Republicans Claim Sullivan Election Questioned in Lowell
The Lowell Republicans publish a manifesto challenging John E. Sullivan’s election as president of the Common Council. They accuse the mayor and aldermen of blocking joint conventions and urge a legal quo warranto action to test Sullivan’s right to office. The document criticizes blocking tactics and outlines steps toward a joint convention and city business.
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Lowell
Sullivan
Knowlton
John E. Sullivan
Common Council
Superior Court
H. E. Webster
J. G. Hunton
Aldermen
Naval militia funding fight over Old Ironsides
Hon. Joseph H. O Neill traveled to Washington seeking help for Massachusetts naval militia. Congress debated 1895 8000 appropriation to fit Old Ironsides for militia use, then removed Massachusetts wording. 1896 proposed to turn Constitution into a national museum, blocked. discussions with Secretary Herbert and Governor Greenhalge followed.
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Joseph H. O'Neil
Washington
Naval Militia
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Senate
Chandler
New Hampshire
Naval Committee
Everett
O'Neil
Herbert
Boston
O’neil
Greenhalge
Pittsburg Plate Glass Moves Toward Nationwide Trust
Illinois based Plate Glass Trust begins to consolidate by purchasing Diamond Plate Glass Company assets worth about 3 million dollars. Diamond owns gas holdings in Indiana with Kokomo and Elwood factories, employing around 1600 workers. The Pittsburg firm, largest in the old combine, seeks control through direct plant acquisitions amid past price coordination and recent fierce competition.
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Chicago
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Diamond Plate Glass Company
Indiana
Kokomo
Elwood
Ind
Hawaiian Singers Set for Boston Benefit in March
Arrival of King Kalakaua’s Hawaiian singers is daily expected in San Francisco and Boston, with a first New England appearance on March 26 at the Press Club’s Music Hall benefit. The program also features Herbert Johnson’s Quintet Club Newton Wilcox the boy soprano and other capable artists. Chairman Mr Burton is coordinating to fill the bill.
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King Kalakaua
San Francisco
Boston
New England
Herbert Johnson
Newton Wilcox
Burton
North End peacemaker stabbed in alley clash
Felix Brichi suffered two stab wounds while breaking up a quarrel on Monday night. Dr. Lynch house surgeon at North End Hospital was stabbed Sunday night near Salutation street while trying to halt a fight. he was only lightly wounded and returned to the hospital. The Italian assailant remains at large.
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North End
Felix Brichi
Lynch
North End Hospital
Salutation Street
Great Value Lecture Warns Men Against Nervous Debility
Dr. Greene of Boston delivered a major lecture on nervous debility and its ruinous effects on health, memory, and vitality. The article urges men with symptoms to seek treatment, noting his free consultation, mail-based care, and proven cures that restore strength, vigor, and confidence.
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Dr. Greene
Music Hall
Boston
Greene
Temple Place
Mass
Dr Greene offers letter based cure from Boston physician
A persuasive appeal promotes Dr Greene of 34 Temple Place Boston offering remote diagnosis and personalized treatment. Readers are urged to write with symptoms, receive instructions and medicine pricing, and decide whether to follow the regimen to achieve health.
Water Front Ship News From Lisbon to Bermuda and City
Steamer Peninsular from New York via Azores broke from mooring at Lisbon and reached the docks, slight damage. A lighter carrying 900 cases from bark Auburndale sank alongside a Lisbon wharf. Salvage of sugar from bark Sadie A. Thompson settled at 14 shillings per day. Bark Erema reports severe weather with seven feet of water in hold and cargo to be discharged. Plover and Mary Gibbs vessels report wreckage and cargo movements. Venetian cargo extraction continues with beef, cattle, leather, bones, and machinery removed. Additional notes include a dory found by Africa crew, Captain McGray’s Nova Scotia ties, and Judge warrants involving a drunken fisherman. Boston bark Amy Turner sails from Hong Kong to Baltimore in 89 days.
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Peninsular
New York
Azores
Lisbon
Collice
Seri
Auburndale
Philadelphia
Samuel W. Hall
St. Domingo
Savna Island
Hatteras
Sadie A. Thompson
Erema
St. John
N. B
Liverpool
Bermuda
Plover
Fanning
Pernambuco
Mary Gibbs
John 8. Emery
Davison
Barkentine Africa
Rosario
Point Indio
Emma No. 1
Arthur McGray
Yarmouth
South Shore Railroad
Nova Scotia
George Smith
T Wharf
Gloucester
Boston
Amy Turner
Charles Brewer
Cape Henry
Hong Kong
Baltimore
Fatal gas deaths raise alarms over city asphyxiation
Four men were asphyxiated over a weekend in the city, two fatally. The deaths at the Hampton and Hartford hotels are linked to gas types water gas and coal gas, with experts warning water gas carries higher carbonic oxide levels and risks. Officials seek prohibitory measures.
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Mr. Cuthbert
Gilsum
N. H
Merritt Brittain
St. John
N. B
Hampton
Hartford
Board of Health
Cuthbert
Brittain
Massachusetts
Boston
William T. Sedgwick
William Ripley Nichols
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edward S. Wood
Medical Department
Harvard University
George Stedman
Whitten seeks release as Massachusetts man faces murder charge
Dr. George B. Whitten of Auburndale Mass is seeking restoration to Massachusetts after being indicted in New Haven for second degree murder in the death of Maggie Schloss. The state grand jury did not return a true bill against Whitten, only against co-defendant Dr J E Lee.
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New Haven
Conn
George BE. Whitten
Auburndale
Mass
J. E. Lee
Maggie Schloss
Whitten
Massachusetts
Greenhalge
Superior Court
Dr. Whitten
Long
Coffin
Hartford
Doolittle
Railroad Wins Fall Case In Superior Court
Lawrence March 12 A verdict for the defendant was rendered in the Superior Court in the case Laure versus Boston and Maine Railroad. It involved an action of tort to recover damages for the loss of a leg from being run over at Haverhill.
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Lawrence
Laure
Boston and Maine Railroad
Haverhill
Roxbury Council Elects Officers and Plans Law Changes
The Grand Council of the Legion of Honor adjourned at its Huntington Avenue building with new officers named for two years including F. O. Downes as grand commander and J. H. Osgood as alternate representative. Changes proposed aim to consolidate assessments to one monthly payment and allow councils to elect medical examiners. Roxbury Council earned a banner for the year’s greatest net membership gain.
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Grand Council of the Legion of Honor
Huntington Avenue
F. O. Downes
Boston
George A. Kilborn
Springfield
Nathan C. Morse
Worcester
Thomas A. Crawford
South Boston
Charles H. Ramsay
S. A. Barry
Charlestown
F. H. Brown
Greenfield
Sarah Hall
Attleboro
C. W. Cook
Orange
D. S. Rolfe
Concord
N. H
Fred O. Downes
J. H. Osgood
Jamaica Plain
David P. Kimball
Salem
N. S. Wakefield
Downes
Crawford
Roxbury
Massachusetts
Newngland
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Vermonts Suspicions Quarantine Placed On State Line
The Vermont Board of Agriculture reports a new quarantine along the state line to stop casing cattle from Boston milk stables entering the state. It urges the public to report evasion and calls for inspection of incoming cattle for tuberculosis.
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Brattleboro
Vermont Board of Agriculture
Boston
Laconia Elects Mayor as Smith Wins in City Vote
Laconia New Hampshire March 12 Samuel B. Smith Republican was elected mayor over Democrat William A. Plummer by a 45 plurality. Democrats also won two council seats while Republicans secured six council places.
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Laconia
N. H
Samuel B. Smith
William A. Plummer
The Cadet Theatricals and Mayhem of New Boston Stage
Theatre notices survey upcoming engagements at Hollis Park and Museum with Olga Nethersole, Paul M. Potter, and Madeline Lucette Ryley. Reports praise Trilby revision, Fanny Davenport peers, Gis monda at Boston, and crowd response to Hig h profile acts. notes on season-ticket rush for Abbey, Schoeffel & Gray.
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The
Abbey, Schoeffel & Gray Grand Opera
Opera
Tremont Theatre
Corps of Artists
Mechanics’ Building
Tivoli Hall Fire Ravages Brooklyn Block
A blaze at Tivoli Hall in Brooklyn caused $100000 in damage with flames crossing to brownstone flats at 308 and 310 Fifth Avenue. The elevated railroad structure in front burned about forty feet of wooden ties, and surrounding houses suffered heat and water damage totaling around $75000.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Tivoli Hall
First Street
Fifth Avenue
Ex-whaler kills wife, then shoots self in San Francisco
In San Francisco on March 12, Harry Brown an ex whaler shot and killed his wife this morning and then took his own life. Investigators cite financial difficulties and drinking as the likely causes of the tragedy.
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San Francisco
Cal
Harry Brown
Opera cast list and stage roles across a scattered program
A fragmented OCR shows names and roles: Ortruda Frrico L utcellatore Federico Di Terramondo L Araldo Del Re Lohengrin with Conductor Stage Manager and uses ene Una Sacerdotessa Amneris and Radames Ramfis Un Messaggiero. incidental dance by Corps de Ballet. Bevignani conductor. William Parry Juliette Stephano Gertrude Frere Laurent Capulet Tybalt Mercutio Le Due De Verone Gregorio Benvoglio Contessa Cherubin Marcellina Il Conte Bartolo Basile Curzio Antonio Lola Nedda Tonio.
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M. Maurel
Corps de Ballet
Sig. Bevignani
William Parry
Frere Laurent Capulet
Tybalt
Mercutio
le Due de Verone
Gregorio
Benvoglio
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Paul M. Potter
Paris
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Lynn
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J. H. Ryley
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Excelsior, Jr
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Phil T. Gorman
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Castle Square Theatre
Bowdoin Square Theatre
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St. Patrick’s
Boston Theatre
Bessie Bonehill
Frank Bush
George W. Wilson
Messrs
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Sawtelle Dramatic Company
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Myrtle Moe
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Clipper
Haines
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Beethoven
Max Bruch
Mollenhauer
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J. J. Dowling
Palace Theatre Company
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Rudd
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Violet Mascotte
Lyceum
Wife
Mechanics’ Building Auditorium
Huntington
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Grand Opera Company
Wagnel
Overa
Lohencrin
Risa di Brabante
Mme
Emma Eames
Ortruda
Frrico L'Utcellatore
Federico di Terramondo
L’araldo del Re
Lohengrin
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Sig
Ancona
Abramoff
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Mancinelli
Verdi
Aida
Amneris
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Mlle
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Radames
Ramfis
UN Messaggiero
Wee
Tamagno
Plancon
Mariani
Vanni
Gounod
Juliette
Stephano
Gertrude
Melba
de Vigne
Mmle
Romeo
de Reszke
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M. Manguiere
Campanarice
Viviani
de Vaschetti
Rinaldini
Contessa
Cherubin
Marcellina
Il Conte
Bartolo
Basile
Curzio
Antonio
Mozart
Maile
Zelie de Lussan -Mile
Bigazzo
Carbone
Rinaldini “Prom
Vanni -Sig
M. Victor Maurel
Mile. Giuri
Bevignani
Mascagnit
Cavalleria Rusticana
Santuzza
Mile
Mira Heller
Lucia Mile
Alfio
Mile. de Vigne
Bensaude
Turidda
Leoncavello
Pacliacci
Zeke de Lussan
Nedda
Tonio
Silvio
Peppe
M. Gromzeski
Canio
Lucia, Alice
Donizetti
Lucia DI Lammermoor
Oped
Melba -Mlle
Russitano
Enrico Ashton
Arturo
Raimondo, Normanno
Edgardo
Sig. Russitano Sig
Marguerite, Marta
Siebel
Ncn
Remy Faust
Enma Eames -Mile
Mephistopheles
Valentino
Wagder
Sofia Scalebi
Campanari
Faust
Grand Opera
Sig. Mancinelli
Boston Museum
Pauline Hall
Dy Dorcas
Olga Nette
Drs. Nethersole
Herrick’s
Copley Sq
Orsca Nether Olf
Thayer’s
Parker House
Ilga Nethersole
Connelly
Adams House
Qgtca Nethersole
Heard’s
West Street
LCA Nethersole
Cashin’s
Young’s
Castle SQ
Edward I. Rose
Tremont St
Down Town
Theatre
Ritecieri Scl
George H. Brennan
Rosedale
Hamlet
Richelieu
Ware
Copley Hall
Boston Children’s Aid Society
Sunnyside Day Nursery
Austin Ant
Stone's Museum
Tremont Row
Rancers
Richmond
A.D. Babel
Eugene Tompkins
Iso
Gismonda
Melbourne Macdowell
Keith
Adllis Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
DeKoven & Smith
Robin Hood
Cadet Theatricals
USAYE
Elizabeth C. Hamlin
Emil Mollenhauer
Johnston & Arthur, Mgrs
Park Theatre
A. M. Palmer
Palace Theatre
Court and
Sudbury Streets
Myra Davis
Jos. J. Dowling
Wm. Stafford
Violet Mascott’s CO
Museum
Carol Sharper
Baldwin
Mats
Portland Staunch
India Wharf
Portland Co. v. Williams
Howard
Haines and Pettingill
Sullivan and Smith
Mabel Hudson
Foster and Lewis
Zolas
Howard Atheneum
Cor
Dover and
Washington Sts
Sawtelie
Bowdoin SQ. Theatre
Chas. F. Atkinson
Jas. H. Wallick
Joseph Murphy
Shaun Bane
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