Statesmen and writers guard Aldrich bier at funeral
Tomorrow afternoon the body of poet Thomas Bailey Aldrich will be laid to rest at Mt. Auburn Cemetery after services at Arington Street Church. Honorary pallbearers include Governor Curtis Guild Jr and Harvard’s Charles Eliot Norton, with mourners led by the widow and Talbot Aldrich. President Eliot and Mark Twain are absent.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Mt. Auburn
Arington Street
James DeNormandie
First Religious Society of
Curtis Guild, Jr
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
William Dean* Howells
Richard Watson Gilder
Bliss Perry
Hamilton M. Mabie
Henry M. Alden
Edward L. Burlingame
C. Stedman
Robert Grant
Moorfield Storey
David P. Kimball
George E. Wagers
Francis Bartlett
George H. Mifflin
Talbot Aldrich
Napore
Eliot and
Samuel II
Clemens
Little Sidelights on Aldrich's Wit And Humour
A humorous look at Henry Ward Aldrich and his playful reactions to jokes about himself. The piece recalls a cyclone incident at Ponkapoag that wrecked his chimney and a poetess who forged his name to a poem in a Boston newspaper, causing a comic misunderstanding.
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Aldrich
Ponkapoag
Lfe
New England
The
Arctic
Real Old Sunday Scene From a Boy’s Tale of Woes
A Sunday in the narrator’s memory shows a gloomed Nutter house. Grandfather, Miss Abigail, and a somber setting fill the day with silence and restrained activity. The narrator longs for freedom at Sabbath school then endures a cold dinner and a homebound return.
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New Orleans
Penhallow
Nutter House
Abigail
Boston Hit by Severe Windstorm Crippling Harbor and Streets
Boston endured a ferocious windstorm that battered the city and harbor. Tugs ferried ships, trees toppled, poles and signs were blown down, and injuries were reported from Liberty and Roxbury areas as chaos spread through Chelsea Somerville and East Boston.
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Boston
Death of Hig. Son looms over patient in final days
Mrs Aldrich, once healthy, suffered a hemorrhage two weeks ago. A necessary operation was performed at the hospital. Mr Aldrich recovered briefly then declined steadily. He believed he would die on the anniversary of his son Charles Talbot’s death, but the end came sooner or later after that date.
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United States
Chelsea Bridge
Hig
Charles
Talbot
Saranac Lake
New York
Son's Tribute of Love to Dearest Father and Friend
Talbot Aldrich recalls his father as the dearest father and closest friend, noting his mother and father were like young lovers. The son reflects on 42 years since their marriage and the enduring bond described as an “eternal boy.”
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Talbot Aldrich
First Cold Tablet Brand Emerges in White Package
The passage notes the original Cold Tablet labeled as Bromo Quinine with a white package and black and red lettering, bearing the signature EL. W. GROVE. It warns that similarly named remedies may be deceptive.
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EL. W. Grove
Tribute of Prof Phelps of Yale to His Friend Thomas B Aldrich
New Haven March 2 Professor William Lyon Phelps Yale English literature chair tribute to his friend Thomas Bailey Aldrich He recalls a quiet Yale bi centennial visit of 1901 with Aldrich praised for charm conversation and tobacco The Story of a Bad Boy is singled out as a potential American classic The Still Water Tragedy is noted as worthy of Howells Aldrich's reputation rests on his early works though he had limited poetry fame
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Marcel
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Thomas Bailey
Aldrich
Phelps
Marjory Dan
Howells
Story of Bad Boy author recalls Boston home and Portsmouth
The reminiscence quotes the life of a writer from his brother and describes how the longest separation was two weeks. It recalls scenes from his boyhood in Portsmouth and his enduring ties to Boston as home, shared by relatives.
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Portsmouth
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Riage
Boston
Jo- Ha C.ison
Asbury Park
N. J
Aldrich's Rise in Boston Literary Circle and Atlantic Tenure
The article traces Thomas Bailey Aldrich s career beginning with his 1865 marriage to Lilian Woodman and move to Boston to edit Ticknor Fields Weekly. It notes his 40 years of work, editorship of the Atlantic Monthly from 1881 to 1890, European travels, and friendships with Emerson Holmes and Booth. It mentions saving manuscripts, his Mt Vernon Street study, and later projects including Judith of Bethulia produced in 1904 and the earlier Mercedes.
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Boston
Ticknor & Fields
Howells
Atlantic Monthly
Europe
Emerson
Holmes
Lowell
New
Howard Atheneum
the Atlantic
Judith
Judith of
Bethulia
Miss. Nance O'Neil
Tremont Theatre
Mercedes
Julia Arthur
Aldrichs Summer Homes and Writing Nook in Boston
The Aldrich family maintained a summer residence at Ponkapoag and another at Tenant's Harbor. Aldrich preferred small, well appointed rooms for work and used a top floor study at 59 Mount Vernon Street with a wire-pulley mail system and tobacco scented atmosphere. His $200,000 legacy from H. L. Pierce a decade earlier provided ease and comfort for creative life.
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Aldriches
Tenant’s Harbor
Aldrich
Mount Vernon Street
Boston
Portsmouth
Charles Sumner
H. L. Pierce
Terrific Storm Reported At St John New Brunswick
A terrific storm thrashed St John New Brunswick with over 6 inches of snow and winds exceeding 60 miles per hour. Rail and streetcar service were disrupted and property damage occurred from toppled chimneys. Coastwise liners departed port while two ocean steamers were expected and the Montrose immigrant steamer was due.
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Dudley Street
Roxbury
New England
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ST. John
N. B
Calvin Austin
Boston
Maine
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montrose
Antwerp
London
Stormy Coast Hit by Northwesterly Gale
A fierce northwesterly gale swept the New Hogland coast early yesterday morning. Winds reached 62 miles per hour off Highland Light. Coal barges Occidental and Gatherer dragged from anchor and grounded on the flats but were floated by tugs on the flood tide. The four master Kenwood fouled Occidental. stern davits were damaged.
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Newport News
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Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Kidney Relief
Advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for kidney ailments, claiming it directly invigorates and tones kidneys and is unequalled for ordinary kidney troubles. It urges taking the product today in liquid or tablet form to restore energy.
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Cured by the Cuticura Remedies
An elderly reader recounts four years of severe poison oak and ivy misery. After six doctors and worsening eczema, he found relief using Cuticura Ointment Soap and Pills, noting four weeks of treatment restored calm, with improved sleep and skin. May 15, 1906.
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Justice of the Peace and Notary Public
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