Magnificent February 18 Cotillion at Horticultural Hall
The February 18 cotillion at Horticultural Hall drew 350 guests and featured lavish red décor in the corridors and supper room, a white fluted ballroom, and bands from the Salem Cadets and Naval Battalion. Notable attendees included Mrs. Abbott Lawrence, Mrs. Alexander Cochrane, and Mrs. W. A. Burnham. The event showcased ornate tapestries, palm and oleander decorations, and elaborate cotillon favors led by Mr. William A. Barnham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horticultural Hall
Bosen
Salem Cadets
Naval Battalion
William A. Barnham
F. L. Ames
Arthur Amory
C. W. Amory
W.A. Burnham
G. 8. Chase
Alexander Cochrane
D. A. Dwight
C. H. Gibson
Abbott Lawrence
G. von L. Meyer
L. M. Sargent
Winthrop Sargent
T. L. Winthrop
Miss Cochrane
Kidder
Mises
West End Rail Men Seek Nine Hour Day Rule
West End street railway workers push for a law to require nine hours work within eleven hours, arguing for safer conditions. President Whitney opposes stricter limits, claiming drivers may contract their own hours. Legislative committee heard testimony noting prior agreements and alleged breaches by the road.
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Whitney
Committee On Street Railways
Committee On
William L. Bancroft
Federal Labor Union
General Butler
Lowell
West End
Henry M. Whitney
Hhe
Barrett's New Play to Open in America This Autumn
New York reports Wilson Barrett has written a new play similar in tone to Captain Swift and plans to bring it to America in autumn. Barrett will also present two other plays new to the United States The Bondman and Pharaoh.
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New York
John R. Rogers
Wilson Barrett
Captain Swift
America
Barrett
Pharaoh
Hotel Royal Juest Prospector Never Notified About Exits
Coroner Shea resumes inquest into the Hotel Royal fire victims. Richard Meares, proprietor, says he never received official notice from the fire department about required fire escapes. John Goodman, former superintendent, testifies the department never notified management to install escapes on the sixth avenue side. Salvation Oil ad touts 25 cent cure for pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yor
Shea
Hotel Royal
Richard Meares
John ‘I’, Goodman
St. Denis
Sixth Avenue
Jealous Wife Sentenced in Tragic assault Case in Rome
In a provincial court at Sondrio Signora Morelli was sentenced to two years for assault after stabbing Signora Azalini eleven times in a gender disguise attempt to kill a rival linked to her husband’s emigration to Australia. Azalini survived but lost her ears nose and scalp.
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Rome
Signora Morelli
Sondric
Signora Azalini
Australia
Signor Morell
Triangia
Valtellina
Morelli
Cake Walk for Boston Promises Gigantic Night at Music Hall
A huge cake walk is planned for Boston at Music Hall next Thursday night led by W A Brady who staged a major walk at Madison Square Garden. Polo Jim will join Professor Sam Green and Boston’s top cake walk artist to wow locals with elaborate prizes including a cold watch, upright piano, gold headed stick, seal sacque, toilet set and a light overcoat for top awards.
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Music Hall
W. A. Brady
Madison Square Garden
Boston
Blackburn
New York
Miss Adams
Lone Branch
Oliver Ditson Company
Gallus
Walker
Two Steel Workers Fatally Burned at Edgar Thomson Plant
Pittsburg Feb 18 Two workmen at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works were killed by a turning converter that toppled onto a platform where they labored. John Mc Caffrey and John Fischer died from severe burns. John Ward survived with serious injuries and poor prospects for recovery.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
John McCaffrey
John Fischer
McCaffrey
John Ward
Pool Selling On Races Appeals At Clifton Track
Justice Van Syckel ruled again against pool selling on race tracks in Trenton New Jersey. The Clifton race track officers appeal faces two years and a $1000 fine, while Victor Sass and H Battersby receive one year and a $500 fine. Appellants argued the law judge did not preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Srrerar
Justice van Syckel
Clifton
Victor Sass
H. Battersby
Fire destroys Benedictine College building in Manchester
Manchester February 18 The new Benedictine College building burned tonight completely. Construction started last summer and was near completion. Head and Cowst, builders, held a $30,000 insurance policy. Total loss estimated at about $60,000.
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Manchester
N. H
Benedictine College
Head & Cowst Company
Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York
Washington notes Friday forecast with increasing clouds and rain likely Friday night. Warmer south winds. Saturday may see rain or snow. Eastern New York also sees rising clouds, light rain, warmer temperatures, and south winds with a chance of Saturday precipitation.
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Washington
New England
New York
Unfortunate Exchange Between Ceasar and Wife
A sharp exchange unfolds with Ceasar urging trust and his wife retorting she could advertise for a better mate. Lacking Post Dime Wants, she laments her limited options. The fragment hints at domestic strain and social satire without further context.
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Ceasar
Masonic Hall at Richmond Dedicated in Vermont
In Warersory Vermont on February 18 the Masonic Hall at Richmond costing 6000 was dedicated by officers of the Vermont Grand Masonic Lodge with over 200 masons in attendance. The note mentions commercial travelers carrying Dr Bull's Cough Syrup.
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Warersory
Richmond
Vermont Grand Masonic Lodge
Fire escapes under fire clouded by city school danger
The Post conducts a tainted tour of Cushman and Hancock schools on Prince Street and finds fatal flaws in fire escape tools. At Cushman a frozen Dunn ladder could not deploy, leaving 240 pupils aged 9 10 trapped under a mansard roof with no viable exit. Hancock shows a bridge to the other building but the stairways burn. Room by room, teachers warn of danger.
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Camrell
Dunn
Post
Cushman
Hancock
Prince Street
Professor Sutton
Cushman School
Dunn Tir
Mahoney
Haliday
Phillips
Nyland
Hancock Building
Fleming
Resignations topple French government after budget clash
Paris reports all members of the French cabinet tendered their resignations to President Carnot after the Chamber of Deputies rejected an urgency motion on the association bill. Premier de Freycinet, aged about 64, had led government since 1890 and also tendered his resignation.
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Paris
Carnot
Chamber of Deputies
M. Hubbard
M. de Cassagnac
France
M. de Freycinet
Chamber
M. Boisserin
M. Gambetta
M. Jules Ferry
Loss of whaling bark Tamerlane and eighteen crew
Despatches from San Francisco report the loss of the whaling bark Tamerlane off Hilo in the Sandwich Islands on February 2. Captain Walter F. Howland and several officers are among the missing. twelve to fifteen men are said to have survived. The vessel, owned by Wright, Gowne & Co, had left San Francisco January 13 for a cruise between seasons toward the Arctic.
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W. F. Howland
Charles Tucker
Allan Wilbur
William Osterman
Tamerlane
Wright, Gowne & Co
San Francisco
Publishers Association Elects Officers in New York
At the closing session of the American Newspaper Publishers Association in New York on February 18, officers were chosen. James W. Scott of the Chicago Herald was named president, E. H. Woods of the Boston Herald vice president, L. L. Morgan of the New Haven Register secretary, and W. M. Lattan of the New York Sun treasurer. Arthur Pearse of the Reporter Woon socket Rhode Island was named a member of the executive and postal laws committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
James W. Scott
Chicago Herald
H. Woods
Boston Herald
L. L. Morgan
New Haven Register
W. M. Lattan
New York Sun
Arthur, Pearse
Woonsocket
R. I
Man links wife’s death to factory fire excitement
Livermore Falls Maine February 18 Frank Linsey reports finding his wife dead in bed this morning. He says the death was caused by the excitement from the burning of her brother’s novelty wood turning factory on Wednesday. Her age was about fifty.
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Livermore Fatts
Frank Linsey
M. Abeille
Mr. Deacon
Alna Town Clerk John McLean Dies at 80 in 50th Term
Damariscotta Me February 18 John McLean longtime town clerk of Alna aged 80 has died. He served his fiftieth consecutive term and was a prominent local figure. His longtime service spanned decades in the town office.
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Damariscorra
John McLean
Alna
How a Bostonian's Honor Was Preserved
Cannes dispatch reports Howard Parker Deacon a Boston native shot and killed Abeille in the Hotel Splendide. Deacon, jealous over suspected affair, fired three shots, wounding Abeille in the arm and chest, then threatened his wife before onlookers. The tragedy drew a large crowd and shock among the American colony.
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Cannes
Howard Parker Deacon
United States
Abeille
Mr. Deacon
Sharp Cross Talk Over Silver Issue in Congress
In a February Washington session, Bland confronts Harter in a heated exchange on free silver, accusing a circular of bull dozing. The debate centers on monetary policy, with Harter defending sound money and opposing class legislation, as the House pushes toward a six year presidential term proposal and election reforms for senators.
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Washington
House
Committee On Ways and Means
Newberry
Illinois
Chicago
Chipman
Michigan
Pickler
South Dakota
Bland
Missouri
Harter
Ohio
Grand Army
Ife
Blana
Benjamin Harrison
Congress
Kansas
Colorado
Mr. Harter
Blind
John Sherman
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