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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1893
Page
5
Cape Gretchens offered cashmere and camel hair coats priced at 2.75 to 1.25 dollars with 4.59 dollars for angora fur trimmed cashmere and camel hair coats. The sale advertises multiple price points reflecting fabric and trim quality. The items include cashmere and camel hair coats with Angora fur trim at four dollar fifty nine cents.
The item lists three wedding notices: Christie Burdick in New York City on March 14 by Rev. George W. Miller. Foote Whelpley in Salem on March 15 by Rev. O A Hillard. Oliver James in Chelsea on March 15 at the bride’s residence by Rev. A E Reynolds.
Notices record deaths in Little Rock Thomas Adams aged 36 at Thomasville James Byron 13 March in Massachusetts John D Freeman 93 in Arlington Laura A Flint wife of Arthur B Flint and daughter of Dan Smalley William J A Howard 62 in Mt Pleasant Charles L Millett 61 in East Somerville Charles Payson 53 Benjamin F Pratt 82 Nancy Wallace 58 in Concord Albert P Sturtevant 75 Norwich and other entries across Adams Baldwin Cotton Campbell Folger Pratt Sturtevant and more from Massachusetts and Connecticut communities with dates March 5 to March 16 and multiple locations including Ark Ga Md Cal Mass and Conn.
The City Registrar reports applications filed on March 17. Pairings include Ike Shulman with Ida BMaker, James Kelley with Mary Marney, Nicholas Daley with Alice Higgins, George W Byrnes with Mary EF Leary, Eric A Johnson with Selina A Swanson, Harry Newman with Theresa Olinsky, John Fahey with Mary Kelly, Albert Knight with Hattie F Munt, Benjamin R Skinney with Adelia L Ripley, John Burns with Katherine Whalen, Timothy M Kelley with Catherine Lynch, and John LD Loftus with Annie J OLeary.
In this city marriages recorded on March 12 by Rev Raphael Lasker include Morris Fisher and Jennie J Newman. On March 16 another entry by Rev J H Wiley lists John A Henderson and Georgietta Randolph.
An author praises Parker for his serious children’s sayings and notes he writes with wit. He observes Parker sits down to imagine what his boy would say if he weren’t so dull, as quoted in a society column.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs Quiverfull and Captain Sparks in a witty exchange about marriage and housing. London setting implied by Londanul style.
A temperance town's big business week features several popular plays next Monday night. Kathie Emmett at Bowdoin Square leads a varied lineup with Manola-Mason's Prien Fritz at the Columbia Theatre and L Ami Fritz stage success Parisian import. Highlights include Marion Manon, John Mason, and Robert te Wade headlining Friend Fritz with original songs by Julian Edwards. The Busy William Gillette company presents The Private Secretary at the Globe Theatre. Also touring are 1492 and the Surprise Party with strong notices for New England audiences.
Mary Anderson Navarro writes at Tunbridge Wells about reminiscences. Michigan considers Miss Sadie Cotter as chief exhibit for the Worlds Fair. she boats and managed craft, and sailed 200 miles on the Great Lakes. The late Archbishop Whateley’s eldest child, a 70 year old unmarried woman, dies in Guernsey. She was a wood linguist who knew several languages and authored many books including a biography of her father. Miss Isabel Beer wins $20 third prize from the American Humane Education Society for a comic song mocking docked horses tails. The Michigan House passes a suffrage amendment for women. a Detroit charter bill adds a woman suffrage clause. The Queen of Italy forms a society to reform ragged beggar children, to be educated and placed in useful work.
Judge McAdam, in high humor, brokered a reconciliation between tierman Hoppe and his wife Mrs Hielen Hoppe after a plea for separation. He prompted a pledge of future kindness and consent to live together, then directed them to kiss and depart arm in arm, praising the method to settle cases.
In 1892 seventy women enrolled at Zurich University from fifteen nationalities, most older than male students. One American woman in the medical department was a grandmother while pursuing her course. Many women cooked, sewed, and did private reading to fund their studies.
A quoted authority derides women by saying their chests are narrow showing weak vitality, shoulders lack support, and minds are deficient. He calls such women miserable mistresses and contemptible mothers, viewing Venus de Medici as a contrast.
Boyle Bros proprietors of the Cash and Credit Clothing House at 851 Washington street secure the entire building to create a grand display and shopping space for men's, boys', ladies', and misses' clothing. Alterations underway without disrupting daily business as customers continue to shop in the expanding store.
The Japanese Committee of Peers proposed prohibiting women from becoming publishers or editors. They argued such offices belong by divine right to men over twenty one and that women should not discharge these duties, deeming it neither becoming nor desirable.
In a fragmentary dialogue, Varese points to a man and Wooden questions his identity while Waee notes the man is a household word across the Engtiass language. Waye answers Cook, suggesting an identity tied to cuisine or a title.
A brief exchange has Rev Youngpuff claiming he never recalls his sermons after preaching while Miss Tarte asks if she ever does. The lines hint at a humorous look at memory and writing for public speaking in a social setting.
A gown of surah and velvet appears with a gold edged baine and draped square bodice, a quinure lace flounce to the waist, and a round skirt with lace floriéa. Another gown uses satin with embroidered tulle overlay, empire waist with ribbon sashes, puffed velvet sleeves, and ribbon bands.
Boston audiences flock nightly to Park Theatre and Bowdoin Square to see Hoyt’s A Temperance Town and Katie Emmett in Killarney. The pair draw large crowds over weeks, with plans for further provincial stops and strong reviews of Irish vaudeville, music, and new comedies across multiple venues.
Permanent injunctions were granted against the Germania Electric Company and the Boston Incandescent Lamp Company restraining them from making and selling incandescent lamps patented by Thomas Ellison known as the Edison electric light. The injunctions were issued in pursuance of an agreement between plaintiff and defendant.
The New York New Haven & Stratford railroad plans a five hour train service both ways between Boston and New York this spring. The timetable aims for a late afternoon departure from each city so travelers can finish day business and reach home early in the evening.
The Rev. C. F. Dale will give a free lecture in Channing hall as part of the Devotional Leaders and Writers course. The talk titled The Spiritual Life of the Modern Church will be delivered today at 3 p.m. in Channing hall.
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