Grocers Banquet Honors Washington's Birthday
Boston Retail Grocers Association marked its eighth anniversary with a banquet at Mechanics Building Huntington Avenue drawing about 450 attendees. President Charles James led a program featuring speeches by George H. Bond Homer Rogers and W H Murray praising Washington and New England civic spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boston Retail Grocers’ Association
Mechanics
Huntington Avenue
Charles James
George H. Bond
J. W. Hamilton
Homer Rogers
W. H. H. Murray
H. W. Tisdale
F. Carpenter
E. W. Kimball
Henry Bay
E. W. Clark
George W. Jewett
Samuel James
H. P. Stevens
J. F. Hennigan
Fruit and Pratce Exchange
H. E. Cobb
Grace
Saratoga Street
M. E
Boston
E. D. Woods
J. H. Wright
S. B. Clapp
James Morrison
A.C. Dowse
James
Association
Board of Aldermen
Hart
New England
W. i. H. Murray
Mr. Murray
George Washington
Gulf
Egypt
Greece
France
England
George C. Powers
Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Abou Ben Adhem
Virginia
Plymouth Rock
Jamestown
New
H. Wright
H. A. Lovell
W. T. Robinson
Ames
Brackett
W. E. Russell
Schubert
Banqnet
Baldwin
Jubilee ball opens with grand march led by Major Oakes
Cadet Band and Schubert Club present at the jubilee ball with Marshall P Wilder and several soloists. The event opened at 10 o clock and the grand march was led by Major W. H. Oakes and his lady. A large, brilliant crowd filled the hall and the ball proved a resounding success with numerous aids listed among the attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schubert Club
Marshall P. Wilder
W. H. Oakes
R. R. Miller
F. R. Pease
Benjamin Palmer
W. J. Skinner
W. C. Silver
G. C. Leuth
Paul J. Coolidge
George K. Ike
C. F. Lunt
Samuel L. Hill
A.C. Manson
A. E. Bullard
J. H. Edwards
Harry Goodwin
W. D. Rand
G. S. Brooks
C. M. Warrell
B. F. Bullard
G. H. Fisher
Rufus E. Newell
W. H. Bain
Harry E. Mason
C H. Wood
F. M. Dean
Alexander
A. C. Buffum
W. H. Knox
H.G. York
A. Lucas
James Pottinger
Walter Wilson
W. H. Silver
Harvard in New York Dinner Reveals Annex Surprise
The Harvard Club of New York held its 23rd annual dinner at Delmonico’s drawing 250 graduates. A pink curtain hid a gallery and revealed two dozen young women causing a rousing cheer. Speakers included Professor Lovering and Dr Van Dyke with jokes about Yale and Princeton. Depew attended and quipped about being the fence itself while various alumni toasted Harvard and cherished college rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Club of
New York
Harvard
Delmonico’s
Annex
Professor Lovering
James Russell Lowell
Frederic R. Coudert
Columbia College
van Dyke
Princeton
Boston
Yale
Joshua
Jericho
Chauncey M. Depew
Agamemnon
Homer
John Harvard
Elihu Yale
Columbia
Frederick T. Greenhalge
Lowell
Connecticut
Lick University
Charles C. Beaman
Joseph H. Choate
Edward Everett Hale
Mr. Depew
Harvard Club in Maine Elects Officers at Annual Dinner
The Harvard Club in Maine held its annual meeting and dinner at the Preble House Portland with Vice-President Dalton presiding. Officers named for the year include President Thomas Hill D D Vice Presidents Asa Dalton and George Burgers secretary W M Bradley and treasurer W Sargent. The event featured floral decor, historical menu imagery and informal socializing into late evening.
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Portuano
Harvard Club
Maine
Preble House
Dalton
Nathan Webb
Asa Dalton
D.D
George Walker
George OC. Burgess
L. Clifford Wade
Sidney W. Thaxter
George E. Bird
Aay L
Thomas Hill
George C. Burgers
W. M. Bradley
W. Sargent
Washington Birthday Exercises Highlight Prize Essays
Nearly 500 public school children attended the Washington Birthday exercises at the Old South Church. Winners of the Old South prize essays were announced with cash prizes of 40 and 25 dollars. Mrs. Minot J. Savage and Mr. Edwin D. Mead spoke, and Robert Morse Lovett read Washington's inaugural address. The program honored Washington’s legacy and stressed public schooling and ballot reform as civic duties.
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Washington
Old South Church
Minot J. Savage
Holt
Edwin D. Mead
Mead
England
Henry Vane
Vane
America
Sophie Chantel Hart
Elenora R. Clare
Robert Morse Lovett
English High School
Gilbert F. Ordway
Dorchester High School
United States
Washington Monument
Massachusetts
Robert C. Winthrop
Maine
John D. Long
Harvard College
Connecticut
Savage
Lincoln
New York
Yorktown
Republic
Prohibition Convention Nominates State Officials
Providence R I Feb 22 The Prohibition State convention nominated H H Richardson of Barrington for Governor and Joshua Brown of Newport for Lieutenant Governor. John T Blodgett named for attorney general with the post left to the State central committee. Daniel Howard nominated for secretary of state and Jason P Hazard for general treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition
Providence
R. 1
H. H. Richardson
Barrington
Joshua ©. Brown
Newport
John T. Blodgett
State Central Committee
Daniel Howard
Jason P. Hazard
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Promoted for Nervous System Ailments
An advertisement promotes Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as a remedy for wakefulness hysteria and various nervous system disorders, touting its therapeutic claims and uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsford’s
Harvard Notes and Club Action At Watertown
Professor Chaplin suspends work due to eye trouble and sails to Europe. Dr J R Wheeler gives third lecture on the Athenian Acropolis. Harvard Shooting Club meets at Watertown with two teams of graduates and undergraduates shooting twenty birds each. graduates total 97 and undergraduates 90 amid a breeze that improves later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaplin
Europe
Wait
Scientific School
Messrs
C. H. Swan and
Kettell
J. R. Wheeler
Pyrgos
Athenanike
Parthenon
Harvard Shooting Club
Watertown
Austin
Allen
Mead
Clyde
Holder
Slocum
Parker
McKay
Post
Lamb
Bacon
Greene
Dodge
Quinlan
Harbor Lights Plays at Boston Theatre Nears Final Show
More than seven thousand people attended Harbor Lights at the Boston Theatre yesterday. The drama will be presented for the last times this afternoon and again tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Theatre
Georgetown University Marks Centennial With Honorary Degrees
Washington February 22 centennial exercises at Gaston Hall closed with an academic session where President Cleveland conferred honorary degrees including Thomas F Bayard Honore Mercier Augustus H Garland Nathan Goff W S Rosecrans John Gilmary Shea Thomas Dwight John Boyle O Reilly Maurice F Egan Three gold medals were issued for the occasion awarded to John Gilmary Shea Cardinal Gibbons and President Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washindton
Georgetown University
Gaston Hall
Cleveland
Thomas F. Bayard
Honore Mercier
Quebec
Augustus H. Garland
Nathan Goff
W. S. Rosecrans
John Gilmary Shea
College Papers Unite At New England Intercollegiate Meeting
The New England Intercollegiate Press Association met at Youngs Hotel to observe Birth Day with a banquet and about twenty college papers represented. Officers were elected including President Samuel Abbott and Vice Presidents George H Hammond and O S Warden. officers and editors named from member schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Intercollegiate Press Association
Washington
Young’s Hotel
The
Collegian
Association
Tuftonian
Bates Student
Maine State College Cadet
Dartmouth Literary Monthly
Dartmouth
Brunonian
Amherst Literary Monthly
Amherst Student
Wesleyan Argus
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Tech
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Beacon
Boston University
Samuel Abbott
George H. Hammond
O.S. Warden
E. 8. Penham
J. W. Spencer
P. M. Daversport
V. F F. Squires
A. B. McNeill
Obituary of Benjamin D Burley Inspector of Intelligence Offices
Benjamin D Burley inspector of intelligence offices died suddenly of heart disease at his home No 7 Goodwin Place after dining with his brother Jacob in Cambridge. Born 1826 in Dorchester New Hampshire he joined Boston police in 1855 rising to sergeant in 1867 lieutenant in 1868 police commissioner in 1882 and later inspector of intelligence offices until his death.
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Benjamin D. Burley
Goodwin Place
Mr. Burley
Jacob
Cambridge
Harrington
Burley
Dorchester
N. H
Boston
Quorum Voting Debate in Massachusetts House
In a letter to the editor HW argues the House rule allowing a minority to be effective if a quorum remains seated is a major shift from tradition. He cites past practice, constitutional requirements, and Kent on judicial review, warning it could undermine accountability and invite court scrutiny.
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Sir
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Committee On Rules
Supreme Court
House
House of Representatives
Cushing
Washington
House Committee On Rules
Congress
Kent
Judicial Department
Journal of the House
Senate
Louis Lambert and Ideala I A Novel Review Row
Balzac drama Louis Lambert examined for occultist themes and Balzac's broader genius. Ideala is analyzed for its unconventional narrative style and strong heroine Ideala Carnall. The piece reviews The Weaker Vessel, The Truth About Clement Ker, and George Fleming's other works.
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Louis Lambert
Ideala
M. Taine
George Frederic Parsons
Balzac
Shakspere
la Peau de Chagrin
Miss Wormeley
George Fleming
Clement Ker
Carlie Moss
England
Ideala Carnall
Honoré de Balzac
Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Boston
Roberts Bros. Price
Moss Evan
Evon_Court
Katharine S. Macquoid
New York
A. Lovell & Co
D. Christie Murray
Harper & Bros
London
E. W. Allen
E.C. Warrington
Guardian Office
Rémische Geschichte by Mommsen and Rome’s rise
A concise note on Mommsen's Roman History highlighting its absorbing history of Rome’s ascent and political transformations for readers seeking historical analysis and instruction.
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Mommsen
Abridged History of the Roman Republic Reviewed
A compact, readable abridgment of Mommsen’s History of the Roman Republic by C Bryan and KJ Hendy. The review praises clarity, balanced judgment on disputed points, and effective omission of less essential chapters while noting it is not the full masterpiece. Published in New York and Boston.
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Tiber
Mommsen
Ihne
Rome
C. Bryans
K J. R. Hendy
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Boston
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Books Received This Week
A list of new books with authors and publishers including W C Brownell Vickers Messmer Ireland Sims Gilchrist Chesney Wood Beechcroft at Rockstone Farrar Crawford Hawthorne Hawthorne Mifflin ticknor & co. The long catalog notes translations biographies and histories from Scribner's Crowell Lippincott Putnam Macmillan Lovell Houghton Mifflin and Ticknor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Brownell
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
R. H. Vickers
Chicago
T. Flood & Co
Red Carl
J. J. Messmer
Mary E. Ireland
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
Madame Gagnebin
Miss E. V. Lee
George R. Sims
Frank F. Lovell & Co
Lovell
Hamlet
Ophelia
Fredericka Beardsley Gilchrist
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
F. R. Chesney
Scribner & Welford
Beechcroft
Rockstone
Charlotte M Yonge
Macmillan & Co
Frederic W. Farrar
T.C. Crawford
United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles H. Levermore
Davis R. Dewey
W. J. Schofield
White Hills
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
American Unitarian Association
H. C. Bunner
Ticknor & Co
Ticknor
Charles George Gordon
Yuien F. Butler
Mr. Arle
Philadelphia
T. B. Peterson & Bros
Eve
Margaret Kent
Ticknor Oo
Nantucket
Mary Galena Lee
Houghton, Mifflin
Entertainments at Perkins Institution Highlight Blind Children
At the Massachusetts School for the Blind in South Boston the kindergarten for blind children held annual entertainments. About twenty boys performed a hand embossed Braille geography play as visitors arrived by 10 to 11, with music and new features like Elwyn Fowler's recitation of Webster's South Carolina and Massachusetts. Laura Bridgman age 59 sold copies of Stray Thoughts and her photograph while Edith Thomas, 10, impressed guests with drawings, clay modeling, and paper folds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts School For the Blind
South
Boston
Jane Andrews
United States
Elwyn Fowler
Webster’s
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Laura Bridgman
Edith Thomas
Jamaica Plain
Miss Bridgman
Bishop Hare to Speak on Indian Missions at St Pauls
A public meeting for Indian missions will be held at St Pauls Church Tremont Street on Sunday evening. Bishop Hare of South Dakota is expected to speak. His sixteen years among Dakota tribes gives him authority on the Indians current condition and what can be done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Tremont Street
Bishop Hare
South Dakota
Dakota
Barker Will Case Verdict Sustains Will In Dover
Dover New Hampshire February 22 The jury in the Barker will case this afternoon returned a verdict against the contestant and sustained the will of the late Hiram Barker.
Theatrical notes on Boston season and upcoming bills
Miss Marlowe proves popular in Boston at Park Theatre with crowds and praise. The review warns of possible self conscious affectation if flattery continues. Upcoming engagements include Rose dale and Antony and Cleopatra with Potter, Kyrie Bellew, William Seymour, and new star Laura Moore. The Stowaway and Erminie are highlighted along with other touring shows and stage pronunciations.
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Miss Marlowe
Boston
Park Theatre
Margaret Mather
Miss Mather
Hollis Street Theatre
New York
Shakspere
Palmer’s Theatre
William Seymour
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston Retail Association
Life OF Washington
Harvard Notes
NEW Books
Louis Lampert
Lambert
Parsons
Mrs. Macquoid
Normandy
Mr. D. Christie Murray
Dickens
Murray
Delamere
Mr. Delamere
Miss Delamere
Christie Murray
Perkins Institution
Bishop Hare and the
Miss Clarke
School For Scandal
Colonel McCaull
Boccaccio
de Wolf Hopper
Digby Bell
de Angelis
Mesdames
Marion Manola
Laura Joyce-Bell
Laura Moore
American Opera Company
Yeomen of the
Globe
Gilbert and Sullivan
Sing Sing
Mark Lynch
Marion Elmore
Helen Weathersby
Grand Opera House
Galer
Howor
Coquelin-Hading
Hasvana
Star Theatre
Stella Boniface
Margaret Pierce
Dramatic Notes
Cecil Howard
Strand Publishing Company
Strand
Doctor Cupid
Thomas Thorne
Buchanan
Antipodes
Mrs. Kendal
Court Theatre
Sydney Grundy
Nottingham
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