Sensible gifts highlight Russian Vests for all ages
A catalog note urges practical presents from clothing and sporting sections with emphasis on Russian vests both sleeved and sleeveless. The offer frames vests as wind and water proof.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
7
Hodges Ames Wedding Unites Noted Old New England Lines
Richard Osgood Hodges of Boston, Harvard 1899, and Abbie Dans Ames of West Newton announce their engagement. Hodges comes from the Salem Hodges East India trade lineage. Ames from the Mayflower lineage including Governor William Bradford. The match links two venerable Boston and Newton families in a society union noted for its old stock heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Dans Ames
West Newton
Richard Osgood Hodges
Boston
Newtons
America
Miss Ames
William Pradford
Salem
White House Dinner Hosts Notables in Washington
President dines at the White House with a group of prominent guests including Postmaster General Emory Smith Secretary Hitchcock and Senators Spooner Bate Foraker Wetmore Stewart Pritchard Penrose Mason Martin Simon Porter of Washington Millard McKimber Kearns and James R Sheffield during the December evening in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Emory Smith
Hitchcock
Spooner
Bate
Foraker
Wetmore
Stewart
Pritchard
Penrose
Mason
Martin
Simon
Poster of
Millard
McKimber and Kearns
James R. Sheffield
Skeene Awarded 26 Cents After Sweater Ejection
William Skeene sued Boston Music Hall for being barred from a performance due to wearing a sweater. Suffolk Superior Court awarded 26 cents, covering 25 cent ticket price and 1 cent interest, ruling the theatre could bar entry and refund only the ticket cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeene
William Skeene
Boston Music Hall
Suffolk Superior Court
Harriet Grownd Bequests Recorded in Suffolk Probate
The will of Harriet Tildon Browne filed in Suffolk probate lists bequests to the Boston Home for Incurables, House of the Good Samaritan, Domestic and Foreign Society of the Episcopal Church, Trinity Church rector for parish relief, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, New England Conservatory of Music, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Perkins Institute for the Blind. The City Missionary Society is the residuary legatee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Grownd
Harriet Tildon Browne
Suffolk
Boston
House of the Good Samaritan
The
Protestant Episcopal Church
Trinity Church
The Deacon and the Goose Ghost in a Christmas Tale
A stingy Baptist deacon guards his turkey fund until a ghostly white figure haunts him on a moonlit Christmas Eve. The vision commands him to return for the fat goose intended for the charity dinner, triggering a terrified dash home to salvage the feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Stubbs
Baptist Church
Tre
Mhedeacon
Tie
Hera
New Germicide HYOMETDL Promises Quick Cough Cure
An advertisement touts HYOMETDL as a universal germicide that ends coughs overnight. It claims 20 drops on flannel stop coughing immediately, with HYOMEL inhalers curing catarrh in weeks and preventing pneumonia. Offers HYOMEL outfits from $1 and samples, from The R. T. Booth Co., Ithaca, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mil
The
R. T. Booth Co
Ithaca, N. Y
Dickens Booth Sale and Elegant Neckwear at Shuman Corner
A. Shuman & Co. touts Dickens Booth Sale of gentlemanly neckwear at Shuman Corner with 50 cent items as Christmas gifts. A village tale unfolds at a charity dinner where a deacon’s generosity is questioned and a young man visits Christmas Day to find him picking bones of the turkey, suggesting a moral twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Shuman & Co
Shuman Corner
Dickens Booth
Professor Thayer's Will Opens Probate in Cambridge
The will of Professor J Henry Thayer late Bussey professor of New Testament at Harvard Divinity School has been filed for probate in Middlesex registry East Cambridge dated April 11 1991. The document in Thayers handwriting directs the library to select from his books not owned by the school for professional use and place them in his name. He also notes no manuscripts worthy of public gift though he considered rewriting works on Eternal Punishment and The Parousia. A codicil gives material to the divinity school library but is not legally effective due to lack of witnesses. provisions will likely be carried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Henry Thayer
Bussey
Harvard Divinity School
Middlesex
East Cambridge
Thayer
Divinity School Library
Universalist Social Union Elects Officers at Nottingham
The Universalist Social Union held its annual meeting in Hotel Nottingham with Hon. Frank P. Bennett presiding. Bennett was reappointed chief executive, with Mmes. O. B. Price and M. KE. Brown as secretaries and F. R. Pendelton as treasurer. A banquet followed with speeches by Rev. J. Colman Adams and Rev. S. A. Eliot on New Temper for New Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist Social Union
Nottingham
Frank P. Bennett
Mmes. O. B. Price
M. KE. Brown
F. R. Pendelton
J. Colman Adams
A. Eliot
The
Unitarian Association
New Times
Tragic Train Fatality Claims Life of Fred Edie
Fred Edie, a 14 year old stepson of A A Woodward of Gardner, was fatally struck by a freight train while walking along the tracks with companions. He reportedly boarded the moving train several times and leapt to ground during a final attempt, dying instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Fred Edie
A. A. Woodward
Vic
Shoe from TL car narrowly misses J. B. Nickerson in Charlestown
A TL car shoe broke free in Sullivan Square sending a 1012 pound section crashing near 25 foot drop. J B Nickerson 6 Dana Street Sonie narrowly escaped as debris struck pavement and snow. He described the moment as his closest brush with death. Bystanders aided him while the detached shoe and strap were recovered and weighed at 1012 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Square
Charlestown
Aafternoon
J. J. Nickerson
Dana Street
Sonie
Ita Deserat
Fran Bariny
Nickerson
Mix Nickerson
Sullivan Aquete
Mr. Nickerson
Surprise and Salad Rolls from The Post’s Illustrated Menu
The article describes two roll varieties for receptions: surprise rolls with a creamed chicken filling and salad rolls filled with chicken or lobster salad. It gives preparation notes for yeast or baking powder dough, thickness guidelines, and advice on dairy handling and balancing acidity, plus a few ingredient tweaks and tips from ALICE I. WHITAKER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice I. Whitaker
Funeral of Newton Officer Foley Buried After Heroic Act
John S. Foley aged 45 of 45 Elmore Street Newton Centre was buried after stopping a runaway horse in Newton Upper Falls. A solemn high mass at Church of the Sacred Heart was led by Rev. Dennis J. Wholey with assistants. Interment at Holyhood followed a record funeral procession of 80 carriages. Foley, a lifelong Newton resident, served 27 years in the Newton street department and was affiliated with church and civic groups, including Middlesex Court, Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters. He left a wife, seven children, and his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Foley
Elmore Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
Newton Centre
Dennis J. Wholey
Thomas Lee
David Reagan
Holyhood
Newton Centre Catholic Church
Foley
Newton Upper Falls
Newton
Newton Street
Middlesex Court
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters
An Annie Page Weds George Osborne in Brookline Church
The First Parish Church in Brookline hosted the wedding of Annie Dana Page daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilby Page to George Leland Osborne. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. James de Normandie with Malcolm Jackson serving as best man and Elizabeth Page as bridesmaid in a ceremony attended by many Boston social figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Annie Dana Page
Wilby Page
George Leland Osborne
Boston
James de Normandie
Malcolm Jackson
Elizabeth Page
Salvation Army Works Through Snow in Boston
In a harsh blizzard, Salvation Army workers distributed Christmas dinner boxes and banners at headquarters while volunteers braved the cold to collect donations for the city's homeless. Passersby paused to contribute, receiving warm thanks and a friendly smile in return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Salvation Army
Army
Colonel Evans
New Sleeping Car Service to Chicago From Boston South Station
Leaving South station Boston at 6 p m the new sleeping car service runs through via Boston and Albany New York Central and Michigan Central to Buffalo Detroit and Chicago. Promoted as the best quickest and safest direct double track service from New England to these points. Send for West Round. A.3. Hanson G.P.A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Station
Boston
Buffalo
Detroit
Chicago
Boston & Albany
New York Central
Michigan Central Railroad
New England
Hanson
G. P
Probate Judge Grants Woods Will Amid Family Battle
Judge Grant of the Probate Court yesterday allowed the will of Caroline M. Woods after contest by her brothers and sisters. The restratrix left her property valued about 7000 dollars to the husband’s parents, who later died before her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Caroline M. Woods
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mars
Fisher Ames
Thorndike Deland Hodges
Richard Oscool Hodges
Harvard
Marshall
A Dana Ames
Richard Ot Hodges
Oak Hall, Washington and Elm Sts
Virot
Music Hall
Albrecht & Koellner
the Post
Sunday Post
Ida G. Adams
North Weare, N. FE
Professor Thayer
Panquet
J. B. Nickerson
Messrs. Houghton & Dutton
Draggieto
Annie Evans
Annie L. Evans
Superior Criminal Court
Malachi L. Jennings
Sheriyirn
Osborne
Osgood
Latics’ Desk
Music Cabinet
Osgood Co
Washington St
J. T. Manning
Osen
Winter ST
Gyer Stowell’s
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