Unique and Useful Autograph Calendar Gift Report
A Utica teacher designs a 336 sheet autograph calendar sent worldwide from Utica for health gifts. Contributors from many states and Wales add sentiments with some donors including cash. Also featured are Bryn Mawr and Girton College life, a Rome marriage, travel contrasts, Paris hair fashion, and a German servant stamp tax reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Far West
Utah
Colorado
Minnesota
South Dakota
Ilinois
Georgia
Maryland
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Wales
Balzac
Bryn Mawr College
Girton College
Rome
Donna Marie Barberini
Prince Barberini
Marchese Sacchetti
Theodora
Lothair
Berlin
London
Flushing
Germany
England
Paris
Ecole de Coiffure
France
No Rest In Death for Sawtell Burial Plan
Forest Hills Cemetery trustees refused to bury Isaac Sawtell with his father Hiram or elsewhere in the cemetery. Attorney Edgerly sought Mt Hope for a three month placement in a receiving tomb and planned lot purchase. The plan faced opposition from trustees Hall Capen Read, telegrams were sent, and undertaker Tinkham halted arrangements. Sawtell’s counsel predicted no burial in Boston cemeteries. outcome unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hills Cemetery
Isaac Sawtell
Hiram
Edgerly
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Tinkham
Forest Hills
Mr. Hope
Hall
W. C. Williamson
Sawtell
Isaac
Williamson
Boston
Pushing the Officers of the Royal Ark The Bay State and the Progressive Benefit
Henry A. Wyman, receiver of the Royal Ark, has begun ten suits against officers seeking over 100000. First suit targets J. W. Hamilton for 20000, with others named for 15000, 10000, 5000, 3000, and 1000. Suits are for money received in contracts. further actions expected. Judge Holmes ordered Bay State League officers to surrender the safe combination to Receiver Clement K. Fay. Separately, Judge Aldrich barred Maverick National Bank from paying funds to Progressive Benefit officers amid a related suit by certificate holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Wyman
The
Royal Ark
J. W. Hamilton
Henry H. Bailey
Cassius Clay Powers
Elbridge N. Hill
John K. Avery
William D. Holmes
Alfred E. Hill
Robert D. Pierce
E. F. Johnson
Reading
Suffolk County Superior Court
Jnigs
Albers
Supreme Court
Holmes
Bay State League
Clement K. Fay
Gale
League
Aldrich
United States District Court
Maverick National Bank
Progressive Benefit
James D. Tantum
New Books From Abbott and Ryder Highlight Reading Pieces
New books and pamphlets featured include Rev Lyman Abbott opening his five talks on How to Become a Christian with a country church scene. Also Shoemakers Best Selections for Readings and Recitations No 19 offers pieces for youth, and Annie H Ryder’s The North Cape and Elsewhere collects letters from travels through Hamlet country to North Cape with geography and classics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Abbott
Fleming H. Revell Company
New York
Anna Randall-Diehl
Annie H. Ryder
Medford Mercury
North Cape
Miss Ryder
Hamlet
Elsinore
Marienlyst
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Shoemakers
Anna Randall
Diehl
Philadelphia
Penn Publishing Company
The
Tights become fashion in Boston society dressing
A Boston feature describes tights as essential for modern dress, praised by society women for comfort, sanitary benefits, and graceful movement. It notes shoppers at Jordan Marsh and R H Whites, with varied fabrics from cotton to silk, and highlights growing demand among athletic women and the fleshy figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Delsarte
Jordan & Marsh
Boston Maid
R. H. White’s
Temple Place
Winter Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Navy Yard Sanitation Report Critiques Coffee Use and Prison Oversight
Surgeon J B Parker of the US Navy reports Boston Navy Yard health issues tied to heavy coffee use and variable enlisted rations due to funding. He notes prisoners in dark cells receive minimal contact with officers aside from the surgeon and chaplain, and urges appointing a board of visitors to inspect military prisons regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Parker
United States Navy
Boston Navy Yard
Navy Department
Naval Prison
Boston Yard
Bishop Brooks Addresses Children at St Andrew's Christmas Event
Bishop Brooks spoke to a crowded St Andrew's Church Sunday school on Innocents Day. Afro American and white children sang carols under evergreen arches as gifts were distributed after a simple gospel message and a visit to the Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew’s Church
Chambers Street
Bishop Brooks
Roland Cotton Smith
Trinity
St. Andrews
Kidney
Rubber rollers debated at Polo League meeting
Four delegates from the Amateur Polo League met at the South Armory to review a protest by the Trimounts over Technology team players wearing rubber rollers. The rules were found to permit their use, and the protest was dropped. The group settled on a standard smooth-faced roller sized 1% to 2 inches in diameter with specific bearing dimensions. Various players and teams were mentioned, including Technology, the Boston Athletic Association, and Trimounts, with notes on lineups and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polo League
South Armory
Messrs. Paine, Anderson
O’ Doherty
Boston Athletic Association
Soldiers
Trimounts
Nobbs
Technology Athletic Club
Casey
Manahan
Bowen
Gay
Boston Latin School
Lamson
Crocker
Powers
Simonds
Tech
Winslow
McKay
Hodgkins
White
Doyle
Harry Hodgkins
Misdirected identity in fatal rail line death at Prison Point
A Lowell division track fatality was misreported as Daniel G Sheehe. The victim was his 50-year-old father. The item also notes a railway mail storage car plan to Chicago cutting transfers on Boston & Albany trains. G P Wood from Roanoke Va arrives in Boston to assist street work sewer and map projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Boston & Maine Railroad
Prison Point
Daniel G. Sheehe
Tremont Street
Railway Mail Service Department
Ninth Division
Chicago
Boston & Albany
G. P. Wood
William M. Dunlap
Roanoke
Boston
St. Louis
Boards of
Obituary notices from Boston area December deaths
A list of obituaries and death notices from Dec 25 to Dec 29 including Willie Angell 34, Sarah A Abbott 72, Abby G Ballou 89, Mary J Buxton, David Cobb 84, Clara H Elsbree 59, Mary J Gardner 73, Ann e Huggins 87, George Edward Jenison 9, George R Lord 74, Hla villa Fe Cushing 75, Paul Aldrich Merrill 3, Agnes M Mills, Julia A Robinson, George T Smith, Jeannette Towle 35, Ames J Townsend 47, Eliza beth A Wales 80, Sally Winchester 87, Mary J Gilman, Marie L Pazolt, Josephine M Sawyer 36, George H Whitman 83, Mary E Bailey 72, Abbie A Coburn Ipswich, Anna L Dyer 40, Har ri ette Patten Levin, Mary W Pond 89, Mary Louisa Williams Venice 12, Noah W Farley, Brig. Gen. William R Lee 84, Annie Chi Merwin, John Osborn Sargent 293 East Thirty-fifth St. New York. Funeral details and locations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsbree
Clara H
Abner B. Elsbree
Gardner
Boston Highlands
Mary J. Gardner
Auggins
Roxbury
Anne Huggins
Jenison
West Newton
George Edward
Francis K
Louisa A. Jenison
Lord
Salem
George R. Lord, Esq
Munson
Yonkers
N. Y
Hlavilla FE. Cushing
M. T. Manson
Boston
Mass
Merrill
Dorchester
Paul Aldrich
Frank
Jessie A. Merrill
Mills
West Somerville
Agnes M. Millis
Charles Mills
Robinson
Wollaston
Julia A
Dyer Robinson
Bridgewater
Smith
Cambridgeport
George T. Smith
Towle
Medford
Jeannette Towle
Townsend
Milton Mills
N. H
Ames J
Henry H. Townsend
Wales
Neponset
Elizabeth A
John Wales
Winchester
Southboro
Sally Winchester
Gilman
Mary J. Gil
Williams
Venice
Italy
Mary Louisa Williams
Jacob L. Williams
Farley
Auburndale
Noah W. Farley
Central Street
Woodland Avenue
Albany
Lee
William Raymond Lee
Twentieth
Massachusetts Infantry
St. James’s Episcopal Bars
Merwin
Annie Chi
Elias Merwin
Nals Coulds
H. H. Childs
Pittsfield
Sargent
New York
East Thirty-fifth Street
John Osborn Sargent
General Armstrong to Leave for Hampton January 4
After a serious illness at the Parker House General Armstrong is expected to depart for Hampton on January 4. All travel arrangements are set with P Huntington of New York supplying a private car. He will be accompanied by his wife two daughters and his nurses during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Armstrong
Parker House
Hampton
P. Huntington
New York
Europe
Frenchi Line
LA Bourgogue
Marseilles
Nice
Monte Carlo
Mentone
Genoa
Pisa
Naples
Home
Florence
Italian Lakes
Lucerne
Righi
Milan
Veniice
Trieste
Grottoes
Adelsburg
Juda- Pesth
Constantinople
Belgrade
Vienna
Munich
Nuremberg
Dresden
Berlin
Frankfort
The
Rihime
Cologne
Amsterdam
Hague
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Brussels
London
Paris
Amercan
Stoddard Talks on Mexico’s Aztec Capital and Climate
At Music Hall this evening, John L Stoddard will present the second of his Mexico lectures focusing on the Aztec founded capital rebuilt by Cortez and his followers. The lecture promises a tour through tropical regions to reveal Mexico’s varied scenery and climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
John L. Stoddard
Mexico
Cortez
Jewish Society entertains at Odd Fellows Hall
The B nain Zion Educational Society hosted an evening of literary and musical features at Odd Fellows Hall drawing a large crowd. Dancing followed and the proceeds, described as quite large, will support the society library and education projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B’nai Zion Educational Society
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Examiners Club Meeting Highlights Guest Cary of Meadville School
At Parker's last evening the Examiners' Club met with Vice President D E Ware presiding in place of President E E Hale. Cary of the Meadville Theological School attended as a guest. Dr Joseph H Allen spoke on A New Phase of the Labor Question and a general discussion followed. Next meeting is scheduled for the last Monday in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Examiners’ Club
Parker’s
D. E. Ware
E. E. Hale
Cary
Meadville Theological School
Joseph H. Allen
Peddler Bernard Lehman Arrested for Shop Lifting
Bernard Lehman age 40 was arrested by a central office inspector yesterday afternoon for shop lifting at R H White and Co store. Lehman claims residence in West Barnes table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Lehman
R. H. White & Co
Lehman
West Barnestable
Dawn of the New Year calendar from Ashton Valve Company
The Ashton Valve Company at 271 Franklin Street is distributing an artistic steel engraving calendar to customers. It depicts two angels gazing toward the dawn as night recedes, titled The Dawn of the New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton Valve Company
Franklin Street
Hotel de Logerot Opens on Fifth Avenue
M Richard de Logerot of New York issues invitations for this evening for the opening of the Hotel de Logerot at 126 128 Fifth avenue. The new house promises to be among New York’s best modern hostelries and should quickly become popular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Richard de Logerot
New York
Hotel de Logerot
Fifth Avenue
M. de Logerot
McCalla Restored to Duty after Suspension
Commander Bowman H. McCalla, suspended two years ago for cruelty to his men on the steamer Enterprise, has been restored to duty. He is in Europe but will return at once, and Secretary Tracy will assign him to a vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bowman H. McCalla
United States
Enterprise
Europe
Tracy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bryn Mawr
Brave
Enlish
the Royal Ark
Bay State
Progressive
NEW Books
Grace
Navy Yard
Boston Herald
Office of the Post
Morris & CB
Sudbury St
C. Morris & CO
NEW Publications
Boston Almanag
Sampson, Murdock & 69
E. W. Tyler
Tremont ST
Wayside Notes
Mexico’s
Examiner’s Club
M. C. Golden
the Post
New Engand
Henry W. Savage
Court St
Hotel DE
Mcalla
Srecy
J. Newman & Sons
Trement St
SENTS
Breck
Dir
Epps
Civil Service
James Epps & CO
Homeopathic Chemists
Boylston
Fire, Marine and Inland Risks Office
Kilby Street
GEO
W.W. Balch
W. Glover
American Insurance Co
Messrs
George Croshaw & C9
Francis Peabody
J. W. Field
Renry S. Hean
Jremont Cheatre
Abbey & Schoefpel
Rosina
Felix Morris
London Comedy Company
Mme, Bernhardt
Mary Owers
Brotels
Young’s Hotel
J. R. Whipple & Co., Proprietors
Tremont House
Cornar Beacon
Tremont Sts
R. A. Stranahan
Hotel Bellevue
Beacon Street
S. R. Smith
Raymond’s
Philharmonic
Richard Buermeister
Thomas E. Clifford
Tremont Theatre
Boston Symphony
Arthur Nikiseh
Adele Aus der One
Music Flall
Columbia Theatre
Harris & Atkinson
Washington Street
Charles Feohman
Henry E
Dixey
GLOBE
John Stetson
Joseph Arthur
Blue Jeans
Rosenquest & Arthur
Sinbad
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Carmencita
Koster & Bias
Primrose & West's
Minstrels
Park Theatre
Neil Burgess
Hollis Enescus
Isaac B. Rich
Pitou’s Stock CO
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
Evey
Thomas Holcroft
Aeurney
Annie VW. Clarke
School For Scandal
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Howard Atheneum
WM. Harris
Hyde’s Big Vaudeville Co
State Street
Massachusetts National Bank
Milk Street
Charles W. Perkins
Franklin St
Corner Arch ST
Pope Manufacturing Co
WM. Minot, JR
Brice S. Evans & Son
Equitable Building
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