic mountains, changing foliage, and the healthful atmosphere. It ends with reflections on social greetings, barefooted street children, and quirky urban advertising observations by Tavener.
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Bethlehem
Mrs Whitman's South American Lectures Stir Interest
Mrs Bernard Whitman presents illustrated lectures on South America, drawing on years in the region. Two talks, Bogota and the Republic of Colombia, and Brazilian Life, promise vivid depictions of customs governance scenery and history, delivered with engaging literary and oratorical style.
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South America
Bernard Whitman
Whitman
Bogota
Republic of
Colombia
ANOTHER STRIKE AT LYNN FACTORIES
Lynn September 24 Twenty shavers at A B Martin Co factory struck when two non union men stayed at work. Shavers in other morocco factories join in support with a large crowd at Donohoe White factory. Knights of Labor pickets urge non return next morning. no violence reported.
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Lynn
A. B. Martin & Co
Morocuo
Donohoe & White
Knights of Labor
Worcester Festival Opens With Organ Recital And Full House
Worcester September opening of the annual music festival features an organ recital by Clarence Eddy of Chicago with Mary Howe substituting for Master Milligan. The concert includes works by Dubois Gade and Engel l. The audience fills Mechanics’ Hall as the chorus and orchestra perform Israel in Egypt and The Erl King’s Daughter with praise for soloists Mrs Johnstone Bishop Mr Hay and Mr Dufft.
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Worcester
Mechanics’ Hall
Clarence Eday
Chicago
Master Forbush
Garden City
Milligan
Mary Howe
I. Dubois
Clarence Eddy
Chicago Auditoriaa
Mr. Eddy
Pinsutt
Carl Dufft
Uilmant
Martini
Asia
Rubinstein
A. Romanza
W. Parker
Eddy
Osees
ce-Thiele
Paris
H. W. Parker
Dufft
Carl Zerrahn
Herbert Johnson
Terael
Miriam
Johnstone
Lord
Nellie Y. Gade
Johnstone Bishop
Israel
Hay
Taciturnity Greets Ingalls and Quay After Mortgage Revelations
The Philadelphia Record notes Senator Ingalls in Pittsburg laments his silent ally Senator Quay who talks little but acts decisively. After Abilene mortgage disclosures the Pittsburg speaker joins the taciturn ranks, as time’s wheel turns swiftly.
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Senator Ingalls
Pittsburg
Quay
Philadelphia Record
Legislative methods before the war and now
A Hampshire County Journal reader draws a sharp parallel between antebellum slaveholding tactics to seize control and current Washington practices. He cites attempts to silence opponents, curtail parliamentary rights, favor special classes, and use public funds to sway voters, noting a resemblance to slave oligarchy methods. Reed’s majority is likened to Jeff Davis’s grip on power.
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Fremont
Lincoln
Hampshire County Journal
Washington
Reed
Jeff Davis
Springfield Republican
Ind
Blaine urged to pursue foreign markets with free trade support
The Louisville Courier Journal argues Mr. Blaine should embrace free trade, citing Sir Robert Peel and Cobden Bright as examples. It predicts cooperation from free traders and warns against opposition from Aldrich and Edmunds, urging him to advance without fear.
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MR. Blaine
Sir Robert Peel
Hts
Blaine
Robert Peel
Cobden and Bright
Mr. Braineis
Aldrich
Edmunds
Louisville Courier-Journal
Dem
Electric streetcar fire halts Beverly Danvers service
In Danvers on Sept 23 a Beverly and Danvers street railway storage battery car carrying over ninety passengers caught fire while en route to Beverly. Most riders evacuated and walked as firefighters responded, testing the system’s reliability in a cattle snow trip.
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Danvers
Beverly & Danvers Street Railway
Beverly
Everly
Little Tables and Temperance Tales Pin New York Night
The column threads assorted 19th century anecdotes and curiosities including a temperance quip in New York, a Kaiser Wilhelm baths note, a civil suit over alimony with a modest weekly sum, early railway signaling in France, and a London autographs market detailing prices for signatures from Corneille to Bonaparte and royalty.
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Prohibition
Tommy
Ne York
Boston
Johnny
Kaiser Whelm
Europe
Europand
New York Court
Lawrence
France
M. Baillbache
London
Corneille
Morrison
Christopher Columbus
Titian
Raphael
Molitre
Bonaparte
Marie Louise
Louis XIV
Henry IV
New London Publishing Firm Led by James R. Osgood
Harper and English American publishing ties deepen as James R. Osgood Mellvaine & Co. plan Albermarle Street London base. Osgood named head by Harper brothers with Clarence Mellvaine as associate to manage cross Atlantic interests and keep ties with Sampson Low & Co for Harper’s Young People edition.
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Harper's Weekly
England
United States
New York
Harper's Magazine
America
James R. Osgood
Mellvaine & Co
Albermarle Street
London
Messrs
Harper d Bros
Sampson Low, Marston & Co
House of Harper
Emerson
Dickens
Hawthorne
Tennyson
Longfellow
Thackeray
Bryant
Browning
Whittier
Holmes
Lowell
Mia. Stowe
Charles Kingsley
Bayard
Paytor
Bret Harte
Howells
Charles Reade
Aldrich
Warner
Osgood
Harpers
Sayin
New House
Clarence W. Mellvaine
Harper & Bros
Atlantic
Mickwaine & Co
Harper’s Young People
Gladstone
Sampson Low
Creditors seize Boston store in Cairo case shutdown
Attaching Sheriff Bull seized the American Cash Store in Cairo with a stock of gentlemen's furnishings. The proprietor W. M. Early is at large. Creditors in New York Chicago and Boston report claims totaling about 49 000 to 50 000 while the stock inventory is around 4000.
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Boston
Cairo
Cal
Sheriff Bull
W. M. Early
New York
Chicago
Robbers Attack City Streetcar on Ogden Avenue
Chicago reports two masked men with revolvers boarded an Ogden avenue streetcar early today, demanded the driver's money. The driver handed over 250 dollars and a gold watch, and the robbers then took about 30 more from the conductor before fleeing across the prairies.
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Chicaco
Ogden Avenue
Prairies
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Fifteenth Street
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James R. Oscoop
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Iarner
Oscoop
Napoleon NT
Haston Dust
Judiciary Committee
Crankson
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Sandwich
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