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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1893
Page
4
Contest Acrostic Wins Prize With Truth Theme
The passage notes that the opening line Brave is the sheet that meets the test of Truth is the prize winner in a small contest that closed yesterday. It praises the line and ranks the acrostic as meritorious even if the rest were average.
Prosecution Hints Case Could Rest on Old News Files
The writer quips the prosecution in the Borden case might as well supply jurors with last year’s newspapers to read the record and reach an intelligent verdict without listening to repeated testimony.
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Borden
Massachusetts Battleship Launch Beats State Iron Output
The battleship Massachusetts will launch the day after tomorrow and can discharge 6800 pounds of projectiles in one salvo, nearly matching the iron and steel foundries’ annual output of the state it names under McKinleyism.
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Massachusetts
Gas Commission Approves Lower Roxbury Dorchester Gas Rates
The Gas Commission has spent about two months confirming gas prices in Roxbury South Boston and Dorchester should drop. The commission shows signs of renewed energy and is likely to obtain more progress soon.
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Gas Commission
Roxbury
Boston
Dorchester
Rail rate cuts raise hopes for Chicago bound traffic
East to Chicago rail lines may favor reduced rates over hauling empty cars as Western lines already mark down fares. Reports from Chicago show fewer Eastern visitors to the World's Fair, while Western roads gain business. A rate war that lowers travel costs from Boston to Chicago would benefit all.
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Chicago
The
Post
Hoston
TO BEAR ARMS
The article argues for even handed gun parade rules, contending that restrictions must be reasonable and uniform. It criticizes the new law for not applying equally to all independent military or semi military groups, suggesting either a total ban or broad extension under fair conditions.
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United States
Legislation on Province lands at Provincetown should reflect Cape people
The speaker asserts state title is valid and Cape residents, as a major State group, should approve any law. If doubt remains on public support, the amended bill should be sent to the next Legislature for fair consideration.
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Provincetown
The
Cape
Edwin Booth Death Marks End of an Era in American Drama
Tributes from the press hail Edwin Booth as the greatest American tragedian and place him among the world’s top actors. His passing signals the end of an era for American dramatic art, with no clear successor to fill his notable place in tragedy on the stage.
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Edwin Booth
Eerwin Booth
The Call for Comedy Over Tragedy in Modern Theatre
The author argues modern drama leans too heavily on melodrama and spectacle. Comedic talent like Joseph Jefferson is needed to ease public strain and lighten daily life. Edwin Booth's era is a glorious memory and may have no direct successor.
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Edwin Booth
Joseph Jefferson
Brace of Borden Trial Witnesses Shapes Defense Line
The Boston case against Lizzie Borden advances with Bridget Sullivan as the sole key witness and the defense focusing on breaking exclusive opportunity. Alice Russell emerges as the potential strongest prosecution witness whose testimony is awaited with high interest.
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Borden
Moody
Bridget Sullivan
Lizzie Borden
Borden House
Alice Russell
Legislature Faces Public Demand for Corporate Reform
The Senate barely passes stock-watering bills by a three vote margin and the House remains in danger over a measure on railroad and street railway leases and consolidations. Massachusetts residents, led by the State Board of Health and the Boston Associated Board of Trade, demand stricter supervision to curb undue corporate privilege and protect public interests. The Legislature should respond promptly to this public demand.
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Senate
House
Massachusetts
State Board of Health
Boston Associated Board of Trade
State House
Old Colony General Manager Picked. Daggett Quips on Washington Street
Reports say Superintendent Allen of the Old Colony central division will become general manager of the Old Colony system at month’s start. Agent Ainsley of Fall River will retire from the central division. Fred K Daggett of Crawford shoe store on Washington street is praised for courtesy during the store exhibition. Comptroller Eckers declined a Boston bank dine invitation. Lucy Larcom planned a New England Girlhood sequel with help from a relative. Jay Wanzer of Dorchester, a 27 year Old Colony veteran, dies after long service. Edwin Booth dies. press offices note his gentlemanly conduct and timely news.
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Allen
Old Colony
Ainsley
Fall River
Fred K. Daggett
Crawford Shoe
Washington Street
Daggett
Jay Wanzer
Dorchester
Old Colony Road
Wanzer
Boston
New York
Merchants Board Debates Roads Finance and Consular Service
The Boston Merchants Association held its monthly meeting with President Lane presiding. They urged Senate agricultural committee action on bad roads and discussed stock issues, stock watering bills, insurance rates, and silver questions. The board tasked the banking committee to study repeal of the Sherman act and a sound policy. They also planned nationwide cooperation to influence Congress and to review consular service appointments and removals.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
Lane
Senate Agricultural Committee
Legislative Committee
Insurance
Banking Committee
Congress
Trustees Meet Over Franklin Fund Use At City Hall
The Franklin fund trustees met in the Aldermen's room at City Hall with Mayor Matthews and City Solicitor Bailey. They discussed possible uses for the money but made little progress. Bailey said none of the funds could cover current expenses. Dever asked if that counted as a current expense, which Bailey disputed. Options included cottage hospitals, a parental school, free public baths, city hospital improvements, and the Mechanic Arts High School. The move against using funds for work persisted as the meeting adjourned without a decision.
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Franklin Fund
City Hall
Matthews
Bailey
Babson
Dever
Mechanic Arts High School
Cine
Lee
Mechanic Arts
Miss Halford's Daughter Weds Edmund Benedict in England
Miss Jeanette Halford daughter of Major E J Halford formerly private secretary to President Harrison married Edmund A Benedict in St Marys Cathedral Nottingham England. The couple met in the White Mountains in 1892 and on the steamer New York in February last. They plan to live in Brookline Massachusetts after a European tour. Benedict is 26 and from a prominent New York and Massachusetts family.
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Washington
Jeannette
E. J. Halford
Harrison
Nottingham
Eng
Edmund A. Benedict
New York
St. Mary’s
White Mountains
Southampton
Paris
Europe
Benedict
United States
Brookline
Mass
Massachusetts
West Shore railroad publishes summer excursion book
The West Shore railroad releases a guide detailing lake river mountain and seaside trips with emphasis on the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains. It includes a hotel and boarding house list with rates and location descriptions and lays out routes and pricing across more than one hundred pages.
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West Shore
Hudson River
Catskill Mountains
Rip van Winkie
The
West Shore Railroad
Turkish Table Sells At Paine's Warerooms
A Boston advertisement notes Paine's furniture warerooms near the Boston and Maine depot offer a genuine Turkish table this week at a very low price. The item is touted as a stylish ad junct for proper furnishing and appeals to fashionable women observing social customs.
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Paine
Boston & Maine
Boston
Local baker E. W. Eaton Found Hanged in Barn
Danvers reports E. W. Eaton aged 58 prominent baker and grocer hanged himself in his barn around 7 AM. Cause cited as business cares. He leaves a wife and two children and was a member of the Royal Arcanum Knights of Honor and Red Men.
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Danvers
E. W. Eaton
Royal Arcanum
Knights of Honor
Red Men
Social Calendar Weddings and Receptions Featured
Readers are invited to submit notices of upcoming social events. On Thursday June 8, weddings are planned for Esther Fiske and Gardner Greene Hammond Jr at St Barnabas Church Falmouth and Cordelia Howard and Henry H Putnam at Bulfinch Place Chapel. A reception at Highfield accompanies Beebe's event.
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Esther Fiske
Gardner Greene Hammond, Jr
St. Barnabas Church
Falmouth
Highfield
Miss Beebe
Cordelia Howard
Henry H. Putnam
The
Insurance Standard
Bulfinch Place Chapel
Notable 19th Century Highlights From Global Society
The piece surveys diverse topics from Queen Margherita's silver wedding gifts to Clara Schumann's enduring fame. It notes daughters of officers seeking London shop work, a young telegraph operator in Georgia, and women at St Andrews excelling in language and literature. It mentions Mrs Lewis, a linguist who uncovered Syriac gospels while studying biblical languages.
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Mme
Clara Schumann
Leipsic
London
America
Little Euphra
E. N. Dunn
West Point
Lewis
St. Katherine
Mt. Sinai
Dorchester Bride weds Providence Doctor at St Peter’s Church
Miss Lucy Campbell of Dorchester married Dr. Dennis Francis Keefe a prominent Providence citizen at St Peter’s Church Dorchester Tuesday morning in front of about 300 relatives and friends. The bride wore duchess satin with a diamond clasp and veil. her brother Hon. Joseph A Campbell gave her away. six bridesmaids and several ushers attended.
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St. Peter’s Church
Dorchester
Lucy Campbell
Dennis Francis Keefe
Providence
Peter Rowan
Mt. Vernon Street
Joseph A. Campbell
Elizabeth Campbell
Lillian O'Connor
New York
Stalla Mahar
Mary King
Helen Burke
Lena
Miss Florence Dean Tenney Weds Andrew Whitney Woodman
Miss Florence Dean Tenney daughter of ex Mayor and Alderman SS Tenney of Chelsea married Andrew Whitney Woodman last evening at the bride’s Chelsea home 33 Carey avenue Rev C E Jefferson of the Central Congregational Church presiding Gary N Calkins of Chicago was best man Gertrude N Tenney sister of the bride and Lena b K Clough Mary Woodman sisters of the groom served as bridesmaids The couple will live at Clark Avenue Chelsea
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Florence Dean Tenney
SS. P. Tenney
Chelsea
Andrew Whitney Woodman
Carey Avenue
C. E. Jefferson
Central Congregational Church
Gary N. Calkins
Chicago
Ill
Gertrude N. Tenney
Lena B&k. Clough
Mary Woodman
Clark Avenue
Barnum Equines at Show and Summer Attractions
Barnum and Bailey exhibit features Queensbury jumping horse from Toronto for 3500 dollars, Czar the coal black stallion, and two white Arabian stallions. Park Theatre lobby hosts cool summer decor as The Golden Wedding plays, with other acts like Baker Opera Company and Cyrene the eccentric danseuse in Chicago. performances wrap with Howard summer closing.
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Boston
Chicago
The
Baker Opera Company
Barnum & Bailey Show
Queensbury
Pepper Brothers
Toronto
Czar
Germany
Sfons. Dockerill
Huntington Avenue
Cyrene
Alhambra
London
Palace Theatre
Quip Souvenir Shards Across Newspapers
A collage of quips and witticisms from multiple papers including Chicago Inter Ocean Indianapolis Journal Buffalo Courier Fort Worth Gazette and Washington Star. The snippets joke about marriage dentistry aging poets and college yells with faint hints of social satire.
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Mané
Buffalo Courier
Fort Worth Gazette
Washington Star
Old Maid Convention Forms Jolly Old Maids Club
A party of young ladies gathered at Miss Mollie Scott’s home on Yeoman street and formed the Jolly Old Maids society with Louisa McGary as president and Mollie Scott secretary. Officers elected, entertainment featured whistling solos and songs, with committee on entertain ment and aim to promote fellowship and boycott all male company.
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Mollie Scott
Yeoman Street
Jolly Old Maids
Louisa McGary
Jack Hlorner
Mollie Wood
Kitty McGary
Mary Fitzgerald
Horner
Alligator Delivered to Hartford Express Office
Hartford workers reported a three foot alligator delivered overnight to the Adams Express Company. By morning the box was empty and the animal was later found and captured with effort.
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Hartford, Conn
Adams Express Company
Beer Laden Collision Shuts Fitchburg Depot Street
A Malden and Medford electric collided with a team owned by A J Houghton and Co near the Fitchburg depot yesterday. The crash damaged both vehicle and wagon and left the street paved with empty beer kegs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden & Medford Electric
A. J. Houghton & Co
Fitchburg
Careless Mothers Questioned After City Council Action
A Boston letter to the editor criticizes Cambridge coverage of a fatal electric car accident and mocks the city council for discussing safety measures while urging parental control. The writer claims parents should keep children off streets and recounts an incident of rescuing a child in Tremont Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Tremont Street
M. BE. Buckingham
Boston
Descriptive Vacation Guide for Atlantic Seaboard Resorts
A newly issued book from the International Steamship Company highlights eastern Maine New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton coast attractions. The bright volume includes photographs ornate decorations tariffs tours hotel details and transport connections with agent EK A Waldron at Commercial Wharf distributing copies.
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Maine
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Cape Greton
International Steamship Company
EK. A. Waldron
City Man Dies After Heat On Columbus Avenue
The unnamed man found Tuesday night in an unconscious state on Columbus Avenue died Wednesday morning. He is identified as Julius Anpenheimer, a teamster of 99 Berkeley Street, believed to have been overcome by the heat.
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Columbus Avenue
Julius Anpenheimer
Berkeley Street
Prize Acrostic Award Goes to James D Billings
The prize of five dollars was awarded to James D. Billings of 30 Oneida Street Boston for the best acrostic among nearly a thousand entries. His winning poem praises truth and the fight against deceit, urging posters to expose wrongdoing and uphold the right.
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James P. Billings
Oneida Street
Boston
Oneida Streey
James D. Billings
Winterwheat dismisses horse car delay at Hush Centre
In a quip from Hush Centre Kansas Mrs Winterwheat asks Julie why the horse car is late. Mr Winterwheat blames the cable and jokes he just dropped a nickel in the slot as the World's Fair pack arrives.
Odd Fellow Asylum Patient’s TimeWasting Illusion Quip
A noted asylum physician notes the patient’s grand delusion that he has unlimited time. A visitor counters with a wry joke about the man’s many odd moments. Indianapolis Journal.
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Indianapolis
Iousuan
Credit Given for City Officials in Capture
The Boston Post praises Mayor Coughlin and Marshal Hilliard for their persistent work in locating and capturing Correiro, as reported by the Fall River News.
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The
Fall River News
Boston Post
Mayor Coughlin
Marshal Hilliard
Correiro
Town splits over choir as fashions clash with tradition
A prominent town resident questions the new choir and fashionable music. A longtime deacon argues the quarrel centers on social class and the old and new sacred tunes rather than the choir itself.
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Washington Star
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