Roads Named Chief of Treasury Stationery Division
The Hon. Samuel Roads Jr is appointed chief of the Treasury Department stationery division. The move draws another Massachusetts man to Washington and adds to Governor Russell’s line of private secretaries. Roads’s predecessor becomes Boston postmaster in days, signaling continued favorable selections by Governor Russell.
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Samuel Roads, Jr
Treasury Department
Massachusetts
Washington
School of Statesmen
Russell
Cleveland
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Boston
Electrocute Them in New York Style
An editorial condemns hanging for executions as barbarous and calls for Massachusetts to adopt electric Chair methods tested in New York. It praises electricity for a clean, silent, and humane process and argues it would end brutal bungling.
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Concord
N. H
New York
Massachusetts
Bill Aims Gas Price Cut for Roxbury Dorchester South Boston
Representative Hoar introduces a bill to extend the 40 cent gas rate to Roxbury Dorchester and South Boston. The plan seeks to end the higher $1.50 charge amid higher distribution costs and urges immediate legislative action rather than waiting for gas commissioners.
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Hoar
Roxbury
Dorchester
South Boston
Addicks
East Boston
Christian sentiment urged to open World’s Fair gates
The piece argues for reopening Exposition grounds to public access including buildings and non mechanized exhibits, appealing to Christian influence and suggesting courts would resolve legal objections. It condemns Sabbath desecration caused by closed gates and warns against calling out troops to restore order.
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Society of Christian Endeavor
United States
Sam Roads Jr. Wins Treasury Stationery Chief Post
Samuel Roads Jr of Marblehead Massachusetts, editor and historian, longtime private secretary to Governor Russell, is named head of the Treasury Department stationery division. He has served in the Massachusetts General Court and Senate, joined the Young Men's Democratic Club, and held positions with the Abbot Public Library and St. Michael's parish.
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Washington
Sam’’ Roads, Jr
Marblehead
Mass
Sea Serpent’? Club
Russell
Treasury Department
A. L. Sturdevant
Samuel Roads, Jr
J. W. Coveney
Marblehead Messenger
Boston Post
St. Michael’s
Town
Young Men’s Democratic Club
William E. Gladstone
Everett
Sunday cultural access for Boston and Chicago contrasts
The excerpt argues for continuing Sunday access to city institutions in Boston, praising the public library, reading room, art museum, parks, and public garden. It suggests extending similar Sunday privileges enjoyed in Chicago to Boston for five months and beyond.
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Boston
Chicago
The Sick Baby Fund Brings Free Doctors to Boston Homes
The Post announces a summer program of free medical visits for poor children, organized by a corps of physicians who will visit homes across Boston to treat the sick, advise mothers, and reduce child mortality. It seeks donations and subscriptions, starting with a $100 lead gift, to expand to hundreds of daily visits.
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Post
The
Boston
Legacy inheritance tax upheld as policy renewed
The House rejected a repeal bill by a strong majority, reasserting the inheritance tax policy first set in 1891. Lawmakers deem the current statute weak and faulty and call for strengthening and extending the tax to operable effect. The decision reinforces state commitment to the tax.
Observant Citizen notes city life and upcoming events
The column catalogs locals including Captain Phillips and Fielder Edgerly at a Cambridge ballgame, talks of Democratic figures Josiah Quincy and Frank Proctor, and mentions notables such as Miss Marie Carpenter and Mr. Fred M. Sise. It also reports on social events, World’s Fair travel, and newspaper page sizes.
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Phillips
Edgerly
Harvard
Tremont Street
Cambridge
Holmes Field
Marie Carpenter
Fred M. Sise
Portsmouth
N. H
Carpenter
Co. C. Carpenter
United States Navy
Sise
Boston
Reform laundry controversy in Boston amid steam engines
A Greek author recalls the dispute over a large Boston laundry run as a reform institution. The steam engines operate without license amid hearings by the Aldermen and a contentious council. Neighbors report noise and disruption while the establishment defends its benevolent aims and tax status.
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Rodocanachi
William Power Wilson
Massachusetts
William’ Power Wilson
Board of Aldermen
Traveller
House of Justice and Equity
Boston
Mass
Turkey
Williams for New York custom house examiners post
The Boston Post nominates George Fred Williams for a seat on the Board of Examiners of the New York custom house. The piece asserts a Williams appointment would ensure a thorough examination process.
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The
Lowell Times
Boston Post
George Fred Williams
New York Custom House
Williams
Quincy’s Good Work in Reforming the Consular Service
The Haverhill Gazette credits Assistant Secretary Quincy with reforming the consular service through common sense measures. He is commended for needed changes and improvements it deserves.
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Haverhill Gazette
Quincy
Consular Service
Social calendar highlights May 17 in Brookline area
Readers asked to send social notices. May 17 events include a reception for Mrs. Gilman Smith Low at 1 Moreland Street from 7 to 9, a wedding for Miss Mary Arnold Whitman and Mr. Gardner Cutting Bullard at St. Paul’s Church Brookline at 7:30, and a reception for Mrs. William Whitman on Washington Street from 8 to 10.
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Gilman Smith Low
Moreland Street
Mary Arnold Whitman
Gardner Cutting Bullard
St. Paul’s Church
Brookline
William Whitman
Washington Street
Infanta Eulalie to Arrive for World's Fair Visit
Infanta Eulalie of Spain and her husband Prince Antoine will land from Havana on Maria Christina and arrive in New York Friday May 19. The queen regent’s court reportedly objected to entertainments but is said to have urged waivers to proceed. The Colombian committee discussed plans for her entertainment with no authorized patroness list yet, awaiting movement details.
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New York
Infanta Eulalie
Spain
Prince Antoine
Havana
Maria Christina
United States
Snowden
Madrid
Infanta
Columbian Committee of One Hundred
Arturo Cuyas
The
Circulo Colon Cervantes
Women achieve new study and journalism opportunities worldwide
The article notes Celia Thaxter funding her sons’ college via china painting earnings, Swedish translation of David Grieve, emergence of women journalists in London papers, and several schools for training women as journalists. It highlights Mrs Cleveland’s simple jewelry taste, Bulgarian royal wedding gifts, and St Andrew’s University opening to women with Edinburgh Glasgow licenses via Dr Sophia Jex Blake’s efforts.
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Celia, Thaxter
Humphry Ward
David Grieve
Stockholm
London
Cleveland
Bulgaria
Stranahan
Brooklyn
Chicago
Sophia Jex Blake
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Death of a noted Boston woman Harriet Cushing Sheare
Harriet Cushing Sheare widow of Dr. Augustus A. Gould dies in Philadelphia May 14. She bore Boston lineage including Hancock and Sumner and helped found the Woman's Missionary Society for settling single women to heathen lands. Funeral from Clarendon Street Baptist Church tomorrow at 3 p m.
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Harriet Cushing Sheare
Augustus A. Gould
Boston
Louis Agassiz
Philadelphia
John Hancock
Quincey
Sumner
Cushing
Sheafe
Woman’s Missionary Society
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Cormier
Charlestown
Edith May Cormier
Corey
Bedford
Charles C. Corey
Doll
Roxbury
Caroline
Leopold Doll
Dunham
Malden
Susan Pratt
George Dunham
Yarmouth
Gould
Harriet
Gowing
Wakefield
Horace Gowing
Jacobs
Dorchester
Sarah F. Jacobs
Kingsley
Francis Kingsley
Little
Newbury
Joseph Little
Ober
Rhoda C. Ober
Joseph Ober
Hollis
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Quip and Quirk from Small-Town Papers
A collage of witty lines from several papers. Humorous quips touch on doctors, brothers and sisters, trees, a pawn shop, vision, crows, Behring Sea papers, and an undertaker in Union Tennessee chasing a daughter eloping with an assistant.
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Union
Tenn
Philadelphia Ledger
Boston Theater Scene Winding Down 1893 Season
In Boston the 1892-93 dramatic season nears its end with James O Neill successful at Bowdoin Square Theatre in Fontenelle and Monte Cristo to follow. Carrie Turner heads West for new roles as One Golden Wedding debuts May 22 at Park Theatre. The George A Baker Opera Company will open comic opera at Bowdoin Square featuring The Black Hussar and The Beggar Student. Other highlights include Led Astray at Globe and Shore Acres 100th performance at Museum.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Fontenelle
Bowdoin Square
George A. Baker Opera Company
Atkinson
Carrie Turner
West
Miss Turner
Park Theatre
The
New England
Portland
William Harris
Napoleon
Falk
Paris
Mr. Harris
George W. Wilson
Miss Hampton
Josephine
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