Thermidor at Tremont Leads Busy Boston Theatre Run
Augustus Thomas new American play Alabama will open at the Tremont Theatre for two weeks, focusing on life in Alabama after the Civil War and a returning son. Other attractions include Pond’s A Desperate Man, the Pitou Stock Company’s Her Release, Frohman’s Thermidor, and a robust Tremont and Hollis Street seasonal lineup with many notable actors and vaudeville acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Thomas
Alabama
Tremont Theatre
West Point
Anson Phelps Pond
China
Boston Theatre Scene Teems With Holiday Show Plans
Boston will see understudies for the above plays as Aunt Abby’s Rockbottom farm reception of the County Fair Thanksgiving Day fills the Park Theatre. The 100th performance nears while crowds enjoyed The Old Homestead at the Boston Theatre. Uncle Joshua bids farewell Saturday night with a large farewell gathering. Clyde Fitch may attend his new society drama A Modern Match at Hollis Street Theatre produced by the Pitou Stock Company during Christmas and New York weeks, likely opening with Geoffrey Middleton, Gentlemen. Superba the Hanlons pantomime at the Globe Theatre wows with old-time magic. The last performances of Lady Bountiful at the Museum, and A Sailor’s Knot first in Boston Monday with Field’s company, promise major events. Barry and Fay, Siebenna’s Flirtation stars, tour at Grand Opera House next week. Palace Theatre hosts a full day of variety, with Dora Wiley a Boston favorite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Rockbottom Farm
Park Theatre
Neil Burgess
Boston
Joshua
Clyde Fitch
Pitou Stock Company
Hollis Street Theatre
New York
Geoffrey Middleton
Martha Morton
Boylston Street
Hell
Earth
Ruystic
George WD. Ayers
The
Theosophical Society
Mr. Ayers
New York City
Mme. H. P. Blavatsky
H. S. Olcutt
William Q. Judge
Theosophists
Post
H. P. Blavatsky
Ng Fe Aman
Thanksgiving dinner altered at YMCA exercises
At the YMCA a Thanksgiving program shifted from a turkey feast to lunch of cakes coffee ice cream and fruit with a reception from 8 am to 6 pm. Members and guests enjoyed gymnastic music speech and song as George Allen Jr chaired the reception and Henry Frost presided at literary exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Christian Association
Association
Messrs
George Allen, Jr
J. D. Ball
J. W. Moffatt
H. C. Smith
Hugh Gray
W. Hi. Dunlap
F. W. Teal
H.I. Abbey
Z. A. Norris
Henry Frost
George
Roderick Macdonald
Leighton Parks
Ommanuel Church
Richard H. Dana
William G. Brooks
Roberts
J. B. Fitzgerald
Notabilities in Massachusetts shift from Republicans to Democrats
The Boston Post announces a fine engraving of One Hundred Massachusetts Notabilities, with seventy five named from readers’ lists. The Boston Record notes only twenty nine Republicans appear. the Post argues many former Republicans now align with Democrats, citing figures like John M. Forbes and Charles W. Eliot, and wonders how long Republican intellect and patriotism remain a memory in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
People and
New Hampshire Patriot
Boston Post
Massachusetts
Boston Record
Post
Democratic Party
Republican Party
John M. Forbes
Charles W. Eliot
Henry L. Pierce
Robert M. Morse
Francis A
Insolvent Hotel Firm in Hanover Street Case
Russell and Sturgis, former lessees of the American House on Hanover Street, have filed for insolvency to straighten out their affairs. The unsecured liabilities are small and assets are light, with repairs and alterations bills reduced from about 50 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell & Sturgis
Hanover Street
Post Office Clerks Appointed as Substitutes
Postmaster Hart will today notify thirty one clerks who passed the civil service exam and were on the eligible list that they are appointed as substitutes in the various departments. The clerks have not yet been assigned and will be sworn at 1 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Civil Service
U A.m
Theosophists in Pursuit of Nirvana in Boston
A Boston Post feature surveys Theosophical Society beliefs seeking universal brotherhood and unselfish living. It quotes founder lines, discusses karma, reincarnation, nirvana, and the role of masters like Madame Blavatsky, with current leaders Alcutt Besant and Judge and branches across New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Alcutt
Annie Besant
William Q. Judge
India
Theosophical Society in Boston Aims and Officers
The Boston Theosophical Society holds public meetings from Feb 3 1886 and promotes study of The Secret Doctrine and The Key to Theosophy. Classes meet on alternate Sundays at the society rooms. Officers include Vice-presidents Charles R Kendall Annie Brown, secretary treasurer Robert Crosbie, corresponding secretary Annie Brown, librarian Helen M Coy, and executive committee members Mrs E L D Moffett C R Kendall and Lyman Gibbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Society
Charles R. Kendall
Annie Brown
Robert Crosbie
Helen M. Coy
E. L. D. Moffett
C. R. Kendall
Lyman Gibbs
Rough Passages From a Stormy Atlantic Voyage
The British steamer Nessmore arrived six days overdue after a tempest laden voyage from London on Nov. 7. A hurricane from the north east battered the ship, a crew member died after being swept overboard, and docking life boats and fittings were wrecked during the gale. The Belgian steamer De Ruyter reported a similarly severe passage with a missing oiler, then engine repairs at Cape Race to restore speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nessmore
London
Baxter
Lon
J. ‘Laylor
de Ruyter
Antwerp
Bishop Rock
Joseph de Benckeleer
Engineer’s Department
Cape Race
Beacon Hill Monument Restoration Discussed in Boston
The old Beacon Hill monument, erected 1790 and removed 1812, is proposed for reconstruction. Key artifacts from the shaft and base reside in the State House. an 1865 act permitted reuse by the Bunker Hill Association, with experts like ex Governor Long and Dr Samuel Green backing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J. Evening Post
Beacon Hill
Boston
State House
Massachusetts Bay
Howe
Bunker Hill
John D. Long
Samuel A. Green
Massachusetts Historical Society
W. Curtis Guild
Bostonian Society
Bearded Collector's Decision Reversed on Corduroy Imports
The United States General Appraisers at New York reversed Collector Beard in the T Frank Hinkley case. Corduroys entered at Boston were deemed unpainted colored and duty recalculated under the tariff act. The protest by the importer was sustained and entries must be reliquidated according to law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beard
T. Frank Hinkley
United States General
New York
Hinkley
Boston
Health of Boston Diphtheria and Fever Rates in 1890
Dr McCellum of the Board of Health presents a district table for Boston 1890 showing per thousand ratios of diphtheria scarlet fever and typhoid. City proper 6.26 East Boston 5.638 Charlestown 5.11 South Boston 8.99 Roxbury 8.19 West Roxbury 9.24 Dorchester 7.32 Brighton 4.82. Compared with other cities Boston appears about as healthy per capita as its peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Insolvency hit for Baltimore's Order of the Rising Sun
The Order of the Rising Sun of Baltimore City declares insolvency after a petition filed by George W Chandler, supreme chief, who at a Supreme Executive Committee meeting in Baltimore was authorized to act for the corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Rising Sun of
Baltimore
George W. Chandler
the Order
Supreme Executive Committee of the Order
Unsafe method to earn income suspect forged orders
Inspector Glidden returned from New York with Thomas J. Thompson in custody on an indictment warrant charging him with forging and uttering. Thompson acted as a canvasser for the ER A Parsons company and allegedly forged names on orders to receive his commissions totaling ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden
New York
Thomas J. Thompson
ER. A. Parsons Company
The Beacon Shaft and a Good Citizen’s Thanksgiving Reflections
A reflective piece pondering gratitude and the lessons of history. It contrasts a reader’s comfort with the efforts of early founders who secured present blessings, urging memory of those who built the nation and the virtue of gratitude.
Citizens and memorials mark the past and future
The essay argues modern citizens neglect the past yet value monuments that honor those who died for the country. It recalls the Boston beacon and the Beacon Hill memorial, noting the 1812 shaft destruction and ongoing efforts to restore Bunker Hill with public support. It asks readers what they think.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Beacon Hill
State House
New Post
Bunker Hill Monument Association
Inaccurate Boston Bank Count Corrected in Herald
The Herald errantly claimed there were fifty seven banks before the Maverick failure and fifty six now. Correct figures show fifty four banks before and fifty three now, based on Clearing House numbers. Charles M. Smith seeks investors for the cylindrical steel car in an adjacent column ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Herald
Boston
Maverick
Clearing House
Clearing House Association
Charles M. Smith
Olympian Club Rink Opens at Mechanic's Building
The preliminary opening of the Olympian Club Rink drew hundreds of spectators as skaters of all ages glided on a polished floor set to inspiring music. Afternoon schoolboy races followed by evening professional contests energized a skating carnival. The rink plans a formal opening on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanic’s
Olympian Club
Thanksgiving Dinner At YWCA Berkeley Street
A large gathering of young women at the Young Women's Christian Association on Berkeley Street enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. Over 200 attendees, including former inmates, shared a midday meal from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The afternoon featured sociability and in the evening there were games, music, and gymnasium activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Berkeley Street
Utah University Fund Treasurership Chosen at Boston Meeting
Five member committee at a meeting in Boston selects John T. Graham president of International Trust Company as treasurer for the Utah University effort at Ogden Utah. Graham consents to serve and will handle all funds and signing of checks for the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah University
Boston University
Ogden
Utah
John T. Graham
International Trust Company
A Queer Enterprise at the New York World Building
The Universal Knowledge and Information Bureau opens in the New York World Building to answer questions on any topic. It mirrors a London bureau started by Lord Truro and now employs over a hundred experts across knowledge fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Knowledge and Information Bureau
New York World Building
London
Lord Truro
Oorado
Taylor & Rathvon
Ames Building
Boston
Equitable Building
New York
Denver
Dividends and stocks list from early 1900s market note
A fragmented ledger of dividends and quarterly shares from various firms includes American Express Co, Acushnet Mills Co, Calumet & Hecla Mining Co, Chicago and Alton Railroad, Chicago Gas, Adjustable Shoe Co, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Central Trust Co, Cochran Manufacturing Co, East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Railway, Great Falls Manufacturing Co, Grinnell Mill Co, New England Automatic Orchestra Co, Northern Pacific Railroad, Nashua Manufacturing Co, Lake Erie & Western Railroad, Old Colony Railroad, Pibcataqua Navigation Co, Wamsutta Mills, and others with quarts, semiannual, and special allocations noted alongside Dec 1 or Jan 15 payment dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Express Co
ACUSHNET MIL_s Co
Calumet & Hecla Mining Co
Cuicaco & Alton RR
Cuicaco Gas
Pe Adjustable Shoe
Cuicaco, BurLincTron & Quincy
Central Trust Co
Cocheco Manufacturing Co
East Tennessee
Virginia
Georgia
Ra—Ann
Great Falls Manufacturing Co
Grinnell Mill CO
Jackson CO
NEW England Automatic Orchestra Co
Northern Pacific RR
Nashua Manufacturing Co
New York
Lake Exile & Western RR
OLD CoLony RR
Semi-ann
An. York Manufacturing Co
Dedication of Theodore Parker Headstone in Florence
In Florence on November 26 a new grave marker for Rev Theodore Parker was unveiled at the Protestant Cemetery. The ceremony drew American and English residents and U S Consul Long. W W Story carved the monument and medallion. Moncure Conway wrote the inscription. Grace Ellery Channing read a sonnet. Charles K Tuckerman delivered the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
United States
Long
Theodore Parker
Theodore Stanton
Parker
W. W. Story
Rome
Moncure DD. Conway
Grace Ellery Channing
Channing
Story
Charles K. Tuckerman
Greece
London Wool Sales Report From The November Auction
At London wool sales 8600 bales offered with strong attendance and firmer tone. Readily selling New South Wales and other colonial wools including Falkland clothing wool, with diverse prices for scoured, locks and pieces, greasy, and regional lots from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, and Cape/Natal sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New South Wales
Cape
Falkland
Queensland
Melbourne
Victoria
South Australian
New Zealand
Cane of Good Hope
Natal
Why Mills Is Favored as Speaker of the House
Albany Argus notes Democratic papers statewide unite behind Mills as Speaker, praising him as the tariff reform champion and warning against any perceived lowering of the tariff banner. The piece frames Mills as the clear exponent of tariff policy preferred by editorial voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Argus
Democratic Convention Held at the Hub Favored
The Boston Post urges placing the Democratic National Convention in Boston. It argues the choice would serve as an object lesson for Massachusetts on the true character of the Democratic party and emphasizes the political display in the Hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport Herald
Boston Post
Massachusetts
Brine
Commonwealth Clothing House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bos
Tonians
Anson Phelps
Sam Hingston
Gen
Edouard Cadet
Hollis Street
Charles Frohman
Elsie DeWolf
Fred Deelleville
Jack Mason
Hermann’s ‘Theatre
Marion
Jane
Columbia Theatre
Paul Arthur
R. F. Cotton
W. C. Daily
Herbert Fortier
Chintz Edwards
Joseph Totten
Johnston Bennett
Amelia Summerville
Katherine Grey
Maggie Holloway
Sol Smith Russell
Edward Kidder
Howard
Howard Atheneum Star Specialty Company
Eva
Kara
Melville
Stetson
Allison
Braaiz Brothers
Fulgora
Goldes
Quigg
Halk and
Lemoun
Mrs. Evans
Duncan
William Seymour
Fletcher Osgood
Elenor Georgian
Millard
Dramatic
American Academy of the Dramatic Arts
Sam Kingston
Tremont
Knight of the Razor
TV Am
the Hanlons
Globe Theatre
Davenport Brothers
Ravels
Barry
Fay
Palace Theatre
Dora Wiley
Turkey
Nirvana
Elysian Fields
MONEY
Mexican Central
Mexican Central Railroad
Tampico
London Wool Sales
House of Representatives
Mills
Washington and
Kneeland Streets
Spitzer & CO
Congress Street
Summer Street
N. Y
N. E
Beacon Street
Mass
Washington Str
Ee Knate
TD F. W. Prescott & CO
Reankers
Devonshire St
Philadelphia
OHS
William St. Wingate Oas
Hoe
Scott Or
Potter
the Post
OLD Colony Railroad
John M. Washburn
30Ston
York Manufacturing Company
George S&s. Silsbef
Water Street
Consolidated Adjustable Sho Company
American Loan & Trust Company
Massacius
SETIS
Suffolk
David. Pike
Stephen W. Fuller
Assigres
H Ki. Ek
A. Aldrich
Owen Dearse
Adia Clarke
Court Street
Tremont Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!