Concert notes and coffee concerts at Hennigs garden
A.W.T describes varied musical offerings including Lucia di Lammermoor and Beethoven works, with orchestral size around thirty. He recalls a Friday ritual among the upper middle class, enjoying coffee, smoke, and music, praising Liebig’s seasonal shift to the Summer Saloon and expressing a wish for Boston.
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the Hebrides
Mendelesohn
Mozart
von Webber
Liebeg
Herr Stuary Roth W
Herr Rednangs Rath H
Major von S
Hennig
Liebig
Boston
Washington in June 1850 describes city layout and landmarks
Letters from Abroad detail Washington, D C in session, noting the Capitol, White House, and Potomac setting. The piece describes the city plan, avenues, Capitol cornerstone history, sculptural works, Rotunda, and national paintings, plus the President's Mansion views and reception rooms.
Welcome to the East Room of the Old General’s Mansion
The author describes the East room eighty by forty by twenty two feet lit by gas and filled with dignitaries from the United States and abroad. Levee rules permit a nine o clock start and an hour long promenade of conversation in a free informal setting. Domestic staff number about thirty to maintain the house and stables, with Old Whitey the General’s famed horse among the curiosities observed.
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United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Jas
Whitey
Smithsonian Institute
Mount Vernon
Public Schools and City Council Accountability Debate
A Chronicle letter argues public support for schools hinges on strict accountability for expenditures. It critiques the Inquirer’s stance, defends the City Council’s retrenchment, and explains school finance from 1846 to 1850. It cites appropriations, road and bridge costs, and the Prudential Committee's role under statute 28d Chapter RS.
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Chronicle Public Schools
Eprron
jLnquirer
FT Naver
Echoola
Thore
R.S
Prudential Committee
Anya
School District Powers Share and Split in Statute Debate
The text argues that district divisions do not grant broader authority to the School Committee than when towns are not divided, noting equal application of provisions under the Statute. It laments a defunct Prudential Committee and dismisses an opponent's wit, offering a written acknowledgment of perceived satire.
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Prudentisy Committee
Ancient Cambridge house on Dunster Street recalled as Dunster residence
In Cambridge an old two story house on the easterly side of Dunster Street near Harvard and Mount Auburn streets is described. Once thought to be the residence of President Dunster it was demolished after age and dilapidation. History traces land ownership to Hancock and Danforth families from 1635 to Harvard College, noting the uncertain link to Dunster and suggesting the small northerly room was likely a Hancock workshop or Danforth office.
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Chronicle
Hancock
Danforth Street
Cambridge
Dunster Street
Harvard
Mount Auburn
Jennison
Dunster
Water Street
Dunster ‘Street
Nathaniel Hancock
Willian
Hester Muse
William Towne
Henry Danater
J. Fulton
Towne
Thoma Marrett
John Russells
Spring Street
Mount Auburn Street
Justice Bandrick
Nathaniel
John
Samuel
Samuel Danforth
Judge Danforth
Sanuel
Elizabeth
Zachariah Hicka
Elizabeth Danforth
Corporation of
Harvard College
Hancocke
Danforth
Hancocks
Henry Dunster
Holyoke
Glover
Dunater
Appleton
Middlesex
Clear fruit trees of cankerworms with chicken lure
In the Chron CURCULIO, Mr. Eprron describes a method to clear orchards of cankerworms by luring brood of chickens with morning offerings from infested trees. Chickens follow the trees, feed on the pests, and reduce infestation with minimal labor and cost.
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Curculio
Mr. Eprron
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Bunker Hill Parade
The Cambridge Chronicle reports the June 1850 Bunker Hill seventy fifth anniversary celebration in Charlestown. A long procession under Col Joseph Andrews included artillery and infantry units, civic officers, Harvard students, and relief societies. Edward Everett delivered an oration, followed by a banquet at Fitchburg Depot Hall, with nine toasts, fireworks, and a safe, festive conclusion.
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Bunker Hill
Charlestown
Joseph Andrews
Salem
Boston
Roxbury
Columbian
Woburn Phalanx
Salem Light Infantry
Boston Light Guard
Fusileers
Pulaski Guards
Isaac H. Wright
Eld Chaplin
Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Rhode I Island
Odd Fellows, Masons, and Sons of Temperance
Harvard University
Navy Yard
Suxtern
George Washington Warren
Me Fite
Charletown
F. A. Carivage
Columbia
Edward Everett
Eny
Fitchburg
John Wright
Banker Hill
Debate Over Severe School Punishment in Lynn
A Bay State report from Lynn questions a master’s harsh beating of a scholar after school. The school committee found the punishment excessive while some defend it, urging love over force in moral discipline and criticizing authorities for silence on the issue.
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Ti Wan
Bay
Lynn
Sctual
Lyon
End of corporal punishment in schools urged
A discussion opposes inflicting corporal punishment in schools as harmful to intellectual progress and moral culture. The piece argues punishment should be private if used, distinguishes parental chastisement from school flogging, and calls for the end of such practices as a relic of barbarism.
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Achoola
Craigie Estate Sale Promises Ideal Suburban Residence Near Cambridge
An auction invites buyers to purchase sixty-seven lots on the Craigie Estate, offering proximity to Mount Auburn and Harvard Branch access, with the sale set for Thursday the 27th at 4 PM on the premises. Lots range from ten to thirty thousand square feet, to be sold to highest bidder at reasonable terms.
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Craigie
Boston
Cambridge
Craigie House
Prof. Longfellow
Washington
Samuel Batchelder
Judge Wells
Worcester
Sales
C. C. Little
Mount Fayerweather
Wm. G. Stearns
Feq
University
Elmwood Avenue
Dr. Lowell
State Street
Harvard
Visstors
Mount Aubarn Atreet
Garden Street
Ferma
Gliddon Embalming Claim Sparks Social Debate
The page notes that Mr. Gliddon invited several scientists to attest to a matter and sent them five dollar bills for their services, raising questions about propriety and embalming. It mentions Harvard class day events with oration by James Coolidge Carter and Thayer, plus improvements to a Universalist church and Mount Auburn grounds with new paths and monuments.
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Jake
Mount Avauna
Mount Auburn visitors rise with easy transit from Boston
The passing note highlights growing crowds at Mount Auburn driven by convenient transport from Boston. Omnibuses depart Brattle Street every fifteen minutes to Cambridge and Mount Auburn, enabling thousands to visit without private carriages.
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Boston
Mount Auburn
Brattle Street
Cambridge
Mount Aubara
The New Road to Public Convenience in Old Cambridge
Public opinion supports completing a Garden street extension to North Avenue near Alewive Brook. The route would shorten travel to the colleges, benefiting residents from Garden street Observatory to the race course area. Landholders expect compensation issues to be resolved by proper tribunals and parcels will gain value once the road is built.
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Garden Street
Alewive Brook
Milk Row
East Cambridge
Old Cambridge
Port
Cambridge
Dinner planned at Bratrix House for Cambridge hotel supporters
A Tuesday meeting at Brattie House arranged a complimentary dinner on Friday June 28 for Mr Willard and supporters. Attendees praised the new hotel and urged friends to buy tickets promptly to aid a first class Cambridge house.
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Bratrix House
Brattie House
Vial
Cambridge
Sunday School picnic planned by Ward 2 Methodist group
The Sunday School children of the Methodist Church Ward 2 plan a picnic on Wednesday next at Reading. Mr John H. Onn of Main street near the Universalist Church has remodeled his store and now offers improved soda and syrups, likely to be popular with customers.
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First Universalist Church
Eatona
Methodist Church
Readding
John
Onn
Main Street
Universalist Church
Police Report On Immoderate Driving Cases
Barnard Ford James Scott Taylor Page Wm Cunningham and Robert McGill were severally prosecuted for immoderate driving each fined two dollars.
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Barnard Ford
James Scott
Taylor Page
Wm. Cunningham
Robert McGill
Alms and mendicants and educational notices in 19th century column
Three Irish mothers and eight children admitted to the Almshouse after successive days of distress. drunken husbands jailed for six months. A Boston restaurateur adds a Ladies Room, inviting women on business to dine or tea. Also poetry addressed to a Harvard parting class and local shop talk urging readers to Kelley’s Store for clothing needs.
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House of Correction
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Arie
de Beviot
Autes
Lucia
Donizetti
Washington, D. C
Congress
Potomac
Capitol
Aeataf
Greenough
Itly
Everett
Trumbull
Supreme Court
John Bulwer
England
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Adoes
Guente
Zach
The
Cambridge Chronicle
Cambridgefort
Craigie Estate
James Coolidge Carter
Lancaster
Joseph Henry Thayer
Harvard Hall
Conngstonpenta
Kelley's
Kelley Ion
Haan
G. K. Winchester & Co
Main ‘Atreet
Rmeeting
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