Jokers Invite Mey Bring Harvard Men to Dean Brigos's Home
April Fool prank at Harvard sends invitations to many campus notables including varsity stars Phi Beta Kappa members and Hasty Pudding figures. Postman delivers small envelopes stamped by local stationer E. Clark with a formal invitation card inside.
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Harvard
Dean Brigos
Judge Lynch
College
Back Bay
Phi Beta Kappa Key
Glee Club Warblers
Lions of Hasty Pudding
Pi Eta
E. Clark
Boston
Surprise Party MixesDean Briggs Reception At Harvard
A prank at Harvard University led to two hundred invitations for a reception at Dean Le Baron R. Briggs and his wife. Guests arrived in evening dress only to learn the event was a joke. Dean Briggs issued a brief apology in the Harvard Crimson.
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le Baron R. Briggs
Brattle Street
Memorial
College Yard
Dean Briggs
Harvard Crimson
Opening of Grand Opera Society at Mechanics Hall
Society attends a grand opera at Mechanics Hall featuring Melba De Reszke Scalchi Bauermeister and Maurel amid bright calcium lights. The hall fills slowly as street cars bring in crowds while a few sit in carriages, and the frosty night drives spectators inside to the new stage setup.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Divine Melba
de Reszke Brothers
Mme, Scalchi
Mlle, Bauermeister
Valentine’ Maurel
Tragic Troy Fire Kills and Traps Dozens of Factory Workers
A blaze at J. Stetheimer Co on River Street Troy traps about 300 women workers in a six story building. Five leap to their deaths from the fourth floor and estimates say not less than thirty lost their lives. Firemen and volunteers battle the flames as missing and injured are gathered by anxious relatives. The Burdette building and surrounding warehouses burn, with the block likely doomed and losses near four hundred thousand dollars.
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Alfred Casey
John Ormsby
John Boland
Broadway
River Street
Burdette
J. Stetheimer & Co
Vanzandt & Jacobs
Stetheimer & Co
Lillie Kreiger
Troy
Western Union
Kenmore
Thomas Russo
Burke
Watson
Guy
Quinn
Young Quinn
Blackstone Cigars Lead Market Amid Strong Sales
Waitt and Bond report Blackstone Cigars as a dominant brand. They claim sales exceeded twelve million in the last booming year and have not fallen below that mark in dull periods, including 1895, indicating sustained growth across years.
Boston Opera House Scene Described Amid Empty Seats
A Boston concert scene portrays a polite, silent audience at Melba’s performance. The upper galleries show little applause while the floor hums with society chatter and dainty attire. A dramatic baton and violin ensemble leads the music as a long excerpt ends with a dramatic stage note.
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Boston
Surrey Bicycles Highlight New Jordan Marsh Eco Model
The Surrey bicycle model weighs 24 pounds and features Morgan and Wright quick repair tire Garford saddle and distinctive drop or upturned bars. It is valued as equal to a 686.00 wheel on the market with a price for bicycle sundries.
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Morgan & Wright
Garford
Fight Over Forfeit Sparks Friday Maher Fitzsimmons Showdown
In El Paso a conference between managers over the Maher Fitzsimmons bout ends without a fight. Connolly pushes for a forfeit and a Friday match while Julian demands twenty four hours notice of location. Fitzsimmons storms out amid insults and declares the battle off, with a vote to be held by five men on the forfeit matter.
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EL Paso
Tex
Maher
Connolly
Stuart
Fitz
Julian
Amet
Vitesimmons
Julianas
Battle Ground
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
George Siler
Lou Houseman
William Naughton
Tom O'Rourke
Hugh Fitzgerald
Dan Start
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Mos
Baron R. Briggs
Yvetlle Street
Cambridge
Reszkes
Scalchi
Faust
Troy, N. Y
J. Stetheimer
W H Reynolds
Fulton
The
Wea
Herbert
Mrs. Kane
Mrs. Foley
Miss Mamie Danks
Kittie O’connor
Miss Kane
Miss Foley
James Quinn
Mamie Rourke
Mamie Downs
Annette Harrington
Lillie Outhout
Clementine Lloyd
Gertrude Lloyd
Johnson
James Ross
Officer Burke
Willard
Mechanics’ Building
Bond
Waitt & Bond Black
Stone Cigars
Eral
Sam Wie
Kola Chemical Co
KOL Africana Velly
Wilbor
Washington
New England
New York
Rueter & Copipany
Highland Spring Brewery
Boston Horse Show
State St
Telephone
Pope Building
Columbus Avenue
Melba
Signor
Bevignani
Satan
Jordan Marsh Eco
Surrey Bicycles
Connsly
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