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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1892
Page
5
An advertisement promises complete homes with $100 down and options to pay monthly or by mortgage. Taxes and insurance free if you own a suburban lot. Builder offers to construct an elegant house per the buyer’s plans with no payment until six months of occupancy.
A Crimean War captain and son of a famed fighter, Bishop Herbert Vaughn of Salford has been appointed Archbishop of Westminster, succeeding the late Cardinal Manning. Emma Sheridan recovers from illness and cannot return to the stage for a year. Henry Irving regains his voice, celebrated in Paris dispatches. Tom Ochiltree’s Drayton case provokes speculation and satire.
The piece profiles Cardinal Manning and Archbishop Vaughn, detailing Manning’s leadership in Catholic education and missions, his editor role at the Tablet, and his Unionist stance, alongside Vaughn’s social reform efforts and support for municipal leisure. It touches on their close personal ties and hints at a broader commentary on clergy and writers of the era.
A Boston Music Hall program charmed the audience with Mrs. Alice G. Shaw’s improved whistling soprano and Campanini’s Beethoven arias. Duos by Brooks and Denton, plus Gillet's Loin du Bal, impressed, while J. Alex Silberberg earned praise as accompanist. Upcoming May recitals feature Arthur Foote Giese Staats and a Brahms trio first performed in America. P. S. Gilmore’s band to play at Boston Theatre with reinforced lineup and expanded repertoire. Seats on sale at Temple office, Vivian.
Alexander M. Carson of this city is alive and not the Carson killed in Syracuse. The deceased was Richard Carson, a traveling salesman for a local firm, whose death was mistaken for Mr. Carson after he was expected to arrive as the train arrived.
Entry occurred early yesterday at 5 Worchester place. Two silver watches and 75 cents were taken. One watch, a P. S. Bartlett, bore the owner’s name inside the case.
A physician with twenty years of chronic symptoms asks the editor for guidance. The paper endorses Warner's Safe Cure based on published interviews, stating many cases were relieved or resolved by the remedy. It urges readers not to neglect symptoms and to seek appropriate care promptly.
The West Chop property on Martha's Vineyard, over four hundred acres with wharf and cottages, is transferred by trustees William Minot Jr, Colonel Francis Peabody Jr, and General Stephen M Weld to a new company led by William Harmon and Josiah Quincy. The firm plans subdividing land, selling cash or on instalments, building a new hotel by July, and opening a seashore normal institute July 18 to August 11 with Rev. A E Winship as president and R H Holbrook as general manager. A dedicated steamer will link with Woods Hall trains and a barge line will run to the Cottage City street railway, extended to Vineyard Haven. The company aims to attract teachers and develop it as a summer educational center, with several new cottages likely this season.
The Board of Overseers will meet at 50 State Street Boston on Wednesday May 4 at 11 oclock a m to act on communications from the President and Fellows and to transact other business that could be handled at a stated meeting. Alexander McKenzie Secretary Cambridge April 30 1892.
Miss Anna Haydn Webster returns to Boston audiences to present seven types of beautiful women drawn from home church school and society. She will enact by voice manner and dress reflections of inner life through soliloquies and character delineation. The six women” will be shown Wednesday May 11 at 2 30 PM in Pierce Hall Copley Square. The “ideal women”? appears Wednesday evening at 745 PM Tickets available at Pierce building Room 28 and not sold at the door.
A persuasive notice urging readers to replace worn hall furniture. The writer stresses wisdom in correcting errors and argues that a change is inexpensive. Paine's Furniture Warerooms at 48 Canal Street are advertised as offering affordable, modern options within reach of any family.
USTRALOAN gold rings offered at 87 to 12 price, custom made in two hours. Look for the Big Clock. Wilson Bo8 Tremont Street Boston, advertised as one of the largest jewelers in Boston.
Multiple marriage notices listed with names and locations: Edwards and Vrame at Hyde Park on April 30 by Rev. Perley B. Davis. Holden and Richardson at Roslindale on April 23. Dunham and Forberg at Middleborough on April 28. Littlefield and Coy at Chelsea on April 27. Loring and Young at Bangor Maine on April 27. Williams and Hunt at East Milton on April 28 recorded by local clergy with listed spouses from various towns.
Obituaries and death notices from the city list multiple individuals with dates in April and May. Names include William F. Nichols Homer 72, Adeline Locke 67, Florence Crosby, Cynthia Davis 70, Rebecca Hinds 74, Nathan Crafts, Mrs Pamelia Howe 66, Carolyn Howard 17, William Lord 69, Addison Masury, Eliza Beth Osgood 77, Aba Gail Seaver 8, William Scharlan, George Tainter 69, Hannah Wilkinson 86, Mather Brown 72, and Mary Brinds 74, with service details and burial notes in various homes, streets, and cemeteries.
Sealed bids for building Section 27 of the Metropolitan Sewerage system in Someville and Cambridge will be received by the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners at 93 Lincoln Street Boston until 12 M Saturday May 7 1892. Bids must include a $1000 certified check and be on board forms. Details cover 4300 cubic yards 25 depth 760 feet external brick and masonry. Bidder must state similar work done and provide references. The board may reject any or all bids.
Auctioneer Charles W Sawyer of Boston announces a mortgagee sale under a deed dated April 16 1890 to Warren Institution for Savings. Prop includes a Charlestown lot with a 50 by 18.5 foot frontage and a 5 foot wide access strip. Sale at 4 PM on Tuesday May 10 1892. two hundred dollars due at sale. other terms to be announced. Henry W Brace attorney for the mortgagee.
Peter Daily auctioneers foreclose Navier Lothian Sara Lothian to Paul H Kendricken mortgage dated January 26 1881. On Tuesday May 26 1892 at 4 pm the premises Cottage Street Dorchester bounded by Ellison Leyland and Nuassett totaling about 3665 square feet with a building, sale terms require 500 paid at sale. Mortgagee Paul H Kendricken.
By license of the Probate Court, Samuel Hatch & Co. will sell at public auction on the premises Tuesday, May next, at 12 noon. The parcel on the corner of Middlesex and Chapman Street, Isoston, includes three houses and measures about 41.61 by 53.13 feet, totaling 2112 square feet. Administratrix Catherine F. Metzger, by will annexed, administers the estate of Patrick Kneeland.
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