Theatres on Tremont and Washington Streets
The next showings include Texas Steer at Tremont Street S theater and Ye Farlie Trouble at Bostos Theatre on Tremont. Don Thompson in The Old Homestead at Park Theatre on Washington Street. Neil Burgess in The County Fair at another Washington Street venue. The Power of the Press at Giant Opera House on Washington Street and Kidnapped at 7:45.
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Tremont Street
Bostos Meserm
Bostos Treatre
Washington Street
S—Don Thompson
Reform on Uniform Marriage and Divorce Laws Considered
The discussion centers on uniform state laws governing marriage and divorce. The speaker notes the reform may yield greater practical value and that efforts already underway aim for cross state consistency in legal regulation.
Wisdom and weakness mark early Massachusetts campaign
The piece argues Chairman Burperrt refused a joint stump discussion with Governor Russet, deeming it wiser to avoid opening the canvass. It notes the Republican candidate ALLEN lacks a strong stump presence, with Lopez also hampered, as the campaign foregoes the prophesied vigor and faces a feeble national reception in Massachusetts.
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Burperrt
Russet
Daily Advertiser
Allen
Lopez
Massachusetts
Aggressive Campaign Challenge Quelled in Debate Fight
In Hoston Post, LopGe challenges the Democratic party to meet Republicans on any stump or platform and discuss any issue. Bunnett blocks fiery speakers from meeting the Democratic candidate, and the orators yield without a fight.
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LopGe
Bunnett
Public rights challenge elevated road at Battery Park
New York residents press the Park Commissioners to revoke the Manhattan Company privilege to build an elevated road at Battery Park arguing the 15 year old permit is revocable. They insist public pleasure grounds must be defended against private claims and urge the commission to rule against the company.
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New York
Battery Park
Park Commissioners
Manhattan Company
Canadian Political Scandals Stir Public Distrust
The piece critiques ongoing Canadian political scandals and the Postmaster-General’s charges, arguing they weaken the government. It cites Toronto Globe claims that probes only skim the surface of a large corruption, and warns conservatives may fear a general purification if the public demands reform.
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Canada
The
Toronto Globe
Reform of Society Through Marriage Restrictions Essay
Reports from the National Unitarian Conference at Saratoga discuss reforming marriage by making marriages harder and restricting divorces. Colonel Warrinr argues for state involvement in divorce suits and applying criminal law where marriage offenses are cited, amid praise for bold but impractical proposals.
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Carton D. Wincat
National Unitarian Conference
Saratoga
Wriaut
Wiiaut
Warrinr
Possibilities Of Railway Speed In The United States
The article argues faster train speeds are feasible beyond current schedules. It cites New York Central plans to run 439 miles in about 10 hours and 45 minutes, averaging nearly 44 mph, and suggests 50 mph is practicable. It criticizes Boston to New York services as too slow, notes single-track limits, and urges faster, safer, more uniform service across routes including Boston to Albany and New Haven lines.
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New York Central
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Boston
Albany
Willimantic
New Haven
Massachusetts
Old Colony Road
Providence
Energydowned: four and a half hours of limited power
A report notes unusually low energy levels lasting a little over four and a half hours, leaving observers questioning the cause and seeking official statements. Officials have not yet offered a full explanation or remediation steps, while citizens await further guidance.
Farmers' Profits and Tariff Debate in Iowa
Governor Boris questions if farmers can afford the McKinley tariff’s protection and tax on others profits. Senator Allison argues Iowa land and corn values yield 11 percent net, three times government bond returns, yet farmers doubt the math amid tariff concerns that raise costs on farm inputs.
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Boris
Iowa
Alllison
Allison
Bors
Mr. Allison
Which Is the Detractor in Massachusetts Politics
The piece argues Allen weakens his case by misquoting Governor Russell and distorting his Reform Club remarks in New York. It contrasts Russell’s emphasis on Massachusetts industries under protection with Allen’s speech detailing the state’s limits and calling for sound money and tariffs.
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Allen
Russell
Haverhill
Reform Club
New York
Boston Journal
Mr. Allen
Evening Transcript
Transcript
Massachusetts
Russellu
Letters of a Gnome Reveals Emily Dickinson Muse
The October Atlantic selections from Emily Dickinson letters to editor T W Higginson illuminate her mystique. The letters, signed Your Scholar or Your Friend, hint at a haunting persona and a literary adviser while ending with Your Gnome.
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Emmy Dickinson
T. W. Higginson
Atlantic
Miss Dickinson
Ehiaath-Son
Gnome
Poet Emory Dickinson and critics of her work
A discussion of Emory Dickinsons letters and verse, noting the strange, childlike quality and the varied critical reception. Colonel Hinchinson and Miss Dickinsons editor provide examples and compare her to Puritan New England roots, Emerson, and CaHarirls Lams Duchess of Newcastle.
Anglomania and triplet Grants mark New England life
A Boston note on Anglomania unearthed in New York humor, plus Torringtons triplet Grants celebrating their 70th birthday. The three Grant brothers, Democrats in national politics and independents in town, remain active smokers drinkers and family men with six children and ten grandchildren.
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Torrington
Conn
Grant
Connecticut
Massachusetts Library Club meeting in Salem
A Massachusetts Library Club gathering in Salem included a tour of the Public Library and visits to the Peabody Academy of Science and Essex Institute Atheneum. Officers were elected at the first annual meeting and Harvard crimson was adopted as the club color for delegates to the National Convention in California.
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Salem
Massachusetts Library Club
Public Library
Jones
Peabody Academy of Science
Essex Institute
Atheneum
Atheneum Library
W.C. Lane
Harvard College Library
Houghton
Lyne
Rice
Springfield
Thurston
Newton
M. A. Sargent
Medford
Harvard Crimson
California
W. A. Mowry
Green
Boston Athenwam
Whitney
Watertown
Upton
Pea
Unfair Criticism of Commissioner Raum
Philadelphia Telegraph argues Raum served as a partisan appointee, chosen to protect administration interests rather than the country. It contends critics misjudge his duties and fidelity as Pension Commissioner.
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Raum
Philadelphia Telegraph
A Logical Argument in the Evening Post
The St Louis Globe-Democrat urges new circuit judgeships for those who render the most service to the Republican party this year's campaign. The piece praises the spoils system when applied openly and without hypocrisy, accepting its logical conclusion.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Globe- Democrat
Campaign document praised for governor speech
The Springfield Republican endorses a governor’s speech as a strong campaign document for Massachusetts against the national tariff policy. It lauds its truthfulness temperance and concluding passages for neutralizing critics of the state’s history and character.
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Springfeld
Massachusetts
Old Commonwealth
Oklahoma boomers urged to settle Massachusetts farms
Providence Journal suggests Oklahoma boomers could relocate to abandoned Massachusetts farms. It notes the need for grit to restore hillside acres and make the northern neighbor more profitable, while Oklahoma faces a bleak outlook with winter near and no crop prospects this year.
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Massachusetts
Roosevelt Civil Service clash recalled in New York politics
The record recalls that Mr. Roosevelt cannot stay in the Civil Service Commission without erasing the fact that Mr. Harrison appointed J Sloat Fassett and Mr. Hendricks as successive collectors of New York for political ends, and that Postmaster Van Cott is an active member of the New York Republican State and Executive Committees.
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Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Harrison
J. Sloat Fassett
Mr. Hendricks
New York
Postmaster van Cott
Actually Philanthropic Springnekt Caton
A brief observed reflection praising collective self interest as Numbers One, Two, and Three benefit from practical wisdom while defenders of protection avoid critique.
Partridge Bust of Lowell Captures Poet’s Portrait
The colossal bust by William Ordway Partridge at Studio 122 Boylston Street presents an authentic likeness of James Russell Lowell. The work reveals Lowell’s head position and expressive eyes, with minor differences noted by observers. Also on view is Partridge’s bust of Dr. Edward Everett Hale, praised as admirable, while Dr. Brooks’s remark “That’s Hale!” underscores its quality.
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MR. Partridge
Lowell
James Russell Lowell
William Ordway Partridge
Boylston Street
Mr. Lowell
Partridge
Edward Everett Hale
Garbage, theatres, and a Boston summer muse
A delicate note from Boston discusses burning garbage in cook stoves to aid poor neighborhoods and selling bones from the process. It also covers urging audiences to rise to the Star Spangled Banner after performances and praises Mrs. W North Shore for hosting guests with a tally ho excursion to keep them entertained while she works in her studio. TAVERNER
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Taverner
Jong
Montreal
Boston
North Shore
Sumer
Personal items from Washington and Paris scenes
Washington notes report Wade Hampton’s health declining while Paris witnesses the religious marriage of Miss Jennie Urquhart to Rene Raoul Duval at the French Protestant Church. Walden Ramsay leaves A M Palmers company for a Chicago Conservatory post. John E. Fitzgerald travels to Europe with a $1000 letter of credit, later returned unused. Hervey Watterson nears death at his son’s home. H S Olcott arrives in New York en route to Japan, discusses Mme Blavatsky and Mrs Besant.
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Jennie Urquhart
James Brown Potter
Rene Raoul Duval
Paris
Walden Ramsay
A. M. Palmer
Union Square
Madison Square Theatres
Nayzer
Chicago Conservatory
John E. Fitzgerald
Europe
Rapid Transit Commission
Fitzgerald
Hervey Watterson
Louisville Courier- Journal
H.S. Olcott
The
Theosophical Society
New York
Japan
America
Mme. Blavatsky
Anne Besant
Governors Arrival Promises Grand Gloucester Reception
Governor Russell will arrive Saturday with staff and be met by Mayor Andrews and city officials for a tour of fishing establishments to view curing methods. A City Hall reception will follow with an invitation to speak on Gloucester's 260th anniversary celebrations.
Editors Indicted Over Sing Sing Execution Reports
The New York editors indicted for printing accounts of the Sing Sing executions on July 7 were summoned to plead in the Court of General Sessions. Nine editors were named. only four appeared with counsel James Gordon Bennett Albert Moeckley George Turner and Charles R. Miller pleaded not guilty.
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New York
Sing Sing
Court of General Sessions
James Gordon Bennett
John Zownshand
Albert Moeckley
Journal
Qecrge
Eliot Insurance to Close After 1873 Start
The Eliot Insurance Company directors voted to wind up and transfer policies to Niagara Insurance Company of New York. President G. C. George cited unprofitable home-company taxation and rigid fire insurance rates set by a governing board as core causes, noting no capital impairment and full stockholder payout.
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Eliot Insurance Company
The
Kilby Street
Niagara Insurance Company of
New York
Greenleaf C. George
Arthur W. Tufts
Boston
Eliot Company
Post
Commonwealth
State Street
Eliot
Mr. Emery
Marine
Massachusetts
Niagara
G. ©. George
George Shaw
Robert Codman
G. C. George
J. &. Moors
H. A. Church
Charles A. Cummings
H. Post
Thomas E. Proctor
A. W. Tufts
Commissioner of Corporations
Lynn
End of Unitarian Conference Discusses Liturgy Needs
At Saratoga New York the Unitarian National Conference offered a favorable report endorsing the American Unitarian Association liturgy for use in churches with private publishing houses handling the service book. Leaders urged a people’s common prayer book to unite services while noting a lack of a formal liturgy. The panel on The Work in Japan urged Unitarian adoption of Jesus as both God and man. Officers elected included President George William Curtis and several vice presidents, with W H Lyon as secretary and E Hale as council chair.
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Saratoga
N.Y
Unitarian National Conference
S.H. Camp
Brooklyn
Meadville Theological School
H. N. Brown
American Unitarian Association
5S. B. Calthrop
Moses
David
Cookson
Springfield
Mass
Japan
A.M. Knapp
Oriental Empire
W. W. Fenn
Chicago
George William Curtis
New York
Justin 8. Morrill
Vermont
John D. Long
Massachusetts
Dorman B. Eaton
D. L. Shorey
Horace Davis
J. G. Chaney
Worcester
W. H. Lyon
Boston
William Howell Rand
E. E. Hale
George Batchelor
Lowell
Grand Knights Parade in Porrrano Maine Knights of Pythias
The Maine Knights of Pythias grand parade in Porrano, Maine, drew over 700 marchers led by the Uniform Bank as escort. After the procession the group gathered on Long Island for a clambake and an exhibition drill by the Uniform Rank.
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Maine
Knights OF Pythias
Porrano
Longe Island
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Emory Dickinson
Colonel Hinchson
Miss Dickenson
Hinkinson
Emerson
Rienand Mansfieup
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Mansfield
Mr. Lang
Mecca
Nero
Garson
Miss Simpson
Beatrix
Campbell
McKinley
Ohio
United States
New Orleans Picayune
Foraker
Sherman
Washington Post
Mabel
Edgar
Germany
Ethel
N. Y
James P. Park
Philadelphia
Chila
Roden Noel
Lippincott’s
Hoffman House
England
CY. YM Evening Post
Providence Journal
Young Men’s Democratic Club of
Tremont
Howard Athenæum
Washishington
Wade Hampton
Gloucester
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