Massinger and Ford A Brilliant Closing Lecture
James Russell Lowell closed his course with a study of Massinger and Ford before a large audience that included Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. He praised Massinger’s humane sympathy, natural dialogue, and noble imagination while dismissing Ford as sentimental and superficially dramatic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russell Lowell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Lowell
Mr. Lowell
Beaumont and Fletcher
Massinger
Ford
Philip Massinger
Arthur Massinger
Earl of Pembroke
Sir Philip Sidney
Oxford
Collier
Field
Globe Theatre
Henslowe
Coleridge
Athens
Corporation of
City of London
Privy Council
Kent
Blackfriars
Aristophanes
Sophocles
Euuripides
Giles
Hampden
Pym
Charles the
Generosus
Charles Lamb
Middleton
Rowley
Easil
Mayflower Atlantic Ocean Race Talk In Yacht Circles
The New York Times said a race between the Mayflower and the Atlantic was possible. Commodore Fisk bought the Atlantic for E. C. Homans, a wealthy New York broker, who may push for speed. Edward Burgess expressed doubt about a cross Atlantic match, noting it impractical and not indicative of superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlantic
Commodore Fisk
E. C. Homans
New York
Homans
Commodore Smith
Edward Burgess
General Paine
Priscilla
England
Chamberlayne
Sappho
Henrietta
Men’sman’s Peptonized Beef Tonic Ad
An advertisement from Caswell Hazard & Co. New York promotes Men’sman’s Peptonized Beef Tonic as the only beef preparation containing all nutritional properties. It claims blood making force producing and life sustaining benefits for indigestion nervous prostration and general debility including exhaustion overwork and pulmonary illnesses. Sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Burlesque Star Eliza Weathersby Goodwin Dies in New York
Mrs Nat C Goodwin known as Eliza Weathersby died in New York after a long burlesque career begun in England and featuring Lydia Thompson Rice Evans and Gabriel in Evangeline The career included leading roles at Booths Theatre Niblo's Boston Museum and the Bijou Her fatal tumor followed a fall during Evangeline in 1876 and she had been under medical care for years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat C. Goodwin
Eliza Weathersby
New York
England
Elise Holt
Lydia Thompson
Miss Weathersby
Ixion
Booth’s
Thompson
Niblo’s
Willie Edouin
Boston Museum
Rice’s
Evangeline
Gabriel
Standard Theatre
Goodwin
St. Louis
William D. Axtell Dies Prominent Western Massachusetts Journalist
William D. Axtell, longtime proprietor of the Berkshire County Eagle in Pittsfield, died at midnight aged 67. Axtell began in 1840 at the Hampshire Gazette, moved to Pittsfield in 1842, and spent most of his career with the Eagle aside from 1853 to 1866 with the Gazette. He was a vestrician, Mason, and Odd Fellow, and leaves a widow and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Axtell
Berkshire County
Marine Editor Charles Sellon Dies in Dorchester
Charles E. Sellon longtime marine editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser died at his Dorchester home after nearly twenty years in the post Born in Sydney Cape Breton on September 8 1836 he came to Boston as a young man working in printing before joining the Boston Courier then the Transcript and finally the Advertiser He leaves a widow and one son studying law in Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Sellon
Boston Daily Advertiser
Dorchester
Sellon
Sydney
Cape Breton
Boston
Boston Courier
Ship News
Transcript
Advertiser
Sidney Brooks Dies at 72 in Boston
Sidney Brooks of Boston died yesterday at age 72. Born in Harwich and Amherst graduate of 1841, he founded Pine Grove Seminary in Harwich and later led the school ship Massachusetts in Boston. He served in the Commercial Wharf treasurer’s office beside his late brother Colonel Henry C. Brooks. his wife had died recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Brooks
Boston
Harwich
Amherst
Pine Grove Seminary
Massachusetts
Commercial Wharf
Henry C. Brooks
Deaths note several local figures in brief obituaries
Michael J Forrest former Belfast News Letter shorthand reporter and Lawrence Sentinel writer dies at 25 in Lawrence of consumption leaving a widow and two children. Other obituaries include Mrs Charlotte Moore widow of Benjamin Moore in Medford, Mrs Ann Wright mother of George and Harry Wright in Dorchester, Hon James M Oakley ex State Senator and railroad president in Jamaica L I, Edward Wheeler cattle buyer in western Vermont, and R B Fox harness maker and former captain of Company B Fifth Regiment in East Cambridge leaving three sons and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Forrest
Lawrence
Cork
Ireland
Belfast
America
Baltimore Sun
Lawrence Sentinel
E. Davis & Son
Charlotte Moore
Benjamin Moore
Medford
Charlestown
Boston
Ann Wright
George
Harry Wright
Dorchester
James M. Oakley
New York, Woodhaven & Rockaway Railroad
Jamaica
L. L
Edward Wheeler
Vermont
B. Fox
East Cambridge
Cambridge Street
Last of the Flower Awards at Massachusetts exhibit
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society honors prize winners from its spring exhibition. Gratuities go to W A Manda and others for orchids, azaleas, roses, calceolarias, and carnation seedlings, with a silver medal for Manda’s plant grouping. First class certificates honor Ames, Hovey, Fewkes & Son, Palmer, and others for iris, pelargonium, roses, and orchids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
W. A. Manda
David Alen
Frederick L. Ames
F. B. Hayes
A. W. Blake
Charles M. Hovey
I. B. Hayes
Norton Bros
E. W. Gilmore
A. W. Spencer
Thomas Clark
Edwin Fewkes & Son
G. M. Gill
Benjamin Gray
J. Walsh
IF. Palmer
P. D. Richards
Charles W. Hovey
Furst Joseph von Hohenzollern
Palmer
William Francis Bennett
Unfortunate stowaways found aboard Warren Line steamer
The steamship Kansas anchored off Boston Light at 3 30 AM. Six hours later it reached East Boston where two stowaways were found unconscious in the hold. They had lived fourteen days aboard with no food or water and could not be identified due to their unsettled condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Warren Line
Boston Light
Boston
MIT Class of 87 Dines at Young's in City Notes
City Notes reports MIT class of 87 dining at Young's with over seventy members present. A Pow Wow Club of young lawyers met at Young's. A Maverick Hall drill exhibit in East Boston showcased a skirmish squad led by Lt. Ralph G. Carruthers. Corporal Frank I. Davis won a gold medal. Knight and McKenna, aged 17 and 16, were arrested for burglaries including the O F Nims drug store heist on Cambridge Street. The Boston Art Club finished its lecture series with Mrs Charles P. Abbott describing English life in India. George W. Wiswell sold 2,500,000 square feet of Newton land to a Boston syndicate for about 100,000. Druggists to honor Theo dore Metcalf at a Revere House banquet. Dedicatory services at St Peter's Cambridgeport memorial pulpit. Achilleus Club concert in Charlestown. A horse attachment struck Mr. John Hanty, fracturing a rib and possibly skull injury near Shawmut and Dover. He was taken to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Young
Maverick Hall
Boston
Ralph G. Carruthers
Frank I. Davis
Herbert E. Knight
George B. McKenna
West End
O. F. Nims
Cambridge Street
Knight
McKenna
Boston Art Club
India
Charles P. Abbott
Society of Calcutta
George W. Wiswell
W. A. Smith
Beacon and
Woodward Streets
Newton
Druggists of
Theodore Metcalf
Tremont Street
Revere House
Druggists’ Association
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Main Street
Cambridgeport
James G. Backus
Georgie L Backus
E. M. Gushee
St. Luke
Achilleus Club
Waverly Hall
Charlestown
Mercantile Library Association
Achilleans
Addison
Shawmut Avenue
Dover Street
John Hanty
Washington
Mar. Hanty
School Street
Egleston Square
Harvard Calendar Details Week of March 27 Through April 2
Harvard University opens a dense schedule featuring lectures, readings, and services. Notable events include French readings with Professor Cohn, the Laughlin lecture on political economy and Christianity, and sermons by Rev. W. C. Doane. Several fellowships, reengagement deadlines, and campus meetings are listed with times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Appleton Chapel
George Zabriskie Gray
D.D
G. A. Gordon
Gordon
Wadsworth House
Cohn
Sever
Harvard Finance Club
James Laurence Laughlin
Sevel
St. Paul’s Society
W. C. Doane
T.D
Albany
St. John’s Chapel
University
B.C
Lyon
Upper Boylston
Parker, Kirkland and Walker
Divinity School
A. M. Lord
peRecie
Euripides
Dyer
Harvard Natural History Society
Massachusetts
Samuel Garman
Boston Scientific Society
Lawrence Scientific School
Lovering
Jefferson Physical Laboratory
M. Mathematical Seminary
M. G. Swain
Harvard Union
Republican Party
James G. Blaine
C. L. Griffin
E. E. Shoemaker
Eliot Norton
L. Meek. Garrison
Palmer
M. Divinity School Chapel
W. H. Ramsay
Addison and Steele
Hill
Medical School
Boston
Pierce Light Guard Ball Dances In Masked Splendor
Members of Pierce Light Guard Company C First Regiment held their second annual masquerade at Boylston Hall. At 9 pm Captain J Marion Moulton led the grand march with about ninety couples in costume. Midnight intermission and unmasking followed, with dancers returning home two hours later. Committee included Moulton Luscombe Roberts Holden Noether Griffith Chapman Fitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Light Guard
Boylston Hall
J. Marion Moulton
J. M. Moulton
G. H. Luscombe
C. W. Roberts
Thomas Holden
A. J. Noether
J. R. Griffith
H. L. Chapman
H. W. Fitch
Remarkable Wool Suit Sale at Spitz Bros and Mark
One of the most remarkable sales is now open at Spitz Bros. and Mark offering suits made from foreign and domestic woollens at from one-quarter to one-half former prices. Every customer can feel secure that goods will prove exactly as represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Spitz Bros. & Mark
Sunday Notices from TreMont Temple and Union
Sunday schedule lists TreMont Temple services with sermons at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m plus Sunday school at noon and meetings at 3 p m and 6 p m Rev Emory J Haynes preaching theme She Shepherds Voice and theme She Invested Dollars Morals RB Y M Christian Union plans a Sunday evening sermon at Union Hall 18 Boylston street by Rev Albert G Law son with music and performances Association Hall hosts a men only meeting at 3 p m with address by Rev William Elliot Griffis and Ruggles Male Quartet reading public invited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Temple
Emory J. Haynes
RB. Y. M. Christian Union
Young Aple
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Albert G. Lawson
D.D
Boston
Abbie
Hervey
Clarence M. Collins
B. A. Robinson
Byron A. Robinson
Jabez L. Robinson
Association Hall
Boylston and
Berkeley Streets
William Elliot Griffis
Ruggles
Mrs Mann's Novels Published After Her Death
A memorial note notes Mrs Horace Mann’s upcoming novels written from inspiration in her later years, including a Cuban life story she once withheld to spare living subjects. It spotlights the Nineteenth Century Club in New York, the wit of George Cable, and admiration for Mrs Sherwood, with praise for Boston and New York literary circles and readings that benefit charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Sherwood
Boston
New York
Squall Capsizes Vessel In Dramatic Seawind Tale
A newspaper note describes a fierce squall that toppled a vessel, sending the captain and a barrel of whiskey overboard as the gale peaked. It references the G. O. Taylor old bourbon and pure rye sold by druggists and grocers, with Chester H. Graves & Sona noted on each cork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tareorror
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sona
Court session outlines in the Constantinides Walsh case
In the Superior Court first session Judge Thompson presides over No 4428 Constantinides v Walsh administrator of Josephine Barbour estate seeks 216.01 for burial and care costs. defense questions chargeability to the estate and claims full payment. Jurors out, Maxwell for plaintiff Mc Connell for defendant. Second session No 407 Rowe v Canney damages sought 10,000 for alleged breach of promise of marriage. trial previously tried. jury disagreed. Attorneys listed for both sides. Notice: last day to add actions for April sittings. James D. Kimball v Bangs alleges false representations in the sale of a stove attachment with oil, claiming 253,884 paid. court affirms demurrer. dealers talk cited. lawyers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Thompson
John P. Constantinides
James P. Walsh
Josephine Barbour
Barbour
J. A. Maxwell
George McConnell
Mason
Maria Rowe
Patrick Canney
Thomas J. Gargan
D. C. Crane
William Gaston
C. F. Donnelly
Norice
James D. Kimball
David E. Bangs
National Heat and Light Company
Woburn
Stoneham
Winchester
B.C. Moulton
F. A. Loring
F. A. Deaborn
W. M. Stockbridge
Court hearings set for March in Middlesex Superior Court
Middlesex County Superior Court proceedings on March 26 include Knowlton v. Simpson pro forma verdict and multiple combined cases. Plaintiffs, young burn victims from a July 4 fireworks explosion near a city tent, seek damages for alleged carelessness by a fireworks exhibitor. The calendar lists cases 2078 Doolan v Hodgman and others, with arguments by attorneys for both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Cowley
P. J. Hoar
M. F. Dickinson, Jr
Hi. R. Baily
Doolan
Hodgman
Hoar
Abbott
Quinn
Compt
Tully
Land
Goudette
McDonald
Winter
Richardson Et al
Joy
Alias
Wiley
Day
Richardson
Lapien
Patch
Lowell District Telelegraph Co
City of
Lowell
Waitts
Fitchburg Railroad Co
Commodore Kim bey Becomes Rear Admiral at Charlestown Yard
Commodore Lewis A. Kim bey is named rear admiral and will depart New York on April 1 to take command in the South Pacific. He turned over the Charlestown Navy Yard to Captain Joseph Fyffe in a formal ceremony attended by the marine battalion and yard officers. Captain Fyffe will serve as acting commandant until Commodore McCann, named as Kim bey's successor, assumes permanent duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Kimbey
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Yard
New York
South Pacific
Joseph Fyffe
Marine Battalion
Fyffe
Commodore McCann
Mr. Kimberly
Dr Minot on Hygiene for Young Men's Union
Dr Francis Minot delivered a lecture to the Young Men's Christian Union on hygiene. He explained health laws as they relate to building location and design, ventilation, drainage, and sanitary arrangements, plus external body care and body functions to promote health and prevent disease. The talk was in plain language and drew attentive, satisfied listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Christian Union
Francis Minot
Boston Public Library develops new catalogues and reports
The Boston Public Library published a bulletin listing new titles and the Jamaica Plain branch catalogue is partly printed. A Bates Hall card catalogue guide was prepared. In 1886 the library received over 4000 pamphlets from 922 gifts as trustees drive the new building project forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Library
Jamaica Plain
Bates Hall
General Court
Warning on pneumonia and a medicinal whiskey cure
An article warns of pneumonia risk from a cold and promotes Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a medical remedy. It claims the whiskey wards off illness, strengthens the body, and is used by prominent people, with a Washington, D.C. user testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton R. Palmer
New York City
America
Mr. Palmer
Est
Duffy
E. W. Roswell
Washington, D.C
Insolvencies and assignments across industries reported
The week sees widespread failures and insolvencies led by George A. Williard tinsmith Maine and Morris H. Cook Vermont harness maker with liabilities of 1500 and assets 1000. Boston dealer A B White Co assigns, St Louis attach Horwitz Cohn, Alfred Pratt assigns. McLeod of St John NB tied to lumbering and ship ownership. Jones & Co Liverpool collapse deepens MacLeod liabilities. Also numerous other assignments and court actions. Dun & Co reports 259 total failures in US and Canada, with regional variations and adjourned insolvency court meetings in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Williard
Maine
William Crawford
Cliftondale
Morris H. Cook
Bellows Falls
A. B. White & Co
Commercial
Boston
Horwitz & Cohn
St. Louis
Liverpool
Maritime Bank
Jones
R. A. & J. Stewart
MccLeod
B. E. Woodson
Danville
Wilkin & Black
New York
Tailors
F. A. Sladek
Paris
R. G. Dun & Co
E. Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency
Telegraph
United States
Canada
New York City
New England
Suffolk County
McKim
Marshall A. Brennan
Tremont Street
John H. Nolan
Eighth Street
Frederick W. Campbell
Bowdoin Street
Matthew ™. Patterson
Albany Street
Lee K. Allen
Franklin Street
Thaddeus Messenger
Augustus W. Doyle
T. W. Messenger & Co
John J
Andrew P. Lane
Lane Bros
Harrison Avenue
Andrew P
John J. Lane
Walter F. Sherburne
George R. Stimpson
Sherburne
J. Boyd Nixon
Lawton
Chemical Ammoniate 2Nd Oil Company
Central Trust Company
Long Island Pressing Company
Central Trust
Marcus Oil Company
N. Brownell & Son
Hubbardsville
N. Y
John Morgan
Madison
Desirable Seventeen Acre Country Home for Sale
Messrs Lawton of Aver Massachusetts offer a widow’s estate with a twelve room house set back on a lawn shaded by elm trees. The property includes abundant fruit trees and SDP access, an opportunity to secure a refined country home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Lawton
Aver
Mass
Anxiou
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Massinger and
Dunevon
Froy
Vicksburg
Mr. Burgess
City Notes
Harvard
Woman’s Education Association
Pundita Rababa
Pundita
Club
Grammercy Park
Courtlandt Palmer
George Cable
Cable
Mr. Cable
Boston Guild of
Browning
Shelley
Poe
Riddle
Pickering
Copeland
Partridge
Falkland
Middlesex County
DR. Minot
Boston Public Library
GEO. H. Morrill & CO
Hawley &J
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