Concentration of Work Succeeds in Boston Street Plan
The Boston Board of Aldermen advanced the street department ordinance with amendments. They revised sections on bonds for superintendents, moved to separate sanitary police from the department, and repealed certain mayoral appointment provisions. A plan to extend the Charles River Embankment and fund a park edge was debated with support for phased improvement and cautions about overexpansion.
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Board of Aldermen
Alderman Farmer
Alderman Lee
Lewis
Department of Sanitary Police
Yeas and Nays
Cambridge Bridges
Charles River
General Court
City of
Boston
Park Commissioners
West Boston
Berkeley Street
Meyer
Jamaica Plain
Carruth
Harvard Bridge
Keenan
Yeas
Lewis and
Stacey
Rust and
Lee
Common Council
William T. Sherman
David D. Porter
Casey
Boston Common
Red River Valley lands face loss over defective titles
Minnesota and North Dakota farmers along a 100 mile stretch from Wahpeton to Pembina fear losing farms as the St Vincent extension grant is plotted under the Ransom Phelps decision. The Northern Railway push may claim vast tracts including portions of Fargo Grand Forks and Pembina County. Authorities weigh Act 1871 effects while Manitoba indemnity options loom amid interprovincial disputes.
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St. Pau
Minn
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River Valley
Wahpeton
Pembina
Great Northern Railway Company
General Land Office
T. Vincent
Breckinrivision
Ransom-Phelps
St. Vincent
Fargo
Island and
Grand Addition
Grand Forks
Pembina County
Breckenridge
Manitoba
Northern Pacific
Supreme Court
Phelps
Secretary of the Interior
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Boston YWCA
The Boston Young Women's Christian Association marked its 25th anniversary with a morning business meeting at Berkeley Street presided by Mrs. Pauline A. Durant who received a roses bouquet. The report noted education for women through classes in gymnasium industrial arts domestic science stenography and more, with 2500 employment placements last year and a boarding house expansion on Warrenton Street. Officers and directors were elected and Rev. Dr. Alexander McKenzie delivered the day’s address.
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Boston Young Women’s Christian Association
Association
Berkeley Street
Pauline A. Durant
Edwin Lamson
J. W. Olmstead
J. AC. Tyler
8. M. Stetson
Alexander McKenzie
Howes
Warrenton Street
Appleton Street
Travellers’ Aid Department
Iss Drinkwater
Abbie B. P. Waller
Andrew_J
Eminent pianist Anna Steinger-Clark dies at Bluehill Me
The renowned pianist Anna Steinger-Clark died in Bluehill Maine on a Saturday night. Born in Magdeburg she studied under Agthe Ehrlich and Kullak then Deppe, toured Europe, married American student Frederick Horace Clark and settled in the United States in 1886. She gave Beethoven concerts in Chickering Hall and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra before years of declining health. Other deaths noted include Jackson H Schultz Edwin Conant John A Greely W A Denholm and MP George Kynoch.
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Anna Steinger-Clark
Bluehill
Madgeburg
Prussia
Berlin
Anna
Agthe
Ehrlich
Kullak
Mozart
Royal Opera
Ludwig Deppe
Jackson H. Schultz
New York
Schultz
United States
Vienna
Chamber of Commerce
Edwin Conant
Worcester
Old South Church
George Kynoch
Anston Manor
Reland
Water Department Awards Castings Contracts at City Hall
Proposals for casting iron, service boxes, and brass items for the Water Department were opened yesterday at City Hall. The first contract went to Osgood Hart at 2 cents per pound for all lots, and the second to William Curley with bids of 18 12 cents for No. 1 brass, 16 5 cents for No. 2, and 16 cents for No. 3.
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Water Department
City Hall
Pesterday
Osgood Hart
William Curley
Labor and Capital at Wanskuck Mills Prices Equalized
Three hundred forty weavers at Wanskuck Mills went on strike over a new price schedule. The assistant superintendent says the change is an equalization of wages, not a cut, reflecting higher pick work and recent gains in earnings due to improved machinery and yarn. Under the old rates workers averaged 12 to 17 dollars weekly. the new plan aims to keep average around $12.
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Providence
R. I
Wanskuck
Union Men Divided in New York Bricklayers Strike
The International Masons and Bricklayers Union orders a citywide strike on all New York buildings. Bricklayers loyal to the International refuse to work with Union No.7 members amid a split among local bosses and a debt dispute dating back a year.
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New York
International Masons and Bricklayers’ Union
United States
Canada
International Union
Bricklayers’ Union No.7
No. 7
Union No. 7
Keats
Union 7
Toronto
Gloucester Shipyards Accept Nine Hour Day Demand
Gloucester carpenters and blacksmiths demanded a nine hour day with full pay of $2.50. Tarr & Bro Burnham Bros and John and Hugh Bishop agreed and workers returned. Charles Parkhurst Son refused the demand and the men left idle.
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Gloucester
James G. Tarr & Bro
Burnham Bros
Marine Railways
John & Hugh Bishop
Charles Parkhurst & Son
Probable Action of the New England Boot and Shoe Cutters Union
Marlboro shoe workers show strong interest in the New England Boot and Shoe Cutters Protective Union convention to be held March 11. Delegates plan action for the coming season, likely favoring shorter hours and a quicker reduction of work time.
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New England Boot and Shoe Cutters’ Union
Marlboro
New England
Details of Loss of Iowa and Rescue at Sea
Captain Owens recounts the sinking of the Iowa on February 21 22 after a long voyage from Boston with cattle and a crew of seventy nine. The vessel foundered after taking on water and leaking. the Chester rescued the crew at latitude 46 north 45.50 west on February 22 and supplied aid while other ships supplied provisions later.
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New York
Owens
Iowa
Chester
Rotterdam
Boston
Michael Donnelly
Lowa
Azores
Tolle
Dominion
Portland
Bristol
Great Grandmothers Craft and Modern Health Promise
A portrait of a hardworking great grandmother noting flax processing, wool work, weaving, butter making, candle dipping, and family cooking by fire. It contrasts with a modern granddaughter aided by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription claiming health and beauty benefits for middle age women with a money back guarantee offer.
Sherman Monument Plan Moves Forward in New York
A March meeting at the Chamber of Commerce formed a ten member committee to solicit subscriptions for an equestrian statue of General William T. Sherman. The session set steps to advance the project and organize fundraising efforts.
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New York
William T. Sherman
Chamber of Commerce
WHARF COMPANY OFFICERS ELECTED AT ANNUAL MEETING
At the Commercial Wharf Company annual meeting held yesterday at the Washington National Bank officers were elected for the coming year Eben Bacon as president and Charles L. Hayward as clerk and treasurer with a slate of directors: Charles F. Shimmin Francis H. Jenney H. H. Coolidge James Emery Jr John H. Reed.
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Commercial Wharf Company
Washington National Bank
Devonshire Street
Eben Bacon
Charles F. Shimmin
Francis H. Jenney
H. H. Coolidge
James Emery
John H. Reed
Charles L. Hayward
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Cal
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Lynn
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William D. Brown
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Olmstead
Winthrop
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Coolidge
Cambridge
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Duff
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Rose Saltonstall
Tze Webb West
Leverett Saltonstall
Arlington Street Church
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Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Alfred
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Scollay Square
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Corvin
M. & Stark Weathers
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C. A. Richards
Fiske Building
T. Dennie Boardman
Ames Building
Court ST
Beacon Street Boulevard
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Henry W. Savage
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American Loan and Trust Co
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Washington St
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Congress Street
Sydney Bartlett
Beacon Street
Arlington Street
White Star Mining Co
New England Julien Electric Co
Alfred Clarke
J. E. Conant & Co
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Thomas Nelson
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J. M. Meredith
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Parley Avenue
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Evans & Son
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Equitable Building
South Shore
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State St
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Devonshire
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
Globe Theatre
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Tn&ttre
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Wreck of Hesperus
L. O. Chant
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A. L. Murdock
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