Marriage as Conscience in Renan’s Abbesse de Jouarre
Paris dispatch discusses Renan’s Abbesse de Jouarre and the question of whether virtue would be its own reward. The piece examines various viewpoints on marriage, gender roles, and love, centered on the abbess and her lover who face execution with one night of tragedy and a possible hereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Post
the Figaro
Albert Milland
Nin
Jonourre
Esop
Renan
Louis Bouihlet
Maupassant
Gustave Flaubert
Abbesse de Jouarre
J.B. W
Pioneer in Elocution Finds Art in Expression
Mrs Anna Bright Curry, a Boston University trained elocutionist, built a career teaching vocal expression after the disbanding of Monroe's School of Oratory. She and her husband Professor Curry led the School of Expression, shaping readings as literary education. Her pupils include noted public readers, while she maintains a focus on teaching over platform work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Bright Curry
Monroe
School of Oratory
Boston University
Curry
Professor Curry
the Post Woman
Charlotte Cushman
Boston
Women Talked About Symposium At Mechanics Fair
Boston Young Women's Christian Association will feature lectures this week at women's headquarters Mechanics’ Fair. Sophia G Hayden and Sally Joy White speak on architecture, Annie Felton Reynolds on dentistry, and Kate G Phelps chairs a session on Women as Inventors. Mme Minnie Hauk joins World’s Fair Music Advisory Council. San Francisco philanthropy unveils something new in the Doc-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Young Women’s Christian Association
Sophia G. Hayden
Sally Joy White
Annie Felton Reynolds
Kate G. Phelps
Fifth Avenue
New York
Belle
Henry 5. Ives
Napoleon
Wall Street
Emily Wakeman
Mme
Minnie Hauk
Advisory Council of
Music
San Francisco
Mrs Hetty Green Sheds Jewelry Habits and Wall Street Fame
The wealthiest American, Mrs Hetty Green, wears no rings or bracelets and shuns flashy jewels. She lives frugally when in the West, staying in the cheapest hotels, and occupies the highest floor rooms. In New York she is a familiar figure in modest boarding houses and has long been a formidable presence on Wall Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetty Green
United States
West
New York
Wall Street
Recital for Teachers’ Mutual Benefit Association at Freeman Place
A charity recital at the School of Expression 15 Beacon Street Freeman Place on Thursday at 8 o clock. Readings will be by pupils and Mrs Anna Bright Curry with vocal selections by Miss Florence EB King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Mutual Benefit Association
School of Expression
Freeman Place
Beacon Street
Anna Bright Curry
Florence EB. King
Dinner Toilet From Paris Herald Dress of cachembre de soie
A Paris Herald note describes a dinner toilette. The ensemble features cachembre de soie fabric, a Figaro vest embroidered with gold, and a dark-green silk scarf forming a large front fold below the bust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cachembre de Soie
Figaro
Breckinridge’s Daughter Said To Pass Law Exam
Miss So phonisba Breckinridge of Lexington Kentucky, daughter of Colonel W C P Breckinridge, is widely rumored to have been admitted to the bar after studying law during two years abroad. Her return to Lexington finds her immersed in stenography literature and legal reading, with Susan B Anthony cited as first to advocate her legal ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lextmndton
Sophonisba Breckinridge
W. C. P. Breckinridge
France
England
Miss Curry
Miss Anthony
Washinton
Colonel Breckinridge
Miss Breckinridge
Washington
Lexington
New England Faces and Seafaring Moves
Mrs H M Howes and daughter Miss Alice have left Portland for Denver to spend the winter. Captains Ezra Lapham and Joseph White, with Capt. David F Devoll, have arrived home in New Bedford from San Francisco. Lieutenant W Irving Chambers, of the Atlanta and now at the Naval College Newport, will wed Miss Isabella Reynolds of Kingston, New York, at St Johns Church on December 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Lapham
Alice Knowles
Joseph Whiteside
Belvedere
David F. Devoll
F.A. Birstow
New Bedford
San Francisco
W. Irving Chambers
United States Steamship Atlanta
The
Naval College At
Newport
Isabella
Charles Reynolds
Kingston, N. Y
St. John’s Church
That City
Temperance Town Satire Leads Boston Theatre Season
The Boston stage scene features Charles H. Hoyt directing his new satirical play A Temperance Town at the Park Theatre, with Deacon Tidd actor George Richards and Mink the town drunkard among the cast. Broadway-adjacent notices highlight 1492 at the Park Theatre, Babes in the Wood at the Washington street entrance, and looming arrivals at Bowdoin Square Theatre including W. S. Cleveland's Minstrels as excitement builds for Boston audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
Hoyt
Vermont
Kibiing
George Richards
Deacon Tidd
Launceliot Jones
Mink
Eugene Canfield
St. Julien Jones
Bingo
Washington Street
Boston Theatre
Musical season tickets on sale for Tremont Theatre series
The New York Symphony Orchestra under Walter Damrosch reports steady advance sales for season tickets. First concert seats go on sale next Monday for the December 9 opening. Programs include Grieg’s suite for strings and D Albert’s Symphony No 1 with Wagnerian overture pieces. The Continentals opera premiere is set for tomorrow at Park Hall. Cecilia conducts a concert at Music Hall this evening and Harvard Male Quartet artists performed last night in Shawmut Avenue. George Grossmith’s second entertainment continues at oe Hall on Wednesday. Boston Symphony Orchestra to perform its third concert at Sanders Theatre Cambridge tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Theatre
New York Symphony Orchestra
Walter Damrosch
Symphony Orchestra
Greig
Folberg
D’albert
George H. Hayes
Emil Schwab
Park Theatre
Cecilia
Music Hall
Harvard
First Free Baptist Church
Shawmut Avenue
George Grossmith
Oe Hall
Lynn Democrats Nominate slate for mayor and council
Lynn Massachusetts voters hear a Democratic convention nominate for mayor L M Brock and for school committee George F Foster and George F Weaver along with H F Hurlburt J F Hannan Mrs E L Shorey. Aldermen named include John C Hanley George W Gilmore George O Farbox Richard F Kane John Hayes John D Dennis Jesse L Attwin Lleury A Marks Samuel B Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
L. M. Brock
George F. Foster
George F. Weaver
H. F. Hurlburt
J. F. Hannan
E. L. Shorey
John C. Hanley
George W. Gilmore
George O. Farbox
Richard F. Kane
John Hayes
John D. Dennis
Jesse L. Attwin
Lleury A. Marks
Samuel B. Brown
Ely and Durant Wed in City Ceremony
In this city on November 23, James Ely and Frances Durant were married by Rev. George J. Prescott. Also on November 26, Frank A. Macdonald and Clarabelle C. Pierce wed in the same city by Rev. N. R. Walsh. Celedonio Sastre of Avila and Susan Parkmah Sturgis, formerly of Buston, were married in Avila, Spain on November 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely—Durant
George J. Prescott
James Ely
Frances Durant
Macdonald—Pierce
N. R. Walsh
Frank A. Macdonald
Clarabelle C. Pierce
Sastre—Sturgis
Avila
Spain
Celedonio Sastre
Susan Parkmah Sturgis
Buston
George Sturgis
Obituary notices from various towns November deaths
A compilation of death notices across multiple localities with details on names ages and residence dates including Elizabeth Erving Adams Abby Frances Bird James H Dixon Lucy Enott Crockett Ellen Folan Lucretia A B Kimball and Abiel A Livermore among others. The notices specify ages and brief identifications such as widows widowers and military service where noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Carney
James Carney
Richmond
Dixon
James H. Dixon
Fifty-fifth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Chester
Charlestown
William He Chester
Ays. Churchill
Milton
Asaph Churchill
Crockett
Lucy Enott Crockett
Seldon Crockett
Folan
Ellen
Mark Folan
Nale
Grassdale
Louisa County
William Bainbridge Hale
Northampton
Springfield
Mass
Higgins
Cambridgeport
Warren Rh. Higgins
Kimball
Revere
Lucretia A. B
Ensign Kimbal
Livermore
Wilton
N. H
Abiel A. Livermore
D.D
Marriage license notices list couples and applicants
Applications at the Registrar's Office November 29, 1892. Ronald McPherson and Christy Johnson, Abraham Turner and Bettie L. Price, Joseph Clegg and Sarah AL, Nelse Peterson and Adele Pourchot, John M. Swan and Etta L. Hammock, George W. Armington and Margaret Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald McPherson
Christy Johnson
Abraham Turner
Bettie L. Price
Joseph Clegg
Sarah AL
PUM
Nelse Peterson
Adele Pourchot
John M. Swan
Etta L. Hammock
George W. Armington
Margaret Griffin
The Citys Dead List of Deaths Reported to Registrar
In this city on November 26 Ellen widow of Mark Sullivan aged 90 years. Andrew Sullivan aged years. Alfred L Swan aged 31 years. Date November 29 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen
Mark Sullivan
Athis City
Andrew Sullivan
Alfred L. Swan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adresse
Jouarke
Milland
Iad
Tors
Paris Herald
Breckinridge
New England
Charles H. Hoyt
C. W. Currier
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Grand Opera House
Gentleman Jack
James J. Corbett
Colere
Old Colony Railroad
Mr. Mansfield
Arthur Dimmesdale
Globe Theatre
Literary Boston
James B. Noyes
Herald
Globe Teenie
W. S. Cleveland’s Minstrels
Bowdein Square Theatre
Trewey
Theresa Vaughan
Miss Vaughan
Catalina
Louis Aldrich
General Colgate
Augustus Thomas
Columbia Theatre
Comumonwealth
Massachusetts
Samuel Dalton
Rosina Vokes
Felix Morris
Russell
Tremont
Miss Vokes
Evangeline Irving
Blanche Burton
James Gilbert
Gilbert
the Park
Charles L. Davis
Alvin Joslin
Howard
Bowdoin Square
Davis
Pittsburg
Pacific Coast
London
Capt. Lettarblair
Mr. Sothern
Bernard Beere
Fannie Davenport
Cleopatra
Heilis Street
Maurice Barrymore
Mons. Marius
H. B. Conway
C. M. Collins
Guy Standing
J. A. Holland
T. Adams
Ernest Willis
Carroll Flemming
F. A. Connor
C. Adams
M. Johnson
J. Sefton
G. Depew
Grace Huntington
Beverly Sitgreaves
Ashford Griffiths
Emma Hagger
Bertoto
Palace
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Democrats
Marry ME
Wilson Bros
RLZ
Fremont Row
Man
Express
Revristrar’s
Scrofula
Cutiura
Lewis W. Katon
Larkaville
Price
Cartoona
Soc
Soar
Resolvent
PortEs DreGano Chemical Corporation
Emerson Piano CO
Tremont ST
Fifth Ave
N. Y
Washington St
Ferdinand
BLUE
Col. Warren and
Washington Streets
Boston Museum
J. Comyns Carr
Boucicault
Kerry
Nees
Mances
Xtra
Hoyt's
Lowdoin SQ
CilAs
F. Atkinso
Cosgrove & Grant
Geo. H. Murray
Cleveland
Minstrels
Athenium
Wm. C. Cameron
Davis Creation
Howard Charles
Smenmuey
Irwin Ros
Spectatty Company
Austin & Stone
S = mont
Austin
Weber & Fields
C. W. Williams Co
Mechanics Fair
Reeves
GB. R.chu Bch
Cornet
Oboe
Paul C. Fischer
Max Guetter
Joseph Lemaire
Echee
Wa. B. Smith
Mr. Gilmore
Emil Mollenhauer
Paul Fox
Jacques Benvente
Arthur M. Raymond
Mer
Lettarglair
Ssle
Eugene Tompkins
Grossmith
Arthur Nikisch
Friscilla White
Dvorak
Gram
Beethoven
Thomas
Euryanthe
Weber
Olumbia
Raab Arvady
Charles Fraumai
Provo
Columbia
Boston Stock Company
Charles Froh
Augustus Thome
Richard Mansfield
HOPKINS _ RANS-OCEANICYO All Star Specialty Company
Tre
Jas. d. Corbett
Thatre
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Props
Mgrs
the New City Directory
New Comedy
Cee
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!