Halcyon Days and Noble Feuds Across European Courts
A British newspaper item profiles Countess Russell and Miss Florence Kalgarnie amid aristocratic defiance in Munich and public works in London. It notes the Tolstoi family relief efforts in Russia, distributing food to famine victims, and appeals from Count Tolstoi’s wife for wealthy Russians to fund free luncheons to save lives.
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Berlin
Russell
Thames
Florence Kalgarnie
London
Cambridge
Germany
Men’s Political Association of
Scarboro
East End
Tolstoi
Russia
Moscow
Count Tolstoi
Inexpensive Glass-Door Book Cabinet at Paine’s
A plain oak bookcase with glass doors and dust-proof construction, nearly six feet tall, is on sale at Paine's Furniture Company, 48 Canal Street, for 15 dollars. The piece is pitched as a cost effective way to store college books, aligning with Emerson's idea that education begins with reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Paine
Furniture Company
Canal Street
Witty Epigrams and Cartoon Snippets Crowd a 1900s Page
A collage of punny quips and cartoon captions from multiple papers, including jests about beheadings post rebellion, romantic banter, shopping woes, and a Cleveland Tot feature. Distinct voices poke fun at society, fashion, and newsmaking absurdities with clipped punch.
Child Stolen in Broad Daylight from Dover Street Home
Alfred Johnson charmed the Ellis family and abducted Willie Ellis, a five to six year old boy adopted by the couple. The pair fled to Exeter, New Hampshire, with a woman claiming to be the mother. Exeter police hold them for abduction. warrants to follow.
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Johnson
Ellises
Mr. Ellis
Currier’s
R. H. White & Co
White’s
Eldredge
Exeter
Balcony Circle Palace Theatre Taken. A Night of Fine Show
A small newspaper boy named Slobsy stands with bundles of papers as crowds pass. An elderly passerby notices his distress and asks his name and plight. A bright sign across the square reads in gold letters, signaling a pivotal moment at the Palace Theatre Balcony Circle last evening.
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Court Street
Tremont Row
Murder of John F. Kelly Identified as Bostonian
Newport Rhode Island December 21 The inquest into John F. Kelly of Boston found at Coasters Harbor Island on Saturday yielded little new evidence Medical Examiners Mackay Kenefick and Surgeon Loundes stated the death likely resulted from shock due to violence to the face or head possibly from a fall or blow Family members James W. Kelly and Edward James Kelly testified to viewing and identifying the body and the handwriting on the note The inquest adjourned to tomorrow night with Plymouth steamer witnesses expected Wednesday morning The body will be sent to Boston by the early train Tuesday
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Newport
R. I
John F. Kelly
Boston
Coasters
Harbor Island
Mackay
Kenefick
Loundes
Naval Training Station
James W. Kelly
Division 5
Edward James Kelly
Mount Auburn
Plymouth
Harrigan's Theatre Debuts New Comedy Evening
New York December 21 The Post notes Harrigan's theatre presents The Last of the Hogans a second play since opening. The cast includes Harrigan John Wild Mrs Yeamans and Ada Lewis with over thirty speaking parts. The production is well staged and may run until Easter.
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New York
Harrigan
John Wild
Yeamans
Ada Lewis
Reverend Dewey Receives Extended Call to Grand Rapids
Concorp New Hampshire December 21 The Rev. H. P. Dewey pastor of the South Church, weighing a Chicago call, has been extended another call from Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Concorp, N. H
H. P. Dewey
The
South Church
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Mich
Imported laborer seeks damages against Weber in skin process case
The government suit against Nicholas Weber, Lynn shoe maker, over alien contract labor law violations for importing Michael Beyer from France to introduce a French process on skins continues. Heyer petitions damages of 4420 dollars for 221 weeks’ work under the contract.
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Nicholas Weber
Lynn
Michael Beyer
France
United States
Heyer
Weber
Yarmouth Steamship Company Sells 1892 Calendar Set
The Yarmouth Steamship Company launches a calendar collection for 1892 featuring engraved reproductions of Nova Scotia scenery. Specially photographed for the project by C. K. Webster of Boston, the calendars are billed as artistic treasures.
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Yarmouth Steamship Company
Nova Scotia
C. K. Webster
Boston
Expedition planned to relieve Peary in Greenland
Dr. Robert N. Keeley Jr states an expedition will be sent to Greenland in spring to aid Peary. The Academy of Natural Science will cover expenses if funds cannot be raised by other means.
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Robert N. Keeley, Jr
Lieut
Peary
Greenland
Academy of Natural Science
Boston newsboys pack Austin's Palace for Post's theatre
In the balcony the 300 Boston newsboys cheer as Kizon the baby Jap teeters on a pole. Police guard the crowd while Manager Ordway enforces ticket-only access for Post readers. The boys enjoy the show from handy Andy to the Japs and praise the troupe as the greatest on earth.
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Boston
Kizon
Matustara
Ordway
Barnum
Andy
Deaths and funerals in Dorchester and surrounding towns
A list of deaths reported December 17 to December 23 across Dorchester Newton Upper Falls Taunton Quincy and neighboring towns. Notable entries include Anne Abbott widow of Rev William E Abbott aged 81 and Alonzo Tripp of Harwich aged 73 9 months with services January planned at Forest Hills Chapel.
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Abbott
Dorchester
Annes
William E. Abbott
Blue Hill Avenue
Abbott Street
Tripp
Newton Upper Falls
Alonzo Tripp
Harwich
Mass
Forest Hills Chapel
Park Square
Foster
Taunton
Helen
Charles A
Elizabeth T. Foster
Quincy
Adrian
Elizabeth Adrian
Baker
Edward Baker
Chubbuck
Levi Chubbuck
Emmons
Eleanor Gassett
N. H. Emmons
Homer
Sarah A. Homer
Holbrook
Olinda
Lewis Holbrook
Harris
Amy Gertrude
George W
Jennie M. Harris
Jackson
Jamaica Plain
Eugene A. Jackson
Reed
Edward Reed
Scudder
Brookline
Charles W. Scudder
Pearmain
Chelsea
Edward Paget Pearmain
Sumner A
Alice A. Pearmain
Sawtell
Winchester
Alvan Sawtell
Webster
Salem
John Webster
Gregg
Hyde Park
Clark C. Gregg
Nightingale
Harvard Street
Lucy A. Nightingale
George E. Nightingale
Pitman
Germantown
Penn
Isaac Pitman
Somerville
Mt.Auburn
Masked mob kills three in Arkansas jail
In Drwirt Arkansas at 2 AM a group of 15 to 20 masked men shot dead J A Smith Floyd Gregory and Moore Henderson inmates awaiting trial. The killings follow a divorce case in which Mary J Smith won a share of the husband’s property. Henderson had earlier wounded Mrs Smith prompting the motive. Bail bonds had been set high and the mob acted quietly without clues.
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Drwirt
Ark
J. A. Smith
Floyd Gregory
Moore Henderson
Mary J. Smith
International Tug of War Opens With Notable Matches
In Madison Square Garden the opening night drew nearly two thousand spectators including Corbett, Mitchell and Slavin. Canada fell to Norway after 29 minutes, Scotland defeated Denmark in under eight, and the United States toppled England after a 35 minute battle ending with a two inch margin.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Corbett
Mitchell
Slavin
England
Bayard Daughter Weds Dr Frank Angell at Home
Louise Lee Bayard youngest daughter of ex Secretary of State Bayard married Dr Frank Angell professor at Cornell University at her father's Wiemundon Delaware home. Ceremony officiated by Rev Jesse Higgins of Baltimore. Couple plans a short New York trip then to Ithaca New York to reside.
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Wiemundon
Del
Louise Lee Bayard
Bayard
Frank Angell
Cornell University
Jesse Higgins
Baltimore
New York
Ithaca
N. Y
Kentucky Murderer Hall Seized in Memphis Vigilance Hefty
Six officers armed with Winchesters and a requisition seized Tall Hall the Kentucky murderer in Memphis and moved him toward Virginia John Wright plans to intercept on the train Officials fear a mob may grab Hall at Norton Virginia after his killing of a man United States Marshal Taylor reports twenty seven murders traced to Hall
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Memphis
Tenn
Tall Hall
Kentucky
Virginia
John Wright
Hall
Norton
United States
Taylor
Heavy attachments filed against San Francisco firms
In San Francisco this morning two large attachments were issued. One attachment seeks $100,000 against J. Strauss & Co., wholesale crockery dealers, and the other $80,000 against the Lusk Canning Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. Strauss & Co
Lusk Canning Company
Sailors' Supper Held by Prospect Hill Youth
A sailors supper organized by the Prospect Hill Congregational Church youth was served at the Seamen's Friend Society chapel on Hanover Street. After the meal, young ladies staged a flag drill and Rev. E S Tead addressed the men.
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Prospect Hill Congregational Church
Seamen’s Friend Society
Hanover Street
Aluminium Dishes Promised in Home Kitchens Soon
The Newport Daily News discusses aluminium as a cheap, durable alternative to current cookware. It notes aluminium’s light, tarnish resistant, versatile forms and contrasts with tin and granite ware while tracing price drops and hopes for widespread household use.
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Newport Daily News
Zululand
Wide Awake features varied fiction and notes on education
The January Wide Awake letter outlines diverse content including Sallie Joy White on Leland Stanford Jr. University, Molly Elliot Seawell and Miss Adams short stories, serials by Maria McIntosh Cox and Abd el Ardavan, Harriet Maxwell Converse sketches, Amanda B Harris church tale, Ziella Cooke on Santa Anna, Otis T Mason on Marshs lizards, poems by Celia Thaxter and Clara Doty Bates, plus other sketches. Published by D Lothrop Co Boston at 20 cents per issue or 240 per year.
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Puck
Donahoe
James Field Spalding
Cambridge
Browning Cyclopedia
Edward Berdoe
Browning
Molly Elliot Seawell
Maria McIntosh Cox
Dorothy Holcomb
Abd el Ardavan
Sallie Joy White
Leland Stanford, Jr
Sach
Amanda G. Harris
Thorndike
Zitella Cocke
Celia Thaxter
Clara Doty Bates
Childe Hassam
E. H. Garrett
L. J. Bridgman
Hy Sandham
Wide Awake
The
Boston Commonwealth
Telegraph
Henry Bacon
Massachusetts
Horace G. Wadlin
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics
Massachusetts Board of Trustees of Public Reservations
Commonwealth
Boston
Musical Herald
Louis
Elson
Philip Hale
H. E. Krehbell
New York
Chicago
California
Leland Stanford
Adam
St. Martin’s
Jack Brereton
Kanana
Harriet Maxwell-Converse
Long House
Amanda
Harris
Ziella Cooke
Santa Anna
Otis T. Mason
Professor Marsh
Miss Thaxter
Gudbrand
Mrs. Bates
Mice In Council
Bell
D. Lothrop Co., Publishers
Major McKinley Recovers Sufficient To Return To Affairs
Canton Ohio December 21 Major McKinley has recovered enough to attend to business again showing little of the effects of confinement and resuming work in part at least.
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Canton
McKinley
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Stoi
Oil City
Texas
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Sly Dog
Mrs. Stone
S Stone
Bingo
the Sociable
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the Jewelers’ Circular
Cleveland
Philadelphia Press
Mr. C. Golden
Temple Place
Willie Ellis
Alfred Johnson
Ellis
Fidence
N.H
Fourth of the Post
Austin’s Palace
Kelly
Barrigan
Austin
Palace Theatre
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont St
BRECK
Arkansas
Norway
Canada
Scotland
Denmark
America
Louise Bayard
R. Hollings & Co
Boston Post
Wise Advertiser
Davis
Northampton Street
Boston Herald
Office of the Post
NEW Publications
Boston Almanac
Sampson, Murdock & CO
Franklin Street
Thoreau
New England
Frantex Bolles
Harvard University
Arlington Heights
Old Cambridge
Ipswich Dunes
Mt. Wachusett
Concorde Sudbury Rivers
Mt. Chocorua
Highlandight
Houghton, Mifflin & CO
Dow
Farlow
State Street and
Merchants Row
T. Dennie Boardman
Ames Building
Franklin St
Corner Arch ST
Pope Manufacturing Co
WM. Minot, JR
Court St
BRICE
Evans & Son
Equitable Building
Hotels
Young’s Hotel
Parker House
Boston, Mass
J. R. Whipple & CO
Tremont House
Beacon and
Tremont Sts
HR. A. Stranahan
G. F. Brooks
Harvard
Temple Liace
Boom O
DB Union
M’kinley
Music Hall
Beethoven
Schumann
Chopin
Paderewsel
Liszt
Itade
Park Theatre
Neil Burgess
Great Dramatic Organization
Pitou’s Stock Co
Geoffrey Middleton
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Elmer E. Vance
Limited Mail
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
Rosina Voekes
Felix Morris
Atis
Thre Rose
Ais
Barbara
Venus
Miss Voice3
GLOBE
John Stetson
Joseph Arthur
Blue Jeans
Rosenquest & Arthur
Oston Museham
RE. M. Field
Euin
Columbia Theatre
Harris & Atkinson
Washington
Handsomest Theatre
Street
Charles Frohman
Henry E. Dlxly and Company
Howard Atheneum
WM. Harris
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Banker’s Daughter
Brady
E. W. Tyler
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps
American Insurance Co
Kilby Street
Messrs
George Croshaw & CO
Francis Peabody
J. W. Field
Henry S. Brean
Aaet
Lacy
Boylston
Geo. H. Balch
CW. Glover
W. G
SON
Washington St
Dee
Gale
Elin Street
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