Tonsorial Showdown in Somerville Ends as Hippodrome
In Bacon Hall Somerville the two famous barbers George A. Hayden and James Pitt staged a shaved beard race amid a lively crowd. Hayden finished two clean shaves in 2 minutes 27 ¾ seconds while Pitt shaved faster for John Holland in 33 seconds and William Murphy in 1 minute 26 ¼ seconds. The event drew 100 attendees with a purse of 8100 and a controversy over beard quality and purse handling.
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Mr. Pitt
Hayden
John
William Murphy
Pitt
Henry Lamb
House Debates End With Turbulent Tie On Silver Bill
The House faced a fierce day as votes on the silver bill tied 148 to 148 after ledgers and recapitulations sparked argument. Filibusters, recapitulation disputes, and calls for recesses filled the session before a midnight adjournment.
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Bland
Committee On Rules
Paine's celery compound praised across New England
A Boston report highlights endorsements from physicians, lawyers, and druggists for Paine's celery compound. Testimonials describe relief from dyspepsia and rheumatic pain, improved appetite and sleep, and renewed vitality. Wholesale and retail traders report unprecedented sales throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut, with many customers and notable figures backing the remedy.
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Paine
Boston
Messrs. S. A. D. Sheppard & Co
Washington and
Dover Streets
Charles A. Bartlett
Tremont Street
Day’s
Meridian Street
Man of News
New England
Talcott, Frisbee & Co
Hartford
New Bedford
Wiliam H. Drummond
James E. Blake
Messrs. Paget & Dandurand
Lowell
George C. Osgood
G. K. Mellor
Main Street
Worcester
Fall River
Bernard C. Larouche & Co
HOW THEY VOTED Republicans and Democrats Split in Record Roll Call
A detailed roll call shows Yeas and Nays across parties. Republicans favored 82 to 65 in one tally and 138 to 10 in another, listing lawmakers by name including Amerman Atkinson Bacon Belden Belknap Beltzhoover Bentley Bergen Bingham Boutelle Bowman Brawley Brickner Brosius Brunner Buchanan New Jersey etc. The opposing side includes Abbott Alderson Alexander Allen Arnold Babbitt Bailey and others, reflecting a divided chamber and a lengthy name-by-name record.
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Herbert
Alabama
Yeas
Outhwaite
Ohio
Bland
Johnson
House
Mr. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Breckinridge
Reed
Maine
Ley
Bacon
Barkhead
Bartine
Beeman
Blanchard
Blount
Bowers
Branch
Arkansas
Brett
Broderick
Brookshire
Bryan
Buchanan
Virginia
Bullock
Bunn
Busey
Butler
Bynum
Byrnes
Caminetti
Capehart
Caruth
Cate
Clark
Wyoming
Clarke
Cobb
Cowles
Cox
Tennessee
Grain
Texas
Crawford
Culberson
Davis
Dearmond
Dickerson
Dixon
Dockery
Dunan
Edmunds
Ellis
Epes
Everett
Fithian
Orney
Fowler
Funston
Fyan
Gantz
Goodnight
Gorman
Grady
Halvorson
Hare
Tarries
Hatch
Heard
Hemphill
Henderson
North Carolina
Hermann
Holman
Houk
Jolley
Kern
Donovan
Boutelle
Fitch
Messrs
Amerman
Andrew
Atkinson
Barwig
Belden
Belknap
Beltzhoever
Bentley
Bergen
Bingham
Bowman
Brawley
Brickner
Brosius
Brunner
New Jersey
Bunting
Burrows
Bushnell
Cable
Cadmus
Caldwell
Castie
Causey
Chapin
Chipman
Clancy
Missouri
Coburn
Cochran
Cogswell
Coolidge
Coombs
Covert
New York
Craig
Pennsylvania
Crosby Cummings
Ae Cutting
Dadzell
Daniell Deforest
Dingley
Dean
Dolliver
Dunphy
English
Fellows
Flick
Geary
Geissenhainer
Gillespie
Greenleaf
Griswold
Grout
Hall
Hallowell
Hamilton
Ray
Rayner
Revburn
Rife
Robinson
Russell
Scull
Seerley
Shonk
Smith
Sperry
Stephenson
Stevens
C. W. Stone
Storer
Stout
Stump
Taylor
Ilinois
J. D. Taylor
Tracey
Walker
Warner
Waugh
Weaver
Wheeler
Midhan
Willcox
Williams
Massachusetts
Jon
Wilson
Washington
West Virginia
Wolverton
Wright
Nays
Abbott
Alderson
Alexander
Allen
Arnold
Babbitt
Bai
Dinner to Minister Reid Farewell Banquet in Paris
A farewell banquet for retiring United States minister Mr. Reid was hosted by the American colony in Paris. About three hundred guests, including leading Americans and notable French figures, attended. The crowd drank to Presidents Harrison and Carnot and to Mr. Reid, with a complimentary address presented by Consul General King.
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Paris
Reid
United States
Harrison and
Carnot
King
Democratic delegates chosen at North Dakota convention
Grand Forks March 24 The Democratic State convention elected W. N. Roach James F. O'Brien Eli Cole W. E Purcell Andrew Blewitt and J. E. Campbell as national convention delegates They were not positively instructed but adopted a resolution favoring Cleveland and advising pursuit of a Western candidate if Cleveland proved weaker.
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Grand Forks
N. D
W. N. Roach
James F. O’brien
Eli Cole
W. E E. Purcell
Andrew Blewitt
J. E. Campbell
Cleveland
San Francisco Stocks Close Prices Report
San Francisco March 24 official closing prices list many entries with Best & Belcher at 2.40 and Ophir at 2.90. Other stocks include Potosi 1.25 Con Cal & Va Big Savage 1.60 Eureka 2.00 Sierra Nevada Gould & Curry 1.50 Union 1.60 Hale & Norcross Yellow Jacket 1.15 Mexican 23.2? The page shows a dense ledger of mining stock values with multiple abbreviations and figures.
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San Francisco
Best & Belcher
Ophir
Cceesceee
Potosi
Cal
Big ‘Savage
Eureka
Sierra
Nevada
Eee Gould & Curry
Union Con
Hale & Norcross
Yellow Jacket
Cash offer for whiskey cases from Graves and Sons
A Boston Mass advertisement offers cash for twelve bottle cases of G. O. Tay Reserve whiskey at high value. It claims the brand is the most renowned in New England and accepts postal orders or money orders, with Boston or New York funds acceptable.
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New England
Boston
New York
Hanes
Uae
C.H. Graves & Sons
Mass
A Bad Man Captured in Newtonville
Newton March 24 about 1 o clock yesterday two wives of prominent residents found a man lying in a lawn beyond a fence. He insulted them as they passed and tried to enter homes. After scaring several households the man was tackled by Officer John Clay and arrested. He gave the name Carol Lorenzo and claimed to be a sewer worker. The event caused local alarm recalling past city troubles.
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Newton
Newtonville
Linwood Avenue
Beime
John Clay
West Newton
Carol Lorenzo
Senate’s Secret Action Behrs Sea Treaty Ratified
Senate in executive session handles complaints about newspaper leaks and betrays secrets while considering Behring Sea arbitration treaty. A Foreign Relations Committee report urges ratification and a resolution pledges Senate support for defending American rights to the full national power.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Behring Sea
Drayton Borrowe dispute deepens over alleged liaison
New York report on March 24 describes J Coleman Drayton and Fred Hoey leaving the Majestic amid rumors of a liaison with Mrs Drayton. Borrowe denies impropriety while threatening no immediate statement. Officials consider investigations into cust omer law violations as Drayton seeks further press statements.
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Mrs. Drayton
Mr. Drayton
Borrowe
Mr. Milbank
Mr. Borrowe
New York
Lone Star Cotton Picker touted to curb field waste
The article argues thirty million dollars in cotton is wasted yearly due to unpicked crop. It claims the Lone Star Cotton Picker reduces unharvested cotton, leaves less than five percent unpicked, and could boost southwest prairie land value. It notes a Boston factory showroom at 31 Milk Street.
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United States
Lone Star
West
Southwest
Milk Street
Boston
Mass
April Harper's Magazine Opens With Tempest Commentary
The April Harper's features Shakspere's The Tempest with KE A Abbey illustrations and Andrew Lang commentary arguing against Renan and Lemaitre's symbolism of Prospero, Caliban, and Ariel. Other items include Shelley documents, Davis and McLennan stories, Whitman poetry, Laura KE Richards on Dr. Howe, and two picture pieces.
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KE. A. Abbey
Andrew Lang
Harper’s
Lang
Lemaitre
Renan
Prospero
Caliban
Ariel
Scott
Mr. Ruskin
Ailie Dailie
Robbin the Bobbin
Shakspere
Abbevy
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Richard Harding Davis
William McLennan
Julian Ralph
Great Lakes
Walt Whitman
Death’s Valley
Samuel Gridley Howe
Laura KE. Richards
St. Nicholas
Charles F. Holder
Thomas Couture
Metropolitan Museum
New York
New Books: Her Sabbath by James Fitzjames Stephen
A compact review notes Jeremy Taylor as a Moralist as the series’ principal critique of religious thought. It discusses Philippe de Commines memoirs with insights on his era and France’s political religious scene. Macmillan and Estes & Lauriat publish.
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Sunday Saturday Review
James Fitzjames Stephen
Bart
K.C.S
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy ‘L'Aylor
Philippe de Commines
France
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen
K.c.s.ii
New
John Sullivan Alias Lewis Arrested for Shirt Larceny
John Sullivan alias Lewis was arrested by a Station 5 officer last night and charged with the larceny of one and a half dozen white shirts from unknown persons.
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John Sullivan
Lewis
Station 5
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George Wright
Wright & Ditson
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C. E. Gleason
Boston & Albany Railroad
E. P. Bryant
George C. Goodwin & Co
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Rust & Richardson Drug Co
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Fred L. Carter
Carter, Carter & Kilham
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Gilman Ros
Cutler Bros. & Co
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Martin Pendergast
Julia Sullivan
T. Edward Masters
Springfield
F.S. Calhoun & Co
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Burlington
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Reading
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W. L. Greenleaf
H. L. Dillenback
Telegram of
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Johnson & CO
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Chicago
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Boston Veterinary Hospital
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Daniel D. Lee
Wilbert Soule
Tremont
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Fred Hoey
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