The Messiah at Music Hall by Handel and Haydn Society
The Handel and Haydn Society presented The Messiah at Music Hall for the seventy-ninth time. Soloists Miss Zippora Monteith Miss Gertrude Edmands Mr W J Winch and Mr D M Babcock conducted by Carl Zerrabn with organist B J Lang and Kneisel leading the orchestra. The review notes mixed vocal power and expression with Edmands praised for intelligence and clarity while Monteith and Winch showed limitations in oratorio grandeur. The choral and orchestral portions are commended for their quality and sympathetic feeling.
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Handel and Haydn Society
Music Hall
Zippora Monteith
Gertrude Edmands
W. J. Winch
D. M. Babcock
Carl Zerrabn
B. J. Lang
Franz Kneisel
Richard Shuebruk
Miss Monteith
Yiveth
Edmonds
New Billiard Game Aims to Revive Interest in 1900s
New York reports a Chicago trial of a new billiards style with chalk marked oblong spaces on the table. Only two caroms are allowed per space, and a miss ends the turn. returns must stay inside a space to score. Officials expect a New York tournament with Schaefer Slosson Sexton and Daly.
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New York
Chicago
Schaefer
Slosson
Sexton
Daly
Promised Royal Thames Ocean Race Sparks Yachting Surge
In New York the Royal Thames Yacht Club proposes a £1000 prize for an ocean race of about six thousand miles from the Nore to Sandy Hook and back. The plan aims to test seamanship and speed with an open world entry, signaling renewed interest in transatlantic yacht racing. A separate Lawrence police report details the capture of a notorious crook, C S Brewster, famed for elaborate swindles in multiple states.
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New York
Royal Thames Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Europe
America
Roral Thames Yacht Club
Enaclich
Secretary Lamарs Courtship Prompts Wedding Speculation in Macon
In Macon, Secretary Lamar travels with Mrs. Holt and dines at her mansion, with plans centered on a Christmas gathering and a quiet wedding to Washington. Mrs. Holt, widow of James Holt, mother of two daughters, hosts with hospitality, while Lamar remains a favored suitor amid family ties and local prominence.
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Macon
N. Yo World
Lamar
Holt
W. H. Ross
Colonel Ross
W. H. Virgin
Mr. Virgin
Vineville
Mr. Lamar
Washington
Henrietta J. Holt
James Dean
Hennie Dean
Holt and
Dean
Mar. Holt
General Holt
Thistle the Clyde clipper challenger for the America’s Cup
The Thistle, a new steel Clyde cutter built at Partick by Henderson from G L Watson designs, will race in the next America’s Cup. Skippered by Capt John Barr, she aims for bold performance with a forward mast and large mainsail, and is tested for potential early Thames and Clyde races.
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Aline
Egeria
Hildergarde
Oneagh
Jullamar
Wendur
Lorna
Florinda
Galetea
Irex
Genesta
Priscilla
Coronet
Dauntless
Boston
Fortuna
Mohican
Gitana
Britannia
Thistle
Partick
Glasgow
Clyde
Messrs. Henderson
G. L. Watson
United Kingdom
John Barr
United States
Scotch
J. D. Bell
Old England
Edward Burgess
Watson
Burgess
Royal Thames Yacht Club
Marjorie
Murder at Connellsville Coke works sparks self defense claim
In Prrissura Pennsylvania on December 26 Mike Hadderman a leading figure at the Connellsville Coke and Tron Company shot John Gibbon a coworker after a drinking quarrel over last spring's strike. Hadderman says the killing was in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrissura
Penn
Mike Hadderman
Connellsville Coke and Tron Company
John Gibbon
Hadderman
Pacific Express Collides With Freight Near Komoxka
The Pacific Express traveling west on the Grand Trunk railway collided with a special freight train near Komoxka Ontario, causing two engines to total wreck and two coaches damaged. Both engineers were seriously injured, while all passengers escaped unharmed.
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Komoxka
Ont
Pacific Express
Grand Trunk Railway
Despondent Doctor Shoots Self in Brooklyn Home
Dr. Henry Andrews of 569 Grand Avenue Brooklyn died by self inflicted gunshot Friday night in a despondent state. The 48 year old single man had failed to establish a practice in New York before moving to Brooklyn.
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New York
Henry Andrews
Grand Avenue
Brooklyn
Reticent McGlynn Again At St Stephen’s Altar
The Rev. Dr. Mc Glynn stood within the altar rail at morning mass at St. Stephen’s Church but did not conduct any part of the service. He remains silent on when he will depart for Rome.
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New York
Mc Glynn
St. Stephen’s Church
Rome
Unfinished Works by Novelists Who Died Mid Story
The piece reflects on Russian literary arrivals in English through translations of Gogol Dostoevsky and Tolstoi and compares English and American authors who died before completing major works. It cites Edwin Drood Hawthorne Thackeray George Eliot Trollope Austen Smollett and notes a Boston example of Trollope sending a requested book to a reader.
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Russia
Thackeray
Scott
George Eliot
Hawthorne
Boston
Paris
Olstoi
Telefoi
Gogol
Dostrevsky
Messrs. T. Y. Crowell & Co
Apostle
Richard N
Miss Hapgood
Edwin Drood
Dickens
Wilkie Collins
Mrs. Gaskell
Septiminus Felton
New England
Wizard of the North
Dryburgh Abbey
Philip
Daniel Deronda
Harry Fielding
England
Miss Austen
Winchester Cathedral
Smollett
Humphry Clinker
Anthony ‘Trollope
Trollope
Taoland
The
Bostonian
Opte A
Kirkwood Train Silver Heist Fails to Complete
Seven pairs of silver were placed into a Pacific Express car by a robber on the east bound Missouri Pacific line near Cheltenham on Friday evening. The theft was not completed as the train reached its destination.
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St. Louis
Kirkwood
Missouri Pacific
Cheltenham
Pacific Express Company
Robbery of Silver Bars From Train Car at Union Depot
The car was robbed while stood in Union depot yards after arrival. About seventy pound bars valued at 2000 dollars were shipped by the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company to the Third National Bank of Philadelphia. Five bars recovered.
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Union Depot
St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company
Third National Bank of Philadelphia
Senator Bowens Poker Skill Noted In Washington
The Philadelphia Times reports Senator Bowen of Colorado as the most expert poker player in Washington. He plays for amusement to demonstrate his studied mastery, maintaining a rigid cigar-store Indian expression to conceal his hand. He rarely bluffs openly and often shows a full hand, with his precise handling of cards praised by observers.
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Philadelphia Times
Senator Bowen
Colorado
Washington
Bowen
Hermann
Fruit-Horatio Harris Albumen and Timings Noted
The report lists Fruit-Horatio Harris with catches and blood albumen measurements at 60.4 ms on Tuesday and notes Harris at 12 m on the same day.
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Horatio Harris
Boston and Area Theaters Evening Program Listings
The Boston stage scene features the Globe Theatre Mikado at 7 45pm the Bijou Martyr matinee 2pm and 8pm shows and the Hollis Street Theatre Modjeska in The Chevans at 7 45pm plus the Boston Theatre Black Crook at 8 46pm and the Howard Athenaeum Variety at 8pm Also the Held by the Enemy at 7 40pm at a local venue and Fark Theatre Sol Smith Russell in Pa at 8pm.
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Boston
Globe Theatre
FARK
Sol Smith Russell
Boston Theatre
Black Crook
BIJOU
Hollis Street
Modjeska
Marriages Recorded in Boston and Duxbury Circa December
At Duxbury on December 25 and in this city on December 15 two marriages were performed by reverends. Ensworth Bowe of Boston wed Ruth Sydier of Duxbury and William C. Lambeth wed Mabel A. Hanscom.
Obituaries from Cambridge to South Boston Dec 25
A list of deaths across Greater Boston with names ages and neighborhoods. Emily L Brewster Charlestown John L Broderick Readville Cornelius Francis Bowen Lizzie Dunn Margaret Donovan Daniel Gallivan Thomas J Heaphy Mary Hallahan Inez Fletcher Phillips Captain Henry W Fletcher Maldon South Boston Charles Priest John R Plunkett Patrick Ryan Hannah Sidley William H Whitehead Roxbury Dec 25 and surrounding dates.
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Brewster
Cambridge
Emily L
William F. Brewster
Broderick
Charlestown
John L
James
Annie Broderick
Bowen
Hyde Park
Readville
Cornelius Francis
John
Patience Bowen
Dunn
Lizzie
Thomas J
Elizabeth Dunn
Ponovan
Margaret Donovan
Gallivan
South Boston
Daniel Gallivan
Heaphy
Tremont Street
Thomas
J. Heaphy
Hallahan
Mary
John and
Mary Hallahan
Phillips
Maldon
Inez Fletcher Phillips
Henry W. Fletcher
Priest
Charles
Plunkett
John R. Plunkett
Ryan
Patrick Ryan
Sldley
Hannah Sidley
Whitehead
Roxbury
William H. Whitehead
Blair's Pills Great English Gout and Rheumatic Remedy
An oval box labeled Blair's Pills advertises a gout and rheumatic remedy with 14 pills distributed through all druggists. The brief notice emphasizes packaging and availability.
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Blair
Atall
Plato translations urged for those who seek true teachings
Professor Goodwin writes that translators should publish these versions of Plato to reach readers who have long venerated Plato and Socrates but lack Greek knowledge. He argues the works will appeal to those wanting to know what Plato and Socrates truly taught beyond revered names.
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Rofessor Goodwin
Plato
Socrates
Chautauqua Association
New York Times
Boston Post
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Handel’s “Messiah
Miss Hdmands
Mr. Winch
Mrs. Babcock
Lawrence Police
Lawrence
C.S. Brewster
O’sullivan
Sheehan
Libby
Haymarket Square
Revenue Service
Lewiston
Manchester
N. H
Nichols
Lowell
Florida
Silver Springs Park
R. R
James T. Drown
Atlantic National Bank
L. N. Mowey
Washington St
Old South
John Jeffries & Sons
GENTS
Devonshire St
Coffin & Henry
OWA
Iowa
State St
Des Moines
Federal Street
Meredith & Nelson
Exchange Place
Pearl Street
High
Hirshberg & CO
Central Street
E. A. Hunting
Bromfield Street
C. S. Montgomery
Motte Street
Doane Street
Alexander Foster & Co
Corporation Notices
South Boston Railroad Company
Nzia
Bie
Tegal
Boston Railroad Coo
Cras. H. Hersby
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Cs Cram
Mellen
Tremont National Bank
Tremont National Bank of Boston
Congress Street
Frothingham
Fareuil Hall National Bank OF Boston
Faneuil Hall National Bank of Boston
South Market Street
T. G. Hiler
REW Publications
Popular Classical Culture
Boston Marine Insurance Company
Jos. H. Lord
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester R. R. CO
W. Hammond
Worcester
Crito
Metropolitan Railroad Company
C. Boardman
Manchester Mills
John C. Palfrey
Treas
OLD Colony Railroad Company
John M. Washburn
Norwich & Worcester Railroad Co
Norwich, Conn
Second National Bank
G. L. Perkins
Athens
Charles Scribner's Sons
Broadway
Reflections
Edward Wrigglesworth
Savings Bank
Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
Missouri PaciFic Railroad
Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Railway Company
Jay Gould
Aaron B. Gay & CO
State Street
Eugene Tompkins
Kiralfy Bros
National Opera Company
American Opera
Theodore Thomas
Charles E. Locke
Fauust
Shanesse
Bal Costume Ballet
Flying Dutchman
Faust
Jeanne Iyl
Sylwia
BR Chores
Magniricent Ballet
Mionday
Hollis Street Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
Maurice Barrymore
Balzac
Mme
Pierre Bertane
Paul M. Potter
J. A. Thompson
William Voestiin
Gaspard Maeder
Frank Howson
Landolff
M. Felix
Mme. Duluc
V. Barthe
London
Lubin
Tribaniak
D. Ib. Craig
H Ci Raymond
Daniela and
Camille
Str
John Stetsan
Ida
Tennyson
Princess
Russell
Miss Fortescue
Gretchen
Park Theatre
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
William Gillette
Howard
American and European Novelty Company
MARTY
Louis Maas
City Notices
City OF
Board OF Street Commissioners
Russell Court
Ruggles Street
Madison Court
Field Street
J. H. Jenkins
Lighthouse Board
Washington, D. C
Bis
Rowan
U.S. Navy
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