Social Calendar Notices From The Post
Readers are asked to send brief memoranda of forthcoming social events. Tuesday June 27 includes a wedding for Miss Jennie French and Mr. Richard Briggs Jr at First Church Roxbury. Also a silver wedding for Mr. and Mrs. Charlies Andrew Clark at Cypress Street Brookline and a wedding for Miss Florence L Brown and Dr. Gordon R Mackay at South Congregational Church with a reception at Copley Square Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie French
Richard Briggs, Jr
First Church
Roxbury
Charlies Andrew Clark
Cypress Street
Brookline
Florence L. Brown
Gordon R. Mackay
Copley Square Hotel
Notable Women in Historic Events and Society Headlines
A survey notes Della Harkness as a renowned early hog thief in southwest Missouri and Frances Hodgson Burnett preparing for a year abroad. Mary A H Gay advances Confederate memorials, Eleonora Duse draws praise, and Princess May of Teck signals patriotic product choices. Queen Victoria uses an elevator at the Imperial Institute opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Harkness
Missouri
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Washington
London
New York
Egypt
Holy Land
Alexander H. Stevens
Mary A. H. Gay
Eleonora Duse
Princess May of
Teck
Paris
Duchess of Teck
Krumpke
France
Observatoire
Victoria
Imperial Institute
Words to avoid list for teachers in Eastern schools
A teacher in an Eastern school circulated a guide of preferred replacements for common phrases. The list critiques wording such as had rather would rather had better for try and go for try to go and suggests alternatives like feel good for feel well and healthy for wholesome.
Superstitions and Stones Gift of Curing and Power
A list of gems and talismans with claimed powers. Sapphire calms somnambulism and inspires good deeds. Cat’s eye wards witchcraft. moonstone aids fertility and epilepsy care. Emerald fosters friendship and steadiness. Crystal induces visions and good dreams. Burmese ruby ripens like fruit. agate quenches thirst and relieves fever. Coral wards enchantment and disaster. A bouquet of diamonds, lodestones, and sapphires makes one nearly invincible.
Rumor of Mary Anderson to star at Lyceum Theatre London
Rumors claim Mary Anderson Navarro will take the Lyceum Theatre London stage during Henry Irving's American tour life. No official confirmation issued by producers or venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson-Navarro
Lyceum Theatre
London
Henry Irving
Rose Leaves Replacing Rice At Weddings In Australia
An Australian custom substitutes rice with rose leaves for wedding sendoffs. Guests shower the couple with fragrant petals as they depart, seen as a gentler blessing for a prosperous union compared to rice which can scratch skin and irritate eyes.
A Turkish Heroine Earns Cherakat for Bravery
In Pristina a young girl named Hanko served three and a half years under her brother Ali Redscheb in the Fifteenth Regiment. She concealed her sex to free her brother from military service. The Sultan awarded her the Cherakat Order of the Third Class and a five pound monthly pension, and she was sent home, allowing her brother to avoid service.
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Pristina
Hanko
Ali Redscheb
Precocious Genius Olive Berkley Star of Stage and Press
A fourteen year old Olive Berkley rose from child actor to prolific writer. Once Lord Fauntleroy in velvet knickerbockers she toured continents and now pens tales for major dailies. Her tale My Little Friend shows a polished literary style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Berkley
Lord Fauntleroy
Lord
Australia
Kate Field joins suffrage push at Chicago congress
Kate Field has led varied career as journalist lecturer actress and reformer. Her latest mission is women vote rights and she joined the Chicago woman's congress in a public dramatic stance. Susan B Anthony welcomed the recruitment with pride and thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Field
Miss Field
Chicago
Anthony
Miss Minnehaha Nurse at New York Woman’s Hospital
A profile describes Miss Minnehaha an Indian trained nurse at the New York Woman’s Hospital on Stuyvesant Square. She is well educated professionally and socially with a distinctive erect bearing and a quiet stealthy step that goes unnoticed by patients at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Minnehaha
New York Woman’s Hospital
Stuyvesant Square
Surf plunge ends in ballroom return at summer resort
A youth who swam in twilight surf was carried by four athletic floor managers in full dress back to the sea and thrown in again. The incident underscores a lesson about lines between outing and staying out.
Movement to place Lamb memorial on grave
Friends of the late Mrs Martha J Lamb plan a monument at her grave to honor her literary work and character. The effort is led by Mrs Salisbury of New Haven with Mrs Russell Sage and Miss Helen Gould among contributors. The Huguenot Society has expressed interest in joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha J. Lamb
Salisbury
Professor Salisbury
New Haven
Russell Sage
Helen Gould
Huguenot Society
Doctor weighs nerve tonics and temperance drinks
A medical expert from Columbus avenue cautions on using nerve tonics without a physician's guidance. He favors hot drinks as cooling when used in moderation, compares hot baths to cooling effects, and notes temperance drink intoxication is not a police court misdemeanor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Ammidown
Columbus Avenue
Soda Fountains Sell Sweet Dreams in Parched City
In acute cases soda drinkers face terms like cholera morbus and gasping gastric inflammation while chronic illnesses mimic nervous prostration and Bright's disease. The piece notes soda fountains offer respite in hot weather even as temperance advocates push against indulgence, framing the scene with a tongue in cheek warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Love
Temperance and soda water temptations described
The article discusses temperance as a physiology topic and the lure of soda water drinks. It contrasts rational objections with human nature’s attraction to cold, refreshing beverages and the lingering discomfort after indulgence.
Temperance drink intoxication and the soda habit observed
An on the street interview bout hot day thirsts reveals mixed views on sodas and phosphates. A shop girl and a spa patron describe meals replaced by beverages while one young man defends moderation and sobriety after soda-fueled outings. The piece notes Cambridge street activity near Revere House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Spa
Cambridge Street
Revere Heise
Huyler's and Boston soda fountains in the reform era
A glimpse of Boston street life shows Huyler's as a premier soda salon drawing Back Bay beauties and Harvard youths while dry goods stores and drugstores line up temperance drinks. The article notes ice cream, egg and phosphate sodas, medicinal brews, and a comparison with Woodward's and other spots along Tremont Street as a broad soda culture grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huyler’s
Boston
Huyler's
Back Bay
Harvard
Houghton & Dutton
Moxie
Houghton & Dutton’s
Woodward's
Tremont Street
Hollander, Bradshaw & Folsom
Dr. Swett’s
Imperial Nerve Food
Bradbury's
Washington Street
Vieth’s Spa
Boylston Street
Thompson's Spa
Silver Grill
Newspaper Row
Amy Robsart
Nicholas Bishop wedding in Burlington details muddled
The notice records the Nicholas and Langdon families in a Burlington ceremony at St Pauls Episcopal Church on May 25 1893 led by Rt Rev J Isham Bliss with Eleanor Bishop as bride and Leucns Langdon Nicholas as groom. The text blends lineage and place names including Berlin Montpelier and New York reflecting a complex family notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Burlington
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
J. Isham Bliss
Leucns Langdon Nicholas
Anastasius Nicholas
Carla Robbins Nicholas
Nee Langdon
Eleanor Fletcher
Washington Irving
Nathaniel C. Bishop
James
Cathrine R. Davison
Theseus
Athens
Berlin
Montpelier
Davis—Stamilton
West
Newton Street
William H. Savary
James A. Davis
Annie W. Hamilton
Boston
Obituary notices list multiple June deaths and ages
In a Nantasket notice James T. Cole formerly of the Boston Fire Department died suddenly aged 57. Other notices include Sarah F. Brooks June 23, Sarah Lewis Carpenter wife of the late I T Carpenter June 25. Ethel J Daymude June 25 aged 21 6. David F. Hall Nantasket Beach June 23 aged 65 10 14. Jeremiah Leary South Boston June 26 aged 48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Sarah F. Brooks
Cole
Nantasket
James T. Cole
Boston
Carpenter
Sarah Lewis Carpenter
I. T. Carpenter
Daymude
Ethel J. Daymude
J. L. Daymude
Hall
Nahtasket Beach
David F. Hall
Leary
South Boston
Jeremiah Leary
Tremont Summer Opera Opens With Amorita at Tremont
The Tremont Theatre summer season opened with Pauline Hall’s Amorita, Czibulka’s score pairing light arias and a marcato librettist’s witticisms. Cast includes Hall as Angelo, Lavine, Brand, Wheelan, Blaisdell, and Kruger. dancing and a cello violin showcase followed by a Yale-like musicale. Bartholomew’s Equine Paradox and Sandow acts soon head to Boston, with DeKoven’s music highlighted at Music Hall. The Golden Wedding enters its second month at Park Theatre with Yeamans Daly Mack Burke and the Barrison sisters debuting to strong crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Theatre
Pauline Hall Opera Company
Tremont
Czibulka
Harry McClellan
McClellan
Pauline Hall
Angelo
Miss Hall
Clara Lavine
John E. Brand
Bombarda
Alf Wheelan
William Blaisdell
Rosa Cooke
Perpetua
Amarita
Jacques Kruger
Helen Dunbar
the Park Theatre
Miller
Jennie Yeamans
Dan Daly
Andrew Mack
Charles A. Burke
Clipper
Grace Ogden
Florence Dunbar
Emma Salisbury
Barrison Sisters
Tremont Palace Scene Shines in Act Two at Bowdoin Square
Review notes the palace scene’s beauty with Mlle Sozo’s solo, praising Tremont standard of excellence, and congratulating Miss Hall’s company on a prosperous engagement. Baker opera company’s Falka at Bowdoin Square Theatre earns high marks for scenery, costuming, and Irene Murphy’s spirited performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Trimbells
Mlle
Sozo
Tremont
Falka
Baker Opera Company
Bowdoin Square Theatre
William Wolff
Folbach
W. G. Stewart
Irene Murphy
Maude Dickeson
Baker
Minna van Buren
Utility Players Highlight Key Roles in Early Baseball
The piece argues for a versatile utility player to cover infield and outfield gaps for the Brooklyns and Bostons, noting missed wins when regulars were sidelined. It cites Lowe, Lowe’s absence, and costs, while contrasting salaries with past years and mentioning Stivetts, Nichols, and various lineups and nicknames across clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheeh
Brooklyns
Richardson
Corcoran
Foutz
Bostons
Lowe
Long
Carroll
Boston
Stivetts
Nichols
Brooklyn
Selee
Dan Brouthers
Harry Stovey
Tommy Burns
Chicago
Colts
Elven Anson
Ryan
Duffy
Farrell
Hutchinson
Kittredge
Kelly
Gore
Clarkson
Silver Flint
Anson
New Yorks Giants
Garry
Dovers
Clevelands
Washingtons
Kinslow
Conn Dailey
Colonels
Grim
Harrington
Farmer Weaver
Weaver
Lowells
Manchester
Beech Street
T. Parrott
Parrott
Cincinnati
Riley
Brocktons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Anderson
Mrs. Lamb
Drunkarus
Ween
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Funéra
Paceine
THE
Alexander Heindl
F. McChadden
Popper
T. F. O’brien
Wagner
S “Tannhauser
F. G. Godson
Mazas
Anton
Mr. Pike
McCrudden
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Curio Hall
Brazil
Mons
Rozes Jean
B. W. Franks
Messrs. Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Sandow
Hercules
Atkinson
Reginald Dekkoven
Adamowski
Tannhauser
Clayton Johns
Saint-Saens
Delibes
Naila
Austria
Pauline Hall Opera CO
Amorita
Park Theatre
J. A. Crabtree, Mer
F. Be. Piper, Bus
Mae
Fred Miller, Jr
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Bartholomew
Bowdoin SQ
Theatre
Chas. F. Athinson
GEO. A. Baker
Fpaika
Chimes
Normandy
Burroughs “Frisco
Folly Co
Austin’s Theatre
Times
Mr. T. Adamowski
Ben J. Johnson
Washington St
Old South Church
Tin&Gstone’s
Tremont Scollag Row
Niagara
Ben. Johnson
Old South Charch
Austin
Palace Theatre
Mynnee Burroughs
Annie Carter
Jessie Harcourt
Amy Reynolds
Agnes Bernard
Lillie Gardner
Messrs
C. H. Burroughs
Frank Kennedy
John J. Sheehan
Burroughses
Leonard
Moran
McCarthy
Reynolds
Leonara
Belle
Harry
Gilbert Sarony
Adrian
Pollie Holmes
Harry James
J. J. Sheehan
Reads Collection Agency
Devonshire St
Lovell’s Grove
Boston Harbor
Union Towboat Company
Central Wharf
Lovie J. Harris
Ingram
Pullman
Harris, Hatch & Abbott
Globe Building
Loston
Mass
Provincetown
Londfellow
John Smith
Commercial Wharf
North Pier
Cape
Atwood & Rich, Agts
LIN Cet Ac
Atlantic Ave
Winthrop
S kFarked
Niagara Falls
Boston & Albany
Witchburg
Beekman’s
American Ticket Brokers’ Association
Return
White
Avorn
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