Library of Congress an architectural marvel in Washington
From Washington May 28 the finest structure in the world in its kind is the Library of Congress. It houses 800000 volumes, 300000 pamphlets, 550000 music items, 35000 maps and nearly 300000 engravings and photos. Built for 1886 act completion 1897 cost 6360000, fireproof and Italian Renaissance style with vast interior decorations.
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Washington, D. C
Library of Congress
Washington
Congress
National Library
Ihe
Capitol
Act of Congress
Albany
New York
Tammany Hall
Thentrance
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Paglani
Seymour Johnson Co Falls in Stock and Cotton Markets
The New York firm Seymour, Johnson & Co. announces insolvency after a year as a stock exchange broker. Frederick W. Johnson Henry A. Seymour and David Webster were partners with Alfred Hayes Jr named assignee. They faced cotton market losses and bank loan pressures, triggering suspension and a broad market drop. Johnson claims about 475000 dollars in bonds outstanding, secured by 20 to 30 percent margins, with banks advised to buy in.
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New York
Seymour, Johnson & Co
Stock Exchange
McCormick & Co
Cotton Exchange
McCormick
Shorts
Price, McCormick & Co
Johnson
Price Drops Down Cloths Marked Off by Committee
Fall River on May 28 reports print cloths marked down today by 3% to 8% cents. Business has been quiet for two months as outsiders undercut prices, with some sales as low as 3 cents. The selling committee enacted the reductions to clear stock.
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Fall River
Cochiti
Unions to Meet Emeralds at May 30 Ball Game
North Chelmsford plans a large attendance at the Lowell Fairgrounds game between the Unions and the Emeralds on May 30. After Wednesday, James P. Dunnigan retires as Union manager. John J. Gray will take over. Hoyle starred for the Unions against Lowell at Attleboro Saturday. Memorial day will be quietly observed with grave decoration at Main Street Cemetery by Grand Army men and friends. Mr and Mrs Robert Dolan of Lawrence recently visited the village.
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North Chelmsford
Lowell Fairgrounds
Emeralds
James P. Dunnigan
John J. Gray
Hoyle
Lowell
Attleboro
Jolly Six Club
Master Luther Hall
Jolly Six Society
Town Hall
St. John’s Church
Y. M. C. I. Society of
Grand Army
Main Street
Robert Dolan
Lawrence
Two Local Deaths Reported In East Pepperell
Mrs Delia Tierney aged 44 was found dead on Riverside house steps Sunday morning the cause alconotism was listed by Medical Examiner Hartwell of Ayer. She leaves a husband and six children. Later the town mourned T Brisseau who rode to the station on his wheel and died when he dismounted.
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Delia Tierney
Riverside House
Ed. Coggin
Hartwell of
Ayer
T. Brisseau
Billerica Public School Concert Planned for May Evening
A concert by the children of the Billerica public schools including Centre and outlying districts will be held at the town hall on Thursday evening May 11 under the direction of J Avison Baker music teacher. All are invited.
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Billerica
J. Avison Baker
Inside Information Swallowed Note Breaks Upslope Milkman Saga
A Collier's Weekly wry line imagines a goat and watchdog gossiping about a midnight elopement. The goat claims to have inside information after swallowing the milkman’s note, a playful mockery of scandal sheet tropes.
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Collier’s Weekly
Calumet & Hecla Stock Dips to 710 on Mining News
New York market shows dullness yet strength in rails and sugar with Tobac co a firm favorite. In Boston Calumet & Hecla opens at 725 rises to 750 then falls to 710, lowest in years, amid discouraging mine news and prior rumors of financial distress surrounding Flower's death.
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New York
Boston
Calumet & Hecla
Flower
Sugar Ref. Co
Atchison
B . Oe
Brooklyn RT
Bly
C. CO
C. & G. West
Seeenseee
Federal Steel
L. Federal Steel Pfd
Mex Central
Manhattan
Metropolita
Mo. Pacific Or Ly
New York Ce
No. Pacific
Pacific
People’s Gas Tees
St. Paul
Pacific Peeeeeererergy
Rail Pfd
Tenn. C. &I
Union Pacific
Bile Union Pac Pref
U.S. Leather
S.scsere Ll
West Union
Eee
Wheeling & L. E
Baltic
Seewee
Calumet
Isle Royale
Osceola
Peeeeeeray
Old Dominion
Eis
Parrott
Sessee
Santa Ysabel
Tamarack
MIS
Bell Tel
Eeavees
Dom Coal
N. &. Gas & Coke
Boston and New York Markets Reported by Bright Sears Co
Bright Sears Co reports today on Boston and New York markets with price movements and notable shifts in shares. The bulletin highlights notable gains in transport and industrial issues and outlines morning quotes across key railroad, bank, and utility stocks.
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Boston
New York
Bright, Sears & Co
Russian Students Harassed by Uniform Rules
A New York Observer piece notes planned reform of strict Russian university rules. It cites compulsory uniforms, constant police surveillance, lodging reports, photo IDs, limited student gatherings, and petty decorum edicts as oppressive, urging easing to win public approval for the education minister.
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Education
Dvyorniki
New York Observer
Gillette’s Thorough Prep Shapes Sherlock Holmes Play
William Gillette’s method turns a Doyle inspired script into a polished production. He drafts in London, then lets Frohman’s team rehearse with Neilson directing. A final rehearsal costs about eight hundred pounds as Gillette silently edits from first to last during a public performance.
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William Gillette
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Conan Doyle
London
America
Gillette
Charles Frohman
Neilson
Mr. Gillette
Herbert Waring
Waring
Secret Service
Mr. Waring
Mrs Wilson's orchid collection valued near six figures
Mrs George W Wilson of West Walnut Street has built an orchidarium valued around 100000 dollars. Her grounds hold six greenhouses and a conservatory, with specimens from Brazil. Her gardener, Alphonse Pericat, trained under the Baron Rothschild, and a cattleya hybrid bloomed in her greenhouse earning a silver medal from the Philadelphia Horticultural Society.
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George W. Wilson
West Walnut Street
Wilson
America
Erastus Corning
Albany
Alphonse Pericat
Baron Rothschild
Brazil
Hertical Society of Philadelphia
North America
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Leaders Joke of Rivalry with Boston Intellectuals
At a Boston Tavern Club dinner honoring author Hugh Wynne, Professor Charles Eliot Norton praised Philadelphia figures Dr. Weir Mitchell, Horace Furness, and Henry Lea, claiming they outrank Boston in medicine, criticism, and history. He also lauded Mitchell’s lyric poetry, while the club backed his view.
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Hugh Wynne
Tavern Club of
Boston
Lowell
Weir Mitchell
Charles Eliot Norton
Ruskin
Norton
Philadelphia
S. Weir Mitchell
Horace Howard Furness
Henry ©. Lea
Mysterious Wedding Guest Claimed Private Detective
At a grand wedding reception two women notice a distinguished man with gray hair who seems to attend every big wedding but talks to no one. A youth reveals he is a private detective hired by a Chestnut Street firm to guard gifts on display, warning there are social highwaymen.
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Chestnut Street
Fim
Philadelphia Record
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Seymour, Johnson & Co., Stock and Cotton Brokers
Go Under
East Pepperell
Stock Market
Hecla
New York Market
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Courier
Geo. H. Wood
Central St. Leading Jeweler
Dresden
Bostom
Waltham
Elgin
Wall Street
Exchange Building
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Massachusetts
State House
Committee On
Senate
A. M
Howard K. Sanderson
William Hopewell
Market ST
Trinidad Pitch
C. F. Coburn
Agt
City Hall
Wy Ourieritizen Company
Printing Department
A. G. Pollard & CO
Merrimack Street
Palmer Street
Centre Alste
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