The New Grose Girone Building Opens to Public
A vivid tour of Boston's new Grose building on Washington street describes its massive brick and iron structure, Renaissance style, fireproof design, and lavish interior. It highlights the 120 foot height, 88 by 80 foot footprint, fronting Washington and Devonshire streets, with wrought iron girders, marble treads, and elaborate mechanical systems. Architects Bradlee Winslow & Wetherell. Emery & Stuart as contractors. Edison Lighting Company wired the building. Whittier Machine Company supplied the elevator. a live tour shows press rooms, composing rooms, editorial offices, and the harbor view from above.
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Grose
Washington Street
Girone
Boston
Tr Cron
Plaes
Grorm
Grove
Devonshire Street
Tur Guppe
Kibbe
Devone Street
Theshington Street
Ashington Street
Bradlee, Winslow & Wetherell
Marlboro
Hemingway
Phillips
Turnsrone
Emery & Stuart
L. L
G. H. Whitney
Lewis F. Perry
Vid McIntosh
Wil Trainer & Co
Perkins
Shreve
Crump & Low
A. Wellington & Co
Bowker, Torrey & Co
Enoch Robinson & Sons
Kendrick
Fuller & Holtzer
George Miles
Whittier Machine Company
Edison Lighting Company
Will
Argus
Sporting and Exchange
Ashington
Great Head
Deer Island
Governor's Island
Long Island
Apple Island
Fort Warren
Atlantic
Highlands
Milton
Beacon Hill
State House
the Charles and the Mystic
Bunker Hill Monument
Navy Yard
Chelsea
Cutler
Tn Giope
Tue Gioni
The Giant's New Home at Tue Gione Journal
A tour of Tue Gione reveals a vast printing plant with single Hop and Jumbo presses, a modern mailing room, electrified offices, and a lofty composing hall. The narrative highlights high speed engines, tall skylights, rippled glass, and a harbor view from the roof as the new building opens to eager staff and visitors.
Graves Story Of Escape In Self Defence Mayhem
Bancor Missouri April 23 Graves the alleged wardens killer tells his tale from Maine to California claiming self defence and preferring hanging to life in prison. He recounts fleeing by boat to Fox twenty miles from Rockland then to Ports mouth New Hampshire and on to Anaheim and Oakley. Graves says a postal card with a $1000 reward was shown to him and he avoided recognition. He discusses deer hunting with McFarland and the confrontation with wardens that led to the shootings. He says he will read his book at trial and that he never panics. California authorities plan to return him to Maine for trial.
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Portsmouth
N. H
California
Peee
Graves
Anaheim
Cal
Oakype
Myers
Th Pacific
Feller
Maine
Shaw Brothers
Fletcher Brook Ranch
Shaw
Farland
Niles
McFarland
Mac
Bangor
Boston
William Main
Haverhill Street
Os &H
Cerni L
Attorne
Isa Q
Portland
Maine ‘Central
Machias
Dan
Oakland
Proclamation Details Dutch Vessels Exemption from Duties
President Cleveland issues a proclamation suspending six to thirty cent per ton duties on U S vessels entering from Dutch ports and certain Dutch East Indies free ports. Applies only where reciprocal exemptions exist. dates and places named. numerous historical figures and numbers listed.
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Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands
United States of America
Datehiaat
Riouw
Bali
Koepang
Timor
Makassar
Menado
Congress
Eclake
United States
Europe
Dutch East Indies
Yyashings
Mingling Business with Felicitations
A note announces the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs J Allen. Mr Allen is described as manager of a regular restaurant in Chicago, while Frank McManus extols the arrival and offers congratulations. The item reflects social notices and local chatter from Carl Pretzel's Weekly.
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Carl Pretzel
J.©. Allen
Allen
Chicago
Frank McManus Preset
Disastrous Italian Earthquakes Noted Since 1400
A general list records 280 serious Italian earthquakes since 1400. The most disastrous events occurred in 1169 near Mount Etna, causing extensive loss of life and property.
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Mount
Actna
The Conventicles Mystery in a Newspaper Club
A chaotic dinner table of editors argue over a quoted line about winter in spring. The snake editor claims the phrase, others doubt its source from Bible or Pope, and a local paper finally reveals it printed in the Cider Valley Palladium as a stray line. They conclude the remark may be unconscious memory.
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Burdette
Brooklyn
Church of England
Chester County
Chicago Times
Pope
Cook
Haddocks
Thad
Times
Eugene St Clair Inquiry Sparks Family Dinner Laughs
In a San Francisco Wasp snippet, Eugene St. Claire jokes about a chambermaid and sugar, while a fond mother probes for a reason. A humorous exchange follows, with Eugene claiming he only heard his father say lips tasted sweet.
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San Francisco
Eugene St. Claire
Gene St. Claire
One of the Sleepy Kind Poem About Sleep and Dawn
A verse extols love of morning sleep and dreamy daze. The speaker embraces slumber, preferring blankets pulled high and avoiding the breakfast bell. The light hearted poem imagines heaven as a place for uninterrupted rest.
Reverend Savage Denies Seasickness Claim
The text quotes Rev. M. J. Savage asserting his stomach is unaffected by seasickness and makes an analogy comparing his sea voyage capacity to that of a plumber. The excerpt reflects a humorous or rhetorical remark about endurance at sea.
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Lowell
M. J. Savage
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Advertisers
NEW Globe Counting Room
Corliss
Edwin Ford
Colonel Roberts
Armington & Sims
Whittier
Metis
Tue Gione
Ifth
Tan Giosa
Tur Gionr
Tam
Cerberus
Tur Grose
Tux Glong
Proteus
New England
Guote
Devonshire Street End
Raves
NEW Press Room
OLD Press Room
Nova Scotia
Alaska
Washington
Tims
Puglia
Calabria
Sicily
Italy
Terra di Lavoro
Basilicata
Ischia
Firec Tour de Suite
Somerville Journal
Tlove
Llove
Phobus
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