Tribute to Sunset Cox at Cooper Institute
Large crowd gathers at the Cooper Institute in New York to honor Sunset Cox. Ex President Cleveland, Mayor Grant, General Sherman and others attend with Cleveland and Proctor Knott as key speakers urging higher standards of public duty and integrity.
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Cooper Institute
Cox
Strehler Association
Cleveland
Grant
General Sherman
Hewitt
Hoadley
Proctor Knott
Boston clothing store scrimmage to win customers
In Boston a humorous pageant unfolds as stores battle for shoppers with discounts, prizes and word games. Rumy & Co promises first-rate clothing at lower prices, inviting buyers to come early for elbow room.
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Boston
Donnybrook
Gold prize acrostic contest offers cash awards
A community contest promises $705 in gold for top acrostic entries with the second to tenth prizes ranging from $50 to $5. Judging by three unnamed disinterested parties, winners announced Monday December 23 and awards paid Tuesday December 24 to arrive by Christmas.
Commonwealth Clothing House Acrostic Contest Rules
Advertisement outlines an ongoing contest inviting acrostic poems. Participants must spell Commonwealth Clothing House by reading the left-hand letters downward, using one letter per line, and compose the acrostic as a poem. The notice cites 1889 Boston and addresses broad correspondence about the trade mark competition.
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Commonwealth Clothing House
Boston
Brine Death Sir Letter on Ball Cranks
Mr GEO R BRINE Death Sir Should you feel disposed to publish the following you are at liberty to do so Thinking per haps it might cause some amusement and a little consol ation for the ball cranks I place it at your disposal Resp T JEFF KEOGH Wakefield Mass.
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T. Jeff. Keogh
Wakefield
Mass
Boston Nine Pennant Hopes Dimmed By Giants Defeat
Local fans voice sorrow as the Boston nine suffer a setback against the Giants at Baltimore. The tabloid notes lament the team’s struggle, praising players’ effort and hinting at future improvement amid a season of high hopes and shifting fortunes.
Cornerstone Laid For New World Building Atop City Start
Stated plans show the New York World’s Fair committee raising 200000 by voluntary subscriptions toward a 5000000 guarantee. Edward Palmer, a waiter aboard the steamer Connecticut, was arrested for theft from Savannah Steamship Company. Piers of the two lines touch, Palmer holds over a hundred pawn tickets. Steel rail prices have surged with rail prices moving from 27 early in the year to as low as 25 and last week at 2850 with current asks around 29.
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St. Paul Carnival Association
Eadward Palmer
Connecticut
Yesterdy
Savanna Steamship Company
Palmer
New London
Conn
Thames River
A. P. Boller
Samuel D. Babcock
New York, Providence & Boston Railroad
Babcock
George F. Tinker
Groton
Woonsocket Cornet
Boston
New Bridge
New York
Stonington
Ladd
Choate and Clark
Augustus Brandagee
Consolidated
Irish and Scotch Suitings On Sale This Week
Athlone Mills offers seventy five Irish Shannon Tweeds and forty Scots Galla Shields in Saxony finish. Suits to measure available this week at 19 and 20 dollars per suit, about half usual price. Clay faced worsted endorsed for color and wear, not glossy, sold in English Walking Coat or Prince Albert style for 22 dollars.
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Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York
Forecast till 8 p m Friday for New England and eastern New York calls for fair weather with rain in eastern Maine and stationary temperatures. Winds variable.
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Washington
New England
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Maine
Czar Arrives Aboard Derjava in Baltic Visit
The Czar arrives aboard the imperial yacht Derjava at Kret and is greeted by British and German squadrons. Generals, ambassadors, and admirals board to welcome him as the yacht anchors opposite a castle and lights illuminate the scene. The voyage continues toward Berlin with guards aboard.
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Kiel
Berlin
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Germany
Aggregate Vote Cast in Recent French Elections
Paris reports the total vote shows Republicans with 4,012,853 ballots, Conservatives 2,340,686, and Boulangists 1,037,666 in the recent elections.
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Propaganda to Name Five Russian Bishops
Rome reports a Russia Vatican accord signed by M Isvolski and Cardinal Rampolla. The convention states that the propaganda will appoint five Russian bishops in the czar's domain.
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Ecclesiastical Court of Appeals Defeated at New York Convention
The eighth day of the Protestant Episcopal convention saw debates on canon changes and the proposed ecclesiastical court of appeals. The house defeated the resolution to create a national court and to transfer diocesan power, with adjournment to follow after remarks by Dr. Phillips Brooks and other bishops.
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Attempted train wreck near Wells haltsBoston line
An attempt to wreck the Beston passenger train near Wells caused a delay of about fifteen minutes as the locomotive struck a heavy spruce timber and splinters were found along the track. No injuries reported.
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Beston
Wells
Ocean liner movements reported from ports on Oct 10
A batch of ship arrivals and departures shows vessels such as Borderer, Kong Alf, Colin, Lydian Monarch, Figiva, Hartmann, Mantmnore, France, Valentia, Carl Konow, Irdanhua, Accomac, British Princess, Germanic, Trave, Columbia, Professor, Monmouthshire, Slavonia and others en route from London Liverpool Port Antonio Ciudad Bolivar St Ann's Bay Laguayra Havana Gibraltar New York Philadelphia Charlottetown Queenstown Southampton Malta.
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Rhe
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Colin
Charlottetown
New York
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St. Ann's Bay
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France
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Laguayra
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Port Spain
Philadelphia
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Havana
Accomac
Gibraltar
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Alabama
Newark
Queenstown
Southampton
Trave
Bremen
Lizara
Boston Knights Templars Reception and Grand Encampment Officers
The Boston Commandery of Knights Templars hosted a reception at the Riggs House from 8 to 10 pm with Eminent Sir Knight James M. Gleason presiding and many ladies in attendance. The Grand Encampment elected officers for the next three years and voted to hold the next conclave in Denver with Denver receiving 104 votes against Louisville's 96.
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Knights Templars
Riggs House
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SpectAr
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Elizabeth Daggett
Davis
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R. A. Atwood
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A. Montgomery
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Kentucky
Rand Generalissimo
Reuben Lloyd
California
Henry Bates Stoddard
Texas
Nicholas van Slyck
Rhode Island
H. Wales Lines
Connecticut
William B. Isaacs
Virginia
Foreman Shields Found Guilty in North Haven Rail Crash
Thomas Shields, late foreman for a track gang on the New York and New Haven railroad, found guilty of manslaughter in Superior Court over defective rail spikes that caused the Boston express derailment at North Haven. Three people died. sentence delayed.
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Conn
Thomas Shields
New York & New Haven
Boston Express
North Haven
Shields
Dr Burden Stricken With Paralysis in North
Dr F L Burden ex chairman of the Republican State committee was seized by paralysis last evening in North Aulerboro. Doctors Foster and Bullard were called. he is considered out of danger tonight. Providence physician Dr Clarence T Gardiner judged a slight apoplexy shock with paralysis and expects a rapid recovery. telegrams of sympathy arrive from notable figures as J O Burdett, Republican State committee chairman, sent condolences to Mrs Burden.
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Florence businessman Oscar N. Kyle suicide at his stable
Oscar N. Kyle a prominent Florence Machine Company and Emerson Power Scale Company executive and well known in Boston and New York business circles hanged himself in his stable this forenoon. Born in 1848 he had long involvement in Florence public affairs. Illness and despondency amid heavy work are given as the cause by friends.
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Northampton
Florence Machine Company
Emerson Power Scale Company
Boston
New York
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Florence
Canal dispute with Costa Rica settled by arbitration
United States Minister Mizner has settled the canal difficulties between Costa Rica and Nicaragua and work on the canal is now progressing. The main obstacle, Costa Rica's hostility to the enterprise, has been removed and the dispute has been resolved by arbitration.
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San Francisco
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Patrolman Welch Found Guilty for Absences on Duty
Patrolman James F. Welch of Station 16 was yesterday found guilty of being absent from his beat without leave and missing from the force. Patrolman Levi P. Knox of Station 11 was found not guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer.
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Betas
Levi P. Knox
Naval transfers shift officers within Boston and Portsmouth yards
Naval orders announce First Lieutenant L. J. Gulick moved from Portsmouth Navy Yard to duty aboard the Boston. First Lieutenant F. L. Denny transfers from the Boston area to the Marine Barracks at the Boston Navy Yard.
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Provincetown and New York Shipping News Reported Oct 10
On October 10 reporters note light north west winds and clear skies. Vessels arriving include the tug Herald and several Boston bound craft with codfish cargoes and damaged mainsails on the William Hy West and Edward A. Grazier. The Matheson reports a six week fish scarcity while many ships sail or clear for European and Caribbean ports.
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New Department Opens for Fine Tailoring at Lower Prices
To young men, we have turned away many who could not pay our prices but desire better work. We will open a department offering the same style garments at lower prices, led by Mr. H. B. Kendrick, formerly with Fisher & Co. and based in London.
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Fisher & Co
Broadway
N. Y
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