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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1891

Page

5

What the Women Are Doing and Public Honors

A survey of notable women including Franken Emilie Romer who saved two children from a fire in Dornerworth and was honored by Emperor William. It covers Mrs. Annie Besant's reform efforts, Kate Field’s art congress plan, Amanda Jones’s fruit preserving method, Florence Nightingale and Mrs. Grimwood’s honors, and Mrs. Langtry’s penmanship.

William Franken Emilie Romer Dornerworth Franken Romer Alice Freeman Palmer Massachusetts Teachers’ Association New England London Annie Besant Congress of American Artists Washington Congress of Artists Amanda Jones Jones Royal Red Cross Florence Nightingale Grimwood Bond Chicago Mary M. Wilson Lily Paris Boston

The Woman in Boston society and her expanding mind

An ostentatious society woman in Boston probes Egyptology theosophy and social science, absorbing lectures by Mills Carlyle Ruskin Spencer and Draper. She encounters a crowd of learned women, feels overwhelmed, and contemplates gulf between intellect and social chatter.

Boston Haggard Wendell Phillins Egypt John Stuart Mill Carlyle Ruskin Spencer Froude Lecky Draper Socrates Plato

The Little Girl and the Doll Show

A very small girl thaws in December fascination at a Tremont Street doll shop. While others bundle in fur and plush, she remains near the frosty window, eyes fixed on dolls, forgetting the cold in wonder at the display. Nearby vendor chestnut seller observes the scene as winter chills persist.

Tremont Street Tremont Theatre Gallery Dollland

The Woman in a Hotel and the Office That Never Sleeps

A humorous portrait of a hotel guest who floods the desk with notes and demands. She writes dozens of letters daily, posts them herself, and uses the safe and the bell system with elaborate confessions and apologies. The office staff endure a comic cascade of calls, invoices, and requests as she orchestrates hotel life with theatrical flair.

Kansas City Star

Wellesley lifts ban on Legenda annual

Wellesley College ends suppression of Legenda the annual with the issue 92 to be published as a strictly literary humor driven yearly. President Shafer rescinds the order and college authorities curb grinds and facetious features while preserving faculty influence on college life coverage.

Wellesley College Shafer Prelude Wellesley

A Serious Grievance From A Post Reader on Street Peddlers

Abram L. Lovejoy of 423 Washington street complains of foreign peddlers selling wares and making noise, saying they obstruct sidewalks and undercut local business. He cites emigrants from Hung ary, Poland, and Russia, accuses fakirs of liquor spending and urges government action to curb street peddling and enforce honest employment.

Post Abram L. Lovejoy Washington Street The Lovell

Line of hopefuls braves cold for Stoddard lectures tickets

More than three hundred people waited in Music Hall lobby before ticket sales for Stoddard lectures. A fireman, messenger boys, and late arrivals queued since Sunday night, enduring bitter cold as lines stretched long and entrants rushed in once doors opened.

Music Hall Music Hall Place

Arrest of an Editor Quueste Nov 30

J D Tardivel editor of La Verite was arrested in Quueste on criminal libel charges.

Quueste J. D. Tardivel la Verite

Notable Women Named in 19th Century Circle

Walcott Balestier, Viola Roseboro, Maria Parlon, Elizabeth W. Champney, Amelia Gere Mason, Kate Putnam Osgood and many others are listed as part of a broader contemporaries network highlighting prominent female figures in the era.

Ruskin First Letter From Venice Opens Atlantic December

The December Atlantic Monthly features Ruskin’s first Venice letter printed here with vivid passages on art and morals. It includes Miss Agnes Repplier on war poetry, Lupus by Preston and Dodge, Severn and Keats letters, and reviews of German and American fiction, with Henry James and Attic paintings discussed. A festive Harper's piece and a broad array of poetry and prose close the issue.

James Russell Lowell Atlantic Monthly Post Miss Preston Miss Dodge Ferrieres Luapus Charles the Bald William Sharp Joseph Severn Keats Severn Charles Armitage Brown Severns Westmacott Kirkup Otho Mr. Ruskin Venice Giotto Ghirlandaio Angelico R.A Eastlake Agnes Repplier Sir Walter Scott McCauley Saintsbury Kipling Andrew Lang Repplier Scott New England A. V. G. Allen Hopkinson Edwards Hopkins Mme. von Krockow America Charles H. Moore France Mr. James London Henry James Harriet Lewis Bradley Harper’s Rossetti Henry van’ Dyke Julian Ralph Mr. Besant Tudor W. W. Gilchrist Lang

Judge Rules Tallburg Named Heir of $5000 Estate

Suffolk County Probate Court Judge McKim determines George Edwards was actually George Tallburg. Christina Tallburg of Nelsayfor Finland in Russia is named as the heir, while about twenty other Finns withdraw from the claimants list. The deceased left about $5000 in savings across banks, with no clear next of kin.

George ‘‘Edwards George “Tallburg Christina Tallburg Finland Tallburg Edwards McKim

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