Busy Society Day Features Receptions and Recitals
In society notes a flurry of afternoon receptions occurs at multiple Boston homes including Mrs. Parker on Dartmouth Street and Mrs. Atherton on Commonwealth Avenue. Marshall Darrach hosts Shaksperian recitals with patronesses at the Somerset ballroom. A subscription musicale at Mrs. Bradhe’s on Commonwealth Avenue draws prominent ladies. William Cobb commencess a talk at 96 Beacon Street with notable subscribers. Brae-Burn Club hosts a dinner for Rev. Edward Sullivan of Newton. A transatlantic cruise and English visit plans are noted for several families. Augustus P. Loring buys the sloop yacht Jingo as two of his sons show maritime interest. Miss May Loring sails adeptly. Boston and New York await the marriage of Miss Gertrude Pell to Francis Cunningham Bishop of Harvard M4 after Easter at St Bartholomew's in New York. Debutante coverage highlights the Sherman debut at Sherry's ball.
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William L. Parker
Dartmouth Street
William Atherton
May Atherton
Commonwealth Avenue
Stephen Bowen
Emily Pratt
Pratt
Beacon Street
Somerset
Marshall Darrach
Robert S. Bradhe
Gordon Prince
A. Lithgow Devens
William C. Madicott, Jr
Curtis Guild
George Lee
Randolph M. Appleton
Francis J. Wigginson
Rudolphe Agassiz
Henry M. Whitney
Charles Head
George W. Amory
William Cobb
Brae-Burn Country Club
Edward T. Sullivan
Newton
James G. White
Governor Guild
John Caswell
New York
Egypt
Azores
Italy
Intra C. Fitch
North Shore
Frank Northen
England
Augustus P. Loring
Marlboro Street
Pride’s Crossing
Mr. Loring
May Loring
Boston
Gertrude Pell
Francis Cunningham
Harvard
Henry C. de Rham, Jr
Sherman
Persian Smoke Cats Await Opening of Next Week Show
Mrs George B Brayton secretary of the Boston Cat Club will enter five cats in the Talbot Hall Mechanics building show Jan 16 Selectees include Cushka famed for five specials and multiple firsts at Madison Square Garden Rochester and Boston A rare five month old kitten has four specials and two firsts in Rochester Sydhe a female has several firsts and specials in New York Boston and Rochester Over 200 cats will be benched with entries from Canada the West and all New England states the Persian smoke cats will be the largest group ever shown.
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George B. Brayton
Boston Cat Club
Talbot Hall
Mechanics’ Building
Brayton Will
Cushka
Madison Square Garden
Rochester
N. Y
Boston
Chicago
Sydhe
New
York
Brayton
Canada
West
New England
Devoted Life of Missionary to Holy City Ends in Portland
Mrs. Alice E. Davis a renowned missionary to Jerusalem and artist died at her nephew’s home in Portland Maine aged 78. Her life was spent serving the poor of the Holy City. Friends plan a monument funded by proceeds from her paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Alice E. Davis
Jerusalem
Bishop Lawrence Ready for Pulpit Duty After Illness
Bishop Lawrence, recovering from a cold that recently disrupted his work, attended an Episcopal Church service in Stockbridge yesterday afternoon. Officials dismissed reports that his illness kept him bedridden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Stockbridge
Refugees Questioned at Long Wharf by Immigration Officials
Immigation inspectors questioned 103 steerage passengers from the Sardinia and Cymric about their refugee status. About 75 were rebrews, many poverty struck with little money. Of seven Hebrews, 47 were detained. 24 discharged after relatives or boards arranged release. A family photo shows the process amid a wedding scene in the immigration hall. The groom Swan Sallandear works at Ames shovel factory. bride Hedvig Carlander came on Cymric. Rev. C. W. Andeer presided. Best man Abraham Larson.
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Long Wharf
Sardinia
Allan Line
Cymric
White Star
Immigration Board
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Ile
Swan Sallandear
Ames Shovel Factory
North Easton
Hedvig Carlander
Abraham Larson
North Aston
Boston
Swan Sallander
Immigration Bureau
Carlander
Sweden
Happy Wedding at Wharf Unites Swan Sallander Hedvig Carlander
A joyous wedding occurred yesterday afternoon at the wharf joining Swan Sallander and Hedvig Carlander in matrimony. The ceremony drew close friends and family to witness the union in a festive, upbeat celebration.
Cadets Save Drowning Boy in Boston Pond Rescue
Two cadets from the training ship Enterprise, Charles Stone aged 18 of Melrose and Robert Marsh aged 16 of Haverhill, saved a young boy from four feet of icy water at Frog Pond Boston Common. After 10 minutes of effort Stone reached the child and both youths pulled him to safety on solid ice. the boy’s name was not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frog Pond
Boston Common
Charles Stone
Melrose
Robert Marsh
Nichols Street
Haverhill
Enterprise
Beacon Street
Stone
Marsh
How New York Cops Must Salute Hereafter
General Bingham, New York City’s new police commissioner, orders a formal salute on duty. He instructs officers to stand at attention with heels together, left finger on the trouser seam, and to raise and briskly lower the right hand to the cap, replacing the prior rim touch.
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New York
General Bingham
Pride of Boston Lodge Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
Minot Hall rang with cheers as Pride of Boston Lodge 264 Independent Order of Bnai Brith banquets marked its fifth anniversary. A large crowd attended, praising the lodge's five year growth and looking forward to continued prosperity.
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Minot Hall
Boston
Brrth Abraham
Woman Dies After Caring for Relatives in North Brookfield
In North Brookfield on January 7 Mrs. Wueilla W Deane died of heart failure after caring for a relative stricken by heart failure and assisting in last rites over another relative. The death came suddenly following a day of apparent good health.
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North Brookfield
Wueilla W. Deane
Unclaimed Body Of Hanover Mill Worker Found
In Hanover a missing man identified as Michael Murphy from Boston remains unclaimed after his body was recovered from the Clapp Rubber Works pond raceway. He vanished on November 27 and was discovered by workers last Saturday. Decomposition and drowning are noted. burial costs will be covered by wages and fifteen dollars found on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Clapp Company
Michael Murphy
Boston
Harwell
Norwell
Waltham Residents Form Home Gardener Association
In Waltham on January 7 a drive to form the Home Gardener Association aims to boost lawn care among property holders and tenants. Originating with the Waltham Education Society, the effort has drawing support from the Woman's Club and the Business Men's Association, with a meeting arranged at the High School building early this week led by Hon. B. B. Johnson and Thomas Curley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Home Gardener Association
Waltham Education Society
Woman’s Club
Business Men’s Association
Thomas Curley
Woman Charged With Larceny Of 292 Dollars
Miss Jennie Pass, 35, of 53 Derby Street Somerville, was arrested by plainclothes Boston police yesterday. She is charged with larceny of property valued at 292 dollars from David Rubin of 3 Cooper Street.
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Jennie Pass
Derby Street
Somerville
Boston
David Rubin
Cooper Street
Heiress Tells Life of Domestic Struggles in Pittsburg
Kathryne Gray born in Norfolk, daughter of Senator Asbury Gray, recounts losing a promised fortune for 26 years while enduring poverty. Educated at Vassar, she refused an arranged marriage, left her uncle's home, taught music in Philadelphia, sought clerk jobs, then worked as a domestic in Pittsburgh washing clothes and taking humble positions to survive. She now expects a fortune of about half a million and urges protection for other girls in similar plights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
Kathryine Gray
Vassar
Miss Gray
Norfolk
Asbury Gray
California
John Gray
Main Street
Richmond
Philadelphia
New York
Jessie Milworth
Bare Feet at a Sociable in Chelsea Holy Jumpers
In New York at a church sociable women were seated on a platform with a curtain hiding their boots. Men chose feet they liked, courting the selected women to supper, while Jumpers hailed conversions with shouts and dancing. Meetings drew large crowds, two women converted, and future services were announced in Cambridge and Somerville.
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New York
Chelsea
Boston
Holiness Mission
Hawthorne Street
Wilkins
Pettingill
Whelton
Fitzgerald
Cambridge
Somerville
Broadway
George Street
Inmates Complaint About Hospital Conditions at Long Island
A suffering inmate writes to the editor denouncing neglect at a Long Island hospital. He alleges hunger, dirty conditions, unwashed faces and hair, indifference of doctors, and inmates left in poor health while attendants prep for visitors. He calls the facility a slaughter house and urges action. Date cited is January 6, 1906.
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Post
Long Island
Slaughter House
Jan
Lost $253 On “Sure Thing” Pool Game
Gavin Ross of 3 Warrenton Street handed $253 to a stranger named White who claimed a sure thing in a pool game. White asked Ross to wait at Eliot and Washington streets for a friend. Police and Ross are still seeking White, who has since disappeared.
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Gavin Ross
Warrenton Street
White
Ross
Eliot
Washington Streets
Dedicatory Exercises for St. Stanislaus Church Chelsea
A dedicatory service was held at St. Stanislaus Polish Catholic Church in Chelsea with Bishop Brady of Boston leading the ceremonies. A 150-strong parishioner procession escorted the bishop from Chelsea north bridge through Medford Street to the church, amid a large Polish quarter gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stanislaus Polish Catholic Church
Chelsea
Chelsea North Bridge
Brady
Boston
Medford Street
Thomas E. Power
H. T. Grady
St. Rose Church
Hyacinth Fudzinski
Buffalo
Joseph Moran
Everett
Stanalus Tarnowski
Holyoke
Soldiers of the Common Good in Everybody's Magazine
Europe leads public ownership of streets, utilities, railways, and mines. The article questions American readiness and cites Russell's lively fact-story from Everybody's for January. Special representatives sought to expand distribution where no dealers exist.
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Europe
America
Russell
Everybody's Magazine
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