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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1905

Page

2

Mrs Vanderbilt Hails Kiss for Show Ring King

New York horse show crowns a king with a kiss from Mrs Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt. Judges awarded prizes mainly to E. D. Jordan of Boston who led with six blue ribbons, while two runaways caused excitement and a rider named Edmund A. Stirn remounted after a fall.

New York Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt E. D. Jordan Boston Garden Fourth Avenue Phitheatre Edmund A. Stirn Cock of the Mr. Stirn

Miss Alice Roosevelt Visits Chestnut Hill for Harvard Dartmouth Game

Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived at South station with a gray traveling gown and a diamond serpent pin souvenir from her Oriental tour. She was met by her grandfather George Lee and headed to Chestnut Hill with a maid and a Chinese poodle. She will stay with the Lees in Brookline and attend a Harvard Dartmouth game on Saturday.

Alice Roosevelt South Station Miss Roosevelt George Lee Chestnut Hill Brookline Lees

Thanksgiving date confusion over Roosevelt’s Nov 30 choice

A chatter about President Roosevelt fixing Thanksgiving Day on Thursday November 30. The public asks which date falls this year. law does not set a fixed day, though last Thursday in November is customary. Roosevelt’s November 30 falls on a Thursday and cannot occur often in one lifetime.

Roosevelt Congress

Girl Engulfed in Denver Quicksand Rescue

Miss Edna McDonald was returning from church when she sank into quicksand on South Sherman avenue near Exposition street. Six men aided in her rescue as she surfaced with only her shoulders showing and was pulled free from the dangerous ground.

Denver Edna McDonald Church Sherman Avenue Exposition Street

Preaching a New Religion Arrives in Boston

The Rev Robert C C Fillingham, vicar of Tlexton and London head of the anti ritualistic movement, arrives in Boston on the Ivernia and proclaims a new religion that makes one a thorough Christian without old doctrines. He preaches that much of the Bible is a myth Jesus did not intend a church and salvation is possible without church doctrines. He aims to attack ritualism in Brooklyn on Sunday and will lecture widely.

Robert CC. Fillingham Tlexton London England Boston Ivernia America Fillingham Jesus Henry C. Potter New York City Potter Doane Albany Brooklyn Inter-Church Conference Brooklyn Philosophical Society Mercedes Leigh Oscar Wilde the Herald New York Salome

Happiness Not Bought by Wealth or Clubs, Says Evangelist

Evangelist L A Broughton spoke at Tremont Temple on The Happy Life and How to Obtain It. He argued money, possessions, and social clubs do not secure happiness, stressing three essentials: right perspective, right purpose, and right programme, with seeing God through heart purity or prayer as central. He urged aiding the needy to find true joy and conscience light.

Evangelist L. A. Broughton Tremont Temple Lorimer Hall

Woman Beaten Cruelly Husband Accused

Newburyport report of a brutal assault at Summer Street home of William J Hanna. Mrs. Hanna is critically ill at Anna Jaques Hospital with a broken right leg and severe head and abdominal injuries. William J Hanna is in custody at the police station.

Newburyport William J. Hanna Summer Street

Maniacal Claim of Family Massacre Shocks Police

In Great Barrington on November 15 Daniel E. Kelley of Housatonic ran to Officer William Martin claiming his family had been murdered and begged for a shotgun and help to pursue the killer. Investigators found Kelley maniacally deluded. the tale proved false and he was sent to Pittsfield for treatment.

Great Barrington William Martin Daniel E. Kelley Housatonic Kelley Pittsfield

Dorchester Cars Fail to Heat During Evening Hours

Dorchester cars of the L system are not heated between 4 and 7 p m daily. Draughts have caused colds and some victims contemplate damage suits. Last winter the same condition existed and the road blamed a deranged mechanism fixable only in spring. No explanation for this year’s unheated cars was provided.

Dorchester

Boy Wins His Case in Court

Raymond Horning, 17, Cambridge, testified after winning a key point in his custody case. He said he sought court intervention to prevent his sisters being taken from their home after the mother died last spring and the father’s actions two weeks earlier.

Raymond Horning Cambridge Airmount Street

Corning Heirs Contend Over Custody of Three Girls

A partition of a 1000 life insurance funds three young sisters Elizabeth 13 Catherine 11 and Lucy 8. Their uncle D W Corning and three aunts sought custody leading to last Sundays removal. Raymond sought habeas corpus relief. Supreme Court appointed a temporary guardian and placed the children in his custody.

Elizabeth Catherine Lucy D. W. Corning Navy Yard Lucy Corning Susie Durland Bernard Raymond Supreme Court

Ex pastor of Beverly sued in New York court

Miss Nadage Doree files suit in the New York Supreme Court against William Loeb Jr and Rev Dr Rowand C Smith. She seeks damages totaling 50000 dollars over a charge of false arrest and imprisonment in Washington on October 8.

New York Beverly Mass Miss Doree

Fisherman arrested after pistol shots at home

Daniel Whittier of Gloucester, a crewman from the Francis J. O'Hara, returned from the Banks and forced entry at 388 Silsbee Street. Mrs Whitney fired two shots in the air to ward him off, drawing police and neighbors, and Whittier was taken into custody.

Lynn Daniel Whittier Gloucester Francis J. O’hara Whittier Mrs. Whitney Silsbee Street

Belasco’s The Girl From the Golden West Delights New York

Belasco’s production at his new theatre wowed first-night audiences as Blanche Bates starred in The Girl From the Golden West a tale of romance in a rough mining camp. Critics praised Bates’s performance, Belasco’s staging, and the vivid California frontier setting.

Nw York Belasco David Belasco Golden West Blanche Bates Maryland Japan Sierras Cloudy Mountain Sacramento Ramerrey Promised Land Mountains West California Miss Bates San Francisco New York Daly’s Theatre William Winter the Tribune Miss Blanche Bates Herald Robert Hilliard Frank Keenan Harriet Sterling

Remedy claim ad for cold cure with laxative and quinine

An advertisement promotes a one day cure for colds using LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure and E WV Grove’s signature appears on each box. Price is 265 cents.

E. WV Grove

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Rheumatism Cure Claims

Cure claims attribute rheumatism to excess uric acid from poor digestion and liver function. Hood's Sarsaparilla billed as blood medicine and tonic that removes uric acid and supports liver kidneys and skin. Testimonials cite dramatic improvements after multiple bottles, including a Miss Kate Baum endorsement.

Hood Kate Baum Monipiix. Teon

Hood's Sarsaparilla Stands Out as The Real Remedy

A vintage advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the true substitute and urges readers to insist on Hood's today. It claims the product is sold by druggists everywhere and presents it as the favored health tonic.

Salome and two one act plays at the theatre

A review notes Salome ends with the heroine kissing the prophet’s dead lips after a forfeit. Preceding pieces include The Revolt by Villieur d Isle Adam about an unloving husband and The Road by Miss Clara Ruge about a wet nurse, praised for Wilde’s wit but found lacking.

Salome Villieur d'Isle Adam Clara Ruge Oscar Wilde

Rose of the Alhambra shines as Blauvelt headliner

In Rochester at the Lyceum Theatre Lillian Blauvelt is introduced as a star in The Rose of the Alhambra. The new light opera by Charles Emerson Cook and Lucius Hosmer features Edwin Stevens Eugene Cowles and Adella Barker with lavish sets. The show plans a New York metropolitan production soon.

Rochester N. Y

Russian Drama Emperor Orleneff Stages The Chosen People

At the Biiou Theatre Paul Orleneff and his company staged The Chosen People a three act drama by Eugene Chirikoff. Orleneff as Nachman delivered a powerful and truthful portrayal. Mme Allo Nazimoff was a strong leading lady and the company as a whole offered lifelike characterizations. Curtain calls were many and a return engagement is planned.

Biiou Paul Orleneff Russia Eugene Chirikoff Nachman Mme Allo Nazimoff

Dawes Sues Boston Elevated Railway for 10000 Damages

Mary J. Dawes filed suit in the fifth session of the Superior Court alleging a June 28 1902 incident at Harvard Square Cambridge caused serious injuries when a Boston Elevated car suddenly started throwing her to the ground.

Superior Court Mary J. Dawes Boston Elevated Railway Harvard Square Cambridge

Saulsbury Impostor Claim Debunked in Rutland Letter

In Rutland Vermont Walter W Roberts of Salem Mass questions John D Saulsbury as a Philippines corps member and argues he is an impostor after Saulsbury was released from the House of Correction. Roberts cites no Saulsbury service with Lawton or the Philippine engineers.

Rutland John D. Saulsbury House of Correction Funston Aguinaldo J. P. Clifford Walter W Roberts Salem Mass Roberts Lawton Saulsbury Engineering Corps Philippines Boston Post United States Signal Corps Islands

Charcoal Lozenges Promoted For Health Benefits

A Buffalo physician touts Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as safe and effective for absorbing stomach gases cleansing the breath improving complexion and whitening teeth. The ad claims daily use benefits blood purity and liver function costing twenty five cents a box and sold by druggists.

Stuart Buffalo

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Seal Brand Mrs. Vanderbilt King Kiss Alice Broughton Essentials Christ Boy Levine Raymond H. Corning Cluett, Peabody & CO Troy N.Y W. S. Moody Tremont St Oxford Lillian Blauvelt Rose of Philippine Service James M. Solomon Beacon St THE White Dental Parlors Washington ST Opp White Federal Street J. S. Waterman & Sons Incorporated Dudley Street Tel. Roxbury Rodwell Street Newman & Sons Corpn Broadway 31St St
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