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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
2
Friends of Miss Alice bid a last farewell before she became a bride as the event unfolds with guests softly moving about in anticipation of the ceremony.
Details from the White House wedding preparations for Alice Roosevelt and Nick secure a bachelor maid’s dinner, a buffalo skin vest gift from Ponca Indians, and refined floral decor. The ceremony will use a small semi circular platform and a prie dieu with Bishop Satterlee officiating. The couple may postpone their world tour and honeymoon at the Bullocks’ Georgia home.
Readers learn that rheumatic pains vanish as Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to restore vitality by improving blood. The ad-style note emphasizes a cure through a tonic marketed for joint relief and general health. It presents a medical endorsement vibe with a bold product claim.
The Forthian Club of Somerville a womans club for social and charitable deeds hosted its fifth gentlemen's night last evening at Anthoine Academy School Street. 140 members and guests attended with entertainment by Mrs Belle Temple Priest and Leon Ryder Maxwell. Dancing ended the program.
Buffalo report says Mansfield accepted Bernhardt invitation to join Theatre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris. He will lead the present company to Paris in spring 1907 with props for 16 plays, after prior London and Paris invites.
Boston relatives of Miss Alice Roosevelt left yesterday for Washington to attend the wedding. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. George C. Lee and aunt Mrs. Reginald C. Grady and her son Reginald traveled on the 1 pm train. At 8 pm Mr. and Mrs. George Montfort of Chestnut Hill and daughter Isabelle and Mr. and Mrs. George C. Lee Jr. of Westwood joined the journey.
A terse letter to the editor requests guidance on how best to respond to a national call for patriotism. The writer asks for input on symbolically supporting the country as bells ring and urges communal reflection.
In Winchester a note asks that all the bells of the country be rung at the hour of Miss Roosevelt’s wedding. Elsie Alden McCawley is named as the caller or observer in this brief record of local sentiment.
About 500 people attended the first annual entertainment and dance by Company G of the Fifth Regiment Irish Volunteers at Congress Hall in South Boston. Invited guests included Colonel Dennis M. Calnan Paymaster Edward J. Nagle and Commander William O'Brien of the Regular Army and Navy Union. performers included Miss A Malone and guests John Madden William Carey and Thomas Meehan.
The Gaelic School of Boston opened Irish dancing classes last night at the old Franklin School on Washington street. A large gathering attended the event and showed strong interest in the program.
The Abraham Lincoln Republican Club of the North End hosted its inaugural grand ball at Roughan Hall in Charlestown last night, drawing about 600 attendees.
The Revere Citizens Party caucus at Town Hall nominated candidates for multiple offices. Names include Dr Brainard A Andrews for Selectman At large, Simon J Nevins and others across precincts, along with town clerk Frank P Brown and treasurer G Arthur Tapley.
Catarrlets are claimed as the best and cheapest local remedy for nasal catarrh, sore throat, and as a daily mouth wash and general antiseptic. The text asserts they disinfect secretions, relieve inflammation, heal mucous membranes, deodorize discharge, sweeten breath, prevent tonsillitis and diphtheria, and are suitable for use by all ages as an emergency and preventive measure.
A gentleman touts Ca tarrlets and Hood's Nasal Douche, claiming nasal relief and a strong sense of cleanliness after use. The notice advertises 50c per box and hospital size at $1, with doctors and druggists handling orders or mail on receipt of price.
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