Reminiscences of Adah Richmond Stetson Highlight Stage Career
A Post interview sketches Adah Richmond Stetson’s career from child roles to opera, burlesque and drama. She recalls John W Norton, Max Maretzek, T. Grattan Riggs, and John Stetson, plus a perilous Atheneum fire moment where her performance steadied the audience. She hints at future Boston engagements under Charles F Atkins ongoing productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adah Richmond Stetson
Post
John W. Norton
Adah Richmond
Max Maretzek
J. I. Thomas
W. J. Florence
W. H. Crane
Lawrence Barrett
John E. Sheridan
Bristol
John
New York
John Stetson
T. Grattan Riggs
Boston
Riggs
Adair
St. James
Captain Emery
Alexander Medicardo
Billies
Billy Florence
Billy Conor
Billy Crane
Adah
Joseph Howard, Jr
Joe
New Orleans
Eddy and Debar
Bob” Hart
Billy Manning
Gulf of Mexico
Sandy Hook
Herman Oelrichs
Stuart Robson
George Law
Law
George
State Penitentiary
Little Rock
Old Howard Atheneum
Endymion
Stetson
Richmond
Howard Atheneum
Boston Theatre
Charles F. Atkinson
Adah Stetson Seeks Public Acknowledgment of Support
Adah Richmond Stetson thanks friends, including many abroad, for their support as she pursues legal action to establish her rights in the estate of her late husband John Stetson Jr. She notes overwhelming correspondence prevents personal replies and praises the Post for impartial treatment, asking publication in its columns. Boston March 14.
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John Stetson, Jr
Adah Richmond Stetson
Boston
Assault claim clouds Cambridge police dispute
John Leary a Putnam square newsdealer accuses Officer Griffith of Station 2 of assaulting him at 630 am after a dispute over warmth at Leary store. Griffith and Leahy denied the blows while Leary says he was knocked down kicked and prodded with a billy. Captain Murray and Dr Dow provide diverging accounts.
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John Leary
Putnam Square
Cambridge
Griffith
Station 2
Leary
Leahy
Ene Asty
Billy
Dr. Dow
Magazine Street
Murray
Sunday Liquor Seizures By East Cambridge Police
A Station 3 squad raided barber Joseph M. Borges on Cambridge street and found a gallon of whiskey nine gallons of beer and several bottles. Borges was arrested and later bailed. At John J. Looney on Portland street officers seized whiskey four gallons of ale and lager beer from the premises.
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East Cambridge
Hurley
Scully
Hall
Couathan
Gordon
Joseph M. Borges
Cambridge Street
Mr. Borges
John J. Looney
Portland Street
Abram L Whipple Funeral Held in North Cambridge
Abram L. Whipple a well known railroad man was buried after a funeral yesterday at his home at White and Elm in North Cambridge The service was led by Rev Snell of West Somerville and Rev Vose of North Cambridge Selections were performed by the Berkshire The burial is to take place in Albany N Y
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Abram L. Whipple
White and
Elm Streets
North Cambridge
Snell
West Somerville
Vose
Beethoven
Albany
Portrait Bust On Front of Irving Place House
Pauline Scheible owner of a New York photo gallery has a heroic portrait bust of herself on the front of her Irving Place home. Sculptor Fernando Miranda crafted the image with fidelity, while architect B Greywey tests an American modern style with symbolic cupids and a rope motif.
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Irving Place
New York
Pauline Scheible
Nineteenth Street
Fernando Miranda
B. Grewey
Grewey
Richard Watson Gilder
Fifteenth Street
Oliver the Barber
Louis XI
Tours
France
Queen Victoria to reside at Cimiez Excelsior Hotel Regina
Queen Victoria will stay in an isolated wing of the Excelsior Hotel Regina in Cimiez London reports. A special elevator serves her first floor apartments with about sixty rooms in the wing. The royal suite features Louis XVI styling in the bedroom and yellow Empire silk in the reception area.
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London
Victoria
Cimiez
Excelsior Hotel
Bowery's Value Falls Over Hoyt Song Says Sun
The New York Sun reports Charley Hoyt's song The Bowery lowers Bowery property values by millions. Merchants and property owners plan a petition to the Board of Aldermen to rename the street to Piccadilly next Wednesday. Hoyt's new play A Stranger in New York opens at Park Theatre tonight featuring another Hoyt song The Bowery Isn't What It Used to Be.
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Charley Hoyt
the Bowery
New York Sun
Board of Aldermen of
Gotham
Piccadilly
Mr. Hoyt
New York
Park Theatre
End of a Life of Mystery in Brooklyn
John V. Gilchrist an 8 year old said to be related to a former New Jersey attorney general died in a two story Brooklyn house at 282 Pacific street. He rented the ruined home for six dollars monthly and boarded himself for years collecting milk cans and ashes as his valued belongings. Two women guarded his body offering little information and hinting at a dramatic family history.
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New York
John V. Gilchrist
New Jersey
No. 282
Pacific Street
Brooklyn
Gilchrist
Brooke and Chicago Band Thrill Boston Theatre Crowd
T P Brooke and his Chicago band scored a hit at the Boston Theatre before a large audience. The Traveler's Red Cross Bureau raised a handsome sum as standers packed the venue. Sibyl Sammis encore impressed with Page’s aria from Le Huguenots. Brooke’s Pretty Maggie Reilly drew repeated demands.
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T. P. Brooke
Chicago
Boston
Traveler’s Red Cross Bureau
Sibyl Sammis
Page
Brooke
Maggie Reilly
Building Trades Council Endorses Mayor Quincy Labor Stand
The Building Trades Council met to back Mayor Quincy against the Master Builders Association and oppose further privileges to the West End railroad. They endorsed an eight hour workday for public employees and urged permanent counsel Samuel Fuller, with a meeting set to revise the constitution. The group denounced the Barbour Stockwell lockout and urged hiring a housesmith inspector, while welcoming delegates from several craft unions.
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Josiah Quincy
Boston
Master Masons’ Association
Building Trades Council
Quincy
Ofton
West End
Samuel Fuller
Barbour & Stockwell
Cambridge
Amalgamated Carpenters’ No
Marble Cutters’ Union
Electrical Workers
Tron and
Brass Moulders
Gifts to Princeton and Museum of Historic Art
William C. Squier of Rahway presents Princeton University with a large set of New Jersey zinc and iron minerals from exhausted sources. The Museum of Historic Art receives two gifts: a Washington pitcher from Junius S. Morgan of New York and two Oriental vases from Philadelphia, one a 14th century Korean bottle and another orange glazed jar with a dragon design from Japan.
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Princeton
William C. Squier
Rahway
N. J
Princeton University
New Jersey
Museum of Historic Art
Junius S. Morgan
New York
James Kitchen
Philadelphia
Large customs receipts record in New York
New York report shows customs dues totaling 1 488 693 67 received by Cashier W E Northrup yesterday. Direct import dues amounted to 277 996 84 with 1 210 696 88 from goods withdrawn from bonded warehouses. Withdrawal entries 1296 and import entries 537 were recorded.
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New York
W. E. Northrup
Funeral for ex Alderman Cheeney Held at Pearl Street Home
The service for Charles W. Cheeney, former Cambridgeport alderman, drew friends and delegations from city government, Pilgrim Church, Republican committee, and local fraternal groups. Attendees included Mayor Sortwell, ex mayors Bancroft and Thorogood, and many council members as Rev. Olmstead led the rites. Floral tributes honored the deceased and his community ties.
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Charles W. Cheeney
Pearl Street
Cambridgeport
Pilgrim Church
Republican City Committee
F. A. Kennedy Biscuit Company
Odd Fellows and
Royal Arcanum
Sortwell
Bancroft
Spalding
John D. Billings
Governors
Thorogood
Clark
Coolidge
Macdonald
Alien
T. H. Raymond
Charles Olmstead
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Frank E. Ramsdell
Repubican
Jewelry thieves nabbed in Boston jewelry store heist
Fred Whitney and Fred Kenny, both Boston addresses, were arraigned in New York for a Feb 25 robbery at Samuel Carro’s 433 Washington street shop. They allegedly stole 1620 dollars in jewelry. a third man remains at large with a $1000 reward. The pair are well known crooks with roguish gallery records and ties to England.
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New York
Fred Whitney
Fred Kenny
Boston
Centre Street Court
Kenny
England
Whitney
Concord
Mass
Worcester
Samuel Carro
Washington Street
Carro
Benjamin Kumpferman
Kumpferman
Forty-sixth Street
Broadway
M. J. Morrissey
Wentworth
Supreme Court
Centenary of William I Draws Royal Attendance
In Berlin on March 14 the King of Saxony Prince Luitpold regent of Bavaria the Crown Prince of Sweden the Crown Prince of Roumania the Duke of Connaught the Duke of Genoa and most German princes will attend William I centenary events on March 22 a state banquet at the palace and a gala opera performance will follow.
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Berlin
Saxony
Luitpold
Bavaria
Sweden
Roumania
Connaught
Genoa
William I
Somerville Hospital Seeks Funds From Churches
Somerville Hospital trustees warn that 1896 revenues lag behind expenses and the institution is heavily indebted. Bills from last year remain unpaid and new contracts have not been settled. A circular will be sent to pastors requesting church collections on Sunday April 11 to aid the hospital.
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Somerville Hospital
Tariff Bill Set for House Intro and Press Briefing
Washington reports the new tariff bill will be introduced in the House tomorrow after final organization. It will go to the Ways and Means Committee for revision, with a press release planned by Chairman Dingley Monday noon and full committee meetings to follow through the week.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Dingley
Meeting in Ward 8 on Good Citizenship address
Harry Lloyd former Central Labor Union president spoke to the Young Men's Democratic Club of Ward 8 at 87 Leverett Street on Good Citizenship and Democratic Party principles. Club president Samuel Goodman introduced him. Ward 8 Councilman Louis Sonnabend and J Charack also addressed the crowd.
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Harry Lloyd
Central Labor Union
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Ward 8
Society
Leverett Street
Samuel Goodman
Mr. Lloyd
Louis Sonnabend
J. Charack
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Newsdealer Leary
Hotel Regina
MR. Hoyt and
Harry H. Webb
John Hays Hammond
Consolidated Gold Fields Company of
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Consolidated Gold Fields Company
Boer Republic
Mr. Webb
C. C. Webb
Shasta Valley
Siskiyou County
Cal
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Mashonaland
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West End Road
Civil Service For Printers
Sayward
Master Builders’ Association
Firemen’s
Hawley
Wells Memorial
Lucia True Ames
Europe
Civil Service
Cunningham
Cunningham & CO
Central Market
North ST
MR. Carro
Pompadour Alland Bros
Ts “Nam
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