The Enterprise Presents a New Pictorial Series Offer
The Enterprise promotes a sixteen part pictorial series for subscribers at low prices with ten cent coupons for non subscribers. The edition notes the statehouse extension cost of 1 791 475 and hints at rebuilding the old section while lampooning gilded dome rot. It mentions Boston Numismatic Society officers and a Fitchburg railroad theft ring and muses on an ocean cable to Hawaii.
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Magic City
Enterprise
Enterprise Office
Statehouse
Enous
Thealy
Super Prize
Whittier's Resignation and Reflections on Life
An extract from Whittier's letter to Elizabeth Stuart reflects on struggle and resilience. He cites Canon Farrar's Eternal Hope and agrees life is worth living despite sleep deprivation and social ridicule. He recalls fighting for causes, enduring coarseness and hostility, and finds it was for the best.
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Whittier
Elizabeth Stuart
Canon Farrar
Leech Charm At Home With Champagne Cup
Leech entertained at his Scarborough lodgings where he explained his champagne cup uses champagne ice and aerated water. He noted that aging makes him forget the seltzer, a line quoted from an Exchange remark about officers abroad and visitors at home.
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Leech
Dean Holé
Scarborough
Death Among the Dukes and Diminished Dukedoms
London News notes a surge of ducal deaths with eleven among non royal dukedoms in three years. Ten named houses including Leinster and Manchester show fatal losses. 27 dukedoms remain, 24 eligible to vote due to minor heirs.
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Leinster
Buckingham
Cleveland
Devonshire
Manchester
Marlborough
Roxburghe
Somerset
Sutherland
Bedford
London News
Misquote on Carlyle and Chicago World’s Fair traffic
The Boston Journal notes Carlyle’s definition of genius as transcendent capacity of taking trouble first of all. The Chicago Mail adds that fifty carloads daily move from Jackson Park as the World’s Fair exhibits are sent away, with railways not earning revenue since exhibits to Chicago are returned free of charge.
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Carlyle
Frederick the Great
Chelsea
Boston Journal
Jackson Park
Chicago
Chicago Mail
Mary Hurley
Maynard
David Henderson
Cambridge
Maynard Enterprise
Charles J. Bothchte Eedac
H. Folsom
Maynard Orchestra Social Ends With Grand March and Banquet
An entertainment by the Maynard society featured singing and sketches followed by a grand march led by President Crowley and Miss Nellie Brayden. About 120 couples danced until 1 and then moved to a turkey supper and speeches from officers and guests. Remarks praised the society and future work as dancing returned until 4. The event was deemed the season’s highlight.
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John Saxton Sr
Michael Mullin
James F. Sweeney
Thomas Mahoney
St. Michael’s T. A. S
Hudson
Thomas F. Rafferty
Cambridge
Fatal powder mill accident at Acton leaves worker dead
At Acton Powder mills noon Monday a gas flare ignited Augustus Libby’s clothing while others watched. Libby died that evening after attempts to ease the flames. He was 48, survived by a wife and four children, and had worked there about 20 years.
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Acton
William ‘Hurd
Augustus Libby
Saugus
Acton Lodge events and Joint G A R installation noted
A festive sequence in Acton includes an I O O F lodge ball at town hall with Brigham's Orchestra, and the later joint installation for G A R post 138 W R C 62 and S V camp 112 in G A R hall. Colloquy and speeches followed with a banquet in Littlefield's hall. Readers heard Miss Noyes and noted readings. Local notices list visitors and market offerings at Whitcomb's and Littlefield's.
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George F. Clark
Acton Lodge
Town Hall
Brigham
Acton
G. A. R. Hall
V. Camp
General Kimball
Fitchburg
Emma B. Loud
Boston
C. K. Darling
Littlefield
Mr. Shaw
Ashby
E. I. Lindh
America
Maynard Orchestra Forms for Season of Dances
Maynard orchestra organizes for the season and is ready to fulfill all orders for dances and entertainments. Address C H Sweeney Maynard Mass Box 332 for bookings.
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Maynard
C. H. Sweeney
Maynard, Mass
Passenger totals at Ellis Island for 1893
Figures from Ellis Island show 121 529 cabin and 364 700 steerage passengers landed in 1893. Leading cabin lines were Cunard from Liverpool 18 462 Lloyd from Bremen 15 930 American from Southampton 14 374 White Star from Liverpool 13 327 Hamburg American from Hamburg 13 052 General Transatlantic from Havre 10 205. Steerage by North German Lloyd 68 465 Hamburg American 33 091 White Star 28 876 Netherlands 27 381 Cunard 25 103 Red Star 24 483.
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Ellis Island
Cunard
Liverpool
Lloyd
Bremen
Southampton
White Star
Hamburg-American
Hamburg
General Transatlantic
Havre
Netherlands
Red Star
London Landmarks Feature in Historic Group Tour
A listing of notable London sites includes the House of Lords and Bank of England with adjacent landmarks such as London Bridge the Albert Memorial and the New Law Courts. The Front Court of Trinity College Cambridge is also noted among historic English venues.
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Front Court
Trinity College
Cambridge
England
Advertisement for salve cures and guarantee
A salve claims to be the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and to positively cure piles or no pay. It guarantees perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box sold by B F Johnson & Sons Maynard and J C Friend Concord.
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B. F. Johnson & Sons
Maynard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston Numismatic Society
Symee
Detective McEleney
Big Mike
Adonis
Hawaiian Islands
Edward Avery
Herbert L. Baker
County of Suffolk
Howland & Ellis
H. L. Baker
Noyes
C. B. Stone
C. H. Mead
G. A. R. Man
A. A. Richardson
M. E. Wright
Hattie Gardner
F. R. Knowlton
Mr. Randall
Walter Jones
South Acton
Frank Armstrong
Harvard
Irving Whitcomb
C. J. Holton
F. E. Harris
Thomas Cotting
A. F. Blanchard
W. F. Stevens
Will Kinsley
Illustrated
Mise Hattie Tuttle
Lodge
West Acton
Edith Laws
Charlestown
Charles Holton
Mrs. Thompson Hart
New York
A. Hart
Clara Holt
Middlesex North West Temperance Union
Groton
Rockbottom
H. A Littlefield
New Hall
Rebeckahs
Estelle Teele
O. A. Knowlton
Bountiful
ACARD
S. W. Graham
Jan
Whitcomb’s
Whitcomb's
Whitcomb
Miss Knowlton’s
Littlefield’s
Concord, Mass
Friend’s Block
Concord
Marlboro, Mass
Mocoe
Shas Ny
The
the Royal
Photographic Gallery
Cairo
Egypt
Westminster Abbey
House of Lords
London Bridge
Bank of England
London
Albert Memorial
Europe
Africa
Albert
Asia
Trafalgar Square
St. Thomas Hospital
New Law Courts
Hawarden Castle
Chester
England and Travel
Tucker
Chas. P. Lowell
Prop
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Buckin
Arnica Save
W. B. Case
Block, Maynard
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