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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1894
Page
5
Mr Edward R Wise Mr Edward K Thayer and Mr Frank B Thayer of Boston attend a reception for the Butterfields who depart for a bridal tour. They will be at home in the Exeter chambers after December 15.
A quiet evening ceremony at 205 Newbury Street Boston united Miss Helen L Thayer daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles E Thayer with Mr Charles Buckingham Butterfield in a home wedding officiated by Rev Edward Everett Hale. About 200 guests attended a reception from 830 to 10 o clock with music by the Howard Chardson Orchestra.
Herbert F Pierce of Braintree and others attended the Newton wedding. The bride wore white faille francais with a tulle veil and diamond pin, carrying bride roses. After the ceremony the couple left for an extended tour and will reside on Shaw street West Newton with an at home on Nov 7.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Houghton and Mr. Frank Everitt Fuller were married at the Second Congregational Church West Newton by Rev Henry J Patrick D D in a ceremony attended by about 500 relatives and friends from Newtons Boston and Waltham The church was festooned with palms tropical plants and red and white roses The bridal party entered to the wedding march from Lohengrin with Mabel C Bixby as maid of honor and Harry L Burrage as best man all bridesmaids and ushers listed from West Newton.
At City Hall Boston October meeting of the Boston and Maine Railroad elects a large slate of directors led by Lucius Tuttle and Samuel Lawrence. A motion to appoint stockholders to probe express contracts and bond issuances is defeated by large votes.
The Rev George Arbuthnot vicar of Holy Trinity Stratford on Avon and keeper of Shakspeare's tomb visits Boston with Mrs Arbuthnot aboard the Lucania. He says they came for pleasure and plan to travel to the Pacific coast and Virginia visiting notable sites while staying with friends in New York who welcomed them and hosted a tour of Shakspeare relics. He was made an honorary member of the Shakspeare Club during New York stay.
Marcus Cook, sponsor of the Greater Boston bill, urged a metropolitan district for Boston and suburbs. He spoke of annexation possibilities, a unified city within twenty years, and tax equalization. He advocated including highways, fire and police, water, parks, schools, and sewerage under a metropolitan government.
Joseph P. Dever of Roxbury married Miss Annie A. McAlevy of South Boston in Gate of Heaven Church yesterday morning. The ceremony featured Rev. D J Herlihy and Rev. Thomas Walsh, with a Mendelssohn wedding march and a wedding breakfast afterwards. The couple plans a tour to several cities and will live at 30 Dewey Street Dorchester.
Five years after organization the Methodist Church Society of Newton Highlands completed a new church building worth 15000 dollars with seating for 250 in the body and 150 in the Sunday school room. Dedication events span three nights with speeches by Rev C A Snatto Bishop John F Newman Dr J W Hamilton and others.
The Harvard Overseers approved appointments for three years starting Sept 1 1844 for Charles Loring Jackson and George Lyman Kittridge as professors. Instructors and proctors were named for one year from Sept 1 1894 across German Latin geology and civil engineering with a separate athletic sports committee and university officers. A note mentions the Boston morning paper’s large circulation and a want ad rate.
A long roster of individuals appears in a public notice section including Mrs. John F. Cooney Miss Kattie Flanagan Miss Lizzie Marquardt Miss Annie Fitzpatrick Miss Annie Minton Miss Katie Mulvee Miss Josie Boyle Miss Minnie McGrath Mrs. David Long Mr. William Burns Mr. John W. Halpin Mr. D A Herlihy Mr. C J Drisgall Mr. J J Quinn Mr. James Mulvee Mr. Edward W Foye Mr. M J Tehan Mr. C F Downing Miss Eva Slattery Miss Kittie F O Brien Miss Kittie Buckley Miss Mamie F O Brien Miss Margaret L O Brien Miss Susie Norton Mr. Frank M Stahl Mr. Max H Hein Mr. Benjamin Teshler Mr. Thomas P Riley Mr. George Gray and many others.
Miss Lillian M. Martin and Stevens Deckham wed at Cary Avenue Baptist Church Chelsea with Rev. Robert Cameron and Rev. J. M. Remick officiating. The ceremony featured Nile green and duchesse satin gowns and a reception at 16 Franklin Avenue. Guests included Hon. Eustace C. Fitz, Hon. C. A. Campbell, Hon. Samuel P. Tenney, and London’s Mr. and Mrs. Turner. After a bridal tour to Philadelphia and Washington the couple will reside in Reading.
Miss Emma T. Tower of Newton and Mr. Eugene A. Stevens of Bluehill Maine wed at Levi Tower’s Newtonville Avenue home. The ceremony at 7 30 in drawn rooms was conducted by Rev Dillon Bronson with four children leading the procession and Mildred Bullock as maid of honor. Relatives and friends from Newton Cambridge and Boston attended.
Clinton B Buckingham a Milford Connecticut railway mail clerk was arrested after a mail pouch search found a letter to a Milford jeweler mailed October 3 and he confessed to taking the money from a registered letter valued at twenty dollars He was arraigned before United States Commissioner Fiske and held in two thousand six hundred dollars bail.
Dr E Brigham of Salmon Falls NH was jailed for malpractice in the death of Miss Marcia J Quint of South Berwick ME. Albert O Howard of South Berwick was arrested as an accessory before the fact in Ipswich and will be taken to Dover.
Secretary Carlisle rules the US bears no obligation to care for two German immigrants deemed insane. Sent back to Germany, they were refused entry by German authorities, returned to the United States and landed at Ellis Island. The Hamburg Packet Company and Massachusetts lunacy commissioner must settle the matter.
The ceremony featured the groom John Stevens of Boston with ushers George Weed Alonzo Weed of Newton and Frank E Kimball of Burlington Vt. The bride wore heavy corded white silk with heirloom veil. A reception for about 300 followed before a Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge residence plan.
The wedding of Miss Lucia Adele Badenfeld daughter of Mrs. Bertha Badenfeld and Claude Allen Simpler of Philadelphia took place at Central Congregational Church Chelsea at 8 pm with Rev Charles E Jefferson officiating. The church featured wild asters autumn leaves and gilded decorations.
Miss Gertrude A. Fickett married Irving L. Hopkins at 35 High street in a ceremony led by Rev. Samuel Jackson. Bridesmaid Emily Dunbar and best man H E Gaskill stood beside them. After a reception, the couple left for a Maine tour and plan to reside at 35 High street.
The residence of David Webster at 182 Shurtleff Street Chelsea hosted a wedding for Miss Edith Webster and William B Dennison at 7:30 pm Rev C E Jefferson officiated The best man was Freeman Hinckley of Brookline and bridesmaid Sadie P Webster sister of the bride The bride wore a white brocade silken train The ushers included Mor
Advertisement notes busy businessmen suffer indigestion and head pain from meals. Ripans Tabules claim rapid relief for dyspepsia sour stomach and headache, offering a fast cure for overworked eaters in restaurants.
Timer F. Smith and J. Herbert Loud of Chelsea accompany Mr and Mrs Dennison after a short tour. Following the visit the couple will make Chelsea their home.
Miss Hannah Harding became Mrs William W Hunter at 838 Howland Street Roxbury in a ceremony attended by about 100 relatives and intimate friends. The service was conducted by William B Barton and Rev Charles Brown with a large reception for roughly 350 guests.
A graceful wedding occurred last evening at 7 pm at 198 Chestnut Street Chelsea. Dr Charles F Morse of the Harvard Medical School class of 8 wed Mrs Martha A Sprengel with Rev R Perry Bush officiating. The bride wore old rose silk crepe and ushers included Louis Morse Frank Moore and Jefferson E Duncan Jr. A reception followed with guests from Boston Cambridge and Chelsea. The couple will reside at 198 Chestnut Street Chelsea.
Miss Addie C. Wyman daughter of James Wyman and John S. Foster both of Lynn were married by Rev. B. G. Green at 58 Hamilton Avenue Lynn. Attendees included friends from Tilton New Hampshire and Yarmouth Maine.
Miss Jennie A Perkins and Everett L Lewis were married at the bride’s home 402 Summer Street in Lynn this evening by Rev J F Allen. The ceremony united the couple in a private marriage attended by close family and friends.
Fifty year old framing notes reveal Mrs. Southworth created the Washington Era serial Retribution which expanded beyond its single issue. Whittier praised it as the finest fiction he read. The article notes reader reactions and cites Munsey's Magazine for details. The author is described as an interesting elderly woman living in a pretty setting.
The piece reflects on a Washington based writer whose stories fed country homes with imagination and color, praising her harmless fictional characters and noting the shift from romance to realism, while mentioning advice to young authors and a social landmark about widow types and a Mississippi physician. The text observes American women abroad advancing missionary work.
A Parker Memorial meeting gathered many women to plan a Kettledrum fundraiser for the Charity Hospital. Mrs. Micah Dyer Jr led the appeal as tickets are distributed by participants. The New England Woman's Press Association will host a table and promote in the press. Twenty-one tables are pledged, with a goal of sixty. A firm will donate paper napkins, and other donors are contributing. A follow up meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday.
The twenty fifth annual meeting of the New England branch opened at Trinity Church Worcester with officers elected including President Miss Louise Manning Hodgkins Auburndale and Vice President Mrs Charles Parkhurst Somerville. Delegates to the general executive committee were named with reserve delegates from New Hampshire and Maine conferences.
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