Julia Ward Howe Holds Court at Beacon Street Home
The 84 year old Julia Ward Howe celebrated a quiet birthday at 441 Beacon Street with family and notable guests. Attendees included Miss Rosalind Richards and MIT President and Mrs. Pritchett, among others. the event highlighted Howe’s lifelong work as author, lecturer, and advocate for abolition and woman suffrage.
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Beacon Street
Back Bay
Julia Ward Howe
America
Europe
Post
Emerson
Howe
Garrison
Sumner
Phillips
Andrew
Longfellow
Holmes
Bryant
Elliott
Henry Richards
Gardiner, Me
Florence Hall
Plainfield
N. J
Professor
Munsterburg
Rosalind Richards
Monroe
Adams
Jackson
van Buren
W. H. Harrison
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Roosevelt
Louis Napoleon
Horse Killed After Runaway Carriage Crash in Beacon Street
Franklin H. Beebe of 29 Beacon Street escaped serious injury when his carriage collided with a public coupe near Beacon and Dartmouth streets. His two mares were spooked. one fell in a ditch and died, the other was injured and taken to the Veterinary Hospital. Beebe and his coachman George Gooding were uninjured.
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Franklin H. Beebe
Beacon Street
Beacon
Dartmouth Streets
Beebe
George Gooding
Brookline
Dartmouth
Steamer Rosalind Seized for Customs Violations
The Rosalind from New York was seized by customs authorities after a man ashore with a box containing rings and jewel cases not on the manifest was found. The steamer is held liable for the discrepancy.
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Halifax
N. S
Rosalind
New York
Mme Edwards Musicale finishes Steinert Hall series
The fifth and final musicale by Mme Etta Edwards and assisting artists was held at Steinert Hall studios. Ethel Torrey Smith and Helene Wetmore led the initial song recital portion of the program.
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Mme
Etta Eadwards
Steinert ‘Hall
Ethel Torrey Smith
Helene Wetmore
Performances Highlight Ariel Voices in Romantic Recital
The program featured Pleurez Mes Yeux from Massenet The Cid and three Schumann songs as well as songs The Almond Tree Mondnacht and Waldes gesprach. Miss Wetmore sang The Cid aria admirably and Mrs Beach songs were well executed. The balcony and Friar Laurence scenes from Gounod Romeo and Juliet closed the evening with strong support from Ells bree Louise Ainsworth Drew Hall Martin and others. Adelaide Ward was praised for her fine accompaniments.
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Air
Massenet
the Cid
Schumann
Mondnacht
Allison
Ellsbree
Louise Ainsworth Drew
Messrs
Hall and
Martin
Adelaide Raymond Ward
Principal Stone of Salem Dead
Owen Burnham Stone longtime Salem public schools principal died at his home after a stroke. Born March 10 1835 in Sweden Missouri he came to Salem in 1873 and led Saltonstall School for nearly two decades.
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Salem
Owen Burnham Stone
Holly Street
Sweden
Stone
Saltonstall School
Railroad Men Hurt While On Duty In South Boston
Two New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company workers from South Boston suffered severe injuries on duty. William W Cronin 30 of 198 West Sixth Street was crushed after catching his right foot between cars at Southampton Street as the train moved slowly. John Murphy 82 of West Sixth Street was jammed under truck wheels while attempting to board a moving freight at First Street yards.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Boston
William W. Cronin
West Sixth Street
Southampton Street
John Murphy
First Street
Big Estate Left by George G Williams
The will of the late George G Williams of the Chemical National Bank was filed for probate today in New York. The real estate value is unknown while personal property is believed near 5 million dollars. After small bequests, the residue goes to the widow in trust with half the income to her and half to her daughter Mrs Clara J Keeth who will receive the principal on the mother’s death.
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New York
George G. Williams
Chemical National Bank
Clara J. Keeth
Boston Women Aim to Reform Politics Through Youth Clubs
Representative women led by Mrs. Quincy A Shaw plan to organize 100 or more non partisan groups of newly enfranchised voters in Boston for study of clean politics and public questions. A Faneuil Hall Patriots Day meeting urged use of citizenship rights and pledges support from donors to fund a supervisor and weekly meetings across city schools.
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Boston
Quincy A. Shaw
Faneuil Hall
McCall
Equal Suffrage Association For Good Government
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