Corbett’s column on wit, charity, and a modern clothier
Corbett rants about true wit and social tact, contrasts original humor with failed quips, and urges restraint. He spotlight Dr Frank L Burt at Union General Hospital praising the free dispensary, and promotes Bernard M Wolf Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets with a money back guarantee. He notes gold deposits in Labrador and highlights philanthropic hospital support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard M. Wolf
Hanover
Portland Streets
Union General Hospital
West Springfield Street
Frank L. Burt
Dr. Burt
Burt
Alaska Gold Rush Fervor Sparks Boston Prospectors
Boston investors plan to send ten men to join a Davis Co party to Alaska leaving March 1 under Col. E. J. Meagher. A twin screw launch will carry prospectors for an eighteen month expedition. Also offering Klondike stock at one dollar a share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Messrs
E. C. Davis & Co
Washington Street
Reed
Boston
E. J. Meagher
California
Oregon
Montana
Murray & Tregurtha
South
Messrs. Davis & Co
Klondike & Boston
Questionable Deposit Offer From Local Brokers
The reader cites James M Hobby & Co a co operative stock broker at No 3 Equitable Building promising 5 percent monthly on deposits of 25 or more with principal and interest available anytime. Emphasizes local presence and urges readers to investigate before opening an account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Hobby & Co
Co-Operative Stock Brokers
Equitable Building
Kalamazoo
Boston Baked Bean Company At Shawmut Avenue
The Boston Baked Bean Company operates at 654 Shawmut avenue and on the square. Proprietors T. L. Whipple & Co. offer superior properly cooked beans and extend full accommodations and courtesy to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Baked Bean Company
Shawmut Avenue
Messrs. T. L. Whipple & Co
Memorial Window Gift Leaves Newark Clergy Baffled
A church in Newark, New Jersey is installing a $1000 memorial window. Neither the pastor nor parishioners know the donor. The new window may reveal its giver only once completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark, N. J
Knight's Pie and a Pointed aside on Gunpowder
The piece praises Knight's Bakery at 60 Hudson Street and its famed pies, stressing high standards and customer satisfaction. It closes with a sharp remark about the Chinese invention of gunpowder contrasted with its use.
Piano chairs fill shelves at A. M. Le store
A. M. Le salesroom offers piano chairs of varied sizes and styles in ample supply, inviting buyers to browse. The item list promises broad selections for homeowners seeking suitable seating or decor enhancements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. le
Clara Barton Active At Red Cross Headquarters
Miss Clara Barton president of the Red Cross Society lives at Glen Echo near Washington ten miles from the capital where the society’s headquarters are she attends daily to the Red Cross work and reports her health as good as could be wished for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Barton
The
Red Cross Society
Glen Echo
Washington
Capital
Society
Red Cross
Cook's Cafe Lunch Draws Local Ladies at Avon Street
The best evidence of Cook's cafe popularity is the daily happy gathering of ladies who partake of the special lunch prepared for them at No 23 Avon Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook’s Cafe
Avon Street
Advertising novelty push from Whitehead and Hoag
The notice urges merchants to work with C. C. Ehrman manager at Whitehead and Hoag Company located at 611 Washington Street to showcase an up-to-date advertising novelty. It appeals to gentlemen to place orders now for spring promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
C. C. Ehrman
Whitehead & Hoag Company
Washington Street
Mrs Emma Best Seeks Divorce from Husband
Mrs Emma Best has applied for a divorce from her husband. It is impossible, of course, to suit a woman who isn't satisfied with the Best the matrimonial market affords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Best
Buckley Leads Boston Wringer Firm at Franklin Arch
The American Wringer Company thrives in this section with its Boston headquarters at corner Franklin and Arch streets under the management of C. C. Buckley who runs the operation with care for patrons and strong business sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Wringer Company
Boston
Franklin and
Arch Streets
C. C. Buckley
Society Woman Says Dress Budgets Break The Bank
A New York society woman argues that no woman can be truly well-dressed on less than $25,000 a year, a remark reflecting urban fashion pressures and social expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shall We Fly Anxiously Inquire In Baltimore Paper
A Baltimore newspaper asks if air travel is ready to take off and answers that the decision hinges on what has been done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frank Holland Acquitted in Larceny Case
Frank J. Holland of 105 West Brookline Street was acquitted in Municipal Court yesterday after arrest by Station 5 officers for larceny of five rings a chain and 39 dollars from Alice B. Knowles of 94 Pembroke Street on September 24. Judge Ily presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Holland
West Brookline Street
Station 5
Alice B. Knowles
Pembroke Street
Ily
Baldwin Lectures on The Silver Question in the United States
At a Boston Business League meeting held at the Playgoers Club Professor Baldwin of Boston University spoke on The Silver Question in the United States. Directors met before the lecture and a social hour followed. Mrs. William Lee led the afternoon programme. A second lecture in the Money and Banking course will be delivered at Boston University this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Business League
Baldwin
Boston University
United States
William Lee
Poet James Riley Named Editor of Father Mathew Herald
The Father Mathew Herald announces James Riley as editor, a move expected to boost the paper’s standing among New England Catholics. Riley, formerly editor of the Baby Bar Bouquet, will helm the Boston published weekly from 218 Tremont Street with Edmond L. Grimes, a former Boston daily press associate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Riley
Father Mathew Herald
New England
Riley
Edmond L. Grimes
Daily Press
Boston
Tremont Street
Dr Agnew Catarrhal Powder Advertised As Quick Cure
Claiming instant relief and cure for catarrh the ad cites numerous testimonies. It promotes Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder as fast acting, harmless, and pleasant with sales through Ward & Co and SaarTard & Co at listed addresses.
Trade Outlook Says R G Dun Co Highlights Strong Output
R G Dun Co notes 38 percent higher year over year business and 10.4 percent more payments through clearing houses. Exports remain heavy, wheat prices rise without speculative extremes, corn shipments to Egypt and Russia affect trade, and pig iron demand surges with large steel rail orders. Failures fall from last year as manufacturing and trade improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Chicago
United States
Canada
Theaters and Acts On Boston's Weeklong Stage Lineup
Boston theaters showcase a busy week with debuts and returns. A Normandy Wedding opens at Park Theatre by Whitney Opera. The Mysterious Mr Bugle debuts at Tremont. The First Born Chinese play at Castle Square. Sutton Vane's Humanity at Bowdoin Square. Joseph Hart leads Keith's sketch The Quiet May. Pride Elect closes at Boston Theatre. Cumberland 61 war drama at Museum. Andrew Mack to follow. American Burlesquers at Howard. Venetian Burlesquers end engagements. Heartsease stars Henry Miller at Hollis. The Heart of Maryland starts Jan 31. Harry Davenport injury noted. Thomas Keene at Grand Opera House. Boy Detective at Grand. Fallen Among Thieves at Columbia. Algerian dancers and swordsmen at Austin & Stone's Museum. Tenderloin burlesque at Palace. baby rhinoceros draws crowds at the Zoo with next week mostly relocating Bates Hall. Park Vesta Tilley, Tremont Frank Daniels and other shows close today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Park Theatre
Whitney Opera Company
J. Cheever Goodwift
Charles A. Byrne
William Furst
Richard F. Carroll
Evelyn Gordon
Ida Mulle
Mabel Bouton
Dan Williams
Mr. Bugle
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
the Tremont
Joseph Holland
Gretchen Lyon
Castle Square
Sutton Vane
Bowdoin Square
Lothrop
Joseph Hart
Keith
Carrie de Mar
Enternine
Pride Elect
Boston Theatre
Philadelphia
Andrew Mack
Harry Bryant
W. B. Watson
The
Howard
Frank Cushman
Heartsease
Thomas Keene
Grand Opera House
N. S. Wood
Grand
Columbia
Messrs
Davis & Keogh
Wallace Ross
Austin & Stone
Museum
Sam T. Jack
the Palace
Bates Hall
Vesta Tilley
Park
Frank Daniels
Tremont
Captain Impudence
Grand Opera
the Grand
Bradstreet Views Show Broad Business Strength In 1898
Bradstreet's notes a strong trade and industrial basis this week with higher cereals, firmer wool quotes, and steady staple prices. Pig iron weakens slightly in some makes while 1,000,000 tons monthly production aids steel rail demand with large railroad orders. Spring trade opens slowly but confidence remains high despite cotton softness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet
Chicago
Edison workers accuse Edison Company of unfair labor practices
Edison employees allege denial of union rights, forced resignations, long hours, low pay, and denial of counsel before the State Arbitration and Conciliation Board. Patrick Murray testified he was discharged as the oldest worker without cause. Evidence shows firemen manage coal, ashes, brasses, and minor repairs for $2 50 a day, seven days, with occasional half pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Electrio Illuminating Company
State Board
Patrick Murray
Hyde Park Prospector Recalls Klondike Gold Fever
Axtel Stone of Winthrop Street Hyde Park returns to Boston after six months in the Klondike reporting frozen fingers scarce food beans at 1.25 a pound and mercury at 45 degrees below zero. He vows a future trip with a ton of provisions saying the gold fields hold promise and one must go to learn what to do next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
Axtel Stone
Winthrop Street
Hyde Park
Boston
Theta Delta Chi Hosts Co ed Liberal Arts Reception
Theta Delta Chi at Boston University extended their annual reception to co eds of the College of Liberal Arts last night. Faculty included Professor Perrin Professor and Mrs Joseph R Taylor Dr F Spencer Baldwin alumni Mrs Baldwin and Mr Thorndike Harvard assistant math instructor Mr and Mrs Lovell and Mr Allston B Clifford led the reception committee and greeted guests from 7 30 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Delta Chi
Boston University
College of Liberal Arts
Perrin
Joseph R. Taylor
F. 8Encer Baldwin
Baldwin
Thorndike
Harvard
Lovell
Allston B. Clifford
Dean's Ointment Promises Instant Skin Relief
An advertisement claims Herema from any body part is instantly relieved and permanently cured by Dean's ointment described as the sovereign remedy for all itchiness of the skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Boston College marks feast with address and awards
The Rev. Timothy J. Brosnahan presided as Francis J. Carney opened with Latin remarks. Poems were read by Bartholomew B. Coyne and James D. Russell, with an address by George A. McLaughlin. Awards and honors were distributed to students in philosophy physics rhetoric chemistry mathematics and languages, including Henry M. Rooney and Coyne among others, with the college song sung by the chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy J. Brosnahan
Boston College
Francis J. Carney
Bartholomew B. Coyne
James D. Russell
George A. McLaughlin
Father Brosifahan
Sons of
B. C. Fair
Father Quigley
Henry M. Rooney
Francis J. Dore
Joseph L. Keough
David G. Supple
Bartholomew K. Coyne
Benjamin B. Teeling
John A. Reardon
Walter J. Roche
Augustus L. Sullivan
John P. Crotty
Joseph P. Lynch
Edward A. Dacey
Dennis J. Lynch
Edward F. Ryan
Walter L. Flanigan
John Mortimer Fox
Joseph F. McGlinchey
John M. Burke
James H. Joyce
Richard H. Kenny
Mmothy M. O
Lewis H. Brown
Herman J. Sartoris
Edmund C. Sliney
Howard J. Fegan
Leo F. O'Neil
James I. Connolly
James J. McMorrow
Henry J. Williams
Thomas A. Conlin
John T. Reynolds
Bartholomew Bh. Coyne
A. O
J. J. Treanor
H. J. Williams
Shawmut Real Estate Association Holds First Annual Meeting
The Shawmut Real Estate Association held its first annual meeting and dinner at the Old Dorchester Club house in Dorchester on Thursday evening. Thirty eight members attended as the old board of directors was re elected for the current year with William L. Terhune as president and Edward P. Jackson as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawmut Real Estate Association
Old Dorchester Club
Dorchester
William L. Terhune
Edward P. Jackson
William N. Swain
Lyman Sepald
Herbert Boynton
Joseph I. Stewart
Elmer G. Foster
A. V. Chipman
Frank W. Reynolds
Morton Alden
A. Warren Spencer
Joseph B. Horton
Gideon H. Mansfield
Sunday Religious Services Across Boston Churches
Numerous churches list morning and evening sermons on Commonwealth Avenue Tremont Temple Berkeley Street and other venues. Notables include Rev Nathan E Wood at First Baptist, Rev George C Lorimer at Tremont Temple, Rev Charles A Dickinson at Berkeley Temple, and Rev John D Pickles at Tremont Street M E Church with varied services, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and special programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Commonwealth Avenue
Nathan E. Wood
D. D
New England Sabbath Protective League
Berkeley
Charles A. Dickinson
W. S. Kelsey
Murphy Temperance Meeting
Emerson College
Christian Endeavor
William Shaw
George A. Gordon
Allen Thomas
Union Bible
Park Street Church
Smith Baker
Methodist
People’s Temple
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
Grace Weiser Davis
Moody
Young People’s Meeting
Brady
Tremont Street
M. E
Concord and
Tremont Streets
John D. Pickles
Epworth League
S. M. Williams
New York
First Presbyterian Church
Scott F. Hersey
John Willis Aer
Roxbury
Margaret L. Shepherd
Magdalene Adelaide
Paine Memorial Hall
Appleton Street
Tremont
Berkeley Streets
Chauncy Clifford
Music Hall
People's Temple
the Ley
Harlan P. Smith
Worcester
Damon Sisters
L. M. Bartlett
Howard M. Tow
Benamin Fay Mills
Mr. Mille
Christian Union
Union Hall
Boyls Street
William H. Lyon
I Brookline
Mass
Spair
Alice M. Sibl
Palmer H. Weyman
Wil H. Griggs
Charles W. Fuller
Fred Gay Ellis
Mus
Galilee
Doom
Ambrose
Acre
Smith
Plains Peace
Skurnard
Lord God Abraham
Mendelssohn
George Mendall Taylor
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EK. A. Corbett
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Trade Outlook
SAY R G Dun & CO
Egypt
Russia
Bradstrest
Edison
Kondike
T. J. Brosnahan
Crass
B. C
Bowdoin
Squa RE Theatre Wae Ae
Venice
Manhattan Comedy 4
Russell
Qdell and
Cliff Farrell
Dot Davenport
Crand Theatre
Washington, Cor
Dover St
Edith Crolius
Wallace Campbell
Isabel Lewis
Tremont St
Jim the Penman
Hollis Isaac B. Rich
Audienc AW Anala
Henry
Miller Les Frouman
Eugene Tompkins
John Philip Sousa
Tremont Theatr
Smith & Merbert
Myxt Wefk
Mr.” Bugle
MR. Joseph Holland
Playhouse of
Jessie
Baboon
Equestrienne
Boston Museum
Toby Webs
Augustus Pitou
Franklin Fyles
Seerowscsi
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Harry A. Bower
Park Servi
Lugene Tompkins
Whitney Opera Co
Normandy
Mechanics’ Bloc
Dultry Keons ET Stock
Crand Opera House
Milton Royle
Thomas W. Keene
Austin Istone
Michigan
Palace
Siznonad Miss
Baptist
Presbyterian
Waterhouse
Faure
Dvorak
Macy
Belshazzar
Butterfie
B. B. of P
Water Baker Mansion
Washingto Street
Minnie M. Soule
Appleton Hal
Paine Memorial Building
Trance South Side
F. A. Igg
A. E. Tisdale
Edgar W. Emerson
A. F E. Tisdale
Ladi Schubert
First Spiritual Temple
Exeter Street
Cm Christian Science
Gover Eddy
Post
John Smith
Frank Gately
Patrol Doherty
Joy Street
Revol
Wolf Swartz
Stamford Street
Mrs. Rice
Alexan H. Rice
T. F. Hunt
DEA
T. Frank Hunt
Salem
Essex
Staats Zeitung
TWO Cent
F Or
City Hall
Boston Young Men's Christian Assation
Elec
Arthur 8. Johnson
Francis B. Seers
Iry
Whiting
Josh Quincy
Mehaffey
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