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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1897

Page

9

Cambridge Jubilee marked ten years of no license celebration

Cambridge holds a two day jubilee with public meetings at St John s Hall Second Baptist Church Brattle Hall Aquinas Hall Union Hall and Union Hall events. Factory and workshop employee meetings are scheduled at Chapman Carriage Co Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co University Press plus many other firms. Tomorrow extends meetings across churches citywide.

Cambridge St. John’s Hall Second Baptist Church Brattle Hall Fellows’ Hall Aquinas Hall Union Hall Ill Chapman Carriage Company Lombard & Causie J. H. H. McNamee The University Press Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company Charles Place George Cros George G. Page Box Company Russell & Co H. F. Sparrow & Co George R. Oliver’s F. Ivers & Son Henderson Bros.’ Carriage George R. Henderson’s American Rubber Company

Spalding Aide Testifies of Divorce Motive for Marriage

Miss Sarah Louise Ervin testified before the senatorial committee that Spalding gave her about 75000 with the understanding he would later divorce his wife and marry her. The testimony occurred in Chicago on April 30.

Chicago Sarah Louise Ervin Spalding Globe Savings Bank Miss Ervin

Divorce Court Opens May Term in Suffolk County

The May term opens Monday with Judge Sherman presiding over 69 libels in Suffolk County divorces, 56 of which are to be contested.

Suffolk County Sherman

Keef A Novel by Tim Coakley Aims for Mystic Artistry

Timothy Wilfred Coakley penning Keef a nine phase life story of artist Leon Abecassis born Tangier outlines his search for ideas via Moorish drug keef. The review praises vivid prose and atmospheric scenes while noting the Dreamlike dual life and moral transformation. Eight full page illustrations by William Norman Ritchie accompany the work.

Keef Timothy Wilfred Coakley Charles E. Brown & Co Coakley Leon Abecassis Abecassis Tangiers Italy England London New York du Maurier Peter Ibbetsen Ralph Black Betwee Black Iekyll and Hyde Stevenson Jekyll Hyde S Elf William Norman Ritchie The Post Ritchie

Noted Art Student Abecassis Sketches in Tangiers and Keef Use

The narrator praises Coakley's writing and outlines Abecassis early drawing lessons from a Tangier Italian attaché. The passage describes Tangier’s vivid color and scenes including Bedouins and bazaar life, and explains keef as a Moorish leaf preparation of Indian hemp inhaled via clay pipes.

Coakley Abecassis Tangiers Soudan Keef Calcutta

House of Visions in the Moorish Beef-Smoker Scene

In the novel a resort called the House of Visions caters to Moors and European visitors. A sleepy Moor greets guests as the main room holds divans and fezt tapestries while smoke and keef light the air. The artist recalls painting The House of Visions with a crude realism and vivid Moorish interiors.

House of Visions Fez

New York Life Portrayed By An Aspiring Painter

The passage describes arriving in New York and discovering distraction and recreation while studying the strange types and social conditions forming a cosmopolitan civilization. It notes the temporary distraction from the painter's earlier pleasures and pains of striving.

New York

Siesta Club Welcomes a Bohemian Life in New York

The narrator recalls joining the Siesta Club with Chalmers as sponsor and meeting bright fellows from daily papers and magazines. Members included lawyers physicians stock brokers politicians journalists and librarians from diverse European backgrounds. Good fellowship and wine loosened formalities, offering a rare hour to speak openly away from European buckram.

Chalmers Siesta Club Europe New York The Siesta

Effects of beef and the Moorish tobacco tale in New York

A fragmentary recollection follows Abe Cassis recalling a night in Tangiers. The text describes a “coveted drug” that subdued the base animal in man and granted power to the highest ideal. The narrator recalls lazy contemplation and sunlit Tangier streets in azure clouds as part of the remembered experience.

New York Tangiers

Be hold The Olympian Mood In The New Author's Works

A reviewer praises the author’s lighter pieces and dramatic scenes in the new works. The narrator recalls a revelatory mood induced by beef and smoke, admiring architecture, urban energy, and vivid characters. Notable passages include a painterly confrontation with a husband over a dead wife portrait and a dramatic fight scene between Hassan and Mr Black.

Hassan Abecassis Mr. Black

Mrs. Johanna O'Brien funeral in South Boston

Mrs Johanna O'Brien died at 222 Gold Street South Boston last Tuesday and was buried yesterday after a solemn requiem mass at St Augustine's Church. The interment occurred in Calvary Cemetery with Rev Father Ready officiating.

Johanna O’brien Gold Street Boston St. Augustine’s Church Father Ready Calvary Cemetery

Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart Promotion

A testimonial advert claims rapid heart relief from Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart. W. H. Musselman of Weissport Pa says two bottles cured palpitation and smothering spells, restoring health. Sold by OC E Woodward & Co 52 Bromfield St and Jaynes Co at Washington and Hanover Streets.

Dr. Agnew W. H. Musselman Weissport OC. E. Woodward & Co Bromfield St Jaynes & Co Cor Washington & Hanover Ste

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