Paris Art Scene Weighs Rinehart Taney Statue Copy
In Baltimore a proposed duplicate of Rinehart’s Taney statue faces scrutiny with notes on the artist’s life, his Rome years, and the 1872 Annapolis unveiling. The piece highlights Walters and Newcomber endowments, Rinehart’s training gaps, and Maryland’s art-mission motivations in public sculpture.
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Paris
Speciau
Rinehart
Baltimore
Taney
Rome
Annapolis
Maryland
T. Wallis
W. T. Walters
Thomas Crawford
Crawford
Muller
Munich
United States
Barge
Corcoran Art Gallery
Greenmount Cemetery
Thomas Hotchkiss
Messina
Messrs
William T. Walters
B. F. Newcomber
Walters
Public Trust Officials Face Resignation Pressure in City
An editorial urged four city officials to resign for backing attacks on the chief executive. Thomas J. Whidden, Stanton Blake, Newton Talbot, and Joseph A. Tucker resisted, citing duty to the people, not the mayor or party.
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Thomas J. Whidden
New Court House Commission
Stanton Blake
Newton Talbot
Sinking Fund Commission
Joseph A. Tucker
City Hospital
Acteh
Post
Whidden
O’brien
Court House
Democratic Party
Talbot
Tucker
Citizens’ Convention
Citizens’ Conventions
Bradlee
Waltham Toboggan Slide Planned on Moody Street
A South Side syndicate has leased 14 acres from John M. Moore on Moody street and will start a 1100 foot toboggan slide costing about 1500. A 40 by 20 waiting room will be built, 100 toboggans provided, two four foot chutes, and five arc lights. Frank G. Selec, manager of the Omaha ball nine, will manage the enterprise.
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Frank G. Selec
Omaha Ball Nine
Pioneer boat builder to sail for Alaska seal fishery
Joshua Brown, noted boat builder, has bought a schooner and will fit it out at his yard to sail for Alaska to engage in the seal fishery. The vessel will be commanded by Captain Henry O. Lavender of Provincetown.
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Satem
Joshua Brown
Alaska
Henry O. Lavender
Provincetown
Rheumatic and Dyspepsia Cure Sold by Melvin
J A Melvin offers a rheumatic and dyspepsia cure advertised as old and reliable. Thousands testify to its benefits. Call on proprietor John A Melvin at 47 and 61 Blackstone Street to investigate the pain destroying medicine.
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J. A. Melvin
John A. Melvin
Blackstone Street
New Translation of The Little Flowers of St Francis
Miss Alger translates The Little Flowers of St Francis of Assisi into clear English for the first time. The essay surveys Francis’s life from Assisi birth in 1182 through his religious calling, with notes on his bond with animals and the Giotto sermon to birds, plus a quoted preface description of Francis by Thomas of Celano.
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Miss Alger
St. Francis
Assisi
Umbrian
Perugia
Francis
Priest
Knight
Count of
Brienne
Spoleto
Dr. Johnson
Alger
Thomas of
Celano
St. Francis of Assisi
Abby Langdon Alger
Boston
Roberts Bros. Price
Governor Bodwell Dies in Maine at Seventy
Joseph Robinson Bodwell former Governor of Maine died at his home in Hallowell around 5 30 this morning in his seventieth year. He suffered a sudden illness at Brunswick on the 5th with lung congestion and declined. Born June 18 1818 in Methuen Massachusetts he rose from a shoemaker's apprentice to lead granite and water power enterprises and held rail and street railway interests. He served as mayor of Hallowell and state representative and governor and aided major road consolidations with Bristow and Garfield allies. He married twice and left two children Persis and Joseph Bodwell.
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Bodwell
Joseph Robinson Bodwell
Maine
Hallowell
Brunawick
Massachusetts
Methuen
Joseph Bodwell
Joseph
Boston
Lawrence
Pelham
N. H
Moses Webster
Fox Island
Penobscot Bay
Vinalhaven
Bodwell Granite Company
United States
Hallowell Granite Company
Portland
New Orleans
Yorktown Monument
Soldiers’ Monument
Boston Common
Plymouth
Mass
New Capitol
Albany
N. Y
Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
Mt. Auburn
Bodwell Water Company
Oldtown
New England
Kennebec River
Boston & Inland Railroad Company
Olmstead
Boston & New York Rapids Transit Company
Concord
Benjamin H. Bristow
Grant
Jonant
McCormack
Bristow
General Garfield
J. G. Bisine
Edwards
Kavanaugh
Hunice
Josiah Fox
Hannah ©. Fox
Admirable heroic ballads edition and Jane Andrews story
Mrs Tileston presents Heroic Ballads in a handsome Boston edition priced at $2, annotated and illustrated for holiday giving. Miss Jane Andrews offers A Year by Jane Andrews a serious children’s book lacking the charm of her other works yet filled with moral lessons and biblical tales.
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Jane Andrews
Anna
Miss Andrews
Moston
Lee & Shepard
Fires and False Alarms Reported in Local Areas
A series of fire alarms were recorded including a dwelling blaze at 45 Gold Street South Boston caused by a kerosene lamp. slight damage. A minor straw fire at Schaeffer Electric Company Cambridgeport extinguished without fire department aid. A false alarm from Box 418 followed by a small dwelling fire at 557 Main Street Charles Town due to kerosene lamp upset with $10 damage. A tool shed fire in Somerville near Wesley Square caused $200 damage. cause unknown.
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Gold Street
Boston
James Sullivan
Mamie Curry
Schaeffer Electric Company
State Street
Cambridgeport
Main Street
Charlestown
John Canty
Samuel Gould
Somerville
Wesley Square
Eastern Forge works fire at East Deering destroys sheds
Fire at Eastern Forge Company's East Deering works destroys a 100 by 100 foot building and a 50 by 50 foot addition. The plant made car axles, $20,000 property value with insured loss about $18,500. About fifty men jobless. rebuild likely.
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Portnand
Eastern Forge Company
East Deering
Twa
Insurance Company of North America
Home
Imperial of London
Lancashire
Hattfax
N.S
Symonds & Co
Dartmouth
Winnirzo, Man
Winnipeg
Bennett robbery case prisoners held in 60000 bail
Bancor Me Dec 15 At the hearing in the Bennett robbery case the prisoners Whitney and Foster were each held in 60000 bail. The men of course went to jail.
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Bancor
Whitney
Foster
Dacey Dies After Gall Stone Rupture in Boston
Timothy J. Dacey first assistant district attorney for Suffolk County died at his brother’s Grove Hall home after a sudden abdominal pain. He presided over the Boston school board meeting the prior evening and had just learned election results. Born 1847 in North End, he studied at Holy Cross and Harvard Law, and served in city government, state legislature, and as hospital trustee. He left a final document entrusted to a nurse for delivery to City Hospital.
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Timothy J. Dacey
Suffolk County
Grove Hall
Boston
Flighlands
Withington
Maginnis
City Hospital
Dacey
Ife
Massachusetts Senate
Irish Charitable Society
Death of Rev John J Riordan Castle Garden figure
The Rev John Joseph Riordan died at St Vincent's Hospital New York yesterday in his thirty seventh year. Born May 15 1851 in New York to Irish immigrant parents he showed early promise reading Latin at age six. He studied at St Patrick's School College of St Francis Xavier Troy St Joseph's Seminary Troy and was ordained July 1873 by Bishop McInerny.
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John J. Riordan
John Joseph Riordan
Riordan
Castle Garden
St. Vincent’s Hospital
New York
Mulberry Street
Ireland
John Riordan
Troy
St. Bernard’s Church
West Fourteenth Street
St. Peter’s Church
Barclay Street
Riordan's Mission Aided Immigrants At Castle Garden
Father Riordan led relief work for Catholic immigrants at Castle Garden. Cardinal McCloskey created the Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary in his honor and appointed Riordan as director. Thousands of poor immigrants, especially girls, owe him lifelong gratitude.
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Castle Garden
Cardinal McCloskey
Our Lady of the Rosary
Father Riordan
Boston Symphony Orchestra Praised by New York Critics
The New York Times and Tribune laud the Boston Symphony under Mr. Gericke for precise, refined Bach readings, uniform phrasing, and exquisite tone. Critics note conservative yet thoughtful interpretations with occasional stiffness in dramatic works and praise the string section’s strength in the Bach gavotte.
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N. Y. Times
Gericke
New York
N. Y. Tribune
Bach
Gerieke
Y. Wort
Beethoven
Weber
Heraia
Bachrich
Freyschuetz
Harvard Union debates Henry George land tax views
The Harvard Union discussed Henry George land tax theory with sharp speeches. The Glee and Banjo Clubs and Pierian Sodality start their season with a Sanders Theatre concert this evening, sold out, followed by a Mercerior Hall dance for ticket holders. Professor Asa Gray is ill after a paralytic stroke. Midyear exams begin Friday Jan 27 through Saturday Feb 11. Harvard alumni in the fiftieth Congress exceed Yale with fourteen men including law graduates. Rev Alexander McKenzie spoke on Personal Sacrifice at Apeiron Chapel vesper service.
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Harvard Union
Henry George
Glee
Banjo Clubs
Pierian Sodality
Sanders Theatre
Mercorial Hall
Asa Gray
Yale
Harvard
Law School
Apeiron Chapel
Alexander McKenzie
Barker Carmichael wedding at 118 Boylston street
Mr Herbert Barker and Miss Theresa Carmichael wed last evening at the residence of Mr and Mrs R Collings 118 Boylston street Rev P M Macdonald PhD officiated Miss Margaret Carmichael bridesmaid William S Daniel best man The couple will honeymoon in New York State and reside later at 145 Samerson street South Boston
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Mr. Herbert
Barker
Theresa Carmichael
Ship News from Halifax Reports Sailors Lost at Sea
The schooner Lion arrived from Porto Rico after a 14 day voyage to Bermuda. On Dec 1 Captain Peters and crewmen Stephen Waterman and William Smith were swept overboard. Waterman disappeared and Smith was saved after multiple rescue attempts. The steamer Harls arrived with banker coal after 20 stormy days.
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Hallifax
Lion
Peters
Porto Rico
Bermuda
Stephen Waterman
William Mith
Smith
Paing
Waterman
Meders Cove
Mahone Bay
London
Robert Bany
Cork
Stoye
Halifax
N.S
Harls
Harburg
Boston
Banker Coal
Seavey Brothers to Resume Medway Boot Making Next Spring
Seavey Bros a Medway boot manufacturer with about 300 workers, who were forced to suspend operations recently, are expected to restart production in the spring.
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Seavey Bros
Medway
Henry S Ives Arraigned In Draft Theft Case
Henry S Ives faced arraignment in New York on charges tied to a $100,000 draft issued by the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Railroad as part of stock dealings for the Terre Haute Vandalia Indianapolis line. Attorney Julius Dexter aided Ives who claimed he handled the funds as trustee and questioned accounting.
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New Yor
Henry S. Ives
Cincinnati, Hiamilton & Dayton Railroad Company
Terre Haute, Vandalia & Indianapolis
Ives
Julius Dexter
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
E. Cass
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
W. R. McKeene
Terre Haute
Dexter
Ives & Co
Johnson
Evans
Robert Garrett
Justice Kilbreth
Weather Forecast For Northeastern States Warns Of Storm
Washington December 16 indicates twenty four hour forecast starting 7 pm December 16 for Maine rain and snow then colder fair weather with strong northwest winds. New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island expect colder fair conditions with brisk winds. Northwest signals active at Wood's Hall Narragansett Boston Portland Eastport and surrounding coastal sections.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Wood’s Hall
Narragansett
Boston
Paston
Fortland and Portland
Storm Northeast
Eastport
Portland
Northfield
Block Island
Nantucket
Albany
Newark
Philadelphia
Uynebourg
Fair Norfo
Withington
Jacksonville
Mont Amoty
Cloud
Pillsburg
Buffalo
Clear
Oswego
Cleveland
Detroit
Grand Haven
Mackinaw City
Marquette, Mich
Chicago
Enene
Green Bay
Duiuth
Paul
Cloud Des Moines
Clondy En
Can
Clondy Rock
Niffe
Montreal
Lee
Snow Yarmouth
Leavenworth
Fiufon
St. Vincent
Bismarck
Fort Buford
Fort Assinaboine
Fort Custer
Helena
Deadwood
Cheyenne
North Platte
Dodge City
Fort Sill
Santa Fe
el Paso
Salt Lake Biy
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Felix Regamey
Houdon
Rodin
M. Felix Regamey
Richmond
Paris Figaro
France
Liberty
New York Harbor
Houden
M. Regamey
America
New World
American Architect
Hoa
Voltaire
Institute
Frederick the Great
M. Emile Lambert
Millet
Cherbourg
Chafu
Rousseau
Barbizon
Meissonier
Pantheon
Bonnie
Scotland
Burns
Johnstone
Black River
Finlayson
Colmalcolm
Ben-Venu
Ben-Lomond
Ayr
Troon
Anchans House
Susanna
Countess of
Nasmith
Thorn of
Ayer
Mauchline
Bute
Arran
Cassilis House
Marquis of
Ailsa
Auchendrane
Peter Coats
Scott
Ayrshire
Tarbolton
Faile
Coilsfield
Montgomery
Mary Campbell
Ballochmyle
Maria Whitefoord
Ballochmyle House
John Dove
Gavin Hamilton
Mossgiel
Dumfries
Kilmarnock
Edinburgh
Waltham’s
NEW Books
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Barker—Carmichael
Frank Cousins
Bice
Coldex
Cicuili
H. H. Crayrox
Boston Observer’s
Signan Service
U.S. A
Der
Ccocccesnsese
Ainipane Crity
BBC
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Queenstown
Cork Harbor
Pavonia
Catalonia
Samaria
Cephalonia
Palmyra
Great Britain
Lexander Martin
Parisian
Glasgow
Charles W. Casey
Ac HW
D& A. Allan
Anchor Line
United States Mail
Mower
Londonderry
Belfast
BVO
Naples
Italy
Tienderson Brotaiers
Bowllus Green
Warren Line
Michigan
Palestine
Kansas
Warren & CO
Posteilice Square
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