Nordica Leads Boston Concerts Season at Music Hall
The Nordica Operatic Concert Company filled the Music Hall for a second Boston appearance with a strong program led by Mme Nordica. Performers included Campanini, Scalchi, Del Puente, Fischer, and Sapio, with Luckstone on piano. The mix featured Zampa overture, Adélaïde, Heroide, The Magic Flute, and Rigoletto pieces, plus Cavalleria rusticana in concert form amid enthusiastic ovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nordica Operatic
Boston
Music Hall
A. Ellis
Cavalleria Rusticana
Mme. Nordica
Mime
Secalchi Miss Engel
Signor Campanini
Signor del Puente
Sicilienne
Sapio
L. Luckstone
F. Hopkinson Smith
Thomas Nelson Page
Chickering Dall
Colonel Carter
Cartersville
Jim
Sue de Tug
Laguerre’s
New York Symphony Orchestra
Tremont Theatre
Brahms
M. Henri Marteau
Signor Galassi
Tannhauser
Tristan
Mr. Damrosch
New York
Carlotta Maconda
Grossmith
Boston Theatre
Seid
Emma Juch
Xaver Scharwenka
Bumstead Hall
Mr. Scharwenka
Edith brig wrecked after rescue near Lawrencetown
The crew of the brig Edith was saved after a long and exhausting ordeal ashore near Lawrencetown in icy water. They were hauled ashore on a rope. the vessel is a total wreck and lighters were sent to recover cargo.
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Bharimax
N. S
Edith
Lawrencetown
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Chief Warns on Selection and Climate
Colonel Greene, president, warns in the forty seventh annual report that favorable mortality hinges on careful physical and moral selection of individuals and localities. He urges concentrating business within the country, avoiding climatic hazards, and maintaining sanitary measures. The firm shows Jan 1 risks over $157,000,000, a 1892 gain of $2,000,000, assets up by $1,028,000, and surplus near $370,000 for a total of $6,426,929.88.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Iits
Connecticut Mutual
Women Talked About At turn of the century society items
A column surveys prominent women including Mrs John Mackay in plain attire, Mme Carnot’s mild cigarette habit, and the Empress of Austria studying modern Greek. It notes a Toronto law society vote admitting women to practice, an Aboriginal Sioux dress display near San Diego, and the Chicago founded Columbian Association of Housekeepers planning servant cost studies led by Mrs Potter Palmer and Mrs Laura Wilkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mackay
Mme. Carnot
Ontario Law Society
Toronto
Canada
Austria
America
San Diego
Columbian Association of Housekeepers
Chicago
Potter Palmer
Laura S. Wilkinson
Committee of Household Economics
Pimples Treatise Advocates Hygienic Living and Diet
The article notes pimples respond to local treatment and medicine when linked to blood impurities or digestive issues. It advises a systematic physician directed course for persistent cases and promotes simple diet daily bathing proper exercise and hygienic living as the best cosmetics.
The Children Must Be Educated in Texas Dialogue
A Texas Legislature session scene features a speaker demanding education for “our children” while realizing his own lack of babies. He shifts to “educate your children” then to “they must educate their children.” The chairman reacts with a grin as the audience reacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Neil Burgess
County Fair
Tremont Theatre
Mr. Burgess
Abigail Prue
Annie Blanche
Taggs
John K. Maher
Tim
Thomas McGrath
Otis
Tremont
Elaborate Bags and Europe’s Crochet Tidings Debut in Boston
Women in Boston favor rich black bags made of brocade silk with satin and braced by brass ring overlays. Decorative carded moulds in crochet form circles ovals squares and hearts gain popularity with purled borders and gold thread highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Europe
What's Odd The Debt Of Honor Quote By Chubley
Quote by Chubley questions the meaning of a debt of honor. He defines it as a debt a man is eager to pay himself yet no one thinks to pay to him. The remark plays on social expectations and personal accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chubley
Hoyt’s
Park Theatre
Marry Me Sophia Ring Offers From Wilson Bros
Wilson Bros advertise Australian gold wedding rings made in their own factory priced from six to twelve dollars. They claim to deliver a special ring to order in two hours. They warn against imitators of the Big Clock at 14 and 15 Tremont Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Bates Sloan marriage notice recorded in city records
In this city on February 7, William Bates and Agnes C Sloan both of Boston were joined in marriage by Elmer E Young J P this record appears in local notices with formal ceremony details and city authority witnessing the union.
Through English Eyeglasses on Americans Abroad
English travellers publish curious notes about American life including umbrellas with peep holes for viewing, Americans sweetening drinks with rock candy, gray table decorations, hats used as fans, and Boston society rituals. The piece recalls servants gaining family privileges and a London correspondent describing social vignettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
London
Remedy for pimples and use of corrosive sublimate lotion
A correspondent seeks guidance on pimples noting prior use of corrosive sublimate lotion. The writer requests a remedy or proper application instructions and whether diet can aid clearing the condition. The message references a past simple recipe for a weak corrosive sublimate face wash.
Obituaries from Everett area February deaths listed
A list of death notices from February detailing individuals passing in various Massachusetts locations including Adaline A. P. Bush in Everett, Rebecca E. Bigelow in Picton Ontario, Samuel Crooks in Hopkinton, Olive Turner Thayer West Newton, Harriet C. Dean Norton, Deacon Francis W. Dadman Watertown, Laura A. Dix, Miss Margaret Hi Edwards, Frank A. Fiske Allston, Lucy W. Gay Somerset, Henry F. Greenough Roxbury, Mary A. Johnson Andover, Jefferson D. Merritt Chelsea, William H. Norris Chelsea, Charles A. Noble city, Adeline L. C. Paine Boston Highlands, Emily P. Robeson New Bedford, Sarah M. Starratt Dorchester, Daniel Waldo Swallow, and David D. Tupper South Boston.
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Myron M. Dean
Dadman
Watertown
Francis W. Dadman
Dix
Laura A. Dix
Oliver Stearns
Edwards
Margaret Hi. Edwards
Fiske
Allston
Frank A
A. C
N. A. Fiske
Gay
Somerset
Lucy W. Gay
Greenough
Roxbury
Holborn Street
Henry F. Greenough
Newburyport
Johnson
Andover
Mary A
F/H. Johnson
Merritt
Chelsea
Jefferson D. Merritt
Norris
William H. Norris
Noble
Charles A. Noble
Paine
Boston Highlands
Adeline L. C
Ezra Paine
Robeson
New Bedford
Emily P. Robeson
Andrew Robeson
Starratt
Dorchester
Sarah M
John L. Starratt
Swallow
Daniel Waldo Swallow
Tupper
South Boston
David D. Tupper
They Were Married Report: Feb 8 City Registrar List
Reported marriages to the city registrar list Benjamin Levin and Rosa Lebasky wed in the city on February 8 by John Short J P. Names appear in the official records as a couple.
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John ©. Short
J. P
Benjamin Levin
Rosa Lebasky
Applications Filed at City Registrar February Eighth
James H Harris and Annie M West Norman M Damon and Nellie T Clayton Michael Fay and Mary F to Leopold V Weiss and Nellie M Murdock Wilbert Geddes and Sibley Baillie Richard B Ellis and Emily Hillman Thomas W Branch and ary A Kelley Lewis H Webber and Jessie McLeod
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Harris
Annie M. West
Norman M. Damon
Nellie T. Clayton
Michael Fay
Mary F
Leopold V. Weiss
Nellie M. Murdock
Wilbert Geddes
Sibley Baillie
Richard B. Ellis
Emily Hillman
Thomas W. Branch
Ary A. Kelley
Lewis H. Webber
Jessie McLeod
Souvenir Night Highlights The Lion Tamer at Columbia
Souvenir night at the Columbia Theatre celebrated the 1492 production with a bonbon box book and engravings of Columbus landmarks, while Francis Wilson’s troupe and Lulu Glaser drew crowds at Tremont and Bowdoin Square. Major tours to Concord NH and Boston’s popular shows, including Old Jed Prouty, Siberia, and Ali Baba, filled schedules with bright acts, applause, and forthcoming benefits and lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Wilson
Concord
Jed Prouty
Columbia Theatre
America
Barnet and Pflueger
Rice
Columbus
la Rabida
van der Lyn
Francis Wilgon Inu
Globe Theatre
Lulu Glaser
Laura Moore
Cecile Kissing
Plunkett
Francis
Old Jed Prouty
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Little Playhouse
Richard Golden
Old Jed
Connecticut Valley
Annie Lewis
Boston Press Club
Boston Theatre
David Henderson
American Extravaganza Company
Ada Deaves
Ida Mulle
Edwin Foy
Ali Baba
Ati Baba
Francis Wilson and Company
Broadway
New York
Aged 102 Year-Old Sarah Braman Dies in Georgetown
Georgetown mourns the death of Sarah B. Braman aged 102 who died after a fall and illness. Born December 11, 1790 in East Bedford now Groveland she moved to Newburyport and survived influenza in 1890. A longtime W C T U member and Essex county’s oldest resident.
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Georgetown
Sarah B. Braman
East Bedford
Groveland
Newburyport
la Grippe
Essex County
Pilgrims from London to Rome to greet Pope on jubilee
Irish pilgrims led by Bishop Br. A Sheehan of Waterford and Lismore set out from London for Rome to present an elaborate Irish Gaelic address to the Pope on his episcopal jubilee. Most pilgrims are priests, including Father McFadden of Gweedore once denounced as a murderous ruffian by Colonel Saunderson, who later withdrew the remark. A handful of laymen and several ladies accompany the journey.
New Steamship Venture Forms Canada Atlantic and Plant
A new transport company named the Canada Atlantic and Plant Steamship Company is formed in Hautrax N S with a capital of 1 million dollars. Stockholders transfer Plant Company assets to the new firm. General H B Plant leads management with American partners and several Halifax associates. Plant links promise winter South routes and summer North routes, with service to Nova Scotia points including Charlottetown P E I and other lines.
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Hautrax
N. S
Canada-Atlantic and Plant Steamship Company
Plant Company of
New York
H. B. Plant
Otter Americans
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Charlottetown
P. EK. I
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Jordan
Jordan, Marsh & Company
Marry ME
Sophia
Columbia
N. H
Sara
Siberia
Esther Lyons
Grand Opera House
Georgie Cayven
Lyceum Theatre
Bartley Campbell
Miss Lyons
Opera House
John Drew
Hollis Street Theatre
Howard Atheneum
Puangs
George Dixon
Dixon
Sefton and Watson
Lyceum
Zanfretta
Early Birds
South
Austin
Palace Theatre
Bertoto
John J. Braham
The
Braham
James
Kara
Doe
Mr. Stone
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Grand Museum
Dover
Washington Street
Jay Hunt
Jack Lester
E. C. Hovey
Tremont Temple
Hovey
Rome
Austin&Sstone’s
Scollay Square
Abbey, Schoeffel & Gray
Neil Burcess
Damrosch
N. Y
Eugene Tompelns
Co. B. Jefferson
Klaw & Erlanger
Country Circus
Bowdoin SQ. Theatre
Chas F. Atkinson
Richard Colden
Mgr
NEW England Mutual
Life Insurance Company
Post Office Square
Boston, Mass
Policy Howe
S. 2
Enna Ieee
Massachusetts Standard
Massachusetts
Compary
Ben. F. Stevens
Alfred BD. Foster
Ss. F. Trull
WM. B. Turner
Ass’t
William Austin
George Milbank
Whallen & Martell
Orunder
N Siik
Bartoto
Dan
Berit
King Silks Daiea
Society
Pla
Clemenceau
Anna Bovie
Artless Tra
Colbi
Colum
Rich & Harris
Chares
Theatre
Shman
Props
Mgrs
Barnet
Pfineger
Wwe
Edward E. Rice
Chappies
Shy Cewar
Damrosch-Marteau
Antonio Galassi
Kienzn Marteau
Walter Damrosch
A. H. Dex
Boston Museum
Sarge
Marguerite Meeringtor
Faithful James
LHE Parvenyv
Tremons Temple
Lieut
R.E. Peary
Ice Cap
Astrop
North
Bor Offes
Chickering Hall
J. B. Pond
FE. Hopkinson Smith
And
Harbveys
Tremont Street
Herr Xaver Scharwenka
New England
Benjamin Jobn
Washington St
Old South Church
Howard
Atehen Z AM WM CO
Cameron. Bus
Bext
GEO
DLLON
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