Boston Public Library Cornerstone Laying Observed At Old South Church
Under clear skies the cornerstone of the Boston Public Library was set with ceremonies at the Old South Church. Attended by Mayor O’Brien ex Mayor Prince Dr. Holmes and others, the event featured a Holmes poem and a silver trowel presentation marking the library’s historic expansion.
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Old South Church
Dr. Holmes
Prince
O’brien
New Boston Public Library
Boston
A. B. Abbott
Public Library
O’ Brien
Oliver Wendell Holmes
George A. Gordon
Abbott
Dr. Gordon
Momere
Homse
Bethlehem
F. O. Prince
Orner
Boston Public Library
Joshua Bates
Tree Public Library
Bacon
Corner stone laid for Boston Public Library second building
A dedication ceremony marks the laying of the corner stone for Boston’s new Public Library building on Copley Square. Officials hosted a program with remarks by local leaders and a time capsule placed beneath the foundation.
Rock Island Raids and Market Moves Across Cities
New York yesterday saw raids on Rock Island and other issues aimed at breaking the general list, but attempts failed as well held. Boston and New York markets showed mixed activity with Atchison firm and Mexican Central gains, while concerns over Rock Island dividends and rate talks persisted. Central Traffic Association plans an immediate east bound rate increase, with Pennsylvania expected to join. Chancellor Gibson’s Knoxville ruling on East Tennessee lease emphasizes competing lines under a 1887 Tennessee act, as the stock exchange was rattled by a cannon cracker explosion near the Atchison pole.
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New York
Rock Island
Central Traffic Association
Pennsylvania
Gibson
Knoxville
Tennessee
United States
Circuit Court
Knox County
The
Stock Exchange
Atchison Pole
Axline
Ohio National Guard
Getney
Ohio Militia
G. M. Hastings
J. P. S. Gobin
Pennsylvania Regiment
National Guard
Indiana
Harrison
Thanksgiving Day Services At SouTh Congregational
Thanksgiving day service at SouTh Congregational Curren Newbury street corner of Exeter street at 10 30 a m Rev Edward Everett Hale to preach All are cordially invited Also First Religious Society Eliot senate services on Thanksgiving Day at 11 o'clock All are welcome
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South Congregational Curren
Newbury Street
Exeter Street
Edward Everett Hale
Eliot Senate
Stars for the Flag Union Faithful in Washington Inauguration
Washington officials discuss pushing bills to admit Washington Montana Dakota and New Mexico as states and to pass the Oklahoma bill. Chairman Springer notes a likely Republican House Senate majority and possible Dakota division while expressing hope for broader non political grounds for territorial admission.
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Washington
Sprcrar
Springer
House Committee On Territories
Montana
Dakota
New Mexico
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Iam
ADMINISTRATION TURKEYS AND NAVAL REPORTS
Thanksgiving plans include a militia parade and church services with meals at home for many officials. Dickinson gives turkeys to department workers. Principal figures like Cleveland and Vilas host at Grasslands and Sixteenth Street homes. Commodore Walker's navigation report touts improved chronometers and electric lighting on ships, plus wreck tracking and reserve recommendations. A postal convention with San Salvador sets 16 cents per pound for cross border parcel rate.
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Dickinson
Cleveland
Folsom
Harmon
Oak View
Whitney
Grasslands
Bayard
Highland
Endicott
Fairchild
Lincklaen
Chief OF
Commodore Walker
Bureau of Navigation
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Bradford
Naval
Trenton
Atlantic
Naval Reserve
San Salvador
Mexico
Ottawa ministers hear plea to tax hemlock logs for Canadian mills
A Ottawa deputation urged the finance minister to impose an export duty on all hemlock logs from Essex and Lambton counties to protect Canadian industry and keep capital in Canada. Minister Foster said he would consider the issue, noting no duty can be imposed without Parliament. The rise in pine log duties already unsettles Americans planning to saw logs in the United States next spring.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sprcrau
Essex
Lambton
Canada
United States
Foster
Boston Sailor Dies of Yellow Fever on Ship
The body of Surgeon Simon of the United States cruiser Boston was moved from Swinburne Island to Philadelphia for interment in a sealed casket. The Boston crew remains well, disinfection and cleaning continue, and two patients at Swinburne Island Hospital are recovering.
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Boston
New York
Simon
United States
Swinburne Island
Philadelphia
Swinburne Island Hospital
Boston Theatres Schedule Highlights Afternoon and Evening Shows
Amusements across Hollis Street to Tremont street present a packed matinee and evening lineup. The focus features Shenandoah and Battle of Gettysburg at major houses, with Lotta, The Still Alarm, Hazel Kirke, Reuben Glue, and a Nichols show plus a Museum and stage program at Nickelodeon.
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Hollis Street
Boston Museum
Shenandoah
Park Theatre
Lotta
Globe Theatre
Still Alarm
Boston Theatre
Howard Athenæum Star Specialty Company
the Nickelodeon
Court Street
Museum and Stage Entertainment
Howard Athenaum
Reuben Glue
Cyclorama
Tremont A Street
Battle of Gettysburg
Grand Opera House
Hazel Kirke
Obituary notices from Boston area dated Nov 27–28
A string of death notices and brief biographical details from nearby communities listing names such as Frances Dickinson Allen, Mabel Shaw, Annie Poole, Etta Mendall, John Brannan, Sarah Brown, Mary Bulfinch, Marianne Cox, Francis Curran and his son William, Samuel Gilman, Ann Glover, Priscilla Holbrook, William Moore, Patrick Murphy, Thomas C. Rhoades, Florence Sawyer, Richard Stevens, James Stoehr, Leonard Ware, Albert Warren, Bartolomew Wood, and Jane Woodbridge. Ages, locations, and dates provided. funerals to follow.
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John Brannan
Brown
Jamaica Plain
Navy
Sarah E. Brown
Edward and
Marantha Brown
Bulfinch
Everett
Mary C. Bulfinch
Cox
Satem
Marianne Cox
Curran
Scituate
Francis A. Curran
William Curran
Gilman
Samuel Gilman
Glover
Dorchester
Ann Frances
Warren Glover
Holbrook
East Somerville
Priscilla
J. G. Holbrook
Moore
William Moore
Murphy
South
Boston
Patrick Murphy
Rhoades
Thomas C. Rhoades
Sawyer
Florence A
Timothy T. Sawyer, Jr
Sylvanus A. Denio
Stevens
Randolph
Richard Stevens
Stoehr
James D. Stoehr
Ware
Leonard Ware
Warren
East Boston
Albert F
George W
Mary A. Warren
Wood
Newton Centre
Bartholomew Wood
Woodbridge
Brockton
Mass
Janie Woodbridge
John R
Agnes UC
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Boylston Street
Gordon
Public Library of
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New Public Library
Boston Municipal Register
Boston Directory
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
O. W. Holmes
F F. O. Prince
William W. Greenough
Samuel A. B. Abbott
Henry W. Haynes
William H. Whitmore
Frederick
Phineas Pierce
Mel
State Street
Atchison
Mexican Central Bends
West Endland
Southwestern
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Gould
Texas Pacific
Friends of
Cable
R. P. Flower & Co
Boston & Maine
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London
Union
Mis Cabinet
Maison
Grand Army
Matson
Palmer
Myers
Gidoon Beck & Son
Pruit
Horatio Harris
Washington St
Bromfield Street
Meredith & Nelson
Brookline
Cambridge
Alex. S. Porter
State St
Liberty Square
James & Ablo
Franklin St
Herbert L. Perry
Milk St
Otis Street
Winthrop Square
Bradley & Storer
Devonshire St
Avon
Warrenton Street
Hampden
H. L. Hayford
Kneeland Street
NEW Publications
Howard Pyle
Phila. Times
Philo. Telegraph
Robin Hood
Boston Courier
N. Y. Herald
Boston Times
Otto of
Charles
Broadway
Castera
Eastern Railroad Company
Eastern Railroad
Tremont Street
Masa
U.S. A
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D P. Phillips
Chas. R. Codman
Charles A. Cotting
Trustees Eastern Railroad
Pinkerton Academy
Derry, N. H
B. F. Parsons
Chauncy-Hall School
Institute of Technology
Boylston St
Portsmouth
N. H
George E. Hodgdon
Musica - Publications
Ntson & CW
Rock Island Arsenal
T. G. Cen Ylor
Ordnance
U. S. Army
Navy Yard
Mare Island
California
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Washington, D.C
AD. B. Harmony
United States Military
Fort Avenworth
Kansas
Geo. F. Cooke
15Th Infantry
Rosabel
Gabe
Benj
Cutter
Jingle Kells
Leo
R. Lewis
RK. Lewis
L. C. Emerson
T. M. Towne
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Gutterson
Christus
Mendelssohn
Oliver Ditson & Co
Massachussetts
Suffolk
Superior Court
Charlotte Hamlin
George A. Hamlin
Edith I. Hamlin
A. D
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
County of
Boston Post
Jos
A. Willard
Edwin A. Wadleigh
Asst
Boston Electric Light Company
Brush Electric Lighting Company of
Hughy O'Brien
Edward L. Maltby
Isaac Fenno
Samuel
Sias
L. W. Cutler
F. A. Gilbert
Fredk. Mason
Supreme Judicial Court
Jonan Noble
C.H. Cooper
Godfrey Mons
F. A. Farnham
Massachle
Electric Standard Time Company
George A. Crocker
John Noble
the Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Oslorn
T. Merrihew
Western Farm
John Jefferies & Sons
Devonshire Street
James ET
Kilby
Silas Pearce
Eugendle E. Patridge
Charles ©. Macallar
NEW England Mutual Life Insurance Co
Post Office Square
Massachusetts
Benj. &. Stevens
Jus. M. Gibbben
Fef
Trull
WM. &. Purner
Kbusiness Carde
Kenvelosies
Leiter Meads
Bill Keude
Recorder Palnting CO
Lincoln St
Mechanics’ Hall
Pasching IN
Venice
Dustrial Union
Carl Marwig
Harvard Glee Club
Salem Cadet Band
Jahrmarkt
Harry Lacy
Joseph Arthur
Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Music Hall
WM. Austin
Ye Olde Follies Concert Co
ER. M. Field
Bronson Howard
Eugene Tompkins
Howard Athenaum Star Specialty Company
America
New American Opera Company
Gustav Hinrichs
Vinces
Sardou
Fanny Pawen
Hollis
Isaac B. Rich Haggard
EET Theatre
Wim. Gillette
W. W. Furst
14Th St
N. Y
ATRA
Julia Marlowe
Henry Bernard Carpenter
Steinert Hall
Spenser
Noyes, Cobb & Co
Cupples & Hurd
W. B. Clarke & Co
M. Steinert & Sons
Howard Atheneum
Proctor & Mansfield
W. Couldock
Gettysburg
Bosion
Handel and Haydn Society
Austin
Court St
P.S. Huchking & CO
Border Street
Pass
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