Dixon Wins and Siddons Draw in Two Boxing Cards
A Brooklyn crowd at Coney Island Athletic Club watched two lively bouts. Jack McGee of Boston and Billy McCarthy of Australia fought to a ten round draw after a clash notable for McGee’s aggression and a bloody cut on McCarthy’s eye. Dixon and Siddons then battled twelve rounds with Dixon pressing but the match ending in a disputed draw, hailed by many as the poorest exhibition seen locally.
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Coney Island Athletic Club
Fred Burns
Jack McGee
Boston
Billy McCarthy
Australia
McGee
John McGinniss
Mike Danibey
George Koester
McCarthy
Steve Brodie
Pat Cahill
Bennie Murphy
MccGee
Mac
Goddard
Mctree
Donohue
Dixon
George Siddons
Secords
Tom O’rourke
Eddie Daly
Jim Ashe
Billy Dacey
Danny McBride
Jack Siddons
Siddons
Johnnie Eckhardt
American Figures Represent Columbia and Jonathan at World Fair
A Boston feature describes Miss Columbia and Brother Jonathan as plaster and later bronze figures by Sculptor Kitson and Miss Theo Ruggles, based on Dr. Alfred Dudley Sargent’s composite measurements. The works will travel to Chicago for the World’s Fair, showcasing American physique and race improvement ideas.
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Miss Columbia
Brother Jonathan
Kitson
Boylston Street
Alfred Dudley Sargent
Harvard
Chicago
Jonathan
Theo Ruggles
Columbia
Dr. Sargent
Harry Kitson
Sargent
Amy Ropbsart
Sullivan and Corbett
Apollo
Marlier
Venus de Milo
Venus
Miss Ruggles
Vassar
Cambridge
America
England
John Bull
Jank
Sr. Sargent
Stanley
Boston Carriage Workers Demand Reduced Hours and Higher Wages
Local union No 9 of Boston and vicinity demands a nine hour day starting March 27 1893 with eight hour Saturdays and ten hours pay plus a 10 percent rise for piece workers. The union insists no discrimination against workers based on this demand signed by John C Jacobson president and L Murphy secretary.
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Boston Carriage Workers’ Union
Bostog and
Jons C. Jacobson
L. Murphy
Boston labor page notes and union activity
A letter from Labor Editor Sir T W Pritevamp denies strike rumors by the Moston Cooks Alliance and states arbitration is their aim. The Boston scene records new members for Boston Cooks Alliance and United Garment Workers, a walking delegate elected, a recording secretary chosen, and other union movements including the Waiters Alliance mass meeting and a pants makers leadership change.
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Moston Cooks’ Alliance
Alliance
Boston
T. W. Pritevamp
Boston Protective Bricklayers' Union No
Louis Harris
United Garment Workers
J. H. Reilly
Boston Cooks’ Alliance
Waiters’ Alliance
Wells Memorial Building
A. J. Felt
The
Garment Workers
Maine
Blue
Strauss
Union of Pants Makers
Shields
the Carpenters
Hat contest draws wide interest across region
Interest in the hat contest grows daily as people from Maine mountains to Long Island Sound reveal large headed wearers. In East Boston a 13 year old man wears a seven and a half hat, with his father writing to authorities about the fashion craze.
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Maine
Mountains
Long Island Sound
Boston
Big headed boy prompts hair dresser price claim
Master Charles F Woodbury of East Boston has a 26 inch head and a body to match. His father A F B Woodbury, a head clerk at a drug store on Maverick Square, notes the boy is not a curiosity but jokes about higher hair cutting charges due to the head size.
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A. F B. Woodbury
Maverick Square
East
Boston
Paine's Furniture expands to a grand remodel
Paine's Furniture Company has upgraded to a larger, modernized store at Canal and WPriend streets. The improvements include a full-length row of oak and white wood offices, new elevators, and redesigned interiors across all floors. The firm promotes best quality at low prices and a handsomest store in New England.
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Paine
Canal
Wpriend
New England
Friend
Canal Streets
Paine’s Furniture Company
Harlem youths discuss bicycle exercise claim in banter
A Harlem youth dialogues about riding a bicycle for exercise and weight loss. The exchange notes better health yet admits frequent falls, attributed to the speaker’s struggle with balance. The anecdote mirrors everyday urban life and informal neighborhood chatter.
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Harlem
Texas
Eric and Fritz at Columbia Theatre in Boston notes
The Manola Mason company opens a second Boston run at Columbia Theatre with Eric and Fritz starring Julia and Marion Manola. The light comedy to be followed by Prend Fritz is praised for charm, pace, and strong performances by Mason Simmett Mack Sackett Kelly and Barr in a well staged two week engagement.
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Killarney
Miss Simmett
Mr. Mack
Allan Tracy
Mack
Captain Demming
Hubert Sackett
Sackett
Dan Kelly
Paddy Gorman
Dan Dooley
Bart W. Wallace
Stella Barr
Orna Kray
Jitile Katie Benyetson
Carrie Kray
Miss Marlowe Shines In The Love Chase At Hollis Street
Miss Marlowe opens the third week of engagement at Hollis Street Theatre as Constance in The Love Chase. Her debut in this role hides her identity, delivering a brisk, spirited performance lauded as a revelation. Mrs. John Drew, as Willow Green, drew hearty applause, with strong support from the company. The Love Chase runs through the week except Thursday afternoon and Saturday evening, before Ingomar is presented.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Constance
J. Sheridan Knowles
Boston
Globe Theatre
Carlotta Leclercq
Boston Museum
Wilow Green
Hollis
Tuch
Last Welkom Co
Marlowe
Roblen
Eve
John Drew
Widow Green
Eirgowar
Theatre OF Arts and Letters
Sa. Mm
A Temperance Town Dominates Park Theatre Schedule
Hoyt's A Temperance Town completes sixteenth week at Park Theatre. The show drew capacity crowds last week and will be performed twice today within twelve hours. One matinee in Concord for the New Hampshire Legislature, and the usual Park Theatre evening show.
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Park Theatre
Hoyt
Concord
New Hampshire
Perk
The Private Secretary Enthralls Boston Audiences at Globe Theatre
The Private Secretary drew a large Boston audience at the Globe Theatre with William Gillette praised for his natural quiet acting as Rev. Robert Spaulding. Harry Allen and Charles Bowser received strong notes, with Agnes Maynard and Davidee singled out for fine performances as leading ladies in a well staged production.
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Boston
Globe Theatre
William Gillette
Robert Spaulding
Trias
Mr. Gillette
Gillette
Harry Allen
Mr. Cattermole
Charles Bowser
Douglass Cat
Katie Inmett Stars in Killarney at Bowdoin Square
A good-sized Bowdoin Square audience last evening welcomed Miss Katie Inmett in the romantic melodrama Killarney. The heroine plays a double role as Kit Burke and Terry Doyle, delivering a performance noted for merit.
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Hillarney
Katie Inmett
Bowdoin Square
The Two Old Cronies at Grand Opera House
Grand Opera House presents The Two Old Cronies a wildly hilarious farce with Irish and Dutch leads O Donovan Duff and Jacob Blatzmeyer led by Edward GOvernor and Harry Emerson. Jessie Villars shines in a double role as a gracious singing comedian. The company features ree girls dancers and burlesques and runs this week with The Diamond Breaker to follow Monday.
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Grand Opera House
O'Donovan Duff
Jacob Blatzmeyer
Edward Qovernor
Harry A. Emerson
Jessie Villars
Rinhad
Opera House
Sol Smith Russell Stars In A Poor Relation At Tremont
Sol Smith Russell presented his post piece as his best character A Poor Relation at Tremont Theatre last evening. He played the role with evident feeling and skill, drawing laughs and tears from the audience. The supporting company includes Frank E. Aiken Milanie Radcliffe and others. The celebrity thanked the audience in a brief curtain speech. The engagement runs the present week only.
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Sol Smith Russell
Boston
Noah Vale
Tremont Theatre
Rashwell
Russell
Frank E. Aiken
Milanie Radcliffe
Ensign at Boston Theatre Receives Enthusiastic Reception
A belligerent tone and national themes mark The Ensign as a strong Civil War era play. James Neill, George Fawcett, and young Edith Wright deliver notable performances as the cast earns lavish applause for scenic effects and stirring moments during last night’s showing.
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Lincoln
Welles
Farragut
Boston Theatre
James Neill
George Fawcett
Edith Wright
Mary
Eica
Ensim
Stella Chase Ainsworth Heads Dramatic Bill at Grand Museum
Miss Stella Chase Ainsworth led the Vendetta company in Duncan B. Harrisons four act military drama The Paymaster at the Grand Museum corner of Dover and Washington streets yesterday. The show was praised as one of the best ever seen at that theatre with strong supporting vaudeville and a one act farce featuring Lothrop’s bushoimaters. The same bill returns this week.
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Stella Chase Ainsworth
Indy
Grand Museum
Dover
Washington Streets
Duncan B. Harrison
Lothrop
Night Owls Stage Burlesque at Howard Athena
At sunset the Night Owls performed a burlesque show at the Howard Athena featuring a new military spectacle the march of the Red Hussars and a spicy burlesque Satan's Enchantment. James Vosmith led the best numbers while Nettie Westernai and Miss Henrietta drew audience sympathy with topical ballads and performances by the Macendordon and Lic Miss Millie Bennett Wood sisters and others.
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Howard Athena
March of the Red Hussars
James Vosmith
Nettie Westernai
Macendordon
Lic
Millie Bennett
Wood Sisters
R Lizgeralt and Wey
Heme Nelson
Henrietta
Shore Acres plays fill Museum as fifth week opens
A large audience watched the fifth week of Shore Acres at the Museum last evening. Mr Heardie’s charming play draws broad notice and should keep the Museum filled for weeks. The cast includes William Harris and the Museum company. The fiftieth performance is set for Tuesday night, April 4. Meanwhile, Tremont Temple fire disrupts the Boston Star Course, but Millinger Foxcroft secured the People’s Church on Columbus Avenue for the course with two lectures by Roberts Harper and others scheduled for Thursday and next week. Easter Sunday evening at the Boston Theatre features the benefit with Beeren and Sterne handling tickets as supporters rally. The Wael and Unya Society plans Passion music on Good Friday with a strong solo lineup, and public salect seats go on sale March 25.
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Noston Star
Millinger Foxcroft
People’s Church
Columbus Avenue
Roberts Harper
Wael and Unya Society
Gertrude Franklin
Carl Alves
Wmn. Dennison
Myron W. Whitney
Max Heinrich
Samson
Lilian Nordica
Louise Rollwagen
William J. Winch
Plunket Greene
Gardner S. Lamson
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