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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1893
Page
5
A brief notice states residents must leave their current premises. The source provides limited details on location or date, but emphasizes a forced relocation requirement and immediate action by occupants. No names or organizations are specified in the readable text.
Our large Furniture trade prompts relocation from current quarters to the Bradford, Thomas & Co. building on Avon and Bedford streets. The six story building has two entrances and we offer a line of bargains before the removal, showcasing genuine value.
The North Dorchester Improvement Society celebrated its first anniversary with a reception and banquet at the United States Hotel attended by about seventy five members and friends. Speakers praised the group and urged progress on gas, rapid transit, sewers, and street improvements for Dorchester.
One of the largest house furnishing consolidations completes with the Atkinson House Furnishing Company of Maine and New Hampshire acquiring B. A. Atkinson & Co and Shawmut Furniture Company for a million and a half dollars. The combined entity plans substantial sales gains and promises reduced costs and broader access to carpets, furniture, draperies, crockery, glass, lamps, and related goods for customers.
A humor line from Puck quotes a sister and suitor exchange over a quarter. Ralph withholds details until given more payment, highlighting cheeky banter about opinions and secrets in a playful jibe.
Social calendar notes a Wednesday wedding at Trinity for Harriet S. Lawrence and Reginald Foster. Breakfast at Mrs. Abbott Lawrence 5 Commonwealth Avenue. Receptions by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jackson 50 Bromfield Street and by Mrs. James M. Barnard 198 Beacon Street, both 4 to 6. At Home by Walter E. Frost at 354 Adams Street Dorchester.
Mrs Albert Barker, London drawing room success, celebrated her Boston debut with an informal reception at Parker House from 4 to 6 pm hosted by Mrs McMurtrie of 81 Beacon Street. She read poems to be featured in tonight's Chickering Hall recital where she makes her first Boston bow.
Miss Lizzie Smith will read a paper before the Woman's Alliance at Dr Horton's church in Copley square today. Mrs Grover Cleveland favors blue as a color, while not the most becoming. Mrs Bellamy Storer of Cincinnati owns Rockwood potteries and will exhibit at the World's Fair. Dr Anna Kuhnow of Leipsic discusses women's rights in America and the contrasts with Germany. Frances Van Gasken, a Philadelphia medical inspector appointee, is a graduate of the Women's Medical College and passed civil service exams. Jean Ingelow hosts flowers and al fresco tea in summer and a conservatory tea in winter.
The passage discusses altering perceived height by styling, noting a tall girl will gain another season while a shorter girl can gain a bit of height or appear taller through hair, sword-hilt ornaments, high heels, striped dresses, and trim lines. It recommends adding a darker belt or hem band to reduce apparent altitude.
A stylish directive urges wearing or carrying violets from now until Easter for all outfits and events. It recommends violet perfume and violet stationery, and suggests a devoted partner keep crystallized violets in bonbonnieres as proper accompaniment.
A brief literary exchange shows a woman accusing a lover of indifference while he replies that distance makes him forgetful only while apart. The lines explore how separation affects memory and emotion in a concise dialogue.
Arts and Letters notes report a new Theatre of Art and Letters company to perform March 16 17 18 at Columbia Theatre with two plays to be featured. Easter Sunday April 2 marks the annual testimonial at the house and April 9 for John J. Bateman and Charles A. Metcalf. Mrs Albert Barker the English reader hosted a Parker House reception reciting pieces and noting her Bird notes and autograph from Mrs Cleveland. Martha Irmler, premiere danseuse in Ali Baba at the Globe, discusses language challenges and German background. Fraulein Irmler began dancing at age four in Dresden and will continue ballet training amid the custom of the company.
In Boston this summary notes major donations by women including Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt who funded the Maternity Hospital the largest of its kind with a one million dollar endowment. Mrs. W. B. Astor established and endowed the Cancer Hospital and Seton Home for Consumptives, a leading hospital in Europe or America under Sister Irene and named after Elizabeth Seton.
Awkward, incomplete OCR fragment reports a mother asking what her daughter would do if she died and Flossie replying she might spank herself. The text is garbled with stray punctuation and missing context.
In this city on March 1 the Rev Kilis Mendall joined Alvah H Jenkins of Petersham and Ida M Williams of Boston in marriage.
The article previews a Boston theatre week with a subscription night on Saturday featuring a new play by a Boston author, a cast list, and planned attractions like Squirrel Inn and The Harvest Moon. It also notes Fraulein Irmler’s Metropolitan Opera debut in New York and updates on Elsie Lombard, John Mason, and other stage figures.
A housemaid greets a passing woman sweeping her doorstep mistaking her for a servant. They discuss wages with the street conversation turning on status and privileges, revealing class assumptions and humor in a brief curbside exchange.
Reports from London indicate cigarette smoking by women of the best society is a recognized, popular pastime. The court tobacconist notes equal orders for ladies cigarettes with those for men, presaging wider adoption beyond aristocracy as fashions spread.
A list of death notices from March with names, ages, and locations across Massachusetts and nearby states. Notables include William Cline 70 Somerville, Frank W. French 40 Taunton, Jeremiah Finnegan 42 Washington DC, Sarah Graham ? Brookline, Edith Hanson 20 Woburn, Caroline Holden, Lizzie Howe 28, Charles Kendrick 70 Elkhart, Caroline Lindsey, Sulviro Merritt 66, Mary Sargent 68, George Sherwin 62 Sharon, Nathaniel Tufts 31 Somerville, Charles Waterman 76, William Willard 39, and others from New Bedford, Roxbury, East Hampton and Charlestown.
List of applications filed at the City Registrar on March 7 includes Antonio Raimondo with Elizabeth M. Burns Hierace F Ward with Maria O Connor Michael C Whalen with Mary T Carway Giuseppe Totterella with Antonina Rassa Daniel F Beauvias with Corine Peterson Alonzo J Mercer with Sarah Price.
Camilla Collett aged fifty was honored at a great festival in Christiania. The longtime advocate for women’s enfranchisement attended, with Henrik Ibsen present at the banquet. The town lit up as students with torches led a long procession.
In London on March 7 the New York steamship lunch drew 250 guests including ex-Secretary Foster and Minister Lincoln. Toaster remarks praised Anglo American ties, with Lincoln lauding trade and the flag’s reach abroad. The event featured toasts to Cleveland and the American flag, ending with visits to a bed-bound Senator Morgan.
The Commercial Travellers Mutual Accident Association of America will hold its tenth annual meeting at the Y M C A building on Bleecker street Utica New York Monday March 13 at 2 o clock. The agenda includes constitutional amendments electing officers and proposals to pay board members salaries or per attendance allowances. An amendment to reduce the secretary treasurer salary from 5000 to 8500 dollars is also on the table.
A Punchy caption reports Willie recalling a Grand Army event where his father was asked to perform. He sang a salty quip about a bottle, provoking laughter from the crowd, followed by ending at supper.
Miss Myra M Dooly will present an illustrated talk on the industrial education of friendless children in the Netherlands. The talk is scheduled for March 8 at 7 30 PM in Association Hall on Boyiston Street, requested by the Parental Home Association.
Erastus Wiman the New York railroad capitalist spoke on Finance to about a dozen gentlemen hosted by Colonel Whipple at Youngs Hotel last evening. The dinner was entirely private.
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