Boston Responds Rapidly to Tuesday Fire
Boston residents rushed to aid after a major blaze displacing many families. The Rug gles Street Church offered soup and beds as city officials mobilized aldermen and relief efforts. Citizens urged ongoing support to sustain victims until they recover. Also a note on Coxey for Congress and the Home Market Club's strategic choices.
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Coxey
Congress
Ohio
Boston
Alabama
McKinley
Kolb
Senator Hoar
Senate Votes Relegate Major Corporations to Special Exemption
Opinion urges that the Republican Senate stop shielding favored corporations like the Bell Telephone and Boston & Maine railroad from stock water and lease secrecy laws. The piece cites past questionable leases as justification for maintaining general rules, and questions whether the House will accept Senate tinkering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Senate
Bell Telephone Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Concord & Montreal
Bell Telephone
Connecticut River Road
Boston & Maine
Manchester, Nashua & Rochester
House
Lodge Calls for Inquiry Into Tariff Bill Scandal
Senator Lodge urges investigation of alleged charges against his body tied to the tariff bill. Critics say McKinley bill enriched monopolies at the public's expense, and no probe occurred. He argues reforms must start free of infamy by clearing suspicions or punishing crime if present.
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Lodge
Senators and the Bill in Passage Urgency
The speaker urges passing the bill without delay to honor the people's will. Corruption concerns remain and can be addressed after enactment. If Mr. Lodge joins the majority, he gains broad public support for his investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge
Harbor boating dangers raise calls for skipper rule
The author laments deadly Boston Harbor accidents among young university students. They urge harbor front managers to require a competent skipper with each sailing party to reduce needless losses and protect lives among promise-filled crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Harbor
Voice from Essex Rails at Gov Greenhalge Fish Veto
The Essex county rebuke grows as Senator Frothingham denounces the Merrimac fish veto. Essex voters claim equal consideration to river fish and threaten revolt as Greenhalge faces new nomination pressures and a shaken prestige amid recent blunders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenhalge
Frothingham
Essex County
Essex
Senate
Birth of a Daughter for John A. Macdonald Foreman
The Observant Citizen notes John A. Macdonald, foreman for the American Telegraph and Telephone Company in New England, is congratulated on the birth of a daughter. Mrs. Macdonald and the infant are well. The piece also mentions Henry M. Whitney's reported purchase of a controlling interest in the Fairfield and Waterville electric road and a Maine Central presidency for F A Wilson of Bangor. Rev. James Boyd Brady promotes cycling to church, with new wheel arrangements at People's Church Boston. A legacy from Mary Reardon to several Boston charities totals $20,100 for Tre Mont Temple and related homes.
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John A. Macdonald
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
New England
John A
Henry M. Whitney
Portland
Fairfield & Waterville Electric Road
Bangor
Boston
Mr. Whitney
Maine Central
Massachusetts Railroad
F. A. Wilson
James Boyd Brady
The
People’s Church
Court clears path for Royce society funds
The Supreme Court ruled there is no reason the Jane D. Royce will … the society should not hold the money. A layoff on verdant grass Tuesday cost thirteen rough and ready individuals a dollar apiece. In Municipal Criminal Court Judge Ely taxed ten men for tariff on open air lodgings. Dr S J Mixter of Boston lectured on Fly Fishing before the Christian Union with stereopticon illustrations. The telephone company aided fire crews and provided a free line for Ruggles Street Church relief, earning credit from Mr Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane D. Royce
Supreme Court
Municipal Criminal Court
Ely
John McDermott
Valentine Burcham
John Horgan
Charles Denning
Nicholas Mahar
Dennis Sullivan
James Boyce
Thomas Curtis
William Riley
Daniel McFarland
John Welch
John Ennis
Fire Department
Ruggles Street Church
Relief Committee
Hudson
Prince of Monaco advances sea depth research with compartmented net
The Prince of Monaco starts investigations in the Mediterranean using a new multi compartment net that keeps fish from different depths separate. Louis Ducos du Hauron plans publishing Africa’s first photographic paper, Photo Revue Africaine, in Algiers.
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Prince of
Monaco
Mediterranean Sea
Prince
Louis Ducos du Hauron
Africa
Algiers
Photo Revue Africaine
Hinman Benefit Appeal Seeks Public Support in South Boston
The Rev Frank Haven Hinman’s widow and five children face hardship after his death from diphtheria. A benefit concert May 17 at the Fourth Presbyterian Church auditorium, South Boston, with overflow planned at St John’s Church, aims to raise an emergency fund. Letter Carrier 8S Willard Babcock urges parishioners and readers to fill both venues in a spirit of Christian philanthropy.
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Frank Haven Hinman
Hinman
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Boston
Mr. Hinman
the Baptist Church
South Boston
St. John’s Church
Willard Babcock
One Week on the Electrics
Mr. F. S. Harrington a painter living at 6 Sayward Place South Boston who works at Harvard Square notes the Post circulation on cars he rode to work since May 9 across different mornings.
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F. S. Harrington
Sayward Place
South Boston
Harvard Square
Post
Governor Greenhalge Learns to Ride at Framingham Trial
The Massachusetts governor begins a riding tutor at Hill’s academy, using Pilot the roan. Observers note his cautious progress, with aides and backers hoping he can mount the brigade line at Framingham. The effort underscores a growing pressure to perform on Governor’s Day.
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George Washington
Frederic Greenhalge
Massachusetts
Framingham
Butler
Robinson
Brackett
Russell
Greenhalge
Hill
West Dedham Street
Pilot
Frederic
Vacation Editor seeks best 200 word vacation tips
The Post offers ten dollars in gold to the reader who submits the best letter on how to spend a two week vacation at moderate cost. Send to Vacation Editor, the Post, by May 24. Include name and address, single side of paper, and no more than 200 words. Earlier dates win ties. Winner announced May 27.
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Post
the Post
A Jolly Summer Vacation Dream by Carrie Ballantine
A Boston woman imagines a quiet country summer stay with an airy room and no clock. She envisions mornings with birds, a nearby brook, reading, writing, and letter sending, all while avoiding freckles and enjoying simple pleasures at a modest cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie L. Ballantine
Temple Street
Boston
Washington Street
Vacationing in Quebec Offers Scenic City and Country Delights
A correspondent urges combining city and country for Quebec visits. From Notre Dame churches to Tabonne St Anne shrine and Montmorency Falls, the area offers refined society, hospitable people, first class hotels, and affordable travel via Portland, White Mountains, and Montreal.
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Quebec
Normandy
Montreal
Green Mountains
M. F. Morse
M. A
West Street
Westboro
Mass
Stage stars and circus acts headline Boston theatre week
Wilson Barrett shines in The Stranger at the Boston Theatre. Gilbert’s Utopia Limited draws praise at the Museum while Hagenbeck’s trained animals thrill at the Columbia. Casey of Daly and Irwin appear in Camille ballroom scene. other highlights include Corinne in Hendrick Hudson and Tip top concert acts at the Boston Theatre.
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Wilson Barrett
Museum
Harris
The
Columbia
Billy’ Harris
Boston
Charles Frohman
Empire Theatre
New York
Charley
Grand Opera House
Della Fox
Sadie Martinet
Marie Jansen
Henry Dixey
Walter Jones
Willie Collier
Ignacio Martinetti
George Fortesque
Joseph Haworth
EB. J. Radcliffe
Wood
Shepard
Lottie Gilson
Peter F. Dalley
May Irwin
Lyons
Hagenbeck
Columbia Theatre
Cure for cancer claim from 19th century newspaper clipping
A Milwaukee paper recounts a home remedy for facial cancer using a zinc bloodroot plaster over a circular skin opening. The patient reportedly cured after treatment by Dr. Bell of London, with the wound sloughing away and no recurrence noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Democrat
P. B. Mason
Cincinnati
Bell
London
Vacation Dream at Monadnock Foot in New Hampshire
A reader from Boston imagines a two week August trip to Jaffrey New Hampshire at the foot of Monadnock Mountain. He favors farm house boarding with fresh dairy produce and abundant fruit, enjoys nearby lakes for free fishing and boating, and notes affordable hunting driving and mountain views. Signed M Cc Heaney Jamaica Plain.
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Boston
Jaffrey
New Hampshire
Monadnock Mountain
Dublin
M. Cc
Heaney
Washington Street
Jamaica Plain
Islesboro Maine Vacation Getaway Ad
Islands of the blest offer a Maine escape with boats to Rockland and Islesboro a pretty island fifteen miles off the coast. Visitors find sport boating bathing fishing yachting and dancing with cottages four and a half dollars a week and camping options available.
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Rockland
Islesboro
Maine
Camden
Castine
Philadelphia
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Coming Sunday
Post Publishing Company
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Ruggles Street
Home Market Club
Senate and the Corporations
Observant Citizen
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Mary Reardon
Brookline
Orphans’ Asylum
Camden Street
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Little Sisters of the Poor
Dudley Street
Evangelical Baptist Society of
S. J. Mixter
Christian Union
People
Frances E. Willard
British Women’s Temperance Association
England
E. N. Potter
Hobart College
Geneva
N. Y
Hobart
Genoa
Mr. Babcock
Evaven
Fevtwern
Post Portfolio Department
the Phonoharp Co
Amy Robsart
Washington
Boston Tan Bark
Utopia, Limited
Gilbert
Maggie Cline
Graham
Boston Theatre
Gus Williams
Sig
Emil Tiferro
Phyllis Allen
Billy Carter
James F. Hoey
Carroll Johnson
R. J. Jose
Jennibelle O’neil
Steinert Hall
Col L. Capen
Schumann
Bertoldi
Keith's New Theatre
Corinne
Hendrick Hudson
the Park
Katherine Rober
Lothrop’s Grand Museum
Camille
Lyceum
Bingham
Prouty
Tremont
Austin & Stone’s
George H. Timmins
Palace Theatre
Davy Crockett
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Frank Mayo
Mr. Mayo
Tom Badger
Christie McDonald
Janette
Francis Wilson
Tremont Theatre
Bonita
Dunbars
Mlle
Valesca
Howard Atheneum
Billee Taylor
Eunice Vance
Keith
America
Amanda Fabris
Monadnock
Continents
Sweet and Beautiful
Mile
Howard
Clemence Brothers
Rosina
Billie Taylor
Harvard
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Austin & Stone
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Cynocephalus
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Soollay Square
Ecard
STONE
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Ben-My-Chree
the Stranger
Claudian
Hamlet
Erminie
Park Theatre
Kimball Opera Company
Avons
Wm. Gillette
Bowdoin SQ
Charles F. Atkinson
Boston Music Hall
Grand Orchestra of
Mr. T. Adamowski
WM. Austin
F. J. Pilling
Rich & Harris
Charles Frohmans
Hacenbeck
Boston Museum
Eve
R. D’oyly Care
London Opera Co
Gilbert and Suullivan
Lyceum Theory Club
BIG Burlesque
Washington St
Boylston
Manacer
Boston Piano Tuning Co
Tremont ST
P. O
Wwe
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Walt
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