Amusements Today Listings in Boston Venues
Cortomsia Tugatee presents Men and Women at Cortomsia on Washington street. Charles Frohman's Company performs at Hollis Street Theatre. Ship Ahoy at Tremont Theatre. Rudolph Aronson's Opera Company in Cavalieria Rusticana and Indigo. Boston Museum hosts The Schoolmistress. Don Thompson in The Old Homestead at Boston Turnpike. Neil Burgess stars in The County Fair at Park Theatre. DeWolf Hopper in Wang at Glose Theatre. Henshaw and Ten Broeck perform The Nabobs at Granp Orrra House. Mrs Heine presents Margaret Fleming at CuthKERING Hall. J C Stewart stars in The Fat Men's Club at Howard Athenaeum. Mechanics' Buritone hosts Food and Health Exposition at Huntington avenue. Boston Symphony Orchestra at Music Hall and Myrsh Park, Medford, October meeting with multiple class times.
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Cortomsia Tugatee
Washington Street
Charles Frohman
Holllis Street
Hollis Street
Tremont Theatre
Tremont Street
Rudolph Aronson
Opera Company
Boston Museum
Schoolmstress
Boston Turntrr
S— Don Thompson
Heine
Margaret Fleming
Howard Athenium
Howard Street
J. C. Stewart
Fat Men's Club
Huntington Avenue
Hamilton Place
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Myrshe Park
Medford
Hostow on a Saturday Morning Oct 17 1891
A brief item dated Saturday morning October 17 1891 records a local occurrence or event involving Hostow. The note emphasizes the date and day, with a concise snapshot suitable for a market or town page.
Influence of Massachusetts in national affairs debated
In North Adams speech Candidate ALLEN claims Massachusetts influence is small. He notes Hoar and Lange could not stop the force bill, Republicans failed to press iron and wool memorials, while Democrats in minority previously held more sway. Now that Democrats are in the majority, ALLEN says their influence is belittled.
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Allen
North Adams
Massachusetts
House
Hoar
Lange
Allen Votes No on 1881 Bill Limiting Election Expenditure
In 1881 Representative Allen opposed a measure banning improper spending for campaigns. The question of adding a veto to that vote is not in the historical record presented.
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Allen
A Timely Suggestion for a Republican Meeting
The writer proposes moving the next mid day Republican meeting to the steps of the Custom House for convenience to officials during lunch. He suggests Roger Wocorrt preside and Lopez address, while suspending the new Republican Club flag bearing a Civil Service League resolution about officeholder interference in elections.
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Farneil Hall
Custom House
Collector Bearp
Collector Swift
Roger Wocorrt
Republican Club
Lopez
National Civil Service League At
Buffalo
Civil Service Reform and Political Interference Debate
A public appeal condemns Federal officeholders participating in party primaries and urges dismissal of any official violating civil service law. It credits Civil Service Commissioners for exposing abuses in Baltimore primaries and argues for safeguarding constitutional liberty through nonpartisan public service. It notes 1882 votes by Candidate Allen against a free text book bill and questions adding a veto to defend public schools.
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The
League
United States Civil Service Commissioners
Republican Party
Baltimore
Allen
Aristocracy and the New Post in Western Massachusetts
A Western Massachusetts reader contends the Boston Post favors aristocracy and defends the post's shift to a principle of equal worth for all people. The letter champions the Aristocracy of Labor Brains and Virtue, and argues character and effort outweigh birth or wealth. It cites political battles over sound money and critiques the Republican majority’s role in free coinage efforts.
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Boston Post
Post
Boston
Old Post
New Post
Cephalonia
K. A. Grozier
Allen Votes Against Weekly Payment Bills in 1881 1882
The candidate Allen opposed the weekly payment bills during the 1881 and 1882 sessions. No veto is mentioned or indicated as added to those votes.
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Allen
Government by the people versus commissions in Massachusetts
The debate centers on whether governance should be by commissions or by the people. Governor Russell and the Democratic party push for a government by the people, while Allen favors continuation of commissions. The issue echoes Butler’s era, warns that crowding of the people from administrative power could erase accountability, urging that real governors must be the people.
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Russell
Democratic Party
Allen
Butler
Massachusetts
Allen Votes Against 1883 Bill Protecting Voter Access
Candidate Allen participated in the 1883 Senate vote opposing a measure aimed at preventing interference with voters at polling places. The record notes his stance during a key electoral rights debate of the period.
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Allen
Senate
Republican Inflation Bill Sparks House Debate
The Post prints campaign interview with Hon. Joan F. Andrew on silver coinage. He argues the only risk to free coinage came from Republicans in the House, cites Speaker Reed and Major McKinney, and says Eastern Democrats aided Republican leaders. Andrew claims Republicans inflated the currency and replaced sound money Democrats.
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Dakota
Montana
Washington
Colorado
Congress
Andrew
Cleveland
Joan F. Andrew
Mr. Andrew
Reed
Major McKinney
Massachusetts
Question on constitutional amendment and veto power debate
A fragmented line questions voting for the abolition of the poll tax in 1881 and whether supporting the amendment to purify politics and ensure free manhood suffrage should grant veto power over popular reforms to a man who opposed it. It frames a political risk about entrusted power.
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Allen
Sunday Newspapers Spark Opposition Yet Boston Stands Firm
In many states hostility to Sunday papers resurges as a backslide from progress, but Boston largely resists this trend. The piece praises the Sunday Herald and Sunday Globe for readable fiction and notes their educational value. It laments limited choice rather than moral danger, concluding Boston enjoys abundant good material.
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Boston
Sunday Herald
Mr. Howetts
Sunday Globe
The Wily Blaine in Reciprocity Claims
A Bucyrus Journal letter portrays Blaine touting tariff reciprocity, claiming credit for its concept while distancing from Harrison and McKinley. It notes his defense of the tariff with a misrepresented view of reciprocal terms and accuses him of political posturing rather than original policy.
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Bucyrus, O., Journal
Blaine
Harrison
McKinley
Mr. Blaine
Congress
Blate
Allen Calls Currency Issue a Hot Potatoes to Drop
In his first speech after voicing recovery, Candidate Allen criticizes the currency question as a hot potato. The report notes the Board of Trade and Transportation of New York acting against the Republican dollar at 74 cents, aligning with the New York Chamber of Commerce and Boston merchants, urging swift resolution.
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Allen
Board of Trade and Transportation of New York
New York Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Brother Allen
SNUFFED OUT BY A MIND UNBALANCED BY BUSY LIFE
Irvine A. Evans died by his own action in a striking note on modern life. Friends and energy marked his social circle, yet the great strain of nightlife and demanding work apparently overwhelmed him. The candle burned at both ends and was suddenly snuffed out.
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Irvine A. Evans
Trouble in Pennsylvania Stirs Republican Split
The Pennsylvania Senate, convened by Governor Pattison in a reform bid, confronts party infighting as the Reform Republican League of Philadelphia names Hugo Welss as president. The group aims to defeat Quay and his ticket, while the Philadelphia Press denounces the movement as a bigger threat to the party than to the junior senator.
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Republican State Senate
Pattison
Republican Rebels
Reform Republican League of Philadelphia
HupEerto Welss
Quay
Philadelphia
Republican “Party
Press and Quay Split Reflect Massachusetts Republican Rift
The piece argues that opposition to Quay mirrors opposition to the national party and that Massachusetts voters supporting Republicans also back the man many in the state would repudiate if able, suggesting the coming election may reveal strength to repudiate him.
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Quay
Republican Party
Massachusetts
A Public Duty Praises Local News Victory
The Post lauds the Evening Record for prevailing in a libel suit arising from exposing an eviction. It views the case as a public duty fulfilled by fearless journalism and notes strong community support for the press.
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Evening Record
Readership Growth Prompts Local Newsdealer Orders
The Post notes a rise in circulation with many new readers requesting delivery at distant points. It urges readers to place orders with their nearest local newsdealer for reliable, regular delivery and for dealers to benefit from local trade.
Ladonia Branded Boycott Over Impounded Horses
Ladonia faces a boycott by the Delta County Farmers Alliance over three stray horses owned by Farmer McGrE. Egg and veal abstinence targets Ladonia until the stock is returned, with talk McGer may seek Congress as an Alliance platform candidate.
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Texas
Ladonia
McGre
Delta County
Farmers’ Alliance
McGrar
McGer
Congress
Alliance
Weather, finance, and culture mix in a far flung archive
A mosaic of notes spans historical quirks and figures: Hoey, ex Adams Express president living in New Jersey since 1857. Chief Harrington of the Weather Bureau relying on the Blue Hill prophet to tame New England weather. a sin eater from England. the Salem Marine Insurance Company winding up. tariff impacts on shipping and navy risk. social vignettes from Mr. Gaze-Cook and Mr. Jenkins on European servants. a rhymed funeral sermon fragment about Dear Sistah Becky in Athens Alabama.
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Hoey
Adams Express Company
New Jersey
Harrington
United States Weather Bureau
New England
Blue Hill
England
Salem Marine Insurance Company
Chile
Gaze-Cook
France
Italy
Jenkins
Sistah
Becky
Athens
Ala
Parnell to Publish Private Letters from Gladstone
A notice reports Mrs. Parnell will publish a collection of private letters from Gladstone. The item mentions a Helen Hunt grave at Pike's Peak, disarrayed by litter on the cairn of stones left by visitors. It also describes George W. Delamater in Seattle after a Pennsylvanian governor race defeat. General Grenville Mellen Dodge, new Army of the Tennessee president, details his birth, education, Civil War service, and postwar career with a home in Council Bluffs.
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Parnell
Gladstone
Helen Hunt
Pike’s Peak
George W. Delamater
Quay
Pennsylvania
Seattle
Grenville Mellen Dodge
The
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Danvers
Mass
Military
Norwich
Fremont
Missouri
Pea Ridge
Sugar Valley
Resaca
Sherman
Atlanta
Council Bluffs, Ia
The Woman on Boston Horse Car Life and Human Nature
A columnist sermonizes on rapid transit etiquette in Boston horse cars. She catalogs nuisances from crying babies and umbrella wielders to polite women and tired men, balancing satire with a celebration of courteous behavior and vivid scenes of urban travel.
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Boston
Music notes from a Boston concert season lineup
The music column lists diverse programs for upcoming concerts including Tschaikowsky and Beethoven string pieces, Massenet overtures, and vocal numbers by Winch and Petersilen. It also announces Kneisel and Adamowski quartet debuts at Union Hall, Padarewski sonata, Gruenfeld recital, and Pegon's French Opera Company at Union Hall with ticket outlets Steinert’s and Schoenhof’s.
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Tschaikowsky
Jensen
Adamowski
Union Hall
Julie M. Wyman
Padarewski
Pegon
French Opera Coimique Company
Steinert’s
Schoenhof’s
Boston Post under new management promises revival
A collection of editorials from various papers reports the Boston Post now under E A Grazier, aiming for vigor and progressive democracy. Widespread responses praise energy and potential but caution on political lines and journalistic standards as the paper sheds old habits for a free untrammeled stance.
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New York World
Boston Post
New England
Rutland
The
Phoenix
Democratic Party
Auburn
Gazette
Ting
Ex Governor Hale of New Hampshire Dead in Brooklyn
Ex Governor S W Hale of New Hampshire died in Brooklyn this morning. Born in Fitchburg Massachusetts April 2 1823, he moved to Keene in 1859 and built a chair factory. He later engaged in shoe peg trade and served in the state legislature in 1866 and the governor’s council in 1869.
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Brooklyn
S. W. Hale
New Hampshire
Fitchburg
Mass
Chicago
Democratic City Committee Plans Three Campaign Rallies
Salem Oct 16 Special to the Post. The Democratic City Committee arranges three rallies and will endeavor to have Roger Q. Mills speak here during the campaign.
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Trey
Mills
Salem
Democratic City Committee
Roger Q. Mills
Spirit of Patriotism Mand By the Old Flag at Faneuil Hall
The Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution marked the anniversary of General Cornwallis surrender with a semi annual meeting and dinner at Faneuil Hall. Addresses by Rev Hort on, Stephen M Allen and others highlighted the event with remarks on national heritage and loyalty to the Stars and Stripes.
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Cornwally
Yorktown
Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Faneuil Hall
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Nathan Appleton
Barrett
North End
E. 8. Barrett
E. A. Horton
Second Church
Stephen M. Allen
W. A. Monroe
Christ
Mr. Horton
America
B. R. Bulkeley
Concord
The
Ton
J. Henry Taylor
Ancients and
Matthews
Russell
Henry Cabot Lodge
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Larrison
Harrison
Daughters of the Revolution
L. L. Tarbell
W. R. Allen
Maine
Stars and Stripes
Pine Tree
C. KE. Staniels
William H. Monroe
Monroe
Luke Smith
Acton
Sol Smith
North Bridge
Daniel Taitie
Society
C. H. Sannders
Cambridge
Sons of the Revolution
Weighing machine in Boston concert hall experiment
A writer muses on placing a weighing scale in the Boston concert hall vestibule to study music’s bodily effects. He imagines weighing listeners before and after performances to measure changes, hoping to prove music’s sanitary benefits and compare Brahms with Banting, amid tongue in cheek reflections.
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Brahms
Banting
Taverner
How to Run a Newspaper Tossed Attribution Mix Up
An error in yesterday’s report mixed two interviews. Mr A C Rashesky of the Republican State Committee did not claim independents read newspapers more intelligently. He said Boston offered a large field for an independent paper and that a new post could succeed if run independently. The other comment went to a different man.
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Cape Ann
Boston Post
Post
A. C. Rashesky
Republican State Committee
Ratshesky
Boston
New Post
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Post Publishing CO
Post Publishing Company
Corcoran Building
Fifteenth Street
Worcester
Wily
Johnny
Seraphina
Music Noes
Carlyle Petersilen
Steinert Hall
Beethoven
Chopin
Schupert
Mozart
Schumann
Brahm
Novacek
Alfred Gruenfeld
Gres 30 Music Hall
Newport
E. A. Grazier
Newburyport News
Haverhill Bulletin
Albany
Albany Argus
Washington Post
Lewiston
Gloucester Times
Hale
Ead
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution
Cornwallis
A. E. Horton
Henry Taylor
W. H. Monroe
Tom
Charles Lamb
Mr. Ratshesky
Gratieman
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