A Grave Menace to the Editor of the Post
Richard W. Wars of 237 Marlboro Street Boston reports a disturbing incident on Beacon Street near the iron trolley post by the Boston and Albany bridge. A dog received a fatal-like convulsion after a snapping sound, suffered several times, and may not survive. Wars warns the danger could threaten children as well, urging readers to draw conclusions from his account.
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Post
Beacon Street
New
Boston & Albany Bridge
Richard W. Wars
Marlboro Street
Boston
Sullivan Says He Will Retire After Next Championship Fight
TAM SULLIVAN: John L. Sullivan issues another ultimatum on March 13 in Curiaco. After his next championship bout he plans to retire from boxing after ten years of reign and devote full time to the stage. He declares he means business and will enforce “first come, first served.”
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Curiaco
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Boston
Boston Theatre
Bfe
Barnard
Premature Powder Explosion In Colorado Mine
Four workers in a Revenue tunnel near Ouray Colorado were injured when fifty pounds of powder detonated early. Grant Robinson was killed, another man known as Greek was hurt, Burns suffered severe injuries, and a fourth worker was slightly hurt.
Floating Elevator America Afloat Then Burns Sinking Off Battery
A floating grain elevator named America caught fire at its pier in New York on March 18. The vessel burned from stem to stern, was cut loose and towed to the river, drifted off the Battery, then sank. The owners could not be identified, so loss details are unavailable.
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New York
America
City of New York
Board of Health
Board of Police
Wounded but Game A Hospital Cot in Clark Dingy Kitchen
A man is wounded in a bizarre incident at 33 Street in Clark Dingy Kitchen when Merello sent a ball through his neck. He was taken to a hospital cot then placed in a cold cell as the strange scene unfolded.
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Merello
A&o
Clark Street
Stephen D. Flaherty
Stephen Flaherty
Dominico Merello
Tremaine’s Yard
North Street
Flaherty
Denny
331 North Street
William Rosetto
Angelo Marcello
Miss Turner
Miss Hampton
Polly
Nannette Comstock
Nell
Josie Wilmore
Miss Comstock
Polly Fletcher
Josie Welmere
Charles Frohman
Collings
Change of Cast at the Columbia Boston Stage Tonight
A Boston Postman report details a Boston shooting of Stephen Flaherty in Tremaine's yard North Street wounding, his hospital stay, escape and return home, plus Merello's arrest and two accomplices. The piece covers theater changes, Sothern arrival, and upcoming shows at the Boston Theatre Grand Opera House Palace Theatre and Globe Theatre with notes on cast, performances, and design details.
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E. Rice
J. Cheever Goodwin
Globe Theatre
Boston Theatre
Harry M’glewen
Mr. Smith
Hilda Thomas
Ruth Davenport
James S. Moffit
George A. Schiller
Parson Parkhurst Tackles Tammany Hall With Evidence
The Rev Charles H Parkhurst delivers a second pulpit attack on Tammany Hall from Madison Square Church citing affidavits and lists of 254 saloons 2488 attendees 30 houses of prostitution and 284 concrete violations. He demands the police close illegal houses and threatens impeachment if authorities do not act.
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New York
Charles H. Parkhurst
Tammany Hall
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Parkhurst
Grand Jury
Tammany
Drug Store Raid Leads to Liquor Seizure
Police claim A. T. Luscomb, pharmacist at 499 Tremont Street, ran an illegal liquor business. A Division 5 raid with a search warrant recovered six gallons of whiskey, five gallons of wine, two quarts of brandy and one quart of rum from the premises.
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A. T. Luscomb
George W Knox Leader of Private Express Company Dies
George W Knox of Washington founder of a large private express company died today at age sixty three. He was known as the conductor of the Philadelphia to Washington train that carried President Lincoln to the capital before his oath of office in 1861.
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Washingtton
George W. Knox
United States
Philadelphia
Washington
Lincoln
Sneeing forge at day at Dedham and Albany Streets
Attending Surgeons part of a brief item notes a medical or hospital scene at Dedham and Albany Streets with unspecified details and no clear outcome. The fragment mentions doctors and a surgical context without full sentence structure or names.
Tug Volunteers Rescues Crew After Rob & Harry Wreck
The tug Volunteer saved Captain Angus McLean, mate Elihu Le Blanc, and Seaman Ernest Barton from the wrecked schooner Rob & Harry near Cuttyhunk. Cook Ephraim McNeal died of exposure and was buried at Cuttyhunk. Captain McLean relays rare hardship at sea. Hens and Chickens Lightship saw a three masted schooner founder near the lightship two days earlier, possibly the Reb and Harry.
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New Breprorp
Cuttyhunk
Angus McLean
Rob & Harry
Elihu le Blanc
Ernest Barton
Ephraim McNeal
McLean
Captain McGoldrick
Robert Lockhart
Reb
Harry
The Cotton Picker Investment Opportunity at Boston Showroom
The article extols the Lone Star Cotton Picker, praising past inventors like Goodyear Bell Howe and McCormick and urging prompt stock investment. It claims strong profits, compares past fund-raising success, and invites readers to view the machine at 31 Milk Street, Boston, to buy stock and share in presumed prosperity.
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Field
Goodyear
Bell
Howe
McCormick
Boston
Angus Campbell
Bostonians
Cotton Picker Company
Lone Star
Milk Street
Mass
Ingalls letter boosts political tempest in Kansas
From Atchison to Topeka, J Ware Butterfield releases ex Senator Ingalls letter denying suppression of his fall campaign speech. He warns the Republican League machinery will face trouble, as old party allies accuse him of ingratitude and rebuke him.
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Kansas City, Mo
J. Ware Butterfield
Topeka
Ingalls
AtTcHison
Kan
Butterfield
Republican League
John J. Ingalls
Behring Sea Affairs Comment by Erastus Wiman
Erastus Wiman voices concerns on Behring Sea affairs in Chicago on March 13. He says Britain faces Canadian pressure for equal rights for Canadian sealers and predicts a summer of vigorous British foreign policy that could threaten world peace. He argues retaliation could protect Western cities and New England more than Canada.
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Chicagco
Erastus Wiman
England
Wiman
Boston
New England
Canada
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Sol Smith Russell
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
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No. 65
Order of Red Men
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New York City
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Albany Sts
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Wilbert Soule
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