A Modern Match at Hollis Street Theater
Clyde Fitch's A Modern Match opens at the Hollis Street Theatre with Miss Seligman in the lead as Violet. The author supervised revisions after Boston previews to smooth scenes and emphasize the adventuress theme while presenting a realistic domestic foil.
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Clyde Fitch
Hollis Street Theatre
Pitou
Minneapolis
Minn
Boston
Fitch
Miss Seligman
Violet
Posvman
Newport
Saratoga
Long Branch
Stuart
Bancroft
Christmas Services Highlight City Churches And Music
Protestant churches in the city held belated Christmas Day services featuring instrumental music and choirs. Notable programs included The New Old South with Ring Out Wild Bells, Commonwealth Avenue Baptist with selections from The Messiah, First Church with canticles by Buck and Gounod, and Trinity Church Charlestown with a 109-voice chorus and 22-piece orchestra. Other venues listed extensive musical offerings.
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New Old South
Tennyson
Gounod
Commonwealth Avenue Baptist Church
Buck
Karnby
Gounod and Sullivan
Arthur Foote
People’s Church
Eri. L. Jordan
Bromfield Street
Berkeley Temple
E. Humphrey Allen
C. V. Allen
Columbus Avenue Universalist Church
Park Street
Tremont Street Methodist Church
Union Congregational Church
Haines Unitarian Church
South Boston
Trinity Church
Charlestown
Illness Forces W. J. Scanlan to Quit Engagement at Fourteenth Street
The actor W. J. Scanlan, star of Mavourneen at the Fourteenth Street Theatre, is gravely ill with incipient brain disease and must retire. Born thirty-five, he built a successful career with Mr. Pitou and touring companies, and his Bowdoin Square debut is postponed. His wife, Mrs Scanlan, hoisted by his bedside, and Harris and Atkinson await replacement plans for the opening bill.
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New York
W. J. Scanlan
Fourteenth Street’ Theatre
Augustus Pitou
Scanlan
Boston
Philadelphia
Scanlon
Mr. Scanlon
Harry Hill
Old Place
Crosby and
Houston
Master Willie
Tim Cronin
Bartley Campbell
W. H. Powers
Powers
Mr. Pitou
Shavenayawn
Myles Aroon
Mayourneen
Mr. Scanlan
Cuba
Bowdoin Square
Mavourneen
Harris & Atkinson
Hollis Street
Hotel Imperial
Augustus Piton
West Ninety-fifth Street
Music Tenth Symphony Concert Delivers Strict Classical Program
A Saturday Music Hall concert offered a pure classical program without soloists, featuring Handel strings and winds in F major, Wagner Parsifal Prelude, and Rubinstein Ocean Symphony. Critics praised the orchestral finish, especially the oboes and harp, noting audience silence as key to Parsifal enjoyment.
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Music Hall
Handel
Wagner
Rubinstein
Nikitech
Gericke
Nikisch
Goldmark
Veteran Davison Found Dead Near Valley Tracks
James A. Davison a former Massachusetts resident and Union veteran was found near the Valley railroad tracks in Har t horp Connecticut with his throat cut from ear to ear. A razor lay beside him and authorities deem it a death by his own action. Davison, a laborer, had relatives in Springfield Massachusetts and a sister Mrs James Glenn in Sloanesville New York. Indigestion Miserable Take Breman's Pills.
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Hartrorp
Conn
James A. Davison
Massachusetts
Valley Railroad
Davison
Springfield
Mass
James Glenn
Sloanesville
N. Y
John Graham Benefit Concert Draws Big Cast at Hollis Theatre
A benefit concert at Hollis Street Theatre on Sunday January 3 features Eben Plympton Maurice Barrymore Robert Hilliard Gus Williams Hughey Dougherty Little Tuesday Eddie Foy Raymond Moore William Jerome Eddie French Mrs Dr George A Galvin Joseph L White Marion Minnie Van Buren Mr Lonsdale W H Stedman Girard Russo Fred Clark M I Callahan Dudley Prescott and Mailbanks royal orchestra of banjos and guitars plus a thirty piece grand orchestra Tickets available at New England Piano Co 157 Tremont Street after 10 am Monday and at the theatre box office January 1 Seating expected to be limited due to high demand.
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John Graham
Hollis Street Theatre
Eben Plympton
Maurice Barrymore
Robert Hilliard
Gus Williams
Hughey Dougherty
Little Tuesday
Eddie Foy
Raymond Moore
William Jerome
Eddie French
George A.galvin
Joseph L. White
Marion
Minnie van Buren
Mr. Lonsdale
W. H. Stedman
Girard Russo
Fred Clark
M.I. Callahan
Dudley Prescott
Mailbanks
Royal Orchestra
JH. C. Daggett
New England Piano Company
Tremont Street
Dunham Surrenders Ahead of Forgery Warrant
George W. Dunham aged 23 fled to North Anson Missouri with a deputy sheriff after being alerted as a forgery suspect. He previously turned himself in to Superintendent Eldridee Christmas Eve and is now sought by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Dunham
North Anson
Dunham
Eldridee
Electric derailment halts Boston travel near museum
An electric car derailed opposite the Boston Museum on Saturday morning, delaying traffic about twenty minutes. After several attempts the car was brought back on track with the help of a second electric car and service resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Museum
Channing Club Hosts Reception for Rev. Brooke Herford
The Channing Club will tender a reception and dinner to Dr. Brooke Herford at the Thorndike this evening with service at 6 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channing Club
Brooke Herford
Thorndike
New Music Listings from Oliver Ditson Co. Classics
Oliver Ditson Company announces new music including Sweet Piggie minuet Danse des Chefs from Cinderella In the Millop 189 The Gay Cavalier quadrille Clouds of Spray King Cupid polka Easy Studies op 8 Happy Birds Waltz Waltz and finale Entr acte Hunter Sarabande and various songs and sacred works by Chapman Macy Lee Stultz Schnecker Loud for voices and instruments.
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Oliver Ditson Company
Seymour Smith
Henry J. Leslie
Rolly King
Carl Bohm
the Hunter
Chester Hatton
William R. Chapman
Murderer Wanted in Death of Josephine Brown
Police release a detailed description of Roger I. Scannel alias R O Connell, 24, sought for the December 24 1891 murder of Josephine Brown. Circular notes attire from the period and a likeness, urges information to Benjamin P Eldridge in Boston with leads from Lawrence Lowell depot and Hotel Eastern. The victim was buried in Cedar Grove cemetery with sister arranging funeral.
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Pemberton Square
Josephine Brown
Roger I. Scannel
R O'Connell
Benjamin P. Eldridge
Boston
Lawrence
Lowell
Cedar Grove
Christmas service by Shawmut Avenue church Sunday schools
The Shawmut Avenue Congregational Church held a Christmas celebration last evening with hundreds of children singing. Superintendent E Kelsey guided songs and recitations, Mrs Julia E Mosher delivered a Christmas story, and Dr Griffis closed with a brief address praising the teachers.
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United Sunday Schools
Shawmut Avenue Congregational Church
E. Kelsey
Shawmut Church
Julia E. Mosher
Old Servant Peter McNally Retires From Navy Yard Post
Peter McNally, messenger to the civil engineer at the navy yard for over thirty years, resigns due to disability. A favorite of officers and men, he was praised by every civil engineer on retirement. Four of his sons, John J, Hugh P, Peter S, and James, are noted journalists.
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Peter McNally
Navy Yard
McNally
John J
Hugh P
Peter S
James
Murderer Sawtell Dies in State Prison After Autopsy
Isaac K. Sawtell, who killed his brother Hiram in Rochester NH on Feb 5 1890, died in his prison cell after a stroke. An autopsy found a brain hemorrhage from a cerebral artery clot. apoplexy was ruled cause of death. Burial planned in Forest Hills Cemetery Boston.
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Concorp
N. H
Isaac B. Sawtell
Hiram
Rochester
James A. Edgerly
Great Falls
Clark
Sawtell
Poetie
Clapp
Robinson
Colbath
Conn
New Hampshire State Prison
Concord
George W. Colbath
Isaac K. Sawtell
Epaar A, Clark
M. D
Granville P. Conn
State Board of Health
Forest Hills Cemetery
Boston
Edward W. Kinsley obituary notes long service on railroad boards
Edward W. Kinsley longtime member of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners died at his home 277 Marlboro street at 5 PM Saturday after a recent failing illness caused by lung hemorrhage His career included roles with the New York & New England railroad commission and later as railroad commissioner He was born in Nashua NH May 24 1829 and held various business and civic positions including Loyal Legion and G A R affiliations
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Washington Street
Globe Theatre
Johnny
Nixey
June
Bascom
Edward W. Kinsley
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Marlboro Street
Mr. Kinsley
Nashua
N. H
Rodolphus and
Lucinda (Howard) Kinsley
Springfield
Palmer & Clark
Norwich
Conn
Boston
House of Blake, Patterson & Co
Washburn
New York & New England Railroad Corporation
Rice
Board of Railroad Commissioners
New York
Massachusetts
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Kinsley
Kinsley Honored by Veterans Post in Widening G A R Tribute
The Civil War veteran and ex governor Andrew official served in many trusts. Post 113 G A R named in his honor for camp and hospital services. He married Calista Adelaide Billings in 1856 and leaves two daughters Adelaide Carr and Mary Louise. Funeral at Trinity Church tomorrow at 11 30 am burial at Forest Hills with Bishop Brooks.
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Andrew
Kinsley
Calista Adelaide
Jarvis
Sarah (Spaulding) Billings
Canton
Adelaide Peabody
Aldred W. Carr
Mary Louise Kinsley
Trinity Church
Forest Hills
Bishop Brooks
General W Raymond Lee Dies at 87 in Roxbury
General W Raymond Lee a West Point graduate and U S Army engineer died at his residence Boylston station at age 87 after years of poor health following a paralysis shock. He served in the Mexican War and was captured at Ball's Bluff as colonel of the twentieth Massachusetts Infantry. He later became chief engineer on Governor Andrew's staff and was the first superintendent of the Boston and Providence railroad.
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W. Raymond Lee
Boylston Station
Washington
Lee
West Point
Corps of Engineers
Massachusetts Infantry
Ball’s Bluff
Richmond
Roxbury
Andrew
Boston & Providence
William Parkman Dies after Brief Illness in Boston
William Parkman a long time figure in Masonry Odd Fellows and local affairs died Saturday following a three day illness. Born May 9 1811 in North End Boston he rose from Eliot and English High Schools to join West hardware later West Parkman Son firm through 1878. He served on Boston City Council trustee of the Public Library treasurer of the Republican Institution and held high Masonic Knights Templar ranks. Parkman was twice married leaving four children and was honored with Parkman Commandery named for him. He remained active in the New South Unitarian Church and local civic groups until recent years.
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William Parkman
Masonia
Order of Odd Fellows
North End
Boston
Eliot
Joseph West
South Market Street
West, Parkman & Son
Parkman
Seaver and Rice
Emeline &. Fisher
Boston Marine Society
Washington 8
Salem Street
New South Unitariin Church
Fraternal Leaders Named in Massachusetts Lodges
Temlars commanders and William Parkman rise as notable figures within Massachusetts lodges. Parkman joined Tremont Lodge No. 15 in 1848 and became grand master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1863, later serving as grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge and I C O F until his death.
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Grand Lodge of Masons
Massachusetts
Grand Lodge
Reverend A B Hall dies at 45 in Meriden Conn
The Centre Congregational Church pastor Ray A Hall of Meriden Connecticut died Saturday night from pneumonia after a week of illness. A Harvard graduate and prominent figure in the C E movement he attended the recent International Conference of Congregational Churches in London as a delegate. He contributed to major religious and secular journals and leaves a wife three children and two brothers in Cambridge.
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A. B. Hall. Ray
A. H. Dall
Centre Congregational Church
Meriden
Conn
Harvard University
International Conference of Congregational Churches
London
Cambridge
Prominent Citizens Die In New England Local Obituaries
Jonathan Dorr of Osxsi pee New Hampshire died at his son in law's Salem Massachusetts home of heart disease aged 70 he leaves a widow a son and four daughters John C Thorner longtime Salem resident and former police officer died at 74 David Knox Palmer longtime resident died age 65 He helped start the soldiers memorial building and served on the board of assessors for about twenty five years His wife a son and two brothers survive him
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Jonathan Dorr
Osxsipee
N. H
Salem
Mass
John C. Thorner
David Knox
Palmer
Soldiers’ Memorial
Beacon Society and St Botolph Club Elect Officers
At the Beacon Society annual dinner at the Vendome officers were chosen: Albert A. Pope president and H Staples Potter plus Charles O Stearns as vice presidents. Joseph B H Goodspeed secretary. James P Stearns treasurer. Frederick A Haserick George N Salbot Andrew G Webster and J Albert Walker directors. The St Botolph Club elected Francis A Walker president. Francis Parkman Martin Brimmer vice presidents. George A Goddard treasurer. J T Coolidge Jr secretary. and named an extensive executive committee including J Foxcroft Cole W S Bigelow and others with Solomon Lincoln W L Richardson S Parkman Blake C Howard Walker Samuel Wells and more.
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The
Beacon Society
the Vendome
Albert A. Pope
H. Staples Potter
Charles O. Stearns
Joseph BH. Goodspeed
James P. Stearns
Frederick A. Haserick
George N. Salbot
Andrew G. Webster
J. Albert Walker
St. Botolph Club
Francis A. Walker
Death of Daniel Sheehy at Prison Point Charlestown
The body of Daniel Sheehy twenty five years old of Tremont street Charlestown was identified at the North Grove street morgue as the man killed by an engine on the Lowell division of the Boston and Maine railroad at Prison Point Charlestown on Saturday afternoon. The body was delivered to relatives later that day.
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Lowell
Boston & Maine Railroad
Prison Point
Charlestown
North Grove Street
Daniel Sheehy
Tremont Street
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