Thackeray Letters Featured In Scribner's October Issue
The October Scribner's Magazine presents Thackeray letters edited by Mrs. Brookfield with notes on his life and writings. It includes an excerpt from Thackeray’s first New York letter dated December 28 1852 and reflections on his literary circle and reception.
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Carlyle
George Eliot
Dickens
Scott
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Pendennis
Newcomes
New York
Clarendon Hotel
Mr. Bellows
Banner
Good Temper Makes the Good Day, Bartol Sermon
The Rev. Dr. C. A. Bartol preached at West Church from Peter’s epistle urging that life’s quality comes from temper not circumstances. He warned against envy and harsh speech, urging politeness and a smiling grace even amid injury and disappointment.
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C. A. Bartol
West Church
Bartel
Peter
Louis Agassiz
Cambridge
Jeremiah Mason
Emerson
Corot
Jude
Michael
Archangel
Moses
Booming South Shows Broad Industrial Growth in Quarter
The Tradesman reports strong Southern industry in the past three months with rising cotton mill consumption, active railroad building, and new factories. Thirty-two new cotton factories formed, numerous coal, gas, oil, and mineral ventures launched, plus extensive wood, steel, and mill operations across states like Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama.
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Cuattanooca
Tenn
Tradesman
South
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Arkansas
Dishonest Manager Vanishes With Lasters' Union Funds
Dover New Hampshire September 25 A treasurer and manager of the Lasters' Protective Union fair P A Crosby 87 years old a married man left for Canada with Mrs Emma Sawyer Lord taking 186 prizes valued at 8500 and selling 5000 tickets Crosby vanished after the drawing was postponed to Monday leaving the union with no funds and an absent mother wife and two children left penniless without the prize money and awaiting bills for printing and advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
N. H
P. A. Crosby
Lasters’ Protective Union Fair
Canada
Emma Sawyer Lord
Crosby
Richmond
Lasters’ Protective Union
Lord
Concord
Public Schools and American Manhood by Rev. A. D. Mayo
The Rev. A. D. Mayo spoke on American manhood at the Young Men's Christian Union urging the common school as essential to citizenship. He warned against vice and elitist demagogues, defended religious liberty, and questioned Catholic bishops' influence on education.
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A. D. Mayo
The
Young Men’s Christian Union
Boylston Street
Ireland
Fire Alarm at Winter Street Structure Fire
A daytime alarm from Box 42 reported a fire in the four story granite building at 9 and 11 Winter street owned by Thomas Wigglesworth. The blaze began on the third floor used by J. W. Tracy tailor and spread to the second floor used by F. P. Hodges hat and bonnet bleacher with water damage to the ground floor tenant Samuel Cohen. Total loss estimated around $1000 and insured.
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Winter Street
Thomas Wigglesworth
J. W.tracy
F. P. Hodges
Samuel Cohen
Fire damages Wilcox Fish Works and Townshend factory
Providence report states Wilcox Fish Works between Stonington and Mystic Connecticut burned yesterday morning with losses in the thousands partly insured. In Vermont a bobbin factory at Townshend owned by Romanzo Jennison burned yesterday afternoon, loss $800 uninsured.
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Providence
R. J
Wilcox Fish Works
Stonington
Mystic
Conn
Brarr Leroro
Townshend
Romanzo Jennison
A Fine Investment in a Travel Tour Value
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a $60 tour covering Gettysburg Luray Caverns Natural Bridge of Virginia and visits to Washington and Richmond. The deal promises travel and sightseeing at about $6 per day, far cheaper than staying home.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Gettysburg
Luray Caverns
Natural Bridge
Virginia
Washington
Richmond
Religion as Reality From Dr Judson's Genesis Sermon
A full house heard Rev. Dr. Judson's unique sermon on Genesis 37 19. He argued Christianity outruns scorn lauded by Arnold and asserts religion as a universal instinct and civilizational force enduring beyond death. The Bible is an anvil shaping hostile hammering.
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Judson
Joseph
Matthew Arnold
Jesus
Stoneham Driving Association Holds Weekend Race Meeting
The Stoneham Driving Association met at Franklin Park for three-minute and free-for-all classes. Nellie M Frank Puss Dawn Stoneham Girl Reddy won heats, with two heats for Nellie M Frank and Puss and one for Nellie M. The daylight delay pushed two races to today at 1 pm, plus a match race and a 2:40 class race. Plumed Knight later won a 2:39%4 heat in the road wagon race at Mystic Park, after Peter had two heats.
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Stoneham Driving Association
Franklin Park
Nellie M
Frank
Puss
Dawn
Stoneham Girl
Reddy
Mystic Park
Peter
Plumed Knight
Boston Sacks Chicago Twice in Contested Saturday Split
The Boston club beat Chicago in both games as Detroit protests deny counting the results. Detroit leads the pennant race with Chicago and Philadelphia close for second. New York and Washington also win, while Pittsburgh and Indianapolis fall behind as standings tighten.
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Bostons
Chicagos
Stearns
Detroit
Chicago
New Yorks
Detroits
Washingtons
Indianapolis
Phillies
Pittsburgs
Philadelphias
New Works
Scores From Weekend Baseball Oddities
The report lists multiple regional games with quirky team name variants. Pittsburg-Philadelphias led 12 to 3, Philadelphias 8 to Pittsburgs 1, and other matchups included Detroit 7 to New Yorks 6 Indianapolis 7 Washingtons, Portland 13 Lowells 10, Brooklyn 5 over Baltimore 2, Louisville 14 over Cleveland 4, and St Louis 8 over Cincinnati 4.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphias
Pittsburgs
Detroit
New Yorks
Detroits
Indianapolis
Washingtons
Portland
Portlands
Lowells
Brooklyn
Baltimores
Brooklyns
Louisville
Clevelands
Louisvilles
St. Louis
Cincinnatis
Essex County Odd Fellows Parade Planned for Oct 6
Salem reports arrangements nearly complete for the Essex County Odd Fellows parade on October 6 led by chief marshal Colonel J W Raymond of Beverly. About twenty five lodges plan to attend with seven bands and six drum corps marching along main streets. Dinner will be served at the Willows after the procession.
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Salem
Sprorau
Essex County Odd Fellows
Fraternity Lodge
J. W. Raymond
Beverly
Salem Cadet
Salem Brass
Newburyport Cadet
American Watch Company
Lynn Brass
Essex
Major Millett’s
Excelsior of
Marblehead
Saugus
Danvers
The
Willows
Tragic Hit and Run Death in Lowell
The body of 50 year old Charles Carter, a Hamilton print works employee, was found on the Boston and Maine railroad tracks near the depot. He was likely struck by a milk train last night and run over by freight trains, leaving a widow and several children.
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Lowell
Charles Carter
Boston & Maine
Hamilton Print Works
Aaron Burr Wooing Poem Noted In Harper's Magazine
The current Harper's Magazine features a vivid poem Aaron Burrs Wooing by Edmund Clarence Stedman set in Westchester with Theodosia Prevost and a daring night raid. The issue also notes illustrations by Howar Pyle and other verse by Miss Guiney and Wither.
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Harper's
Harper’s Magazine
Aaron Burr
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Westchester
Ramapo
Hudson’s
Aaron
Prevost
A Princess of Java novel review by Mrs Higginson
The reviewer highlights a Java set tale of ardent love across races and creeds. It centers on a high born woman’s life among opulent estates and strict patriarchy, then follows two lovers escaping through Java’s landscapes toward a hopeful, reconciled ending with a dash of occultism.
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Java
Theousehold
Leasure
Hugland
London
Sarjio
Reading picks up autumn appeal in Ticknor paper series
The summer reception for Ticknor's Paper Series of Choice Reading continues into autumn with new items. Howells is highlighted for A Modern Instance showing his growth toward Silas Lapham, alongside critical notes on A Speculator in Petticoats and The Bee-man of Orn. Reviews cover Two Years in Europe and The Unseen King and Other Poems, with commentary on verse quality and moral themes.
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Mer
Geen
Blanche Howard
Tony
Rebecca Harding Davis
South
William Eleroy Curtis
J. F. Hurst
Curtis
England
Ticknor
Howells
Silas Lapham
New England
William D. Howells
Boston
Ticknor & Co
Glisan
Portland
Ore
Europe
Rodney Glisau
New York
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Price
Caroline Leslie Field
Polly
Railroad Southern tour to be led by tour agent and matron
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Southern tour will be personally conducted by the company's tourist agent, assisted by a matron.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Need of the Hour Temperance Lecture Series Opens
Mrs. Emily L. McLaughlin, national WCTU lecturer, spoke at People's Methodist Episcopal Church as part of a Sunday temperance series led by James Hi. Roberts. She urged action beyond words, calling for public sentiment and prohibitory law backed by conviction. Next meetings on Oct 2 and 9 feature John B. Finch of Illinois and R. W. G. T. of the Good Templars.
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James Hi. Roberts
People’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Emily L. McLaughlin
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
John B. Finch Oflinois
R.W.G.T
The
Good Templars
Vanity Fair at Lenox Heads to Autumn Season
The Lenox season gathers wealth and society with dinners at eight, vocal concerts by Mrs Barclay and others, a Lenox Club dance, and social events amid autumn color. Guests mingle in a cordial, cliqueless atmosphere with open houses and generous hospitality at the Berkshire retreat.
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Vanity Fair
Berkshire
Lenox
Dresden
Crown Derby
Henry Barclay
Edward Woolsey
Belle Wilson
Turnure
William Sloane
Lea Pleasure Park
Shattuck
Barclay
Jencks
Mott
A Tour of Rare Promise by the Pennsylvania Railroad
The Philadelphia bound pleasure tour leaves Boston on October 5 and traverses the upper South. The trip offers an attractive and seasonable itinerary with clear autumn air and bracing temperatures, presenting notable sights along the route.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Boston
Upper South
Auction Sales at Boston Stock Exchange in Sept 1837
Lists of securities and shares offered at the Boston Stock Exchange auction with free appraisals. Items include banks, railroads, mills, manufacturing firms, and bonds, dated September 28 1837 and various executors orders.
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Brighton
Warren Avenue
Boston
No Sales On Saturdays Auction Notice List
Auction sales occur every Wednesday and Saturday at 12 M until further notice. The notice lists numerous shares and bonds including Freeman's National Bank Merrimack Mfg Co Boott Cotton Mills and several railroad and manufacturing companies with par values and issue dates. Wednesday Sept 28 1887 appears as a reference date.
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Boston Beiting Co
Somerville Horse Rd
Boston
Dedham Natl
Exchange Bank
Old Boston
Freeman’s Dogs
Freeman’s
Lowell Mfg. Co
Fairbanks & Co
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills
Odd Fellows’ Building Asso
Somerville
Mass
West End Street Ry
Franklin Co
J O
Court House Loan
St. Paul & Northern Pacific
North
Freeman’s National Bank
National Eagle Bank
Lyman Mills
Merrimack Mfg
Boott Cotton Mills
Freeman's National Bank
Everett Mills
Wnaumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Lowell Mfg
Langdon Mfg
Lancaster Mills
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Haverhill Blues
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Burr
Hector Malot
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Hector
Philadelphia
T. K. Peterson & Bros
Frank Stockton
Orn
Frank R. Stockton
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Laughton, Macdonald & Co
Unseen King
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
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Wall Stydy
Moratio Harris & CO
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Almeria
Steamship
Scythia
BR. Knights & CO
Washington St
Main St
Cambridgeport
Marginal Street
East
Brice
Evans & Son
Omnice
Equitable Building
Emerald
Dover Street
HE. L. Daw & Company
State St
Berchants’ Exchange Building
First Fievor
Boston Stock Exchange
Pueblo & Ark. Valley
Massawippi Valley
Connie Pass
Rivers Rd
Amoskeag Mig. Co
Do Granite Ry. Co
Do Bates Mfg. Co
West End Street
Dorchester Gas Light Co
Burl
Francis Henshaw & CO
Merchants’ Exchange
First Floer, Sroom L
Lyman Vs
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Cheshire
Boston & Maine RR
Old Colony
Detroit, Law, & No. RR
Lombard Iny
McKay
Ft. Smith
Ortsmouth
Falls & Conway RR
Quincy, Alton & St. Louis RR
Lincoln & No. Western RR
Laramie National Bank of
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National Tube Wv Forks Co
Ado Freeman’s Natl. Bank
Saco
Portsmouth
R. R. Co
West End St. Ry
York Mfg
Lawrence
Norway Plains
Thorndike
Otis Mfg
Old Colony RR
Atchison & Nebraska RR
Wisconsin Valley RR
Ian
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EY Townsend & Montant
S34
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