Amusements in Boston theater listings and notices
The notice lists theater showtimes and productions in Boston venues including Tremont Hollis Globe Boston Theatre Boston Museum Park Grand Opera Howset Athens Zum and Grand Museum. It records editor contact rules for submissions and notes on distribution and reader reporting.
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Treemont Theatre
Tremont Street
Edward S. Willard
John Needham
Hollits Street
Hollis Street
Barry & Fay
McKenna
Globe Theatre
Washington Street
Francis Wilson
Merry Monarch
Boston Theatre
the Soudan
Boston Museum
Scollay Square
Park Theatre
Helen Barry
Grand Opera
Howset
Washington
Dover Street
Kate Claxton
London
Howard Athens Zum
Howard Street
May Howard Big Burlesque Company
Grand Musevum
Carper Washington
Dover Streets
Echoes of May Day Stir Europe Spark Attacks
The Boston Post notes disturbances across Europe with a Rome barracks fire suspected incendiary and linked to socialist elements. In Liege a dynamite blast exploded before a capitalist’s residence and, in Mons, a laborer’s home was blown up for refusing to join strikes. The writer argues these isolated acts are less threatening than a coordinated revolution feared by governments.
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Europe
Rome
Liege
Belgium
Mons
Boston Urges Quick Passage Of Public Library Financing Bill
The city seeks to finish the new Public Library building and wants authority to raise funds to complete construction. A proposed commission to review expenditures should not delay the bill, which aims to allow the city to proceed with the project as plans stand.
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Boston
Mediation Sought in Chilean Conflict by Major Powers
Chilean disputants seek peace with United States France and Brazil as arbitrators after a bloody brief war. The U S government has directed its Santiago minister to use good offices, with other powers promptly offering mediation. Civilization owes a quick, impartial settlement to end the sickening broil.
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United States
France
Brazil
Santiago
Street Railway Franchises Debate at State House
Outside the State House opinion favors delaying legislation to tax street railway corporations. At the Boston Merchants' Association directors meeting yesterday, formal resolutions urged not to bind the Rapid Transit Commission with new law before its full consideration. Boston’s broader interests should guide legislative timing.
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State House
Rapid Transit Commission
Boston Merchants’ Association
Boston
The Elevated in Battery Park Backlash Grows
The Battery Park elevated road project has failed to gain rights for further tracks and faces removal of already built structures. Public pressure against the Park Board grows, as the elevated has lacked proper legal footing and intensified demands. The movement to force removal gains momentum and may be hard to resist.
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Battery Park
New York
Park Board
Unrestricted immigration noted by New Orleans grand jury
A New Orleans grand jury report criticizes a large part of the Italian population for perceived shortcomings. It cites records in an Italian office, alleging concerns about character and behavior within the community. The document signals tension over immigration and ethnic groups in the city.
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New Orleans
Call to close ports to refugees amid Sicilian, Ital ian arrivals
The article cites authorities listing about 1100 Italians and Sicilians who landed over years with records of crime in Italy and Sicily. It notes hundreds shot on sight by troops in Sicily and argues US ports should be closed to such refugees to strengthen weak laws, claiming the New Orleans mob example supports action.
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Italy
Sicily
United States
New Orleans
Quicker Time to New York Rail Service Demanded
Boston Merchants Association urged press and railroads to cut running time and add vestibule trains between Boston and New York and Boston and Chicago. Directors argued the public has suffered delays and poor service, calling for faster schedules and safer, more comfortable trains.
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Boston
New York
Chicago
Boston Merchants’ Association
Post
Merchants’ Association
Harvard Yale incident strains college athletic talks
A dispute between Harvard and Yale over a wariness in accepting Captain Dean’s game schedule with Princeton leads Harvard to withhold ratification and Yale to break off talks. Yale argues Harvard altered understandings, while Harvard cites limited authority and seeks fair play for Princeton games.
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Harvard
Yale
Dran
Princeton
Dean
Senate
Harvard Athletic Committee
New Orleans Grand Jury Endorses Mob Rule
An editor rails against the New Orleans grand jury report praising mob action as spontaneous uprising. The piece calls the grand jury view intolerable, arguing a mob cannot replace law and must be held to accountability, warning of broader dangers if accepted.
Grand jury report cites law powerless against corrupt justice in New Orleans
The grand jury portrays New Orleans courts as controlled not by Mafia but by a private detective agency selling services to the Mafia. It links the Hennessy case to a broader pattern of corruption and argues the people should pursue legal remedies rather than mob action, though critics say reforms began too late.
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Grand Jury
New Orleans
Mafia
Hennessy
O’ Malley
Tariff debate urges art in industry and training
An American importer argues for combining tariffs with investment in artful design and technical training. He cites New York institutes and foreign practice to push the case that higher quality, better design and skilled labor, not just price protection, will strengthen American industry even as the protective tariff may not endure.
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New York
District electors system in Michigan mirrors national history
The New York Evening Post notes the district method used by New York, Maine, Maryland and Tennessee with divided votes, Tennessee unanimous for its favorite son, while New York and Maine split between Jackson and Adams. The piece argues there is no novelty in Michigan’s district system, only in the minds of those unfamiliar with U.S. political history.
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New York Evening Post
New York
Maine
Maryland
Tennessee
Jackson
Adams
Jack
Michigan
Petition Push for New York Met Opens Sun Day
Public pressure in New York drives petitions to push open the Metropolitan Museum of Art. More than 25 000 signatures indicate broad support for an experimental opening amid Sabbatarian objections. Trustees face a $12 000 yearly cost, offset by a civic group offering 4000 if trial runs four months.
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New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Presidential electors by districts sparks constitutional debate
Michigan's legislature adopts district based electors provoking GOP concerns and court talk. Ex congressman criticizes reform as revolutionary arguing constitutional allowance exists but skeptics warn of sweeping change to the Electoral College system.
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Michigan
Detroit Tribune
Cutcheon
United States
CureHron
Mrs HurtBERT Provides London Interview On Case
Mrs HurtBERT, in a London cable interview, supports her husband’s extraordinary defense in the HuRtBERT case. She confirms seeing Wax-FRED Murray, discusses alibis, and claims she has not known Mr Hurt sent to read a French novel, all shaping the lingering judgment on the disputed diary.
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Hurtbert
Welver the Elder
Pickwick
Hurtcert
Mr. Hurtsent
Evelyn
Murray
Hurlbert
Hopkins Receives Scarrr Library Bequest Of Southern History
Johns Hopkins University gains the late ScHar r collection of manuscript papers and rare pamphlets core to Southern history from colonial times to the Civil War. The librarian notes many similar papers may exist in the region, and their loss would be irreparable. Reports of snow and frost contrast with spring flowers in the Public Garden.
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Johns Hopkins University
Scharr
University
Gipsy Camp Observed In Boston In The Heart Of The Town
A Boston writer encounters a gipsy camp within city limits near Somerset street with six tents, wagons, and a Queen, noting English origin and peaceful scene. He visits, contemplates five miles ahead, and contrasts with a blaze seen at the unfinished Court House as a possible start of a fire, then praises the new Public Library.
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Boston
Post
Somerset Street
Court House
Taverner
Public Library
Banana Peel Incident Delights Editor at Post Office Den
In a wry anecdote the Post’s chief humorist limped into his den after slipping on a sidewalk banana peel left by an unknown prankster. The mishap, seen as poetic justice, provoked amusement and a rueful reflection on his long career of banana peel jokes. No witnesses confirmed, though a Chelsea citizen and Tavernier were named in the aside.
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Post
Quotations and Quips From an Old Newspaper Page
A collage of witticisms and anecdotes spans literary figures such as Lord Tennyson Whistler Oscar Wilde and the Sultan with jokes from Washington Post New York World and Detroit Free Press. Notes on fame money romance and retirement pepper the jubilant collection reflecting period humor and social foibles.
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Washingington
Boston
N. Y
Skidd
Mink
Academy
Detroit Free Press
Inspector Byrnes
Bath
Maine
Collect for Ascension Day from a Suffolk missal
One of the oldest Collects appears in a beautifully illuminated missal made for Salisbury. The prayer beseeches God to grant that, as Christ ascended to the world unknown, believers may ascend in heart and mind with Him forever to dwell in unity with the Holy Trinity.
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Salisbury
Goa
Jesus
T. W. Parsons
Curious Mascot Helped Vilas Reach Senate
A lighthearted tale recalls ex-Postmaster General Vilas and a tiny silver rabbit foot sent by a lake shore postmistress. She hoped the charm would aid his rise, and Vilas later thanked her, noting he still keeps the token and that she may claim any benefits it brings.
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Vilas
Lake Shore
United States
Mississippi
United States Senate
Senate
A Quaint Old House and Its Antiquities in Portland
In Portland's Jewett mansion on Pleasant street dating from 1849, notable relics include the first bay windows in the city and an eight legged solid mahogany table once owned by Governor Winthrop and brought to Massachusetts in 1680. The home houses Imperial era linen, old crockery, a Dutch neck dish, a glass with a double bottom holding over a century old brandy, and artifacts such as General Dearborn's sword and silk sash from Bunker Hill.
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Portland
Jewett
Pleasant Street
Winthrop
Massachusetts
Luther
Boston Singers Give Fourth Concert of Second Series
The Boston Singers Society directed by George L. Osgood presented a mixed program at Music Hall featuring Wagner's arrangement of Palestrina Stabat Mater and Verdi Pater Noster. Critics praised the chorus and soloists, noted the challenging sacred works, and highlighted the strong performances of Benevolt Et resurrexit and Liszt O Salutaris, with further items by Linley, Woolf, Clair, Cornelius, and最后e selections. The concert, repeated May 9, drew applause for technical skill and tenor, with expectations for future Italian works.
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Boston Singers
Boston Singers’ Society
George L. Osgood
Music Hall
Wagner
Palestrina
Verdi
Prince of Moskowa
Paris
Osgood
Benevolt
Liszt
Thomas Linley
Singers’ Society
Mr. B. &. Woolf
Clair
Peter Cornelius
Lewis Gordon
Benedict
Gaullard
Liebe
Schumann
Cruikshank
Philip LE
How the Bronte Poems Sold
In a June 16 1847 note to De Quincey published in the memorials Charlotte Brontë then writing as Currer Bell laments the poor sales of a volume of poems. The note says publishers warned of failure as the book sold only two copies in a year and the authors plan to give away a few unsold copies before moving the edition to trunk makers.
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Bronte
London Daily News
Ellis
Acton Bell
Sidney Lanier’s Wit's Warm Reflections From South Florida
The Newcastle Record recalls Sidney Lanier the Southern poet met years before his death while wintering in South Florida. A cheerful fighter against his illness, Lanier is praised as an estimable man filled with music and poetry. The piece notes a humorous anecdote of a lady sending marmalade with a prayerful toast and Lanier’s witty reply.
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Sidney Lanier
Newcastle
South
Florida
The Gospel of Wealth in Potter's N A Review
A Bishej Potter essay praises wealth as a vehicle for social good. It highlights a New York citizen who Founded a trade school for American boys and youths, overcoming prejudice and opposition to build a lasting institution. The piece extols philanthropy and disciplined effort as pathways to noble training and rewarding outcomes.
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Bishej Potter
N. A. Review
New York
United States
Etata Seizure Ordered by U S Marshal
United States Marshal seizes Etata amid reports she was receiving supplies for insurgents. Washington issued the order.
Minister Eagan Authorized to Mediate in Chili
A Spanish American incident unfolds as United States Marshal Gard seizes the Chilean steamer Etata in San Diego harbor and arrests Captain Mauzeam. Vessels Robert and Minnie and a supposed insurgent warship are pursued beyond the three mile limit while Persuasive mediation efforts are led by U.S. Minister Eagan amid a shifting naval scene off Coronado Islands and Catalina.
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San Diego
Cal
United States
Gard
Etata
Mauzeam
Department
Washington
Robert
Minnie
Coronado Islands
Berry
Blaine
Marshal Gard
Coronado
Here
Catalina
Remington
Telegraph
Wilmington
Treasury Department
Catalina Island
South America
California
Foster
State Department
Chili
New York
The
Herald
Kagan
Chile
France
Brazil
A Favor for Alliance Men One Fare to Cincinnati
Kansas City Mo May 6 The Farmers Alliance has secured a one fare rate from Kansas City and Missouri River points to Cincinnati and return by the Western Passenger Association. Earlier votes against the plan gave way after persistence by the Alton and other proponents. Opponents were defeated as decisive argument won support from the meeting with one major road still unrepresented presumed to back the measure.
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Kansas City
Farmers’ Alliance
Western Passenger Association
Missouri River
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Alliance
Chicago & Alton
The
Alton
Crank Dickson Arrested Over Threats to Kill Jay Gould
A man naming himself Charles J Dickson was arrested in New York at Jay Gould's request after visiting Goulds physician Dr Munn and declaring he led the Christ Followers order with a mission to kill Gould unless paid 60 000 and promised charitable distribution of his property He will be examined for sanity.
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New York
Charles J. Dickson
Jay Gould
Dickson
Munn
Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen in Boston Ad
The Waterman ideal fountain pen is advertised as reliable and never failing when needed. It boasts a 380 days trial and unconditional guarantee. Partridge at Temple Place Stationer and Engraver is named as the sole Boston agent.
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Waterman
Partridge
Temple Place
Boston
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