Boston Museum Aids Benefit Lineup With Jerome Jerome Plays
At the Boston Museum last evening Jerome K Jerome’s New Lamps for Old and Robert Macaire drew strong applause during a benefit for Mr. George W. Wilson. Cast included Miss Clarke, Mr. Barron, Mr. Davenport, and Mr. Field. Tonight and Saturday matinee repeat the bill. multiple tributes to performers and forthcoming benefits fill the schedule through May with Agnes Booth and Junius Booth among others. The Tremont and Bowdoin venues promote additional productions and testimonial concerts as Boston’s theatre season continues.
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Boston Museum
Miss Clarke
Mr. Barron
Jerome K. Jerome
Robert Macaire
George W. Wilson
Field
Wilson
Burte
Mr. Davenport
Postlethwaite
Honeyton
Annie M. Clarke
Mr. Wilson
Jacques Strop
Mr. Burrows
Boniface
Miss Ryan
Ida Glenn
O'Leary
Betty
Tremont Theatre
Junius &. Booth
Agnes Booth
New York
Louis Massen
Marie Burroughs
Lydia Thompson
Lesie ‘Ilbury
Miriam O’leary
Blanche King
Hilda Warren
Eva Turner
Fay Davis
Messrs
Henry E. Dixey
William Seymour
H. M. Pitt
E. N. Catlin
Mr. Booth
Will
Lord Fauntleroy
Booth
Boston
Oston Museum
R. M. Field
F‘arewell
Etty
Lady Jess
Charles Dickson
National Horseshoers Convened in Large Meeting
A mass meeting of delegates to the National Horseshoers convention gathered at 16 Howard Street last night with broad attendance. Officers elected include Alexander Dever as national president and James P. Gallagher as national vice-president, with plans to visit Providence and Hartford and a next convention set for St. Louis.
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Howard Street
Hoston
Dever
National Order
Denver
Thomas Griffin
Union 4
Chicago
Pittsburg
Penn
Providence
Capewell Nail Works
Hartford
Conn
Alexander Dever
Philadelphia
Ational
James P. Gallagher
Detroit
Mich
M. J. Danaher
Baltimore
Raady Kennehan
Cal
St. Louis
Dammed River Bridge Spurs Chelsea Cursing and Repairs
The Revere bridge over Snake River sits rotting with a corduroy foundation and a sinking super-structure. Cars and drays crowd the damaged span, bulging sides threatening collapse. Chelsea officials, after an inspection by Superintendent Black, authorize estimates for a new bridge with a free water course beneath and iron girders hoping to end the profanity.
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Revere
Snake River
Chelsea
Black
Chelsea Enoke
Committee On Highways and Bridges
Chelsa Aldermen
Statue of Columbus On View At Museum Exhibition
The plaster cast of the proposed Columbus statue for Santo Domingo, funded by the Boston committee, is finished and placed on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Copley Square following strong public solicitation.
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Santo Domingo
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
Copley Square
Complimentary Cobb Bates Yerxa Dinner for Salesmen
Cobb Bates Yerxa hosted a dinner at Young's for the firm’s salesmen at 87 Causeway street 83 Bowdoin square and 8 Faneuil Hall square. The event was very pleasant.
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Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Young’s
Causeway Street
Bow ‘Oin Square
Faneuil Hall Square
Will of James R. Osgood filed in Suffolk Probate Court
The will of the late James R. Osgood publisher who died in London England was filed yesterday in the Suffolk County Probate Court. Henry M. Rogers of this city is named as executor.
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James R., Osgood
London Eng
Suffolk County
Henry M. Rogers
General Butler Admitted to Circuit Court Bar
General B. F. Butler was admitted to practice before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, marking progress in his legal career and enabling him to appear before the court in future cases.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
B. F. Butler
West Boylston Baptist Church Dedicated After Fire
The new stone Baptist church in West Boylston costing 12000 dollars was dedicated this afternoon with Rev. Frank Rector of Fitchburg delivering the sermon. The interior had been gutted by fire on March 17, the original dedication date.
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Hodson
New Baptist
West Boylston
Frank Rector
Fitchburg
Brakeman Frank Blanding Dies of Injuries in Freight Yard
Worcester report states Frank Blanding a Boston and Albany brakeman died at City Hospital from injuries sustained last night in the freight yard. He succumbed today, ending a fatal railroad accident sequence.
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Worcester
Frank Blanding
Boston & Albany
City
Senate Party Recognition Fallout on Sundry Civil and River Bills
Washington May 19 The Senate reorganized its clerical force abolishing the office of principal executive clerk. The House debated the sub treasury bill and coinage amendments while the river and harbor appropriation bill saw numerous committee amendments increasing port and harbor funding from Maine to Connecticut. The conference report on the Klamath Indian reservation disposal was agreed to and the day ended with Senate adjournment.
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Senate
Washington
Watson
Georgia
Committee On Ways and Means
Sub-Treasury
Beltzhoover
Bland
Kland
House
United States
Frye
Butler
Yeas
Messrs
Kyle
Blodgett
Pugh
Klamath River Indian
Aldrich
Th Senate
Secretary of the
Secretary of
McPherson
Dolph
Harris
Paddock
Palmer
Vilas
Committee On Commerce
Camden
Portland
Mt. Desert
Porcupine Island
Boston
Salem
Mass
Scituate
Winthrop
A Parable in Politics by Philpott and Whitmarsh
A satirical narrative likens politics to an animal kingdom election with a monkey‑run press, the lion ousted, and other creature figures. The text mocks campaign machines, conventions, and votes, with Edward Knobel’s illustrations and Nast cartoon parallels.
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Adson
Gulliver
A. J. Philpott
H. P. Whitmarsh
Edward Knobel
Animal Kingdom
Kingdom of Heaven
Transatlantic Ship Movements Reported May 19
At Boston and New York various ships were listed with origins and destinations including Milanese from London, Roman from Liverpool, Buffalo from London, Spaarndam from Rotterdam, Taure from New York to Liverpool, City of Paris from Liverpool to New York, Augusta Victoria from New York to Hamburg, and Germanic from New York to New York with departures noted from Queenstown and Scilly Islands.
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Boston
London
Roman
Liverpol
New York
Buffalo
Spaarndam
Rotterdam
Fastnet
Taure
Liverpool
Queenstown
City of Paris
Scilly Islands
Augusta Victoria
Hamburg
Germanic
Shore Line Flyer speeds Boston to New York in five hours forty minutes
The Shore Line Flyer gains traction as a fast passenger service between Boston and New York. Service leaves each terminus at 2 P.M. and is already popular with travelers across classes.
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Shore Line
Boston
New York
Stonington Line
Park Station
Maine
New Hampshire
Washington i
Park Square
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-eighth
Fifty-ninth Streets
Central Park and
Plaza Sq
Terminal Station
Sixth Avenue
Chas. F. Chandler
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Forty-first
Forty Second Streets
Grand Central Depot
Forty-second Street
Grand Central
West Shore
Green & Putney
The Worth of Nova Scotia Lecture in Boston
Thomas F. Anderson spoke at Tremont Temple on Nova Scotia and New England trade relations. He outlined rich mineral and agricultural resources, noted tariff barriers, and urged freer commerce, citing coal, copper, fisheries, and vast capital tied to Nova Scotia.
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Tremont Temple
Nova Scotia
New England
Thomas F. Anderson
Boston Merchants’ Association
Anderson
Boston
England
Pictou
Cumberland
Cape Breton
Pennsylvania
Coxheath
Montreal
West Indies
United States
Canada
Musical Matters at Lasell Seminary Show
Mrs Louise Baldwin Powers and Mr Matt Dow entertained Lasellia Club at Lasell Seminary Auburndale. Oliver Ditson Company released new pieces including Remembrance of Russia for violin and piano by Platon Brounoff Nightingale and the Zephyr morceau de concert Bryton Smith In Sweet September for alto or baritone in D Hope Temple.
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Louise Baldwin Powers
Matt Dow
Lasell Seminary
Auburndale
Lasellia Club
Oliver Ditson Company
Russia
Platon Brounoff
Bryton Smith
Hope Temple
Roslindale Citizens Association Formed for Local Improvements
Residents of Roslindale organize the Roslin dale Citizen's Association with David M. Ladd as president Frank W. Esty secretary and E. E. Bradford treasurer. A nineteen member board will seek better street lighting sewerage and other improvements for the Boston suburb. The group opens with 103 members.
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Roslindale
Public School Teachers Certification Examinations Set in Boston
Candidates for regular and special certificates to teach in Boston public day and evening schools will be examined Tuesday through Thursday August 23 24 and 25 at the girls high school on West Newton Street Boston. Applicants should request a circular from Phineas Bates secretary of the school committee for full information on subjects and requirements.
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Boston
Girls’ High School
West Newton Street
Phineas Bates
Marriages in the city May 16 and 17
In this city on May 17 the Rev C T Whitmore joined Andrew Lawrie and Mary E Burm. On May 16 the Rev M D Kneeland united Norman Smith and Emma McKinnon in marriage.
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Lawrie—Burm
C. T. Whitmore
Andrew Lawrie
Mary E. Burm
Smith—Mckinnon
M. D. Kneeland
Norman Smith
Emma McKinnon
Deaths and obituaries in Boston area with ages
Death notices list Priscilla E Brown 69 in East Boston Sarah B Dean 85 in Boston Henry Elliot 68 Dorchester Edwin B Frost 8 Roxbury John Gunning 73 Boston Highlands Annie Norton 71 In this city Darius W Staples 35 Cora V Whitney 23 9 16 Walter I Day 17 Plymouth NH Margaret A Knight Plymouth NH Horatio S Miller 69 Somerville Robert S Tripp 41 Madera Cal son of Prof Alonzo Tripp.
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Plymouth
N. H
Mararet A
George F. Knight
Miller
Somerville
Horatio
Tripp
Madera
Cal
Robert
Alonzo Tripp
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Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Banquet
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Musical Matters
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Boston Baseball Grounds
GEO. B. Appleton & CO
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CNN
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Pass
Mary Ellen Ryan
Barry & Fay
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William Harris
Charles F. Atkinson
Robert Mantel
WM. Harris
Freci Folly Company
John L. Sullivan
J. W. Miller
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Oriental Tea CO
Java
Vest
Ucollay Square
Grand Opera House
Marsh
Robert Mantell
Flotel
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New Yorkerry
Break Estate
Boston Wharf Co
Boston Post
J. B. Russell
State Street
Beaconshield Terraces
Brookline
Federal Street
Joseph Abrams
School St
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