First Move Call to Cut Gas Prices in Massachusetts
A petition filed with the State Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners seeks to fix Boston Gas Light Company’s price at $1 per thousand cubic feet. The group includes customers and notable Boston hotels and firms such as Parker House, Tabern, and the Essex House among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
R. M. Morse, Jr
Moody Merrill
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston Gas Light Company
Suvenam & Mann
Quincy House
J. R. Wuierie & Co
Parker House
J.R. Wulrrie & Co
Young’s Hotel
Titty Haynes
United States Hotel
Kerrure & Pocock
American House
Grorce G. Harr
ApAmMs House
G. A
G. L. Damon
Thorndike
Goopch
Fruton & Son
Broad Street
Henry T. Vieth
Vieth’s
Ricuwoop Horse
St. NicHolas Horst
Killduff & Willey
Baskeomm
T. F. Harnan
Boston Street
Essex Horusr
George W. Mark
C. E. Oscoon & Co
Boston Hoven
F. L. Robins
BricHam’s Hover
Bush & Willey
Woop
Pornarp & Co
Causeway Street
B. C. Hiccms
Cours Weet
Foulmouth House
C. F. Clark
Washington Street
B. A. Atkinson & Co
George W. Low & Co
Germania Hore
E. L. MeeGorn
Moody Hovuss
George W. Moody
A. O. Buxton
TremrLe Hovussz
H. M. Temple
M. J. Wittsz
E. H. Perry
Weavers Strike at Thorndike Company Mill
About seventy-five weavers at Thorndike Company's No 2 mill in Thorndike walked out after a 3 cent cut in weaving price. They argue 27 cents for 36 pick is fairer than 30 cents for 44 pick, and at a midafternoon meeting voted to stay out until they receive 30 cents again, influenced by a few leaders. officials expect a short strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Thorndike Company
Thorndike
Girl Dies of Hydrophobia After Rabid Dog Bite
Great Barrington June 6 Emma Deland nine year old daughter of Adelbert Deland of Housatonic died Sunday from hydrophobia after a rabid dog bite three months earlier. The wound healed and was forgotten until she began convulsing at the sight of water Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Emma
Adelbert Deland
Housatonic
Harvard Board of Overseers to Meet in Boston
Harvard College announces a special meeting of the Board of Overseers at 50 State Street Boston on Wednesday June 8 at 11 am to act on communications from the President and Fellows and to transact any other business. Secretary Alexander McKenzie Cambridge June 1 1592.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard College
Roslindale Estate Public Auction Today
Clifford Devens estate sells small and medium priced house lots Monday June 13 starting at 2 pm on the land near Dudley Avenue and South Street between Central and Roslindale stations. Gilded State House dome visible from the lots. Rain or shine sale with tents flags band refreshments. Titles guaranteed by Massachusetts Title Insurance Company. Clerks in attendance. Bring your family and attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Devens
Roslindale
State House
Central Station
Roslindale Station
Massachusetts Title Insurance Company
Dudley Avenue
South Street
Central
Boston
Gas Monopoly Debate Shapes Massachusetts Gas Bill Passage
In the House a protest against gas price hikes surfaced as Mellen's substitute allowing rival gas companies in cities of 100000 or more nearly passed. Governor Russell vetoed the trout bill, with party lines showing Republicans for and Democrats mostly against. In the Senate, Crossings on the Providence division rail line and actions on mileage tickets dominated debate and votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Mellen
Russell
Massachusetts
Worcester
Bessom
Lynn
Boston
Gas Commission
Boston Company
Bay State
Buckley
Holyoke
Mayhew
Tisbury
Smith
Gloucester
Atwood
Plymouth
Ruggles
Franklin
Buck
Dole
Hobson
Kelcher
Richardson
Newburyport
Ackley
Barrows
Hewes
Jewitt
Lakin
Leonard
Lyford
Meyer
Powers
Rugg
Simonds
Jennison
Sprague
Senate
Carberry
Suffolk
Providence
Old Colony Road
Raymond
Hutchinson
Florence Tragedy: Chef Cognaccio Kills Wife and Infant
In Florence on June 6 the renowned Italian chef Cognaccio strangled his German wife Marie Straussenberger and smothered their child in their Count Gerazi palace. He then killed merchant Alinari with a pistol shot and wounded himself, later imprisoned awaiting death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Cognaccio
Italy
Marie Straussenberger
Count Gerazi
Marie
Alinari
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Parade Honors 254th Year
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts marked its 254th year with a parade and banquet. A battalion line formed on South Market Street led by the Troy Citizens' Corps and Salem Cadet Band, while officers and sergeants of infantry and artillery were named in General Order No. 1 by Captain Hichborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Massachusetts
South Market Street
Troy Citizens’ Corps
Salem Cadet Band
C. Adams
Dorchester
George A. Philbrook
Aueb Me
George O. Noyes
Boston
A. M. Ferris
Newton
John M. Call
Wollaston
Winfield S. Choate
Augusta
J. Max Raymond
George W. Wilkinson
Milton H. French
Roxbury
Homer M. Daggett, Jr
Attleoro
George G. Stratton
Winchester
Sereant Winslow B. Lucas
Waldo H. Stearns
Brookline
Artllery
Kendall H. Damon
Abijah Thompson
Emery Grover
Needham
Pa Ig Adhaed
George H. Allen
George P. May
Hichborn
Armory Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Edw. E. Allen
John Sullivan
School Street
State House
Russell
Old South Church
Faneuil Hall
Brown
Rhode Island
Hart
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The
United States
Postmaster Hart
Thomas F. Doherty
Troy
George S. Merrill
Samuel Hichborn
Charles
New Mex ico and Arizona Admit To Statehood In Congress
The House and Senate moved to admit New Mexico and Arizona as states amid ceremonial votes. Bills passed include anti option, pedestal funding for General Sherman, and a July Fourth adjournment proposal. Prominent figures like Governor Russell and various state representatives attended ceremonies, with extensive debates on harbor and naval appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Blanchard
Louisiana
Senate
Holman
Indiana
Yeas
Herbert
Alabama
Messrs. Herbert
Elliott
Boutelle
Bryan
Nebraska
W.T. Sherman
Tennessee
New Mexico
Perkins
Iowa
Smith
Arizona
Forney
Henderson
Committee On Appropriations
K. McMillin
Adventure of Polar King to Atvatabar Promises Grand Arrival
Lexington White leads a Polar King expedition into an interior earth realm Atvatabar where a sunlit world unveils vast cities and winged riders. The procession to the king’s palace showcases bockhockid cavalry while Flathootly’s insurance tale sparks chaos before a grand feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington White
North Pole
Arctic
Atvatabar
Atnatabar
Kioram
Royal Navy
Marching in Triumph Through Kioram’s Grand Boulevard
A grand procession in Kioram stretched four miles from the harbor to the fortress. The crowd witnessed a novel sight as the escort rode on locomotives fashioned after ostrich-like machines designed by Atvatabar. Governor Ladalmir described the cavalry using these walking machines for warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pra
Nototherboe
Atvatabar
Noth
Flathootly
Kioram
Ladalmir
Also Mentioned on This Page
LL P, Atwood & CO
Exchange Building
State Street
Garden Ward
Ico
Sherman Monument
Thomas Restieaux
Arthurj E. Leach
Gustavus F. Walker
Amasa W. Bailey
George Bb. Spaulding
John H. Peak
William O. Willey
Warren S. Davis
William ¥. Bacon
Walter S. Sampson
J. Henry Taylor
Thomas J. Olys
Edwin Warner
Fred Mills
Henry F. Wade
C. H. Glover
Edw. A. Hammond
D. Frankis
Fred I. Clayton
Frank Huckins
Samuel Hicksomn
Grorce O. Noyrs
West
Finance Committee
Adam Forepaugh
J.T. McCaddon
Pompeiian Grounds
Huntington Avenue
West Chester Park
Triple Circus
Monster Museum
Nineveh
Rettig
Babylon
Rome
Nero
New England Piano Company
Tremont St
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
Earl
Salem
Pauline Hall
Austin
WM. Austin
Bob
George Milbank
Boston Baseball Grounds
Pittsburg
Geo. B. Appleton & Co
Washington St
Connelly
Adams House
Grant
MR. T. Adamowski
Vicor
Austin & Stone’s
Tremont Museum
Scollay
America
Koster & Bial’s
Paris
London
Mountain View Hotel
Gilmarton, N. H
New Hampshire
John L. Stoddard
Cocumtry
Switzerland
Tyrol
Ferenees
Gilmanton
Frank McAuliffe
Grand
Upper Town Hall
Earth
Jules Verne
BY William R. Bradshaw
the Post
J. F. Douthitt
Fifth Avenue
New York
Koshnilr
Tropics
Beckhockid
Beckhockids
Xiti
Saeces
George Thatcher
Je J. Burke
Austin's Palage Theatre
Leea
Tsaac B. Rich
R ST. Ee Theatre
Augustin Daly
Lord Tennyson
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
Abbots & Teal
Little Tippett
Columbia
Charles . Frohman
Globe Theatre
John Stetson
Benryt EE
Disney and Company
Ilolain Tee
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