Socialism in London and European notes amid growing movements
London commentary surveys rising Socialist influence in Britain and France, naming prominent figures like Morris and Besant, plus factions led by Hyndman and Orris. It traces links to reform campaigns, secularism, and clashes with liberal and religious leaders, while noting events across Europe from Messina to Belgrade and ongoing debates over violence, law, and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chicago
William Morris
Besant
Church of England
Walter Besant
Engand
Charlesradlaugh
Malthus
Bradlaugh
Is. Besant
England
France
Socialist Party
Orris
Hyndman
Socialemocratic Federation
Colorado
Morr
Phrone
Bismarck
Kropotkine
Montauban Joins Boulangists In Somme Run
General Montauban openly backs Boulangist aims as a candidate in Somme. Ministers convene at the Elysee to plan strategy as opposition factions diverge. Montauban praises army loyalty since Gravelotte and stresses patriotism over party quarrels while Conservative, Bonapartist and Boulangist forces realign.
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General Boulanger
General Montauban
Chamber of Deputies
the Somme
the Elysee
Montenbani
Sanger
Gravelotte
von Steinmetz
Second Armyorps
Montauban
Hei
M. Floquet
Lea
Prejudice in East Africa Company Slave Trade Probe
A Zanzibar despatch reports an alleged agreement between the English East Africa Company the Sultan of Zanzibar and Arab slave dealers of Mandaza authorizing slave trade and punishment. Company agents demanded runaways at Kabai church mission station, paid compensation to avoid conflict, and British subjects faced penalties for slave labor contracts. Consul warned, Belee traders protest, enforcement paused pending Siriborn instruction.
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Fisionina
Messina
Sicily
Osman Digna
Andoub
Malta
Lightfoot
Bisop
Durham
Bay of Biscay
Suakin
Handoub
London
Russian Holy Synod
Montenegro
Niksiich
Berli
German East Africa Company
Usagara
Kingaur
Kiosa
Mowapwa
Gerliken
Thursay
Freerick
Leipsic
M. Martineau
Panama
Panama Canal
Boulanger
Department of the Seine
Strompeamees Clique
Zanzier
Stanley
Jin
Krupp
Interior
Navy
Chamber of Deputies
London Post
Standard
Egypt
Athens
Larissa
Turkey
Salonica
Messrs. Sheehy
Finucane
Castle Connell
County
Lmerick
Ire
Piokerts Ardsmore
Letterkenny
London Standard
Zanivar
Uganda
Min
Pashe
East African Colonization Company
Zanzibar
English East Africa Company
Sultan of
Mandaza
Mr. Mackenzie
General Matthews
Manbara
Kabai Church Mission Staton
Btry
Numerous Global Notices Highlight Wars Deaths and Political Shifts
Reports from Rome to Vienna and London detail deaths including Sir William Pollock and Cornelia Prittie, and renewed tensions in Russia over home policy. Maritime moves see Cunard’s Etruria voyage, the Tropic Bird’s Tahiti arrival, and British possession of Harvey islands. Ongoing anti slavery fundraising and Italian emigration aid surface amid European instability and railway expansion plans.
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Suak
Oremetaceeens Bartee
Cunard
Etruria
Atlantic Ocean
Martigny
Itzerland
Paris
Piacenza
America
London Chronicle
Rome
William Frederick Pollock
Queen’s Remembrancer
Frederick Pollock
Vienna
Frankfort
Elizabeth of
Tesse
Prince Alexander of Battenberg
Catholic Society
Italy
Francis Joseph
Simoni
James J. O’kelly
Sligo
Borkir
John Lee
Cheshire
Manchester
Eng
St. Gothard
Beig
Crofters Canadian Commission
Marquis Lothian
Charles Tupper
Mr. King
Thomas Skinner
Canada
Paris Figaro
San Francisco
Tahiti
Hyacnth
Harvey Group
Russia
France
Grenfell
Jes
Doring
Suakin
Charles Shaw-Lefevre
Viscount Eversley
London
House of Commons
Winchester
Isle of Wight
Hants
Whitechapel
Bradford
Hirat
Pasquale Stanislaus Mancini
Naples
Pariament
Ratazzi
Depretes
Mancinius
University of Rome
Lane Beatrice Oliva
Florence
Conductor Chides Passenger Over Careful Punching
A judge notes a failed attempt to punch with care as a conductor jokes with a slow passenger about wearing a hat and a gent’s example, implying patience before delays.
How to Save the Eyesight in Reading Light
An early 20th century health note urges incandescent light over sun, claims glasses often unnecessary, and prescribes spectacles for nearsighted children. It emphasizes focus as a muscular process, warns against eye irritation, and recommends pure cold water, salt water lotion, proper distance of 10 to 16 inches from text, and avoiding poultices or unadvised eye waters.
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New York Graphic
Consumption Cured Recipe Offer From East India Missionary
A retired physician claims a simple vegetable remedy cures consumption bronchitis and throat and lung ailments, with nervous debility. He offers to send the recipe free of charge in German French or English with preparation and usage directions from a New York address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
Amin
Ower
N.Y
Afoot in Ireland an American traveler’s grim tales
In Galway December 18 the author recalls a drought of eviction across Fermanagh Cavan Roscommon Mayo and Galway, meeting a starving Irish harvester and the brutal depopulation of western estates. He records squalor of cabins, eviction camps, and a poignant night by an old ruin with a singing laborer and a grim tribute to the stone pockets and bread arrows of Irish labor.
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Galway, Ire
Fermanagh
Cavan
Roscommon
Dirgo
Mayo
Galway
Shannon
Ireland
Mn W
John
Eli Madigan
Nell Morris
Galway Town
Gughterard Road
Moycullen
Rint
Miss Reily
Moses
Roland
Conemara
Dublin
Sui Generis
West
Riviera
London
Belfast
Irish Sea
Ballynahinch
Maycullen
Nidde Boris
Madigan Inn
John Madhan
Elsie
West of Ireland
Epcar L. Wakeman
Educating the Indians and the mission to civilize
Long account of Grace Head’s work among Sioux Indians at Crow Creek Dakota. Describes house as a community center with reading, sewing, and schooling. efforts to blend mission and industry. training of girls and boys in farming, stock work, and crafts. a chapel with leaders Siou x and the role of education in preventing relapse. notes on dancing, dress, health, and openness of the community to civilized life. Also mentions Roses advertisement from Dingee and Coward in West Grove Pennsylvania.
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New York Press
East
Hampton
Grace Head
Joseph Howard
Agosiie
Dakota
Crow Creek
Sioux Territory
Abe
Lou
Tattiyopa
Luke C. Walker
Spe Caves
Goto
Amon Souage
Palons
Ours
Sjior Anderson
Lower Brule
Dingee & Coward Co
West Grove
Pent
America
United States
Canada
Dingee & Coward
Penn
Currents of Commerce in Boots and Dry Goods Markets
Business remains light in dry goods as stock taking continues and next season’s samples are prepared. Cotton goods show strong year end demand and ample orders, while woollen goods stay steady despite high prices. Mills report busy production, prices firm, and moderate movement in light goods and linens. flannels and blankets move slowly with unchanged pricing.
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Bravil
Do Timor
Do Palembang
de Malang
Do Ankola
London
Prunes
Rene
Lamous
Sicily
Alocgts
Jamaica
Leading Markets Quotation Roundup New York Chicago St Louis
Long market report from New York Chicago and St Louis shows mixed signals on cotton flour and grain. Prices for wheat corn oats and rye fluctuate with asks for futures and spot sales while receipts and exports move with steady to firmer tendencies across regions.
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New York
City Mill
Minnesota
Chicago
Rio
United
Western
City
Continent
Liverpool
Louis
Dee
Dakota
Manitoba
Perley
Bat Quiet
Temporary lull in industry fair promise for coming season
The holiday shutdown hit boot and shoe trade with scant buyers, though city retailers report large holiday sales. Some firms face uneven orders while others stay fully employed. Overall year ends with steady profit and no major losses. Calf boots and women’s goods see rising orders as samples for next season emerge. A Marblehead fire destroyed much partly manufactured stock, likely boosting activity elsewhere and sustaining rubbers and boots demand.
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New Eneland
Marblehead
Boston Markets Quiet as Year Ends in Boston
The Boston market report notes a quiet demand at year end with easy prices across butter eggs beans and potatoes. Creamery and dairy butter vary from 18 to 31 cents, eggs remain fairly well stocked, and beans see scarce yellow eyes with overall subdued trading activity.
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Boston
Janklin Co
Mass
Liverpool
York
Vermont
J. Sage
Aroostook
New
Michigan
Lora Lenat
Arrivals of Livestock at Brighton and Waterto Week Ended Dec 28 1888
Livestock imports show Western cattle 1660 Eastern 80 Northern 241 total 1881. Sheep and lambs Western 8400 Northern 1100 Eastern 311 total 510. Swine 26059 veals 289 horses 526. Beef cattle prices per hundred pounds dressed weight range 4.00 to 8.00 dollars. Prices of western cattle first quality 5.125 second 3 third 4.624 fourth 50. Hides woolskins country hides and tallow listed in various cents per unit.
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Brighton
Waterto
Abe
Daisy Taply and the violet girl tale of love and loss
A fragile girl named Daisy Taply, known as Tafty, sells flowers on the street after a tragedy that takes her father. She meets a wealthy doctor, Charles Eastman, who recognizes her from a past city memory and learns her true name. Their budding romance grows as Daisy's mother struggles, leading to a wedding trousseau and new happiness.
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Fillower
Taffy
Dai
Tafty
Papa
Taftiy
Sheridan
Jr. Eastman
Charles Eastman
Dente
Ardon
Violeta
Intereter
Pelt
Daisy Taply
Renee Teacher
The Same Old Trouble Embellishes a Little Maiden
A fragmentary verse describes a beautiful petite maiden with blue eyes and charming features. The speaker notes she captivates him until nearly eleven, though he should be in bed, reflecting a playful childhood lyric tone.
Elizabeth Phelps Weds Ward After Secret Courtship
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps the author of Gates Ajar and Old Maids Paradise has married Rev. Herbert D. Ward. The wedding followed a publicized romance sparked by Ward’s reading of Phelps’s latest book, which led to a seaside courtship near Phelps’s Gloucester summer residence. The bride is about 60 and the groom, son of Rev. Dr. William Hayes Ward, editor of the Independent.
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Mer
Ward
Clara Felle
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Gates
Paradise
Herbert D. Ward
William Hayes Ward
the Independent
Miss Phelp
South Ferry
Edu de
Bu Ward
Spene
R. Ward
Long Island Sound
Gloucester
Mass
Phelps
Jack
Saanimer
Ani
Elizabeth Stuart
Ease Olncones
Phelps’ Seashore Cottage
East
Newspaper Men Who Don’t Overwork
A New Haven Union item notes that newspaper men rarely go insane despite demanding duties. The Connecticut Hospital at Middletown record shows only one journalist treated there. a reporter linked to Hattz was discharged after treatment. An advertisement extols Dr Pirren’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and age renovator.
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New Haven Union
Connecticut Hospital
Middletown
Singer 8 Hospital
Tas
Hattz
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T. P. O'Connor
Ara Arad
Galers
Ory
Mackensie
Belgrade
Austria
Mr. Gladstone
Schleswig
Prado
Marie Aguetant
Gladstone
Marquis Deriso
Alabama
Gadstone
Robert Cunninham Graham
Thames Embankment
Kensington
Pollice
Saysa Paris
Milan
Citiens
The
Freeman’s Journal
Arwell
Times
América
Pueblo Co
Betoin
Assum
James Carey
Prence Oiphant
Dev
Ceylon
India
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Japan
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Waik'ki
J. H
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Counties of
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Hane
Pepsy Haddock
Lee
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Texas
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Cajentta
Sierra Leone
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Lac
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Boston Markets
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Bar Harbor
Tone Sing Oston
Sweer
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R. Cutle
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Frenchman’s Bay
Lamoine
Mt. Desert
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Payson
Bay
San Diego
Bees
Sullivan Harbor
Topeka
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Aes
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Cleveland & Canton
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Wee
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Pere Marquette
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Oo Kan
Mem
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Nisville
Ville
Newark & Newark
New England
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Worcester
Old Colony
Oregon
Portland
Saco & Portsmouth
Buurg Sysateses
Ratland
Sunmit Ranch
Union Pacific
Weat Ena
Nain Central
Wwain Cenwal P. Wee Mining
Sears
Huron
Lake
Napa
National
Pan
Rockland
Tag
Butte
Little Daisy
Miss Phelps
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