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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1902
Page
2
State Officer George C. Neal in charge of the Beverly missing Clark boy case says up to 10000 can be raised to ransom the child. He believes the boy is alive and will be returned to his parents even if abductors demand the money.
Bar Harbor hosts a reception in the Kebo Valley Club rooms for Charles T. How Samuel W. Bates and Waldron Bates of Boston. Notable guests include Countess de Langier Villars J Montgomery Sears Sally Lawrence and Bishop Lawrence among many others. Russian ambassador and Austrian minister Baron Hengelmuller and Baroness Hengelmuller arrive from Washington amid social attention.
Charles M Schwab president of the United States Steel Corp advised by his doctors to retire from active business. Henry C Frick may succeed him as head of the steel giant.
The life of Charles Schwab is traced from his 184 birth at Loretto Pennsylvania through a self taught rise in the steel industry. He rose from mail wagon driver to chief engineer at Carnegie works and Homestead manager before leading Edgar Thomson Steel Works and becoming a Carnegie partner and president. His rule of conduct stresses honesty self education and work ethic. He dismissed college as necessary for business success and urged personal effort and dedication.
President Charles M. Schwab of United States Steel will retire indefinitely from active business life after consulting physicians. He plans to leave America for quiet work abroad. Rumors say James Gayley or H. C. Frick may succeed him.
Washington reports show wages up since 1896 but living costs have climbed faster, leaving workers no better off. Department of Labor and Treasury Bureau of Statistics compare wage gains to price increases across 216 commodities, noting steeper rises in staple goods and meat-related items.
Washington experts speculate on whether Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes will crack a joke on the Supreme Court bench. The piece notes the court’s history of gravity and suggests Holmes may adopt a serious stance once settled, with others rarely amused by humor in sessions.
Boston steamship agents push for a Marconi station at Highland Light. Elwyn G. Preston of the Boston Chamber of Commerce has conferred with Marconi officials in New York. A representative of American Marconi reported strong local interest and a brighter outlook for the proposed service.
The Park Theatre opened its season under new management Corie Payton inaugurating a low priced policy. A Gilded Fool starred a Western style Chauncey Short portrayed by Payton with originality. Pearl Landers impressed as Nell Ruthven followed by Boyle's Friends and Crosby's English Hebrew sport with strong scenic effects and a week long engagement.
The Grand Opera House opened the second week with The Price of Honor, a four act American melodrama by James R. Garey. Mary Hampton stars as Anna Melville with strong support from Walter McCullough and a standout child duo Joe Santley and Violet Holliday. The cast, including J. E. Miltern Fred Kerr and others, delivers polished performances as Barney Gilmore headlines next week with Kidnapped in New York.
Bowdoin Square Theatre inaugurates the 1902-08 season after renovations with the American premiere of Down by the Sea a four act comedy set on the Long Island coast. Fannie Curtis stars as Blamche Preston with Frederick Guest as villain and Edward Anderson as Abe Elson in a lively cast.
A large Music Hall audience enjoyed T W Robertson comed y Ours performed by Castle Square Theatre stock company. Hallett Thompson as Hugh Chabcot and Edmund Breese as Prince Petrovsky drew praise with lively support from Craven Wade MacLarnie Morison Hall Clinton Pitt and others. The play runs a week before Pygmalion and Galatea closes the summer season.
Critics and audiences praise Prince of Pilsen for original music bright clean book and strong balanced cast. The 14th week show draws crowded houses with lines and songs receiving quick applause as Boston proves a good town for theater.
Caroline Shepard, famed church singer, made a successful vaudeville debut at Keiths, praised as the best soprano heard at the resort. The program included Celeste When the Heart Is Young and The Suwanee River encore, with stylish dress and strong stage presence. The bill also featured the Fadettes, Del bosq brothers, Keely brothers, the Lavines, Ed Favor, Nat Wills, and the tableaux Vivanis, plus a biograph scene of a German railroad.
The Howard Atheneum opened its 67th season yesterday with a lively bill. Star turns include Will H. Fox hailed as a premier comedian pianist and the Adonis Trio with Harry Stewart George Scanlon and Pearl Stevens delivering bright, witty skits.
An advertisement asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla acts on the kidneys once more by toning and restoring function. It emphasizes ancient terms for kidneys as reins and claims direct, beneficial effects from the remedy.
The Milletivs headline with acrobatics and tumbling tricks. Dillon brothers perform fresh parodies at Howard. Doherty sisters charm in vaudeville. Newcomer Ed Gray wows as a mimical comedian. Reed’s Boston terriers impress. Weston and Beasley present Micky Dugan. Kimball and Donovan, Boston banjo team. Leonard and Fulton sketchists. Marshall and Lane Dutch comedy. Freeman sisters and Cheri dan Forrest in color acts. Charles McKeever boxer. Ada Landry athletic act. Brittons Joe and Sadie dancers. Ward and Raymond sing and dance. Harry LaMarr stars The Giddy Old Maid. Leah La Joie contortion. Eddie Giguere balladist. Holbrooks versatile instrumentalists.
Yesterday and last night the Lyceum Theatre opened its 10th burlesque season after renovations. Ed F Rush's Victoria burlesquers headlined with Tim Cronin making his debut, supported by Honan Kearney Murphy Harrison and others. Crowded houses enjoyed vaudeville numbers and a refreshed stage.
The curio halls showcase a Salem Massachusetts native dubbed the Big Fingered Boy. His second finger on the right hand and two fingers on the left measure 11 inches, with normal other digits. Neapolitan troubadours perform music followed by high class vaudeville acts and a Friday night amateur showcase.
Summer slips away but Norumbega Park shines with green shrubbery and vivid flower beds. In the zoo Felix the bad monkey who killed Artie sits in his cage as if a felon awaiting sentiment. Visitors note the chalet electric fountain restaurant casino women’s cottage swing court and merry go round.
Cool weather did not deter a big crowd at Point of Pines. The rustic theatre featured the best vaudeville this season with all acts well received. A free carnival week starts Monday with a sensational outdoor cyclist looping the loop. Carrie Nation speaks on Temperance Sunday August 31 and Monday September 1.
August weather makes Lexington Park a picturesque forest retreat with refined foliage along newly built areas. The scenic drive passes historic Lexington sites and the resort shines at night with numerous electric lights.
Spectators enjoyed the rustic Crescent Gardens vaudeville show this week. Tom Smith Martin headlined with My Father's Son, praised for its bright comedy. Louis Co. FitzRoy played Doo Little and Minnie Charlotte Stolle impressed as Laura Mann.
There was no performance of Pain's Destruction of St Pierre last night at Charles River Park due to preexisting contracts with bicycle groups. The big spectacle resumes tonight with ladies and children's night and a grand fireworks display including a colossal portrait of Boston's handsomest society lady and several comic acts for children.
Crowds flock to Nantasket on Rowe's Wharf steamers with hourly departures from Boston to Pemberton and Nantasket. Boats return on the same schedule, the final trip from Nantasket to Boston at 9 10 after the evening concert. Moonlit trips promised as weather remains ideal and Nantasket conditions praised as exceptionally pleasant.
The steamer Governor Andrew leaves Rowe's wharf daily at 10 o'clock for the Plymouth route.
Excursionists reach Plymouth via a scenic South Shore route ending at the harbor. They spend over two hours in Plymouth inspecting historic points before returning to Benton around six in the evening.
Maner Beach drew hundreds of sun seekers on Sunday as families filled the long sandy shore. The steamboat Houghs Neck operated from Otis wharf at 419 Atlantic Avenue, running four trips daily to and from the city.
The article urges trolley trippers to note many routes beyond famous stops like Norumbega Park and Paul Revere trips. It promises at least two percent of routes visiting places with national reputation for history or scenery, underscoring special viewpoints along the system.
The Sunbeam teamer offers an excursion to the Isles of Shoals from Snow's Arch wharf at 480 Atlantic Avenue. Departures are on weekdays at 9 a.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m., weather permitting.
The Bass Point Nahant season closes on Labor Day with the Boston Marine Band concert conducted by E N Lafricain. He has planned outstanding soloists for the final two Sundays and the holiday audience.
The Cape Cod steamer departs Bay Line Wharf at 9:30 weekdays and 10 on Sundays for an all day ocean trip to Provincetown. A highlight is the Bay Line Band providing music aboard the vessel.
Arrangements for a Prince of Pilsen outing by Tremont Theatre attaches and company members are complete. Nearly all invited on two rosters will join a 12 m. steamer to Winthrop with 17 guests aboard. Michael J. Kiley serves as commodore for the harbor voyage and after dinner sail.
Adolph Pollock of Malden was arraigned before U S Commissioner Fiske by Deputy Marshal Waters on internal revenue violations. He allegedly sold cigars in stamped boxes with fewer cigars than indicated and substituted inferior cigars. Pollock was held on $10 bail awaiting Thursday trial.
Margaret A Johnson daughter of Samuel Johnson of Sydney Cape Breton wed J M Parsell of Newark Nas at the residence of Frederick M Spear Beverly conducted by Rev C Oscar Ford D D The ceremony took place August 17 according to the notice published in the local column.
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