Spain and Cuba Raise Tension Across the Atlantic
A Chicago writer argues Spaniards show bitter anti American feeling while Americans wish peace. He cites Weyler and Castelar, notes Spain seeks war in Cuba but Americans refuse conflict, urging Spain to quit Cuba while condemning Spanish discipline and pride. The piece ends urging restraint and peaceful resolution.
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Cuba
Spain
United States
Chatfield-Taylor
Chicago
America
Americas
Weyler
Havana
The
Antilles
Spanish America
Mr. Chatfield-Taylor
New York
Musa Eae
Porto
Aslee
Castelar
Atlantic
New York Sun
Easter Flower Spending in New York City Reaches Half a Million
The New York Journal notes in city Easter sales totals that amount to about $500,000 with 268 regular florists. Broad way dealers led with $20,000, while 9 major shops and 1,538 small concerns added up to the sum, plus street stands. The piece stresses charity potential if a portion went to aid tenement residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Broadway
New York Journal
What Cathode Means In Early Electrical Theory
An excerpt describes cathodes and anodes in incandescent lamps. It explains breaking a filament to show that glow can be restored by a high voltage, with the broken end acting as the anode and the emitting end as the cathode. It notes cathode rays stream from the cathode independent of the anode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner’s Magazine
Ellen Terry Demonstrates Tricky Departure Trick
Miss Ellen Terry helped a friend in the hallway by sliding down a stair rail to the hall below. She quickly recovered her appearance and waved farewell to her watching friend, a playful display noted as an example for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Terry
Patriot Societies Plan Joint Building in New York City
Several patriotic societies in New York city formed by descendants of U S soldiers plan to erect a joint building with a common museum of historical relics. The idea is considered tactical and sensible and is not confined to one city, as noted by the St Louis Globe Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
United States
St. Louisa
Royal Arcanum Hospital Benefit Set for May at Tremont
The Royal Arcanum Hospital association of Massachusetts plans a week long minstrel and vaudeville at Tremont theatre Boston beginning May 18. George L Pierce T P West W P Leroy lead a committee for the benefit fund to provide free hospital beds statewide for ill or injured members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arcanum Hospital Association of Massachusetts
Tremont Theatre
Boston
William Seymour
Royal Arcanum
George Lowell Tracy
John A. Lowell & Co
George L. Pierce
T. P. West
W. P. Leroy
New York State
Arcanum
Massachusetts
Scarcity of Bluebird Due to the 1895 Freeze
A letter notes a severe February 1895 freeze devastated bluebird populations from Florida to Virginia. Only five pairs were known last year in Lexington, Waverly, Roxbury, Weston, and Sudbury. This year four pairs remain in Sudbury and one in Waverly, with Harvard’s Professor Faxon doubting a rebound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Virginia
Lexington
Waverly
Roxbury
Weston
Sudbury
Walter Faxon
Harvard College
Enterprise Office
Hudson
A. W. Morse
Real Estate Conveyances Listed for Marlboro Concord and Stow
Mortgage transfers include Julius A. Clisbee to M. Howe Marlboro $1378. Edwin Girard to G. Lapierre Marlboro $1100. Jonas T. Houghton to F C. Parker. Clifton G. Greenwood et al to City of Boston Marlboro. Anna Morse to City of Boston Marlboro. Bernard Calnan to S. H. Howe. and others. Some entries show nominal sums and multiple parties. A verse intrudes with country kin visiting, and a stray note on bonnets and greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius A. Clisbee
M. Howe
Marlboro
S. Herbert Howe
Pleasant Street Cemetery Corporation
Jonas T. Houghton
F.C. Parker
Hudson
Wallace G. Webber
C. W. Jenks
Concord
Clifton G. Greenwood Et al
City of Boston
Anna Morse
Almira F. Stowe
E.C C. Raymond
Bernard Calnan
S. H. Howe
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I Dons
Cathode
Royal Arcanum Hospital Association
W. A. Haynes & CO
Bleue
Bowker
Essex
Lowell
Swift & Co
Ill
Mass
Planet Jr
King of the Cornfield
Bears
Democrat
Maynard, Mass
PuoTo Rooms
N. B
C.d.holmes
James Mullin
Maynard
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
April
Hudson National Bank
Caleb L. Brigham
Ashier
Geo. C. Keith
Boynton
S. R. Burroughs
J. S. Hoar
West Acton
Keith
Concord Junction
John Street
At Manufacturers
Main Street
J. B. Deane
Nason Street
WM. F. Litchfield
N. L. Chaffin
Cornhill
Middlesex County
A. L. Kittredge & CO
Central St
Williams Studio
Swan Bldg
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