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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1903
Page
6
Newlyweds Charlie Edward Maltby and his wife, described as the millionaire's son and an ex-chorus girl, wed in Providence on Saturday. They are staying at the Langham Hotel after attending a Columbia Theatre performance, with social and theatrical circles abuzz about the marriage.
A deer ran through Millbury centre drawing a crowd of onlookers yesterday. It moved from Main street toward Cherry street with excited boys in pursuit, jumped a fence near Grove street, and fled into the woods beyond Fort Lafirty after crossing several streets and properties.
Two young women cry at Rochester police headquarters as Anna Evans 17 and her eloper Adolph Ericcson are found. Walter Ivans, her father, accompanies the reunion. the couple plan marriage after the family dispute. Ericcson flees to North Adams, vowing to wait.
In Berlin on February 22 Dr. Lorenz said he hopes German trained nurses will become equal to American nurses. He praised the American nurse as ideal and noted cultural views that treat trained nurses as ladies rather than servants, observing ties between nurses and wealthier patrons.
The marriage of Mr Maltby and Miss Danziger was arranged over about two weeks with plans briefly announced a week prior. Maltby, 22, Harvard senior, lives with his mother while his father died recently. Miss Danziger, a newcomer to theater under 20, is from Cumberland street with family ties to a clothing dealer.
Judge John H. Burns of Lawrence County replies to Cardinal Gibbons questioning South Dakota divorce grounds. He insists there are six valid bases for divorce and blames misstatements on human nature and foreign and unscrupulous movers from other states. He urges reform elsewhere and calls the slanders unjustified.
New Yorker reports a new informer could name up to 1000 people tied to a $1,000,000 dummy life insurance scheme. The Italian informant claims extensive details from its inception, including names of dummies, families, and live substitutes, with potential murder charges pending if corroborated.
Two Boston women figure as victims in a Chicago real estate swindle case linked to Frank R. Chandler who filed bankruptcy after failing to invest funds. Miss Charlotte B. Hoadley of Dorchester entrusted 3600 dollars. Mrs. Mary B. Boardman of Milton sent 1200 dollars. Chandler defrauded widows and families, with many creditors nationwide and a grand Chicago home cited in the scandal. Chandler contends civil debt collection via criminal prosecution.
The steam er Bruce, between Port Auxiliary Basque and Sydney, battled six days through vast Gulf of St Lawrence ice to reach Louisburg. Coal ran low despite provisions, and the voyage preceding calmer seas. The Lady Laurier arrived on maiden voyage after 11 days, facing heavy ice near Grand Banks and Nova Scotia coast.
Authorities hunt Mrs Walter Dykes after her two children are found dead from poisoning in Davy West Virginia. Separated from husband weeks earlier, rumors say she administered the drug to bar him from custody.
At the final sub committee meeting it was reported the limit for ticket sales was reached and none would be sold at the Symphony Hall box office this evening. Management limited sales to prevent overcrowding to ensure a capacity attendance. indications point to a magnificent affair.
Mary Shaw's success in Ghosts fuels negotiations with Liebler & Co for an elaborate starring tour. W W Tillotson, once Park Theatre manager, now Cleaborn Theatre Chicago director, in Boston for The Storks at the Majestic. Cuff Storch from Why Women Sin at Music Hall earlier with Corie Payton at the Park Theatre. Alice Lennon, wife of H Gittus Lonsdale, endured a trying experience during The Optimist rehearsals. Miss Onnon urged to create Therese de Rive in English. Lennon impressed at rehearsals. First English production postponed to study leading role. Lennon later hospitalized. Two noted comedians died, Alf Whelan and Thomas Evans. Further matinees of Ghosts possible at Hollis. Chauncey Olcott to appear at Boston Theatre March 9 in Old Limerick Town.
The Storks perform today at the New Majestic Theatre as the second week of a Boston visit begins. A Busy bill includes A Hot Old Time at Grand Opera House and King Dodo at Tremont. Publics will see Hearts Adrift at Music Hall and more across Boston venues.
Fall River dated report says the local Street Car Men's Union voted unanimously to accept a sliding wage scale proposed by Boston & Northern and Old Colony divisions. Most members favored the plan, while newer workers opposed. A Boston convention is planned to ratify the scale. Officials report broad acceptance among workers from Fall River to New Bedford, with Brockton excepted.
In Kronstadt officials report a pilgrimage by 20 peasants from Don territory who traveled about 1000 miles seeking to worship Father John and insisting he is the Christ despite church efforts to discredit the belief.
In Paris on February 22 parade-goers welcomed carnival festivities despite threatening weather. Students led processions through main boulevards with grotesque figures linked to current topics including the Moulin Rouge’s closure. A masked figure bore a police notice banning a Humbert family display.
Lincoln's concert for Mt. Pleas ant Home at Steinert Hall featured the Hoffmann String Quartet with Gertrude Lufkin and Elsie Lincoln. The program included Beethoven quartet Op 18 No 2, Bach and Schubert songs with cello, Bach Grieg and Schubert quartet arrangements, and Saint Saens piano trio Op 18. The event praised the quartet's recent improvement and the performers' strong entrances. The next concert will be Sunday afternoon March 15 with Elsie Lincoln Bilison Van Hoose George Ensworth performing Homer Norris's Flight of the Eagle.
Miss Lucy E. Parsons, bookkeeper at the coal office 127 Cambridge Street, who vanished weeks ago, has been found by police. Relatives fear she may have taken her own life while friends hope for her arrest, and reports say she was last seen entering a cab on Cambridge Street before being driven away.
The Chicago and Northwestern railway will sell tickets from New England to California Oregon Washington and British Columbia at over 17 dollars less than regular second class rates. Tickets and information available from J. B. Brittain, Agent, KS Washington and J., Boston.
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