Silver Republicans in Congress Call for Old Faith Governance
The silver Republicans issue a countrywide proclamation claiming harmony with the original spirit of the old Republican party and urge organization among true Republicans. They blame the party for inflation and currency depreciation and assert historic correctness of their stance, hoping they diverge from today’s party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jackson
United States Bank
Cleveland
Republican Party
Debate on Utah Brigham Young statue for Washington Hall
The piece questions Utah's push to place Brigham Young statue in Statuary Hall and considers whether any other states or figures offer stronger representation. It argues Young helped build Utah but contrasts his rebel past with republican ideals, urging patience before filling pedestals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Brigham Young
Washington
Nevada
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Dakotas
Colorado
Montana
Valhalla
Jeff Davis
Mahomet
Republic
Boston in Congress and Old Ironsides Preservation
The piece notes Congressman Fitzgerald’s success in preserving the frigate Constitution, a Boston-centered cause tied to its building city and poetically defended by a Boston poet. It also mentions Congressman Barrett advocating a dry dock at the navy yard and Massachusetts political dynamics with possible Democratic shifts and Senator Lodge’s immigration bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Fitzgerald
Boston
Massachusetts Historical Society
Congressman Barrett
Navy Yard
Congress
Barrett
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
The Cuban Resolutions and Massachusetts Stand
In the Massachusetts House the Cuban resolutions were passed with strong, sincere objections noted. The piece argues the Legislature must express the people’s view on national and international affairs, asserting non interference is not valid and condemning silent neglect as a duty failure. It frames the issue as humanity, citizenship, and national honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Massachusetts
Republic
Congress
Spring Floods Devastate Middle States Rivers
The piece notes unprecedented spring floods in the Alleghany Monongahela Ohio and Potomac rivers. Destruction includes destroyed bridges buildings flooded towns and loss of life as snowmelt swells Appalachian waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle States
Alleghany
Monongahela
Ohio
Potomac
Appalachian
Forests to Blame for Rising Spring Floods
The author warns that forest destruction drives escalating floods causing massive property loss and job disruption. With trees gone, hills flood more violently and drainage accelerates. The piece argues for an intelligent forestry system in the country, noting lessons are costly and clear.
Demand for Strong Action on Cuban Rights Under Treaty
A call urges Washington to back American citizens in Cuba with a firm demand to Spain, threatening force if necessary, rather than waiting on diplomatic delays. The writer argues against meek submission and favors swift accountability and a united U S response backed by the navy if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Washington
Cuba
United States
Spain
Ruiz
Havana
Gibson
Advertising Burro Parade and City Curiosities
A Boston Observant Citizen column notes a street procession of ten burros carrying advertisements along Bromfield Street while a whip-cracking handler keeps pace. It also reports Colonel Henry Thomas in New York addressing paper trades, local jests, a Brookline baby’s witticisms, a centennial banquet plan, and a reporter’s detective scoop on a death by own action linking to an optician’s lens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont
Bromfield Street
Henry Thomas
New York
Thomas
Chicago
Boston
Windy City
Daily table hints and recipe notes from a 19th century menu
Breakfast items include shredded wheat veal scallops muffins oranges cream and sugar and brown jackets pickles doughnuts coffee. Dinner features veal rice soup mashed potatoes roast lamb cabbage salad mashed yellow turnips white bread and butter Amherst pudding cocoa tea ketchup cold sliced lamb currant buns entire wheat bread and butter hermits date cake peach pastries and cream. Veal scallops are described as leg meat fried in egg and crackers. brown jackets instruct to boil potatoes then fry in beef drippings. Jabbage salad fragment appears with mum as a note.
Battlefield Embrace Ends War Time Promise
On a Civil War field a blue and a gray officer share a grieving moment over a child's cup and baby pictures. They vow to care for the other’s child if spared. Years later Major Waldron secures Mrs Dayne’s consent to raise the child and ultimately asks for her hand in marriage, uniting two families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Virginia
Waldron
Georgia
Camelia
Mary
John
Three Bishops Inducted Into High Offices
In Philadelphia on February 24 the Right Rev. Edmond F. Prendergast was consecrated auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia with the title bishop of Scillia. Archbishop Ryan officiated, with Bishops Hoban Horstmann and others in attendance. A separate ceremony in Dubuque named Rev. Thomas M. Lenihan bishop of Cheyenne. In Buffalo, Rev. James Edward Quigley was consecrated bishop of Buffalo with Archbishop Corrigan as chief consecrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Edmond F. Prendergast
Leo XIII
Scillia
Ryan
Hoban
Scranton
Horstmann
Cleveland
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
O’hara
McGovern
Harrisburg
Mullen
Erie
James F. McLoughlin
D. D
Dubuque
Thomas M. Lenihan
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hennessy
Thomas Bonacum
Lincoln
Neb
Buffalo
N. Y
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
James Edward Quigley
Corrigan
New York
B.J. McQuaid
Rochester
Roswell Beardsley Named Postmaster at 87 in Michigan
Roswell Beardsley of North Lansing Michigan, appointed postmaster by President John Quincy Adams, remains in office at age 87 having served sixty nine years. Mme Hippolyte Carnot dies in Paris at over eighty. Major C A Woodruff and Dr Rossiter W Raymond chosen as orator and poet for Army of the Potomac reunion in Troy. Queen Victoria healthy at 78 knitting and sending a quilt to hospital near Osborne Castle. Professor J W Hoffman of South Carolina State Colored College pioneers dairy and agricultural biology among Southern colored people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell Beardsley
North Lansing
Mich
John Quincy Adams
Mme
Hippolyte Carnot
President Carnot
Paris
Jeanne-Marie Grace Claire Dupont
Mme. Carnot
Public Instruction
C. A. Woodruff
Governor's Island
Rossiter W. Raymond
Fremont
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Troy
Victoria
Isle of Wight
Osborne Castle
J. W. Hoffman
State Colored College of
South Carolina
South
Marriage of Francis Beaman Rice to Lillian Elliott in Somerville
Francis Beaman Rice and Lillian Blanche Elliott wed at Prospect Hill Congregational Church in Somerville. Rev. Edward S. Tead officiated with Rev. G H Gutterson assisting. After a reception, the couple plans a honeymoon in Montreal Washington and Philadelphia and will reside at 41 Stone Avenue Somerville after April 1.
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Prospect Hill Congregational Church
Bow Street
Somerville
Francis Beaman Rice
Lillian Blanche Elliott
Edward S. Tead
G. H. Gutterson
Winchester
Dora Wood
Josephine Kimball
William G. Hallock
Charles James Brazer
George Henry Galpin
Arthur H. Madison
Nelson H. Grover
Alexander Watt
Worcester
Mason, N. H
Rice
Mtreid
Montreal
Washington
Philadelphia
Stone Avenue
Pretty Somerville wedding links Robinson to Stockbridge family
Last evening at 86 Pearl street Somerville Miss Cora Belle Robinson wed ex Alderman Lewis Stockbridge in a ceremony led by Rev Orville Coats. The couple will reside at 16 Flint street and tour to New York Philadelphia and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Robinson
Pearl Street
Somerville
Cora Belle Robinson
Lewis Stockbridge
Orville Coats
Hast Somerville Baptist Church
Josephine May Kimball
Kenebunk
William O. Turner
Alfred BE. Stockbridge
Charlestown
Flint Street
Mrs. Stockbridge
Bertha
Mabel Stockbridge
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Quiet Home Wedding in Allston Ends With New Home Plans
A noon ceremony at 159 Cambridge Street Allston united Perley P. Crafts of Hawks Electric Co. and Miss Etta M. Perkins. Rev. Jesse Wagner officiated with no attendants. After a trip to New York the couple will live at 159 Cambridge Street Alliston and host friends after April 1. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Austin Jones and several Hall and Perkins relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Street
Allston
Perley P. Crafts
Hawks Electric Company
Etta M. Perkins
Ma S. Perkins
Jesse Wagner
Methodist Church
New York
Austin Jones
Waldo Jogges
Fannie Hall
Mary Hall
Frank A. Perkins
Quiet New Hampshire Wedding Ties Sanger Daniell to Chandler
Eugene Sanger Daniell son of ex Congressman Warren F. Daniell and Alice Louise Chandler daughter of the late John K. Chandler and niece of U S Senator William E Chandler were secretly married at William D Chandler's home in Concord The ceremony was officiated by Rev Frank L Phalen of the Unitarian Church with only close relatives present They departed for a Mediterranean cruise on Saturday from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
William D. Chandler
South Spring Street
Eugene Sanger Daniell
Warren F. Daniell
Franklin
Alice Louise Chandler
John K. Chandler
United States
William E. Chandler
Frank L. Phalen
Unitarian Church
Goss and Woodworth Wed in Somerville Nuptials
William H W Goss and Annie Woodworth married at the bride’s parents home on Berkeley Street Somerville. The ceremony began at six o’clock with Rev Edward S Tead of Prospect Hill Congregational Church officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William HW. Goss
Annie Woodworth
Berkeley Street
Somerville
Edward S. Tead
Prospect Hill Congregational Church
Childs Eczema Healed By Cuticura Remedy Case
A Baltimore mother reports her infant’s severe scalp eczema cleared after using Cuticura Remedy. Despite top dermatology care the condition worsened until the family tried Cuticura. Within days the child improved and is now fully cured with hair restored. The note includes a testimonial photo and instructions for bathing, ointment, and Resolvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Jacobs
Wilkens Ave
Balt
George O Shattuck Dies at 68 in Boston
George O Shattuck longtime Suffolk Bar Association president died at his home 160 Beacon Street Boston at midnight. He was born in Andover 68 years ago and was Harvard educated with an LL D degree. He practiced law in Boston for decades and served on the Common Council and Harvard overseers. His widow Emily Roxbury and a daughter married to Dr A T Cabot survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O. Shattuck
Suffolk Bar Association
New England
Beacon Street
Andover
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
J. R. Coolidge
P. W. Chandler
O. W. Holmes, Jr
Mr. Holmes
Supreme Bench of Massachusetts
Shattuck
The Boston Stage Week Brimming With Shows
Theaters keep busy after the holiday with Crane at the Hollis closing a prosperous Boston engagement and new shows like A Fool of Fortune drawing crowds. The Boston Theatre features Under the Polar Star with Marion and Henderson while Park corners A Milk White Flag and In Gay New York. Tremont promises Jack and the Beanstalk and Prince Karl matinee crowds. Castle Square plans Tannhauser and Caste with Hare, plus The Hobby Horse. Sothern headlines An Enemy to the King at the Hollis, and a Russian violin recital graces Steinert Hall. New acts at Keith's and the Bowdoin Square Theatre attract large audiences as crowds fill Bowdoin Square and the Zoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Marion
Grace Henderson
Park
Hoyt
New York
The
Tremont
Jack and the Beanstalk
Mansfield
Prince Karl
Lucia
Castle Square
John Fare
Caste
Mr. Hare
Old Eccles
Pinero
Sothern
Charles Gregorowitch
Xaver Scharwenko
Steinert Hall
Morris
Keith's
Edgar L. Davenport
Isabelle Evesson
H. M. Pitt
Maud White
Henry EB. Dixey
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Down In Dixie
Columbia Theatre
Hogan's Alley
Rosedale
Bowdoin Square
Atkinson
Grace Atwell
Charles Barron
Kate Ryan
Boston
Zoo
Peter
McNally
Bijou Opera House
the Howard
Stewart Sisters
Florrie West
Joe Flynn
Hines
Remington
St. Bermos
Captain Herne
John L. Sullivan
Palace
Charles T. Ellis
Lothrop
Jessie Millar
W. J. Mills
Rose Sisters
Nickelodeon Museum
Theare
Queen's Drawing Room Opens Season in London
The first drawing room of the season was held in London with the Queen moved to the throne room at 2:45 pm. The Princess of Wales and Princess Christian stood beside her as the Duke of Connaught attended. Diplomatic corps and aristocrats were admitted, with Mrs. Marshall Fox, Miss Ethel Marshall, Miss Maynard Butler of Boston, and the Marquise de Wentworth among the Americans presented. Miss Maynard Butler wore a white satin gown trimmed with Brussels lace and a train of ivory satin, carrying azaleas and lilacs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Princess of Wales
Princess Christian
Duke of Connaught
Diplomatic Corps
Marshall Fox
Miss Ethel
Miss Maynard Butler
Boston
Marquise de Wentworth
Maynard Butler
Jokes and quips from early humor pages
A collage of one liner jests and cartoon captions from various papers. The snippets poke fun at marriage refusals judges etiquette and politics with quick lines and playful misreadings. Names and workplaces are cited in humor about Aunt Mother and notable figures.
Dean Bennett Memorial Painting Chosen At Boston University
A meeting of the Dean Bennett memorial committee in the Boston University law building on Ashburton place decided to raise 6000 dollars with half from alumni and half from undergraduates. An oil life-size portrait by M Chartrain will replace the planned marble bust and be presented at commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston University Law
Ashburton Place
Dean Bennett
M. Chartrain
Pope Leo XIII
Madame Calve
President McKinley
Sarah D. Sears
Milton Lockwood
Old Boniface Dead at Robinson House Owner James F. Moses
James F. Moses, 37-year proprietor of the Robinson House in Buckport, Maine, died today from brain congestion. His death marks the end of an era for the busy local hostelry and its patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucksport
James F. Moses
Robinson House
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Robert M’gaw
Everett Street
Everett
Mass
Fens
Ben
Brookline
Rookline
Exchange
Christopher Columbus
Isabella
Columbus
Jack
Royal Baking Powder CO
Battlefield Cup
Annie Burrows
High Street
Thomas F. Lenihan
Tnto
Stockbridge
Robinson
Crafts—Perkins
Daniell—Chandler
Goss
Woodworth
Behocham’s
Schlitz
Milwaukee
Purchase St
Porter D. &C. Corr
Sole Props
Suffolk County Bar
Queen's Drawing Room
Randmother
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland Commercial Tribune
Maria
Henry
Pittsburg
Old Boniface
Tremont Theatre
Queen Seer Grau Co. (Ltd
Richard Mansfick
Bratrich Cameron
N. Y. Garrick Theatre Stock CO
Hoyt & McKee
King Richard II
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
John Hare
W. Robertson
A. W. Pinero
Boston Museum
N. B
Paterses
Froshman
Henry E. Dixcy
Hollis
Bowdoin
Mechanics’ Building
League
Germania
Baldwin
Cadet
L’africain
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Pee
Fugene Tompkins
Music Hall
Keith
Model Playhouse
Pony Circus
Elmer Grandin
Howard
Stewart
James F. Hoey
Marvelles
Frank Moran
St. Belmos
Mile
Ottillie
Acme
Nelson and
Milledge
Shorce
Tull
Pane Vv
TOM L. Minstrels
D Sullivan
Pep
Hagmarket
Dunn
Hanover
Joe Mullin
Matheson Bros
Mellivan
Lady Flower Makers
Hilda Gilson
Bryant
Irene Young
Va Reid
Fred Hart
Reagan
Murphey
Myra Conroy
Frye
Madame Pianka
Tom Thumb
Count Magri
Baron Littlefinger
Castle Theatre
Tremont St
Tremont Street
WED
Donizett
FO Sani Cavalleria Rusticana
Stock Co
Herne
Silver King
OPERA
Down
Ustin & Stone
Scotland
Bonnie Jean Gordon
Inverness
Portland
State OF Land
India Wharf
O F. Wuaiama
Ras
Orth
SUN
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