Kaffee Klatsch Benefits Martin Luther Orphanage Event
Miss Emily Toussaint organized a Kaffee Klatsch at the New England Woman's Club to aid the Martin Luther Orphanage, which was announced as $1100 richer. The program featured Brook Farm history, readings by Mrs. Cheney, and music, with sales from art and candy tables and a grand Kaffee served with German coffee cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Toussaint
New England
Park Street
Miss Burkhardt
Amelia Burkhardt
Woman’s Club
Edna D. Cheney
Margaret Fuller Ossoli
Arthur Howard Pickering
Hezekiah Butterworth
H. B. Blackwell
George Wood
Brook Farm
Jospeh Goodale
Esther Engel
Bennett
Marion Collins
Ida Severus
Belle Thayer
Walter J. Connery
Elizabeth Cushing
Bessie Severus
Koffee
Misses Frost
Marion Goodale
Bartlett
Misses Nourse
Helen
Olga Burkhardt
Alice Housemann
Alice Haffenreffer
Mabel Cassidy
Sadie Munroe
Emily Enneking
Misses Sears
Ella Chamberlin
Woman suffrage bazaar at Horticultural Hall draws steady crowds
The ongoing sale features a domestic science table with Mrs S L Adams and a prep foods booth. Mrs Sarah P Moreland of Everett presides over a preserves and canned goods counter. Natick and Cambridge booths offer dolls, woolly animals, embroidery, and dainty crafts. Tonight Mme Sigrid Magnussen of Iceland performs in native dress with guitar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horticultural Hall
S. L. Adams
Sarah P. Moreland
Everett
Natick Booth
Cambridge Booth
Mme
Sigrid Magnussen
Iceland
The Phenomenon of Gray Hairs in Women
The article notes gray hair is a local, not constitutional, change that begins at the temples for many women around age 35. Illnesses such as neuralgia or severe sickness can hasten whitening, but gray hair can be becoming with proper styling and a youthful look remains possible despite aging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Dispatch
Charity fair opens at Armory Hall for Consumptives' Home
The Young Ladies Charitable Association hosts an evening fair at Armory Hall to benefit the Free Home for Consumptives. Tables symbolize freedom in various countries and a book table embodies freedom of the press decorated with Boston newspapers. Young ladies will wear costumes representing different Boston papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory Hall
Boston
Norcross Women’s Wrappers at Deep Discounts No. 20 Left
Quick stock clearance offers Norcross department store women’s wrappers at half price and below. Wrappers include American Shirting pieces at 59c with round yoke, Indigo Blue Cambric versions at 75c, Flannetette Watteau styles at 1.25 and 1.69 with airy designs. Limited quantity No. 20 Left.
Grace Knox Little and Winfield S Smith Weds at Trinity Church
A fashionable December wedding at Trinity Church noon wedding of Miss Grace Knox Little and Dr. Winfield Scott Smith. Bride wore heavy white satin duchess gown with lace and tulle veil. Ceremony by Dr. E Winchester Donald. Guests included Miss Mary Hooper, Miss Katherine James, and families of the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Grace Knox Little
Winfield Scott Smith
Trinity
E. Winchester Donald
Clark
Souther, Peabody
G. E
Ex Governors Back Smith Memorial Plan For National Hymn
Boston Post readers rally behind a proposed testimonial for Dr Samuel F Smith the author of America. Ex governors Russell Brackett Long and others express support and plan a complimentary concert with Smith presiding possibly at Music Hall or Mechanics Hall. A half holiday for children is suggested to view Smith and celebrate patriotic song.
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America
Music Hall
Mechanics’ Hall
Samuel F. Smith
Newton Centre
Brackett
Smith
Long
Dr. Smith
Mr. Smith
Hezekiah Butterworth
Post
Boston
B. F. Hood
Boylston Street
W. E. Barton
Dr. Holmes
Harvard
National Air
Abbett Dead Episcopal Church Interment Planned
The obituary notes the death of Abbett and states the interment will be in Greenwood on Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Greenwood
Ex-Governor Leon Abbott of New Jersey Dead at 1886 Birth
Ex Governor Leon Abbott of New Jersey died at his Jersey City home after a decade long diabetes illness. Abbott, born October 8, 1886 in Philadelphia, led the state’s Democratic Party, served two terms as governor, and held multiple offices including Speaker of the Assembly and state senator. Funeral is planned at his home with Rev. George S. Bennett officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Leon Abbott
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Jonathan Dixon
E. Burd Grubb
Joel A. Parker
Abbott
Mary Briggs
Hoboken
Democratic Assembly
Assembly
E”ase
Hudson County
Baltimore
Thomas F. Bayard
Horace Greeley
General Hancock
Joel Parker
Abbett
Senate
United States
Rufus Blodgett
James Smith, Jr
Supreme Court
Local Nuptials Celebrate Thurber-Tillotson Thatcher Smith Families
A wedding ceremony was held at the bride’s home with a breakfast and reception at 155 Newbury Street. Dr. and Mrs. Smith depart today for Europe to begin extensive travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ard
George Thurber
Tillotson and
Thatcher
J. Smith
N. J. Stone
F. L. Wells
Newbury Street
Mrs. Smith
Europe
Vincent Club Hosts Useful Fair at Trinity Church
A late afternoon sale by the Vincent Club raised funds for Vincent Hospital at Trinity Church parlors. Miss Henrietta Sargent led a flower table while Miss Charlotte Cochrane and Miss Elsie Mills managed fancy tables. other volunteers sold Worsted goods, candy, and crafts as a lunch room offered cake and tea. The event ended with a small auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Vincent Club
Vincent Hospital
Henrietta Sargent
Charlotte Cochrane
Elsie Mills
S. Wheelock
Bessie Duppee
Marion Wheelwright
C. M. Dabney
E. T. Nourse
Carrie King
Annie Nourse
Dresselle
Derby
Miss Adelaide Wells Weds Dr Swan at South Congregational
At noon yesterday Miss Adelaide Augusta Wells married Dr G A Swan in South Congregational Church. Rev E E Hale conducted the ceremony with organ music and Mendelssohn’s march. Ushers G M Rice J S Trowbridge B Cumings W C Prescott assisted. The couple will reside on Pleasant Street Arlington after February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Augusta Wells
G. A. Swan
South Congregational Church
E. E. Hale
Mendelssohn
G. M. Rice
J.S. Trowbridge
B. Cumings
W. C. Prescott
Victoria
New York
Public Institutions Meeting in Boston Associa tion Hall
All women interested in improving public institutions of Boston are urged to attend a meeting at Associa tion Hall corner Berkeley and Boylston streets on Wednesday December 5 at 3 PM Mrs Alice N Lincoln will speak on local pauper and penal institutions and share observations from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Association Hall
Berkeley
Boylston Streets
Alice N. Lincoln
Europe
Benson Reaches Shore After Wrecking Struggles
After days of cold, the schooner Benson was finally raised and beached on Georges Island near Fort Warren. Tugs Elsie and Curlew towed her through Nantasket Roads to the inner shore, where workers prepared to pump and bandage her hull at low tide. Six men who perished may receive Christian burial if bodies are not washed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Georges Island
Elsie
Curlew
Nantasket
Fort Warren Landing
Walker Returns to Lighthouse Board Presidency
Washington December 4 Rear Admiral Walker is unanimously elected president of the Lighthouse Board to succeed Admiral Greer who has been detached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walker
Lighthouse Board
Greer
Witch Fortune Advertisement for Boston Post
A holiday offer invites readers to send for a copy of the Boston Post witch and instructions, describing a fortune telling novelty. The advertisement promises the item neatly enclosed with holiday compliments and directions for obtaining it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Post
WITCHES BY MAIL PROMISE NOVELTY TO NEW ENGLAND
A Boston Post advertisement offers a mailed “witch” that displays movements to indicate personality traits. Buyers send the ad and addressed envelope with three cents for postage to P. O. Box 202, The Post, Boston, for holiday sales in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witch
Boston Post
the Post
P. O
Boston
New England
Notes on Fashion Patterns for School Wear and Accessories
The article describes current fashion trends for school wardrobes including shirt waists and waist separations to extend wear, plaid frocks with colored waist variations, and comfortable skirt-waist bindings. It notes materials from browns and grays to greens, decorative belt and braid details, gloves in glace kid, black ensembles with bright color accents, and morning wrappers in soft fabrics. It also covers hat trims with jet spears, cape edges, and double breasted short jackets with large buttons.
Sugar brokers demand uniform sugar classification in New York
New York sugar brokers met to address nonuniform classifications by sugar appraisers and examiners. They adopted a resolution to form a five member committee to press Secretary Carlisle for uniform standards, citing past favoritism and managerial changes dating to the Cleveland era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Carlisle
Cleveland
Fairchild
McMullen
Sherer
Sugar
Cooper
Harrison
The Retail Jewellers organize for trade interests
A Massachusetts meeting of about fifty retail jewelers was called by Newton Dexter to form an association to push their interests and influence manufacturers. Dexter sought to be chief counsel, but attendees split on his plan though agreed on forming some organizing body. The gathering adjourned for January 15, 1895.
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Chamber of Commerce
Newton Dexter
Massachusetts
Dexter
Gas Poisoning Reported in Roxbury Insurance Agent's Death
William H. H. Morrow an insurance agent was found dead in his locked Kilby Street office. A drop lamp released escaping gas and the medical examiner ruled gas poisoning as the cause. The body was moved to his Roxbury home at 23 Dorr Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. H. Morrow
Kilby Street
Mr. Morrow
Boston College Dramatics presents Damon and Pythias in hall tonight
Boston College Dramatics stage Damon and Pythias with a notable company of Senators in the second act at Boston College Hall this evening. The cast includes Demon Cosreno and Pythias players, with a long list of senators, guards, officers, and soldiers appearing in the senate scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damon
Pythias
Boston College Hall
Demon
Somes
E. Rourke
Evan
P. J. Fleming
John F. Morrill
Eorge F. H. Murray
James E. Hayes
John F. Fitzgerald
Thomas W. Flood
Martin A. Dowling
John W. Mitchell
Daniel F. O'Connor
J. Mitchell Galvin
Mr. T. Callahan
M. J. Murray
Daniel Pey
William H. Dowling
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Kaffee Klatsch
Novel Entertainment
Bagaar
Norcross
J. Henry Norcross
Tremont Row
Russell
Astic
Alors
DR. Coggswell
Prof
Ernst
Brandeis
Coggswell
Cuddy
Hines
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Children’s Hospital
Rainsford Island
Bradley
Deer Island
Long Island Hospital
Witness
Wallace
Mary McCarthy
Leon Abbett
Vincent Club’s Fair
Swan—Wells
Boston College Dramatics
Clover Medicine CO
Augusta
Ireland
England
Scotland
Uptown Steamship Agency
Flynn & Mahoney
Essex ST
Germany
Berlin
The
Reichsanziger
Mevioletta
Wilson Bros
Devnshey
West Roxbury
Mary Devaney
Sweeney
Margaret Sweeney
Patrick Sweeney
Endicott Street
St. Mary’s Church
Wilbur
Somerville
Henry A. Wilbur
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont
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