Bacchante Poses Spark Debate Over Art Commission
A satirical poem mocks an art commission verdict about Bacchante and a babe. The piece riffs on Rome Greece and Pompeii imagery, referencing Mr. Galahad and Mr. Charles Ballem, and envisions ravens left on the office floor amid playful criticism of public art decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchante
Art Commission
Babe
Pompeii
Vesuvius
Heaven
Rome
Greece
Etrusca
Galahad
Charles Ballem
Ballem
Regan and Miss McCarthy Equity Suit Over Falcon Street Land
Judge Holmes heard William Regan's bill in equity seeking to compel Miss Ellen T McCarthy to convey land on Falcon street East Boston bought in her name in 1894 with Regan supplied funds for their future home. Regan claims gift later tied to marriage promise, while McCarthy asserts consideration for marriage.
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Regan
Boston
McCarthy
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston Art Debate Echoes Poe Like Ravens Over Morals
Fragmented comments on art, morality, and censorship in Boston mingle with references to Bacchus and the Roman world. The piece cites dancing masters, a city art commission, and ravens posing questions on knowledge, taste, and public taste. The tone recalls Poe with modern quips on culture and decency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus
Boston
Bostonia
Association of Ideas
Art Commission
JOKERS and quips from a late 19th century humor page
A collage of jokes and quick quips from period humor columns. Snippets include wry lines about graves olive gray greens and bronze tombstones, an honest job seeker told to leave, a wife’s political jibe about Bryan, a discordant marriage aside, and a jest about a so called unbreakable mirror defying death superstitions. The remarks feature named papers and playful social foibles.
Mother accuses son of bigamy in New York case
Clarence F. Foster, once in the express business, is accused of bigamy by his mother after secretly wedding Emily Le Roy, 19, of 6 Lexington avenue. Le Roy family filed charges at the police court, Foster held as a suspect after Miss Le Roy testified to the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clarence F. Foster
Express
Emily le Roy
Lexington Avenue
Bailey
le Roy
Miss le Roy
Clarence
Pretty and Alone In New York Arrest Of Montreal Woman
A Montreal woman, Adelaide Dangerfield, arrived on the Montreal express and was detained by New York police after her mother sent a telegram claiming she took 200. The magistrate questioned her wealth and intent, considered releasing her, and she remains in police custody until an officer arrives from Montreal.
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New York
Montreal Express
Kudlich
Montreal
Adelaide Dangerfield
Central Park
Post Office
Travers
Bacchante Statue Sparks Boston Library Debate
A letter to the Post argues that placing the Bacchante statue in the Boston Public Library corrupts public morals. The author cites Pompeii, pagan art, and anti Bacchus sentiment, urging the statue not to be permanently set for public viewing and questioning its fit for a Puritan city.
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Bacchante
Bacchus
Bacchantes
Greece
Pompeii
France
Boston Public Library
Jupiter
Apollo
Mercury
Fauns
Athens
America
Boston
Art Museum
Girl of 16 Missing in Peabody Near Salem
Kate Foye, 16, reported missing from her Peabody home. A Porter's dining rooms waitress in Salem, she sent a telegram from Salem saying she would not return and would be married that evening, confirming concerns of a runaway.
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Peabody
Kate Foye
Porter's Dining
Salem
Kate Foye’s Disappearance Sparks Local Investigation
Kate left home with limited clothing including her mother’s silk skirt. She has fled before and was returned by police after a brief absence. Her father works as foreman at the Armstrong leather factory. A known man is not identified, but a young Danvers widower, rumored to be friendly with Mr. Foye and attentive to Kate, is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Bulletin
Chicago Record
Kate
Armstrong Leather Factory
Danvers
Hypnotism Alleged in New Hampshire Robbery
Alfred Phelps and Lillian Belford were arrested in Nashua on charges of robbing Charles H. Wyman of Lowell of 138 dollars. Belford claims she was hypnotized by Phelps to take the money and give it to him. All are mill operatives. Phelps boarded with Belford and allegedly promised marriage. Both defendants were bound over in 300 dollars bail. Phelps posted bail.
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Nashua
N. H
Alfred Phelps
Lillian Belford
Charles H. Wyman
Lowell
Belford
Wyman
Phelps
Miss Belford
Will Sullivan contest Fourth District vote
Subscribers urge Councillor Sullivan to contest the fourth district ballot irregularity after 300+ blank votes appeared under his name. Eugene F. Sullivan Patrick J. Lane Michael J. Leary signatories appeal for a full challenge to protect Democratic voters and constituents.
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Sullivan
Eugene F. Sullivan
Patrick J. Lane
Michael J. Leary
Public call to remove Bacchante from Boston museum
Professor John Moore denounces the sculpture department of the Boston Art Museum as corrupt and urges the press pulpit and clergy to speak out. He condemns pagan statues as immoral and asks that Bacchante be removed and destroyed. The note notes the Bacchante was later accepted for the library.
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Poston
Boston
Art Museum
Bacchante
Professor John Moore
Tired Democrat Calls for Fresh Blood in Boston
A Roxbury Democrat urges the Boston Democratic convention to nominate new leaders, criticizing aged aldermen as worn and bloodless. The letter hopes only two of seven nominees can be defeated and asks for a renewed slate to avoid further decay of party vitality.
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Post
Sir
The
Roxbury
Boston
Brighton
Moses
Mirrors removed from East Boston south ferry cabin
A reader laments the removal of mirrors from the East Boston south ferry cabins. He notes the loss inconveniences travelers including Boston ladies and tourists and urges restoring the mirrors perhaps at the expense of a paddle wheel ferry.
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Boston South Ferry
Boston
Europe
Atlantic
Cc. Ballem
Cuban Junta Address Inquiry Through Personal Columns
A reader asks for the Cuban Junta's New York address and whether letters about Cuban enlistments would be answered. The junta’s post office letter reaches them, but their willingness to respond is unclear. They reportedly seek money.
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New York
New York Post Office
Councilman Millar disputes absentee report
Sir In Friday issue you claimed I was absent from council meetings. I state I attended all but one meeting Oct 15 during my term. A Post reporter found the clerk kept the official list of absentees and that a messenger recorded it at three meetings.
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Common Council
City Hall
Co. C
Millar
Actress who last played the Pro flitgate at Boston Museum
The reader asks J. W. for the name of the actress who last performed the Pro flitgate at the Boston Museum and Columbia Theatre, seeking a specific performer.
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Boston Museum and
Columbia Theatre
J. W
Buzzey Bridge Accident at Forest Hills Date
The Buzzey Bridge accident occurred on March 14, 1887, at Forest Hills. R. C. M. reports the incident details and local impacts.
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Buzzey Bridge
Forest Hills
Street Abbreviation Question in Local Paper
Inquiries about correct street abbreviations show St. and Str. both in use. The letter notes St. is generally preferred as the best form, while Str. is considered less proper.
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Str
Daring Cambridge Highway Robbery Injures Mrs Gerry
Mrs Mary A Gerry was assaulted on Norfolk street near St Marys Church and robbed of $13 as two men grabbed her throat and dragged her to the sidewalk. She was left injured and in shock at her home on Pearl Street.
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Cambridge
Mary A. Gerry
Pearl Street
Gerry
Norfolk Street
St. Mary’s Church
Measure Aims to Curb Shermans Popularity Across Nation
The proposal seeks to restrain General William Sherman’s growing acclaim and weaken his influence on the Confederate leaders who hoped Johnston might capitulate to salvage part of the rebel cause after four years of rebellion.
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Sherman
Johnston
Army of the Tennessee 28th reunion opens in St Louis
Veterans of the Army of the Tennessee gather in the Southern Hotel rotunda for the 28th annual reunion. General Greenville M Dodge presides as participants visit city sights and attend events including a ball of the Daughters of the Confederacy. A message from President-elect McKinley is read and General O O Howard delivers the annual address recalling Civil War actions and Johnston surrender terms.
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ST. Louis
Southern
The
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Greenville M. Dodge
Iowa
J. A. Williamson
Fred D. Grant
Horace Porter
D.S. Stanely
O. O. Howard
J. S. Fullerton
John W. Noble
Secretary of the Interior
G. J. Black
A. J. Hickenlooper
Hepburn
John A. Logan, Jr
Ohito
Oglesby
Illinois
United States
Vilas
Wisconsin
Dodge
Jefferson Davis
Winnie
Daughters of the Confederacy
McKinley
Army of the Tennessee
John A. Logan
Wesley Merritt
Nelson A. Miles
Sherman
North Carolina
Johnston
Grant
War Department
Raleigh
Washington
Halleck
Richmond
Sixth Corps
Wilson
Reverend Samuel Loomis Installed as Pastor at Union Congregational
The installation service at Union Congregational Church Columbus Avenue featured Reverend Samuel Lane Loomis named pastor. Attending clergy included Reverend Dr. Meredith of Brooklyn and Reverend W R Campbell assisting. Loomis, born 1856 in Littleton, educated at Lawrence Academy Amherst Yale and Andover, previously served Newport Kentucky Tompkins Avenue Brooklyn and Newark, and is noted as an effective speaker without notes.
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Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
Samuel Lane Loomis
Meredith
Brooklyn
W. R. Campbell
Loomis
Henry J. Patrick
Frederick W. Page
Littleton
Lawrence Academy
Groton
Amherst College
Yale Divinity School
Andover Theological Seminary
Newport
Home Missionary Society
Marion C. Lippincott
Kentucky
Europe
Andover
Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church
Bellevue Avenue Congregational Church
Newark
N. J
Boston
Edison predicts blind to see with X rays within three years
Thomas A. Edison заявed that the blind could gain sight if their optic nerves remain intact. He tested two blind men using X rays and expected future tubes and apparatus to distinguish lights colors and persons, though reading remains unlikely.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Constan
Noted Figures and Oddities Spark Wide World Fascination
Dr. Dawson Tucker claims Roentgen rays occur naturally in glow worms and light aluminum. Alderman Phillips, London mayor, is a wealthy Hebrew wool merchant married to a sister of Sir Edward Lawson. Duchess de Dino, American born, rents a 13 story New York building for $50 000 on the fourth floor. Emperor Alexander I’s Order of St Andrew offered to Lord Salisbury but declined due to diplomatic rules. Miss Helen Gould donates $250,000 to Roxbury Presbyterians for a church assisted by a reading room and library. Tattu, wife of Abyssinia's Negus Menelik, is described as handsome, educated, with many enemies who would exile her on Menelik's death. Marcus A Hanna reportedly owns a Florida pineapple patch, tended by Uncle Mose Hawkins who sends crop reports.
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Alderman Phillips
London
Sir Edward Lawson
London Daily Telegraph
Duchess de Dino
New York City
Helen Gould
Presbyterians
Roxbury N. Y
Jay Gould
Roxbury
Miss Gould
Tattu
Negus
Abyssinia
Menelik
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Carrahar
Bischoff & Adler
Broadway
National Park Bank
Capes
Sychuo Adegar
Ery McN
Children’s Dept
Children’s Reefers
Washington St
Adams House
Charlie Baliem
Clossly
Sweetheart
Ravens
Charlie
Nevermore
Indianapolis Journal
Pretty Girl
Moore
Sculpture Hall OF the Art Museum
J. L. Prescott & CO
Will Sullivan
John H. Woodbury
Wineter St
Gouncilman Millar
Marie Burroughs
Pille
Beecham'sa
Beecham
Ayer
Howard
Army of Tennessee
Beeceham
U.S
B. F. Allen CO
Cana! &J
Union Church
Dawson Tucker
Russia
Lord Salisbury
Balmoral
Duke of Wellington
Alexander I
Washington Star
Marcus A. Hanna
Dade County
Florida
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