Deaths list from city and surrounding towns
Death notices from multiple locales dated February with names such as Nancy A Alden Effie M Bennett Marietta W Coggin Francis Flagg Elwell Narcissa Fox Samuel Hatch James C Gill Henry J Howe Charles C Heath George Hulson Dr Charles F Heywood Georgina Smith Morrison Robert J Kirby Hannorah Loney Robert S G Marden George W Morse James T Oliver Susan D Paul Charles A Putnam Clifford Perham David Rood Humphrey H Sowle Francis N Stover Nellie Thorndike Henry Warner Darius Wellington Ellen Moore with funeral details and locations across Boston area, Chelsea Dorchester Walham Watertown Allston East Boston Hyde Park and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden
Revere Street
Nancy A. Alden
Bennett
Boston
Effie M
James H. Bennett
Coggin
Reading
Marietta W. Coggin
Gilman A. Coggin
Elwell
Arlington
Francis Flagg Elwell
Fox
Watertown
Narcissa
Hatch
Samuel Hatch
Gill
James C. Gill
Howe
Peace
Henry J. Howe
William Howe
New Bedford
Heath
Charles C. Heath
Hudson
Hyde Park
George Hulson
Springfield
Hey Wood
New York
Charles F. Heywood
Samuel P. Heywood
Cambridge
Mass
Jones
Walham
Georgina Smith Morrison
Moses Jones, Jr
Kirby
Dorchester
Robert J
Paul
Dedham
Susan D
Ebenezer Paul
Putnam
Charles A. Putnam
Perham
South Boston
Clifford
Jobh T
Ariel Perham
Brood
Joshua Thorndike
Warner
Henry Warner
Wellington
Darius Wellington
Whitman
Ellen Moore
Edmund A. Whitman
Irowbridge Street
Kingston
List of Applications Filed at City Registrar Feb 15
Record lists pairs of applicants filed at the City Registrar on February 15 including Henry Stern with Adele DeBork Isaac Kaufman with Jennie Warskansky Henry B Hamilton with Lydia J Maguire William F Sullivan with Annie F O Brien Edward W Chase with Catherine McCormick Thomas Lang with Sarah MeNiel Julius Jacobs with Minnie Sterna Richard Ulverdahl with Emma Harson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stern
Adele DeBork
Isaac Kaufman
Jennie Warskansky
Henry B. Hamilton
Lydia J. Maguire
William F. Sullivan
Annie F. O’ Brien
Edward W. Chase
Catherine McCormick
Thomas Lang
Sarah MeNiel
Julius Jacobs
Minnie Sterna
Richard Ulverdahl
Emma Harson
They Were Married List of Marriages Reported
In this city, Feb. 13, by Rev W J Fennessy, Martin O'Hare and Bridget Ford. In this city, Feb. 14, by Rev BR J Johnson, Joseph H Miley and Elizabeth F Mullen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Fennessy
Martin O'Hare
Bridget Ford
BR. J. Johnson
Joseph H. Miley
Elizabeth F. Mullen
Spectacular Boston Theatre Week Ends with Large Crowds
A sweep of theatre notes from Boston recounts huge crowds at the Columbia for 1492 souvenirs and a 200th performance, Hoyt’s A Temperance Town at the Park, and high attendance for The Lion Tamer at the Globe. Highlights include Lulu Glaser’s success, Remenin and Talmage appearances, and Edwina's American debut with the Rentz Santley company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Theatre
Mr. Rice
Theresa
Park Theatre
Hoyt’s
Francis Wilson
Boston
Globe Theatre
Wilson
Lulu Glaser
George Dixon
Hecvari
Athenaeum
Rentz-Lintley Burlesque Company
Rentz-Santley Company
Howard
Edwina
Paris
America
Social Calendar notes social events for Feb 16
The Post lists forthcoming events including a Massasoit Club reception and musicale arranged by Howe Bartlett Young Joslyn and Morse, a reception for Mrs A H Hardy at 445 Beacon Street, a wedding between Hester Jenkyy Richardson and James Francis Lovell of Millis, and a Women's Charity Club meeting at 2 PM in Unity Church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massasoit Club
Albert
Millis
Women’s Charity Club
Church of the Unity
Women Talked About in Spinner of News
A collage of short notes covers Miss May Dana in Springfield and her stage debut, Miss Mary Beck the young Connecticut charcoal burner who has paid off a mortgage, the Hearst widow planning a Golden Gate Park museum with Verestchagin works, concerns about women’s health from spotted veils, a Jersey City common scold fine, the Princess of Wales new loves, and Mrs. Potter Palmer’s miniature head on a souvenir spoon handle for a World’s Fair fundraising drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Dana
Springfield
John Stetson
Connecticut
Mary Beck
Hearst
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
Verestchagin
Jersey City
A FEMINE POET LAUREATE AT THE CHICAGO FAIR
A young female poet laureate, admired society figure, emerges at the Chicago Fair. Harriet Monroe is praised after a Shelley's ode she wrote on the fly leaf to her brother was sent to Century and accepted. Her Commemoration Hymn boosts her fame despite critics calling her work mediocre overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley
Harriet Munroe
Chinese women's feet described as brutal cruel rite
A missionary to China recounts that yearly many young girls endure a torturing process that crushes bones and wrenches sinews to deform the feet. The result is a mutilated, crippled state with feet that are useless for movement and an orthodox naked toe deemed hideous and worthless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Erie Assemblyman Pushes Ban on Crinoline Fashion
Erie County New York Assemblyman Smith, a society man, urged the State Legislature to ban hoopskirts. He cites a looming fashion tidal wave sweeping the nation and proposes a Kentucky model law making selling or wearing boon skirts unlawful with misdemeanor penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assemblyman Smith
Erie County
New York
Empire State
Smith
What the Autocrat Told Her About Poems
A bright woman once quoted verses to Oliver Wendell Holmes. Holmes, a favorite with the autocrat, explained why authors forget their own lines. He said writers continually revise, so finished forms do not exist in their minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Colonial Dames Adopt Strict Membership Rules
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America requires descent from an established and recorded prominence before 1750 and proof that ancestors served the colonies. Satisfactory proof grants membership and the privilege of enjoying Martha Washingtons fruit cake and wine from General Washingtons decanters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Marth
Washington
Harvard Annex Girl Recounts Exam Pressure at Cambridge
A Harvard Annex student rooms with a Cambridge coach and recounts a suggestive incident. The college exams scale from A to D and a student overheard berating a tutor, saying she cared only about passing C after cramming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Annex
Cambridge
Early Genius Girl Miss Braddon’s First Tales
Miss M. E. Braddon recalls writing a fairy tale before age eight featuring two sisters one good and one bad. Between eight and twelve she created juvenile gems including a Calais siege historical tale an Eastern story inspired by Byron and several German witchcraft tales. None were ever published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Braddon
Calais
Abydos
FLOWERS IN THE HAIR FOR FASHION WREATHS
The article notes hair fashion leaning away from dark hair and outlines wearing bright flowers woven through hair. It predicts wreaths becoming common with evening dress, replacing traditional styles and suggesting angular coiffures.
Advanced Musicians Give Vocal Recital in Steinert Hall
The advanced students of Professor John O Neill presented a vocal recital at Steinert Hall with Ernest Perabo and Bernard Listemann. Miss Helen Green sang Handel and Miss Jennie Trecartan impressed with her soprano. Listemann and Perabo played Beethoven. The Wilbur Opera Company tours and Wagner and Meistersingers programs appear in Boston with a large sale of seats. Xaver Scharwenka and Mr Grossmith have engagements at Bumstead and Chickering Halls respectively, with few seats remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O'Neill
Steinert Hall
Ernest Perabo
Bernard Listemann
O’neill
Helen Green
Handel
Jennie Trecartan
Linda da Chamounix
Donizetti
Bernard Listemmann
Nachez
Beethoven
Krenitzer
Wilbur Opera Company
Grand Opera House
Susie Kirwin
Wilbur
Dorothy Morton
Blue Beard
Boston Theatre
Tomkins
Siegfried
Agner
Miss Judi
Signor Galassi
Tannhauser
Metropolitan Orchestra
Seidl
Xaver Scharwenka
Bumstead Hall
Lehumann
Mendelssohn
Grossmith
Boston
Chickering Hall
Sturday
Mr. Grossmith
Music Hall
Tussle Over Conductor Arrest Delays Washington Street Car
A United States Deputy Marshal Galloupe tried to arrest West End road conductor John McDonald on Washington street in front of the Park Theatre. A struggle followed as McDonald refused to accompany him, the dispute delaying the street car and alarm alarming passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Park Theatre
United States
Galloupe
John McDonald
West End
McDonald
Sam
Robinson Radial Car Truck Company
West End Street Railway Company
Robinson Company
A Narrowing Margin in Boston Post Circulation
The Boston Post daily circulation narrows to within under 2000 copies of the leader. The margin shrinks each day and publication is poised to become the morning leader in local circulation within weeks. It is also gaining rapidly in the broader country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POST
Boston
Leadership
Morning Leader
Boot and Shoe Club Notes From Boston Dinner
Several hundred boot and shoe dealers gathered at the Tremont House in Boston for a formal dinner hosted by the Boot and Shoe Club. Speakers included C. C. Corbin of Webster and partner with Morris & Rogers of New York, and Isac H. Bell of the Boot and Shoe Reporter. President Fred Nazro served as toastmaster, with Seth Bryant of Boston, aged 93, noted as the club's oldest member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boots
New York City
Boot and Shoe Club
Boston
Tremont House
C. C. Corbin
Webster
Morris & Rogers
Isinc H. Bell
Boot and Shoe Reporter
New York
Fred Nazro
Club
Seth Bryant
Prominent Democrat Dead in Brockton Typhoid
Hamilton L Gibbs a prominent citizen and Plymouth County bar member died today at Hotel Hamilton Brockton of typhoid fever. He was 48 and active in state politics, former Democratic State central committee member from the second Plymouth district, and sought Alderman and Mayor nominations. His wife is the daughter of ex Mayor Packard, the first Democratic Mayor of Brockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Hmilton L. Gibbs
Hotel Hamilton
Gibbs
Plymouth County
Democratic State Central Committee
Plymouth
Packard
Brgcktoy
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William N
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Old South Church
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