Matrimonial Lottery and the Favorite Prescription Ad
A feature compares novels about marriage with real life, then shifts to a lengthy promotion for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The ad claims the medicine cures feminine ailments, aids pregnancy, relieves morning sickness, shortens confinement, and improves health, backed by patient testimonials and a sales pitch for related medical books. It urges readers to purchase and send for free medical advice.
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Pierce
Bath Co
United States
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
America
Bradley Martin Ball to Proceed Amid Criticism in New York
Mrs. Bradley Martin defends her ball planning amid Rev. Dr. Rainsford’s warnings. Police permits required for public masks and costumes, with spending expected to boost commerce. Debutantes and social figures including Miss Alice Martin and Miss Ethel Davies tied to royalty style cotillon plans.
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New York
Rainsford
Bradley Martin
Louis XVI
Waldorf
Chapman
Marie Antoinette
Fifth Avenue
Storekeeper
Frederic Bronson
Miss Bronson
Bertha Munde
Evelyn Sloane
Auchinelo
Daisy Hollins
Alice Martin
Albany
Ethel Davies
Julien T. Davies
City
Death of Joseph Davis Shines as Davis Boot and Shoe Company Mourns
At a special Jan 26 1897 meeting of the Davis Boot and Shoe Company directors the board adopted a resolution praising Joseph Davis as a warm, generous, and energetic associate. They expressed sympathy to his family and ordered the resolutions entered in company records and a copy sent to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Boot and Shoe Company
Joseph Davis
Davis
W. Thatcher
Amesbury
Neal Dow
Portland
England
United States
Boston Council Members Receive First Salaries
Members of the Common Council were paid yesterday drawing 25 dollars for a month’s pay. William J. Miller of Ward 5 was the earliest to draw and the first Boston councilman to receive a salary under the new law.
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William J. Miller
Ward 5
Boston
Cure for Consumption Offered by New York Doctor
A letter to the Boston Post from a New York doctor claims a reliable cure for consumption and related lung ailments. He offers free three bottles of remedies to readers who write from No 98 Pine Street, New York, and asks mention of the Boston Post in correspondence.
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Boston Post
Pine Street
New York
Ice encased Sprott reaches Mystic Wharf amid heavy ice
Spectators watched the German steamer Sprott from Hamburg via Dartmouth with cargo and 17 89 bags of sugar limp to Mystic wharf. The ship iced over from stem to stern, decks and rigging buried. Captain Albrecht sheltered below Boston Light for hours before mooring due to ice on anchors and windlass.
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Sprott
Hamburg
Dartmouth
Eng
American Sugar Refining Company
Mystic Wharf
Albrecht
Boston Light
John Thomas
Bertha Dean
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Nahum Chapin
Quogue Inlet
Thomas
Montauk
T Wharf
Gloucester
George’s
South Channel
Cape Cod
Brookline
Longwharf
Jamaica
F. E. Holmes
Messrs. I. Cadamus
J. A. Shaw
R. G. Kennedy
H. E. Rivers
Charles Williams
J. E. Duncan
F. T. Slack
W. Strock
Stella
Mexico
Philadelphia
Marseilles
France
West Indies
Rollerson
Jonathan Cone
South Boston
Castle Island
Rube Stubbs
Tug
Juno
Boston University Notes Annual Meeting Highlights
Boston University trustees held their annual meeting. The financial committee grows from five to seven, new board members named Charles Theodore Gallagher and Austin Barkelay Fletcher. The Jacob Sleeper fellowship goes to Albert Kundsore of the School of Theology for foreign study. Beacon prize contest opens with four awards for submissions due by March 1. Klatsch Collegians event planned for Feb 19 with a non fraternity led committee and several student hostesses and decorations crews.
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Boston University
Charles Theodore Gallagher
Austin Barkelay Fletcher
Jacob Sleeper
Albert Cornelius Kundsore
School of Theology
Beacon
Klatsch Collegians
Klatsch
Mary E. Barnes
Lena Glover
Alpha Phi Society
Gertrude Crosby
Kappa Kappa
Mary Muzzey
Tri Delta Delta
Edyth Floyd
Phi Beta Phi
Bessie Nichols
Gamma Phi
Muzzey
Miss Floyd
Margaret Tyacke
Gamma Delta
Katharine Chamberlain
Helen Aldrich
Gennie Gammons
Laura Libby
Grace Potter
Edyth Everett
Sarah Pechorne
Boston Theater Scene Showcases Stars in Varied Roles
The column surveys Boston performers and shows at the Park Academy of Music Tremont Bowdoin and more. Anna Held Blanche Walsh Georgia Cayvan H. Beerbohm Tree Amanda Fabris L. R. Shewell Annie Ward Tiffany P Aug Anderson and others feature across venues. Damrosch revamps opera slate and Melba withdraws due to illness.
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Anna Held
Miss Held
the Park
Boston
Blanche Walsh
Academy of Music
New York
Georgia Cayvan
Tremont
H. Beerbohm Tree
Hollis
The
Mighty
England
Amanda Fabris
Brian Bo
P. Aug. Anderson
Lotta
Secret Service
John Hare
William Warren
Back Bay
Zoo
Glass Palace
Mme. Melba
Walter Damrosch
Fidelio
Mme
Lehmann
Rheingold
Klaw & Erlanger
B. E. Rice
Madge Lessing
Maud Hollins
Merri Osborne
Music Hall
John S. Stoddard
Athens
Venice
Columbia
Trilby
W. W. Wilkinson
Alexander Salvini
Edwin Milton
Royle
Captain Impudence
Howell Hansel
Keith
Hill
Grand Opera House
Lettie Lene
the Howard
Beanpole Billy
Austin & Stone’s
Rice and Barton
the Palace
Watson Sisters
Nickelodeon
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Thomas Hardy
Wurtemberg
Lawrence Co
Mercer Co
Clara A. McCabe
Brownsboro
Jackson Co
Oregon
Lizzie Redinger
Fort Scott
Bourbon County
Kansas
Miss C. Benton
Wilson, Wilson Co
N. C
Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Bradley-Martin
Miller
Bak
Hed
Sunday Post
Merchent Counsel and Laboratory Department
A. Slocum
T. A. Slocum CO
Incor
N.Y
Pine
Slocum
SA Drecum, WA
Slocum Laboratory
Waltham Street
Harrison Ave
Shawmut Ave
Fort William
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Lord Dufferin
Montevideo
John R. Livermore
Beaver Street
London
Abana
Elbe
Blankenese
Dartmoor
Landsman
Medora
R. ‘Crosby
Damrell & Upham
Old Corner
Washington and
School Streets
John Wedderburn & CO
Washington, D. C
Boston University Notes
Heal Dow
Jack
Lion Tamer
Jack Gardner
Rex
Bates Hall
Nage
Tremont Theatre
Mgrs Abbey
Schoeffel & Grau Co.Ltd
Squire Kate
Castle 3
Ormevree
Tremont St
Boston Museum
Jon Soret
Jack Beanstalk the
Mechanics’ Bloc
Boston Poultry Association
Oultry Idgeons ET Stock
Boston Music Hall
Wyonightai S
West Newton St. Armory
M. Raymond
Frank V. Dunn
Palace Theatre
Court & Sudbury Sts
Rice and Barton’s Now Gaiety Extravaganza CO
Coney Island
Casino DE
Boston & Amd
NASA d
A. S. Hanson
Bay State
India Wharf
Iiterior
Wndows
Bowdoin SQ. Sr
Charles E. Blaney
the Electrician
Casi
Tontig
Too
H Johnson
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Whitney
Pera
Eer
Ipera CO
Boru
N and Melody
Anne Mneeeernare
Eugene Tomp Cae Lae
Pices
Hinamse& Fiocy
Hoyt
Ition
Crystal Palace
Veddo
Farpan
Hollis Ez LrKe
Isaac B. Rich
Beerbohm
Model Playhouse
Press Eldridge
McBride and Gordon
Biograph
H. W. Williams
Meteors
Living Pictures
Our
Clio
Diana
Watson and Hutchins
le Moyne Bros
Caroline Hull
Smith and Campbell
Col
Dover Sts
N. S. Wood
Orphans of
Ammons-Clerise ‘Trio
Orvilles
Stock Co
Davia & Gale
J. J. Quigley
Kentuck
Eanpole
Billy
Austin & Stone
ee _ Tremont
Rochegrosse
Babylon
Paris
A.M. Palmer’s Co. Ter
Columbia Theatre
Wnext
Waed & Vokes
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