Guitar Mastery at Chickering Hall by Mr Romero
Mr Luis T. Romero led a Chickering Hall concert with Miss N Salome Thomas and Harvard and Brown Mandolin Clubs. The program mixed classical arias and mandolin pieces, earning strong audience applause as Romero and students demonstrated expressive guitar playing and piquant harmonies.
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Luis T. Romero
N. Salome Thomas
Harvard
Brown
Chickering Hall
Southess
Granada
Harvard Mandolin Club
Paul
Virginia
Rossinium
Thomas L. J. Romero
Balrog
Ieee
Denmone
Boug
Tina
Brown Mandolin Club
Sweet Blue-Eyed Maid
Rose
Miss Thomas
Andalusia
Valse Espanol
Verdi
L. T. Romero
France
Spain
Hamilton
Gramnmont
le Sage
Thomas
MacDowell
Editor Notice Demands Full Name and Address with Communications
The editor will not consider rejected manuscripts and will ignore anonymous messages. All submissions must include the writer’s full name and address as a guaranty of good faith, though these details will not be published.
Notice for Post Availability in Boston Area
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Boston
Amusements Today in Boston Theatres and Halls
Tremont Theatre hosts Stoddard on The Passion Play. Julia Marlowe in Twelfth Night at Hollis Street. Beau Brummell at Globe with Mansfeld. The London on view at Boston Theatre. New Lamps for Old and The Open Gate. Helen Barry in A Night's Frolic at Park Theatre. Under the Gaslight at Grand Opera House. James H Wallick stars at Howard Street. The Black Flag shown at Grand Museum. Sergius Stepniak lectures Marie Bashkirtseff at Chickering Hall. Boston Symphony Orchestra at Music Hall.
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Tremont Theatre
Tremont Street
John L. Stoddard
Hollis Street
Julia Marlowe
Globe Theatre
Washington Street
Richard Mansfeld
Boston
London
Bostox
Scollay Square
Park Theatre
Helen Barry
Bloodshed in the coke region amid deputy and Hungarian clashes
Reported fighting in the coke region pits deputies against Hungarians as capitalists hire armed bands to defend property. The scene echoes last year’s Spring Valley miners’ treatment, while unrest is worsened by large, uneducated European peasants in troubled districts.
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Coke
Spring Valley
The Seventy Five Cent Dollar
The steady fall in silver reduces the dollar to 75 cents in gold despite monthly purchases of 4.5 million. Bi metalists hoped silver would reach gold value, but it would require far more purchases than the world could supply to reach or sustain that level.
Preposterous City Order About Public Funds
The Corporation Counsel told the Common Council no legal authority exists to direct public money to one class of citizens at the expense of others. A bare majority altered the form into an opinion on expenditure, deemed more foolish than the original proposal. Executive printing officers will likely heed the nonbinding order as they do the one not passed.
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Common Council
Back Bay
Boylston Street
Public Library
Art Museum
Washington
Harrison
South
Georgia
Dalton
John
Blaine and Reciprocity in Canada Talks
Washington correspondent reports Mr Blaine favored breaking off reciprocity talks with Canada and perhaps hoped for concessions from Canada to lower tariffs on both sides. He could deserve credit if successful, arguing tariffs hurt both nations. The piece questions whether the Republican party backs Blaine and protection.
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Washington
Blaine
Canada
Republican Party
Bos ton Boot and Shoe Club backs trade schools aim
The Boston Boot and Shoe Club praised manual training at its dinner and formed a committee to explore establishing a trade school. It argued that broad manual training could lead to general prosperity and moral benefits, with broader access for all children to learn a trade.
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Boston Boot and Shoe Club
Emigration Restriction Proposal At Dinner Speech
During a Boot and Shoe Club dinner Carroll D Wheut urged restricting emigration and urged devoting efforts to training native workmen, arguing the community should focus on local labor development rather than outward movement.
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Boot and Shoe Club
Carroll D. Wheut
Taxation Of Street Railways In Boston
Mr Quincy reports a bill from the Committee on Cities laying out how street railways should pay for use of public streets. Taxes on equipment, plus a 5 percent dividend tax rising to 10 percent, with dividends over 10 percent shared with towns. Thirty year privilege, city may buy after twenty. Compromise measure, awaiting rapid transit commission input, with labor and capital concerns. Government limits on such contracts questioned.
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Quincy
Committee On Cities
Boston
The Pre eminence of Boston Capital in National Development
The article lauds Boston capital for driving continental railways from East to Pacific and extending wealth through new markets. It cites rail lines, mining, and the growth of Southern manufacturing cities funded by Boston, plus ventures in Mexico and Colombia, as evidence of foresight, courage, and liberal enterprise guiding national progress.
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Boston
Pacific Slope
Northwest
South
Mexico
Colombia
Labor and cooperation in republican labor policy
Hon James Clarkson argues in a Republican League letter that labor deserves larger rewards through practical cooperation and profit sharing. He links labor reward to party ambitions and urges use of cooperation to improve workers’ conditions and strengthen ties between labor and the party.
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James 8. Clarkson
The
Republican League
Republican Party
Gardens and Aquaria for Boston Proposed
Citizens urged prompt support for a Society of Natural History project to create three sites in Boston: a Marine Aquarium at City Point, a Fresh Water Aquarium at Ward's Pond, and Zoological Gardens at Franklin Park. A $200000 endowment is sought to establish and sustain these institutions, expected to educate, entertain, and benefit the public health and character of the city.
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Boston
Society of Natural History
City Point
Ward’s Pond
Franklin Park
Earth
Europe
Republican boom falls flat at Dorchester Music Hall
A staged Republican boom at Dorchester Music Hall drew a small audience of twelve men and three women Suffragists. PROMOTER L Edwin Coup ley blamed the weak turnout on the piece while reiterating Lincoln Grant Sumner and Andrew reminiscences. The satire ends with attendees silent and unlikely to attend again this spring.
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Dorchester Music Hall
Joseph H. Walker
Albert Clarke
Home Market Club
Henry W. Blackwell
L. Edwin Dupley
L. Edwin Coupley
Lincoln
Grant
Sumner
Andrew
Minnesota anti rights crusader mocked nationwide
The champion of the anti rights crusade in the Minnesota Legislature faces public ridicule from newspapers nationwide. Practically, jokers place trousers on his horse and wrap his roast chicken in paper, suggesting virtue alone may be its reward.
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Minnesota
President N regrets absence from convention letter
A president regrets not being able to attend the convention or provide extended counsel by letter. The remark accompanies a reading of the proceedings report.
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Republican League
Contempt for a City Correspondent Cited in Editorial
An Albany writer labels a rival as a notorious blackguard and notes the editorials spark strong temper. The interior heat is blamed for the editor’s elevated mood, while Clarkson’s letter to the Republican League is praised as a pious example and Wanamaker’s influence is felt in the rhetoric.
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Albany
Blackguard
New York
Life in the Old Man Yet Says Gladstone Opponent
Mr Gladstone declares an opponent’s statement is absolutely untrue. The remark hints at enduring vigor in the veteran statesman.
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Gladstone
Gourp Sees Bright Outlook But Hints at Sell Signal
Mr Gourp notes a lovely financial outlook and suggests that timing may be right to sell, signaling confidence in market conditions and potential liquidity.
BisMARCK’s Tendency to Get There Reasserts Itself
A compact note reports BisMARCK continuing its pattern of reaching destinations on schedule. The piece highlights recurring behavior, implying consistent outcomes across multiple trips and recent runs.
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Bismarck
Back Bay Conductor Praised for Courteous Transit
In Boston the writer commends a Back Bay horse car conductor for courteous service and careful announcements on the route. The piece notes the conductor’s Parisian flair and Texan accent, contrasts with common scoffing passengers, and recalls a humorous auction remark by horse dealer H. The column ends with an idle nod to Thackeray on horsemen’s gravity.
General Butler Versus Judge Carpenter Clash Draws Criticism
The Springfield Union notes a personal quarrel between General Butler and U S District Judge Carpenter of Rhode Island ended in Butler being removed from the courtroom. Philadelphia Telegraph calls the action severe and cowardly while Worcester Spy lauds Butler’s picturesque approach and public interest.
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Butler
Carpenter
Springfield Union
General Butler
Judge Carpenter
United States District Court For
Rhode Island
Potter
Philadelphia Telegraph
Worcester
Concert season opens with Gilmore Band at Music Hall
Music notes announce Gilmore's Band concert at Music Hall Sunday evening April 26 with soloists Miss Maud Powell Miss Ida Klein Mrs Natali Miss Mantell and Messrs Campanini Sartori and Spigaroli. A. Victor Benham will give two Steinert Hall piano recitals next week starting Monday April 27 featuring Bach Benham op 106 Schumann etudes op 25 Chopin Liszt pieces.
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Maud Powell
Ida Klein
Natali
Mantell
Campanini
Sartori
Spigaroli
Gilmore
Music Hall
A. Victor Benham
Steinert Hall
Bach-Benham
Beethoven
Clara Wieck
Publishers Notes on New Books and Authors in May
The May literary scene features Cassels Publishing seeks quaint Unknown Library series with several novelties from Howells Howards and Janvier plus new Scribner and Outing pieces. Bayard plans a Forum essay on treaty enforcement within states and Davis writes Broadway essay for Scribner.
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Cassels Publishing Company
Mademoiselle Ixe
Lance Falconer
Eleanor Lambert
Magdalen Brooke
von Degen
Sir Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Messrs
Harper & Bros
Franklin Square
Harpers
W. D. Howells
Annie Kilburn
Thomas F. Bayard
United States
Italy
Mr. Bayard
Richard Harding Davis
Gallagher
Scribner
May Scribner
New Brunswick
John Seymour Wood
Harry
Yale
Alma Mater
Thomas A. Janvier
Old
New Spain
Messrs. D. Appleton & Co
Richard H. Dana
Grand Canal
China
Mr. Adams
Dana
Puck
Harrison
Horace L. Traubel
Walt Whitman
New England
May
Traubel
Camden
Itaubel
Hjalmar Hiorth Boyesen
Archibald Forbes
Albion W. Tourgee
Elage
Quotable Snippets On Politics Race And Puns From Puck
A compilation of witty remarks and anecdotes from the era touches on Belva Lockwood marriage views, newspaper editing quips, June bugs in Indiana, Senator Felton as a book-worm, a needle incident with a child, Theosophy, baseball, Oswego sugar theft case, Mexican corpse fees, and an Atlanta era President Harrison visit with a sharp racial remark by a Georgia negro woman.
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Indiana
Felton
Ethel
Annie Besant
America
New York
Five Views on Water Board Controversy Charges Dropped
The report finds no evidence of money or improper influence in awarding or cancelling Saucier’s contract. Water Board actions to annul the bid and seek new bids are deemed proper for the city’s best interests. Richards’ fee as counsel is not shown as improper, though some testimony remains evasive. Further discussion postponed to next Common Council meeting.
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Killian-Saucier-Richards
Basin 6
Common Council
John H. Lee
Nathaniel J. Rust
Thomas F. Keenan
Michael B. Gilbride
Horace G. Ajlen
Josiah
Dean
John F. J. Mulhall
John J. Irving
Saucier
Water Board
Richards
Mater of Fee
Suffolk Bar
Mr. Saucier
Alderman Keenan
Gilbride
William R. Richards
Allen and
The
Killian
Doherty
Mr. Richards
Messrs. Mulhall and
Irving
J. Richards
Arthur
Boston
Notable Descendants and Artifacts Tied to Early American Figures
Miss Emily Ford, newly married to Roswell Skeel, is a great granddaughter of Noah Webster. Chicago bride Olivia Langdon Woodward, descendant of Miles Standish, owns artifacts once linked to Wheelock and Washington, including a 300 year old rocking chair and a Boston Tea Party relic. The Empress of Austria and Edmond de Pressense’s fading health are also noted, reflecting 19th century dynastic and literary circles.
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Emily Ford
Roswell Skeel
Noah Webster
Austria
Edmond de Pressense
Olivia Langdon Woodward
Chicago
Paul Mellen Chamberlain
Miles Standish
President Wheelock
George Washington
William Wheelock
Supreme Court of
New Hampshire
Daniel Webster
Dartmouth College
Boston
Harvard Union Prize Debate Tests Cleveland vs Blaine
The Harvard Union held a prize debate in Level 11 last night on the resolution that Cleveland would make a better president than Blaine. Speakers on both sides delivered strong arguments with Morton winning the Bryce’s American Commonwealth set as the prize and Meade taking second place after a vote of those present.
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Harvard Union
Cleveland
Blaine
D. H. Wingert
R. B. Freeman
L. Wolff
J. F. Morton
A. S. Hayes
R. K. Wires
R.C. Surbridge
L.S
G.C. Meade
C. R. Cummings
H. E. Grigor
F. W. Dallinger
C. BH. Lincoln
A. P. Stone
A. B. Keeler
W. R. Buckminister
Acknowledgment of Donations for Dedham Discharged Prisoners Fund
The treasurer of the temporary asylum for discharged female prisoners at Dedham records donations toward a $1500 target. Listed are many supporters with amounts ranging from $1 to $100, totaling $886, with a friend pledging $200 if the remainder is secured.
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Dedham
M. C. Burgess
Shepherd Brooks
Charles Fry
N. J. Editch
S. D. Warren
J. R. Harrington
Saltonstall
A. B. Wentworth
C. P. Curtis
E. M. Ferris
John Lowell
A. G. Thayer
A. C. Thompson
C. L
R. A. Clogher
Henry Clark
Excellent Plan for Native Flora Field Meetings at Arnold Arboretum
A series of May and June field meetings at the Arnold Arboretum aims to teach popular botany of New England trees and shrubs. Led by J. G. Jack, sessions run Saturdays at 10 00 a m and Wednesdays at 3 00 p m, starting May 9, with plant study in the Bussey Institution lecture room and field visits to Arboretum plantations and nurseries. The course emphasizes identification, ornamental uses, growth habits, diseases, and conspicuous flowering plants, with a goal of at least two local garden visits. fee is 5 dollars in advance. travel by Forest Hills electric car or Old Colony railroad. Applications to J G ack, Jamaica Plain.
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Arnold Arboretum
New England
J. G. Jack
Bussey Institution
Boston
Forest Hills
Tremont House
Providence
Old Colony Railroad
J. G, Ack
Jamaica Plain
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Paris
Turveydrop
West End
Thackeray
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Oswego
Leavenworth
Kan
Mexican State Department
Tompkins
Philadelphia Ledger
Willie Washington
Ree
Washington Est
Mittee
Rust
Clevelandian
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