Personal ship and social notes from the era
Mr T B Aldrich and family plan return voyage from England this week. Mr and Mrs Kendal and daughter left Liverpool on Saturday aboard the Etruria. The Hon J R G Pitkin American minister to Buenos Ayres arrived in New York aboard the Finance. Whittier returns from Green Acre summer home to Amesbury in improved health. Clinton J Edgerly, Rose Coghlan's husband, wins a divorce on desertion grounds and resides in Sioux Falls SD. Frederick Billings ex president of Northern Pacific railroad is critically ill at his Woodstock VT home. his death seems imminent, following a stroke and his sixty seventh birthday last Saturday.
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T. B. Aldrich
England
Rose Coghlan
Sioux Falls
Frederick Billings
Northern Pacific Railroad
Woodstock
Amusements Tonight in Boston Venues
Listings show multiple performances across venues such as Mesic Hall, Boston Theatre, Tremont, Park Theater, and Grand Opera House. Notable shows include The Soudan, Money Mad, The Leather Patch, The Dead Heart, Faust Up to Date, The English Rose, Love Finds a Way, and a Rentz Lamley Burlesque Company engagement.
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Mesic Hall
Winter Street
Hamilton Place
The
Bostonians
Boston
Washington Street
the Soudan
Guioxe Trusarre
Tremont Theatre
Tremont Street
S—Edward Harrigan
Leather Patch
Hollis Street
Iloliis Street
James O'Neill
Park Theater
Morley’s expected speech and Irish party tensions cited
The piece notes expectations for Mr. Morley to address events in Tipperary and praised Mr. Morey’s stance. It discusses Home Rule strategy, Parnell’s leadership, and internal Irish party tensions, plus critiques of Governor candidate DeLaMater and a Chicago-Philadelphia press exchange amid political charges. It also mentions British workers’ reluctance to aid Australian strikers and London’s £1000 sent to Melbourne.
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Quayy
Pennsylvania
Emory
Senate
Crawford County
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Delamater
Republican Party
Deelamater
Australia
London
Melbourne
Labour Strikes Split Views as Dockers Rally in Britain
The piece notes limited wages for dock workers abroad and rising Anglo Australian union controls. It cites a Bristol Newport Cardiff dockers manifesto challenging employers, and discusses Congressman Greenhalge criticizing Independent newspapers for perceived bias and partisan frames.
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Great Britain
Bristol
Newport
Cardiff
The Silver Act and Its Possible Economic Impact
Professor Taussig analyzes the first month of the silver act and its effects on the gold standard and price levels. He notes the shift to silver certificates doubles the prior annual issue, then discusses absorption by the economy, currency growth, and potential inflation as the government hoards and eventually pays out. The piece also covers tariff debates in New York country towns, highlighting reformers’ growing influence and a practical, outcome‑focused public discourse.
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F. W. TaAussic
Taussiig
Taussin
Taussia
Thus- Sig
Care of School Children and Theatrical Visions in Era
A discussion on child welfare cites boarding schools improving hygienic conditions and routines, urging home vigilance over girls while noting boys’ activities. It contrasts a New York theater manager’s dream of staging major classics with concerns about actors and finances. Also reports Chinese Yueh Bing Moon Festival in Harrison Avenue and a critical New York Tribune take on crowded ocean liner accommodations. It notes political shifts in Britain and Irish affairs and marks Pawtucket’s cotton machinery milestone a century ago.
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Luna
China
Linnon
Harrison Avenue
Sam Lucy
Muechee
Economic Forecast on Silver Certificates and Banking Reserves
The passage discusses short term gains for some while many may feel they are gaining less later. It notes a potential delay in effects for one to two years and cites Professor Taussin on possible retardation. Banks may use silver certificates as reserves or interbank payments, or rapid national development could absorb more new issues than estimated, with no large deviation from expected trends.
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New York
Mr. Gunny
Indiana
Jorn EK
Russean
Curry
Russe
Curny
Watertown
W. A. Beach
A. D. Suaw
Snaw
Mr. Freeman
Fanner
Aldrich
Senate
Suaw
Farmer Freeman
Feeman
Escignos
Teresce
Alpert
Moniere
Corneille
Cosmopolitan
Brander Matthews
Francisque Sarcey
Henry James
M. Jules Lemaitre
Matthews
M. Sarecey
M. Sarcey
M. Meilhac
Albert Woit
George — Grantham Bain
Miss Island
George Wharton Edwards
Charles King
United States
Kristopher Danson
Guatemala
F. J. A. Darr
Journal economics fifth volume opens with notable economics papers
The Quarterly Journal of Economics begins its fifth volume from Harvard, featuring A G Warner on experiments for the unemployed, S M Macyane on value and wages, Chauncey Smith on patent law, Henry Hudson on the Southern Railway and Steamship Association, plus reviews and notes including Stephan Bauer on unpublished French economists material.
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Quarterly Journal of Economics
tMarvard University
George H. Ellis
Boston
Nummber
Contan
A. G. Warner
Nebraska
United States
Germany
Holland
5. M. Macyane
Harvard University
Loehmbawerk
Chauncey Smith
Henry Hudson
Southern Railway & Steamship Association
Herr Stephan Bauer
Vienna
Changing New Year's Day to October First
The author argues Congress should move New Year from January to October to align with nature and autumn refresh. He notes a Charlestown mansion, the Tufts house, faces demolition for building lots, reducing old grounds and views. He observes early autumn foliage, attributing color to recent frosts and rains, while questioning frost as the sole cause.
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Jack Frost
New England Magazine features Slater Centenary study
The October issue surveys Pawtucket and the Slater Centenary with essays on the cotton industry in New England. It includes portraits of Slater and Lowell, Jacon, Appleton, and studies of Anne Hutchinson, Puritan poets, and George Sarcey reviews, plus science and burial debate pieces.
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New England Magazine
Slater
Pawtucket
Massena Goodrich
New England
George Rich
John Slater
Francis L. Lowell
Patrick Jacy Jackson
Nathan Appleton
E. E. Hale
Anne Hutchinson
John F. Genung
Cardinal Newman
Newman
England
Asiton R. Willard
Henry H Goodell
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Annie Howells Fréchette
Clinton Scollard
Tragic Family Shooting in Pronto District
Meagre details reach Pronto Illinois of a father at Lacan who shot and killed his daughter after she married a man on Saturday night. He then killed himself, leaving the husband of the girl insane from the shock.
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Pronto
Lacan
The Double Trolley In Essex County
Salem Sept 28 Special the first car of the Essex electric road double trolley system reached City Hall from Peabody square this afternoon Those in a position to know say the company will ask a change to the single trolley system The Naumkeag road will open its Peabody line under the electric system tomorrow afternoon and have invited 400 citizens of Peabody Beverly Danvers and Marblehead to attend the ceremonies J H Beckford superintendent of electric construction on the Naumkeag road is confined to the house by reason of two shocks received from the wires the past week
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Essex County
Salem
Essex Electric Road
City Hall
Peabody Square
Inchange
Nanumkeag Road
Peabody
Beverly
Danvers
Marblehead
J. H. Beckford
Naumkéag Road
Policemen to Conduct City Census in New York
On September 25 the police were assigned to a census project with 947 officers detailed for door to door work. The force is chosen for fitness and completion is expected in six to seven days.
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New Yeak
Cambridge Fights Crossing Change in State Rail Plan
The Cambridge grade crossing dispute over a state railroad plan moves to higher courts as Judge Holmes rules against the railroad commissioners. The city seeks a writ of mandamus to require details for a level crossing, with the full bench expected to review in November.
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Cambridge
Rairoad
Sarvard Bridge
Holmes
Springfield Republican
Young Hoar Nomination Signals Democratic Drift in MA
The nomination of Sherman Hoar as the Democratic candidate for Congress in a Massachusetts district reflects a trend among educated youths toward the Democratic Party. Hoar, son of the former Attorney General and nephew of a Senator, was raised Republican and embodies a class of young, well-connected men once labeled as Republicans.
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Sherman Hoar
Congress
Massachusetts
Hoar
Republican Party
LN. Y. Evening Post
Ind
Democrats urged to curb obstruction in House contests
The Worcester Spy argues Democratic obstructive tactics tempt Republicans to decide election contests by partisanship rather than evidence. It cites Speaker Reed and notes two Republican contestants backed by a majority report, suggesting their seating would ease defeating Democratic obstruction for the rest of the term.
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House
Reed
Election Committee
Worcester
Deficiency Appropriation Bill Reaches Agreement
Washington Sept 28 The conference on the general deficiency appropriation bill has reached agreement on the points of difference between the two houses and will report tomorrow The Senate has dropped the amendment for payment of the French spoliation claims
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Washington
Senate
Literary jests and social notes from a bustling era
A collage of witty quotes and social oddities notes Henry Watterson and British figures, German scientist Franlein Von Chauvin, and a Bethlehem Pennsylvania piece on an anti student club. It sketches cultural humor, fashion shifts, and curious anecdotes from turn of the century society.
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Henry James
Ferguson
Old Fogg
Simpson
N. Y. Herald
New York
Dumas
Shakspere
Washington
Stratford-on-Avon
Jim
Marseilles
Pacific
Cathay
Europe
EF. Burd Grubb
Grubb Burd
Spain
New Jersey
Indiana
Drayman
Franlein von Chauvin
Berlin
Virchow
Fraulein von Chauving
Germany
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Anti Students’ Club
Partisan Boomerang in House Absenting Row
From the New York Beening Post the piece argues Republicans staged photos of a House scene while Democrats absented themselves to force a quorum. It cites Hawley Reed and Garfield to defend minority rights to abstain and considers this a political issue for the country.
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N.Y
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Thomas R. Lambert
St. John’s Church
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Nathan Tufts
Taverner
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Popular Science Monthly
Olive Thorne Miller
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Florida Keys
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Atkinson
Georgia
George F. Magoun
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N. Y. Evening Post
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