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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1893
Page
5
Fauntleroy Suits and Boys Apparel at Great Values
In Bedford card and other fabrics a full line of Jersey suits priced at 3.00 to 2.50. Fauntleroy suits and blouses offered in wide variety. Boys hats and caps in new styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fauntleroy
Bedford
Jersey
Children’s Reapers and Jackets at Public Stores Sale
For the Girls Infants Cloaks at 50c, 25c shirts and capes, and reefers in mixed cloth and all wool styles. Infants and children’s reefers in various sizes and colors with prices down from $4.00 to 4.98. Also novelty jackets, gingham dresses, and misses jackets offered in a wide range of styles and fabrics. Public Stores 619 645 617.
The Harvest and Boston Theatre News of the Era
Notes on theater and politics mix in this Boston section. Blue Jeans Williams is linked to Indiana's 1877 race and the substitution of Benjamin Harrison for Godlove Orth. Trade and performance items follow, including Eleonora Duse’s Globe engagement, Thomas Seabrooke at the Columbia, and plans for auctions of Globe Theatre seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Jeans Williams
Harrison
Indiana
Godlove S. Orth
Orth
Venezuela
State Committee
Mr. Orth
Benjamin Harrison
Lincoln
Mr. Harrison
Williams
Kid Glove
Columbia Theatre
John Stetson
Mme. Eleonora Duse
Society of Arts and Letters
Hollis Street Theatre
Hal O
John Harrison
Clyde Fitch
Mary Shaw
Grace Kimball
Maude Odell
Helena Chalmers
Margaret Raven
Squirrel Inn
Theatre of Arts and Letters
Notable Women in Early 20th Century Society Gatherings
The item highlights diverse women from journalism and poetry, the Chinese minister's wife and daughter presented to Queen Victoria, and remarks on dress from Babylonian times. It notes the large number of women teachers in the United States, a Seattle widow connected to Revolutionary and 1812 soldiers, and Mrs. Edison’s possession of fine china and silver stored at Glenmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Gosse
Boston
Andrea Hofer
Chicago
Queen Victoria
British Museum
Babylon
United States
Seattle
Wash
Lovejoy Aldrich
Pension Office
Thomas A. Edison
Glenmont
Llewellyn Park
N. J
Crisis Hits Uneasy France Over Liquor Law Vote
Paris reports a cabinet crisis after the Chamber of Deputies voted 247 to 242 to keep the liquor law amendment in the budget despite government opposition. Premier Ribot faces pressure as Tirard resigns and seeks a two month aid, with budget battles and Panama scandal shadows amid chaotic scene in the chamber and adjournment until Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Panama
Chamber of Deputies
Ribot
M. Casimir-Perier
M. Tirard
Carnot
Chamber
M. Lockroy
Tribune
Tirard
Senate
M. Ribot
M. Andrieux
Arton
Andrigux
The House of Quiet Mothers and Children
A reflective poem by Alma Pendexter Hayden speaks to worn mothers with endless cares. It contrasts the busy, loving chaos of children with a solitary, orderly scene where no toys tread and no burdens echo. The speaker imagines the longing mother would feel upon seeing children at play and hearing laughter again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Pendexter Hayden
Kate Field and Clothes Story From Public Speech
Kate Field uses a tale to mock apologies to audiences. She recounts first apologizing for appearing in a traveling gown due to a trunk mix up in an interior New York town. The local paper criticized her for disrespect to the elite audience and dismissed the lecture’s charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Field
New York State
Parting Hint From a Stern Caller at 11:30 P.M.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls an old gentleman at the head of the stairs threatening a visitor with a harsh command to leave and promising to kick him out through his necktie if he returns. A young woman suggests they should part, adding a note of foreboding to the late night scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claribel
Alfred
Chicago Tribune
Typewriter noise echoes over store floor
A floorwalker explains the morning noise in a store as the typewriter girl venting at the boss’s anger over her tardiness. The exchange captures a bustling shop scene in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Easter bonnet insult sparks lunatic asylum quip
Briggs quips about Mrs Willowsnap being sent to a lunatic asylum after her husband allegedly sat on her new Easter bonnet, prompting humorous exchanges in Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggs
Easter Bells in a Sunlit Lane Poem by Martha McCulloch Williams
An Easter scene unfolds with bright April skies and gilded sun. The speaker notices robins singing as Mistress Jane walks beside her in springtime. Church bells chime softly while a shy expression marks a desire to be the one to ring an Easter belle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robins
Mistress Jane
Swift T
Martha McCulloch Williams
Foolhardy Magic Stunt Seeks Whiskey Flask
A professor of magic in a southeastern Kentucky community asks for a pint flask of whiskey for a feat. The audience, silent at first, rises as one to offer a flask, with a stranger offering a quart instead. The crowd’s generosity is noted in the Chicago Tribune excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lean Wiieff
Kentucky
Chicago Tribune
Marry Me Glara Offer From Wilson Bros Rings
Wilson Bros. advertise Australian gold wedding rings made in their own factory. They claim orders can be completed in two hours and warn against imitate rings. The ad appears at The Big Clock 14 Tremont Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GLARA
Fll
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Shepard Sawtelle Wedding in Medford
In this city on March 29 the Rev. George W. Brooks joined Mr. A N Shepard and Mrs Lucy A Sawtelle both of Medford in marriage ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepard—Sawtelle
George W. Brooks
A. N. Shepard
Lucy A. Sawtelle
Medford
Deaths in the region March 29 to 30 1890s
Obituaries list several individuals by surname with ages and hometowns including Alice Silsby Appleton Marblehead 61 Lydia K Adams Dorchester 5 Lucia Alden Bradford Duxbury 85 Elizabeth M Brown Waltham 88 William R Carnes Holderness NH 84 Anna M Hayward Roxbury 78 James Fletcher Acton March 28 Rev. James Fletcher Ann W Eaton Malden 80 2 months 25 days Willie Lyons Roxbury 2 Harriet Miller Cambridge 70 2 months Matthew Summers Brookline 26 8 months Walter Wyman Woburn 86 11 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Alice Silsby
Daniel Appleton
Marblehead
Stephen Emmons
Boston
Adams
Dorchester
Lydia K. Adams
Bradford
Duxbury
Lucia Alden Bradford
Brown
Waltham
Elizabeth M. Brown
Carnes
Holderness
N. H
William R. Carnes
Chapin
Roxbury
Anna M. Hayward
Mason Pyle Chapin
Fletcher
Acton
James Fletcher
A. M. Eaton
Malden
Ann W. Eaton
Lyons
Willie
John H
Louise Lyons
Miller
Cambridge
Harriet Miller
Elis F. Miller
Summers
Brookline
Matthew Summers
William
Catherine Summers
Wyman
Woburn
Walter Wyman
Easter Flower Vases Exhibit Preview
We have prepared for a larger exhibit than ever of Easter Vases. Cut Crystal, also Crystal and Gold, for lilies and long stem roses. From the moderate cost to expensive specimens. Inspection invited.
Blue Jeans and a Theater Life in Eccentric Times
Dan Voorhees led the stump with Williams yielding to the bear leader. Williams earned the nickname Blue Jeans for wearing blue jeans in Cincinnati, a tag tied to a political misstep. The era’s theatre scene and actors like Harry Allen, Douglas Cattermole, and Mary Shaw populate a colorful account of show business. The piece sketches actors, plays, and venues from Park Theatre to the Grand Opera House, noting matinees, receptions, and forthcoming productions including A Temperance Town and The Harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Voorhees
Dan
Williams
Lindley Murray
Voorhees
Blue Jeans
Indiana
Harrison
Cincinnati
Joseph Arthur
Jeans Williams
Globe Theatre
Harry Allen
Saul Hamilburg
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Douglas Cattermole
Washington Street
Seventh District Seeks George Fred Williams as Candidate
The people of the seventh district favor George Fred Williams as their choice. He would win an election if he runs. Should he set aside personal preferences and answer the call of the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fred Williams
Standings in carriage makers strike inch forward
Developments in the carriage makers strike stall in most firms as only four small shops concede to Local Union No. 9. Joseph Pray reportedly yielded, with union officials claiming he is enrolled on their books while he remains withdrawn from the association. Chauncey Thomas firm continues production, and Hogan, a Local Union No. 9 official, advocates nine hours for a day's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Joseph Pray
Post
Chauncey Thomas
Hogan
Union No
Teacher and pupil exchange on unfinished composition
A teacher asks if the student's composition is finished. The boy replies that it isn’t, claiming the first subject wouldn’t do because he could not spell it. He had to hunt for another subject.
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Ollander HI Bradshaw
Washington St
Hollis
Eleonora Duse
The
Globe
William C. Cameron
Cameron
Rich & Harris
Howard
Grand Opera House
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Tony Pastor
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Jack Grace
Pittsburg
Lyceum Theatre
London
Austin
Palace Theatre
Bertoto
Agnes Evans
Ben Ali
South
France
Kate Field and
Voice OF Fate
Rere
China and Glass Merchants
Franklin
Park Theatre
Hoyt’s
Minna-Gale Haynes
Tremont
Lady of Lyons
Ingomar
Soudan
Annie Clarke
Nellie Temple
Fusileer
Teran Association
Boston Symphony
Arthur Nikisch
Servist
Ferrucio B. Busoni
Tchaikowsky
Liszt
Bach
Entertainments
Theatre
William Austin
Ina
George Milbank
York
West & Sturm
Adam Itzel
Tas
Artar
Comediennes
Beatotq
Eastertide Gayetie
War Palace Theatre
War Palace
Handel & Haydn
Boston Music Hall
Gertrude Franklin
Carl Alves
William AI Nnison
Myron W. Whitney
Max Heinrich
G. Tucker
Society
Zerrahn
Lang
Taster
Samson Handel
Lillian Nordica
Louise Rollwagerx
William J, Winch
Lunket Greene
Gardner
Samson
Charles Frohman
Mgrs
Manola-Mason Company
Fritz
Thomas Q. Seabrooke
Isle OF Champagne
Xtra
Yanruyrs
the Isle OF Champagne
Chas. A. Byrne
Louis Harrison
William Gillette
Company
John
Stetson
Atlantic
Pacific
Carrie Turner
Edgar L. Davenport
Vincent Sternroyd
Jane Stuart
Helen Kinnaird
Joseph Whiting
May Dana
Daniel FE. Hogan
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Wm. Haworth
Ensign
Lilesan Russell Opera Comique Co
Mountebanks
Exposition Entrance
Bouevards
Benjamin Johnson
Old South Church
Austin&ston Tr. Museum
Remon
Scollay Square
Grand Museum
Cor, Washington and
Dover Sts
Lo Cents
Almy
Concorp
Plymouth
Silas H. Brigham
Lisbon
Grafton County
Frank C. Almy
Brigham
Ion
Alvin Burleigh
Burleigh
New Casino
Tremont Street
D. R. Gleason
Crazy Bill
Man Killer
Chelsea
Tremont Theatre
Abbey, Schoerffel & Gray
Minna Gale-Haynes
Eben Plympton
Llis Isaac B. Rich
Boston Museum
RM. Peeld
James A. Herne
Nathaniel Berry
New England
Shore-Agres
New York
Chas. F. Atkinson
Wm. A. Brady
Dare
Dagmar and
DeCelle
McIntire
Heath
Maggie Cline
Herbert la Martine
Paderewski
Music Hall
Steinway & Sons
Athenaeum
Wm. C. Cameron
Mgr
Matineea Thesday
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