Amusements and theater listings in Boston area notices
Publisher notice includes subscription rates and submission rules. Amusements section lists venues like Oakland Granges Roxbury Boston Theater Tremont Theatre and others with showtimes and titles such as The Fall of Babylon The Apaches Good Old Times Flying Scud and Old Jed Prouty. Also mentions financial and department page locations.
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Oakland Granges
Roxbury
Babylon
Point of Pines
Revere Reach
Boston
Washington Street
Good Old Times
S—Herrmann
Tremont Theatre
Tretront Street
Mr. Barnes
New York
Park Theat&e
Boston arcades and glass roofs for crowded streets debate
A Boston writer argues for arcades along crowded streets to widen sidewalks and cites Paris Rue de Rivoli and Brighton glass roofs as models. He notes London Telegraph on shelter havens and urges testing in Boston to ease pedestrian movement and urban design.
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Washington Street
Paris
Rue de Rivoli
London Telegraph
West End
London
Brighton
The
Telegraph
Edward Bellamy
England
Boston
Italy France and Germany affect Franco Italian policy
A London dispatch discusses Signor Crispi’s foreign policy and Italy’s alliance with Germany and Austria. It notes the risk of a French fleet at Spezia for the Italian warship launch and questions the benefits of Italy’s ties with Germany. It also reports on New York Republican efforts to frame the Davenport–Lodge Force Bill around election law and Vermont 1874 parallels.
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Italy
Spezia
Signor Crispi
Germany
Shum‘bert
Iis
Austria
F’rance
New York
Republican State Committee
Vermont
Senate
House
New York Evening Post
White ‘League
Vermont Republicans face unusual small majority in Burlington alarm
The Boston Journal notes Vermont Republicans understand majorities. Burlington presses Republicans to avoid a reduced margin, warning a weak showing discourages GOP voters in other states. Quay returns home after vote on tariff reform. Three screw propulsion in steamships could speed cruisers. it may beat single or twin screws if experiments prove favorable. If three screws yield 22 knots, merchant ships could also gain, but real Atlantic savings await further testing.
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Boston Journal
Vermont
Burlington
Mrenyinur
Sandy Hook
Queenstown
North Atlantic
Investigating the strike at New York Central and Hudson River
The Board of Mediation and Arbitration of New York wraps up a postmortem on the New York Central and Hudson River strike. It rejects POWDERLY related charges as unfounded and traces the real origin to a Powderly Lig conspiracy to delay action until 1892 or 1893 World’s Fair.
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Board of Mediation and Arbitration
State of
New York
New York Central & Hudson River
Powperty
Knights of Labor
Wipp
Wrenn
Vanderbilt
Lig
Depew
Powderly
Lar
Final warning in New York Central strike case
The article describes evidence from the New York Board of Arbitration about a master workman who influenced two thousand men to quit good jobs to exact revenge on a discharged company, calling the act wanton cruelty and a warning to organized labor.
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Ler
New York “Central
New York Board of Arbitration
Order of the Knights of Labor
Mr. Powperry
Farmers debate sub treasury while alliance unity grows
The Farmers Alliance educates members amid heated debate over the sub treasury plan. Texas and Georgia factions shift positions after vigorous discussion. Virginia and Missouri signals show caution, and Southern representatives defend or oppose the measure amid broader farm issues.
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Farmers’ Alliance
National Alliance
St. Louis
Carlisle
Vance
West
House
Missouri Alliance
Virginia Alliance
Texas Alliance
Sub-Treasury
Texas
Georgia Alliance
Gamrpon
Cotton cargo danger highlighted after Majestic fire
A major fire on the steamship Majestic off New York exposed the risks of carrying cotton as a cargo on passenger ships. The blaze broke out in the holds as the vessel carried two hundred bales, threatening the ocean liner’s safety until fireboats and engines intervened. The incident renews calls for scrutiny of cargo risks and shipowners’ indifference, amid past incidents like the Egypt fire with cotton cargo.
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Majestic
Egypt
Montreal
New York
Death Comes Quietly as Locomotive Slams Into Traveler
A traveler in a Pennsylvania town was killed when a locomotive derailed and crashed into his bed in a railroad hotel. The incident underscores how rail side lodging can be perilous even in sleep. New York City officials demand a recount, questioning census accuracy as the city grows beyond measures.
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Pennsylvania
Vickary and Low Wedding at Salem Home
A pleasant ceremony noon at the groom's Andrew street residence joined George A. Vickary banker and Miss Ahee Ff Low. Rev. G. A. Phinney conducted the rites with immediate friends present. A reception followed and the couple departed for a brief wedding trip.
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Salem
Life of John Boyle O Reilly to Be Published
The O Reilly family announces a forthcoming authorized biography by James Jeffrey Roche. It will include a full life from original papers, public speeches, poems, and sketches, many unpublished, based on family holdings. Publication details to be announced later.
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O’ Reilly
James Jeffrey Roche
O'Reilly
Pontiacs Conspiracy Lecture Draws Studious City Youth
In Boston Old South Meeting House yesterday Mr Eastman a Sioux and Dartmouth graduate led a lecture on Pontiac s conspiracy. He traced Native American histories amid colonial power shifts and contrasted English French approaches before detailing Pontiac s rise and the fort defenses including Detroit and peace acts with Major Rogers. The piece also notes deaths of M Ferdinand Denis Horace W Wilder Rev Franklin Keyes and Charles T Salisbury with brief bios and causes.
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Old South
Eastman
Dartmouth College
Ife
Pontiac
Massasoit
Paris
Major Rogers
Western Forts
Lake Erie
Detroit
M. Ferdinand Denis
Bibliotheque Sainte Genevieve
Sainte Genevieve
Academie Francaise
Legion of Honor
Horace W. Wilder
Centennial House
Bethlehem
N. If
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Franklin Keyes
Woburn
Episcopal Church
Charles ‘Tl. Salisbury
American Screw
Company of Providence, RE L
Pontiac's Conspiracy Signed the Siege and Its Aftermath
A historical account recalls Pontiac's rebellion against English forts ending in siege failure. A telling girl revealed Detroit fort defenses, and re-enforcements saved the garrison. Pontiac wandered tribes seeking new uprisings, vanished near St. Louis, and tradition says he was murdered by a trader. The speaker closed with America's hymn.
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Detroit
Mr. Eastman
Willian Jonson
Indian Department
St. Louis
America
Obituary Otto Grundmann Died in Meissen at 77
Otto Grundmann director of the Art School of the Museum of Fine Arts died in Meissen Saxony on August 27 after leaving Boston June 28 for a summer visit. Born in 1848 in Dresden he won medals there and later directed the School of Drawing and Painting at the Boston museum since 1876. He was renowned for genre works and portraits including a Franklin portrait for Independence Hall and a notable daily prayer interior. His health declined after grippe and he went abroad for rest with his post temporarily filled.
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Museum of Fine Arts
Meissen
Saxony
Pavonia
Mr. Grundmann
Dresden
Antwerp
Frank Miller
Art Museum
Boston
Cleveland
Seligol
Fizures
Benjam Franklin
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Alvah Koyey
Newton Theological Institute
Watterston
Airbanks
Vermont
Boyiston Street
Notable Appointments and Personal Tidbits Across Nations
Mr F A Hosmer, former Great Barrington High School principal, named president of the American College in Honolulu. Rev Dr George F Pentecost recalls Indian missionary proposal from high caste Hindus numbering 5 million. Sister Rose Gertrude leaves Malakai leper station after displeasing local management. Milo Jeannine Dumas, daughter of the author of La Dame aux Camelias, set to wed Comte de Hauterive. Jeanne is said to resemble her father in character. Northwestern University trustees elect Henry Wade Rogers president. Rogers is a prominent American Methodist lay leader and former dean of the Ann Arbor Law School.
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F. A. Hosmer
Great Barrington
American College
Honolulu
India
George F. Pentecost
Rose Gertrude
Malakai Leper Station
Milo
Jeannine Dumas
Comte de Hauterive
Mie
Jeannine
Northwestern University of Evanston, Jr
Ienry Wade Rogers
Rogers
Ann Arbor
Alexander Dumas's Cook Vasili Dies in France
Vasili the renowned Russian cook to Alexander Dumas the elder died last week at Le Pay near Dieppe. He served the author through lean times and feast days, maintaining punctual service for dinners with many guests. After Dumas’s death he retired and opened a restaurant near his former master’s home.
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Alexander Dumas the
le Pay
Dieppe
Monte Cristo
Dumas
Pere Vasili
Murger
Alexander
le Puy
Alexander Dumas Fils
Fragments of Notes and Notices Across Nations
A compilation of light items and anecdotes from diverse sources. Jokes about society and editors mix with brief notes on literature, travel, and minor curiosities. Highlights include memorials, a Bible heirloom tale, a duke selling Worksop Manor, and reflections on cultural legends.
Newton School Committee Sees Resignations and Appointments
The Newton school committee met at the High School Newtonville and accepted resignations from Miss Charlotte Cameron and Miss Angeline Smith. They reported plans to name a new superintendent candidate and approved several new appointments including assistants at Hyde Williams and Claflin schools. The chair J Edward Hollis resigned and was placed on file. J W Dickinson received a complimentary notice.
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Newton
Newton School
Newtonville
Thomas Emerson
Charlotte Fe, Cameron
Hyde School
Angeline Smith
Claflin School
Margaret E. Atkins
Caroline A. Wentworth
Williams School
Emily F. Wheeler
Mary C. Jones
Marion
J. W. Dickinson
J. H. Doit
Head Is Severed By Train On Old Colony Line
An unidentified man about 39, five feet seven, dressed in a flannel sacque coat and dark trousers, ran onto the track near Eighth Street as an outbound Old Colony train approached at 11 15. The engine struck him, severing his head. a City Hospital outpatient card was found. The body was taken to Station 6 and then to the morgue.
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Worcester
Kimpant
Springfield
Kimpans
America
Detective Harren
Kimnann
A. Strachan
Galashiels
N. B
Salvation Army
Springfield Union
Lewiston
Wilkie Collins
Kensal Green
Sydney Smith
Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunnt
Duke of Newcastle
Worksop Manor
John Robinson
Nottingham
Clumber Park
Welveck Abbey
Thorsby Hall
Hardwicke Hall
Ruffora Abbey
Fox
Old Colony
Eighth Street
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Massachusetts
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Lionrt Sackvinte-Wrst
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Grerce W. Critus
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Shakspere
Charlcote
Berlin
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St. Paul’s
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Pontiau
Alexander Dumas
Chicago
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Jimmu
Georgia
Newton School Committee
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