Theodore Havemeyer Dead Sugar Trust leader passes
Theodore Havemeyer vice president of the American Sugar Refining Company known as the Sugar Trust dies of bowel inflammation at 244 Madison Avenue New York. Funeral set from St Patrick's Cathedral and he leaves a vast fortune once estimated at 15 to 50 million dollars.
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The Good Mr Best and Boston Theatre Scenes
A Boston theater page review notes The Good Mr Best advance sale at the Boston Museum, with Hoyt's The Stranger in New York closing at Park Theatre and multiple shows at Keith's, Columbia, Castle Square and Tremont. It highlights performers including Georgia Caine R A Roberts Josie Sadler Joseph Coyne Annie Yeamans Frank J Keenan and Katherine Rober with biograph pictures and vaudeville acts.
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Georgia Caine
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Josie Sadler
Joseph Coyne
Annie Yeamans
J. G. Sparks
Kate Dale
Julius Witmark
Hope Ross
Good Mr. Best
Boston Museum
Miss Rober
Lothrop
Esmeralda
Katherine Rober
Esterbrook
Morris McHugh
Jack Desmond
Grace Hamilton
Kate Desmond
Belle Gaffney
Lydia Ann Rogers
Una Clayton
Nora Desmond
Verdi Ladies
Denman Thompson
Sunshine of
Paradise Alley
Lillian Perry
Boston
Emma Carus
Josie Slatdy
Sweet Soubrette
Huth
Little Coon
John Weber
Boster
Griffin Sisters
Nelson Brothers
Katherine Rover
Wreck at Aldersgate Station Explodes injuring Ten
An explosion at London Aldersgate Underground Station at 5 30 pm injures ten people seriously. A first class carriage collapses. glass roofs shatter and debris fills the platform. Investigators assess gas ignition or possible bomb as the cause amid chaos and hospital transport.
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Shipwrecked crew of Charles H. Taylor reach safety near Canso
Gloucester reports details of the schooner Charles H. Taylor wreck on Sable Island. Captain Daniel Morrison and eighteen aboard left Gloucester for a halibut trip, crew fled in three dories after dense fog and heavy seas. Five dories smashed. all escaped in the remaining three with no belongings. Three men reached Cranberry Island after thirty hours rowing and were directed to Canso. they will be sent home by the American consul. The other fifteen remain on Sable Island awaiting a government steamer rescue.
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Sable Island
Taylor
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Cranberry Island
Malden Man Found Dead in Police Station Cell
Thomas Saul aged 26 of Malden was found dead in a station cell at 2 a m yesterday after being detained Sunday night for intoxication. A head wound was examined by Dr Thompson who later declared Saul dead. police report two men fought nearby and Alfred Flynn was arrested. Saul leaves a widow and two children.
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Bowden Pleads Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Joseph Bowden, a colored man in custody, pleads guilty to manslaughter in the Superior Court. He admitted kicking Hoffman on Lenox Street, who died after the assault. Bowden receives three years in the House of Correction. Other defendants in similar cases receive probation or three-year terms.
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House of Correction
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Edward Tate
Massachusetts Reformatory
John J. Gormley
William Gorman
Deadlock Broken Over City Chief Engineer Appointment
MPWBURYPORT April 26 The aldermanic board ends stalemate on chief engineer appointment after Aldermen Lewis Ireland and Crab recede from opposition and Mayor Landferd remains aligned with the fire department plans.
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Actor Drowns After Canoe Mishap in Penobscot
Jack Jordan of Boston, an actor with the Yellow Kid company, drowned while trying to swim to shore from an overturned canoe near Indian Island in the Penobscot. Walter Hellebrand and Ephraim Fling escaped to Orson Island. Jordan swam farther and sank. He had a wife in Boston and was said to be unknown at a lodging house on Court Street.
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Postum touted as health coffee savior in crowded column
The article promotes Postum Cereal as a healthful coffee substitute and praises its digestion benefits. It notes Chicago physician J. J. R. Pennington endorsing Postum and contrasts it with coffee, claiming Postum avoids ill effects and supports a healthy routine for business success.
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Lend Me Your Wife At Grand Opera House Delights Audiences
Grand Opera House presents a comedy week with Boucicault’s Lend Me Your Wife. Rose’s stock company delivers strong turns from Hall as Tarbox and Campbell as D&K Easily. Lytell shines as the loaned wife amid witty scenes and a celebrated cake walk by the colored four hundred. New Lumiere cinema reels debut, promising weekly showings.
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Tarbox
Hall
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United States
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Sadie Stephens
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Faust
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Lyons
France
Poison Eating and Odd Dreams Highlight Austin & Stone Exhibit
Captain Vetrio extols poison eating as he tours Austin & Stone's Museum, planning medical study and a diploma within two years while claiming the ability to save those who self harm. Bioscope features include Big Ben and Liszie Sturgeon. vaudeville acts list performers like Minnie Lee and the Madison brothers in a bustling program.
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Sousa’s Band Closes Boston Course with Gala Concert
A large Boston audience filled the house as Sousa’s Band closed its 1896-97 course with a concert including Leutner Neasler Rubinstein Mascagni Vieuxtemps and Wagner selections. Sousa performed the Capitan march to great enthusiasm with soprano Elizabeth Northrop and violinist Martha Johnstone featured among other soloists.
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