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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1886
Page
5
A pleasant wedding at the Church of the Unity marks the union of the Honorable Benjamin Deans daughter with a local gentleman. The society notes also mention several other nuptials in progress.
The residence of Benjamin Dean hosted the wedding of Miss Mary Dean and Walter Tufts of New York. Police guarded the avenue as guests arrived for a ceremony in a floral decorated room officiated by Rev John Wright. The bride wore ottoman silk and broché velvet with a long tulle veil, about 100 guests attended, supper followed, and the couple planned a three week tour before settling in Boston.
Last evening at the Church of the Unity on West Newton Street 800 guests witnessed the marriage of Miss Carrie A Caton daughter of ex Alderman Asa H Caton to Mr Samuel Hobbs with Rev M J Savage officiating The bridal party entered at 730 PM The bride wore pearl colored satin with a square train and bouquets of Marechal Niel roses Attendants included Miss Florence G Peck The ceremony was followed by a reception at No 8 Hartford Street and the couple planned an extended tour before residing at No 3 Hartford Street
A brilliant social wedding united Henry Varney Huse, son of Vox Populi proprietor, and Miss Annie Hudson Howe, daughter of Henry C. Howe, at Kirk Street Congregational Church. The ceremony drew elite city guests from Boston and Salem. revelers wore elegant attire, and Mendelssohn’s wedding march accompanied the couple as ushers. A reception followed at the bride’s Summer Street home.
The Baptist Church in Maxupen hosted a bright wedding for Captain Harry P. Ballard and Miss Lila A. Parker of Salem. The ceremony by Rev. J. dt Gunning and Rev. S. W. Foljamibe drew many friends and relatives with ushers Harry E. K. Converse, L. Parker, F. E. Benjamin, P. W. Sprague, George L. Richardson, G. Titcomb assisting. A reception followed at Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Bailard’s, 54 Linden Avenue, before the couple departs for a tour of New York and the West.
Theodore Thomas urges a series of Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts on December 14 January 11 and February 15 at Steinway Hall with New York branch guaranteeing the same. Meanwhile Shadows of a Great City thrives at Boston Theatre drawing large nightly audiences hailed as a top stage production.
Dr Hart wig of Strasburg Observatory announces in Boston yesterday the independent discovery of Barnard's comet. The EU astronomy unit notes Greenwich Mean Time Oct 5 with right ascension 10h7m24s and declination 1h3m.
No better remedy in the world for coughs or colds than Cece's Cough Balsam. Drugzcists sell it.
Delegates to the Knights of Labor convention in Richmond sit in Armory Hall as the credentials committee’s seating decisions delay full business. Powderly notes the morning and afternoon sessions focused on credentials, with the process at a standstill. Controversy over admission of colored delegate Farrell to the orchestra circle sparks local resentment toward district No. 49 delegates.
Marerrueap October 6 The third and final race of the Thetis Stranger series was abandoned due to fading wind after 12:21 start. The Stranger led at times, Thetis closed gaps, both yachts towed by tug William Sprague and reach harbor at 5:35 p.m. A rerun is planned Friday with same fifteen mile to windward and return course under similar conditions.
The seventeenth Dartmouth Athletic Association field meeting opens with professor C F Emerson as judge and the college band in Hanover. Winners include W S Scruton throwing 322 feet, A L Livermore winning the hundred yards dash heat, S C Bartlett Jr in the mile, and W S Scruten in the shot put. Finals and further events continue tomorrow culminating in a baseball game between rival class nines.
On October six in Lowe Street the William Cattell company failed to secure payment after a Boston engagement. Manager A P Kaempf promised profit but vanished, leaving a small audience and the orchestra leader unpaid after the second act. Cattell and his manager vow to settle all debts they are responsible for. Kaempf is reportedly heavily in debt locally.
In Salem on October 6 workers at tanneries increased with twenty five new non union hires. Matthew Robson expanded from four to forty workers in a month and reports rapid leather production meeting demand. He shipped a large batch recently and asserts it matches his best quality.
Alumni faculty and students of Massachusetts Agricultural College dined at Youngs last evening with speeches by college officials and invited guests. The Fifth and First Massachusetts Battery Associations held reunions at Youngs and Parker's with officers elected and histories presented. Other groups, including the Country Club, Tortoise Shell Club, Boston Merchants' Association, and Boston Doctors' Association, met at nearby venues for private or business gatherings.
Review of Mrs. J H Walworth's The New Man at Rossmere set in the postwar South. Describes characters from plantation life and the bond between Major Denny and Ursula Ralston. Praises the portrayal of negro life and the election of a black sheriff, noting themes of freedom and social change.
The Portland bound barkentine Skobeleff arrived from Trapani after forty five days. Captain Tucker said two English seamen, James Ellis and Robert Bulman, died on board from slow fever and were buried at sea August 30. Two crew members remain sick with the same disease. Residents questioned the ship's close harbor approach though the vessel carried a clean bill of health.
In a light breeze regatta for boats under twenty-three feet water line three entries raced the Sandy Bay Yacht Club course. Osceola won by 32 minutes 58 seconds claiming the $30 stakes as White Wings withdrew due to becalm and Louette drifted leeward while Petrel sailed over the course unentered.
A critique of Tales of the Sixty Mandarins by P. V. Rama swami Raju with a preface by Henry Morley. The setting centers on a Chinese prince and his sixty mandarins in a string of distinct stories each ending with a moral. The collection blends old and new tales with strong local color.
Everett Steele of Gloucester begins a three year stay in Berlin to study music. He will depart from New York aboard the steamer Aller of the North German line and settle in Berlin for his studies.
Entertainment listings show Shadows of a Great City at Boston Theatre at 7 46 pp Harbor Lights at Broston Museum 7 45 Harbor Lights at Broston Museum note Erminie at The Theatre 2 45 One of Our Girls at Park Theatre 8 Hollis Street Theatre Adonis at Hollis Street Theatre Erminie at Howard Atheneum Star Specialty Co daily at 8.
Florence Montgomery treats child life with warmth in Transformed. The tale of a kind boy Gil bert shows how daily contact with innocence reforms a worldly nature. A gentle, sentimental critique notes the moral is clear but overemphasized.
Auction notices show real estate sales by Samuel Hatch & Co and Holbrook & Fox at 12 m. and 3 p m., with S. R. Knights & Co. and Sullivan Bros. items at 2 30 p m. in Philadelphia. Boots and shoes by A. S. Richards & Co. in New York. Friday, Oct. S.
Marriages listed include Addison W. Jones to Nellie B Blake of Dorchester on Oct 5 in Dorchester, Alderic H Methot to Lottie Cate on Oct 2 in the city, Michael White Amela Smith on Oct 8 in the city, Stephen C Maxfield to Carrie H Bowen on Oct 3 in Malden, and Perkins F Smith to Mary Isabel Jefferson on Oct 6 at the Church of the Good Shepherd Melrose.
Obituary notices list multiple deaths from October in Boston area and surrounding towns. Included are Oliver Stearns 76, Mary Murphy widow, Frank P Oakman 34, Isabella Schaeffer wife of Anthony 51, Martha S Cleaves 45 Roxbury, Delia Roan Jamaica Plain 7 months, Ellen Salter East Boston 50, Alice M Webb East Boston 49 2 24, Annie Lee Houghton Abbott North Cambridge, Susan Beal Cohasset 81 11 months, Theatore Henry Forbus h Bolton 54, Mary G Healey Lynn 24 11 12, Captain Timothy Howland South Dartmouth 70 3, Annie E Powers Winter Hill Somerville 60, Mary Wilson Newton Centre 2 days.
At Manchester stockholders meeting, directors named for Amoskeag, Langdon, and Stark Mills. Amory directors include Coolidge Bremer Gardner and Clark with T Jefferson Coolidge reelected president. Net earnings reported at Amory $47,962.57 and Stark Mills $99,000 with 6 percent dividend. Production rose by 552,665 pounds, quick capital around 83177,004. Profit for the year $17,000.
An advertisement style note for two college girls by HeLton Dawes Brown priced at $1.50. The text cites praise from The Beacon, Boston Globe, and Boston Home Journal praising the work as faultlessly pictured and delightful with four genres of pictures. Targeted literary blurb highlights an appealing union of traits and Vassar Wellesley context.
Mary Hallock Foote presents a morally keen novel with vivid character study. Critics praise its vitality and intimate social perception, comparing Foote to Woolson Burnett and other leading women novelists of the era.
Disputes over the Gray defalcation trigger a suit in the Suffolk county Supreme Court. Atlantic Cotton Mills seeks 892,838 14 on an annexed account against Indian Orchard Mills. Morse & Stone represent the plaintiffs. Trial cannot occur for several weeks.
A Hartford Courant notice advertises The Sphinx's Children by Rose Terry Cooke priced at $1.50. It praises the work as a collection of thoroughly delightful tales with a delicious New England dialect and keen Puritan essence, drawing strong quotes from the Boston Courier and the Commercial Advertiser.
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