Bostonians Abroad and the Meyer Social Circle
Reconciliation rumors swirl around a Brookline couple the Meyers as President McKinley contemplates appointing him ambassador to Italy. Mrs Meyer is predicted to shine in Rome while the von L Meyers boast a car stable and social prominence, echoing their long standing leadership in Boston society.
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Brookline
Madelaine Stuart
Boston
von” Meyers
McKinley
Italy
John Shepard
Boston Society Faces Holiday Scene Amid Gossip and Plans
Washington B Thomas leads social circle as Meyers household nears transfer to Rome if Senate approves. Minn ie Graves Watson divorce case lingers. two Boston couples plan weddings and lectures while clubs schedule meetings and charity events. Attending events include Ellen Thompson on European golf and Dr Fred Cooke wedding.
Post’s Remarkable Election Returns Highlight Boston Scoop
The Sunday Globe cites the Post’s near perfect national result of 292 for McKinley and Roosevelt to 0 for Bryan and Stevenson, noting the Post published the exact tally twelve hours after polls closed. It calls the Post’s method of estimating percentages a notable modern journalism feat.
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Globe
McKinley
Roosevelt
Bryan
Stevenson
Post
Boston
United States
New York Sun
Golfing couple Thomas to tour the continent
Mr and Mrs Washington B Thomas of Commonwealth Avenue plan a continental sojourn. Mr Thomas recently led the leading golfing organization while his wife shares the same passion for golf, enjoying the sport alongside him as they travel.
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Washington B. Thomas
Commonwealth Avenue
Ladies Fair spotlights weddings through ages at hall
At Horticultural Hall the Florence Crittenden Home Society opens a weekly fair. A new idea presents wedding anniversaries and married life stages from honeymoon to golden anniversaries. The Colonial Club of Marlboro will participate.
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Horticultural Hall
Florence Crittenden Home Society
Colonial Club of
Marlboro
Couple Celebrates Fifty Eighth Wedding Anniversary
MADELAINE STUART offers warm wishes as a couple celebrated their fifty eighth wedding anniversary at Holbrook yesterday. The program featured old-time hymns and sentimental melodies, with hopes for many more anniversaries to come.
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Holbrook
Madelaine Stuart
Fractured skull after epileptic episode on city avenue
Patrick Lu eid, 49, of 34 Reed street Roxbury, suffered a fractured skull after an epileptic fit while walking on Massachusetts avenue shortly after 5 30 yesterday. He was aided by Division 4 ambulance crew, treated by Dr. Steadman, and taken to City Hospital in critical condition.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Patrick Lueid
Reed Street
Roxbury
City Hospital
Steadman
Division 4
Love Unchanged Laura Hallstrom Stands by Arrested Husband
Laura Hallstrom remains devoted to her jailed husband the diamond crook and confidence man. She visits Suffolk County Jail daily, kissing him and tucking a flower in his lapel as whispers of a trial and a new morality swirl around the couple and their precarious life.
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Laura Hallstrom
Hallstrom
Schreiber
Touraine
Roslindale
Brookline
Suffolk County
O Toole Attacks Doyle At Democratic Rally
An enthusiastic rally at Democratic headquarters on Whittier and Tremont streets supported Frank J. O Toole for Alderman. Speakers included Charles I Quirk Daniel Gallagher John H Donovan James J Hagerty and James F Timilly. O Toole accused Doyle of biased caucus methods alleging repeaters from Cambridge and other areas and charged Doyle as ward committee chairman with collusion with Republican Senate candidate Cow. He argued Sullivan would have won by 600 votes if Doyle had acted loyally for Democrats.
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Whittier and
Tremont Streets
Frank J. O'Toole
Charles I. Quirk
Daniel Gallagher
John H. Donovan
James J. Hagerty
James F. Timilly
O'Toole
Doyle
Cambridge
Cow
Sullivan
Ward 2 Democratic Ward Committee Rally Tonight
The Democratic Club of Ward 2 Dorchester holds a rally at Bowdoin Street corner Hamilton to support the municipal ticket led by John J Sheehan and the ward committee slate headed by Edmund J Doyle. The rally opens at 8 PM.
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Democratic Club
Dorchester
Bowdoin Street
Hamilton
John J. Sheehan
Edmund J. J. Doyle
Flanagan Withdraws From Ward 19 Alderman Race
John J. Flanagan of Ward 19 withdraws from the Democratic nomination contest for Alderman, leaving Am brose Woods Patrick Stone and ex Alderman Michael H. Cleary as the remaining candidates in Ward 19.
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John J. Flanagan
Ambrose Woods
Patrick Stone
Michael H. Cleary
Douglass Club of West Boston Holds First Reunion
The Douglass Club of West Boston hosted its inaugural reunion at their hall entertaining about 400 friends. A musical program was presented by members of the race and Nickelodeon theatres.
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Douglass Club
West Boston
Race
Nickelodeon Theatres
Terrier Lost Laugh Gave It to Great Dane For Photo Aid
A lighthearted tale follows a terrier that misplaced its laugh and entrusted it to a great dane. The duo plan to photograph the pet as part of a campaign to assist those who dispense canine meals.
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Great Dane
Porter’s Painful Error With the Traveling Fox Terrier
A traveler takes her fox terrier on a West trip, with the dog in the baggage car while she rides in the sleeper. A Great Dane in the baggage car feeds on her dog’s lunch, leaving the terrier perched safely on a safe and whining. She vows to photograph her pet next time to avoid such mistakes.
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Porter
Clar
Baltimore News
Stage Matters dazzles with new plays and stars tonight
Boston crowds face a gala theatre evening as Sothern remains in Baltimore hospital and Harlem shows cancelations. Stuart Robson arrives for New Year’s Eve in Oliver Goldsmith while The Cadet Girl opens in Lawrence and The Sunshine of Paradise Alley plows through Boston’s Grand Opera House next week. Hubbite stalwarts and Henry W. Lipps contribute to a South End rush, with Quo Vadis promised at Boston Theatre and Pride of Jennico at Museum.
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E. H. Sothern
Baltimore
Harlem
Philo May
Grace Kimball
Beatrice Ashton
W. J. Sully
John J. Flynn
William DeWolf
Albert Brown
Harry W.ps
Louis Miller
South End
Grisette
Columbia Theatre
Neighbors Dodged Remarks Spark Auto Debate
In a Baltimore American item, Bobbs criticizes neighbors while Dobbs points to Nobbs habitually unfairly disparaging locals. The exchange touches on personal disputes and public perception in a residential area.
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Bobbs
Nobbs
Dobbs
Baltimore
Wedding Anniversary Hint From An Old Couple
A light exchange reveals a couple joking about a forgotten wedding anniversary. The woman notes the day passed without acknowledgment, while the man claims to have sensed a significant event in his bones but forgot the exact date. The snippet appears from the Indianapolis Journal.
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Harry
Indianapolis Journal
Interval Exchanges Hintat Pirate Dreams
A brief fragment shows a child named Bobby promising to become a pirate and reassure his mother he will return home at night. The exchange captures a playful, hopeful moment in a family setting with simple dialogue about adventure and homecoming.
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Bobby
Dress design prompts witty price quip
Mrs Gooph speaks of a V shaped waist for her new dress while the joke turns to a C shaped price. The Baltimore American captures a lighthearted moment reflecting fashion and humor in society notes.
Why He Laughed at That Story in Indiana Journal
A brief passage notes laughter at a tale told by Gubbins, remarking that the story was one of his own. The exchange highlights humor surrounding a locally published anecdote in the Indianapolis Journal.
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Gubbins
Indianapolis Journal
Pomposity in Army Rank Sparks Dispute, DeFonte Reports
Chicago News notes a quarrel over rank: Finn, recently promoted to corporal, objects to privates being marked as private. Quinn accuses pomposity in the t disgraceful. DeFonte relays the exchange, highlighting tensions within army promotions.
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Quinn
DeFonte
Finn
Thas
Hicago News
Absent minded thief forgets safe code irony
In a Denver Times note, a man famed for absent mindedness jokes about writing the safe combination on paper to avoid forgetting it and then locking that paper inside the safe to prevent loss.
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Theanie
Denver Times
Confusion Over Relationship Sparks Domestic Confession
A fragment from the Chicago Post describes a startled young wife and her mother sorting out a presumed romantic entanglement. The exchange reveals shock upon learning of a supposed woman pursuing George, with the husband having left that morning amid rumors.
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George
Chicago Post
Another Theory Established Yawnings Beneficial to Health
A French physician says yawning benefits health. She remarks she has felt unusually well since he began visiting in the evenings, prompting discussion in the Chicago Times Herald style.
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Chicago Times Erald
The Bowdoin Square and Grand Theatre This Week
Columbia tonight assisted by an admirable company presents Sapho at Bowdoin Square this week. Secret Service slated for Grand Opera House with a strong cast. Tife in New York and variety on bill at Grand Theatre. Joe Hart and Carrie De Mar headline Keith's with a charming sketch. The Queen of the Orient Burlesquers begin at the Howard this afternoon featuring Carr and Jordan and other performers. Boston Music Hall showcases Bessie Bonehhill and a varied lineup including Thorne duo, Melrose brothers and others. Chauncey Morlan Hoosier head main attractions at Austin Stone's.
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Laura Alberta
Sapho
Bowdoin Square
Secret Service
Grand Opera House
Tife
New York
Variety
Grand Theatre
Joe Hart
Carrie de Mar
Queen of the Orient Burlesquers
The
Howard
Carr and Jordan
Russell and Bell
Ashley and Wooley
Crawford
Eloise Mortimer
Agnes Barron
Foy and Clark
Boston Music Hall
Bessie Bonehhill
Montgomery and Stone
Austin & Stone
Bowdoin vows to prosecute un signed circular in Ward 20
Boston ward politics heat rises as Chairman Henry Bowdoin of the Ward 20 Republican committee seeks the author of a four page unsigned circular. He will prosecute to the full extent of the law and has consulted premier counsel in Boston. Representative-elect Wilbur F Adams says the circular’s signatories signed off with agreement and their lawyers advised the text carries no risk even without signatures.
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Henry Bowdoin
Ward 20
Republican Committee
Bowdoin
Post
Wilbur F. Adams
Atlanta Special Route and Connections Advertised
The Atlanta Special travels via Seaboard Air Line and Florida and West India Short Line with through Pullman lounge and sleeper cars from New York and other cities to Athens and Atlanta. Direct connections extend to Montgomery Macon New Orleans and all points South and Southwest with arrivals and departures at Pennsylvania Railroad stations. Local agents listed include W C Ghoemaker C L Tongsdorf W M McConnell and the general passenger office in Washington and New York.
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Athens
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Macon
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Pennsylvania
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Broadway
New York
C. L. Tongsdorf
Newngland Fagoengee
Washington Street
Oston
W. M. McConnell
New York Avenue
Washington, Dd, Co
Genera
Antamm Asthe Oo
Anarchists Meet to Honor Haymarket Martyrs in Boston
Anarchists gathered at 46 Eliot Street in a small hall to commemorate August Spies and three other Haymarket defendants, labeled martyrs by anarchists. The meeting featured William Bailie as speaker, who argued the four did not partake in the bomb throw and were unjustly convicted, with German speaker Hermann Berkenkampf also present.
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Albert R. Parsons
Adolph Fischer
George Engel
Chicago
Haymarket
Parsons
Engel
Fischer
Hermann Berkenkampf
Seaboard Excursion Tickets On Sale To Southern Pines Pinehurst
Seaboard Air Line Railway announces winter excursion tickets to Southern Pines and Pinehurst with similar tickets to Camden through major points south of Ashington. Double daily service includes through Pullman drawing room and buffet sleeping cars from New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Richmond. Trains arrive and depart at Pennsylvania railroad stations with direct steamer connections at Norfolk and Portsmouth. For details contact W C Shoemaker C L Longetor McConnell or the General Passenger Agent in Portsmouth Va.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Jacksonville
Tampa
Florida
Pennsylvania
Shoemaker
General Eastern
Broadway
C. L. Longsdorf
New England
Washington Street
Boston
W. M. Mavonnell
New York Avenue
Ashington
D. C
Portsmouth
Allen
W.P. G. M. N. Pass
Southern Pines
Pinehurst
Camden
C. L. Longetor
Society Bath House Fire at Bailey's Beach
A costly bath house at Bailey's Beach used by society people suffered fire damage in Newport on November 11. Firemen responded quickly after two alarms as authorities believe the fire was incendiary in origin with limited headway gained by the blaze.
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Newport
R. J
Bailey’s Beach
Rally in Spelman Hall for Councilman Monaghan’s re election
A rally is set tonight in Spelman Hall to endorse Councilman John E. G. Monaghan of Ward 13 for re election to the Common Council. Prominent speakers include Joseph A. Dennison John J. Douglass James A. Watson J J McNamara and Hugh W. Bresner with Hon James A. Gallivan presiding.
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Spelman Hall
John E. G. Monaghan
Joseph A. Dennison
John J. Douglass
James A. Watson
J. J. Mc McNamara
Hugh W. Bresner
James A. Gallivan
Boston Reception at Standard Music Publishing House
A reception was given at the Standard Music Publishing Company on Washington Street. Guests included numerous Boston authors and composers. Manager Mr. George Krey acted as host as many of the latest songs published by the company were performed by artists present.
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Boston
Rain Proof Raglans by Shuman & Co Show Weather Ready Garments
Heavy weight whipcord rain proof raglans in tan and oxford shades on display. Original designs feature plaid interiors satin lined shoulders and back. Fabric is warranted wind rain and snow resistant with moth proof finish.
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Shuman & CO
Oxford
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