Quincy Church’s 1639 Founding Marked by Awe and Age
The article recalls the 1639 founding of the First Church of Braintree Quincy and the Septem ber 29 service. Speakers including Rev Charles Francis Adams and Josiah Quincy detail the churchs two and a half centuries of worship and its place in history from the ice age to Columbus to the American Revolution. Oliver Wendell Holmes letters and a reflection on colonial and modern eras frame the commemorative event.
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Charles Francis Adams
Adams
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Humphler
Quincy
America
Eden
Moses
Israel
Egypt
Marathon
Thermopyle
Columbus
American
Braintree
Winthrop
Boston
Bay
Hobart
Wilson
Mather
Allen
William Thompson
Henry Flint
Galileo
John Milton
London
Italy
Europe
Russia
Peter the Great
Prussia
Gustavus Adolphus
Lutzen
Sweden
Poland
John Sobieski
Vienna
Richelieu
France
England
Stuart
John Hampden
Oliver Cromwell
Wallenstein
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Philip
Wolfe
Abraham
Grant
Vicksburg
Quincy Bay
Alfred A. Ellsworth
First Parish Congregational Church
Josiah Quincy
Wheelwright
Lunt
John Quincy Adams
Time and eternity in old church reflections in Quincy
The piece quotes sermons and essays on time as illusion, eternity as reality, and religion's view outside time. It notes addresses at a 200th anniversary service by figures including John Quincy Adams, poet Christopher Pearse Cranch, and ministers from Dorchester Roxbury Cohasset. A local tale of the old Swan House and haunted lore closes the note.
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Carlyle
Church of Our Fathers
Wheelwright
Coddington
Henry Vane
John Quincy Adams
Christopher Pearse Cranch
Christopher Eliot
Dorchester
Meeting House Hill
Quincey
Plymouth
Nantasket
James de Normandie
Roxbury
Church of Christ
Quincy
Apostle Eliot
New England
Joseph Osgood
Cohasset
Edward Norton
Evangelical Congregational Church of
Hamilton Tighe
Ingoldsby
Shawmut Avenue
Washington Street
Swan House
J. W
Boston
Phi Beta Kappa Seeks Essays For American Progress Prizes
At a New York meeting in Albany on Sept 5 the Phi Beta Kappa Society formed a seven member committee to plan a monumental work on scientific and literary progress since America's discovery. It authorized two $3000 prizes for essays on progress in science and art and empowered the committee to raise funds and expand its roster. Members include Bishop Potter and university presidents Adams Johns Hopkins Eliot Yale Angell and Northrop.
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New York
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Albany
America
Potter
Adams
Cornell
Gilman
Johns Hopkins
Eliot
Harvard
Dwight
Yale
Angell
Ann Arbor
Northrop
Minnesota University
Dominion Officers Censured In Quebec Inquest
The Quebec inquest on the disaster deaths found gross neglect by federal officers for not building recommended buttresses and blamed municipal authorities for failing to supply extrication tools. It noted lives could have been saved with quicker rescues and that $1900 remained with the relief committee as Erastus Wiman’s offer was declined.
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Quebec
Dominion
Joseph Kemp
Erastus Wiman
Wiman
Burials Under Boston Churches Revealed in Parish History
A Boston note recalls church burials at Christ Church with many owned by the corporation and a revenue from permits. Records show gases from numerous interments sickened the rector Rev William Croswell, and the parish records span decades with Elias Goddard listed as late warden.
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Taverner
Christ Church
Board of Health
William Croswell
Elias Goddard
North End
Boston
Peach Raising in New England by H A Barritt
A lettered practical guide from H A Barritt of Pomfret Centre Conn dated Sept 25 1889 details peach cultivation in New England. It outlines soil, fertilization with muriate of potash and ground bone, planting and feeding schedules from nursery to mature trees, pruning practices to prevent wind damage and overcrowding, and specific varieties tested including Stump the World Morris White Early Crawford Late Crawford Grosse Mignonne Foster Susquehanna Early Crawford and Early York.
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New England
Mr. Taverner
H. A. Babbitt
Pomfret Centre
Conn
Fox S. Fay
Wood’s Hall
Mass
Auumni
Morris White
Crawford
Foster
Susquehanna
Rivers
Coolidge
York
H. A. Barritt
Powtret Centre
Harper's October issue features notable illustrations and Norton’s guide
Harper's October presents several striking plates from Julian Rix Theodore Child and Vinstram Ellis, including California coast scenery Nijni Novgorod and Hieropolis. The highlight is Professor Norton The Building of the Church of St Denis, written with simple luminous clarity. Also Corner of Scotland Worth Knowing by Blaikie with Pennell illustrations and Haddington Church sketches. Wordsworth notes cap the review with a caution about selective interpretation of Sonnets.
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Harper's
Harper’s Magazine
Julian Rix
Somers
California Coast Range
Russian River
Theodore Child
Nijni Novgorod
de Thulstrup
Vinstram Ellis
Church of St. Denis
Norton
Corner
Scotland
Blaikie
Joseph Pennell
Prestonpans
Lantalion
Haddington Church
Wordsworth
Belford's Magazine October issue review
The October Belford's Magazine shows modest quality gains. Lead piece by Hon. T. B. Reed defends a controversial stance while lacking fresh arguments. Sensational attack by General Boynton on General Sherman follows Shiloh remarks. Davis revisits majority rule. Lanza offers a decent short story. weaker pieces by McEvoy and O'Brien. Sherman poem praised for delicacy. other verses receive little praise.
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Belford’s
T. B. Reed
Maine
Reed
Boynton
Sherman
Shiloh
Army of Tennessee
Jefferson Davis
Marchesla Lanza
Bernard McEvoy
J. W. O’brien
M.D
Frank Dempster Sherman
Review of New Books On Jupiter and Moral Doctrines
A literary column surveys new volumes including The Discovered Country by Ernst Von Himmel and The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius translated by George Long. It notes the irreducible mix of spirituality, agnosticism, and practical advice, and comments on the lack of originality in An Object in Life and How to Attain It.
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Jupiter
Ernst von Himmel
Boston
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
George Long
Little, Brown & Co
B. F. Leopold Schmidt, Jr
New York
Fowler & Wells Company
Damrell & Upham
Days Out of Doors by Charles C. Abbott review
A winter companion book praised for renewing vacation charms and nature observation. The critic notes Abbott blends scientific color with poetry, praising his monthly chapters from September on spiders and the year in nature, and positions him alongside Thoreau and Burroughs as an agreeable guide.
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Niagara River
Big Bird Creek
Thoreau and
Burroughs
Mr. Abbott
Charles C. Abbott
New York
D, Appleton & Co
Howard K. Brown
Cambridge
Middlesex
Boston Post
Boston
George M. Brooks
Controversy Between Huxley and Wace Draws Sparks
A lively debate between Professor Huxley and Dr. Wace is examined, with the Bishop of Peterboro, W. H. Mallock, and Mrs. Humphry Ward among participants. The discussion centers on religion and science, highlighting differing methods, temperaments, and the clash over points rather than decisive conclusions. The book Christianity and Agnosticism is noted as readable and informative.
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Professor Huxley
Dr. Wace
Huxley
Wace
Peterboro
W. H. Mallock
Humphry Ward
New York
D. Appleton & Co
Seven Thousand Words Often Mispronounced review
A critical look at Phyfe's Seven Thousand Words Often Mispronounced. The reviewer notes useful phonetic signs but criticizes reliance on dictionaries and occasional missteps with foreign pronunciations. The work remains convenient and largely trustworthy for guiding readers toward proper forms of pranist and probity.
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Mr. Phyfe
Phyfe
Webster
Mr. Whyte
Phyte
Nephew
Rio Janeiro
William Henry P. Phyfe
New York
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Boston
Estes & Lauriat
Price
Great Words from Great Americans and other works
A brief notice reviews Great Words from Great Americans a Knickerbocker Nugget volume reprinting Washington Lincoln and other foundational texts with an index. It critiques portraits and mentions pricing and editions from G P Fulham's Sons and Estes Lauriat and Little Brown Co adapting Marcus Aurelius thoughts translation.
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United States
Washington
Lincoln
New York
G. P. Fulham’s Sons
Boston
Estes & Lauriat
Books Received: Diverse Titles From 19th Century Presses
A catalog listing new acquisitions across genres and fields. Works include histories, law texts, psychology, translations, fiction, and period pieces from New York and Boston publishers. Notable authors: Julian Corbett, Victor Duray, Edna Lyall, Caroline Fothergill, Mabel Collins, Stevenson, Blavatsky, and Wright.
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France
Victor Duray
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Simon G. Croswell
James Mark Baldwin
New York
Henry Holt & Co
Louis H. Gibson
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
Edna Lyall
D. Appleton & Co
Diana Wentworth
Caroline Fothergill
Harper & Bros
H. P. Blavatsky
W.I. Judge
William K. Jenkins
Mabel Collins
John W. Lovell Company
G. A. Henry
Frank F. Lovell & Co
Henrietta Christian Wright
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Ballantrae
Robert Louis Stevenson
Charles Scribner's Sons
Literary notes on upcoming editions and reissues
The 122d edition of Looking Backward by Bellamy is on the market. Houghton Mifflin & Co. will publish M M Ballou’s The New Eldorado on Alaska travel, and other works by Harold Murdock Lucia Ames and more. Scribner’s reissues The Master of Ballantrae and Lamb poetry with new editions. Cassell & Co. plans Depew Orations and After-Dinner Speeches with a steel portrait of Depew.
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Edward Bellamy
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Mr. M. M. Ballou
Alaska
Europe
Harold Murdock
Boston
Lucia T. Ames
Robert L. Stevenson
Ballantrae
Messrs. Scribner’s Sons
Mary and Charles Lamb
E. B. Washburne
France
Lester Wallack
Trade in Shoe Firms Across Cities Reported
A list of business figures and firms in multiple cities including Atlanta Baltimore Cincinnati Chicago Detroit Memphis Nashville St Louis and more. Names include W W Draper J A Smith W S Everett C E Smith and C H Vogel among others with roles as Treasurers Presidents and Partners in firms like Draper Moore & Co Adams & Ford Guthman Carpenter & Telling and Vance Shoe Co.
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Atlanta
Kingsbery
Bates, Kingsbery & Co
Draper
Draper, Moore & Co
S Everett
Kiser & Co
Tre
A Smith
Moore, Marsh & Co
Bay City
Mich
FB Kittredge
Crawpaear
J C Walker
W H Walker & Co
Baltimore
C Bangs
Bangs
Bard & Co
Mad
Ely Nixon
Alnutt, Nixon & Goldsborough
A Young
M R Creighton
Young, Creighton & Diggs
Birmingham
Ala
A S van Dergrift
Francis van Dergrift Shoe Co
Columbus
J K Orr
J K Orr & Co
Cleveland
R 3 Janke
Adams & Ford
Chicago
F Carpenter
Guthman, Carpenter & Telling
Cincinnati
Plant & Marks
Cineinnati
H Meis
C Meis & Vo
Dallas
Tex
T Buford
Kbuford
Porter & Co
Detroit
Macon
E & Harris
Coleman, Burden & Co
Memphis
Tenn
J M Goodbar
Goodbar & Co
J Goodbar
Goodbar Shoe Company
C H Vogel
Hill & Sons
Tenan
W W Jackson
Stern & Jackson
Clark's
Nashville
B Herman
Herman Bros
Lindauer & Co
Throne of
R Laird
Laird, Ray & Co
Reading
Penn
W Curtis
Curiin, Jones & Co
St Paul
Minn
Henry
Foot, Schulze & Co
St Joseph
W Noyes
Noyes, Norman & Co
St Louis
J H Schafer
Schafer, Swarts & Co
If Dittman
G F
Dittman Boot & Shoe Co
Stribling
Tennent, Stribling & Ely Shoa Co
B Lindsley
Orr & Lindsley Shoe Co
Savannah
A Einstein
Einstein’s Sons
Haute
Ind
D Giffith
Terre Haute
O C Smith
Smith, Simmons & Peabody
Toledo
O—J S Rodgers
Dewey, Rodgers & Co
R R Lee
Childs, Lee & Juniap
Wheeling
F E McCoy and Alexander
Vance Shoe Co
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Hancock’s
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NEW Books
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Messrs. Little, Brown & Co
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Monk
Julian Corbett
Macmillan & Co
Letters
Hell
A. C. Kollmeyer
George Maelke
Ll.d
Hunter, Robinson & Co
Fords, Howard & Hulbert
Antonomes de la Langue Francaise
Pat A. Muzzarelli
William R. Jenkins
British Empire
Albany de Fonblanque
W. J. Gordon
Frederick Warne & Co
W. D. Howells
Minnie Macoun
Gentleman's Magazine
Gentleman’s Magazine
George Laurence Gomme
F.S.A
Houghton, Miffin & Co
J.B. Coquelin de Moliere
Tales
Blackwood
White & Allen
Blackwood’s Magazine
Fort Wayne
L Carnahan
Carnahan & Co
Grand Rapids
Reeder
Reeder, Palmer & Co
Galveston
A Blum
L & If
Blum
Craddock
Craddock, Terry Co
Lexington
A B Lancaster
M P
Lancaster
Lamkin & Foster
Goodyear India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co
Congress Street
Kinston
Suffolk
Anna M. Bufford
Sach
Frank G. Bufford
Joan H. Bufford
Hawthorne Street
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Eliwah George
Register
Massachids
Solon F. Brown
Framingham
Said
Massachus
Harriet Keene
Alfred Rodman
Dedham
Norfolk
Elijah George
Vrobate Coord
Charles Brewer
Edward M. Brewer
Joseph Brewer
Commonwealth OF Massache
William F. Hinckley
Said County
Laura A. Hinckley
Speen
Ata
of Norfolk
George White
Jonathan Cobb
Oamonwealth OF
Massachussetts
George E. Hinckley
San Francisco
George Whiter
August Emil Preissler
Herbert F. Fisher
James McLaughlin
Michael McLaughlin
James E. McLaughlin
Nathaniel P. Duty
L. Foster Morse
Warren Street
Chester Square
Sylvester Bowman
Harvard Bridge
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Sales
California Fruit
Georges
Citizens’ Steam’ and Gas Light Company of
Lynn
Aws
Massachusetts
International Trust Company
Lyme
Citizens’ Steam and Gas Light Company of
Steam and Gas Light Company
International ‘Trust Company
Said Steam and Gas Light Company
Sank City
Thaddeus 5
C. Lowe
Lowe
Patent Office
U.S
Hancock
Knowles
Deane
Goodell
Henry G. Morris
Milk Street
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Knapp, Hudson
Knapp St
Hupson
A. D. McClellan
Devonshire St
East Bridgewater Tron Co
East Bridgewater
Old Colony Station
Concord Grapes
TL A
Baskets
Almeria
Ohio
Reade St
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