A Midsummer Night's Dream in Boston and Earlier Casts
A review traces the play’s fairy lore and Celtic notes, compares Puck and Oberon, and ponders its relation to The Tempest. It recalls Boston performances, including 1869 Selwyn Theatre staging and a 1856 revival, with details on leads, cast, and stage setup.
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Oberon
Thomas Barry
O.a.eisiaiein
Hals
Mary Cary Uck
eMiss
Kittie Blanchard
Blanche Vining
Davis
Adams Mile
Morlacchi
George Heister
F. W
Theseus
Donaldson
Lysander
Belton
Demerius
Stoddart
Egeus
Cowell
Philostrate
Davenport
Hippolyta
Helena
John Gilbert
John Wood
W. H. Curtis
S. D. Johnson
Snout
T. E. Morris
Mr. Holmes
Barrow
Julia
E. Taylor
Puck
Fairy
Ida Vernon
Elks’ Monument Fund
Ccong Farry
Cocseseses
Ida Savory Eablossom
Miss Williams Ustard
Miss Watson
A midsummer performance under electric stars gains praise
A review notes tolerable acting and striking visuals in a midsummer Wood scene. Jansen, Lytton, and Goodwin receive high marks for Titania Helena and Bottom. The unique lighting, sea accompaniment, and Mendelssohn finish lift the production, with Mrs Booth-Schoeffel delivering a prologue and charity benefiting from the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Jansen
Titania
Miss Lytton
Helena
Mr. Goodwin
Bottom
Athens
Floyd
Seymour
Raising Cable Rates Sealed by London Agreement
New York reports the signing in London of a pact by Anglo American Direct United States and French cable firms to raise tariff rates to 25 cents per word from 12. The agreement sets Sept 1 as the effective date with 30 days notice to the public and protects pending litigations involving La Compagnie Francaise du Telegraph de Paris a New York. Dr Green regrets the delay, noting English slowness, while Western Union and Commercial Cable finalize formal approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Lord Monk
Anglo-American
John Pender
Direct
United States
Mr. de Castro
Commercial Cable Company
Count de Lbellville
Green
Western Union
Hector de Castro
Commercial
Commercial Cable Companies
Cable Companies
St. Petersburg
Lerte
Switzerland
la Compagnie Francaise du ‘Telegraphe de Paris
Sabi
Bar Harbor season swells with Boston visitors and new builds
Bar Harbor and surrounding Maine coast see growing arrivals despite unsettled weather. Notable guests include Colonel Barker and Miss Barker, George H. Bond, and many Boston investors planning cottages at Sorrento and a large hotel project. The Park Association leases the Park and Casino to the Kebo Valley Club. Winter Harbor and Sorrento gain prominence as summer retreats with extensive real estate activity and lavish hotel guest lists.
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Bar Harbor
Sprera
The
Olivette
West End
John F. Merrill
Quincy
Mass
W. D. Hodgkins
O. A. Shepard
Dorchester
R. H. Sheldon
Ashmont
John P. Priest
Charlestown
John Calbert
Pennsylvania Trust Company
Philadelphia
Henry O. Major
Washington
Sorrento
Frank Jones
Park Association
Kebo Valley Club
William Cauldwell
New York Mercury
Marlborough
A. C. Gurnee
New York
Beaudesert Cottage
Eden Street
Jackson
F. Oden Horstmann
William D. Keily
Crosby
Benet
Greely
Hollis Hunnewell
Wellesley
de Grasse Sox
lal_eyrand
Mt. Desert Street
J. H. Curtis
Boston
Ireson
R. M. Field
Louisburg
Lucius L. Hubbard
Charlotte Hubbard
Cambridge
Redick
N. L. Eastman
Albany
Grand Central
M. Ames
Glens Falls
I. E. Palmer
Connecticut
J. A. Trowbridge
Newark
Southwest Harbor
Northeast Harbor
Sullivan
Winter Harbor
Frenchman’s Bay
Fire reports from Roxbury and Concord area blaze
An oil tank leak ignited a basement fire at Globe Nail Company's works on Howard Street Roxbury causing unknown damage. A late night blaze in a rear ash barrel at Concord Place triggered an early morning alarm. Randolph reports Howard House Hotel damage of 1600 on building and 1200 on contents fully insured with injuries to Bartholomew Gill and Gerald Farrell.
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Globe Nail Company
Howard Street
Roxbury
Concord Place
Randolph
Howard_ House
Bartholomew Gill
Gerald Farrell
William Lemon obituary a Malden resident dies at home
William Lemon aged about 70 longtime Malden resident dies at his home No 22 Albion street after a long illness from Brights disease He was a book binder for the Riverside Press at Cambridge He leaves a widow four sons and a daughter New York July 30 Bartley Campbell dramatist dies in asylum today
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William Lemon
Malden
Albion Street
Bright
Riverside Press
Cambridge
New York
Bartley Campbell
Pittsfield Tax Collector in Trouble Over Unsettled Taxes
Pittsfield July 30 Arthur S Prout collector of taxes failed to settle last year s taxes after a town meeting order and a public sale netted more than the levy. The selectmen raised his bonds to 20000 and will sue his bondsmen totaling about 10000. Prout left town with his wife and child for Sharon Springs New York seeking more time but was refused.
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Prout
Selectmen
Sharon Springs
N. Y
Pitts
Jones
Mrs Cignarale Goes To The Penitentiary
New York July 30 Mrs Chiara Cignarale the Italian murderess was taken to the penitentiary on Blackwell s Island to fulfil life imprisonment. She was escorted to the Island boat in a close carriage joined by Deputy Sheriff Burke and banker Mr D Aldrini. Father D Angelis of St Anthony s Church organized the transport. Her aunt bade her farewell at the Tombs and she said goodbye to her daughter yesterday.
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New York
Chiara Cignarale
Blackwell’s Island
East Twenty-sixth Street
Burke
D’aldrini
D’ Angelis
St. Anthony’s Church
Lynn Lasters' Picnic at Melville Garden Draws 3000 Crowd
Downer Landing July 30 The Lynn Lasters Protective Union held its eighth annual picnic at Melville Garden. Attendance exceeded 3000 with dancing in the Music Hall as Edmunds's orchestra played. The showcase event was a 135 yard handicap race with prizes of 70 30 16 and 10. Final heat featured Kimball Hanley Mills and Bond. Kimball won, Hanley second, Mills third.
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Lynn Lasters
Downer Lanping
Lynn Lasters’ Protective Union
Melville Garden
Lynn
Edmonds
P.J. Hanley
William Mills
Watertown
G. Kimball
F. Bond
Kimball
Hanley
Mills
Senate Advances Sundry Civil Amendments in Irrigation Plan
The Senate resumed the sundry civil bill and agreed to several minor amendments. An amendment by Mr. Bowen appropriates 250000 to study irrigation in the arid west, with a follow up provision about reserved lands. A Blair proposal to amend foreign labor importation law was debated, adding language on alien labor and shifting enforcement duties from State commissions to customs collectors.
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Washington
Senate
Bowen
United States
Reagan
Mr. Bowen
Yeas
Aldrich
Blair
Brown
Call
Chandler
Cullom
Evarts
Farwell
Frye
Gibson
Hawley
Hearst
Hiscock
Hoar
Jones
Arkansas
Manderson
Mitchell
Morgan
Payne
Ransom
Riddleberger
Sabin
Sherman
Spooner
Stewart
Stockbridge
Teller
Wilson
Iowa
Allison
Bate
Beck
Berry
Blackburn
Blodgett
Daniel
Dawes
Edmunds
Gray
Hampton
Harris
Plumb
Pugh
Saulsbury
West
Walthall
Federation of Labor
Secretary of the Treasury
House Debates Deficiency Bill. limits debate to one hour
Washington July 30 The House moved to the committee of the whole on the deficiency appropriation bill with a one hour general debate excluding the French spoliation claims. Amendments followed including Kerr Iowa urging care for ex soldiers and Sayres Texas proposing $1000 for official reporters. The session noted record work in the Record and adjourned after adjusting meeting hours and committee plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingcton
House
Kerr
Iowa
Barnes
Missouri
Sayres
Texas
Mills
Committee of the House
Committee On Labor
Rogers
Arkansas
Immigrant Abuses Highlighted by Congressional Hearing
Testimony details Italian immigrants lured by false promises to work in Philadelphia and Vermont quarries. Agents demanded mortgages on Palermo vineyards and paid fares via forged offers. Witnesses include Nicoli D Alve and Guiseppi Poedeni. concerns also touch on Scottish and Polish workers and Castle Garden policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congressional Committee
Nicoli D’alve
Ciroceni
Beradini
Italy
Palermo
Philadelphia
Guiseppi Poedeni
Cirocini
J. B. Dyer
Granite Cutters’ National Union
Scotland
Chicago
Texas
Austin
Capitol
David Dawson
Dyer
Vermont
Aberdeen
America
James R. Anderson
S. M. Ledoshowski
Poland
Russian
Fenneylvania
Castle Garden
New Hampshire Politics Shapes 19th Century Ballot
New Hampshire reporting notes Democratic hopes to carry the state with united front against Republicans. Stone and Mitchell foresee Cleveland Thurman tickets possible, while Gallinger favors Harrison Morton. Col. Hiram A. Tuttle named as possible Republican Governor candidate after solicitations. Parties open HQs. Prohibitionists predict a strong vote but Dems consider delaying license issue to next Legislature.
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Concorpd
N. H
SrEctor
Times
Post
Charles F. Stone
Laconia
Democratic State Committee
Cleveland
Thurman
Gallinger
W. E. Chandler
John M. Mitchell
Washington
New Hampshire
Harrison
Morton
State Central Committee
Hiram A. Tuttle
Pittsfield
Thomas Cogswell
Tuttle
Cogswell
Plymouth Man Ends Life in Montreal Hotel Room
A Plymouth, Massachusetts man identified as L. L. Lee shot himself in room 16 at the Richelieu Hotel in Montreal, dying instantly. He arrived July 28, kept to his room, and a locked-door discovery by a chambermaid led to the inquest. Found with a revolver near his hand, a satchel with letters, and $39.60 on him, he used the name Holbrook at times. a Boston postmark on a letter addressed to “Dear Willie” signed Laura Harte hints at a mystery surrounding his identity.
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Montreal
Que
Richelieu
L. L. Lee
Plymouth
Mass
Holbrook
Lee
Hughes
Boston
Willie
Laura Harte
Sea serpent sighted by tug crew near Nausett
The crew of the steam tug C K Sanford towing barges from New York to Worcester reported sighting a sea serpent between Watch Hill and Point Judith near Nausett. Engineers Walsh Nulty and Howard described a creature twice the tug’s length with a six foot high head, large eyes, and a cavernous mouth as dawn broke.
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Providence
R. 1
C. K. Sanford
New York
William H. Jourdan
Worcester
Philip Walsh
Daniel Nulty
Gus Howard
Watch Hill
Point Judith
Nausett
Narragansett Pier
Block Island
Vineyard
Marion
Loth
Priest Mgr Strain Meets Pope in Rome
Lynn dispatch reports Mgr Strain rector of St Marys Church in this city had a private audience with the Pope in Rome on July 13. He says he also met several Holy See dignitaries, all cordial receptions. He is the only American priest with that title.
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Lynn
Mgr. Strain
St. Mary’s Church
Rome
Holy See
America
Torpedo station exercises show class progress
Newport R I July 30 The first day of torpedo station exercises for the graduation class before the board of visitors revealed strong officer proficiency. Sessions covered explosives fuses electricity and high speed engines with demonstrations of lighting wiring bells push buttons and dynamo powered lamps. Tomorrow's program will continue with torpedoes and diving.
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Newport
R.1
Torpedo Station
Board of Visitors
Gramme
Brotherhood
Westinghouse
Armington and Sims Brotherhood
Herreshoff
Politically charged notes on labor, tariffs, and press response
A compilation of editorials and anecdotes on labor practices, especially Hiram Whitney's Ulster County chair factory, and how politicos, newspapers, and tariffs shape worker votes. It cites editorials from the St Louis Republic, Philadelphia Times, New York Sun, New York Herald, London Times, London Spectator, and others, noting positions on free trade, the Mills bill, and labor questioned by tariff reformers.
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Hiram Whitney
Ulster County
N. Y
Mr. Whitney
Tribune
St. Louis Republic
Dem
Plumb
Kansas
Harrison
Sara Bernhardt
Philadelphia Times
Ind
New York Sun
New York Herald
Everett P. Wheeler
New York Republican Club
England
America
London Times
Grover Cleveland
London Spectator
New York Tribune
Sandy Hook
Porter
Indiana
Europe
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Benjamin Harrison
Chicago Tribune
Manila
the Tribune
Boston
Chicago
L. P. Drexler
California Jute Mill Company
House
General Sheridan in Unchanged Condition Amid Recovery
From Sheridan's bedside dated July 30 the evening bulletin reports General Sheridan's condition unchanged since the last report. His pulse runs at ninety eight, respiration twenty eight, with good nutrition and strength. cough is slight and nourishment includes milk, boiled rice, chicken broth, roast beef, crackers and toast.
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Sheridan
New Reprorp
Appointment of Assignee for Henry P. Kennedy Insolvent
The undersigned is assignee of Henry P. Kennedy of Boston Suffolk. The second meeting of the creditors will be at the Court of Insolvency in Boston on September 7, 1888, at 10 a.m. Creditors may attend and prove claims. Winfield F. Prime, Assignee.
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Vnommon Wral
Massachusetts
Suffolk
Henry P. Kennedy
Boston
Winfielbd F
Postoffice
Lighthorse Establishment
Eigt
Masury
W. S. Stanton
Henry F. Green
Mercantile Savings Institution
Sarah A. Miller
Roswell M. Miller
City of
Codman Yark
William A. Garbett
Codman Park
Kingsbury
Zerah Wile
Stephen M. Allen
Wile
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
Mary Maclenathan
Sai Court
George E. Curry
Sid
Boston Post
John W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Cargo sale details header at 227 State Street
On Tuesday July B31 at 11 45 or minutes before sale, two cars are described as contained in the cargo sale at the salesroom located at 227 State Street.
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State Street
Saleerud
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Shakspere
Gadshill
Falstaff
Matthew Arnold
Keats
Cupid
Ariel
Prospero
Arie
Hazlitt
Liston
Ravens
Paris
Odéon
Selwyn’s
Diamapo
J.H. Selwyn
Mary Wells
V. Buchanan
M. Hunter
Nick Bottom
Stuart
Robson Beemer Seine
Tga
Sas
Lemoyne Mines
Lemoyne Mines Saibiarscavevaletbe Huaral - Harry Pearson Stonasais
Sain Vile
Soma
T.H. Burns
O. A. Dinsmore Staveling
M. Melmore
Pine Tree Resorts
Maine
Kilvory
Hi- Fight
Mrs. Cignarale
C. B. Sanford
Pope
Jead
Junggists
Seabury
James Fulton
U.S. Navy
Corporation Notices
Everett Mills
Milk Street
Henry H, Edes
Horatio Harris & CO
Billie Street
California
Crates Prunes
Erd Werwick
Balance of Cargo
Fiske’s Wharf
L. Foster Morse
Warren Street
Albert Bowe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Bostom
Richards & CO
Massachuguset
Middlesex
Mary Alexander
Ellen Callanan
Jail County
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
William Waters
James C. Davis
William Pb. Carroll
Oeneer
Eliza
John F. Callahan
Hannah Sanders
Chelsea
Charles H. Patile
Maria L. Austin
Mary C Morse
Baliget Quinn
James Quinn
Admr
Alexander Johnston
John Jephson
Joan W. Lawler
Mary M. Lawler
Admx
Huchkins & CO
Bill
Order Street
East
State St
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