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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1897

Page

6

Stage Roundup Highlights amid New York and Boston Theatres

The piece reviews a busy stage week with H Sothern in An Enemy to the King at Hollis and Nat C Goodwin to follow in An American Citizen. In Gay New York at Park remains highly lively. Also noted are Tho roughbred closing at Museum, Gillette's Secret Service, Lillian Nordica joining Walter Damrosch, and Metro debut. The Boston season includes Under the Polar Star touring New England, Pinero's The Hobby Horse, Caste performances, and Mag gie Cline On Broadway. Box office for Jack and the Beanstalk returns March 15 at Boston Theatre.

BE. H. Sothern Hollis Nat C. Goodwin New York Park Hoyt Museum Gillette Secret Service Lillian Nordica Walter Damrosch Metropolitan Opera House Boston New England John Hare Pinero Benjamin Goldfinch Boston Theatre A. S.S. Lipman Joe Jefferson New Orleans Castle Square Castle Square and Will Be Followed Next Monday By ‘‘Trovatore Atkinson Hfe Cabinet Chiquita

Theatres and Attractions Stir Boston Audiences

Early morning to evening a constant call for seats marks the theater scene as openings approach. The New York cast arrives for the Boston run with Secret Service due at the Museum next Monday and many shows like Hogan's Riley and Temperance Town drawing crowds. Nelson Wheatcroft lies ill in New York with fever and pneumonia pleuritic complications while other acts like Reeves's burlesquers and The Mimic Four entertain at the Grand Opera House and Grand.

Secret Service Museum Gillette New York Boston Hogan Riley Columbia Richards Canfield Nelson Wheatcroft Little Egypt the Howard Reeves Charles Ellis Myrtie Peek New Grand Billy Emerson Grand Opera House Austin & Stone’s Grieves the Palace Nickelodeon

Second Steinert Hall vocal concert features Bradbury and Lunde

The second in a series at Steinert Hall features soprano Mrs. Kileski Bradbury and contralto Miss Angot Lunde with tenor Eliot Hubbard and bass Arthur Beresford. They perform Longfellow settings by Hatton Chadwick Gounod Balfe Sutton West Tuckerman Cowen Pinsuti among others. Notable pieces include Gounod It Is Not Always May and Balfe The Green Trees Whispered. The third concert is set for March 17 with Max Heinrich and Lena Little performing Schumann.

Steinert Hall Kileski Bradbury Angot Lunde Messrs Eliot Hubbard Arthur Beresford Longfellow Hatton Sermo Chadwick Gounod Berger Tours Balfe Sutton West Tuckerman Cowen Pinsuti Max Heinrich Lena Little Robert Schumann

Along the Water Front at Gloucester and Boston

The Canada steamer will stay on the Liverpool Boston service while another ship takes the Montreal route. Forty saloon passengers have booked for April. Twenty fishing vessels arrived with 1 400 000 pounds of mixed fish. Haddock and cod prices ranged from 50 cents to 2 50 per cwt. The bark Osberga from Manila docked after 178 days, with 7080 bales of hemp. crewman Charles Thorgersen died. The Sigurd arrived from Melbourne with 8874 bales of wool worth 600 000 dollars. The Latona reported 65 000 pounds of fish and spoke the Kremlin from Rosario near Boston.

Canada McAuley Boston Montreal Indiana Sewell Smith Haddock T Wharf Osberga Maitland Manila Mystic Wharf Kenneth McKenzie Port Natal Charles Thorgersen Sigurd Juno Melbourne Rase Latona Georges William Crouches Boston Barkentine Kremlin Wyman Rosario Boston Light Landsman

Perfect Florida tour by Pennsylvania railroad advertises special trains

A promotional piece touts a Florida season tour via the Pennsylvania railroad with special Pullman palace cars and full amenities. The Jacksonville trip departs from New York and Philadelphia in March and returns by May 31 1897, with excursion rates from various cities and agent contacts for tickets.

Florida Atlantic Slope Pennsylvania Railroad Jacksonville New York Philadelphia Broadway George W. Boyd Broad Street

Real estate exchange votes for new directors

At yesterday’s annual meeting of the real estate exchange and auction board held at 7 Exchange Place, directors elected include J. Morris Meredith Alexander S. Porter Arnold A. Rand John Mason Little S Parkman Blake T Quincy Browne Henry Parkman Francis Peabody Jr Charles W Whittier L Shannon Davis Watson G Cutter Edward H Eldredge Henry D Bennett George B Elliot Frederic H Viaux clerk Frederick Whitwell The body will meet Monday afternoon March 8 to choose officers and President Meredith is expected to be re elected.

Real Estate Exchange and Auction Board Exchange’ Place J. Morris Meredith Alexander S. Porter Arnold A. Rand John Mason Little S. Parkman Blake T. Quincy Browne Henry Parkman Francis Peabody, Jr Charles W. Whittier L. Shannon Davis Watson G. Cutter Edward H. Eldredge Henry D. Bennett George B. Elliot Frederic H. Viaux Frederick Whitwell Meredith

Morgan interests reach agreement on Union Pacific collateral trusts

It is understood that Morgan interests and the Moore committee have reached an agreement. A plan will be advertised soon by J. P. Morgan & Co., and it is understood that the plan has already been agreed upon.

New York Morgan Union Pacific Moore Committee J. P. Morgan & Co

Notice to curb street littering in Boston City streets

Boston Superintendent of Streets Benjamin W. Wells issues a warning to storekeepers households and the public urging cooperation to reduce street litter. He cites subway carts washing dirt into streets improper ash and rubbish receptacles and wind scatter as main causes and calls for tighter teams and proper receptacles to improve cleanliness.

Benjamin W. Wells Boston Charlestown East Boston South Boston Canal Street Winter Street Tremont Haymarket Square Atwood Police Commission

Boiling Market Sent Drives Copper and Stocks Rally

The market today surged with investment stocks leading gains as Copper centennial shares rose near intraday highs. Centen nial rock samples from the Osceola lode drew praise. Osceola and Pioneer showed strength while West End stock surged on wagon speculation. Boston & Maine and New York Central cited as solid investments amid favorable rail and mining outlooks. Pinkham.

New York Pullman New York Central Omaha Centennial Osceola Lode Calumet Old Dominion Herbert Radclyffe Congress Street Southern Exploration Company Southern Gold Properties Mr. Radclyffe Pioneer Racclyffe E. Sullivan Tom’’ Lawson Montara Butte West End Boston Elevated Osceola Bay State Gas Combination Boston Tuttle Boston & Maine Depew Lake Shore Vanderbilt Pinkham

The New Turkish Baths Opens Under Tremont Theatre

Adolph Lundin opens a new Turkish bath establishment beneath Tremont Theatre Boston after six months of construction. The marble lined interiors include private rooms drying room hot rooms steam room cold plunge shampoo rooms and an electric ventilating system. Weekday hours allow ladies 8 am to 1 pm and the rest of the day for gentlemen with Sunday hours for ladies 1 30 pm to 6 30 pm.

Adolph Lundin Boylston Hotel Boylston Street Tremont Street Tremont Theatre Lundin Boston

Boston Bridges Move Toward Needed Overhaul

Superintendent Carberry reports 132 total bridges in Boston with 27 city owned and 33 railroad supported. Broadway draw finally rotates after five years. Warren bridge repairs ongoing with substantial future work planned. Congress Street bridge deemed vital and in need of repairs or replacement.

Carberry Boston Broadway Warren Bridge Congress Street

Smith will case ruled for heirs in Woodstock Vermont

A dispatch says the final decision in the Smith will case, long in New Jersey courts, favors the Woodstock Vermont heirs. The will of H. B. Smith is set aside and the estate divided among the heirs.

Woodstock Smith New Jersey H. B. Smith

Boston Superior Court Jury List and Case Highlights

Boston Superior Court proceedings list multiple tort actions in three jury sessions with names such as Mary Doyle versus Charles G. Craibe and various railroad and company cases. The October and February jury lists set highest numbers for sessions. March 3 official sales shown. Fourth Session includes February specials and a Brookline Gas Light Company tort suit involving head injury. The dense docket covers numerous defendants and plaintiffs across West End R R, N Y N H R R, Boston Mfg Co, and Boston Elec Co.

Suffolk Maynard Mary Doyle Charles G. Craibe John Doyle P. M. Keating C. C. Mellen McIntyre White Munroe West End R. R Messenger N. Y N. H H.R. R Donovan Spaulding Forbes Lith Mfg. Co Chase West End R. R Same Henderson Berkman Daily Huber Norton Norfolk Sub St. R. R Walton Wakefield & S. St. R. R Whalen Rush Walcott Crosby Steam G. & V. Co Albert Walker Nat. Constr. Co Boston Morandi Bancroft Manning Sherman John O'Toole James P. Collins George Lacy L. M. Child W. Schofield Bessie Boutilier West End Street Railway Company Saratoga Street J. M. Gove A. L. Spring Burke N. BH BH. BR. R Collins Kelly Cooke Cooke Va. Boston. 5002—Mclellan Vs. Smith. 5403—Menier Vs. N. Y., N. BH H.R Lacey Macfarland Boston & Me Fleming Elston Shields New Eng. R. R Baker Dunn Bigelow-Dowse Co Hall Charles F. Thaxter International Glue Company S. A. Fuller J. Lowell, Jr McLaughlin Tyler Rooney H. R. BR Hession Crocker Harmon Parry Walsh Rost Mc. R. R Allen Fitch Seymour O'Loughlin Canney ALR Tarkin Smith Tenanty Boston Mfg. Co Cullinane Weatherspoon Dixon Chelsea Jones T Hayden Steele Lynn Ropes Blodgett Torrie Kavanagh Hepburn Davidson Wheeler Coburn Brown McKim Hinds Rosenthal Fitzgerald Ripley Slattery Childs Freed Hughes O'Hara Morse Parks H. Rh. Claflin Co Sehlager Wrich

Supreme Judicial Court docket listings in brief

The document lists civil cases before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court with case numbers and attorney names, including 851 Pike versus Waltham, 50 De Lisle versus Ward, 852 Ryan versus North End Savings Bank, 854 Nichols versus Lynn and Boston, 855 Groves versus Wilson, 856 Singer Manufacturing Company versus Reynolds, 863 Thomson versus Sleeper, 857 Harmon versus C C R R, 864 Mead versus Bowker, 866 Hurley versus McShane, 888 Alger versus Boston, 666 Young versus B M R R Co, 837 Hughes versus Milden and Melrose Gas Light Co, 842 O Neil versus Keyes et al, 869 Holder versus Hillson, 872 Tim et al versus Rosenfeld, 873 Worthington versus Plymouth County R R, 874 Kant versus Page, and 875 Luddington versus Goodnow.

Supreme Judicial Court For the Commonwealth Field C. J Allen, Holmes Harmon Mead Bowker Hurley McShane Alger Boston Young Hughes Milden & Melrose Gas Light Co O'Neil Keyes Holder Hillson Tim Worthington Plymouth County R. R Kant Page Luddington Goodnow

Promenade Basque and Hat Fashion Description

A detailed 19th century style overview describes a prune woollen promenade basque with plaid silk fronts, velvet braid buttons, and a cerise velvet hat with plumes. It notes construction features, fabrics, sizing, and a pattern No 6975 priced at 2 cents for busts 32 to 42 inches.

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