Cuttyhunk Disaster Recovery of Captain Aiken Jr
The body of Captain Timothy Aiken Jr was recovered and brought to the city by tug George W. Hunt. Wreckers strip the brig Aquatic’s sails and cargo while repairs fail. plans for a double funeral service at Seamans Bethel are set and a family relief fund nears $1000.
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New Reprorp
Timothy Aiken, Jr
J. 2B Humphrey
Lawrence A. Halcrow
Aquatic
Boston
T. A. Codd
Douglass Dearborn
Seamans
Bethel
Story Paper Burned Out at Vandewater Street
New York publisher Norman L. Munro saw his seven story building at Vandewater Street gutted from fire early today. Upper floors and presses were destroyed, with losses estimated around 80 000 dollars. The structure housed Raisbeck Electrotype and a book bindery, with no injuries reported.
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New York
Norman L. Munro
Vandewater Street
Grammar School No
Raisbeck Electrotype Company
Henry Cortelyon & Co
W. C. Dunn
Munro
Brooklyn Bridge
Family
Story Paper
Electricians Meet at St Louis Nela Convention
The National Electric Light Association began its annual convention in St Louis with over five hundred representatives from electrical interests. Noted figures in the field attended as President James I Ayer opened the gathering and Mayor Noonan delivered a speech before Ayer gave his annual address. The data committee report was heard before a recess.
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St. Louis
National Electric Light Association
World of Electricity
James I. Ayer
Noonan
Ayer
Committee On Data
Washington
Stevenson
Cumberland
Martinsburg
America
Mr. Cleveland
General Stevenson
Nho
General Stevenon
New Jersey Avenue
J. G. Barrett
Ebbitt
Illinois Club of
Bloomington
Social Calendar: Harvard Glee Clubs and Miss Franklin Reception
Readers are urged to send brief memoranda of forthcoming events. On Wednesday March 1 Harvard Glee Mandolin Banjo and Guitar Clubs perform at Melrose. Miss Gertrude Franklin hosts informal receptions at 74 Huntington Ave. Bewonstielad Terraces Casino hosts an 8 p.m. program with Rev. Arthur May Knapp speaking on Japan followed by dancing 9:30 to 11 p.m.
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Harvard
Melrose
Gertrude Franklin
Huntington Avenue
Casino
Bewonstielad Terraces
Arthur May Knapp
Japan
Women Talked About and Notable Society Items
A Salem Massachusetts address on Bellamyism by Mrs Abby Morton Diaz highlights rising nationalism. Maud Madison debuts as a crinoline dancer with a five yard hoop. Vassar girls sent 300 dolls to a settlement for poor children. The German Empress sent a watercolor sketch to the Japanese Empress. Mime Modjeska praised as a writer and actress. Boston area clubs are populous but lack a permanent club house. Mrs Borden leads New Mexico WCTU teaching 4000 miles and thirty speeches last year. Adeline Knapp of the San Francisco Call departs for Honolulu to cover the annexation crisis as the Middy Morgan of the West.
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Abby Morton Diaz
Thought and Work Club
Salem
Mass
Maud Madison
Vassar
Mime Modjeska
Boston
Borden
New Mexico
Little editor Ethel Stout from Ohio to Florida
The youngest editor in the United States is Ethel Stout born 1882 in Ohio now living in Florida. She started a temperance paper The Midget at Delaware Ohio, later Melbourne Florida, editing and composing herself. The quarto publication has about 10,000 in circulation and she donates one tenth of her income to temperance work.
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United States
Ethel Stout
Ohio
Florida
Delaware
Melbourne
Indian River
Fla
Ethel
Female ushers in Boston theaters praised as ideal attendants
The piece argues that young women are ideal ushers for music halls and readings, noting their popularity in Boston venues. It claims the duties are light and require only attention and faithfulness, asserting women are superior to men in this role and urging a broader trial of the experiment.
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Boston
Mrs Rorer's Fricassee of Oysters Delights Readers
Mrs Rorer describes a tasty oyster fricassee method boiling twenty five oysters in their own liquor then draining the shells. She proceeds with further steps to finish the dish in a comment on her cookbook guidance.
Oyster sauce with eggs and parsley served sizzling
Melt butter in a frying pan then stir in flour. Add half a pint of milk and boil. Fold in oysters and their liquor with salt and cayenne, boil again. Remove from heat, add beaten yolks and chopped parsley. Serve dishes like this directly from the fire.
Prize Design Contest Awards All Top Prizes to Women
A recent recap notes a past wallpaper design contest offering 1000, 500, and 300 prizes open to natives and foreigners, men and women. All three winners were American women. A veteran in the field predicted that once women gain equal years of experience, their work will rival or surpass that of men.
Real Lace Revived in Evening and Day Gowns
Fashion notes celebrate lace return in current styles. Real lace features prominently on both evening and day gowns alongside rich materials and simple silhouettes. The stuart cape and berthes, popular about thirty years ago, are also making a comeback in this revival.
Beatty and Taylor Marry in City Ceremony
In this city on February 25, the Rev. Emory J. Haynes presided at a marriage between Hubert Beatty and Mamie Taylor. The couple exchanged vows in a ceremony conducted by the minister, with attendees noting a simple, heartfelt service.
Death notices from Cambridge to Salem calm and precise
Deaths listed across Massachusetts from Feb 24 to Feb 28, naming Amanda M. Alger Edwin A. Alger and others. Entries include ages and locations Boston Highlands Brookline Malden Dorchester Charlestown Cambridge Beverly Weston Newton Upper Falls and Salem. Notable individuals include Charles S. Jones superintendent of the Illinois Central Railroad Telegraph Company and Dr Henry Wheatland.
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Alger
Cambridge
Amanda M. Alger
Edwin A. Alger
Bennett
Beverly
Robert G. Bennett
Blake
Malden
Julia
Brookline
Arthur Welce Blake
Cargill
Newton Upper Falls
William S. Cargill
Field
Weston
Benjamin F. Field
Foster
Charlestown
Mass
Joseph W. Foster
Jones
Chicago
Ill
la Grippe
Charles S. Jones
Ilinois Central Railroad Telegraph Company
Keene
Rachel Keene
Honey
Dorchester
Norman Honey
Macfarlane
Edith Lincoln
Duncan
Abbie M. Macfarlane
Newell
Eliza Shuttleworth
Charles Sheen Newell
E. R. Knapp
Applications Filed at City Registrar February 28
List of applicants filed at the City Registrar on February 28 includes William Lane and Rose Kiernan Alvah H Jenkins and Ida M Williams James T Deery and Hattie White Thomas J Griffin and Lizzie McKenzie William La Point and Annie Z Wicker Gustav Enfors and Julia Norstrum Michael O Hara and Annie Chinn William Whitton and Minnie Croke.
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William Lane
Rose Kiernan
Alvah H. Jenkins
Ida M. Williams
James T. Deery
Hattie White
Thomas J. Griffin
Lizzie McKenzie
William la Point
Annie Z. Wicker
Gustav Enfors
Julia Norstrum
Michael O’ Hara
Annie Chinn
William Whitton
Minnie Croke
Marriages Recorded in City Registrar Notices
In this city, February 27, by Reverend Louis A. Banks, Harry V. Leighton wed Vino Jardine. In this city, February 26, by Reverend Wolf Barron, Harry Remabovsky married Annie Alpert.
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Louis A. Banks
Harry V. Leighton
Vino Jardine
Wolf Barron
Harry Remabovsky
Annie Alpert
Extravaganzas and Stage News In East Boston And Boston
A survey of winter theatre activity notes Ali Baba at the Globe Theatre with careful direction and bright costumes, Among the Breakers by Greenwood Dramatic Club in East Boston on March 23, and Mrs Albert Barker's first Boston appearances at Chickering Hall. Also covered are The New Soul at Boston Theatre, Leaves of Shamrock at the Howard, Aunt Bridget’s Baby at Grand Opera House, and Annie Clarke’s The White Slave engagement. The feature includes Uncle Joe and Roxy's dance in Hoyt's A Temperance Town and a scene of the parsonage with Reverend Hardman surprised by the organ scene
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Merly
Greenwood Dramatic Club
Breakers
Stirk’s Hall
East Boston
Harriott
Boston Dramatic Club
Albert Barker
New York
Madison Square Garden
Boston
Chickering Hall
Tennyson
Bridget
Grand Opera House
Annie Clarke
Miss Clarke
Uncle Joe
Hoyt’s
Park Theatre
Roxy
Parson’s
George Ober
Evelyn Pollock
Mr. Hardman
Joe
Fanny George McNrue
Annie Clark
Ali Baba Keeps Sparkling After Hundreds of Performances
The long running Ali Baba at the W C T Dramatic Association endures with fresh dash as each department maintains strict rehearsals and meticulous care. Costume and scenery crews repair, paint, and launder between shows, while stars like George Ober and McFee of Dublin continue to draw crowds. other productions such as 1492 and Shore Acres tour or play to packed houses at Bowdoin Square and the Museum, with special features and profitable runs enhanced by steady orchestral staging.
Mr William M Smith Leaves Postal Telegraph for Mineral Water Agency
Mr William M Smith, cashier of the Postal Telegraph for twelve years, sever will today his connection with that company to head the New England agency of the Geneva Mineral Water Company at 13 Federal Street. He is well known among businessmen and in the theatrical profession and holds a high rank in the Masonic fraternity. His friends extend good wishes.
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William M. Smith
Postal Telegraph
New England
Geneva Mineral Water Company
Federal Street
Smith
Julia Force Declared Insane
In Atlanta on February 28 Miss Julia Force who killed her two sisters last Saturday was today adjudged insane.
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Atlanta, Ga
Julia Force
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Isaac B. Rich
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Miss Marlowe
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