The Boston Stage Buzz: Winds of Theatre News
Francis Wilson's manager shares a backstage tale as Toe County Fareway seats sell out. Lady Windermere's Fan thrives at Columbia theatre with Tempest and Beandet preparing European costumes for next season's Hollis Street Theatre. Niobe shines at Tremont. John Drew captivates Boston crowds. Abbot & Teal's company praised. 1492 returns to Columbia. Hazel Kirke at Bowdoin Square delights audiences. Irving pledges $50 for George W. Howard tribute.
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Niobe
Tremont
Lady Windermere
Hazel Kirke
John Drew
Sample Shows Albumin In Liquid Food Analysis
The analysis reports a sample of liquid food containing 10 to 100 percent albumin by my measurement. Findings indicate variable albumin concentration across the tested material.
Free lectures on Constructive Socialism at Friendship Hall
Mrs. Maria Moore Avery, a Boston lecturer, will lead six free lectures on Constructive Socialism at Friendship Hall 12 Kneeland street starting Feb 5, under the Socialist Labor party auspices. Ada C. Sweet, a pension agent, is noted for her government work and women’s advancement. Mme Jagannadham, first Hindoo woman to study medicine in England, serves as house physician in Bombay. A Hindoo woman in Mysore received two years leave from a Mysore hospital, funded by the government. A New Orleans temperance advocate refused 50000 from a land syndicate to block building plans. Pepys notes the first women actors in 1680 with Beggar’s Bush. Mrs Totts, an Englishwoman, sang publicly in 1703. Princess Theresa of Bavaria has joined the Bavarian Academy of Science as the first woman with such distinction. Mises Mry Jd Conniffe has been reappointed post master at Las Cruces, N. M. for over ten years. The New Mexican notes her exemplary office conduct.
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Maria Moore Avery
Boston
Friendship Hall
Kneeland Street
Socialist Labor Party
Chicago
Ada C. Sweet
Mme. Jagannadham
England
Phisician
Cama Hospital
Bombay
Surgeon Square
Mysore
New Orleans
Becaus
Archasers
Pepys
The
New Mexican
Simplified housekeeping in fin de si cle era described
A Harper’s Bazar reader recalls a shift from heavy domestic retinues to lightened chores. Young helpers arrive on mornings to tidy drawing rooms, lamps, and bric a brac, earning modest wages from many houses. The system reduces burden for the family while boosting the workers’ income and dignity.
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Harper's Bazar
Gam
Care of the season helper in city and country life
A compact reminiscence of a devoted helper who folds, packs, and tidies trunks or closes a house for the season. She travels between city and seaside, answering telegrams and saving the owner from weariness of soul and body through diligent, unseen care.
Health and complexion remedies from a past article
The piece promotes skin care methods using corrosive sublimate lotion with glycerine in baths to remove freckles tan and pimples. It details a formula of five parts corrosive sublimate two ounces of alcohol and four ounces of water and recommends daily application and weekly maintenance with sulfur to combat blackheads. It also suggests a winter sea water substitute a cup of rock salt dissolved in warm water added to a bath for a refreshing tonic.
Tea plates bear family faces as coveted decor
The china-decorator notes that portraits of family members on tea plates are now a desirable feature. Despite wear aging eyes and baby curls, and the mother’s cheek scraped by use, such photos are celebrated as delicate gestures to guests.
Queen Victoria Glove Fitting Sparks Royal Fashion Talk
The queen’s gloves trigger fresh headlines as secret papers claim royal hands require a special fit. Ordinary sixes and sevens are said to be too tight or too loose, prompting reports that a bespoke size is necessary.
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London
Little daughter seeks funeral visit amid family counsel
A child asks to attend Cousin Jane's funeral while a parent cautions against constant entertainments. The mother says the girl already attended a mutiny and a party recently, urging moderation in mirth and frivolity.
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Siy
Mamma
Jane
Maimina
Pettie
Lexus
The Fascinating Women Through History
The fascinating women of history ranged from 30 to 50 years old, and today women marry later in life. Fewer marriages under 20 occur now, while many more occur after 30 than in the past.
Woman Suffrage Hearing Slated by Joint Committees
A public hearing by the joint special committees on woman suffrage will be held at 10 o clock sharp, inviting community input on the proposed amendments. The notice emphasizes civic engagement and timely participation in the legislative process.
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Comitttes
Daily Boston and Jacksonville Sleeping Car Train Schedule
The Boston and Jacksonville through sleeping car departs Boston daily at 7 30 p m from Park Square station on the Old Colony railroad.
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Boston
Jacksonville
Park Square Station
Old Colony Railroad
Nordics Operatic Company Second Concert Program
Manager Ellis arranges an unusual Nordics concert with Mme Nordica and others performing selections from Mignon, Bertoni, Handel, and Wagner. The program ends with a Rigoletto quartet and Cavalleria Rusticana in concert form. Seat sales begin this morning.
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Mannager Ellis
Nordics Operatic Company
Mme. Nordiva
Mme. Scalchi
Berton
Mr. Campanini
Beethoven
Adelaide
Fischer
Polypheme
Air
Handel
Sackingen
Nasser
Cavalleria Rusticana
Italy
Vrious Roes
Mme. Nordica
Mim
Seatehi
Louise Engel
Signor Camnanini
Sgnor del Puente
M . Heerich
Miona
Kneisel Quartet
Xaver Scharwenka
Baneste Dvall
Notable Couples Named in Local Notices
The record lists several paired individuals including Robert Fairbanks with Elizabeth Lowe, Gennaro Bianco with Angelina Piscopo, George W Tolman with Rachiel Fauby, Flanders P Hodsdon with Clara Harlow, and Frank C Perry with Virginia Reis.
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Robert Fairbanks
Elizabeth Lowe
Gennaro Bianco
Angelina Piscopo
George W. Tolman
Rachiel Fauby
Flanders P. Hodsdon
Clara Harlow
Frank C. Perry
Virginia Reis
Marital ceremony notices in city on January 31
In this city on January 31 a ceremony was held by Rev J N Levin for Harris Griberg and Lia Kremer and by Rev W J Fennessy for Dennis J Sullivan and Annie O Neil.
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This City
J. N. Levin
Harris Griberg
Lia Kremer
W. J. Fennessy
Dennis J. Sullivan
Annie O'Neil
Obituary notices from a January Massachusetts list
A sequence of death notices from Boston area towns dated January 27 to January 31. Named deceased include Helen M Atwood, Samuel Barnard, Horace K Bond, James Cain, Silas Faulkner, Adie M Hamilton, Rebecca Thayer Hayden, Dr L Holghton Hodgdon, Frank J Howe, Ruth Hurd, Frances Fiske Kidder, Martha Leighton Keene, Elizabeth Forces Rogers, Annie Mann Whitney, with ages ranging from infancy to 87 years and wives, widows, and daughters noted in locational terms such as Boston Highlands Arlington Charlestown Roxbury Milton and Great Head Winthrop.
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Atwood
Helen M
Peter C. Atwood
Barnard
Belmont
Samuel Barnard
Bond
Boston Highlands
Horace K
Asa
Almira J. Bond
Cain
James Cain
Faulkner
Silas Faulkner
Hamilton
Great Head
Winthrop
Adie M
Henry
Hayden
Walpole
Rebecca Thayer
Charles D. Hayden
Hodgdon
Arlington
BR. L. Holg Toh
Howe
Frank J. Howe
Hurd
Charlestown
Ruth
Thomas Hurd
Kidder
South
Oro
Frances Fiske
Charles A. Ant Qosephthe Burnett Kittler
Keene
Bratintree
Martha Leighton
Michiael Keene
Rogers
Roxbury
Elizabeth Forces
Gorham Rogers
Loring Lothrop
Whitney
Milton
Annie Mann
Wieoft
D. Whitney
Ariel WW. Mann
Boston
Missionary’s Story on Chronic Eczema Relief Found
A claimant details years of severe eczema unrelieved by doctors. After trying many remedies, a friend’s tip led to the Clinicura remedies and a life saved when his wife found the book and stopped the attending physician’s care.
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Iad
Missionary endorses Cuticura remedies for skin cure
Reverend Mason Gillespie of Sullivan County Testifies to using CuTicura products since August. He, secretary of the Fullivan County Bible Society, promotes the remedies as potent skin cures and blood purifiers, offering a free 64 page guide with testimonials.
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Fullivan
Mason Gillespie
P.O
Mongaup, Sullivan Co
Potter Drug
Boston
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