Boston Nine Seizes Lead With Brooklyn Victory
The Boston baseball team moved one game ahead of Baltimore after a decisive win over Brooklyn on Brooklyn's home ground. Boston stood at 34 wins 12 losses, while Baltimore lagged at 33 and 12. Strong recent form lifted fan spirits, and Boston now aims to hold and sustain its position through continued good play.
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Boston Baseball
Baltimores
Brooklyn
Boston
Baltimore
Bostons
New York Central reports quarterly surplus and earnings rise
The New York Central Railroad shows a surplus of 9256,000 for the quarter ending June 30 after a 1 percent dividend. This follows a $107,000 deficit a year prior. The gain over 1896 totals 363,000 with gross earnings up 202,465, reflecting broader trade conditions rather than just cost savings.
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New York Central Railroad
New York Central
Surrender of New England in Senate Trade Debate
The Senate yesterday considered duties on hides and wool with Mr. Allison leaving the door open to a general ad valorem levy. Proposals favored by wool growers would tax clothing wools and carpet wools, while leather and boot shoe industries would gain a benefit for the Beef Trust. New England representatives reportedly surrendered to the tariffs without opposition, prompting calls to watch the vote for courage in defending constituents.
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Allison
Senate
Jones
Nevada
Beef Trust
Senate Finance Committee
New England
Congress
tariff plan confessed failure to raise revenue
The passage argues the new tariff will not produce immediate revenue and may take up to two years to pay for government expenses. Critics and supporters alike now concede its failure to meet promised income, blaming merchants for rushing dutiable goods before tax and urging patience that the public will not grant.
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Congress
Perils of a Laureate Alfred Austin’s Jubilees Critiqued
A historical critic denounces Alfred Austin for failing as poet laureate in both a ballad on Jameson’s Ride and a jubilee poem. The review blames inadequate information, dull imagery, surface thought, and lack of inspiration, though it notes technical skill in alliteration and formal verse.
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Alfred Austin
Jameson
Laurate
Austin
Mr. Austin
Victorian Poets Reimagined Response to Occasion
The passage contrasts poets from the Victorian era with the present response, suggesting Tennyson Morris Swinburne Browning and Kipling would have fared differently with this occasion, noting no hint of genius in the current work.
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Prentice
Tennyson
Morris
Swinburne
Browning
Rudyard Kipling
Personal Tribute Shines In Queen Victoria Jubilee Observance
The piece notes that jubilee ceremonies overshadow official pomp as the British public offers a heartfelt personal tribute to Queen Victoria. It highlights her womanly qualities, devotion to family, and the domestic ideal celebrated by English subjects across generations.
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Victoria
Henry Walker
Weather and Culture Echo in Manchester Daily Tales
The writer observes a bright New England day and celebrates Manchester mills reopening. Farragut Day in South Boston, Pops concert opinions, and quirky anecdotes follow. Notes on actors, athletic feats, a Boston bohemian mood, and a cycling trip with the Cycle Touring Club of France round out the slice of city life and social chatter.
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Edward Dench
New York
Antoinette Hunt
Europe
Cycle Touring Club
France
Hats Recalled During Church Service Complaint
A churchgoer complains that wearing high hats in worship obstructs views of the preacher. After Sunday service the writer notes about fifteen male acquaintances share the same difficulty and urge removing hats in churches to improve sight and inspiration.
Grand Island Romance Sparks in New Hampshire Summer
Grace Helmes relates a domestic debate over a Newport invitation versus a granite state country life. Madge Merrill chooses a quiet summer with a village schoolmaster named Moreton, pleasing her father and provoking Mrs Merrill.
Our Lady of the Snows Poem Reflections on Empire Tone
The piece presents Kiplingesque verse arguing for preferential ties to the mother country. It depicts a sovereign stance of a Canadian nation within British empire, asserting self rule within the parental framework and warning foes. Names and explicit entities are limited to general references and the poem’s polemics.
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Rudyard Kipling
Aim I
Snows
Our Lady of the
Notable Lives and Oddities Highlight Late 19th Century Briefs
Reports mix on public figures and curiosities. The German Empress reportedly diets hard yet looks aged and pale. Indiana eccentric Dorothy Howard left 1% dresses after death. French scholar Henriette Therese Fornachon de Peseux earned a PhD from Penn. Muskegon philantropist Charles Hackley favors simple living. Siamese king buys flannel shirts after art tours. Paris seer Mlle Colledon’s 1896 prophecy linked to a bazaar fire. Samuel Maxim of Wayne Maine, an inventor, studies steel from Hindoo texts and creates tempered steel.
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Samuel Maxim
Hiram
Little Viage
Wayne
Kennebec County
India
Japan
Wayne 4
New Parasols with Silk Trimmings and Novel Styles
The article describes parasols with silk and lace trimmings, faded older styles refreshed with flaky flounces, pale yellow silk with lace frills, and deep orange parasols said to prevent sunstroke. A midget parasol folds up and shifts to the side for extra utility. London jubilee parasols feature Queen Victoria portraits on Dresden china handles.
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London
Dresden
China
Castle Square Theatre Opens with Confusion and Sweethearts
The Castle Square Theatre presents Joseph Derrick’s Confusion and Gilbert’s Sweethearts under Tony Cummings. Horace Lewis Lizzie Morgan lead strong performances with the Roxbury Cadet Band supplying lively music. The Chutes operate daily from 1 PM, with upcoming acts The New South and the trolley ride drawing crowds.
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Castle Square Theatre
Joseph Derrick
Gilbert
Tony Cummings
Horace Lewis
Christopher Blizzard
Charles Mackay
Mortimore Mampleford
Ned H. Fowler
Rupert Sunberg
James
William Humphrey
Bartholomew Jones
Howard Hall
Michael Muzzle
Lizzie Morgan
Lucretia Trickleby
Lillian Lawrence
Rose Mampleford
Nina Morris
Violet
Rose Morison
Maria
Mr. Gilmour
Henry Spreadbrow
Elizabeth Halloway
Jenny Northcott
New South
Keith's Vaudeville Delights Draw Big Crowds
The warm weather campaign at Keith's draws large audiences with Leonidas's pets performing new tricks. McKee Rankin debuts in Counsel for the Defence alongside Miss Nance O'Neill. The bill features Hawthorne sisters Hassan and Webb, the Allens, Newell and Shevette, Harrigan the tramp, and the Black Man From Montana sketch by McIntyre and Heath. Biograph offerings include Boston harbor scenes and the ferryboat Winthrop with Massachusetts in the background.
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Keith’s
Leonidas
McKee Rankin
Nance O'Neill
Rankin
Miss O'Neill
Hawthorne Sisters
Hassan
Webb
Allens
Deforests
Newell
Shevette
Harry Armstrong
James Harrigan
McIntyre
Heath
Montana
Boston
Massachusetts
Winthrop
Walking Delegate ends fourth week at Tre mont Theatre
The Walking Delegate has run twenty five performances with Lucius Hosmer conducting the orchestra. The cast impresses with fresh business and comic hits from J C Miron and Girard in the title role. Christie MacDonald delights the front row and Laura Joyce Bell impresses even with minimal stage action. The chorus earns praise for its coordinated show.
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Tremont Theatre
Lucius Hosmer
Mr. Girard
J. C. Miron
Dainty Christie MacDonald
Laura Joyce Bell
Harvard Night Promises Musical Night at Music Hall
The closing week of the Pop Concerts began with an American composers' night pleasing the audience. Tonight features Harvard night with the university orchestra expected to send many representatives from across the Charles.
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Music Hall
Harvard
the Charles
Daily Menu and Recipes From Mrs Be Ryder Jamaica Plain
The Daily Table hints provide a full day’s meals including breakfast oatmeal with cream eggs and fried bacon and corn cake coffee. Dinner features rice soup boiled lamb mashed potatoes tomatoes and macaroni with butter and milk and rice pudding with lemon sauce. Supper offers cold lamb fried potatoes bread and butter sponge cake strawberries tea and milk with a tomato macaroni serving and simple scrambled eggs in milk with parsley. Mrs Be Ryder Green street Jamaica Plain.
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BE. B. Ryder
Green Street
Jamaica Plain
Pleasure seekers flock to the Chutes for summer fun
Thousands enjoy evenings at the Chutes drawn by the cooling air and inexpensive amusements. The article notes the allure of riding the chutes and the appeal of ponies and donkeys as part of the entertainment.
Periscope Pictures Enter Fourth Week at Boston Theatre
The periscope pictures entered their fourth week yesterday at the Boston Theatre to good audiences both afternoon and evening. The films have attracted unusual interest in Boston with Corbett and Fitzsimmons drawing sports fans while the general public sees them as a novelty. The productions improve as the engagement continues and are presented as near perfect. Those who have not yet seen them should attend the last performances since they will not return to Boston. Daily matinees remain, now attracting many women from shopping districts.
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Boston
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Boston Theatre
Circus opens week at Huntington avenue grounds in Boston
The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros combined circus began a week long stay at the Huntington avenue grounds yesterday. It promises one of the most elaborate arena exhibitions seen in Boston with a street parade and performances detailed in another column.
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Adam Forepaugh
Sells Bros
Huntington Avenue Grounds
Boston
Benefit performance ends in success for McVicker and Davis
A benefit performance tendered to John McVicker and Charles H. Davis at the Howard yesterday was highly successful. A host of volunteers assisted, and the house closed with last evening’s show to reopen in August.
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John McVicker
Charles H. Davis
Howard
Big Ben the monster snake harms keeper at Austin and Stone
In a Sunday Isthmus Museum event Big Ben the python attacked Walter Fox Jr biting his left arm after the keeper attempted a bath. Fox was hospitalized and three long teeth were removed. The museum continues to feature the snake along with a vaudeville and dwarf act lineup in a day of diversions.
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Austin & Stone’s Museum
Walter Fox, Jr
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Mr. Fox
Theatre of Dwarfs
Count Rosebud
Major Littlefinger
Billy Baker
Marzetti
O’brien
Jennings
Phillips
Mack
Sheehan
Lacy
Frances Harrison
Batchelor Sisters
Kate Hope
Haynes and
Decker
Kitty Fraser
Appleton Brothers
Loftus and
Collins
Rose Terry
Foster Sisters
Teddy Rudd
Golden Anniversary of Quincy School Exhibition
The fifty year school exhibition at Quincy School on Tyler street happens Tuesday at 8 p m. President Benjamin W Putnam and the oldest living teacher will speak. Ex-president William Lloyd Garrison will read a poem. Mayor Quincy is invited to attend and address. Former pupils and graduates including Joseph H O Neil join in the celebration.
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Tyler Street
Benjamin W. Putnam
School Association
William Lloyd Garrison
Joseph H. O’neil
Spencer W. Richardson
Thomas Riley
A. G. McVey
Robert Lincoln
David F. Barry
Edward Gaskin
Station 2
W. A. T. Fitzgerald
Quincy
Bunker
Music at Edward Everett Square
Baldwin's Cadet Band performs this evening at the junction of Massachusetts avenue Cottage and Boston streets starting at 8 o'clock. The program includes The Serenade over ture The Drummer and Bouquets concert waltz An Episode of the Day Pirates of Penzance cornet solo All Aboard Victor Herbert's Masterpiece A Bouquet of Western Melodies Bohemian Girl and When Shall It Be
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Cottage
Boston
Baldwin
Herbert
Tittl
Strauss
Wiegand
Voelker
Balfe
Melcher
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