The Strong Family Romance At The Boston Theater
Boston gossip centers on Miss Fanny Johnston and Bradley Putnam Strong daughter of a New York mayoral victory. He wooed at the Park Theatre with bouquets and notes until his father, Mayor Strong, intervened, ending the courtship in 1893. The tale blends theater and high society across Boston and New York.
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Fanny Johnston
Bradley Putnam Strong
Boston
Boston Museum
W. L. Strong
New York
Tammany Hall
Harvard
South
Papa Strong
Bradley
Miss Johnston
Mr. Strong
Venus
Mayor Strong
Tammany
Boudoir
Park Theatre
Atlantic
Europe
Romance and politics mingle in Johnston affair
The article portrays Miss Johnston as a dazzling figure at the Museum while Mayor-elect Strong, newly prominent after New York politics, faces speculation about romance and age. Critics weigh the affair amid claims of debts and public interest, noting Strong’s youth and Johnston’s steady character.
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Miss Johnston
Papa Strong
New York
Young Strong
Boston
Strong
Thousands Gaze At Dead Czar In Saint Petersburg
Raw foggy day as thousands gather before the imperial palace to view Alexander III's bier. Guards in cuirassier dress, heralds, and trumpeters announce final honors, with foreign dignitaries attending and wreaths sent by Prince BisMarck, the Prince of Wales, and Denmark.
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Petersburg
Great Alexander Square
Imperial Palace
St. Isaac’s
Charles I
Alexander III
Morskoi Street
Admiralty Building
Impe
Rial Family
Clifton P. Breckinridge
Cleveland
Prince of Wales
Denmark
Prince Bismarck
Russian cabinet reforms reported after funeral
The Tageblatt says Nicholas II summons 4 discreet ministers to aid a re formation of the Russian ministry. Durnovo to retire for M Plewe, Witte stays as finance minister, Grand Duke Sergius to govern St Petersburg. Changes to be made immediately following the funeral.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Nicholas II
Milj
Alexander NI
Durnovo
Ministry of the Interior
M. de Plewe
Witte
Sergius
St. Petersbrg
The Czars Wedding To Be Simpler With Mourning Attire
Berlin dispatch notes Czar Nicholas II orders a ceremony with less pomp. Princess Alix’s trousseau from Darmstadt and Paris altered after Alexander III’s death. The bridal robe remains white satin but subdued with crape, and twelve mourning gowns added to her outfit.
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Berlin
The
Tageblatt
Alix
Darmstadt
Paris
Alexander III
Votes For Yes The Editor Says To Support Licenses
A reader urges Boston voters to vote yes on a license measure arguing it protects public health by limiting liquor sales. The letter contends a no license would cost about 10 000 workers across breweries bottling plants hotels and related trades and harm 20 000 dependents.
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Boston
Oliver Wendell Holmes
A Future Home Y M C A Planned for Malden
Malden plans a new Y M C A at Pleasant street and Linden avenue with 51 000 subscribed. The three story building includes a gymnasium kitchen bowling pool and lockers. The main reception hall reading room parlor and lecture room seat 170 with a 470 seat assembly hall and stage. Plans by Tristram Griffin note 38 by 72 foot gym and five story layout.
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Malden
Pleasant Street
Linden Avenue
Camera Club
Tristram Griffin
Fur fashions of sable ermine and chinchilla captivate
The piece notes fur trends led by Russian sable and Persian lamb with chinchilla and ermine close behind. It highlights ermine capes with full bottoms and large rolling collars, mink and ermine pairings, oversized boas led by sable, and fashionable fur sets of muff hat and boa.
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Sable
Norcross Underwear Price Specials for Men Women and Children
Norcross offers underwear in Camels hair and natural wool shirts and drawers at 1.00 quality 75c. extra heavy Merino 60c quality 25c. Women Jersey wool vests and drawers 1.00 cheap 59c. Children boys and misses Jersey rich vests and pants pearl color 25c value 7c. boys colored fleeced shirts and drawers 50c quality 36c. No. 18 Left.
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Jersey
A Spanish Love Song
A poem expresses deep longing as a speaker recalls first moments of love and the pain of parting. It contrasts the swift night with the advancing morn and the rain of kisses felt upon the speaker’s face.
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Springfield Republican
Vanderbilts Buy Another Road
Lexington passenger and belt railway was sold yesterday to President M. H. Ingalls. The transfer occurred in Lexington Kentucky as part of the Vanderbilt interests expanding railway holdings. Legal formalities and related notices followed the sale in local records.
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Lexington, Ky
Lexington Passenger and Belt Railway
M. H. Ingalls
C and O Railroad Link Sways Vanderbilt Transfer Costs
The Chesapeake & Ohio railroad sells a four and a half mile connector for 175000 dollars. The link connects C and O with Louisville station and ends heavy transfers by Louisville and Nashville, which had moved Vanderbilt cars through Lexington.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Vanderbilts
Chesapeake & Ohio
Louisville
Louisville & Nashville
Lexington
Pampered Society Women Embrace Russian Baths in Bath NY
In Bath New York Nov 18 society figures attend a horse show while embracing massage and Russian baths for complexion health and weight control. Langtry and Mrs George Gould exemplify daily massaging regimes as actresses and socialites seek to stay slim and invigorated. Lillian Russell notes weight loss after London baths and uses a portable bath chair at home for regular steam rubs.
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New York
Langtry
Lillian Russell
London
Russell
Addicks Confident In Delaware Senate Bid
New York Nov 18 J Edward Addicks rests his claim to the U S Senate from Delaware on money power, saying he funded campaigns in Sussex and Kent counties to secure the Legislature. He faces Senator Higgins in a bitter fight with the legislature voting on January 15, while Addicks stays at his Claymont home and greets delegations by night. Higgins is described as Yale educated, a skilled lawyer, and of high character.
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New York
J. Edward Addicks
United States
Delaware
Addicks
Wilmington
Washington
Senate
Newcastle
Kent
Sussex
Senator Higgins
Union League Club
Philadelphia
Sussex County
Auldicks
House
Yale
Chauncey M. Depew
Five Meals a Day as a Health Measure and Menu Craft
The article argues for varied daily menus and describes Miss Frances Willard adopting five meals a day during her English visit. It notes two light snacks plus tea and sponge cake, urges avoiding monotony, and urges careful planning, imagination, and transformation of dishes to avoid dullness in domestic cooking.
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Frances Willard
Harper’s Bazar
Miss Willard
French Victory in West Africa Reported
Paris reports Colonel Monteil in Grand Bassam West Africa telegraphs that Benoa was captured on November 16. The village and enemy positions were destroyed and the French suffered no casualties.
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West Africa
Paris
Monteil
France
Grand Bassam
Benona
Maie Byrne to wed ex-M P Henry Harrison of Hollywood
Maie Byrne daughter of John C. Byrne of New York announced engagement to Henry Harrison of Hollywood House county Down. Harrison formerly served as Mid Tipperary MP and backed Parnell before the party split. He studied at Oxford and was a noted football champion. his great grandfather was executed in 1798 as a rebel.
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London
Maie Byrne
John C. Byrne
New York
Henry Harrison
Hollywood House
County Down
Kings Daughters Sale and Programs at Allston Hall
The Kings Daughters of Massachusetts announce a sale on November 19 and 20 at Allston Hall Clarendon street near Trinity Church. A musical programme and flag drill are planned for this evening and Mrs Bottome president will give a Heart to Heart talk Tuesday afternoon and evening with music as a feature.
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King’s Daughters
State of
Massachusetts
Allston Hall
Clarendon Street
Trinity Church
Bottome
Order
Love and jealousy end in attempted poison plot
George Reynolds, a Syracuse native in New York, sought to marry Miss Margaret Halloran despite her refusals. After a confrontation with lawyer Charles Sullivan, Reynolds drank laudanum at a post office rendezvous but was saved when Halloran knocked away the bottle. He was hospitalized and jailed for the night.
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New York
George Reynolds
Syracuse
East Ninth Street
Reynolds
Margaret Halloran
Charles Sullivan
No. 25
Chambers Street
East Tenth Street
Bleecker Street
Miss Reynolds
Sullivan
Miss Halloran
Margaret
West Fourth Street
Charles
Houston
Crosby Streets
Broadway
John T. Lake
Mercer Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Clothing found along Nashua River sparks suicide note inquiry
A bundle of clothing washed up on the Nashua River bank includes a man’s suit and a torn note reading I have taken my life. No body is found and no such man is known locally. The clothing is worn and investigators pursue the case.
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Nashua
N. H
Frank Roberts
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