Three Weddings in Brookline and Nearby
A gay West heirloom style wedding in Elmhurst Brookline joins Miss Harriet Foster White to Arthur Crittenden Smith of Omaha with a large reception. a second ceremony unites Miss Blanche Andrews and Harry S. Maffit at Second Church Copley Square. a third wedding links St Mary's Up Ham's Corner officiated by multiple clergy with Rev Saltonstall and guests including notable clergymen.
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Lochinvar
Brookline
Elmhurst
Boylston Street
Joseph H. White
Boston
Harriet Foster White
Arthur Crittenden Smith
Omaha
Neb
Joseph T. Duryea
Charles W. Huntington
Lowell
John E. Patrick
Grave S. White
Florence Breed
Edith Hill
Emily Proctor
J. Foster White
George J. Putnam
S. A
Carleton S. Francis
H. H. Bemis
Walter D. Smith
Copley Square
Blanche Andrews
Harry S. Maffit
E. A. Horton
Nellie J. Smith
May Bryan
Beacon Street
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Upham’s Corner
Lindall W. Saltonstall
Hartford
G. H. L. Sharpe
Charles E. Myer
Edward N. Capen
Ellery Stedman
Harry Willard
Thomas H. Homer
Mr. Whittemore
Ashmont
Washburn
South Boston
L. K. Storrs
Mr. Ketchum
St. Paul’s Church
L. 8S. Pierce
Dorchester
Mr. Kidner
Mrs. Saltonstall
Staae
Harford
Divorce Court Drama in Suffolk County Ends in Unclear Break
A Suffolk County Divorce Court case between Nathan S Freeman and Annie Freeman unfolds with testimonies of jealousy long hours, late nights, and household duties. Freeman claims his wife stayed out, drank, and socialized with others while he managed chores and discipline. The proceedings, including testimony from their daughter Nellie, continue after a long afternoon session.
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Suffolk County
Nathan S
Annie Freeman
Massachusetts
Nathan
Mr. Freeman
Chelsea
Nellie N. Freeman
Freeman
Gowns for Rent A Boston Floфa in Fashionable Finesse
A Boston feature recalls a small shop at 67 Chandler Street renting evening and mourning dresses and street gowns. The owner explains prices from six to twelve dollars, security, privacy, and delivery. gowns purchased from large stores are renovated or altered for rental. The business serves hotel guests, fashionables, working women, brides, and those needing mourning attire. It notes the enduring vanity of women in society.
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Chandler Street
Flora McFlimseys
Heaths
Washington Street
Hayden
Hollis Street
Boston
Wort
Felix
Women Talked About in a Dated Social Column Tale
A long provincial page highlights prominent women and society notes. Mrs Gordon MacKay receives 25000 yearly from ex husband Mackay, while Miss Frances Willard presides over the Denver temperance union. Descriptions cover Lady Randolph Churchill illness, Jerome sisters, Irish writers Katharine Tynan and Emily Lawless, Mrs Gordon Fenwick in Chicago, tea farming anecdotes from Florida, Carroll family politics, past White House holders, Kate Field habits, and the Princess of Wales appearance. The popcorn trade origin credits Mrs Sanborn of Lynn and a boy Charlie Andrews in a local lane.
Novel waist designs feature bold openings and bias panels
Ingenious waist fashions show blouse shaped openings laced with heavy cords and a corselet with buckles. Bias section waistlines extend from collar to waist and reappear to collar with velvet finishes and velvet shoulder puffs. Dark velvet over light silk or wool creates contrast, with matching sashes.
Autumn Fashionable Shoes Promote Comfort and Style
The Philadelphia Times notes women will favor heavy calf black and russet rain shoes with pointed toes and slender heels this autumn. Evening wear features twin strap sandals with beading, while oozes with gold or silver accents, velvet stripes, and delicate bows highlight refined tastes for promenades and balls.
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Philadelphia Times
Press Women Meet at Parker House for Planned Social
The New England Women's Press Association held a business meeting at Parker House with president Mrs. E M H Merrill presiding. They invited Chicago author Celia Parker Woolley as guest of honor for the next social meeting. The literary gathering occurs Wednesday Nov 16 at Parker House with Miss Helen M Winslow as afternoon chair and Miss Kate Sanborn as essayist.
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New England Women’s Press Association
Parker House
E. M. H. Merrill
Celia Parker Woolley
Chicago
Helen M. Winslow
Kate Sanborn
The Kiss and the Axe at the Woodshed Tryst
A tale of heartbreak ends in frenzy as a man, spurred by a ruined romance, murders his former lover with a meat-axe at the trysting place. He then returns to the police station to await his fate, recalling their seaside days and a crescent moon.
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Indianapolis Journal
Beneficent Society to Aid Music Students Holds Fair
The Beneficent Society of the New England Conservatory of Music announces its annual fair and flower sale in the Conservatory parlors on November 9 and 10 to aid worthy students achieving self support through musical education. A concert to aid the society is planned for Sleeper Hall on November 9 with artists Mrs H H A Beach Miss Louise Leimer Heinrich Meyn George M Nowell Willis Nowell George E Whiting and Carl Faelten all donating performances. Tickets are on sale at the Conservatory.
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New England Conservatory of Music
New England Conservatory
Beneficent Society
Sleeper Hall
Franklin Square
H. H. A. Beach
Louise Leimer
Heinrich Meyn
George M. Nowell
Willis Nowell
George E. Whiting
Carl Faelten
The
Conservatory of Music
Tennyson Recital At Freeman Place By School Of Expression
The School of Expression presented a Tennyson recital at Freeman place 1544 Beacon street last night. Mrs Curry led the program with critical talks and illustrative readings, paralleling her husband Professor Curry’s long work on Browning.
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School of Expression
Freeman Place
Beacon Street
Curry
Browning
The Fencing Master and 1492 on Boston Stages
The Hollis Street hosts The Costumes in The Fencing Master while Maude Granger shines at the Grand Opera. Little Regaloncita in 1492 draws attention at Park Theatre with Luke Schoolcraft and Lydia Yeamans Titus in the company. Next week Granger returns as Fire Patrol looms. Ecce Homo heads Tremont Temple lecture by Mrs. Lydia M. Von Finkelstein tomorrow. A 1492 ball may be planned by Rice and Park Theatre managers. Dixie ball is recalled as a landmark. Captain Stefano in Fadette to be played by Warwick Ganor tonight.
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Hollis Street
Maude Granger
Lydia M. von Finkelstein
Tremont Temple
Rice
Park Theatre Management
America
Lenora
Grand Opera House
Mackay
Boston Comic Opera Company
Lyceum Theatre
A Daily Hint From Paris Fashion Sketch
A Paris Herald description notes an autumn costume in green cloth with black velvet embellishments. The long coat is lined with red silk and opens over a green vest gathered under a corselet of black velvet.
Evicted tenants ball planned by Irish National Federation branch
A large meeting of the Joseph Gillis Biggar Branch of the Irish National Federation met at Montgomery Hall to finalize plans for a November 11 ball at Odd Fellows Hall. An extensive reception committee and floor staff were named to organize the event to aid evicted tenants.
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Joseph Gillis Biggar
Irish National Federation
Montgomery Hall
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Michael Maynes
Dominick Toy
William J. Burke
William L. Dowling
Patrick Walsh
John E. Walsh
John B. O’higgins
Mary A
Souvenir Book at December Bazaar by Teachers’ Mutual Benefit Assn
A unique souvenir book will be issued during the first week of December for the grand bazaar of the Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association. Contributors include Oliver Wendell Holmes Mrs. M French-Sheldon the African explorer Mr Frederick Taylor the youngest American member of the RGS Mrs Margaret Deland Mrs Whiton Stone Mrs Lucy Stone Henry B Blackwell Mrs Kate Tannatt Woods Mrs D C Lincoln Miss Jane G Austin Mrs Sallie Joy White Mrs Katharine Conway Mrs Julia Ward Howe the Rev Edward Everett Hale Edwin D Mead Henry O'Meara Colonel O'Higgins and other notable figures.
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Teachers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jane G. Austin
Sallie Joy White
Katharine Conway
Julia Ward Howe
Edward Everett Hale
Edwin D. Mead
Henry O’meara
O ‘Higginson
Doctor Caroline Hastings Project for Moral Reform Home
Miss Caroline E Hastings M D works to raise 25000 dollars to establish a home for the New England Moral Reform Society She has raised about 2000 and appeals to the public to provide the remaining 23000 Subscriptions may be sent to Caroline E Hastings 160 Huntington Avenue
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Caroline E. Hastings
M. D
New England Moral Reform Society
Miss Hastings
Huntington Avenue
Handy figures show MA election results from 1888 1891
Messrs. A. Shuman & Co present a tabled handy reference of Massachusetts city and town returns from the last presidential election and the gubernatorial contests of 1888 and 1891 for quick consultation among friends and readers.
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Messrs. A. Shuman & Co
Massachusetts
Regaloncita the Chilean child dancer draws crowds at Park Theatre
The article profiles Regaloncita, a seven year old Chilean dancer and actress in New York. Her mother Mrs. F A Ewer defends her on stage discipline and health, notes bilingual upbringing, and outlines plans to move from dancer to actress as she grows. The piece also lists other theatre happenings and upcoming performances in Boston.
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New York
Regaloncita
Mrs. Ewer
Ewer
Leslie
Judge to Speak on Theosophy and Christianity at Boston Hall
At Chickering Hall this evening the Boston Theosophical Society hosts William Q. Judge, vice president of the Theosophical Society, delivering a lecture on Theosophy and Christianity. He is described as a pleasant forcible and eloquent speaker with a thorough command of his subject.
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Boston Theosophical Society
Chickering Hall
William Q. Judge
Theosophical Society
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