Pompadour on Stage in Boston by Miss Martinet
Sadie Martinet recalls how and when Pompadour was written while previewing her Boston run at Tremont Theatre. The interview covers her Versailles stay, data gathering with Nirdlinger, and the semiclassical plan of a visually rich production through early scenes of Mme Pompadour’s career.
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Worcester
Sadie Martinet
Boston
Museum
Pompadour
Hollis Street Theatre
Miss Martinet
Versailles
Hotel Des Reservoirs
Mme, Pompadour
Louis XV
Mme. Pompadour
Louis
Voltaire
Rousseau
Nirdlinger
Sevres
Johnnie
Kennett
Jane
Miss Bennett
Philadelphia
Johnstone Bennett
New Haven
Hyperion Theatre
Justie Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Providence
New England
A Little Celestial Auctioned by Mistaken Fame
In Tremont street Boston a Chinese mandarin in a shop window is auctioned by an excited dealer who keeps calling higher bids. After a lively sale ends with the mandarin unsold, the auctioneer finds a new fate for him, suggesting a future in many roles before vanishing, leaving the city to wonder where he will appear next.
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Tremont Street
Boston
Bett
West End
Post
J. B. Russell
Suburban trolley clash faces Boston with storage battery plan
The Daily City Press of Woburn fights overhead trolley expansion by East Middlesex and North Woburn lines linking to the West End. It urges a storage battery system as safer, noting two states already use it and warning against West End control. The piece depicts a broad struggle over public safety, suburban autonomy, and corporate power in Boston’s transit scene.
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West End
Boston
East Middlesex
North Woburn
Woburn
Daily City Press
West End Corporation
Luxurious Sideboard At Unseen Low Price Surfaces
Paine's Furniture Company advertises a sideboard at 48 Canal Street praised as exceptionally remarkable in design and value. The item is described as a rare example of price-juggling savings, with readers invited to wonder how such a superb piece can be produced and sold so cheaply.
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Paine
Canal Street
Marriage Rings and Custom Jewelry at Wilson Ros
The ad promotes gold rings with fees around 7 dollars to 12, promises made-to-order pieces in two hours, and directs readers to look for the Big Clock at Wilson Ros, a Boston jewelry firm located at 15 Tremont Row claiming to be the largest jewelers in Boston.
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Wilson Ros
Tremont Row
Boston
Deaths and Wills News from Boston Area
Death notices from February to March in Boston area: Elizabeth Carter of Newburyport aged 81. George Brown of East Boston aged 82. Rhoda Bea Potter of Ipswich aged 86 years 5 months 3 days. Lydia T Ronimus of this city wife of John Ronimus. Agnes F Churchill of Brookline aged 69 years 2 months. Henrietta B Caverly widow of Charles Caverly of Boston aged 82. Catherine Swift Arton of Memoris Tennessee. James A E Bailey of Arlington aged 87 years 9 months. William A Whalen of Allston aged unknown.
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Wills
Los Angeles
Cal
Elizabeth Carter
John N. Wills
Newburyport
Isaac Mead
Charlestown
Brown
East Boston
George Brown
Potter
Rhoda Bea
Ipswich
Romimus
Lydia T
John Ronimus
Churchill
Brookline
Agnes F. Churchill
Caverly
New York
Henrietta B. Caverly
Charles Caverly
Boston
Arton
Memoris
Tenn
Gatherine Swift
Robert Wharton
Bailey
Arlington
James A. E. Bailey
Whalen
Allston
William A. Whalen
Grippe remedy urged as essential by Duffy's Pure Malt
A vintage health notice promotes Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the premier remedy for grippe. It urges prompt vigorous use at first symptoms such as lead pains bad taste and fatigue, claiming it prevents illness and outperforms other whiskeys. It cautions buyers against inferior brands and asserts scientific endorsement.
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Grippe
Dragen
Duffy
Cure Quick for Catarrh and Quackery Pamphlets Offered
An advertisement offers 50 cent cures for nasal catarrh and throat affections with instructions and prepaid mail. It promises a pamphlet on tobacco dangers and quackery, plus a 125 page The Tobacco Slave book for 25 cents. Dr C A Greene of 178 Tremont St advertises 44 years’ experience and free pamphlets.
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Boston
Maine
Florida
Boston Post
C. A. Greene
Tremont St
Nervara Greene
State House Hearing on Baby Farming Charity Report
Boston March 3 1892 Committee on Prine CHARITABLE INSTITU givens to hear interested parties on the State Board of Lunacy and Charity report concerning baby farming at room A State House Tuesday March 15 at 11 am Chairman William E Meade Clerk Josefh Pr Hearn
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State House
Boston
House Committee On the Judiciary
Frederick H. Gillett
Fred N. Wiep
House Committee On the
Committee On Labor
Blue Room
Jhursday
Robert Howard
F. McAnally
Prine Charitable Institu Givens
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
William E. Meade
Josefh PR. Hearn
Joint Committee On the Judiciary
Marvin Fernald
Frep N. Wer
State Horse
Committee On Education
Eben S. Stevens
George C. Howard
Committee On Banks and Banking
Savins Bank
Isaac N. Nutter
A. G. Perkins
Committee On
Cambridge
Henry Parkman
Edwin F. Shorp
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
John M. Berry
WM. A. Ray
A. M. Lanigan
Joint Committee On the Jupicriary
Superior Court
Frep. N. Wier
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Charles Reade
Zola
L’assemoir
Hollis Street
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Cyrene
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Bostonians
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Daily City
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Court St
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Huntington Ave. and
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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AVE
South
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Ramsay
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Gaid
Thomas Gillespie
Bartlett
New Hampshire
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Josephine Gillespie
Bostox
Jos. A. Willard
Commonwealth OF Massachus
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Columbia Falls Brick Company
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O. G. Sleeper
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H. A
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Krike
CC. HK
Smith
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Grau
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Qluada
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Columbia
Harris
Atkinson
Boston CO
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Isaac B. Rich
LIS
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Melbourne
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Dancing Girl
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Miss Sadie
Martinot
Miss Martinot
Oston Museum
R. M. Frmup
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Thomas W. Keene
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LIONS
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Washington
Dover Sts
Miss Glaseford
Lothrow
Austin & Stone
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Scollay Square
Women’s Educational & Industrial Union
Boy'ston Street
Alice Washrburen
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Louise Bald
Wis Powers
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