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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1898

Page

6

D Angeli s Jolly Muskeeter inspires Gotham stage fame

Jefferson D Angelis reaffirmed his comic opera star status with The Jolly Musketeer a bright catchy musical by Stanislaus Stange and Julian Edwards. The show features D Angelis and Harry MacDonough delivering relentless wit while Maud Hollins and Bertha Waltznger supply style and music. Industry buzz suggests a long Broadway run amid strong casino and Knickerbocker theater activity. Laura Burt Maude Lessing shine in The Dangerous Maid at Casino with a praised duel scene. Viola Allen leaves Knickerbocker next week for Brooklyn then Garden, while W H Crane debuts Worth a Million. The Rialto notes Sharp casting for Merchant of Venice Othello and Romeo and Juliet. Overall Gotham theatre business stays brisk with high spending on amusements.

New York Jefferson D’angelis Jolly Muskeeter Stanislaus Stange Julian Edwards D’angelis Harry MacDonough Maud Hollins Bertha Waltznger Broadway Laura Burt Madge Lessing Viola Allen Knickerbocker W. H. Crane Miss Allen Brooklyn The Garden Mansfield Cyrano Charlies B. Flanford Odette Tyler Rialto

Soprano marriages and stage news dominate Boston theater

Gossip links Adelina Patti to Baron Cederstrom in February. George B. McLellan plans London move to manage Casino shows and a new English theatre venture. Joseph Jefferson cancels Fifth Avenue engagement to tour, with sons taking roles. Odette Tyler returns to Shakespearean roles. Boston audiences enjoy long runs and diverse acts at Park, Columbia, Boston, Hollis, Tremont, Bowdoin, Grand, and other venues with notable performers and new comedies.

Lillian Russell Adelina Patti Baron Cederstrom George B. McLellan New York Casino Management London Lederer Portia Desdemona Miss Tyler Caroline Mitford Secret Service

Loyal Legion at fair honors Civil War veterans and leaders

The Loyal Legion Society presented at the fair with Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson Captain J G B Adams and Chaplain Humphreys praising Civil War valor and the negro soldier. They contrasted Civil War and Spanish War treatment of prisoners, praised nurses led by Clara Barton and noted Julia Ward Howes Battle Hymn. afternoon programs featured music recitals and a social tea and a G A R reunion planned for today with a Maine visit and a Paul Revere Theatre entertainment set for 4 20 p m.

Loyal Legion Society Thomas Wentworth Higginson J. G. B. Adams Humphreys Lee Lovel Legion Lincoln Philadelphia Phillips Brooks John G. Whittier James Russell Lowell Edward E. Hale Frank B. Fay Frederick Law Olmstead Henry I. Bowditch William Endicott Henry M. Forbes Henry L. Pierce Higginson Clara Barton Colonel Higginson Julia Ward Howe Rough Riders Ursula O. Squires Carrie Hooker Harry Scanlan Willie Sheldon Maude Dunn Lelia Kelly Emilie L. W. Waterman Woman's Relief Corps Grand Army of the Republic Mechanics’ Fair Massachusetts Maine Maine Central Boston & Maine W. H. Bartlett Department of Massachusetts Reeves Providence American Mutoscope Company New_York B. F. Keith Paul Revere Sons Mary J Lincoln

Jeffersons' Sons Plan Tour After Actor Father Retires

New York reports Mr. Jefferson will rest at Old Point Comfort while his sons carry the family name on stage. William Jefferson acts Bob Acres in The Rivals at the Alvin Theatre in Pittsburgh next Monday night, Thomas Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle at the Thursday matinee, and Joseph Jefferson Jr. as David in The Rivals. C B Jefferson manages the organization.

New York Rip van Winkle Joseph Jefferson, Jr Joseph Warren David C. B. Jefferson Old Point Comfort Hotel

Mardi Gras Tour to California by Pennsylvania Railroad

A special Mardi Gras tour to California under the Pennsylvania railroad’s tourist system leaves Boston on February 8, 1899. Highlights include Mammoth Cave New Orleans San Antonio El Paso Los Angeles San Diego Riverside Redlands Pasadena Santa Barbara Monterey Santa Cruz San Jose San Francisco Salt Lake City Glenwood Colorado Springs Manitou Garden of the Gods Denver and Chicago. The trip uses Pullman vestibule sleeping dining compartment and observation cars at the rate of 405 dollars including expenses. Descriptive itinerary will be issued and available from D N Bell tourist agent 206 Washington street Boston.

California Pennsylvania Railroad Bost Mammoth Cave New Orleans San Antonio el Paso Los Angeles San Diego Riverside Redlands Pasadena Santa Barbara Monterey Santa Cruz San Jose San Francisco Salt Lake City Glenwood Colorado Springs Manitou Garden of the Gods Denver Chicago Pennsylvania D. N. Bell Washington Street Boston

Boston Broadside Brims with Local Trades and Stock Talk

Corbett reports on local merchants expanding and relocating, mentions Bernard Wolf’s growing clothing store, copper stock tips and asides on mining prospects, a Harvard medical schooling update, new trunks from Stallman, Loki gas burner merits, Adolph Lundin of Tremont Turkish Bath, Union Hospital aid for the poor, Mt Zircon water sales, a fire-sale at American Wringer, Van Choate Electric stock, and Thanksgiving reflections from BE. A. Corbett.

New York Show Opens with Notable Horses at Madison Square Garden

The second day of the New York show draws crowds to Madison Square Garden as saddle horses and trotters vie for ribbons. General B F Tracey’s Alvaretta impresses, but he settles for second in the 2 year old trotting filly class amid a lineup including Betty Hamlin and Mary Emma Lea.

New York Madison Square Garden Miss Lane Samuel Rosenthal Pink W. L. Elkins Abingdon Penn Frederick C. Stevens Attica N. Y Hackney Sutton Lilly Mischief II Langdon Kathleen Ir Thomas B. Hidden Millburn N. J F. L.bourne Oakdale L. I Chestnut Hill Stock Farm Wild Fire Mr. Stevens Bushlight B. I. Tracey Alvaretta Secretary of the Navy Edward Willets H. N. Bain Poughkeepsie Buffalo Betty Hamlin Mambrino King Tracey N. H. Bains Mary Emma Lea Jacob Ruppert Hudson River Stock Farm Francis D. Beard William Hendricks Otham Charles Oerrichs W. E. D. Stokes Angelica Gerry Paul Reynan Willing Philadelphia Cambridge Livingston Collis Harry Payne Whitney Whitney Herman Oelrichs Prescott Lawrence Frank Underhill O. H. P. Belmont Belmont Robert Cutting

Busy Harbor Day As New Liners Arrive In Port

A bustling harbor scene with the Johnston liner Pinemore and Furness liner Columbian from Tontollon, Leyland liner Victorian from Liverpool, and Michigan from the same port. Sailings include Londonian to the city of her name and Nova Scotia bound. Four masted steamers called at port as fruit steamer Admiral Dewey discharged cargo while Dewey lighter took on cotton at Lewis wharf. Nineteen vessels visited the wharves of which fish prices ranged from $2.65 to $3 for haddock and $3 for large cod per hundred weight.

New Johnston Pinemore Furness Columbian Tontollon Liverpool Michigan Nova Scotia Londonian Admiral Dewey Long Wharf Dewey Gate City Lewis Wharf Haddock Troubadour Rowe's Wharf North End Hexham Messina Ltch Fiske’s Wharf Frank J.stimsom Lyman Henry Cabot Lodge Bruce McLean America Victoriap Joe Fawcett Columbia Columbdia Charlestown Richard Wick Norfolk Vera Cruz Simpson Grydock Axim Africa United States Fred A. Small Luke Turon Beaver Yne Pussia St. John N. B St. Crora Maine

Notice of administration for Mary E Phillips

The subscriber is appointed administrator of the estate of Mary E Phillips of Toston Suffolk deceased intestate. Creditors must exhibit claims and debtors pay to Winfield S Phillips administrator 822 East Fifth Street South Boston Mass Boston November 10 1898.

Leon J. Adams Boston Mass Suffolk H. H. Sawyer Ames Building Mary Phillips Toston

Brookline Sails With Delayed Trial and Clean Up Plans

The Brookline arrived in poor condition and will have decayed fruit removed by lighter and schooners dumped overboard beyond the harbor. Government speed trial was postponed while awaiting Mr E B Cramp from Philadelphia to set a new time after a conference with the Boston Fruit Company. Minor construction details may send the ship to the builders’ yard. Interfield passengers were sent to New York and a later voyage to Barnalcote, Jamaica was planned.

Brookline E. 8. Cramp Philadelphia Boston Fruit Company New York Barnalcote Jamaica

Boston University Rehashes Hazing Debates And Initiation Lists

Boston University students debate hazing after rivalries last Friday and consider ending it as Dartmouth did. The Philomathean Society postpones a play due to exams. A ventilation petition from Liberal Arts women surfaces for safer facilities. Initiation rosters for Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, and Pi Beta Phi list members from 1902 and 1903 cohorts.

Boston University Dartmouth Janey Upper Daga Glass Philomathean Society College of Liberal Arts Bullading Alpha Phi B. U Gamma Phi Beta Helen Bemis Ruth Clarke Caroline Brown Grace: Durgin Marguerite Slater Edith Page Oisie Davis Kappa Kappa Gamma Jessie Grieves Helen Twombly Grace Crane Alice Quirm Alpha Anne Withrell Pearl Pettingil Maud Lawton Maria, Grey Marion Conant Delta Delta Delta Angela Gardiner Lida Mansfield Bertha Munster Ella Parker Maebele Clough Marion Clarke Pi Beta Phi Edith Swift Mabel Whitcomb Minnie Ford Elizabeth Coates Alice Williams Clara L. Noyes Susan Burbank

Admiral Dewey Cargo Damaged On Long Wharf Voyage

The fruit steamer Admiral Dewey, Captain N. Ty Howes, arrived twenty hours late with bananas, oranges, coconuts, and other fruit. Interior hull damage and poor ventilation led to decay and losses potentially near nine thousand dollars.

Admiral Rewey N. TY. Howes Jamaican Arts Long Wharf Arge Dewey

Boston Press Club Promises Popular Second Evening

The Boston Press Club hosts its second club evening at Bosworth street club house next Saturday night November 19. Guest poet Richard Hovey will read and contribute words to the music performed by Frederick Field Bulard. Singers Bruce Hobbs Stephen Townsend Fred Walter and Bulard present songs and quartets. Additional attractions and refreshments are promised.

Boston Press Club Bosworth Street Richard Hovey Hovey

Dover street bath house adds brass grill safety shields

The bath department ordered brass grills to cover exposed steam pipes at the Dover street bath house to prevent burns. Attendance grew as expected, with 1406 visitors on Nov 6, the highest daily total so far in twenty five days. About $30 weekly was collected for soap and towels.

Dover Street Bath Department

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