Boas and boars battle in New York animal store
In New York on a Friday a 13 foot boa constrictor and a 10 foot boa escaped a box into a cage housing two Texas wild boars. The boa grappled a boar while the other was bitten, as keeper Donald Burns fought to separate the serpents from the distressed animals. Kedah the elephant stood near as the chaos unfolded.
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New York
Lorg
New York City
India
Amazon
Kedah
Palembang
Sumatra
Donald Burns
South Street
West Texas
Boa
Mr. Burns
Burns
North End playground plan gains council support
Public sentiment in the North End favors a school and playground proposal. Teachers and residents back the measure as a safety and urban-improvement move, with Councilman J A Ryan predicting former skeptics will support it at the next meeting.
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North End
Common Council
J. A. Ryan
Mr. Ryan
Servant girl steals silverware in Malden. Prince Troubetzkoy watch
A Malden household reports a servant, Stella Green, vanished with a trunk of Mrs. Pitman’s silverware and clothing valued at hundreds of dollars. She boarded a depot carriage to Boston after the theft. The piece closes with vivid lore on Amelie Rives and Albemarle County’s reaction to her life and divorce.
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Malden
David B. Pitman
Stella Green
Pitman
Spinners Gather in Pawtucket to Organize Rhode Island
120 delegates from every mill in Rhode Island plus Blackstone and Webster Mass attended a convention in Euterpean Hall. They vote to appoint a permanent secretary with headquarters in Pawtucket, to be elected March 15, and to have all convention expenses paid by the national body. About 700 spinners exist in the state, with plans for a strong show when organized.
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Pawtucket
R. I
National
Escham's Pills for Constipation 10 and 25
An advertisement notes Escham's pills for constipation available in 10 percent and 25 percent forms. Readers are told to obtain the book at their druggist and follow its directions.
Everett Mayor Fires Four Sewer and Street Officials
In Everett, Mayor Henderson dismissed R. T. Green, Thomas Leavitt, D. B. Fessenden and Solomon Shute from the sewer and street boards. He argues the move blocks unfavourable contracts before March 1 as the new Public Works board takes charge. Officials defend the action as fiscally motivated and politically necessary.
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Everett
John D. Henderson
R. T. Green
Thomas Leavitt
D. B. Fessenden
Solomon Shute
Board of Sewer and Street Department
Board of Public Works
Post
Hancock Street
R. Henry Marsh
Henderson
Marsh
Winter Street
Charles Mason
Board of Aldermen
Edward W. Lydston
Lydston
Green
Roosevelt’s Fun as He Addresses Chicago Audiences
Theodore Roosevelt spoke in Kent Hall at Chicago University Auditorium and at a Union League Club banquet. Students cheered as he arrived, chanting “Who is Teddy Roosevelt” and answering “First in war, first in peace, first to reform New York police.” He seemed astonished by the reception.
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New York Police
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Kent Hall
Chicago University
Union League Club
Berlioz Faust at Mechanics Hall Receives Warm Encomium
Review notes a strong performance of Berlioz Faust at Mechanics Hall led by M. Plancon as Mephistopheles and M. Lubert as Faust. Mme Nordica dazzles vocally and visually in Marguerite, while conductor M. Seidl earns praise for orchestral unity despite some ensemble flaws. Public attendance was only half-filled.
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Hector Berlioz
Faust
Mechanics’ Hall
M. Plancon
Mephistopheles
M. Lubert
Mme
Nordica
Satan
Marguerite
Berlioz
M. Castelmary
Brander
Seidl
Mazy
M. Seidl
Mephisto
Mme. Nordica
Valentine
Hell
Romeo Et Juliette
Melba
Banermeister
Olitzka
de Reszkes
Plancon
A Vries
Amelie Rives’s Romantic Autobiography and Marriage Saga
Review traces Amelie Rives’s two autobiographical novels The Quick or the Dead and Barbara Dering, pairing her youthful Virginia life with her evolving relationships. It notes her marriages to first husband and later Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, and hints at a third volume amid Castle Hill, Lake Maggiore, and the North German Lloyd Werra voyage.
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Chesterville
Albemarle County
Princess Troubetzkoy
Castle Hill
Amelie Rives
Virginia
Albemarle
John Armstrong Chanler
Albemerle County
South
Prince Troubetzkoy
Barbara Dering
Jean Jacaues
Marie
Bashkirtself
Dering
Barbara
John Armstrong Chanter
Pierre
Peter, Troubetzkoy
Troubetzkoy
Lake Maggiore
Italy
America
Ouida
New York
Mass memorial service for Gloucester fishermen losses
Union services at First Parish Church honored Gloucester fishermen lost in the year. Chaplain Charlton noted 128 lives, average age 32, lost. urged pensions for widows and orphans. Reverend William H. Ryder praised fishermen's bravery and conduct, contrasting to crime rumors.
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Gloucester
First Parish
Unitarian
Fishermen's Institute
Charlton
Institute
William H. Ryder
Jack the Ripper
Commonwealth
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Everett Board of Aldermen
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