Baldwin Praises Boston Young Men's Christian Union Work
At its forty third annual meeting Boston Young Men's Christian Union president William H. Baldwin lauds the organization for its year’s achievements. Founded in 1811 and reenergized years later, the group has fostered clean living, citizenship, and support in business study pleasure and physical development through Baldwin’s energetic leadership.
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William H. Baldwin
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Baldwin
Republicans Seek to Hide Rail Labor Bill Vote
The State Senate blocked a roll call on a bill setting ten hours in eleven as a workday for railroad employees. The House passed it. the Senate killed it cowardly by avoiding recorded votes, denying the people a clear record of their representatives’ positions.
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Senate
House
The 400-Foot Bill Opposed As Sham Legislation
The 400-foot bill is criticized as a false measure that merely shifts liquor shop exclusion radius from street lines to a 400 foot area around schools. It allegedly reduces licenses without providing real protection to youth and merits opposition for insincerity and defeat.
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Boston
Boston Transit Plan from Causeway Street to Franklin Park
Mayor Matthews presented a rapid transit road plan to the legislative committee. The proposal follows long consideration and reflects a growing need for relief from worsening conditions and escalating costs as the scheme evolved from earlier attempts.
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Boston
Causeway Street
Franklin Park
Matthews
Legislative Committee
Boston Plans 7 Million City Investment for Transit Project
The city would invest 7 000 000 to develop coal rapid transit from north to south, relieve Tremont street congestion, and acquire a plant to earn rental income. The Mayor says the income could cover interest and a sinking fund, making the project effectively costless to the city aside from credit use. The Legislature must decide whether Boston gains this opportunity or remains unable to tackle the long standing issue.
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Tremont Street
Boston
Rumors of Influence Pervade Beacon Hill Legislature
The article notes a cloud of suspicion over Massachusetts lawmakers amid talk of improper money use to influence legislation. It urges the Great and General Court to act carefully to prove rumors false and remove shadow of corruption, calling for vigilance against corporate domination.
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Massachusetts
Great and General Court
Cesar
Board of Police Criticized for Tolerance of Horse Dealers
The letter accuses Boston’s Board of Police of allowing daily violations of city ordinances by horse dealers occupying Friend and Portland streets. It cites ongoing sidewalk and highway obstructions, worsened by foot traffic to northern rail stations, and questions why enforcement is neglected.
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Board of Police
Friend
Portland
Sunday Post
Boston
Sunday Post to Print Full Color Cartoon in Boston
The Sunday Post will publish a full page local cartoon in four colors next Sunday, not as a supplement but as part of the paper. It claims to be the first color print in Boston and titles it The Modern Paul Revere, signaling a new era in newspaper illustration.
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Sunday Post
Boston
Paul Revere
THE
POST
Cemetery misdirection and a street address mystery
A club member laments misreading a directory address at No 1590 Washington Street finds the target graveyard range and learns the man is dead. The piece then shifts to fencing codes and a comical incident with Mary Coogan in Boston, ending with a Post reporter’s visit to the South End and West End.
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Sampson, Murdock & Co
Athens
Washington Street
Boston Post
P. O
Boston
Mass
Mary Holds Fort Amid Car Row In Public Transport
A conductor refuses to eject Mary as a rowdy crowd stirs aboard a car. He says it would take an officer or an army to remove her, preferring not to disrupt passengers while Mary swears and the lights look pale.
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Mary
Notable Figures and Ventures Highlight 1900 Era
Professor Charles FE Hite of the University of Pennsylvania plans a Labrador interior expedition centering on the Grand Falls. The falls are 316 feet high and up to 300 feet wide, with legends of spirits deterring natives from the area. Also noted are a centenarian birthday in Wisconsin, a church appointment for Clifford Twoambley, Senate baseball enthusiasts Gorman Irby and Hill, and Vassar graduate Nellie Temple aiding Professor Ratzel at Leipsic in revising his United States treatise.
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Biological Department
University of Pennsylvania
Labrador
Grand Falls
Niagara
Charles Good
Plattville
Wis
Clifford Twoambley
Harry Twombley
Yale
Grace Episcopal Church
New Bedford
Charlestown
Andover Theological Seminary
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Senators
Gorman
Irby
Hill
Senate
Nellie Temple
Vassar
Professor Ratzel
University of Leipsic
United States
Citizens of Boston defend aldermanic wires reform
A Boston letter defends the Board of Aldermen against Herald editorials on underground wires for the West End Street Railway. It argues for public rights, condemns insinuations, urges the Board to act, and warns against legislative delays that would extend the project years beyond six months. The writer cites Mr. Whitney and condemns a Legislature seen as corporate tool.
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Herald
Board of Aldermen
The
West End Street Railway Company
Boston
Folsom
Hall
Bryant
West End Company
Whitney
Committee On Wires
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
West End
Dover
Berkeley Streets
Committee On
Citizen OF
Anti-Combine letter mocks Herald-Globe monopoly blows
In a humorous critique, the writer compares the Herald-Globe anti monopoly stance to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He predicts ongoing hammer blows against combines and urges continued scrutiny of the Monopoly bag satire.
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Post
Herald-Globe Combine
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Herald and Globe
That Combine Has Been Fought Before
The Boston Evening Post first issued yesterday while the Herald Globe combine and Hotel and Railroad News Company refused delivery forcing Post to hire special service. The move is seen as a large ad for the Post and harmful to the combine’s interests.
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Boston Evening Post
Herald-Globe Combine
Hotel and Railroad News Company
Post Company
Post
Combine
Boston Evening Post Debuts With Bright Newsy Tone
The Boston Evening Post makes its first appearance on Monday. It is bright and newsy and may grow as popular as the morning edition which under current management has quickly won public favor.
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Boston Evening Post
The
Post
Cymbeline at Hollis Street Theatre Prompts Mixed Response
Julia Marlowe reprised Imogen in Cymbeline at Hollis Street Theatre. Henry R. Jewett returned from illness as Leonatus. the cast earned praise for strength in key scenes. The program also notes Wagner’s Die Walkure and Gotterdammerung performances, Seabrooke Tabasco at the Boston Museum, and varied Boston theatre affairs through the week.
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Julia Marlowe
Cymbeline
Hollis Street
Imogen
Miss Marlowe
Henry R. Jewett
Leonatus
William Boag
J. R. Amory
Cloten
H. A. Weaver, Sr
Belarius
Rose Eytinge
Ingomar
Boston Theatre
Walter Damrosch
New York
Boston
Brunnhilde
Mme
Amalia Materna
Anton Schott
Siegmund
Wagner
Selma Koert
Kronold
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Tabasco
Boston Museum
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Tony Pastor
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Lynn
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Vani Kelley
Lottie Gilsen
Hacker
Lester
Columbia
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Clarence W. Holt
Nat Goodwin
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Professor Welton
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Howard Atheneum
Fatty Langtry
Gussie Freeman
John Webber
Harry la Marr
Carter
Elene
de Rohan
Charles Hoyt
Lothrop
Howard
Richmond
Glenroy
Night Owls
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Charley
Kentucky
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Charles Harris
Reeves
American Band of
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Elijah
Music Hall
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Lena Little
George J. Parker
George W. Want
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B. J. Lang
Ida Jeffreys-Goodfriend
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Louis Burkhardt
Columbia Theatre
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John C. Rice
Sallie Cohen
John A. Coleman
Charles H. Hopper
Ralph Delmore
Mildred Mullaly
Toby Lyons
Kitty Bingham
National Guard Military Band
William H. McCart
Shawmut Banjo
EB. F. Albee
Tucker
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Washington and
Dover Streets
Melbourne MacDowell
Fanny Davenport
Mr. MacDowell
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Cleopatra
Ameri
Marie Burroughs
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Stone
Museum
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Heile
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Houlston
James W. Binu
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Ida Howell
Emma Dunn
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Burlesque CO
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Eugene Tompkins
Sardou
Hoyt
Leon Marquises
Cotterdammerund
Gutrune
Kronold Woglinde
Eeeees
Marcella Linde Wellgunde
Flosshilde
Marie
America
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Basco and Roberts
Plymouth
T. Pearsal Thorne
Clay M. Greene
WM. Austin
J. Pilling
French Folly Burlesque CO
Rich & Harris
Charles Frohman
Ve. H. French
Barnet and Chadwick
Bowdoin SQ
Charles F Atkinson
Carl A. Haswin
New Dramatic Society
Féward M. Alfriend
Grand Opera House Company
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