Reader notices and theater listings for Boston venues
An editor's notice requests full names and addresses with submissions. Amusements listing shows multiple venues: Russian Art Exhibition at Arena Building Tremont, The Soudan at Boston Theatre, She Stoops to Conquer at Boston Museum, Merry Monarch at Globe Theatre, Inshavogue at Grand Overland, Howaph at Hollis Street, On the Frontier at Athens AM, Booth Barrett at Park Theatre, and Rosina Vokes at Tremont Theatre with prices noted.
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ARENA
Tremont Street
Boston Theatre
Washington Street
the Soudan
Boston Museum
Scollay Square
Globe Theatre
Francis Wilson
Washington
Dover Streets
Inshavogue
Hollis Street
J. K. Emmet
Howapb Athen&® AM
Howard Street
Park Theatre
Booth- Barrett
Tremont Theatre
Rosina Vokes
Boston Eust It appears that the new Board of Alder men will be strongly in sympathy with the new Mayor
The district system produced a stronger reform minded Board with intelligent independent voting. Ams in the fifth district is defeated by a liberal opponent. A possible recount in the first district may elect Sullivan over Gover. The two thirds majority should back the Mayor, and many Aldermen show honesty and city interest.
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Wixilli Ams
Sullivan
Gover
Matthews Wins Boston Mayor Race by Independent Support
In Boston the mayoral vote tallies show 32418 for Matthews, 19852 for Merrill, and 2022 for Shapleigh of the Prohibitory party. Analysts note a strong independent vote, with Republicans more likely to abstain, foreshadowing a nonpartisan administration and distancing the city from party lines.
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Boston
Matthews
Merrill
Shapleigh
Suapleigh
MatTrurws
Merritt
McRriLl
Harr
Marrnurews
Matrurws
Hanxr
An Ananias Letter on Tariffs and Prices in Newspapers
The piece argues the Journal would find ample material in Republican and trade papers showing tariff-boosted prices. It imagines Ananias writing about linen handkerchiefs, fall cloth price rises, and duties lifting value, suggesting he would be busy merely reporting truth, not fabricating.
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The
Journal
Ananias
Dry Goods Economist
New York Commercial Bulletin
Annania8
Uniform Divorce Laws in New York Move Toward National Unity
New York legislature enacts ballot reform and creates a three member unpaid commission led by Governor Hill to promote uniform divorce laws across states. Henry Beekman Henry Snyder Irving Browne named to study data and urge other governors to appoint similar commissioners for coordinated recommendations.
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New York
Hilil
United States
Hill
HeNry R. Beekman
Henry L. Snyder
Irving Browne
American pilgrim returns from shrine of Professor Kocu
Dr. J. R. Gorre of New York is the first American pilgrim to reach home after visiting the shrine of Professor Kocu. In an interview he offers a warning to those misled by the former assurances and false promises surrounding the expedition.
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J. R. Gorre
New York
Professor Kocu
Cautious Tone Warns Against Overhyped Cure Claims
A speaker urges restraint on claims about a medical cure, noting that the lymph therapy is powerful but not a universal remedy. He warns that the advanced disease stage makes the treatment dangerous and that media hype should not inflate expectations.
The Same Old Tune on Subsidy Bills in Congress
Senator Frye defends two subsidy bills as worth Senate support while Dingley and allies fear a tough fight. The freight tonnage measure aims to sustain freighting lines and a postal subsidy bill seeks swift direct mail with foreign nations. Frye cannot vote but offers backing, as press coverage amplifies the debate.
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Frye
Lewiston Journal
Dingley
Treasury
Washington
Fryr
Senate
New York Tribune
Fire
Wis
Debunking Subsidy Theories in Senator Frye’s Speech
The article criticizes Senator Frye’s support for government subsidies and protectionist measures for freighting and mail steamship lines. It argues his claims are flawed, overstate state power, and misread economic law, noting English and other European practice as contrast. It also highlights how such rhetoric reveals the subsidist mindset and fails to sway a reluctant House.
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Frye
France
Spain
Italy
United States
England
Germany
Senator Frye
Greenhalge
Thor
Dutch funeral moved to avoid holiday joy clash
The king’s funeral was set for December 4 to avoid dampening the St. Nicholas gift season. An urgent Czar request to delay two days was defeated after a toy and gift dealers’ deputation argued the case. The Dutch prioritized thrift and business sensibilities over mourning display.
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Nicholas
Pow Derly Attacks Labor Saving Machinery
The piece recalls Pow Derly's earlier steady stance on moderation and opposing strikes but accuses him of losing his head by denouncing labor saving machinery as defrauding workers of work. It argues many intelligent workers benefit from machinery and cheaper goods, making his view untenable.
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Pow Derly
Boston Editorial Critique Sparks Theatre and City Hall Debate
The Herald condemns Dr Leonard W Bacon’s sermon on theatre as twaddle and criticizes the display ad van urging a mayoral candidate, Moppy Merrill, to break up the City Hall ring. The piece argues the ad’s insinuations insult voters and undermine civic trust.
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Leonard W. Bacon
Norwich
the Herald
Niagara Falls Edge Recedes Over a Century
Recent measurements show the brink of Niagara Falls receding over one hundred feet in fifty years. The crumbling process advances at about two feet annually, foretelling a near future without Goat Island for bridal couples to wander hand in hand. Where will they go then, poor couples?
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Niagara Falls
Goat Island
Cherokee Chief Seeks Bid for Cherokee Strip
In Tahlequah the Cherokee Nation chief sits in his house receiving telegrams from so called syndicates offering large cash sums for the Cherokee strip. He remains content with his pipe while awaiting further bids and the next offer.
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Tahlequah
Cherokee Strip
GuAPSTONE Critique Of PARNELL Sparks Unexplained Contradiction
A fragment from a historical newspaper notes Mr GuAPSTONE claiming an unexplained contradiction between today’s PARNELL and the past and cites an opposing view by Mr PARNELL with no clarification from the Liberal leader.
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Mr. Guapstone
Parnell
GuApsTone
Missing Brown University Professor T W Bancroft Disappears
Providence Rhode Island December 9 T Whiting Bancroft professor of rhetoric and English literature at Brown University disappeared from his home yesterday morning. He has long suffered insomnia and may have wandered off in a low mood or succumbed to harsh weather. Bancroft is about fifty to fifty five, tall and spare with brownish grey mustache and flowing side whiskers.
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Providence, R. I
T. Whiting Bancroft
Brown University
Bancroft
Boston policeman sweeps street crossing sparks reform debate
A Boston officer was seen sweeping a street crossing on Charles Street near the Public Garden bridge, sparking discussion on municipal neglect and reform. The writer contrasts this act with police duties, then recounts winter footwear issues and a late night Dispensary doctor visit to a Cove district household with eight children, illustrating urban misery.
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Boston
Charles Street
the Cove
Merrick and Moody Merrill Weather Story Digest
A column ruction features Mr. Merrill and Moody Merrill cooling off today with out Fanning. It notes Anton Rubinstein resigning as director of St. Petersburg Conservatory, and includes quips about Blockton’s address, a wedding proposal amid rain, a chicken thief trick with a button, and a light dig at Congressman Cannon’s record. An amusing Broad Street station elevator incident closes the item.
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Mr. Merrill
Moody
Moody Merrill
Anton Rubinstein
St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music
Ferguson
Blockton
Cadley
Commonwealth 9 Avenue
Dumley
Jack Fagley
Maude Thompson
Webb
Pennsylvania
Joe” Cannon
Springfield Republican
Mrs. Grayson
Mr. Dumley
School Board debates leave of absence and new school plans
The School Board discussed a rule allowing after nine years’ service a one year leave on half pay, with Corporation Counsel Richardson cautioning on legal authority. It ordered winter schedule changes for evening and drawing schools, considered new school buildings, land proposals, and a Hillside district naming dispute. The annual 1890 report was accepted, praising the schools’ condition.
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Gallagher
Richardson
Brighton
Lusus Street
Hyde Park Avenue
Ashland Street
Mt. Vernon
Agassiz
Dillaway
Gibson
Washington Street
Burke
Mr Clapps New Lectures on Shaksperes Sonnets at Lowell Institute
Mr Henry A Clapp opened a three lecture series on Sonnets of Shakspere at the Lowell Institute. He argued the sonnet form is fixed at fourteen iambic pentameter lines with a concluding couplet commonly used, and contrasted Petrarchan rules with Shaksperian practice. He outlined four eras of English sonnets, praised Shakspeare and Wordsworth, and predicted Rossetti might rank high among modern sonneteers.
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Shakspere
Henry A. Clapp
Lowell Institute
Clapp
Boston
Lowell
Thomas Wyat
Earl of Surrey
Petrarch
Camdens
Dante
Faery-land
Milton
Wordsworth
Rossetti
W. H
East River tunnel franchise granted by Aldermen
New York city Aldermen approved the East River tunnel franchise by a 14 to 11 vote. Proponents have spent years pushing the project to secure the agreement.
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New York
Envoys and Parnell Reach Public Correspondence Expose
New York reports reveal Mr William O Brien publishing the full cable exchanges with Charles Stewart Parnell. O Brien vows to sail to France on Saturday with Mr Dillon likely to join, while Par nell plans departure for Dublin and dispatches warn of internecine party strife.
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France
Parnell
Dublin
M’carthy
New York
William O’brien
M.P
O Brien
London
Ireland
William O'Brien
O'Brien
Hoffman Howse
Europe
O’brien
House Commons
Withra Amm O'Brien
Dillon
Justin M’carthy
Havre
Gill
Parnell Sails for Dublin Amid Welcome in London
London crowd cheers as Mr. Parnell begins his Dublin tour after departing from London. He vows to push the national cause, recalls early English Irish support, and signals plans to reorganize the National League in Dublin with a torchlight welcome and royal hosting at the Mansion House.
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Parnell
Dublin
London
Erin
M’carthy
Irish Parliamentary Party
Dustin
Kingston
Mr. Parnell
Mansion House
Anti-Parnell faction meets in London over manifesto
The Irish party's anti-Parnell section met and discussed the proposed manifesto but made no definite decisions. Chairman MCarthy read a cable from American delegates expressing sympathy and a wish to leave immediate methods to their British colleagues. They said they cooperate to secure Parnell's withdrawal and unite the party. Justin M'Carthy hopes the division between National party sections will bridge gradually.
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London
M’carthy
America
Parnell
Justin M’carthy
National Party
Irish Candidates Nominated for Kilkenny Seat
London reports John Pope Hennessey has been named by anti-Parnellites as Nationalist candidate for North Kilkenny and joins the anti-Parnell faction. This requires a new candidate to replace Mr Parnell ally in North Kilkenny after the late E P Mulhallen Marum. Gladstone to address Retford voters for Liberal candidate Mellor.
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London
John Pope Hennessey
Kilkenny
Parnell
John
E. P. Mulhallen Marum
Marum
Gladstone
Sasset Law
Retford
Mellor
Priests Appeal to Mr Balfour for Achill Potato Victims
In Dublin on December 9 priests on Achill Island appealed to Mr Balfour for aid to 400 families crippled by the potato crop failure. Lacking food they are forced to eat diseased potatoes to stave off starvation.
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MR. Balfour
Dublin
Achill Island
Balfour
Notes of the Conflict in Irish Nationalist Party
London report states Gladstone writes on the Irish Nationalist crisis noting no issue affecting him but an unexplained shift between the Parnell of November 1890 and earlier Parnell. Bishop Woodlock opposes Parnell, Belfast News urges retirement, and Downpatrick National League repudiates Parnell.
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London
Gladstone
Parnell
Hawarden
Dusrin
Bishop Woodlock
Belfast News
Down Patrick
The
National League
Brown Eyes Entry into New England Football League
Brown’s football team, buoyed by this year’s successes, aims to join the New England Football Association now including Williams, Amherst, MIT, Dartmouth, and Bowdoin. A favorable reception is likely except from Dartmouth, which objects to Providence as an out of the way costly site. Captain Lindsay led a brilliant season and the squad, with an experienced trainer next year, should become formidable.
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Providence
R. I
Brown
New England Football Association
Williams
Amherst
Institute of Technology
Dartmouth
Bowdoin
Lindsay
Mystic Valley Club Dines On Woman's Century Debate
Mystic Valley Club members and guests at American House discussed The Attainment and Position of Women in the Twentieth Century. Governor Brackett and Rev Philip S Moxom spoke on women's progress, education, and roles, while Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer defended the era’s spirit and future equality. The event featured a reception, Hadley's Orchestra, and new members elected for the club's next annual meeting.
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Mystic Valley Club
American House
E. H. Capen
Governor Brackett
FE. H. Capen
Phillips Brooks
D.D
Alice Freeman-Palmer
William Claflin
C. Danning
J. A. Brackett
Philip S. Moxom
Brackett
Victor Hugo
Patrick Henry
Lincoln
Ward McAltlisters
Philip
Maxom
Patriarchs Ball Delmonico's Charms New York Society
The season opener at Delmonico's drew New York's elite led by Mrs Astor with Duke of Marlborough and Chauncey Depew among guests. The event showcased two dance halls, elaborate floral decor, and the debut of Miss Ann Cameron with Dan Le Grand Cannon leading the promenade. Mrs Lula Wilson, now Mrs Michael Henry Herbert, sails for England with her husband.
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Delmonico’s
New York
Buda-Pesth
Scarlet Room
Mr. McAllister
Mrs
H. le Grand Cannon
Ann Cameron
McAllister
Michael Henry Herbert
Lula Wilson
England
Stoddard Lecture Explores Paris in the Reign of Terror
John L. Stoddard's second lecture at Music Hall titled Paris in the Reign of Terror covers Louis XV to Marie Antoinette, the uprising, the execution of Louis XVI, Danton and Robespierre with vivid illustrations of ancient Paris and portraits. The talk is described as entertaining and well delivered and will be repeated at a Saturday matinee with Sweden, Queen of the Baltic, set for December 16.
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John L. Stoddard
Music Hall
Paris
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Trianon
Danton
Marat
Charlotte Corday
Robespierre
Mr. Stoddard
Sweden
Baltic
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Ruskin
Edmund Yates
W. G. Collingwood
MR. Clapp
Envoys
Mr. O'Brien
MR. Dillon
MR. M’carthy
Alice Freeman-Psalmer
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the Patriarchs
Delmonico
Stoddard Lecture
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