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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1902
Page
9
Bristol date shows lead keel casting for the cup defender postponed to Wednesday morning. Designers require solid clay banks and a sand filled dual mould with braces for safety. Extra lead pigs arrived to be added to the keel at the boatshop.
George E M Neill argues with President Eliot about humane employment conditions and unions. He defends steady employment, apprenticeship limits, and the right to boycott where justified. He asserts unions raise wages, limit violence, and protect workers while challenging Eliot’s views on labor’s aims and outcomes.
Cecilia Barlow, 18, of New York, is accused by her mother Catharine Barlow of stealing furs worth 200 dollars. The bride, five days married to Giovanni Benbeuruter, denies the theft while recounting a life on stage. She was found in West End with relatives as authorities in Boston pursue the case.
An advertisement extols Fels-Naptha soap as worth a dollar per bar for a tired woman with washing duties, noting its price as five cents and promising belief after a single trial.
The Post reports a chorus of labor figures condemning President Eliot's labor speech. W H Taylor of the Carpet Upholsterers Union denounces violence claims and praises union minimum wages. Frank J. McCarthy and others criticize Eliot's understanding of trades unions and practical labor issues.
The Grand Theatre presents the Monte Carlo Girls in two lively burlesques this week with ten top acts. Treloar the perfect man and Mile Tempest star, Burke’s dog act impress, and Lillian D Price leads a fancy illustrated song act. Gentlemen may smoke. strong ventilation pleases ladies.
Large audiences yesterday enjoyed Manager Walker s current week programme at the popular place of amusement. Curio halls feature the Neapolitan Faccenda family and acts by Walthour and Van Bill in bicycle race demonstrations. Joe Stanley the human sledge hammer and Harry Burns the bag punching champion entertain. Cameroni and Lenora Cameroni perform strength feats. Vaudeville hourly shows satisfy patrons and Friday night will feature amateur performers.
Signor Mascagni returns to Boston with his opera company for a varied programme at Symphony Hall. The first half features Mascagni pieces including The Eternal City and a Descriptions of London from William Ratcliff, plus Verdi and Tschaikowsky selections. The second half offers Cavalleria Rusticana with Cappelli de Filippi del Parto Schiavazzi and Bellati.
Two sizeable crowds gathered at the New Palace Theatre yesterday drawing attention to the venue. The event attracted attendees from the city and surrounding areas, reflecting strong local interest in stage performances.
Louis Robie’s Knickerbocker Burlesque Company opens a week at the Palace with two concerts Daisy Dugan's Deboo and The Isle of Dinky Doo. The troupe delivers bright lines, clever skits, catchy music and flashy costumes in a lively vaudeville program featuring Sansone and Delilia, Kipp the juggler, Watler and Magill, the Knickerbocker Quartet, McDonald and Cody and Finney with a humorous monologue.
Hadji Mohammed Jamalol Kiram brother of the Sultan of Sulu will hold a four week reception at Tremont Theatre in Boston starting Monday. The notable guest list includes Western humorist George Ade, recently back from Europe with Henry W. Savage, who will view his opera The Sultan of Sulu in Boston for the first time this season. Ade has many friends in Boston media and there are Bohemian events planned in his honor.
Rice brings Show Girl to the Columbia Theatre in Boston for a Monday engagement. The cast includes Frank Lalor Robert L Dailey David Lythgoe Neil McNeil David Abrahams Frank C Young Katherine Hutchinson Yolande Wallace Marie Hilton Bessie DeVoie Anna McNabb leading a company of 100. Costs and scenery are praised with a novel airship scene and seats go on sale that morning.
Bohemian violinist Kocian made his Boston debut assisted by Geyer and Spindler. Critics praised his technical mastery and artistic promise, with selections by Joachim Ries Sevcik Paganini and Beethoven. Geyer impressed with Rameau Liszt Henselt Rubinstein. Spindler provided polished accompaniment. Second recital scheduled for Saturday afternoon December 6.
The Longy Club opened its third season at Chickering Hall with a program including Herzogenberg octet and Malherbe sextet. The oboe clarinet bassoon group and ensemble pieces drew favorable notice as the audience enjoyed a refined performance, with hopes for greater patronage at future concerts.
The Theatrical Mechanics will stage a Park Theatre concert next Sunday evening to raise funds for their sick and death benefit. The program, praised for past excellence, features leading Boston actors, the Neapolitan Orchestra, and Joseph Callaghan performing songs and readings from his own work.
Theo H LeClair of Port Henry New York credits Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy with curing his inflammatory rheumatism while a local druggist Mr Smith recommended it as a good medicine. The ad touts the remedy as a cure for uric acid troubles and various kidney bladder liver and blood disorders with samples offered by mail and available in 50 cent and one dollar sizes.
The writer Victor Ferdinand from Boston asks the editor for help selling the Post mornings to attract steady customers so he can buy a doll for his sister. He describes the doll as a peach and notes she is not very strong and could use it on days she cannot go out.
Mabel Fenton of Nashua New Hampshire writes to thank the doll editor for a quicker delivery and describes dressing the doll in clothes she cannot wear. She says the doll is lovely and nearly life-like in appearance. November 19, 1902.
A Worcester mother thanks the Doll Dept for a doll sent to her two year old daughter. She admits prior skepticism about “handsome presents for little work” schemes but notes the baby is delighted with the gift and expresses gratitude to the editor. The letter is dated November 21, 1902.
A reader from West Somerville says he received the doll sent and plans to give it as a Christmas present to his little cousin. The letter is signed Howard L. Prior.
Maudie Grey of Portland Maine writes in November 1902 thanking the editor for a doll and announcing plans to form a Post Doll Club. She says she will be president and already 15 members are collecting names as they await additional dollies.
A Millville Massachusetts reader writes thanks to the Sunday Post for a life size doll sent to her daughter Essie. She expresses gratitude and wishes the newspaper continued circulation and signs as Mrs John Collins.
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