The Tremont Reopens With Sunshine of Paradise Alley
The Tremont will start its dramatic year with the same season opener Sunshine of Paradise Alley starring Ellen Mortimer. Roland Reed debuts A Man of Ideas at the Museum with Isadore Rush in male attire and a strong supporting company. Primrose & West’s mammoth minstrels visit the Boston Theatre, followed by The Cherry Pickers and other major entertainments.
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The
Tremont
Paradise Alley
Ellen Mortimer
Messrs. Thompson and
Ryer
Roland Reed
Isadore Rush
Rosalind
Mare Klaw
Klaw & Erlanger
Clay M. Greene
Willoon
Park Theatre
August van Biene
Klaw
Museum
Primrose & West
Mammoth Minstrels
Boston Theatre
George H. Primrose
Milt G. Barlow
George Wilton
Waterbury Brothers
Tenney
Quaker City Quartet
Raymon Moore
H. M. Parker
Grand Opera House
Sutton Vane
New York
Gay Coney Island
At the Park
Hoyt
Otis Harlan
Jeannette St. Henry
Bette Coote
Keith
Charles Coote
Bowdoin Square
William A. Brady
Hollis
McNally
Marie Dressler
John C. Rice
Boston
Dr. Bul
Castle Square
Trilby
Lillian Lawrence
J. H. Gilmour
Mme. Marie Tavary
the Howard
John W
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Sunday Religion in Boston Sees Wide Card of Churches
A detailed Sunday service notice lists sermons at First Baptist Church Tremont Temple Old South Church Tremont Street M E Church Bromfield Street M E Church People’s Temple and more. Readers are invited to prayers Sunday schools temperance songs and special programs including talks by Rev. Slattery and Rev. Mayo with performances by a church choir and soloists.
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First Baptist Church
Commonwealth Avenue
W. H. P. Faunce
D. D
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York City
Tremont Temple
George C. Lorimer
Horace F. Barnes
Miner R. Deming
Cornelius Woelfkin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Grace Church
Archibald Houghton
Harry Donlan
Aoe
Old South Church
Third Church
William F. Stearns
Andover
Tremont Street
M. E
Tremont and
Concord Streets
John D. Pickles
Boston
Bath
Bromfield Street
Stranger’s Church
L. B. Bates
A. H. Visser
Toronto
Canada
People’s Temple
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
Brady
Joseph Slattery
Grace Wheeler
Professor Carter
Unitarian
Boston Common
Charles Street Mall
Ninth Tree
Walk
Albert Walkley
Brighton
David H. Tribou
United States Navy
Charlestown
Cornet
L. Hospitaller
Park Square
Queen Victoria
Lynch
Christian Union
Union Hall
Boylston Street
A. D. Mayo
Minacellaneanus
Primst
Waller Baker
Gold Cure
Washington, Corser Park Street
Dorchester
Institute
B. B. of G. Club
Rollin Lynde Hartt
Congregationalist
Post
M. BR. Deming
Archibald J. Houghton
Walter C. Batley
Walter Hersey
THE
Social Democracy
Corbett's Column Warns About Daring Transit
The columnist advises staying off moving streetcars and recounts a near accident when attempting to board an in motion electric car. He urges readers to ride only when stopped and to wait while several cars pass to avoid danger.
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Brookline Way
Klondike gold mining backers seek investors
Mr. George G. Hackett treasurer of the Klondike Gold Mining & Trading Company in the Smith building talks Alaska winters and fur clothing with the Boston observer. He asserts a gold windfall awaits those who join forces with able capital and brains in the Klondike mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
George G. Hackett
Klondike Gold Mining & Trading Company
Smith Building
No. 15
Court Square
Far Northwest
Boston
Klondike
Dead beats exposed like pickpockets in society
The speaker condemns unemployed or unproductive men as dead beats and argues they should be exposed publicly in the same way pickpockets are named. He notes encountering a couple of “dead beats” who present themselves as respectable.
Boston's Chiropodist Parlors At 19 Winter Street
The notice advertises Dr. F. A. Thompson's chiropodist parlors at 19 Winter Street, inviting strangers and others with foot discomfort to seek treatment.
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Boston
F. A. Thompson
No. 19
Winter Street
Mark Twein to spend winter in Vienna for music lessons
Benefactors who funded Mark Twein to avert starvation will be reassured as he plans a Vienna winter stay to study music under a distinguished professor. The move aims to provide nourishment and artistic enrichment through formal instruction.
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New York
Mark Twein
Vienna
Cook's Ladies' Lunch at No 23 Avon Street
Delicious rolls and a tempting menu highlight the Cook's lunch room at 23 Avon Street with excellent service and moderate prices.
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Cook’s Ladies’ Lunch
Avon Street
Cruelty in Harness: Freedom for Driving Horses
Advocates urge humane treatment of pulling horses crediting freedom of head to reduce strain. The statement argues tight rein causes suffering and calls for respectful, unobtrusive control to preserve animal welfare.
Drink Healthful Moxie and Watch Diet Advised
The writer urges choosing Moxie Nerve Food as a healthful, refreshing drink and warns against mixing drinks. It promotes Haight & Freese's 400-page Security Manual for stock investors, claiming free access and reliability. It also notes digestion differences in animals, citing Dr. Tange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Haight & Freese
Commission
New York
Philadelphia
No. 8
State Street
Booming Copper Market Drives Stocks Higher
The Boston market shows strong gains led by copper shares with Butte & Boston Centennial and Kearsarge rising. Tamarack Jr. earns 8000 to 10000 monthly. Mercur cyanide mill prep and capacity details noted. West End lease draft approved by city rail committees. New York Central August earnings eyed. Illinois Steel raises iron prices.
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Twe
Boston
London
Bears
Butte & Boston
Centennial
Kearsarge
Native Copper Times
Tamarack, Jr
Lake
O. E. Weller
Hornblower & Weeks
America
Mersur
South America
Pioneer
Congress Street Banking House
Charles Head & Co
Tors Spa
Merced
California
West End
New York Central
Illinois Steel Company
Pinkham
Bell
Atchison
Iowa
Kc, M & B Inc
Wis Central
Atchison Eeereoser
Boston &Albany
Boston & Maine
Euce
New England
NY Centra Ee
Union Pacific
Etna
Cccsess
Arnold
Csceeeees
Atlantic Se
Boston & Montana
Butte
Calumet & Hecla
Franklin
Cccteses Kearsarge
Osceola
Ascoceeeses
Santa Ysabel
Orack
Seeereeseee Vo
Wolverine
Cccsves
LAN
East Bostom
Eee
Wollaston
Telephone
Om Bell
Boston Elect
Ed Lee
General Electric
Illinois Steel Senee
Mson
Boston Baked Bean Company Keeps Supplying Popular Dish
The Boston Baked Bean Company at No 654 Shawmut Avenue continues to serve Boston with its palatable dish. Messrs T L Whipple Co are noted as fully understanding their business.
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Boston Baked Bean Company
Shawmut Avenue
Boston
Messrs
T. L. Whipple & Co
Letter quotes NY murder case and widow’s view
An open letter from Mrs. Nack urges women to value a kind husband, while noting her husband’s alleged neglect and unkindness. The text contrasts this with the brutal case of a man whose body was scattered in Greater New York, describing him as never having been a husband.
Jokes and Luck Mark Town Gossip at Fair
Town chatter centers on playful scolding as residents tease each other with jokes. Dr. F A Thompson spends vacation in New York while Owen Moore hauls debts and returns amid misfortune and a note of luck. EB A Corbett signs off.
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Dr. F. A. Thompson
New York
Newport excursion returns via special New Haven train
Newport remains a top outing target as summer wanes. The New York New Haven Hartford railroad repeats its Boston to Newport excursion on Thursday September 2 with a non stop special train and round trip tickets at one dollar. Tickets go on sale three days early at No 3 Old State House and Park Square station. limited quantity. The special departs Park Square at 9 30 a m and Newport at 6 p m for the return.
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N. Y
N. H
Newport
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
Old State House
Park Square Station
Man Fatally Struck Crossing Tracks Near Plymouth Express
Hingham on August 27 Nathan C Hunt an elderly resident died after attempting to cross railroad tracks in front of the Plymouth express due at 8 16 AM Gates were down Gateman Spreader warned him not to cross He was struck by the engine carried fifty feet to the ground and died at the station Medical Examiner Spooner ordered removal to Joseph Ripley undertakers Hunt was born in Quincy on November 1 1819 aged nearly 78
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hingham
Nathan C. Hunt
Plymouth Express
Springer
Hunt
Spooner
Joseph Ripley
Mr. Hunt
Quincy
Union Pacific Woes Aired In Washington Meeting
Chauncey M. Depew General Fitzgerald and the Union Pacific reorganization committee met Attorney General McKenna to discuss decrees in federal foreclosure suits. The government found parts of the decrees unsatisfactory and sought a satisfactory understanding to avoid further delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Fitzgerald
Union Pacific Reorganization Committee
McKenna
United States
Union Pacific
Death linked to alcoholism in division street rooming house
A. Webster Keyes aged 34 died in his Divison street rooming house after suffering severe head pain. Dr O Callaghan declined to certify death and Medical Examiner Draper ruled the cause as alcoholism.
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A. Webster Keyes
Division Street
Bisher
O’callaghan
Keyes
O'Callaghan
Draper
Azcarraga Supports Weyler in Cuba Policy
In Madrid on August 27 General Azcarraga the Spanish premier told a cabinet meeting he would follow the path of Canovas del Castillo. He expressed full confidence in Captain-General Weyler and said the Cuban uprising was nearing its end while hoping the United States would not intervene. The premier urged Conservative unity.
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Madrid
Azcarraga
Senar
Canovas del Castillo
Weyler
Cuba
United States
Spain
Shipping News August 28 Miniature Almanac
Shipping arrivals and clearances list numerous steamers and schooners with origins and destinations. Provides sun and moon data and high water times for the day. Names include Oriel Maddrell Fairfax Parthian Snow B. Sampson Henry Whitney and others with towing barges. Cleared vessels include Scythia Meteghan and N. Wilack Packet Co. listings.
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Oriel
Maddrell
London
Alesia
Krech
Hamburg
Fairfax
March
Baltimore
Norfolk
Parthian
Snow
Philadelphia
B. Sampson
H. M. Whitney
Hallett
New York
Lebanon
Robinson
Portland
Lorberry
Alaska
Centipede
City of Macon
Savage
Tremont
Blanchard
Bay State
Snowman
Gloucester
Ober
Edward Luckenbach
Halings
Sarah A. Staples
Commerce
Woodside
Honey Brook
Durkee
Port Johnson
Wilkesbarre
Salem
Scranton
Lewis
Hoboken
Olsen
Thomas H. Lawrence
Coleman
Marcellus
Larrabee
Emily F. Swift
Staples
Bangor
Chilton
Adderton
Portsmouth
George R. Bradford
Littlefield
Lanesville
Herbert M. Rogers
Geyer
Newburyport
Herbert
Perkins
J. M. Eaton
Parsons
Rockport
Scythia
Pritcharpool
Onsen
Meteghan
Wilack Packet Co
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G.E. Lothrop
Charles E. Blaney
Soc
John W. Ransone
Greater New York
Mark Hanna
Cosmopolitan Trio
Liz
Raymond
Foster
Grand Theatre
Thomas & Watson, Mana
Frank J. Keenan Thoma
Grand Theatre Stock Co
Washington and Dover Sts
Watson
Snow Bird
Shaynd and Worden
Maud Detty
Hillman and
Perrin
Norld
Rowe’s
Beth
Hull
Pemberton Landing
Nantasket
P . Hull
X. ©. Pier
M. Crow Point
ML. Hingham
G. P. Cushing
Gen. Mgr
Eastern Maine
Riteamare
Tlantic
William H. Hill
Marblehead
Henry Morrison
Otis Wharf
Atlantic Ave
North Shore
W. H. Swift
Winthrop Steamboat Co
Plymouth
Plymoutes
A. E. Harding
Winthrop Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Jordan
J. R Bacon
Mgr
Rip
Provincetown
Londfellow
John Smith
Commercial Wharf
North Pier
Cape
Atwood & Rich
Bass Point
Nahant
Lafricain
Naval Brigade
Lincoln’s Wharf
E. H. Seabrook
A. P. Lane
Washington St
Model Playhouse of the Country
Symphony Orchestra
Albert L. Guille
Continents
Mme
Marie Basta-Tavary
Salem Willows
North Atlantic
Pearson's Wharf
Willows
the Willows
BEV
Grig
Baker’s Island
David Morrison
Treas
Morrison Mboat Oo
Isles OF Shoals
Lewiston
Maretal
Ally
Andeps
Hampton Beach
Maj. Clark
Tieip
Emprson
Gen. M
Castle Theatre
Tony Cummings
Tremont St
Hamilton
Doctor Bill
A. M. Palmer
W. A. Brady
Gorman
Imperial Japanese Troupe
Huntington Avenue
Austin& Stone
Beet
Boston & Gloucester
Columbus Orchestra
North Side Central Wharf
Cape Ann
B. Merchant
Gen. Ogr
Sorensen
the Tremont
Mapes
Norumbega Park
Charles River
Lesna Vs. Starbuck
Mass
Bicycle Club
Tiger Roadsters
Clarence McLean
Park
West St
Readville Trotting Park
SAT
Star Pointer
Boston Museum
Eve’g
Matinee Today’& Wed
Wright
StaN’orinnan
Eugene Tompkins
Drake
Ungle Toms Cabin
Minstrels
T. J. Mapes
Music Day Pines
Vemeee
Lynn
Pines
Revere Beach
R. BR
New Downer Landing
Long Wharf
Foot of State
St. Augustine's Band
Baptist
Gospel OF Spirit Return Society
Minnie M. Soule
Appleton Hall
Appleton St
Paine Memorial Bullaeside
Tange
Buda-Pesth
Hocking
Missouri Pacific
Ae Pacific
Ontario
Rock Island
Ace
St Louis & S
St Paul
St P & Om
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Texas & Pacific
Ite
Wheeling & LE
Col F & Iron
Pacific Mail
Western Union
Chicago G W
Owen Moore
Owen
EB. A. Corbett
Boston Stock Exchange
NEW York Stock Sales
Railroads
Baltimore& Ohio
Central Town
Central Pacific
Ches & Ohio
Chi, B & Q
Miscellanegas Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
Shipping News
Miniaturd Almanagc
Condor
Port Antonio
Cumberland
Eastport
St. John
N. B
Yarmouth
Oneida
Charleston
Jacksonville
Sterling
Alabama
Pr. J. Carleton
Newport News
J. F. Merry
Tuge Taurus
Macauley
Pilgrim
Lancaster
Cage Kate Jones
Edward Enbach
Annie W. Weston
Nancy Pendleton
Wrestler
Hammond
Excelsior
Rodney Parker
Port Bevis
Onora
Annapolis
N. S
Lizzie Wharton
Belleveau Cove
Port Gilbert
Sandalphon
Erie
M. O. Moseley
Banger
Samuel Hart
Edith L. Allen
Kennebec
Charles J. Washington
Rockland
Fred A. Emerson
Boothbay
Cne Lewis
Lannie Cobb
Hodgkins
Eastern
Henry Sutton
Fansie
Fay
Josie Rh. Burt
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