Miriam O Leary Chosen Top Description in Museum Contest
Miriam O Leary wins top description in a Clever Museum Actress judged unique competition. Several other descriptions receive honorable mention for creativity and clarity.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1892
Page
5
MISS O'LEARY'S DECISION DESCRIBES BOSTON GIRL PROFILES
A Boston Museum letter selects the best description of the Typical Boston Girl from many submissions. Miriam O'Leary favored Quotations such as Succinctly Stated and Once Upon a Midnight Dreary for originality and fitting tone. She notes Boston's Most Commendable Product and By No Means a Blue Stocking as strong contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Post
Boston
Miriam O'Leary
Boston Museum
Descriptions Find a Publisher in Miss O Leary List
A reader offers a sample description of a manuscript with vivid traits and listed authors. The note requests a full address and manuscript details, promising the prize will be forwarded. It mentions several described pieces as meritorious and invites submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’ Leary
Boston Girl in Private Gym Reveals Wide Range of Skills
Frank Atwoop of Box 2725 Boston describes a self reliant witty young woman noted for varied talents from languages and music to sports and arts. The piece highlights her bold confident manner and broad interests including photography theosophy and astronomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mazeppa
Miss Allen
Frank Atwoop
A Boston Girl Embraces Science Art Over Social Life
The subject avoids fashionable society, choosing science literature and art as her focus. She is earnest with a clear life aim, balancing dignity with charm rather than fitting the stereotype of a blue stocking. Physical culture reflects her principal interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Esteuue
Boston Girl Sonnets Ends With Easter Bonnet Offer
Poem praises girls of many temperaments, noting smiles, glasses, stockings, and talk of Ibsen. It playfully claims traits vary by mood and place, concluding with a pledge to buy an Easter bonnet if a ten dollar reward is earned, signed by Isaac Duncan of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Isaac Duncan
Chauney Street
Boston Girl Described as Studious and Delightful Product
A Boston woman is portrayed as ambitious, intelligent, and graceful, with a radiant face and modest nature. The write up praises her as Boston's most delightful product while noting minor faults, and is signed by George H. Westley of Kostun, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Grorce H. Westley
Columbus Avenue
Kostun
Mass
Boston Must Move or stagnate rapid transit urged
At the Associated Board of Trade meeting in Boston, leaders including Mayor Nathan Matthews and Osborn Howes Jr. discussed rapid transit for the city. They argued for four north to south through streets, wider streets, and possible elevated lines costing around 11 million, contrasting with 40 million already spent on widening with little return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Associated Board of Trade
Brunswick
Jerome Jones
Nathan Matthews
Osborn Howes, Jr
Rapid Transit Commission
William H. Sayward
Master Builders’ Association
Matthews
London
Boton
New York
Baltimore
Carroll D. Wright
Scientific Monthly
Brooklyn
Cambridge
Roxbury
Charlestown
Committee On Mail
Post Office Department
Rice
If you cannot come send us your name and address
A promotional notice invites readers to send their name and address to receive a complimentary book, promising a valuable literary gift upon request and delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
OXY
Juror Jailed for Intoxication in Superior Court
Juror T A Dugan in the second session of the Superior Court disappeared Friday then returned claiming relief from duty. Judge Sherman ordered an investigation, learned he was intoxicated, and yesterday Dugan confessed. The judge publicly reprimanded him, sentenced him to five days in jail, and dismissed him from further jury service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Dugan
Superior Court
Sherman
Dugan
Dagan
Marriage Rings in Australian Gold at Two Hour Factory
Wilson Ros announce custom made to order marriage rings in Australian gold 7 to 812 sizes. Factory in two hours. Look for the Big Clock. The largest jewelers in Boston at 15 Tremont Tow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ustralian Gold
Wilson
ROS
Tremont Tow
Boston
Beever Dabney Nuptials at All Saints Church Tenerife
The marriage took place on February 22 at the Church of All Saints in Orotava Tenerife. Reverend J Gifford Nash assisted by Reverend A F Sharp and Reverend John Hare Beever officiated. Beever of Hevingham Rectory Norfolk is the groom, son of the late Sir Thomas Beever baronet of Hingham. Susan Heard Oliver is the bride, daughter of the late Charles William Dabney of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beevor—Dabney
Church of All Saints
Orotava Tenerife
J. Gifford Nash
A. F. Sharp
John Hare Beever
Hevingham Rectory
Norfolk
Eng
Sir Thomas Beever
Hingham
Susan Heard Oliver
Charles William Dabney
Boston
Death notices from multiple towns list ages and dates
A stream of obituaries from April for residents in Newton Upper Falls Salem Dams East Boston Cambridgeport Hanover Wimington Junction Bedford Watertown Chelsea and Charlestown records include names ages dates and spellings such as Rae W Everett Clara Peabody T M Adams Susanna Hubbard Flora M Walker Lucy Butterfield Thomas Downess James Gilbert Oscar Lawrence Moe exigenae Abbie Staples William Moulton Frederick Woodman and Eliza Woodman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Clara M. Melvin
Walker
East Boston
Flora M. Walker
Bulperfield
Centre Harbor
Lucy A
William Butterfield
Downess
Watertown
Thomas Downes
Gilbert
Chelsea
James Gilbert
Lawrence
Cambridgeport
od _POSEMORIA
Oscar Lawrence
Sylvester
Hanover
Mass
Moe Exigenae
Wimington Junction
Abbie L. Staples Moulton
Bedford
William H. Moulton
Ryde
Boston
Frederick Woon
Charlestown
Eliza Woodman
Foreclosure Auction for Boston Lot From 1890 Mortgage
Pursuant to a mortgage deed dated October 1, 1890 between Mary Scherer and John Scherrer and Patrick J. Daly, the property in Boston on Tucker Street will be sold at public auction on Wednesday April 27 1892 at 40 o clock in the afternoon. The parcel includes 4419 square feet with buildings, bounded by Tucker Street Lot seven and Lot nine, and by the New York and New England Railway. Assignee Fuller notes the mortgage of 32000 dollars plus accrued interest and 1891 taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honora Reardon
Thomas Reardon
Boston
County of
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Honora Rearden
Annie W. Gillinsham
Jamaica Place
Jamaica Street
Jamaica Plain District
West Rox
Benjamin Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Wes Roxbury
Eng
Garbett
Mary Scherer
John Scherrer
Mary
Patrick J. Daly
Leeds
Tucker Street
New York & New England Railway Company
Wim.c. Radzger
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Tress
Miss O'Leary
Howells
Bsen
William Shakspere
Robert Elsmere
Gall
Fore Associated Board
Oxrgen Co
Bromfield St
O. Everett
Rosliin Dade
H. D. van Norden
School Street
Beaton
New England
William Austin
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont St
Barger
J.& Z. Folan
Haverhill St
North Side
B. & M. Depot
Washington Street
R. S. Barrows
Jamaica Plain, Mass
8. R. Knights & CO
Ted Albany
Huuneman St
Ward
Mortager
Beaconsfield Terraces
Brookline
Federal Street
Massachusetts
Association
Manazers
Mechanics’ Building
Richter Terrace
Beacon ST
Boston Music Hall
Eugen D’albert
Music Hal
Knabe
D’ Albert
Braitle Hall
Kneisel Quartet
University Hook
Oston Museum
R. M. Frevo
Jerome
Cherry
George W. Wilson
Ben Dixon
Charles Barton Theodore Travers
E. L. Davenport
Jack Medbury
Clarence E. Ted Morris
Junius B. Booth
Annie M
Carrie Nellie Morris
Marie Burress Primrose
Miriam O’ Leary Mu
Park Theatre
Neil Burgess
John J. Braham
Hollis Navarre
Isaac B. Rica
Merry
Miss Helvett
Souness
David Belasco
Edmond Audran
Paris
Miss Helyett
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
Edw. S. Willard
A. M. Palmer
Henry Arthur Jones
Judah
John Needham
Primrose and Weat
BNE and Company
C of Comedians
DE Wolf Hopper and Company
Wang
Columbia Theatre
Harris & Atkinson
Gloriana
Charles Frohman
Mr. Froguman
Eugene Tompkins
C. B. Jefferson
Klaw & Erlanger
Country Circus
Chickering Hall
R. DE Pachmann
Music Hall Box
Bowdoin Square
William Harris
Charles F. Atkinson
FF Aphrie
H. Donnelly Girar
Enemy
Howard Atheneum
WM. Harris
Tony Pastor
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Br. Hbill
Longwood
Coolidge
Coner
Brookline Side
St. Paul’s Church
L’arkay
Campbell & Cakot
Congress Street
W. A. Smith
Milk Street
Roslindale
Providence
Robert J. Strange
Court Street
Medford
Campbell & Cafot
Beacon Street
Campbell & Cabot
Emeerenne and Campbell & Cabot
Melrose Highlands
Feston
Columbus Park
J.T. Nowell
Tremont Atrest
E. Russell
J. F. Drew
Russell & Drew
Portland ST
Lowell
Eastern
Fitchburg and
Maine
NEW Central Vermont Rail
T. HW. Hanley
the Post Building
Boylston
Kilby Street
Geo. H. Balch
Fe Glover
Haverly
Austin
Bertoto
WM. Austin
George Milbank
Gur
Seite & Anand
Napoleon
Col
Jack Haverly
Folies
Bergere
He Tote
Berteto
Mareilles
Brertote
Duck Haverly
Mllebertoto
Alexandroffs
Barra
Mons. Victor
James Martin
Sisters Worden
Whimsical Walton
Hilton
Ross & Fenton
William Jerome
Blocksom & Burns
Harry Clarke
Billy Carter
Leonard & Moran
Bryant & Mack
Gies
Hayden
Griffin & Mason
Jeromee
Cyrene
J. H. Haverly
Charles Ross
Mabel Fenton
Ucustin Neuville
Wheatley and Traynor
Palace Theatre
Austin & Stone
Tremont Row
MI Scollay Museum Square
Col. WM. Austin
Ruri
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