Republicans Celebrate Club Night at Music Hall
The Republican Club of Massachusetts and guests enjoyed a large evening at Music Hall with ample food and speeches. The event featured lively political talk and brag, though likely won’t sway votes, it marked a strong social gathering.
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Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Music Hall
Higgins
Delaware
J. Howard Addicks
Hawley
Connecticut
United States
Senate
Push To Save Putnam Memorial At Rutland
The Putnam Memorial movement urges preservation of Governor Rufus Putnam’s Rutland house. Built before the Revolution, the colonial mansion is priceless for its historic associations and as a starting point of Massachusets influence in Ohio. Private subscriptions support buying the estate for public reservation trustees.
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Rufus Putnam
Rutland
Massachusetts
Ohio
New England
American Republic
Commonwealth
The Sugar Trust Before the Supreme Court in Washington
The Sugar Trust fights the legality of contracts absorbing sugar refiners in Pennsylvania including Spreckels. The case tests anti trust law despite the Attorney General noting the law may be ineffectual. The article notes state reactions in Massachusetts New York and Pennsylvania, warning of monopoly power overruling public welfare.
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Sugar Trust
Supreme Court
Washington
Pennsylvania
Spreckels
Massachusetts
New York
A State Without a Legislature in New York
The piece argues that if New York accepts the amended constitution, a Legislature may not exist in 1895. The new constitution takes effect January 1, 1895, replacing the old one, but provides no Legislature for 1895 despite a new one to be elected that year. It criticizes the convention for favoring Republicans and calls the situation a real difficulty rather than a quibble.
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New York
Massachusetts Opinion on General Court Vacation and Constitution
A speaker argues that Massachusetts could grant the General Court a vacation without consequences and suggests scrapping the new constitution might best solve current troubles.
Jaunty Democrats Face Republicans Amid Massachusetts Battle
Governor Greenhalge warned a Republican Club that a jaunty Democratic faction in Massachusetts remains undeterred by recent setbacks. The piece argues Democrats see the 1892 victory as part of a longer struggle, pledging victory over McKinleyism and federal reforms.
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Greenhalge
Republican Club
Massachusetts
Croakers
Gave The Other Side A Show In Alderman Hearings
An editorial urges the Aldermen to conclude seven months of hearings on public institutions. It argues complainants must finish evidence and allow accused officials to present their case. Delaying until a new Board could extend the inquiry into next year, risking repetition. the editorial calls for an immediate hearing of the other side.
Lighthearted notices and social gossip from Boston scene
A Boston crowd gathers for trifling local spectacles and social chatter. Charles Parker leaves the Boston and Lockport Block Company with a gift chair as George Gibby speaks. Reports of monkeys on a schooner, kids playing hop scotch on Court Square, shinny on the Common, and a kettledrum fundraiser for the Women’s Charity Club Hospital pervade the day. William F E F Quinby visits from Holland en route to Detroit with Jacob Strauss.
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Charles H. Parker
Boston and Lockport Block Company
George Gibby
School Street
Lizzie W. Hannum
Court Square
William Fef. Quinby
United States
Holland
Boston
Detroit
Yaacob Strauss
Detroit Free Press
Quinby
Quarries in Guilford Near Restart Under Hughes Bros
Negotiations near completion by Hughes Bros and Bangs of Syracuse to take control of Sachem's Head quarries in Guilford. Revival could bring hundreds of jobs and large contracts for the town, with quarries set to resume operations soon. Amesbury also reports Hamilton Woollen Co enlarging capacity with three carloads of Mason print looms, bringing total looms to 1706 and full-capacity production through November.
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New Haven
Conn
Hughes Bros. & Bangs
Syracuse
N. Y
Sachem’s Head
Guilford
Amesbury
Hamilton Woollen Company
Lexow committee adjourns as woman arrested for kidnapping
The Lexow committee paused in New York to consider testimony after Matilda Herman was arrested in Jersey City while traveling from Chicago. Detectives and others were later detained on charges of kidnapping before being released, with discussions centering on her possible testimony against police tied to West Fourth street disorderly houses.
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New York
Lexow Committee
Chicago
Goff
Lexow
Jersey City
Senator Daly
New Jersey
West Fourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Hoboken
Herman
Pennsylvania
Wells
Montgomery Street
Kearney
Boyle
Daly
Murphy
Justice Potts
Moss
Senate Committee
Wanzer
Sheehan
Stern Co. Fails. Sheriff Closes After $46,000 Executions
Stern & Co., wholesale men's furnishings, failed in New York on Oct 24 and were shut by the sheriff for 46 000. Causes include poor business, bad accounts, stock depreciation, and two years of illness of the senior partner. Louis S Stern, a firm member, died by suicide this morning by drowning in Central Park reservoir, likely due to financial strain.
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New York
Stern & Co
Louis S. Stern
Central Park
Boston Fruit Exchange Debates Docks And Barrel Size
A special meeting of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange will be held at 2 this afternoon to discuss municipal ownership of wharves in Boston and the uniform size of barrels used in trade.
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The
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Boston
Maine appoints Danforth to railroad panel after death
Governor Cleaves named Frederick Danforth of Gardiner to fill the vacancy on the Maine railroad commission created by Colonel Wildes's death. The appointment was announced in Augusta on October 24.
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Augusta
Cleaves
Frederick Danforth
Gardiner
Colonel Wildes
Populists Ramp Up Campaign in Ward 18 and Ward 19 Rallies
The Populists plan rallies tonight in Ward 19 at the bath house and Friday in Mattapan with Ward 18 events. Headquarters at 699 Washington Street show increasing activity as the campaign progresses.
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Ward 19
Bath House
Mattapan
Ward 18
Washington Street
Rare Coast Trader Lizzie W Hannum on Boston Wharf
The schooner Lizzie W Hannum arrives with master R A Sanchez who has run a shell and curios shop for twelve years. The ship carries twenty five to thirty tons of shells with sponges coral and two West Indian monkeys and two small brown bears as a side show.
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Long Wharf
Boston
Lizzie W. Hannum
R. A. Sanchez
Sanchez
West Indies
East Indies
Africa
Maine
Kennebec
Bar Harbor
Billy
Atlantic Avenue
Jack
Sam
Literary prices and authors noted in gossip column
Gossip lists payments for poems by Payard Taylor Longfellow and Graham as notable auction prices. It mentions Wilde Barrie Moore Molesworth Webster Coleridge and Anthony Hope Hawkins and Max O'Rell with their works, travels and reputations. It cites Graham a restaurant quip about money turning to gold.
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Payard Taylor
Longfellow
Graeham
George Rex Graham
Graham
Oscar Wilde
Pall Mall
Mr. Wilde
J. M. Barrie
Tommy
T. A. Brown
Frankfort Moore
Ireland
London
Moore
Molesworth
Mrs. Molesworth
Holland
Manchester
Scotland
Anthony Trollope
Oliver Optic
Webster
Coleridge
Sidney Smith
St. Paul's
Anthony Hope Hawkins
Zenda
Middle Temple
Thackeray
Paul Bluett
Max O'Rell
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
John Bull and Company
Macaulay
Frederic Harrison
United States Cruiser Columbia Arrives in Kingston
The U S cruiser Columbia, from Bluefields, reached Kingston Jamaica on Oct 24 reporting conditions were quiet since leaving the Mosquito coast.
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Kingston, Ja
United States
Columbia
Bluefields
Mosquito Coast
Boston Theater Scene Roars With Long Run Wins
The Boston stage features heavy crowds for Sowing the Wind at the Columbia and In Old Kentucky at the Boston Theatre. Prince Pro Tem and The Amazons draw fashionably large audiences, with Abbey Schoeffel & Grau to perform next at Music Hall headlined by Mme Melba.
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Boston
Columbia
The
Museum
Columbia Theatre
Mr. Grundy
J. H. Gilmour
Charles Frohman
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Music Hall
Mme. Melba
Handel
Marguerite
Pol Plancon
Austin & Stone
Barney
Vermont
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Eugene Tompkins
Mme
Melba
Sofia Scalchi
M. Pol Plancon
M. Maugiere
Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
Sig
Bevig Nani
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grad
Saume
Tues
Erg
SACLE
HH. Ollis Theatre
LAS Daniel Frohman’ Lyceum Theatre CO
N.Y
PALM
Amazons
COX
Mm. B. Curtis
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Tremont Theatre
Rice’s
Frowdoin Square Theatre
Chas, F. Atkinson
KINC
Annapol
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ST. John
Eastpor
Boston & Lubec
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Ohn
Mayre
Onal S. S. CO
Re. A. Waldron
Gen. Agt. Commercial Wharf
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Cape Breton
Prince Edward Island
Canada Atlantic & Plant Steamship Line
Halifax
Hawkesbury
Charlottetown
S.S. Florida
Savannah
Lewis Wharf
Peeoresasion
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Richardson & Barnard
Atlantic Ave
Telephone
Portland
C F. Williams
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