Boston University Class Day Story of Women and Rights
A historical account recounts women gaining admission to the Boston University temple of learning and clashing with male students over rulership. The text describes a contested class constitution, stockpiled laws, and a pivotal power struggle between maidens and youths, ending with shifts in leadership rules and a reflection on women’s rights. It ends with an ad for American Wringer Co. products and services on Broadway Extension.
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Beacon
State House
Temple
Boston University
Pancy
King Curtis
Tremont House
Proposals for laying 48 inch water pipe in Brookline
Sealed proposals to the Boston Water Board for laying about 7800 feet of 48 inch pipe in Brookline and related excavations on Warren Walnut and Washington streets will be opened May 31 1895 at City Hall Boston. Bids must include written and figure prices and a $1000 certified check, with plan details available at City Engineer's office. The board may reject any bid in the city’s interest.
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Boston Water Board
Brookline
Gity Hall
Boston
Boylston
Warren
Walnut
Washington Streets
Fisher Avenue
Pond Avenue
City Hall
Water Board
Patriot hymn creator receives 1600 dollar tribute
A Boston committee headed by Governor Greenhalge honors Rev. Dr. S F Smith for his America hymn. A public testimonial at Music Hall raised 1600 dollars, with letters from Curtis Guild and others congratulating the patriot bard.
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DR. Smith
F. Smith
Newton
Mass
America
Greenhalge
Massachusetts
Boston Music Hall
Curtis Guild
Edwin Shepard Barrett
E. A. Grozier
Stillman Blanchard
E. H. Haskell
Richard C. Humphreys
Nathan Appleton
H. B. Carrington
S. F. Smith
Edwin S. Barrett
Newton Centre
Bridgeport
Conn
MR. Guild
Boston
Queen Victoria Birthday Banquet At Copley Square Hotel
The British Charitable Society marks Queen Victoria's 76th birthday with a 6:30 banquet at the Copley Square Hotel.Attending guests include leaders from Scottish, Welsh, and Irish societies, officials like Governor Greenhalge and Mayor Curtis, British representatives, and notable military figures. Colonel Gough, linked to Gordon relief and Abu Klea, is highlighted as a veteran guest and possible toast responder.
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British Charitable Society
Queen Victoria
Copley Square
Henry
Ner
L. H. Ross
Welch Associates
Price Edwards
Edward J. Flynn
Robert Provan
Greenhalge
Warren
Curtis
J. B. Keating
Bartlett
Boston Art School
Albert George
Society
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Hugh Gough
Washington
Mer
Beverly Farms
Colonel Gough
Herbert Stewart
Abu Klea
Burnaby
Viscount Gough
Wellington
India
Great Peninsula
Gough
Queen Victoria Turns 76 as Longest Reigning Queen
London reports Queen Victoria will mark her 76th birthday on May 24 while celebrating fifty eight years on the throne. The article recalls her rise to power, marriage to Prince Albert, family life, and views on women in politics.
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London
Victoria
Great Britain
Denmark
Kensington Palace
Duke of Kent
George III
William Fowler
William IV
Mr. Greville
Prince Albert of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
England
Lord Albemarle
Duke of Wellington
Princess Royal
Beatrice
Tobacco Workers National Organization Rumor Report
A St Louis report of forty delegates forming a tobacco workers national body is challenged by prominent tobacco men as unauthorized. Master Workman Sovereign is in New York City handling Ky of Labor issues, not identifying the new group with the Knights. The Post is advised that publishing about the tobacco trade organization would be premature and harmful.
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St. Louis
Post
Knights of Labor
New York City
L. Garment Workers
E Post
Stolen Bank Notes From London Firm in Broad Daylight
A bold robbery at Williams Deacon and Manchester and Salford Bank 20 Birchin Lane London occurred when a Coutts & Co clerk placed a tin case with £5000 on deposit beside him. A stranger swapped in an empty case and fled with the notes. The thief remains at large.
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London
Williams Deacon
Manchester and Salford
Birchin Lane
B. C
Coutts & Co
Coutts
Minister Ransom Shows Health Improvement in Mexico
A Monterey dispatch reports United States minister to Mexico Matt W. Ransom arrived two weeks ago in poor health and has received treatment at the Hot Springs. He has improved but remains weak and will not return to the City of Mexico for several days due to the high altitude.
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ST. Louis
Monterey
Mex
Matt W. Ransom
United States
Mexico
City of
Pythians Day Parade Draws Thousands in Boston
A large crowd viewed the Knights of Pythias parade with about 500 uniformed marchers. The Boston division received praise as the procession moved along Arlington to Boylston and through Beacon Street to the State House reviewed by Mayor Curtis and others. A grand lodge session followed with 119 lodges represented and 13 101 members overall, electing new officers including grand chancellor James H. Flint.
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Knights of Pythias
Boston
Arlington Street
Boylston
West Newton
Tremont
Eliot
Kneeland
High
Broad
State
Washington
Beacon
Charles
Harrison Avenue
Essex Street
City Hall
Curtis
O’brien
Presho
Folsom
Sanford
Witt
Allen
State House
Beacon Street
Abbott
Terr Orence John H. Abbott
Fall Air
Perley M. Hunt
Milford
David Fuller
Fall River
E. H. Lovell
Ashburnham
James E. Sargent
John W. Wiggin
R. S. Doane
Lawrence
Washington Street
Massachusetts
J. J. Whipple
G. C
Brockton
Charles A. Cross
James H. Flint
Weymouth
8.M. Holman
Jesse L. Attwill
Lynn
Henry C. Allen
Roxbury
George C. Campbell
William B. Gale
John H. Abbott
David A. Clark
South Boston
Deserted Wife Seeks Husband Missing Ten Days
Agnes Leatham reports her husband John Leatham has been absent for about ten days and may have another wife. She notes he left after drawing all owed pay, leaving her to close her boarding house. City records show John was previously married to Mary A. Burke.
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Lowell
Agnes Leatham
John Leatham
Merrimac Company
City Hall
Mary A. Burke
Car Coupling Accident Injures Boston & Maine Brakeman
William D. Coffee a 24 year old brakeman on the Boston and Maine railroad was badly crushed when his hand was caught between the hunters while coupling cars at North Somerville yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and lives at 98 Washington Street Charlestown.
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William D. Coffee
Boston & Maine Railroad
North Somerville
Massachusetts General Hospital
Coffee
Washington Street
Charlestown
Gold Reserve Grows as Treasury Receives 900000
Washington on May 22 reports the gold syndicate paid 900000 into the Treasury swelling the nation’s gold reserve to an all time high in 1890.
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Washington
Treasury
General Donohoe Improves After Stroke at Home
General Michael T. Donohoe, superintendent at Rainsford Island and former clerk of the Board of Public Institutions, was stricken with paralysis last Sunday. He is somewhat better and resting comfortably after the attack, which authorities described as not severe.
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Michael T. Donohoe
Rainsford Island
Donohoe
Board of Public Institutions
Harvard Board Endorses Appointments at Special Meeting
The Harvard College board of overseers met at 50 State Street with Solomon Lincoln presiding. They voted to confirm the president's slate including Theobald Smith as professor of applied zoology and renewed appointments for Arnold Arboretum lecturer John George Jack. New clinical instructors for 1895 summer courses were named in dermatology surgery and pathology. Additional appointments include Francis Davenport as assistant professor of gynecology, James Ropes as instructor in New Testament criticism and inter alae, and several others in Greek mining German and related fields starting Sept. 1 1895.
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Harvard College
State Street
Solomon Lincoln
Theobald Smith
M. D
John George Jack
Arnold Arboretum
John Templeton Bowen
John W. Elliot
Frank Bishop Harrington
Edwin Wells Dwight
Francis Henry Davenport
James Henry Ropes
Interala
Charles Burton Gulick
Henry Lloyd, Smith
Alfred Bull Nichols
Foresters Officers Elected at Worcester Convention
At the State convention of the Ancient Order of Foresters of America held today in Worcester officers were elected. Grand chief ranger Samuel B. Morris of Fall River. Grand sub chief ranger John W. Slatery of Westboro. Grand financial secretary J. T. Gallagher of Lowell. Grand recording secretary J. S. Anderson of Worcester. Grand treasurer William H. Harrington of Lowell. Grand senior woodward Joseph Jeffrey of Worcester. Junior woodward John P. Sullivan of Holyoke. Senior beadle Joseph Jacobs of Boston. Junior beadle Bernard E. Kiernan of Taunton.
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Worcester
Ancient Order of Foresters of America
Samuel B. Morris
Fall River
John W. Slatery
Westboro
J. T. Gallagher
Lowell
J. S. Anderson
William H. Harrington
Woodward
Joseph Jeffrey
John P. Sullivan
Holyoke
Beadle
Conductor J B Ellis knocked from car in street rail collision
J B Ellis, a West End Street Railway conductor on the Everett and Boston line, was injured at 6 05 pm when knocked from his car by an inward bound train. He suffers a brain concussion two scalp wounds and a dislocated shoulder and lies at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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J. B. Ellis
West End Street Railway Company
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ellis
Everett
Boston
Deaths list notes two city obituaries
Henry U. Marliave aged 64 died in the city on May 22 with funeral at Notre Dame des Victoires Isabella T Barry aged 39 7 4 died in South Boston on May 22 funeral from 387 First Street Friday at 8 15 am high mass at 9 at St Vincent arch Relatives invited.
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Marliave
Henry U. Marliave
Notre Dame
Des Victoires
Isabella Street
Barry
South Boston
Isabella T
David J. Barry
First Street
Vincent's Arch
You Think It Is Something Else You Feel
Fragmentary text mentions illness and relief with unclear context and no identifiable persons or organizations. The readable parts hint at a medical or personal condition but lack specifics to form a concrete news item.
Papal encyclical calls for universal Pentecost prayer for Christian unity
The Vatican issued a translation of an encyclical urging all Catholics to pray for unity among Christians before Pentecost. It emphasizes devotion to the Holy Spirit, Mary and the apostles, and invites nine days of prayers with indulgences of seven years and seven quarantines, plus a plenary indulgence on Pentecost or the octave. The document, dated May 5, 1895, is issued from St Peter's Rome during the eighteenth year of the pope's pontificate.
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Washington
Apostolic Legation
Father of
Mary
Jesus
Christ
St. Thomas
Christ Jesus
St. Peter's
Rome
Harbor Towboat Tales and Ocean Steam News of 1896
A Boston waterfront column recalls captains Al Gaskins and Frank Foote arguing over harbor towing prowess on the Charles River. It notes ship movements, the Active’s refit, the Calypso yacht, lighthouse operations, and the Knickerbocker and Washington freight barges bringing coal. It also records pilots, Cunarder Catalonia’s coming call, and recent sailing passages with iceberg sightings near 44.30N 47.30W.
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al Gaskins
Charles River
Frank Foote
Active
Willam J. Flynn
Boston
Argus
Benjamin F. Butler
North Chelsea Drawbridge
Paul Butler
General Butler
Squirrel Island
Harry Converse
Malden
Rowe's Wharf
Myrtle
Long Wharf
Portland
Clover
Gloucester
Madeleine
Philadelphia
Knickerbocker
Washington
C. W. Morse
R. W. Kelway
Liverpool
Claverdon
Samuel Martin
East Boston
Catalonia
Atkins
Queenstown
Ethelred
Jamaica
Hatteras
D. M. Anthony
McKie
Muir
Trapani
Mass
N. Lat
Packing Your Trunk With Duffy's Malt Whiskey
A travel readiness piece urges trimming packing lists to essentials and endorses carrying Duffy's Malt Whiskey as a preventive aid for heat fatigue. It claims a few drops in water kills stomach germs and revives the nervous system, urging travelers to include the whiskey for comfort on long trips.
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Duffy
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