Cheap clothbound classics offered in post building sale
A reader notice promotes 15 cent copies of classic titles sold at Second Floor Front Post Building. Books include Hawthorne, Kipling, Jerome, Goldsmith, Bertha M. Clay, Lamb, Swift, Lytton, Meredith, and others bound in cloth with regular prices 50 to 70 cents.
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Washington Irving
New York
Prairies
Astoria
Christopher Columbus
Grenada
Spain
Goldsmith
Bonneville
Alhambra
Bracebridge Hall
Salmaguin
Mahonict
Abhbottsford
Wolfert
Irving
Post Building
Cooper
The 20-Cent Books Offer A Broad Cloth Bound List
A catalog advertises cloth bound books priced 75 cents to $1 each. Titles include Adventures Among Indians and Adventures of Famous Sailors among many others such as Jackanapes Jack Wheeler and Young Folks' books. The offer mentions a title holder to one copy of either book.
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Rob Roy
Barbara
Triumri
Dick Rodney
Edgeworth
Eric
France
Cooper's Leather-Stocking Series Arranged by Narrative Order
A reader guidance piece promotes a six volume set of James Fenimore Cooper novels. It outlines the reading order from The Deerslayer to The Prairie and extols the works as patriotic, romantic, and true to early American life, noting their exciting, well written portrayal of Indians and frontier life.
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Mohicans
The
Pathfinder
Pioneers
Cooper
Era in Music Behind Her Leg of Mutton Sleeves
The brief excerpt notes a mood of quiet sorrow in a music era as a daughter speaks softly to her mother nearby, the scene set with a witty line about a leg of mutton sleeve. The New York Press quotation hints at domestic atmosphere and restraint in sentiment.
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New York Press
A Husband's Plot Shocks Berkshire Area
Dalton and Pittsfield report a claimed scheme to ruin Mrs. J Arthur Barton so her husband can obtain a divorce. George O'Neil alleged officers of the plot saying Barton would pay 25 dollars monthly to win Mrs Barton's affections and elope to Troy New York where a Hinsdale relative would arrange a divorce. Mrs Barton denies the tale and all involved dispute the accusation.
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Pittsfield
Dalton
J. Arthur Barton
Barton
Clara Crosier
Chatham
N. Y
George O’neil
Names of Lawler corrected in Post letter
In a letter to the editor Jamaica Plain resident B. O H. argues the Lawler surname derives from Gaelic OLeathlabhair not OLeathabhain. He links the Lawlers to Ulster ancestors and Clanna Rudhraigh with ties to Leix and Down, citing historical sources.
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Lawler
O'Leathlabhair
Lawlers
O'Lawlors
O’lalors
Leathlabhor
Red Branch Knights
Dal- Riada
Ulidia
County of
Down
Clanna Rudhraigh
Ulster
O’mordha
O’moores
Leix
O’lalorg
Stradbally
Queen’s County
O’dugain
O'Heerin
Annals of Ulster
B. O'H
Jamaica Plain
First trotting meeting opens at Laconia Park
Laconia New Hampshire December 20 reports the first trotting meeting of a snow and ice race series at Laconia Driving Park with good attendance. The track is kept in fine condition and winter racing will move to the lake ice when Winnipesaukee freezes. Glen Bill wins the green class with Shong and Idaho following. best time 3 00. Phil Benton takes the 2 40 class with Lynette and Jve Wilkes placing. Time 2 49 1 2.
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Laconia
N. H
Dee
Laconia Driving Park
Lake Winnesquam
Henry Polo Providence
Glen Bill
Shong
Idaho
Phil Benton
Lynette
Jve Wilkes
Anti-Tenement League Hears Governor Elect Reply
The Anti Tenement House League met in Brackett's office with Rev. A A Miner presiding A letter from Governor elect Greenhalge was read about the protest against convicts making shirts in competition with free labor He stated the subject is important and will obtain due consideration in some form or other in his inaugural address
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Anti-Tenement House League
John Q. A. Brackett
A. A. Miner
Greenhalge
Police arrest man in fur coat theft case
John Kennedy aged 32 was taken into custody by a police inspector for the alleged larceny of a fur lined overcoat valued at 150 dollars. The garment owned by Martin Anderson of 20 Oak Grove terrace was stolen on December 11 and recovered by the officer.
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John Kennedy
Martin Anderson
Oak Grove Terrace
Stage Matters A Christmas Gift Matinee At Park Theatre
A Christmas gift matinee at the Park Theatre yesterday afternoon gave presents to children from a platform over the orchestra. Regaloncita and sisters distributed items as kids wore stage costumes. The event will repeat next Wednesday afternoon.
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Park Theatre
Kam” Regaloncita
Christmas Symposium Marks New England Woman's Press Meet
The New England Woman's Press Association held a Christmas themed literary meeting at the Parker House with Mrs. Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland as chair. Five papers from professionals in medicine reform law theater and journalism framed the outlook for Christmas and the New Year. The evening closed with a feast, carols, Dickens, and a chorus of Auld Lang Syne.
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New England Woman’s Press Association
Parker House
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland
Dorothy Lundt
Upham
Sutherland
Emily Young
Westboro Asylum
Alice Stone Blackwell
Alice Parker
Emma Sheridan Fry
Mary Worswick
The
Post
Holly
Emma Sheridan
Fry
Erving Winslow
Dickens
E. F. Pratt
T. J. Stearns
Charlotte W. Hawes
Edith Wheeler
Sidney Armstrong
Ronald Stuart
Frances Galloupe
Mabel Vella
Amy Balche
Helen M. Winslow
Association
Boston
Counterfeit Cigar Ring Busted In Roxbury
Robert S. Joy and Isaac Jacobs were arrested on two counts of counterfeiting involving a branded cigar made by Alles and Fisher of Cambridge Street. The duo admitted the charges. Pinkerton man Cornish traced the operation to Jacobs at 138 Willow Park Roxbury. Jacobs thirty, Joy thirty seven, with Joy formerly in the Magazine Street Roxbury grocery trade.
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Robert S. Joy
Isaac Jacobs
Jacobs
Joy
Alles & Fisher
Cambridge Street
Cornish
Pinkerton’s
Rats and Matches Cause Fire at New England House
A fire in the New England House North End started under a floor on a stair landing and burned about twenty feet before being stopped. Rats and matches were blamed for the blaze reported early yesterday.
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New England House
North End
Obituaries from Massachusetts towns December notices
In Ames Olive P. wife of Hiram Ames. Brackett Lucy Gay widow of Charles Brackett aged 92 years 1 month 19 days at Newton Centre. Lavery Sophie Josephine wife of Richard Lavery aged 64 years 10 months at South Boston. Snow Hannah Frances Bonney wife of Humphrey L. Snow aged 77 years 11 months 23 days at Cambridge. Swift Emily W. daughter of Henry and Anna Swift at Malden. Viall Joan Viall aged 75 years 9 months at Somerville.
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Ames
Olive P
Hiram Ames
Brackett
Newton Centre
Lucy Gay
Charles Brackett
Lavery
South Boston
Sophie Josephine
Richard Lavery
Snow
Cambridge
Hannah Frances Bonney
Humphrey L. Snow
Swift
Malden
Emily W
Henry and
Anna Swift
Viall
Somerville
Joan Viall
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David Copperfield
Dombey and Son
Pickwick Papers
Boz
Edwin Drood
Nicholas Nickleby
Old Curiosity Shop
Little Dorrit
Martin
Chuzzlewit
Barnaby Rudge
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Rudyard Kipling
Stageland
Jerome K. Jerome
Tom Brown
T. Hughes
Vicar of
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Oliver Goldsmith
Bertha M
Clay
Lord Lytton
Dora Thorne
Bertha M. Clay
Elia
Charles Lamb
Gulliver’s Travels
Dean Swift
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
Lucille
Owen Meredith
Rudyard Kip
Ling
Ike Marvel
Longfellow's
Lowell
J. Fenimore Cooper
the Post
Ee Bosmopolitan
SECON
Bourget
Degant
Howells
Mark Twain
Hopkinson Smith
Mane
Vatever
Cosmopolitan
the Cosmopolitan Publishing CO
6Th Ave
11Th St
TEMS
Dec
China
Lot Tennyson
WU Eee Ee Peeres
Jewelry & Toilet Dept
LOT Cologne
Twt C
LOT
Anc Cores
Wells
Otted
Sun
Telles PR
Supreme Court
Patterson
Musical Art Society of
Clemence
B. Fish
Mary M. Irvin
Laura M. Post
Mary Harriman
Mary Hoffman
Kate Flint
Ann M. Loomis
Frank Damrosch
Caroline de Forest
Mary R. Callender
Louise Carnegie
Harriet Goelet
Herminie Berwind
Theresa Oelrichs
Eloise Breeze
Edith Randolph
Caroline Post
Lucie Jay
Louis Howland
E. Dynely Prince
Damrosch
Carnegie Music Hall
Oratorio Society
NEW Publications
Boston Almanac
Business Directory
Sampson, Murdock & CO
Franklin Street
O'Lawlor
the Park Theatre
Boston Theatre
Mathilde Rudicer
Mr. Manstie d
Black Crook
Paquerette
Florrie West
Tornaghi
Schueggi
Ward
Vokes
Odell and Page
Sadie MacDonald
the Columbia
Russia
Bornodoin Square Theatre
John Drew
Henry Guy Carleton
Graham
Joseph Haworth
J. W. Kelly
Lynn Cadet Ninth Regiment
Carrie Tutein
Wood
Shepard
Koster Anq Bial’s
Harry Bloodgood
Thomas E. Clifford
Hanlon
Austin & Stone
Frank Losee
Charley Mitchell
Richard Mansfield
Globe Theatre
Mansfield
Shakspere
W. H. Crane
Tremont Theatre
Mr. Crane
Jonathan Silsbee
Camille
Jules Laudeau
Messrs
Wahlund
Johnson
Apnear
Boston Museum
Maggie Cline
Nough
Founs
Miss Cline
Lyceum
Handel and Haydn Society
Music Hall
Elizabeth C. Hamlin
Katharine Fisk
George J. Parker
Heinrich Meyn
Mathilde Rudiger
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bumstead Hall
Paul von Janko
Parker's
New England
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
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Sam T. Jack
Boston Music Hall
Glee Club
Hosten
William Matson
Fibarbre
Stockholm
Austin
Stone's
Ie MU
Tremont
Scollay
Yorkshire
Sally Ward
Borneo
Proessor Schurr
Stone & Shaw
Ramw Theatre
J. A. Crabtree
F. E. Pirgr
Bos
Libretto Co. A
Byrne Ag
Louis Harrison
Gustave Kerker
Ormances
Fanstastia “Comic Opera
Lancaster
Eugene Tompkins
Eugene Tompkin
Mile
Florrie Wert
Ward & Voies
Fillsing
Ovell
Page
Urnaghi
Salvages
Over Offer
Rizzi
New Ballet
Ade Mae
Donals
Splendid Company
On Sale Ag
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Fond
Columbia
Charles Ohm
Belasco & Eft
Charley’s
WM. H. Crane
M. Coquelin
Mme
Jane Holding
Hollis Cnetine
Isaac B. Rich
Man Monlay
Chelm
MR. Drew
Clobe Theatre
B. Jefferson
Klaw & Erlsinger
Gleneen
Aer
Macgie Cline
Drew Im Down
Melloskey
BOW Dorn SQ
Chas. F
Aldrinson
Darkest
H, Grattan Donnelly
Grand Opera House
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