Notable Women and Society Pages Highlight 19th Century Figures
A collage of notes on women in arts and public life, from French imitators of Mrs Langtry to Fraulein journalists and doctors. It mentions Mlle Marsy and Mile. Emilie d Alencon buying racehorses, Empress Frederick’s tea service, Miss Farrar’s rising status among Boston women writers, and Dr. Margaret A. Cleaves as a pioneering secretary and hospital administrator. Lillian C. Rogers declines a federal deputy clerk post, Miss Kemble aged about 80 linked to The Hunchback, Miss Knowles becoming Montana attorney general, and Kansas politics around Mrs Mary E Lease’s senate bid. The piece also describes fashion details and a note on Mrs Cleveland at a New York horse show, plus a brief Helena attorney general pathfinding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Addie Farrar
Boston
Margaret A. Cleaves
American Electro- Therapeutic Association
Fanny Kemble
Julia
Bates College
Lewiston
Montana
Topeka
Mary E. Lease
United States
Kansas
Demi Dress Creations Feature High Bodices and Lace Frills
The article describes chic demi dress designs with high necklines, long sleeves, and lace frills. It highlights a pale-golden olive India cashmere home toilet with a snug waist shaped by a glove-tight lining and six flat pleats.
Marriages in Various Cities November Nuptials Chronicle
A list of marriages dated Nov. 10 to Nov. 17, including Burtt and O Hara in Andover, Dinsmore and Philbrick in Boston, Foster and Samborne in Timsbury Eng, Hart and Reardon in the city, McAndrew and Lang in Somerville, and Rotch Colt in Bristol R I with clergy and witness details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. G. Pearse
Alfred Dwight Foster
Evelyn Margaret
S. S.P. Samborne
Timsbury House
Hart—Reardon
J. F. Kelliher
Cornelius A. Hart
Josephine Reardon
McAndrew—Lang
Somerville
George M. Durell
James E. McAndrew
Laura Edith Lang
Rotch Colt
Bristol
R. L
St. Michael’s Church
Thomas M. Clark
Rhode Island
George L. Locke
Arthur Rotch
Boston
Lisette de Wolf Colt
Freeman D. Marckwald
New York
Obituaries from Boston area dated Nov 16–18
Death notices list residents and ages across multiple towns including Arey Bald win Calef Cate Curling Hollis Holmes Jacobson Martin Morse Ramsdell Sterne Stevens. Entries reference survivors and burial timing, with specific ages and dates provided for each individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arey
Boston
Katie B
Charles A. Arey
Baldwin
Jacob Baldwin
Bosse
Henry Bosse
Calef
Somerville
Elizabeth M. Calef
Cate
West Newton
Sophronia A
Curling
Cambridge
John Curling
Hollis
Alliston
Mass
Fannie E. Hollis. Holmes
Brockton
Alpheus Holmes
Jacobsat Hingham
David Jacob
Martin
Melrose
Gertrude Louise
J. Lawrence
Lucy J. Martin
Morse
West Springfield Street
Hiram Morse
Ramsdell
Forest Hills
Laurice C
Clifford C
Carrie E. Ramsdell
Sterne
Eglerton Square
Sigmond
Sidney L
Minnie Sterne
Stevens
Roxbury
Frederick H., Jr
Frederick A
Catharine H. Stevens
City Registrar records list marriage license applicants
George H. Cameron and Isabella Buchannon appear among names. William Daly and Mary F. Murnane. Daniel W. Hurley and Mary Stack. Patrick Curran and Sarah McDonough. Chester F. Smith and Lizzie Baum. Patrick Sullivan and Elizabeth Lynch. John Shea and Kate Horan. Charles B. Knox and Ida J. Sommers. Michael Campbell and Bridget Geogehan. H. W. Hillman and Susan M. Taylor. John N. Peterson and Mary E. Carroll. John L. Goodman and Mary F. Bambrick. Theodore Mitchell and Sarah Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Cameron
Isabella Buchannon
Wiliam Daly
Mary F. Murnane
Daniel W. Hurley
Mary Stack
Patrick Curran
Sarah McDonough
Chester F. Smith
Lizzie Baum
Patrick Sullivan
Elizabeth Lynch
John Shea
Kate Horan
Charles B. Knox
Ida J. Sommers
Michael Campbell
Bridget Geogehan
H. W. Hillman
Susan M. Taylor
John N. Peterson
Mary E. Carroll
John L. Goodman
Mary F. Bambrick
Theodore Mitchell
Sarah Hunt
Marriages Reported to City Registrar Nov 18
In this city by Rev B F Keller William Hennessy Malen Beet and Massey. On November 14 by Rev Everett D Jemas Johnson and Dora Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Keller
William Hennessy Malen Beet
Thee Massey
Everett D. Jemas Johnson
Dora Monroe
Social clubs and female emancipation in late 19th century life
The piece argues social life hinges on status for men and reciprocity for women. It condemns excessive visiting, calls club formation a social wastepipe, and notes Parisians replacing home gatherings with cafe 5 o clocks and monthly days signaling fin de siecle emancipation.
Paris fashion hint describes delicate evening ensemble
From the Paris Herald comes a daily hint detailing a skirt and corsage of thin white or cream cloth. A dotted mauve sarah chemisette with mauve crepe sleeves features an embroidered corsage opening in gold and a belt fashioned from narrow gold lace for a refined accessory note.
Paris Mourns Albert Millaud Prince of Jesters Dies at 47
Paris obituary notes Albert Millaud famed for twenty years of witty political comedy dies after three days of lung congestion. He taught the wisdom of mirth, earned love across Paris, and his new Varieties play Premier Paris is postponed in his memory. J.B.W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
the Varieties
Prince of Jesters
Albert Millaud
Millaud
Renan
Albert Milland
The English Rose at the Grand Opera House Next Week
An elaborate production of The English Rose, a modern Irish drama by Sims and Buchannan, will open next week at the Grand Opera House under Proctor and Turner. The cast includes Henry Chanfrau, Harry Meredith, Kate Foley, Minnie Goodfellow, Lillian Daily, and Steven Grattan, with new scenery and strong company promising a notable engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Proctor and Turner
Twenty-Third Street Theatre
New York
George R. Sims
Robert Buchanan
London
Boston
Opera House
Henry Chanfrau
Harry Meredith
Harry Hawk
Lincoln
Ford’s
Washington
Kate Foley
Minnie Goodfellow
DeLoss King
Belle Barron
Lillian Daily
Charles Leonard Fletcher
Steven Grattan
Augustus Thomas
Columbia
Charles Frohman
Richmond
Johnson
Lake Erie
Lee
Louis Aldrich
Robert Ayling
Charles Green
Alf Loman
Frank Cummings
W. H. Crompton
Clement Bainbridge
Burr McIntosh
Henry Woodruff
H. D. Blakemore
Rose Eytinge
Elaine Bilson
Miriam O’leary
Florence Robertson
Kate Busley
Maude Banks
Among the Musicians at Boston Concerts and Society News
A Boston note on Mme Sophie Zela Miss Gertrude Franklin and Mr Gardner Lamson at Chickering Hall with a wide program including Lakme arias Duets from Norma and Dio Giovanni and a harp solo. Park Theatre plan for a grand orchestra led by Adam Itzel Jr Sousa Marine Band at Music Hall with Liberati Raffagolo Lindh Galassi and more. upcoming appearances by George Grossmith at Music Hall Society up to date and Lyceum Theatre concert plans with a stereopticon and various vocalists and acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Sophie Zela
Gertrude Franklin
Gardner Lamsone
Chickering Hall
Zela
Lakme
Miss Franklin
Grenadiers
Lamson
Irmelia Rose
Mmne
Heinrich
Schuecker
Dio Giovanni
Norma
Mme. Zela
Franklin
May D. Chandler
Signor Aug. Rotuli
Park Theatre
William Pruette
Fritz Giese
Percy Gaunt
W. H. Clark
Minna van Buren
Herr Dietch
Mathilde Cottrelly
Eben Plympton
Adam Itzel, Jr
Itzel
Rice
Sousa
Marine Band
Boston
Music Hall
Jaxone
Czibuski
Arnold
Sig. Liberati
Sig
Raffagolo
Mile
Marcella Lindh
Sig. Galassi
Professor Gies
Frank E. Edwards
Billy Kelly
Edward Coles
Tanner and Dowley
Mason and Keily
Hamlin
Morton and Eckhoff
Fred S. Story
Berata
Newcomb
Chace
Ladies and Gentlemen on Credit Clothing Ad
A credit clothing ad offers goods at cash prices with no interest. If a desired item is unavailable, customers may receive an order from large cash stores and buy on credit at those prices. Satisfactory guarantees apply, with entrances at 851 and 855 Washington Street and upstairs departments for boys and misses.
Cure Claimed for Nine Years of Itching Disease
John E Pearson of Whatcom Washington narrates a lengthy skin ailment starting as red spots spreading over neck back and chest. After failing many medicines and doctors he tried Cuticura remedies advertised in Tacoma Daily Globe. Three boxes Cuticura three Cakes Bear and Resolvent allegedly cured him fully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Chicago
St. Paul
Minn
John E. Pearson
P.O. Box
Whatcom
Washington
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Tom
Wilson Bros
Women and Clubs
The
Paris Herald
Poli
Grand Opera
Globe
Mr. Sothern
Museum
Rose Coghlan
Victorien Sardou
Whic
Sterling
John T. Sullivan
Robert Fischer
Frederick Robinson
Grant Stewart
Beatrice Moreland
Mme. von Trautman
Mabel Eaton
Sadie Martinez
Rose
Charles Coghlan
Frederic Robinson
Jim the Penman
John P. Sullivan
Sadie Martinet
Lice
the Park Theatre
Theresa Vaughan
Henry J. Leslie
Emil Schwab
Herbert Johnson
Ruggles Street
Columbus
Tures
Messrs
Scone & Shaw
F. M. Kellar
Leonidas
Flossie la Blanche
Hercules
Allyne
Lothrop
Grand Museum
Russell
Tremont
City Directory
Hallen
Hart
Bowdoin Square Theatre
John McWade
Mollie Fuller
al Wilson
Alice Carle
Carrie DeMar
Fanny Broodgood
Donald Harold
Emma Seymour
Adelaide Crawwford
Mabel Nichols
Lulu Nichols
Florence Holbrook
Harry Holton
George O’donnell
W. S. Francis
S. T. Ford
Tremont Temple
Jennig P. Walker
George J. Parker
Jeffer
Messrs. Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Music Hall Company of
Tremont Theatre
Con T. Murphy
Hallowe’en
Austin
Palace Theatre
O’brien
Jennings
Berol
Belmonte
Second Sight Mystifiers
Fansons
Frank McCabe
Allen and Rankin
Mabel O’brien
Lena W. Cole
Chevalier Amen
Matthews Troupe
Acroats
E. H. Sothern
Lyceum Theatre
Hollis Street Theatre
Captain Lettarblair
Virginia Harned
Ione Dunbar
Kate Pattison-Selien
Morton Selten
Rowland Buckstone
C. P. Flockton
Charles Harbury
Lawrence Clark
Tully Marshall
Frank
Fay Foster
McAvoys
Morton and Reveille
Chase and Hall
Ethel Mason
Britton and Mortimer
McCarthy
Howard Atheneum
Cruiskeen Lawn
Giant’s Causeway
Blarney Stone
Emerald Isle
Grand Ballet
Miss Burress
Kerry
Washington Street
Avon
Liberty
Davis
New England
Hayward Place
J. N
Vwiasten
B. R. Church
Max Guetter
Jseph
Lemair
Jd. S. Hana
Drector
BD. A. Linevin
Cotillion Hall
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Mera
Oliver ST
B. D. Washburn
Congress Street
Hassel
Bitte
Athet
Harry Crandall Crandall
Zoellne
Boston Museum
ME. R. M. Field
J. Comyns Carr
Boucicault
Charming Merry
Nerves
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mur Nikisch
Ernoon
E. A. Macdowell
Brahms
MacDowell
Faust
Berlioz
Tasao
Liszt
Crossmith
George Grossmith
Ncluding “Society
Glenwood
Hichest Crade
Cuticura
Potter Drone and Chemical Corporation
New Clothing
Ferdinand’s Blue
Cor. Warren
Washington Streets
Washington St
Boston Music Hall
New Marine Band
John Philip Sousa
Antonio Galassi
Raffayolo
Liserati
Oper Iouse
Chas. T
Nging
Count Casper
Amann
Europe
Lizzie and
Vinie Daly
Lyceu Minastiscen Ser Bovision
FAY Foster Burlesque Company
Chas
F. Atkinson
Evans & Hoey
Hallen & Hart
Court Street
TIN & Stone
Teemest
Scekey
Clobe Theatre
Piplomaccoy
Sadie Martinot
Sprise Party
Hollis Snearne
Trac. LO Ks
Reed and Collier
Hoss and
Hoss
E. H. Sophern
Columbia Rich & Harris
Myra
Lottie Collins
Wallie Eddinger
Eugene Tompkins
Howard
Athen
Wmc
Cameron
Manchester
WWA
Cruiskeen Lawm
Milbank
Eddie Giguere
Yodler
D. F. Connell
Frank Marion
Wallis Rodman
Clever Colby
Williams
Marie Geselschop
Association Hall
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