New York Playhouses Dissolution and OConnor Debacle
The New York theatre season nears its close with the voluntary dissolution of Wallack's and Harrigan's companies. Wallack retires, Harrigan eyes broader, more serious work. O’Connor’s debut at Star Theatre garners crowd scorn, while Rosenfeld’s A Possible Case and Palmer’s Partners draw attention at Madison Square and Union Square venues. A Wallack benefit at the Metropolitan Opera House looms, with Hamlet cast still filling. amateur theatricals and a Fellowcraft club plan stir interest in NYC arts circles.
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New York
Spectan
Rosina Vokes
Daly
Madison Square Theatre
Palmer
J. M. Hill
New
Union Square Theatre Company
Hill
Wallack’s Theatre
Harrigan’s Park Theatre
Wallack Company
Lester Wallack
Wallack
John Wild
Annie Yeamans
Joseph Sparks
Broadway
Central Park
Harrigan
Dan
Madison Square
Scientific note on lead pipes in Berlin water system
Dr. Von Knorre reports from a study of 20 000 Berlin lead pipe connections that only eight showed corrosion. Water without free oxygen does not attack lead, but oxygen presence causes corrosion. alternating air and water exposure accelerates it. Chlorides nitrates or decomposing organics hasten decay, while lime waters can aggressively attack under certain conditions, though such circumstances are rare.
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Gesundheits-Ingenieur
von Knorre
Berlin
Electromagnets Lift Heavy Iron Ingots in Mills
Reported experiments show iron ingots weighing 800 pounds can be lifted and dropped with simple on off control via cranes using suspended electromagnets. A Brittany storm uncovered a vast sunken forest near St Malo whose timber displays all stages from wood to coal, offering insights into coal formation.
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Brittany
St. Malo
Electric pilot to avoid collisions on railways proposed
An Austrian army officer suggests a fixed distance pilot ahead of trains powered by a dynamo current through mercury bulbs in front of the pilot. If a bulb breaks from any collision, current interruption would apply brakes automatically. Critics warn such automation may foster carelessness without cab vigilance.
Harvard Week Calendar Details and Deadlines
Harvard University presents a weekly calendar with deadlines for dissertations and theses, room assignments for 1888 89, and various faculty meetings. Highlights include last days for prize entries and PhD theses, and lectures in English literature Hebrew readings, debate, and poetry discussions across multiple campus venues.
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Harvard University
Murger
le Bonhomme Jadis
Sanderson
Toppan
Dante, Sargent
Sumner
Price Greenleaf Aid
University 5
Board of Overseers
State Street
Boston
University
House of Representatives
Ke, L. Blossom
B. W. Palmer
J. A. Bailey
J. M. Gitterman
Divinity School Library
Ili
Jeremiah
Lyon
Sevel
Divinity School
Turday
Walter Scott
Hill
Ya. m. Boylston
Sanders Theatre
Medical School
Basten
One-Cent Postage Still in the Future and Post Office Plans
Washington reports Post master General Dickinson works late with division chiefs to push postal service improvements. He backs higher salaries and more clerks, criticizes Vilas era policies, and supports new post office buildings funded to expand third class offices. A Canadian rate arrangement ends cross-border cheap seed shipping and helps seeds cost debate. The Senate committee backs building bills, while House timidity may hinder passage.
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Washineton
Vilas
Post Office Department
Allen
Post Office Committee
Ingham
Bingham
Canada
United States
House Committee On Post Offices
Dickinson
Senate Committee On Post Offices
West
Postoffice Department
O Dickinson
Congress
House Committee On
General Blount
A Home for Nurses in Boston Aims to Ease Loneliness
A letter to the Post urges establishing a nurse home in Boston near Boylston place to provide board and rest between cases. The plan, modeled after New York and London homes, would house 30 to 40 nurses, offer a library, and ensure nursing status for admission. Funding covers initial furnishings and first year rent, not ongoing appeals, with support sought from individuals who benefited from nursing care.
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New York
Brooklyn
London
Boston
Boylston Place
Lee
H. L. Odin
Marlboro Street
A. A. Bigelow
Fairfield Street
R. ©. Sturgis
Chestnut Street
Edith Codman
Broadway
Cambridge
Edward Osborne
The
Society of St. John’s
Semple Street
Theatrical Gossip in Boston and London Stages
The piece notes Mme Ponisi joining the Boston Museum company next season with possible stay by Mr. Falkland and Mr. Boyd Putnam already engaged by Mr. Gillette. It chronicles an adaptation of La Grande Manier titled Flint and Steel to run in England and America, and new operas and casting details tied to Czibulka, Genée, Mamst adt, Perugini, De Wolf Sopper, Digby Bell, Marion Manola, Annie Myers, Josephine Knapp, and Laura Joyce Kell. It cites openings at Wallack's and Madison Square, plus The Venus d'Arles opera, Robinson Crusoe stage plans, and a French court case re casting in Le Cid with Massenet, Gibert, Bucognani, and a $5000 dispute.
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Daudet
Alexander Salvini
Buchanan
Mme. Janauschek
Museum
Lady Macbeth
Madison Square Company
Park ‘Theatre
Grand Opera Mouse
Mme. Ponisi
Boston Museum Company
Arthur Falkland
Boyd Putnam
Gillette
Falkland
Boston
M. George Ohnet
Porte St. Martin Theatre
Paris
England
America
Leopold Lewis
Lewis
Colonel McCaull
Czibulka
Signor Perugini
de Wolf Sopper
London
Digby Bell
Zoby
House of Parliament
Wallack’s
Arles
M. Louis Varney
Bouffes- Parisiens
Mme. Grisier-Montbazon
MM. Paul Perrier
Armand Liorat
Gaite
M. Ferrier
Eden Theatre
M. Ernest Guirand
Rouen
France
M. Massenet
le Cid
Bucognani
Rodrigue
M. Miral
Théatre Des Arts
M. Bucognani
M. Gibert
Petersburg & Weldon stockholders near lease decision
Petersburg stockholders weigh authorizing a lease of the Petersburg & Weldon Railroad to the Wilmington & Weldon line at 3 percent on capital, with fixed charges covered and a 1.5 percent semiannual dividend. meeting adjourns to May 31 in Richmond as key owners oppose a favorable deal, given recent earnings and ownership by Newcomer, Walters and associates who control major stakes in related roads.
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Petersburg
Petersburg & Weldon Railroad Company
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company
Richmond
Petersburg & Weldon Road
Wilmington & Weldon Road
Central Railroad of Georgia
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad
The School Problem at Music Hall Tonight
Evangelist Leyden spoke on American Public Schools vs Roman Parochial Schools at Music Hall charging 10 cents. Next Sunday the fee will be waived and meetings move to other towns under the New England Association of Evangelical Churches. He denied mailing threats and linked Father McGlynn's deposition to his stance on parochial schooling. He claimed parochial schools taught sedition and Protestant inferiority and urged Catholics to avoid public schools.
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Leyden
Music Hall
New England Association of Evangelical Churches
Fullon
Father McGlynn
Henry George
New York
St. Stephen’s
Door plates and prowling canvassers sparkler in Boston note
In a 1588 Boston letter to Taverner the writer argues door plates deter intruders and pedlars who seek Mrs. for entry. They recount neighbors drawing visitors by name, praise secrecy, and note seven years of easy living without a plate. They question madam’s summons and the tactic of lady and gentleman agents.
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Taverner
Boston
Women Writers in Washington Prominent Female Journalists
Notes from the N S Tribune list several congressional daughters and relatives who have established writing and artistic careers in Washington. Ethel Ingalls, Dawes, Upton, Foote, De Koven, Cutcheon, Kelley’s daughter, Edmunds, and Cannon are highlighted for journalism, literature, visual art, or music and their connections to senators and representatives.
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N. S. Tribune
Ethel Ingalls
Senate
New York
Miss Dawes
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Harriett Taylor Upton
Ezra B. Taylor
Ohio
Garfield
Illinois
Chicago
Miss Cutcheon
Michigan
Washington
Kelley
Pennsylvania
Europe
Edmunds
Vermont
Cannon
Story of the Talents Sermon by George W Cable at Tremont Temple
Novelist George W Cable spoke at Tremont Temple Bible class on the parable of the talents. He urged that talents include money and ability, stressing that every dollar is the Lord's money and hiding talents harms both character and duty. He warned against neglecting opportunities and making poor investments.
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George W. Cable
Kingdom of Heaven
A Manly Minister and His Temperance Stand
The Rev B Mills a Presbyterian clergyman in Kan defends his past statement praising Duffy s Formula and Pure Malt Whiskey as medicines while affirming he is a temperance man who would not advise drinking. The letters show his honesty and conviction about pure remedies and physical and spiritual well being.
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B. Mills
Eade Centre
Kan
Mills
Lama Presbyterian
Duffy
Proposals Sought for Building a Water Tower in Boston
The Boston Water Board invites sealed proposals for Mt Bellevue Water Tower Ward 23 Boston due before 12 noon May 1 1888. Bids must include written and numeric amounts with a certified $1000 check. bonds and sureties to Massachusetts residents as required. Specifications available at City Architect Office City Hall. The Board may reject any or all bids. William B Smart chair pro tem April 26 1888.
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Boston Wate Board
Mt. Bellevue
Ward 23
Boston
Boston Water Board
City Hall
Massachusetts
Water Board
The
Department of the Interior
Office of Indian Affairs
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Wooster Street
New York
Indian Service
Duck
Denis
Kentucky Jeans
Winsey
Nation
Chica
Kansas City
Sioux City
Pacific Coast
California
San Francisco
Indian Office
James Lidgerwood
Broadway
Commissaries of Subsistence
U.S. A
Cheyenne
Chicago
Leavenworth
Omaha
Saint Louis Saint Paul
Yankton
Kansas
Arkansas City
Burlington
Caldwell
Dodge City
Emoria
Eureka
Great Bend
Howard
Hutckinson
Larne
McPherson
Marion
Medicine Lodge
Newton
Osage City
Sedan
Sterling
Jopeka
Wellington
Wichita
Winfield
Congress
United States Depository
Fi National Bank of
Los Angeles
Cal
J. D. C. Atkins
Philadelphia
Penn
United States Quartermaster’s Department
Quartermaster’s
Jeffersonville
Ind
Berlin
Regimenta
M. 1
Luding
Ton
Q. M
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Henrietta
Union Square Theatre
Nlacas
Brookk
Lyn
Standard Theatre
Harlem
Rosenfeld
Stockton
Metropolitan Opera House
Mr. Wallack
Horatio
Osric
Louis James
Virginius
Miss Siddons
Sarah Siddons
Press Club
John A. Cockerill
Fellowcraft
Iiterary
West Twenty-eighth Street
Republican Club
G. E. MontGomery
Harvard
OUR Postal Service
New England
Texas
Dakota
Grand Opera House
Mestayer-Vaughn
Atkinson
Peck
Richard Mansfield
Monsieur
Wilson Barrett
London Princess’s
Grace Hawthorne
Barrett
Arthur
New York, Lake Erie & Western
Farnings
Missouri Pacific Company
New York Stock Exchange
Galveston
Naugatuck
Consolidated
Chicago & Atlantic
Chicago & Missouri River Lines
Morgan Steamship Line
Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad
Colorado
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ROYAL
Ghosteets
Roya Aking Powder Co
Wall St
Kullberg
WM. Bond & Son
MANLY
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Briahton
City OF
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Carnauba
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