Mayor Hart to Be His Own Chief Adviser in Boston
Special political notes from Boston outline preparations for new city leadership. Mayor Hart plans to appoint his private secretary and run the administration with a focus on centralized control, while other figures like Carl W. Ernest are sidelined. The piece details speakership caucus dynamics, candidate alignments, and the expected use of an Australian ballot system for the January vote.
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Boston
Commonwealth
Hari
Melrose
Mayor Good
Town Hall
City Hall
Politcians
Carl Enet
Joseph
Inc Ming
Hart Calmy
Hart
Bellevue
Bennett
Burrington
Frankln
Gilpatrick
Porter
Lynn
anti-Myers
Bloods
Fithburg
Chariots
Myers
Adams
Merose
Tutle
Pittsfield
Saunders
Messrs. Ellsworth
Worcester
Willard
Chelsea
Reed
Francis
New Bedford
Mills
Fall River
Blood of
Fitchburg
Assembly
Candiate
Howland
Mr. Myers
M. Howland
Gov. Brackett
Gen. Devens
Supreme Court
Myes
Reid
Republian
Hutchinson
Parsons
Greenfield
Mellen
Silver Wedding Celebration Honors Mr and Mrs W W Kelly
The couple marked twenty five years of marriage with a Saturday party at their Spaulding and Moody streets home attended by about one hundred friends and relatives. Rev. Smith Baker married them in December 1874 at the Holy bonds. guests from Norwich University, Dartmouth, Tech, Vermont and Hollis NH joined the informal reception and social hour with refreshments.
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W. W. Kelly
Spaulding
Moody Streets
Kelly
Smith Baker
Rumbly
N. H
G. D. Baily
Merrimack Street
Howarth & Watson
Ayer City
N. M. Merrill
Hollis, N. H
Melrose
Sidney Martin
Wiliamstown
Trinitarian Church
Haworth & Watson's
Kety
Arthur
University of Vermont
Albany Politics and Railroad Talks Shape State Plan
The piece traces early 1900s Albany maneuvering over Hoar and Mellen resolutions, railroad policy, and the Fitchburg lease. It notes potential Speaker Reed or Myers influence, a returning Senator Soule, and looming federal relations debates tied to expansion.
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Mr. Myers
Albany
Fitchburg
Commonwealth
Hoosac
Railroad Committee
Railroad
Fairhaven Bridge
Reed
House
Soule
Bristol
Myers
Mann
Christmas Drunks Arrested Over Weekend
Thirty four people were booked for drunkenness on Saturday and Sunday. Most posted bail while thirteen could not and appeared before His Honor on Christmas Day. All were released as they had not faced the court within a year.
Real Estate Sales in Lowell and Surrounding Towns
Real estate transfers for the week ending December 23 show numerous parcels sold across Lowell and nearby towns including Abbot Street Warwick Street Manchester Street Hale Street Lincoln Street Coral Street Moody Street Fayette Street Princeton and other streets. Notable amounts include a few large deeds such as the Chelmsford North Chelmsford parcels and a Lincoln Street property listed at 1 dollar.
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Robert A. Stowell
Heasther A. Quinlan
Abbott Street
Nellie T. Sawyer
John M. Dunfey
Tolman Avenue
Arthur W. Parker Toe Lorin Green
Warwick Street
Johanna Mather
Morgan Riley
Manchester Street
Ellen Martel
Jesse H. Shepard
Hale Street
Stock Market Rally and Banking Scene Report
A rally led early trading as equities firmed across sectors with tobacco, continental, and utilities rising. Banking reports show surplus up to 10 million plus, cash shifts puzzling, and gold exports offsetting some receipts while shares absorb mixed signals.
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Continental
People’s Gas
Federal Steel
St. Ry
Manhattan
E.ie Telephone
Nctoy
Chicago
Stage mishaps and witty theater anecdotes from 19th century reads
A collection of humorous anecdotes from stage life recounts mislaid props and daring improvisations. Miss Sarah Thorne recalls a powder gun mishap during The Colleen Bawn with a paper bag biscuit delay. Marie Wainwright shares a dagger missing incident and a gas key substitute. Kean grimaces alarm actors while a sentry misstates the hour. Jefferson snores into a trap and a prompter improvises a ride. Sullivan’s quip over a horse line delights the audience.
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Sarah Thorne
Danny Mann
Danny
Miss Marie Wainwright
Hannah
Ruddigore
Mr. Barrington
Mr. Gossmith
Charles Kean
Richard TT
Grimeces
Richard
Kean
Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Rip
Acer Verfeison
Barry Sullivan
Shrewsbury
P.t
Mr. Sullivan
Signer Fall
St. Helens
Foli
Tom Moore
John Kembie
Kembie
Charles Matthews
Charles
Chambers
World cotton supply drops from last year totals
The world's visible cotton supply falls by 1,026,949 bales from a year earlier. Current total is 3,822,918 bales versus 4,843,862 last year. British stocks 727,000. continental 567,500. American afloat for Europe 454,000. Egyptian and others afloat for Europe 87,000. U S ports 1,128,205. interior towns 817,391. another interior total 17,391 bales. American cotton estimated at 3,606,613 bales.
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Great Britain
Europe
United States
Stage Contretemps at The Shop Girl 1895
An onstage improvisation during The Shop Girl in October 1895 shows a French count making a shy quip about footwork as his boot flies off revealing a hole in the sock. The comedian responds, losing none of the humor, with a farewell line about meeting again as he limps across the stage.
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Appleby
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W. W Kelley
Lowell
Alphonse, Delphord
Malvina Lagasse
Moody Street
John Boyle
Robert G. Bartlett
Fayette Street
Frank C. Beharrell
Oscar A. Luther
Princeton Street
Wilmington
Horace S. Buck
Nathan & Buck
L. Billerica
Jacob W. Wilbur
Christopher L. Jackson
Fordway Park
John W. Morrillet Ax
Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co
Westford
R. Spalding
Mary E. Brigham
Joshua B. Holden
John C. Blaisdell
Westford and
Groton
Chelmsford
Floria J. Leavitt
Admx
William J. Quigsey
North Chelmsford
Frank M. Short
Fred G. McGregor
Edwards Street
Elvira J. Leavitt
Thomas P. Sheahan
Edward R. Richardson
Fr. W. Merrill
Burbane
Courtney
Merri
United States Oil Co
Helus
Globe National Bank
Tuttle
Boston & Maine
Portland & Rochester
American Steel & Wire Company
New York
Krsgut, Sears & Co
Ward
Railroam
Atehison, Pfd
Seeeenee
Waewee
Ee Cc. B. Aserevece
O . Ni
St. Stences
Union Ov
Wee
Arnold
Bingham
Montana
Franklin
N. A
Bell Tel
Sat Bas
Aea Erie
Lee
Isie Roy
Hew
Gia Dominion
U.S
N. Y
Exchange Building
Columbus, Marshall & Northeastern RE. R
Joshua Brown &Co
Bank ES
State St
Pillsbury's
Sbuy, Ve
J. McDonald
Cor. Fletcher and Dutton Sts
Guesday
Pollard & CO
Prices
Chase A
Aaas
A. G Pollard & CO
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Sts
Sapolio
Voc
H. B., Shattuck & Son
Central Street
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