Boxing and theater notes swirl around Uncle Tom revival and heavyweights
The article reports on a Boston stage revival of Uncle Tom's Cabin starring Peter Jackson with Joe Choynski in sparring scenes and Parson Davies in dual roles. It covers boxing negotiations between Jackson and Corbett, purse amounts, and plans for future bouts, plus results from recent fights in New York and Boston and a legal tax decision affecting the New Orleans Olympic Club as a public amusement venue.
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Boston
Peter Jackson
Australia
England
Uncle Tom
Jackson
Joe Choynski
Davies
George Harris
London
Peter
Corbett
Will J. Davis
Chicago
John L. Sullivan
John Donaldson
Cornwall, Ont
Sullivan
John
John L
Howie Hodgkins
Griffo- Murphy
Tommy Connelly
America
Joe Levi
Bob Green
Kid Burt
Andy Watson
Philadelphia
East
Tom Lucas
New England
Cy Hickey
George Strong
Denver
Frank Stevenson
New York
Peter Maher
George Godfrey
Bob Fitzsimmons
Wonder
Jimmy Handler
Newark
N. J
John J. Gorman
New York Athletic Club
Kentucky Rosebud
Eddie Pierce
Grand Central Palace
Danny McBride
Maxey Haugh
Jack Falvey
Providence
Owen Zeigler
Zeigler
Olympic Club of
New Orleans
Dick Moore
Minneapolis
Dan Creedon
Murphy Temperance Meetings Open Second Series
The second series of Mr Murphy s temperance meetings began at Berkeley Temple last evening with George W Coleman of the Boston Christian Endeavor Union presiding. Rev Mr Dickinson welcomed attendees and speakers from Philadelphia, solos by local artists followed. He praised reform progress and announced plans to continue for another week with Faneuil Hall booked for Wednesday and Thursday nights.
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Murphy Temrance
Berkeey Temple
George W. Coleman
Boston Christian Endeavor Union
Dickinson
Berkeley Temple
Stiles
Hoyt
Philadelphia
Miss Shaw
James Cc. Bartlett
Arthur B. Hitchcock
Murphy
Faneuil Hall
Massachusetts division gears up for spring L A W meet
Secretary Charles Howard outlines the official program for the Massachusetts division spring meet on May 29 at Grand Hotel Columbus Ave. Headquarter events run from 4 pm to midnight with tours, parade from Hotel Oxford, a Waltham race, and a grand ball. Prizes honor clubs with best parade presence. 3500 souvenir badges planned. Free for L A W members. others pay 2 dollars.
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Massachusetts
A. Cc. C
Charles Howard
Grand Hotel
Columbus Avenue
Machinery Hall
Mechanics’ Building
Arthur W. Robinson
Oxford
Huntington Avenue
Copley Square
Waltham
George A. Perkins
Gorry
League of Amercan
Boston
Perkins
Miller
A. D. Peck
Dartmouth Street
West Side
Massachusetts Avenue
Beacon Street
Arlington
Commonwealth Avenue
Mass. Div
Dnre
Boston Bicycle Club
Baldwin
League
Corbett Becomes London Social Icon Amid Gentlemen's Interest
The Sun's London letter reports James Corbett winning social acclaim in London. He avoids boxing publicity, is invited to meals by high society, and draws the better classes to his performances. A large music hall bid of 2500 weekly for summer is likely declined due to provincial and international engagements.
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New York
the Sun
London
Corbett
Sullivan
Mitchell
Drury Lane
Ireland
Paris
Colonels Open Season With Big Inning, Defeat Chicago
Louisville wins 8 to 6 in a high scoring opener as seven runs come in one inning. Attendance 6900. Og Hits Louisville 11 Chicago 10. Errors Louisville 2 Chicago 8. Batteries Hemming Grim Clausen McGill Camp Schriever.
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Louisville
Louisvilles
Colts
Colonels
Chicago
Hemming
Grim
Clausen
McGill
Camp
Schriever
ST. Louis
Cuppy
Clevelands
Clarkson
Cleveland
Buckley
O'Conner
Roland Worthington to Erect Ten-Story Boston Bank Building
Plans by Fehmer and Page detail a ten story steel frame fire proof structure on Congress and State streets in Boston. The Indiana limestone walls rise to a height of 124 feet with terra cotta and limestone trim, marble lined lower floors, and mosaic hall floors. Cushin g & Pierce and Worthington oversee construction on a lot once home to the Atlas building, dating to about 1830.
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Congress
State Street
Roland Worthington
Traveller
Boston
Financial District
Fehmer & Page
Congress Street
Congress Square
Cushing & Pierce
Worthington
Atlas Building
Atlas Insurance Company
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Endorsed for Spring Ailments
A period essay warns of spring sickness and urges timely remedy for colds and chills. It promotes Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the only pure medicinal whiskey, claimed to be endorsed by physicians and scientific men.
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Duffy
Probate notices of James Fitzpatrick and others in Boston
Probate notices announce administration petitions for James Fitzpatrick of Medford Cambridge Frances Fitzpatrick and others with citations to heirs and creditors. Public notice via Boston Post and Boston Globe style citations call May 2 1894 hearings and show intent to grant letters without surety where allowed.
Christ’s Idea of Social Rank preached at Park Street
The Rev Dr Lansing argued that Christ judged a man by manhood not social rank. He cited Jesus associating with ordinary people, choosing humble disciples, and placed the Prince of Wales on no higher moral footing, noting social lines are human fictions.
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Lansing
Park Street
Christ
Prince of Wales
England
Boy Died From Injuries After Railroad Fall
Ten year old Willie Ivory of 222 Sumner Street East Boston died at Massachusetts General Hospital after being crushed by wheels passing over both legs while riding between freight cars on the Boston and Albany line near Maverick Street.
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Willie Ivory
Sumner Street
East Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston
Maverick Street
Porter Street
Don Carlos Weds Marie de Rohan in Prague
Don Carlos, heir to the Bourbon line, married Princess Marie Berthe de Rohan in Prague in a ceremony by Cardinal Schoenborn. The match links a non royal princess to the head of a Bourbon branch, with notable noble attendance and questions of alliance implications.
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Prague
Don Carlos
Spain
Marie Berthe de Rohan
Cardinal Schoenborn
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Count de Chambord
Archduke Leopold Salvator
Austria
Don Jayme
Marie de Rohan
Europe
Toplitz
Marie Berthe Francoise Felicie Jeanne de Rohan
Patrolman Forbes assaulted in morning Brixton area
Reserve Officer Forbes of Division 16 was assaulted while on special duty near Pynchon and New Heath streets at about 8 o clock yesterday. John Kelly of 32 Vale street is held at Station 10 on charges of assaulting the patrolman after entering a crowd and engaging in a fight. Forbes separated the two combatants and captured Kelly at a patrol box.
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Forbes
Division 16
John Kelly
Vale Street
Station 10
Pynchon and
New Heath Streets
Kelly
Runaway Boy Escapes Mount Hope Home
Raisin Morrison an eight year old inmate escaped from Mount Hope Home on Bourne Street. Police were notified. he is described as freckled, medium height, in a white waist, black cap, pants and stockings. His Charlestown parents may be involved as he may head home.
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Mount Hope
Bourne Street
Division 13
Raisin Morrison
Charlestown
Two Youthful Burglars Arrested After Store Break-In
Ernest Frenlenthal age 14 and Nathan J Belson age 11 were arrested by Division 3 officers after breaking and entering Cohen Bros stores at 93 and 95 Leverett Street and stealing a small amount of money. Police allege the youths were entrapped while committing the crime.
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Ernest Frenlenthal
Nathan J. Belson
Division 3
Cohen Bros
Leverett Street
Lillian M. Decker Seeks Divorce From William H. Decker
In Suffolk Superior Court a libel filed by Lillian M. Decker of Boston seeks a divorce from William H. Decker, now of New York, on desertion since July 15, 1887 after three years of separation, with a request to restore her maiden name Lillian Morgan and for further decrees as justice requires.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Superior Court
Suffolk
Boston
Lil
Lian M. Decker
William H. Decker
New York City
New York
Lillian M. Morgan
Oper A. D
Lillian M, Decker
Probate Notices for Hickey Flynn Roccardi Ford Estates
Suffolk Probate Court cites heirs and kin for will probate and guardianship actions involving Patrick P Hickey Henry R Flynn and Genevili Roccardi. Notices require appearance May 3 1894 and May 10 1894 with public postings in Boston newspapers. Witness John W McKim Register Elijah George.
Masqueraders Wins Praise Over The Second Mrs Tanqueray
London critics hailed The Masqueraders as more artistic and stronger in incident than The Second Mrs Tanqueray though some faulted its gambling immorality for a wife. The excitement after the curtain fell in the third act was described as unparalleled by the oldest playgoers.
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London
Tanqueray
England
Arrival of Yarmouth steamer crowds Lewis wharf docks
A Sunday at the water front saw crowds gather as the steamer from Yarmouth N. S. N. B. arrived. The ship dropped lines ashore at about 11 45 and the approaches to Lewis wharf were packed with spectators eager to board.
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Yarmouth
Lewis Wharf
Roxbury Boy Suffers Cartridge Explosion Injuries
John Glover a 13 year old resident of Glover Place Roxbury was injured when a cartridge exploded yesterday His thumb and two fingers were blown off he received a facial cut and a severe laceration to the right hand He remains at home recovering
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John Glover
Glover Place
Roxbury
Libel Notice Given in Suffolk Court Proceedings 1894
In Suffolk County Superior Court Boston on April 20 1894 the libellant must publish the libel and order in the Boston Post for three weeks and mail or serve the libellee William H Decker fourteen days before the first Monday in June to show cause why the prayer should not be granted. Attests: Clerk Jos A Willard and Assistant Henry E Bnllew.
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Commonwealth OF Marsachusetts
Suffolk
James M, Ford
Boston
John F. Cummings
Boston Poet
John W. McKim
Elijah George
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Superior Court
William H. Decker
County of
Boston Post
Jos
A. Willard
Henry E. Bnllew
Notice to defendant in Mitchell v American Automatic Lighting Co
Superior Court of Middlesex April 14 1894. Harris B. Mitchell sues American Automatic Lighting Co and multiple associates for six hundred dollars in a contract action. Since no personal service has been made, the court orders publication of an attested copy in the Boston Post once weekly for three weeks, final publication at least thirty days before the first Monday of June, to give notice and continue the case until notice is provided.
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Commonwealth OF Mass Machusetts
Middlesex
James H. Fitzpatrick
Medford
Francis X. Fitzpatrick
Cambridge
Boston
Charles J. MelIntire
Esquire
Aommonwealth
Massachusetts
Suffolk
Propate Court
William B. Andrews
Mary Adelaide Andrews
Said Toston
Boston Post
W. McKim, Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
John HW. Sullivan
Cornelius S. Sullivan
Newport
Rhode Island
John W. McKim
Elizabeth Goss
H. Burr Crandall
Commonwealth OF
I Register
Commonwealth OF Massachiusetts
Henry RR. Flynn
J. Whitmore Lailey
Moston
Igee
Boston Test
Elliah George
ss.—Superior Court
A. D
Harris B. Mitchell
Malden
American Automatic Lighting Company
New Jersey
Meriden
Connecticut
Horace F. Pickering
Said Malden
Fred M. Lowe
Arlington
Said
Edward P. Boynton
George H. Swazey
Theo
C. Hurd
Notice of Executor for Katherine Frederiksa Ansel
Notice that Gottlob Christian Friedrich Ansel has been named executor of Katherine Frederika Ansel's will. Creditors must present their claims and debtors pay the estate in Boston, Suffolk, dated April 20, 1804.
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Katherine Frederika Ansel
Boston
Suffolk
Gottlob Christian Friedrich Ansel
Notice of Sale of Pledge for MARCO E SEIM Bicycle
Notice from ED Boston Massachusetts dated April 21 1804 that a pledge bicycle given to MARCO E SEIM in Berkeley is to be sold due to nonpayment or default. The notice states intent to sell the pledged item in the near future to recover the amount owed.
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Marco E. Seim
Berkeley
Toon
Boston
Mass
Bicycles on Credit Offer in Washington
Vintage ad notes light fastest bicycles offered on liberal credit with no interest at Gash Price. Trade in old wheel accepted and payments arranged. Also advertises low prices and a patented fan feature on Washington location.
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Gash Pri
Washington
Unclear Names From Legal Notice Fragment
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals including l ar Sled Wheeler Charles O Wheeler Elisha Walley Clara L Walley William P Executor Whittredge Albert. No clear event or action identified.
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Beecham's
New Yor
Canal St. Net
MR. Murphy
Scott
York
LA Pompadour
Roland
Worthington’s
Worthington Building
Ellen Martin
Elizabeth Matin
Dr. Lansing
Carlos
North End Park
Marine Park
South Boston
Princess Marie DE Rohan
Dr. Park
Park Sq
Advice
Albert J. Roccardi
William Albert Roccardi
Genevi L. Roccardi
The
Boston West
Fplijah George
California
Blanchard & Farram
Faneuil
Lovell
John Wood, JR
Broadway
Chelsea
Rantoul St
Beverly
Sudbury St
Too
Das
Dorchester
Abbott
William
John W Aznive
D. C. Aznive
Byzant Amin
Joseph Alexander
Charles Anderson
Allette Fall
Harriet Blossom
Eugene 7Ravzier
Charles G. Brooks
Alice L. Brown
Clara E Bailey
Mary F. Baxter
Horace W. Wheeler
Charles Trustees
Blake
Ellen Bacon
Ella M. Broderick
Julia Brewer
Daniel C Blanchard
Leon Bernard
Thomas Bergen
Honora Bridges
John H. Bridges
Benjami Bailey
Ezra B. Bernard
Annie E. Bird
G. Burton Bradley
William J. Bradley
Mary E. Bradley
Hannah C. Billyea
Alice A. Burke
John H. Bartlett
Henry L. Bartlett
Maria N. Bicknell
Thomas W. Bicknell
Amelia D. Byram
Irving Ee Byram
George L. Calder
Charles E. Calder
Clara D. Calder
Etta A. Cook
Mary Chapman
Ephraim
Churchill
Asaphi
Joseph R. Campbell
Bencon E. Cashman
A Cashman
Nellie J. Hace
Amos M. Chace
Pastora F. Sace
Mary Dunn Cenane
John S. Craig
Abraham Coughlin
Daniel J. Cooper
Ruth A. Cleaves
Stephen A. Concannon
J. F. Conlin
John Cram
Mary J. Donnelly
Amos Je Dove
George W. Duncan
Laura
Laura 8. Dove, Helena Heirs of Jake, Herman Dunlap
Michael Drake
Jane Emerson
Willia Ear
Thomas Eagles
Frederick Fottler
John Fernald
Charles Fernald
Henry Fitzgerald
Cha
McNaught, Ann M. McNaught, William
Mahoney
Dennis F. Mellyn
Lawrence Je N Moxom
Dwin B. Noyes
Eliza W. Newhall
Cheever Nightingale
Lucy A. Nightingale
George
Westcott
Wilmarth
Park Commissioners
Facinture Building
Geo
F. Clarke
State House
Committee On Railroads
City of
Boston & Providence
N. Y
N. H
Henry S. Milton
J. J. McCarthy
Board OF Police
Pemberton Square
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