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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1892
Page
5
Miss A Florence Grant operates Nos 47 and 49 Court Street as a printing office and publisher of The Woman's Voice. She recalls starting two years ago, embracing the challenges of running a shop and believing printing offers profit and progress for women with artistic taste.
Mrs. Anna Bright Curry will read at a School of Expression entertainment to aid the Teachers mutual benefit association. Gamma Delta girls link with Associated Charities of Boston for Home Library work with tenement children. Society news highlights engagements of H R Noyes and Miss Abbie Lippitt, and mentions Minnie Gilmore’s The Woman Who Stood Between.
The piece notes a contrast between wealthy magnates who evade juries and ordinary citizens like Mr Sears who report for jury duty. It references Jay Gould and others earning vast daily sums and Michigan? No, Massachusetts law compels service. The sketches published with the article depict Sears at work earning about $3 a day.
A compact list of deaths and ages from various New England towns and cities. Artemas F Cheney aged 64 11 months at Roxbury. Annie Cremin aged 7 6. Elizabeth Gertrude Johnson aged 8 months 5 days in city. Annie F Clapp 85 11. Chloe B Crehore 87. Marguerite Perrin Davis 6 months in New York. George A Easter at North Cambridge. Mrs 8 F W Harrington Everett. Anna J Clark Mandell 90. Charles B Parkinson 65 at Paris. Lydia J Williams widow of John Williams formerly Chelsea. Esther C Jacobs widow aged 81 Southington. Mary E T Murray Brookline in fifty ninth year.
A list of engaged couples and applicants appears in the registrar notes dated November 28 1892. Names include Daniel L Webb and Jennie B Johnson Ernest M L Smith and Ella M Coleman William A Waugh and Bridget A Rogerson Joseph J Beals and Annie Thompson Judge Eastfield Jr and Frances Jenkins Andrew Hanson and Annie Roache Charles C Samensink and Katharine Gillis Thomas P Deacon and Mary A O Neil Carl H H Steufiel and Pauline Urban Lewis Labovitz and Linna L Lappaty George W Armington and Margaret M Griffin John M Swan and Etta L Hammock Nels Peterson and Adele Pourchot Joseph Clegg and Sarah A Hill Abraham Turner and Bettie L Price Howald McPherson and Christy Johnson
In this city on November 26 and 28 1892 marriages were recorded. William Bendrat wed Nellie Fahey per Rev A Police. Frank A McDonald wed Clarabella C Pierce per Rev N R Walsh.
In this city, Nov. 26 Ellen widow of Mark Sullivan aged 90 years. In this city, Nov 26 Andrew Sullivan aged ? In this city, Nov. 26 Alfred L Swain aged 31 years.
The essay condemns stiff collars as limiting neck movement and expression. It likens the neck to a stem and praises the soft frill of lace restoring esthetic freedom, while noting the enduring appeal of chokers and dog-collars among fashion-minded women.
John Francis Dever a Democratic candidate for the Board of Aldermen from the tenth district was born in Boston May 22 1858. He grew up in the North End and attended Boston public schools graduating from Mayhew Grammar School. He worked for the New England News Company thirteen years then Boston Courier. In 1879 he joined Registrars of Voters as an extra clerk, became a chief clerk in the Mayor ́s Office in 1885 during Mayor O Briens term. After Hart became mayor he joined New England Piano Company as salesman and remains there. He was elected from Ward 20 to the House of Representatives in 1880 and 1881 and is a member of several groups including the Boston Press Club and the Royal Society of Good Fellows.
Captain Walker of Station 10 sent officers to halt a planned Cambridge lightweight versus local foe match at Conant Hall Roxbury last night. Officers found a crowd inside as lights stayed on. spectators were cleared out and the hall locked after the fight was stopped.
The B A A eleven led by G W Beals Jinks Taylor and manager Harry Cornish returned from Chicago in good spirits after a hard fought win. Neil Doherty suffers back soreness as the only serious injury. Both clubs likely to maintain friendly relations while Chicago treated the team well.
A dramatization of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, by Joseph Hatton, starring Richard Mansfield at the Globe Theatre, draws mixed verdicts on its faithfulness and somber tone. Mansfield delivers a powerful, almost idealistic portrayal. Miss Cameron as Hester and others receive praise while some comic lines feel out of place. The show will run through the week with further performances announced, andJim Corbett is billed for next week.
Management notes theatre goers seek constant change and variety in amusements and pledges to broaden offerings at the Grand Opera House to satisfy contemporary tastes and expectations.
A crowded Palace Theatre last evening welcomed a first-class variety program headlined by the inimitable Bertoto whose Parisian Eccentrique and Spanish Song Dance drew the strongest applause. The bill also featured Whit ing and Sheppard in a new horizontal bar act, Weber and Fields, Germain comedians, Maud Huth in negro melodies, Drummond and Stahley, Richmond and Glenroy, Johnnie Carroll, Haines and Vidocq, and the Bruatz brothers, offering diverse acts and lively entertainment.
The Opera House presents a vaudeville bill led by Trewey the mimic and shadowgraphist, with the Dixon brothers, Ward and Voices, Melville and Stetson, French artists, and the Roberta Zanfreta troupe. Miss Anna Boyd stars in The Dazzler with Joseph Ott receiving applause. performances run this week with matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
The Grand Opera House in Boston announces the retirement of manager F F Proctor with owner Nathan B Goodnow approving. A H Dexter, already in charge, will expand duties to secure attractions while keeping the venue independent and committed to top quality offerings. Dexter declined detailed future plans but pledged high standards and first class management.
Every seat in the Lyceum Theatre was filled for last night's sensational melodrama The Cannon Ball Express. The program included an array of specialty acts supplementing the main attraction, a production by Robert J. Sonnets.
Last Monday night saw the Park Theatre stage 1492 conclude its run with strong attendance. Extra matinees are set for Wednesday Friday and Saturday as crowds seek seats. Herbert Johnson returns as Columbus with Signor Perugini in other performances amid plans for potential return engagements in Boston this season.
The wage-earners concert at Music Hall drew a good audience as Dvorak’s Requiem Mass op. 89 opened the season. Conductor Lang led two hours of orchestral and choral music with soloists Mrs. Marie Barnard Smith Miss Mary H How Mr. James H Ricketson Mr. Arthur Beresford and organist B L Whelpley.
Salem bowling team maintained its strong record with a 2528 to 24388 victory over the Vespers of Lowell last night in Lowell.
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