Reichstag debate marks 1848 revolution anniversary
In Berlin the Reichstag discussed reform of courts martial as Bebel invoked the March 18 1848 revolution. He cited royal privileges and warned that without those struggles 1870 would not have occurred. Bennigsen downplayed 1848's significance while noting Bismarck’s role in founding Germany.
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Reichstag
Herr Bebel
Miquel
Finance
Old National Union
Prussia
Bennigsen
National Liberal Party
William
Bismarck
Germnany
Plague cases rise in Bombay as riots prompt resistance
In Bombay on March 18, 215 new plague cases and 216 deaths were reported. Five Europeans were attacked. Mohammedans at Hubli near the South Mahratta railway plan to resist plague precautions. volunteers have been mobilized and infantry summoned, but no clashes have occurred yet.
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Bombay
Hubli
Russia to Give Up Core a Aid and Control
St Petersberg March 18 The Russian government says it will recall its financial adviser in Corea if Seoul can manage independence without foreign help Russia and Japan agreed to preserve peace and good government in Corea Russia took control of army and foreign affairs and placed McLeavy Brown as adviser to finance department and customs chief who reduced expenses and increased revenues before Alexieff replaced Brown and Russia tightened control of Corean revenues
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ST. Petersburg
Seoul
Corea
Russia
Japan
McLeavy Brown
Finance Department
Customs
Alexieff
Brown
Rate War End Target Set by Rail Passengers Meeting
At a meeting of passenger and traffic agents of railroads in New York on March 18 a four member committee proposed an arbitration deadline of March 23 to settle points of contention between American and Canadian routes. All but Great Northern and Northern Pacific agreed to refer issues to their superior officers.
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New York
Committee of Four
Conention
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Refund Promise For Tar Syrup Bottle Guarantee
A printed card from multiple merchants offers refunds on Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if coughs or colds fail to cure. It guarantees a 50 cent bottle and a 25 cent bottle with money back if not satisfactory. Signed by several firms and individuals in Boston areas including Green 31 and Tremont Street addresses.
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Greene’s
Bry Souther
Green
Salmon Spearing and High Diving Highlight Mechanics Event
The Sportsmen Show features a seventy foot high dive in a sack by a professional swimmer and back dives from the same height. Two Indians in a birch bark canoe simulate spearing salmon by jacklight. Added acts include a lost hunter shelter scene and a pantomime of a white man starving, plus mink otter and muskrat trap demonstrations near Boston suburbs.
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Mechanics’ Building
Noel Bullet
Boston
Cunarder Pa vonia reaches quarantine port after Liverpool voyage
The Cunarder Pa vonia, under Captain John J. Atkin, arrived in quarantine from Liverpool and Queenstown with 12 second cabin and steerage passengers. Plans include towing and trans shipping a crank shaft to the Catalonia at Halifax. Numerous harbor operations, crew changes, and arrivals are noted along with ship economies and local maritime chatter.
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Cunarder
Pavonia
John J. Atkin
Liverpool
Queenstown
Catalonia
Halifax
Charles Pye
Lewis Wharf
N. S
Weiss
Urban Line
Crosby
Antwerp
Fife
Cunard
Palmyra
Newfoundland
Strathleven
Agnes Manning
Carl D. Lathrop
Rufus Stubbs
Fred Stubbs
Emily
George W. Lawler
Billy Kemp
Vesta
Brittain
Camilla
Joe Ross
Naos
Perkins & Dowling
Bath
Silicon
Ivigtut
Greenland
Philadelphia
W. S. Doane
McKie
Boston
Thomas Foot
Megantic
Falcon
Tuckerman & Townsend
India
East Indies
National Line
New York
Spain
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Atlantic
Sedgwick
Carrie T. Balano
Daniel R. Hagerthy
Custom House
Savannah
Frank B. McQuesten
Daniel S. Emery
Banfield
St. James
Edward O’brien
Philippines
Flint
Joseph Burley
Ward Line
City of Washington
Brooklyn
Nicholas Leahy
Citywide street watering plan debated by committee
Mayor Quincy and Superintendent Wells urged charging abutters 6 cents per linear foot for watering all streets. Unbuilt sections in Roxbury Dorchester and Brighton would be funded by regular appropriation. Some contractors oppose city operation. Next meeting Monday. John W. Halpin named street department inspector superintendent after 15 years in the post. School committee vacancy from Edward H. Dunn’s resignation to be filled Tuesday with Mrs. Kehew J Nichols and Dr. Frank Richardson listed as candidates.
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Quincy
Wells
Committee On Streets
Roxburys
Dorchester
Brighton
John W. Halpin
Halpin
Philip Jackson
Edward H. Dunn
Mary M. Kehew
J. Carleton Nichols
Frank Richardson
East Boston
Public Men as Speakers at Boston College Debating Society
Yesterday afternoon the assistant United States treasurer Joseph H. O Neil spoke to the Fulton Debating Society at Boston College. He argued that today’s public men must have substance and clear delivery, warning that humor can harm persuasion and recalling legislators Cox Allen Mason and other figures as examples.
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Joseph H. O’neil
United States
Fulton Debating Society
Boston College
First Sea Water Gold Cones Reported In U S
In New York on March 18, the United States Assay Office reports thirteen cones of bullion weighing 15 ounces as the first fruit of the Electrolytic Marine Salts Co process. The Boston and North Lubec, Maine firm says the cones contain gold and silver recovered from sea water. Weighing Clerk H. Graham will announce assay results early next week.
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New York
United States Assay Office
Electrolytic Marine Salts Co
Boston
North Lubec
Arthur B. Ryan
8. H. Graham
Woollen Goods Rise as Boots and Shoes Demand Surges
R G Dun reports strong business in woolen goods and record orders in boot and shoe centers. Leather and hides soften slightly. U S and Canadian failures count dip while railroad earnings and Chicago tonnage show notable gains amid expansive export demand and abundant merchandise.
Bradstreet Report Outlook Brightens Across Regions
Bradstreet's reports broad strength in the US economy with strong central West and Northwest distribution, open lake navigations, and high cereals exports. While Eastern demand shows hesitancy due to foreign issues, overall bank clearings rise and fewer business failures occur. Prices vary with cotton weak at low grades but steady higher grades and metals.
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New York
Bradstreet
Central West
Northwest
Pacific
Cadet George Mason Lee Injured at West Point
West Point cadet George Mason Lee son of General Fitzhugh Lee is in the cadet hospital with a broken arm suffered while vaulting a wooden horse in the gymnasium.
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West Point
George Mason Lee
Fitzhugh Lee
Death at Leland's Crossing on New Haven Railroad
John Marble, 68, of South Framingham was killed instantly when struck by a passenger train of the New York Haven Hartford line while crossing the tracks at Leland's Crossing. His horse also died, and his buggy was demolished in the accident.
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South Framingham
John Marble
New York
Haven & Hartford
Leland’s Crossing
Marble
Wagner palace car tour from New York to Washington
A seven day Pennsylvania railroad personally conducted tour by special train of Wagner palace cars begins April 1. All expenses are 25 dollars. Special Wagner palace cars depart New York on April 7 8 and 9 with no extra charge for extensions in Washington or a return stop in New York. Itinerary by D N Bell tourist agent 206 Washington street Boston.
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New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
D. N. Bell
Wasington Street
Boston
O. F. C Whiskey Endorsed by U S Government
O. F. C is touted as the best whiskey in America with a distinct flavor and the highest government endorsement. Despite its premium status it is advertised at a price no higher than ordinary brands, urging readers to try it and confirm its popularity.
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America
United States
Sunday Religious Services in Boston Churches
A dense listing of Sunday worship services across Boston churches and meeting houses. It covers First Baptist Church, Tremont Temple, Old South Church, Berkeley Temple, various Presbyterian and Methodist churches, and multiple spiritual temples. It notes service times, pastors, sermon topics, Sunday schools, and special events including free Cuba lectures and charity entertainments.
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First Baptist Church
Commonwealth Avenue
Nathan
Wood
D. D
Cuba
Bservice
Tremont_Temple
M. R. Deming
John W.adler
J. Monzon Aguirre
Boston
Service For Free
John W. Candler
J. M. Aguirre
Old South Church
George A. Gordon
Gordon
Catarrh Powder Promises Quick Relief for 80 Percent
Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder touted as a cure for catarrh with claims of tested effectiveness and rapid relief. Advertisement lists Woop WAaKDb & CO and SHPPARD locations in Boston for purchase.
Plays Next Week in Boston Theaters and Venues
Charles Coghlan opens a week at the Hollis with The Royal Box. Bradhurst’s What Happened to Jones debuts at Park Theatre. Sol Smith Russell appears at Tremont in The Rivals and Taming of the Shrew. Denman Thompson starts three weeks at Boston Theatre in The Old Homestead. English grand opera season begins April 11. Jack and the Beanstalk extended to April 9 at the Museum. Alabama revived at Castle Square. Sothern closes Boston element at Hollis with The Adventure of U rsula and Lord Jumley. Bowdoin Square hosts John A. Stevens’s Unknown. Louis James returns at Grand Opera House with Shakespeare. Miss Burkhart in A Passing Fancy at Keith’s with Caron and Herbert and Downs coin act. Jermon’s Black Crook at Howard. Grand Theatre presents A Brave Woman with stock company. Columbia features In Old Kentucky with Lulu Tabor. Wild West attractions at Austin and Stone’s. Miss New York Jr. burlesque at Palace. Fra Diavolo at the Zoo. Sousa’s farewell concert at Boston Theatre. Thomas Orchestra concerts in Music Hall with Ysaye Nordica Hofmann as soloists. Nickelodeon on Hanover Street showcases a pretty show under L B Walker.
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Charles Coghlan
Hollis
Royal Box
Jones
Mr. Broadhurst
Park Theatre
Sol Smith Russell
Tremont
Boston
Bob Acres
Petrucchio
Dy Ursula
Lord Jumley
John A. Stevens
Bowdoin Square
Louis James
Grand Opera House
Miss Burkhart
Keith’s
Caron
Herbert
T. Nelson Downs
Dale
Howard
Jermon
Black Crook
Grand Theatre
the Zoo
Fra Diavolo
Sousa
Boston Theatre
Music Hall
Theodore Thomas
Chicago Orchestra
Ysaye
Nordica
Josef Hofmann
Nickelodeon
Hanover Street
L. B. Walker
Minstrel Show by Boston Y M C U at Union Hall
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union staged a minstrel show last evening in Union Hall at 48 Boylston Street. Featured acts included Reed and Shaw contortionists Mason and Chipman in an Irish sketch E F Parks of the Union gymnasium club swinging B E Reynolds dancer and J H Cullen famed for the Carolina sift dance from the Bank Officers Association play Coreopsis. Musical director Charles G Schirmer and stage manager F Howard Childs are noted amateur figures.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Reed and Shaw
Mason and Chipman
E. F. Parks
Union Gymnasium
BE. A. Reynolds
J. H. Cullen
Bank Officers’ Association
Charles G. Schirmer
F. Howard Childs
Freemasonry Topic Dominates Templar Banquet
The monthly meeting and banquet of the Commanders' Union of Knights Templars at Parker's drew over 100 attendees. General John W. Kimball presided after supper as Joseph G. Edgerly delivered the principal address on what Freemasonry has done for him. Other speakers included Sir Edward Saunders and Eminent Sirs Theodore L. Kelley Thomas Walsh and Freeman C. Hersey.
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Freemasonry
Commanders’ Union of Knights Templars
Parker’s
John W. Kimball
Joseph G. Edgerly
Edward Saunders
Theodore L. Kelley
Thomas Walsh
Lowell
Freeman C. Hersey
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Mary A. Danforth
Epworth League
Frances Willard
W. GC. T. Union
Harriet Podd
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First Presbyterian Church
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Scott F. Hershey
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South Boston
Charles J. Cameron
Michael Davitt
Roxbury Presbyterian Church
Warren and
Woodbine Streets
J. J. Dunlop
Hollis Hall
Washington Street
Eben Cobb
Tyler Jubilee Troupe
Berkeley Hall
J. C. Grumbine
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Schubert Quartet
First Spiritual Temple
Exeter Street
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Albert H. Plumb
Walnut Avenue Congregational Church
Donald Browne
B. Y. M. Christian Union
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Watertown
Mass
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Harold G. Carver
Earl EK Edridge
Earl Faton
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Park Square
UNION
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Schumann
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Walter Baker
William Read
Bacon Hall
Union Square
Somerville
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McKinley
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Cleveland
West Derry
N. H
Walter Howard
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St. Mary’s Church
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Father Langcake
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Mechanics Building
Massh Fund
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Schauchraun
Ithiip.m. TP
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May
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Goldie
Dick Bernard
Gertrude Rutledge
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Cor
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Kathleen Mavourneen
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Eugene Tompkins
Denman Thompson
Old Homestead
K & Boston
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the Covernors
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Mr. Russell
Margaret Robinson
Lydia
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Hiollis Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
E.H. Sothern
Lady Ursula
Lord Chumley
Charles Coeahian
Model Playhouse
Lillian Burkhart
Comedienne
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Mme. Rombello
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Boston Museum
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Palace
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