Pension Office Reform Promised to Aid Applicants
Commissioner Loehren announces the office will operate in the interests of applicants rather than pension agents. The revocation of the completed files order marks a first step in reform to curb favoritism and delays under previous administrations and to curb pension sharks. The change targets abuses tied to Pension Agent Lemon and unduly profitable arrangements for claim agents, simplifying examinations for honest claimants.
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Loehren
Harrison, Tanner
Raum
Lemon
A Half Way Measure On Sunday Opening Of The World’s Fair Grounds
A Chicago editorial weighs the Exposition Company plan to open the World’s Fair grounds on Sunday. It argues opening may clarify public opinion on Sunday use and morality, noting past Sunday crowds and mixed reactions to Sunday events at the fair. It cites workers seeking a holiday and the lure of alternative Sunday entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exposition Company
Chicago
Jackson Park
Bennett Herald Indestructible Great Newspaper, Says Editor
The editorial page asserts the New York Herald remains a strong, profitable paper despite rumors of ownership changes. It cites James Gordon Bennett the elder’s long, lavish fortune and compares Herald wealth to Pulitzers World while affirming Bennett will maintain control.
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James Gordon Bennett the Elder
New York Herald
The
Herald
Principality
Bennnett
London
Paris
New York World
Pulitzer
Mackay- -Bennett
Bank of England
Bennett
New York Herald’s Persistent Prosperity Theme
The phrase highlights the newspaper’s enduring financial strength and ongoing success as a hallmark of its editorial brand and market presence in historic print culture.
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The
New York Herald
Legacy Tax Stands After House Repeal Vote
The House failed to repeal the legacy tax and the Post urges the Legislature to support staying the law. Supporters argue defects in operation can be cured and that abolition would threaten equitable taxation of inheritances. The narrow margin raises questions on reconsideration, but the 64 votes reflect public will.
Entering wedge in Boston gas mains debate
The piece argues against Aldermen halting Brookline Gas Company work, calling the contract a decisive factor enabling cheaper gas in Boston. It notes potential future gains from gas-making improvements and warns that allowing the contract to fail could curb competition and delay further price cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Brookline Gas Company
Boston
Gas Trust
Dollar Gas
Brookline Company
The Right of Self-Protection in Immigration Policy
A review of Supreme Court division over the constitutionality of the Chinese exclusion law. The piece argues that while provisions may be harsh, the fundamental right of the nation to protect itself from undesired aliens must be affirmed or denied, stressing this affects residence and citizenship policy for all.
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Supreme Court
Opening Season Sparks Legislature and Ball Park Revival
The legislature adjourned from the State House to the ball grounds as Boston celebrated a half holiday. The home team won, and the day sparked renewed public enthusiasm for baseball, hinting at a broader revival of the sport’s spirit.
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State House
Boston
Quotations and quips from a late 19th century paper
A collage of humorous quotes and satirical lines from multiple papers including the Chicago Inter Ocean Philadelphia Record and Louisville Courier Journal. Topics cover marriage weather pensions poets shopping and infrastructure with puns about waiters endowment and cable cars.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
May
Philadelphia Record
Louiisville Courier- Journal
Kate Field
Washington
Philadelphia Times
Puck
Lowell Courter
Detroit Tribune
Yonkers
New Books Reviews List Various 1893 Works
A catalog of contemporary titles with brief critiques and publication details. Entries cover politics, theology, art, fiction, and essays by authors such as Hiram Orcutt William Shedd Rosa Nouchette Carey Donn Pratt and Mrs Oliphant, with publishers in Boston New York Philadelphia and Chicago.
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William G. T.’ Shedd
D.D
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Boston
DeWolfe, Fiske ,& Co
Shedd
Rosa Nouchette Carey
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott.Company
the Reverend Poindex
Donn Pratt
Chicago
Robert J. Belford
Charles de Bernard
A. A. Page
Laird & Lee
Elinor
Oliphant
Lovell
Coryell & Co
Belmore
Unitarian Church
George H. Ellis
James de Normandie
John A. Taylor & Co
Promised Land
M. A. Bengough
Harper & Bros
Wheelwoman Outfitting Dept Opens in Boston Window
A wax figure on a bicycle in Shepard & Norwell's show window headlines Boston's first wheelwoman outfitting department. Mary Sargent Hopkins guides patrons on what to wear for cycling as crowds of women visit the new concept, touted as a growing women’s side of bicycling.
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Winter Street
Shepard & Norwell
Wheelwomen
Boston
Mary Sargent Hopkins
Bicycle Authority
Hopkins
Fontenelle Triumph At Bowdoin Square Theatre
Mrs. James ONeill starred in Fontenelle at Bowdoin Square last evening delivering a refined performance praised for authenticity and improvement since earlier showings. Supporting leads included Pascoe St Martin Plows Day Mae Dana and others. Next Monday ONeill to revive Monte Cristo with Shannon Fletcher Robinson Plows Day Dana and Pascoe among the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fontenelle
James O'Neill
Bowdoin Square
Messrs. Pascoe
St. Martin
Hoyt's A Temperance Town At Park Theatre Boston
Last week closes Hoyt and Thomas run with 170 performances celebrated in Boston. The Park Theatre hosts Hoyts Temperance Town to packed houses as crowds flock to the weekly show. Fred Miller Jr presents a ballad comedy opening May 22 with eighteen actors, rural roles, an English lord and a Boston Museum actor in the cast. First performance slated for Worcester Thursday. Arthur Thomas runs the venture, brother of Theodore Thomas.
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Hoyt
Park Theatre
Boston
Messrs
Thomas
H. Gittus Lonsdale
Boston Museum Company
Tremont Theatre Revival Acclaimed John Needham's Double
Mr Willard presented John Needham's Double at the Tremont Theatre last evening. The impersonation was impressively realistic and warmly received, with Miss Burroughs charming as Kate Norbury and Mr Massen delivering clever work as Col Calhoun Barker. The play runs for the remainder of the week and will be followed by The Middleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Willard
John Needham
Tremont Theatre
Miss Burroughs
Kate Norbury
The Ticket of Leave Man at Grand Opera House
Tom Taylor’s The Ticket of Leave Man plays a week at the Grand Opera House opening with a large audience. Miss Clarke as May Edwards shines, Mr Barron as Rob Brierly earns praise, Mr Keenan as James Dalton with aliases shows versatility, and Mr Price as Detective Hawkshaw is excellent.
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Mr. Keenan
Mark Price
Hawkshaw
Opening of the Howard Atheneum Delights City Audience
The Howard Atheneum opened under G KE Lothrop with extensive renovations and festive front decorations. Clean standards and good order promise a family friendly venue with continuous shows from 1 to 10 30 p m featuring music drama and specialties.
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Howard
Howard Atheneum
G. KE
Lothrop
Monster congress of fat women draws crowd at Stone and Shaw
A crowded lecture hall showcases twelve performers said to be the heaviest women in the nation. The program features hypnotists Senor F. Alves and wife, magician Professor Kreyer, and two bright stage acts.
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Stone & Shaw
Senor F. Alves
Kreyer
Lyceum Theatre Offers Farce Comedy and Vaudeville Aboard
This week at the Lyceum Theatre the Lester and Williams company presents Me and Jack a screaming comedy. Wil lett and Thorne perform Bamboozled, O'Brien and Jennings offer Mrs O'Relly's Party, Ernest Roeber the Graeco Roman wrestler challenges spectators, plus a great variety interlude and continuous section.
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Lyceum Theatre
Lester and Williams
Jack
Willett and Thorne
O’brien
Jennings
The Span of Life and Shore-Acres attract crowded audiences
The Museum hosts Shore-Acres entering week thirteen with high laughter and enthusiasm as the 100th performance nears tomorrow. The Span of Life shows strong crowds at the Boston Theatre since week two, with the lighthouse scene drawing praise. Iola Pomeroy headlines at the Grand Museum in Pert and Astray continues its run at the Globe Theatre with Bendix leading an admired orchestra program.
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Boston Theatre
Lighthouse
Living Bridge
Lothrop
New England
Iola Pomeroy
Soubrette
Pert
Grand Museum
Ed Astray
Globe Theatre
Mr. Bendix
Globe Theatre Orchestra
Social events notice and local cultural listings
Readers are urged to send memoranda of upcoming social events. On Tuesday May 16 the Unity Art Club hosts a dinner at Copley Square Hotel with reception at 6 and dinner at 7. A clarinet recital by Mr C L Staats is at 2 30 this afternoon at 136 Boylston Street.
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George Adams Woods
Quincy Street
Dorchester
Unity Art Club
Copley Square Hotel
C. L. Staats
Boylston Street
Boston Bloomers Advocate Comfort Over Skirts in Public
Miss Laura Lee visits Boston in a blue-gray wool bloomer suit with Syrian trousers and a braid trimmed zouave jacket. Mrs Flower, editor’s wife, delays her own costume return, praising dress reform and freedom from skirts amid public curiosity.
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Laura Lee
Boston
Miss Lee
Mrs. Flower
Huntington Avenue
Infanta Eulalie Plans New York Visit Amid Courtesies Debate
Despatches from Havana say Infanta Eulalie and her husband sailed today on the Marie Christina aboard for New York. Washington and Madrid discuss proper courtesy exchanges with the U S President and Mrs Cleveland during her stay.
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Havana
Infanta Eulalie
New York
Spain
United States
Washington
Cleveland
White House
Madrid
Infanta
Cuba
Eulale
Marie Christina
Ruby's Husband and a Meadow House Tale
Mrs E P Terhune recounts how the Newark writer inspired Ruby's Husband from a Jersey flats sighting. The lone marsh light and a white low-roofed house sparked a tale about a real sporting man nicknamed Nick Sloane and his daughter. The novel's hero dies in a runaway, and years later the meadow house tenant dies in a car accident.
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E. P. Terhune
Marion Harland
Ruby
Newark
Jersey Flats
New York
Nick Sloane
Meadow House
Wealthy New York Ladies Display Jewelry Treasures
The article profiles prominent socialites including Mrs William Astor with emerald necklace and Mrs August Belmont Jr with pearls and diamond necklace. Mrs Baylies owns costly tiaras and Mrs Bradley Martin showcases tiaras sapphires rubies and $200000 value pieces. Mrs Ogden Mills possesses a kingly tiara sapphires diamonds plus a large jewelry collection including a sapphire necklace gifted by her father Mr Livingstone valued at $40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Astor
August Belmont, Jr
Baylies
Bradley-Martin
Livingstone
Dress and Billiards Impede Women Players
An editorial argues women face physical barriers to billiards due to clothing. It notes sleeves and bodices hinder movement, unlike men's attire, and suggests a billiard jacket could be exchanged to ease play.
Lady Elena Wickham Triumphs In Huntingdonshire Billiard Heat
The Grand Hotel in Peterborough hosted the final heat of the Huntingdonshire billiard handicap where Lady Elena Wickham emerged as champion. Her victory has stirred significant interest among amateur female players.
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Elena Wickham
Huntingdonshire
Grand Hotel
Peterboro
Exclusive Dedham club and notable women of the era
A column surveys select women including Dedham's exclusive club cap at 125 members, Mrs. Shoemaker's rifle incident, Boston's Wintergreen Club of older women, Eleanor Kirk Ames's editorial success, a Newton County dilemma over a minor marriage, a Mt. Holyoke anecdote recalling Mary E Wilkins, Turkish soldier Hanko's pension case, Katherine Conway set as N E W P A chair, readings by Clara Waters and Louise Moulton, Lucy Stone's school voting act and name-use stance.
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Dedham Woman’s Club
Oliver Shoemaker
York County
Eleanor Kirk Ames
Harpers
Eleanor Kirk
Newton County
Mt. Holyoke
Mary E. Wilkins
Mary
Katherine Conway
Parker House
Clara Erskine Clement- Waters
Antoine Joseph Wiertz
Louise Chandler Moulton
Mary Elizabeth Blake
Gertrude Murray
Lucy Stone
Duelling by proxy in Paris ends with injury
French practice of proxy duelling emerges after Mme Severine article provokes M Massard. Editor referred to M Labruyere who bore responsibility for any offense. Labruyere accepts a challenge and receives a wound from Massard, settling the dispute.
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Paris
Mme. Severine
M. Massard
M Labruyere
Labruyere
Massard
Duchess and Duke of Portland Twins Gifts and Taxes
When a daughter was born the duchess urged the duke to turn a planned diamond gift into a hospital for tenants on the Welbeck estate. Now a son inherits the title, the duke forgives 20 percent of rents and moves to block a baptismal present from tenants, citing the tax burden on friends.
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Duchess of Portland
Welbeck
Barber Shop Sign Reflects Old English Verse
An outside barber shop displays a veteran sign featuring a painted male head and a hand pointing to the chin. The sign quotes the old English psalter line Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long Life reflecting a thriftier era.
Discreet suitor signals proposal with ring in town
A brief note items a careful young man who visits his favorite girl by announcing himself with a knock. He hints that entering with a ring would be seen as a proposal, reflecting social norms of discreet courtship.
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Philadelphia Record
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Post Publishing Company
Washington Streat
A. Frank Richardson
Tribune Building
Zb. A. Grozier
the Post
MR Bennett and
the Herald
Mellen
Moriarty
Wedge
Hiram Orcutt
L.L.D
New England Publishing Company
John C. van Dyke
L.H.D
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Rutgers College
Bille Cole
Philadelph E Porter & Coates
A. J. Gordon
Fleming H. Revell Company
Estes & Lauriat
Mary Ann
Q., Zangwill
Raphael Tuck & Sons
A. G Roe
G. W. Dillingham
Celia E. Gardner
Madison Square
de* Wolfe, Fiske & Co
John Oliver Hobbes
Cassell
Cassell Publishing Company
W. B. Clarke & Co
Molly Elliot Seawell
Throckmorton
D. Appleton & Co
Appleton
Town and Country
Philip St. Clare
Robert Appleton
Harry St. John
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co
Wheelwoman
People’s Daily
James Stewart
Cummings
Kingston ‘Street
Tremont St
the Tremont
Austin & Stone's
UWSW
Boston Bloomers
Eulalie
Ruby’s
Society Women’s Jewels
Emerson Piano Co
Boylston
Express
Bloom CO
Washington St
Mass
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Newburyport
LA Grippe
DANA
Dana Sarsaparilla Co
Belfast
Maine
Hanko
Entertainments
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Wagner
Bens. Johnson
Old South Church
Crand
Tom Taylor
Pera
Elouse
Annie Clarke
Chas
Barron
Lord Faun
Octoroon
Roy
Howard Athenaeum
G. E. Lothrop
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Sarvis
Mme. Perival
Consolidated Lady Orchestra
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Portland Babies
E. S
Willard
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Tremont
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William Calder
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Boston Museum
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Flerine
Nathl
Berry
Shore
Searon
Pat Rooney
Katie
Reooney
Aledan 4
He Rankin
Wot Mie & Pantzer
Marion & Belie
Max Pettingill
Murphy& McCoy
Finley & Joyce
Ed Met Fernan
Cic
Etee
Selbaker
Majestic Co
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Chas. F. Atkinson
Monte Cristo
Washington, St., Near
Boylstons
ME and
Jack Comedy Company
Ernrnest Roeber
Dover Sts
Tremont Row
Austin&ston Museum
Scollay Square
Indianapolis Journal
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