Purim Association Gala Lights Music Hall in Boston
A grand charity ball at Music Hall Boston featured hundreds of richly dressed guests and a vibrant grand march. Calcium lights framed pink decorations as Mayor Hart attended with a long guest list including A. Shu man, Jacob Hecht, M. Goldsmith, and General A. P. Martin among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Sweet Charity
Purim Association of Boston
Stevers
A. Shuman
Jacob Hecht
Daniel Frank
Joseph Herman
R. H. White
A. J. Katshesky
J. Kashland
Alexander Steinert
Messrs. Peck and
Liebman
Messrs. Lewis
Jacob Leriseur
Albert Bernard
Jacob Morse
Isaac Kaffenburgh
Simon Vorenberg
Mr. J. Peary
KE. A. Grozter
M. Rosenfeld
General C. H. Taylor
Mayor Hart
Box
Most Miserable Women in the World Promise Medical Help
Promotes Dr. Greene and his remedies including Dr. Greene's Nervara for nervous exhaustion and female weakness. Claims free confidential consultation at 34 Temple Place Boston and urges women to investigate for health and happiness.
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Greene
Dr. Greene
Nervara
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Remarkable cure for drunkenness advertised by Mrs
A wife tests a claimed odorless remedy by feeding it to her husband and reports rapid recovery from alcohol craving. Dr. Haines offers free samples by mail from Cincinnati Ohio with testimonials and usage instructions to cure the habit quietly.
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Harry
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
Donovan Again the Choice of Council for City Clerk
The city council again selects Donovan as the preferred candidate for city clerk with aldermen expected to concur on Monday.
Names of officials and organizers listed for floor management
A long roster names many individuals including Harry P Mark Edward Spitz Harry Powers Adolph Ehrlich Julius Hollander Summit L Hecht Mark Nelson Albert Kaffenburgh Solomon Scheinfeldt Jacob Stern Israel Levy and others. The floor management was led by Chief marshal George J Spitz and assistants Louis E Kirstein Leo W Pickett Simon F E Hecht Carl Kaffenburgh Julius C Morse Louis Cohen Albert Friedman Robert Levi Abraham Koshland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Spitz
M. Isaacs
Fannie Cohen
S. Schindler
Eli Feiberman
Henry $. Sachs
Lewis Keifer
R. Lasker
I. M. Strauss
S. Hirshberg
M. H. Goldschmidt
L. KE. Kirstein
Hl. Rosenbaum
N. Andrews
S. Voren
Bacharach
Louis Rosenbaum
Mark Andrews
R. Pinksohn
Max Friedman
S. Kaffenburgh
S. Phillips
Harry Liebmann
William Fishel
van Noorden
N. Bisemann
A. K. Cohen
Carl Brandt
8. Wachtel
J. Peavy
A. Hyneman
Louis Nyneman
Jacob Nathan
L. I. Levy
Jacob Rosenthal
J. Dreyfus
Rnest Brandt
Louis Cohen
Samuel A. Myers
Felix Vorenberg
Max Rosenshine
J. Gy. Spitz
Alexander Faerst
George Rosenshine
Alfred Alexander
Harry Gross
Jay Abraham
M. W. Feldman
Clarence V Pickert
Philip Dinkofsky
M. A. Slutzki
Alexander Lasker
G. Levy
Benjamin Strauss
James H. Cohen
Leo Abraham
Slyman A. Wolf
Isaac Prager
Charles Peavy
L. J. Knowles
Louis Berman
George van Raalte
Sidney M. Gallert
Samuel Kallman
Jacob Harris
Max Schwabe
Alfred 3
Wolf
Morris Obst
Hl. Norton
Carl Prytteke
George W. Spitz
Abraham Alexander
Tvrank van Raalte
Albert van Raalte
Leo J. Lyons
Walter Heilbron
Aaron Pinkofsky
Meyer H. Goldschmidt
Tehama Picket
Minard EF. Norton
Abraham DP. Spitz
Nathan Waxman
Joseph L. Bergman
Samuel Kasanof
Henry Ehrlich
Touis Rosenbaum
Isaac Levy
J. M. Spitz
Bernard Sommer
Isador Phillips
Touis Strauss
A. (. Katshesky
Touis Hecht
Abraham Moss
Verdinand
Abraham Abraham Asher
Solomon Bacharach
Simon Barnard
Jonas
Barnet
Harry P. Mark
Edward Spitz
Harry Powers
Adolph Ehrlich
Julius Hollander
Summit
George J. Spitz
Louis E. Kirstein
Leo W. Pickett
Simon FE. Hecht
Carl Kaffenburgh
Julius C. Morse
Albert Friedman
Robert Levi
Abraham Koshland
Firemen's Ball Draws Thousands to Mechanics Hall
Several thousand attended the annual Boston Fire and Protective Department ball at Mechanics Hall in drizzling rain. The Boston Cadet Orchestra played from 8 to 9, Commissioner Russell and Chief Webber attended, and District Chief Williston A. Gaylord led the grand march with his daughter in law. Dancing continued until nearly 4 AM with Mayor Hart arriving around 11 PM.
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Cain
Boston Fire and Protective Departments
Mechanics’ Hall
Boston Cadet Orchestra
Russell
Webber
Williston A. Gaylord
Public Bequests In Late Durrell Will At Cambridge
The will of Oliver H. Durrell of Cambridge filed in Middlesex County Probate Court reserves public bequests. Cambridge Y M C A receives 5000, the State Y M C A committee 2000, Preachers' Aid Society 2000, Wesleyan Academy Wilbraham 1000 in trust, Tilton New Hampshire Conference and Female Academy 1000 if Rev Jesse M Durrell remains president, otherwise to Wesleyan Academy. Avon Home for Destitute Children Cambridge 1000. Boston University 5000. If estate totals under 100000 life insurance excluded, all public bequests are halved.
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Oliver H. Durrell
Cambridge
Middlesex County
East Cambridge
Cambridge Y. M. C. A
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Preachers’ Aid Society
New England Methodist Episcopal Conference
Wesleyan Academy of
Wilbraham
New Hampshire Conference
Tilton
N. H
Jesse M. Durrell
Wesleyan Academy
Avon
Boston University
Explorer Sir Henry Stanley Stricken With Gastritis in Commons
Sir Henry Morton Stanley, noted African explorer, and Liberal MP for North Lambeth, fell ill with gastritis in the House of Commons last night and was reported in a serious condition.
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London
Sir Henry Morton Stanley
North Lambah
House of Commons
Fire destroys carriage shop in Washington Street bullring
A fierce fire broke out in a second floor entryway of a four and a half story brick building at 2109 Washington Street. Firefighters fought the blaze for about half an hour, with a second alarm called and the aerial ladder used toventilate. Loss to the building estimated at $2000, carriage stock ruined by water. cause listed as spontaneous combustion.
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Washington Street
John Gardiner
J. P
W. H. Edmond
Grady
Tragic Seven McTavish Siblings Suspected in Liard Witchcraft Accusation
Report from Victoria dated February 8 states fresh trouble among Upper Liard Indians. Seven members of a Seoteh family, the McTavishes, are said to have been murdered amid a scurvy epidemic. Accusations blamed witchcraft.
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Victoria
B. C
Department of Indian Affairs
Upper Liard
Avish
McTavishes
Boston Budget Shows 6 Million Interest and Sinking Funds
Boston Common Council approves annual appropriations totaling 14.9 million for the next year. Mayor Samuel Saye outlines large interest and sinking fund needs and notes water debt share. Donovan re-elected city clerk by 42 to 4 vote, with expected aldermanic confirmation.
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Hart
Common Council
Commonwealth
Boston
R J. Putnam
Bradlee
Soldiers’ Relief Department
Statistics Department
Cambridge Bridge Division
Treasury Department
County of Suffolk
House of Correction
Deer Island
Anes Svenes
Donovan
Bath
I Cemeteries Board of Appeal
Lerik
Teense
Buller Faces Difficulties as He Battles Toward Ladysmith
London dispatch analyzes General Buller’s advance against the Boer forces. It compares his challenge to Grant at Fort Donelson, notes the need to cross rivers and deflect attacks along Doorn Kloof, Vaal Krantz, and Brakfontein, and reports British casualties rising to 10,244 killed wounded and captured.
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Buller
Doorn Kloof
Vaal Krantz
Ladysmith
Grant
Fort Donelson
Sir George White
Skier's Drift
Brakfontein
London
Delay Causes Regretted by Government Leader
Mr. George Wyndham comments on the causes of the delay and expresses regret, indicating concern over the lengthy process and its impact. He notes the government’s stance and appeals for timely action to resolve the matter.
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George Wyndham
Munyon Rheumatism Cure Ad Claims Quick Relief
Munyon promises relief from rheumatism in one to three hours and a permanent cure after a few days. The ad asserts quick easing of sharp pains in arms legs side and back with one vial and offers Munyon’s Doctors as free consultations at 25 cents per vial.
British force officers and men missing in South Africa
Tremont Temple reports 228 British officers and men missing with uncertain numbers at Pretoria. He notes protection in case Pretoria falls is left to Lord Roberts's discretion.
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War Office
Pretoria
Wyndham
Lord Roberts
Buller Reports Casualties From Potgieters Drift
General Buller cables war office with British losses up to noon Tuesday at Potgieters Drift. Officers two killed and fifteen wounded. non commissioned officers and men two hundred sixteen killed and wounded. Killed include Major Johnson Smyth and Lieutenant Shafto of the Durham Light Infantry. Wounded include Colonel Fitzgerald of the Durham Light Infantry Colonel A J Montgomery of the Royal Artillery and Lieutenant Sir T A A Cunningham of the Rifle Brigade.
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London
Buller
War Office
Potgieters
Johnson-Smyth
Shafto
Durham Light Infantry
Fitzgerald
A. J. Montgomery
Royal Artillery
T. A. A. Cunninghame
Rifle Brigade
Medical aid to Boer wounded ships from Boston
A Boston based report states that Tuesday evening will see a delegation of physicians and nurses depart for New York to join a Transvaal relief mission. A U S hospital corps with skilled doctors and nurses has been formed, carrying forty tons of medical supplies. Delegates come from Lynn, Lowell, Lawrence, Marlden, Brighton and Boston, while Holyoke Worcester Springfield and Chicopee Falls recruits take a separate route to New York City.
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Boston
New York
Transvaal
United States
Lynn
Lowell
Lawrence
Malden
Brighton
Holyoke
Worcester
Springfield
Chicopee Falls
Empire State
Death of Colonel Richard W. Thompson Ends a Storied Career
Special from Terre Haute reports Colonel Richard W. Thompson died at 1 10 this morning. Thompson, ex Secretary of the Navy and long time public figure, was known nationwide for his political work and as a noted smoker among public men. He interacted with presidents and drafted many platforms, refusing hundreds of offices. Sixty years ago he was in the congress when John Quincy Adams died in his arms.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Terre Haute
Richard W. Thompson
R. W. Thompson
Navy
Maine
California
Indiana
Thompson
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Congress
Hayes
Colonel Thompson
John Quincey Adams
Deaths Murphy In New York
John H. Murphy aged 49 formerly of Somerville died in New York on February 8.
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Murphy
New York
John H. Murphy
Somerville
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Purim
B.M. Wolf
President
Dores
Spitz
B. M. Wolf
G. J. Spitz
Purim Associates
B. M
A. C. Rataneaky
A. P. Martin
Minnie Rosenfeld
J. M. Herman
Fisher
G. A. Armstrong
Charles Neil
Thomas Riley
Zabbi
Hirsch
Chas. W. Harry
York St
Newport, Ky
DR. King
King
Washington St
Jordan’s
White’s
Iago
Hull
Eng
Wilson Line
Yates
South Boston
Electrician
New Orleans
Liverpool
Iusbon
Cephalonia
Southampton
Lisbon
Iage
Gabriel BE. Beekman
Nathan Bernstein
Jacob Berwin
Charles M. Obst
Isaac Peavy
Philip Prager
Isaac Rosnosky
Henry Rosenbaum
Nathan Rosenfeld
Max C. Rosenfeld
Solomon Schindler
Louis Sonnabend
A. I. Freed
B. Ginsburg
S. H. Borofsky
S. Cc. Silver
L. Lehrburger
Bernard Hyneman
Joseph Mode
H. Hertz
Jaccob Nathan
John Nathan
A. A. White
B. Strecker
Mr. Shoenthal
S. B. Alexander
M. &. Koshland
PD. Banasch
EP. van Noorden
Melix Kornfeld
Felix Tauussig
Firemen’s Ball
C. H. Durrell
Stanley III
Roanoke
Roanoke Association
Roanoke Island
North Carolina
American House
William E. Richardson
Twenty-first Massachusetts Regiment
Ira B. Goodrich
Twenty-third Massachusetts
Coster
Twenty-first Massachusetts
Hollis and Ellis
United States Navy
Samuel J. Ellis
Marine Artillery
John C. Cook
Twenty-fourth Massachusetts
James Thompson
Twentyfourth Massachusetts
George 8. Ball
American Hall
Hanover Street
Patrick Doherty
Peter Carney
Edward J. Donovan
Board of Aldermen
O'Toole
Jordan
City
Miss Atkins
Meriden
Providence
Brockton
Taunton
East Weymouth
Salem
Plymouth
White Dental Parlors
Golyp cCnown
Sridge
White Dental
Opp
H. White Co
Fighteen
U.S
Tashkend
Turkestan
Graves
Maryland
Chester H.graves & Sons
Metropolitan
A. W. Wheeler & CO
Hanover St
Zululand
Durban
Nordwenn
Delagoa Bay
William St. John Brodrick
Foreign Office
Munyon
Tremont Temple
Corps of Physicians and Nurses
Escanaba
Mich
Chicago & Northwestern
Danville
Que
People’s Bank
Dick” Thompson
John Quincy Adams
Allen & Lotts
Adams Sq
Summer Street
South Union Station
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