Boston Theater Opens New Play A Soldier of France
Last evening the Boston Theatre hosted the first performance of Fanny Davenport’s A Soldier of France to a packed house and high acclaim. The city’s varied bill includes Prisoner of Zenda at Hollis Street Theatre and crowd-pleasing acts at Park, Museum, Tremont, Castle Square, Bowdoin Square, and Keith’s with stars like Nat Childs and De Wolf Hopper.
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Fanny Davenport
France
Boston
Hollis Street
Roxbury Horse Guards
Paris
Park
Edward Jose
Nat Childs
the Tremont
Castle Square
de Wolf Hopper
el Capitan
Tremont
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Tess
Hilda Clark
Hollis
de Koven and Smith
Miss Clark
Nellie Braggins
Maud Williams
Harry MacDonough
Johnstone Bennett
Keith’s
S. Miller Kent
Miss Bennett
McFadden
Columbia
Richards and Canfield
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Jaguarina
The
Howard
Nelson K. High
B. E. Rice
Castle Square Company
Manhattan
Grand Opera House
Marguerite Ferguson
McSorley
Lalloo
Austin & Stone
Harry Morris
Twentieth Century Maids
Palace Theatre
Broucke
Chicago
Sibyl Sammis
Tremont Temple
New England
Fridtjof Nansen
Music Hall
Banda Rossa
Italy
Modjeska
West
Agenbeck’s
New York
Boston Zoological Society
London
Short Potato Crop Signals 1897 U S Harvest Struggles
The American Agriculturist reports 1897 potato yields near 1892 lows with a 30 percent drop from 1896. Nationwide production reaches 174 million bushels, led by the Northwest while Ontario and maritime provinces also show shortages due to extreme heat and bright conditions.
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New York
United States
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
Brooke's Chicago Marine Band at Boston Theatre for Sacred Heart
Sunday events feature Brooke's Chicago Marine Band aiding the Church of the Sacred Heart in Roslindale with a potpourri of Irish airs. Soprano Miss Sybil Sammis will perform The Last Rose of Summer and other pieces. Reverend John F. Cummins, rector, will display relics from his Ireland tour and other historical mementoes with AOH Forest Hills souvenirs.
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Brooke
Chicago
Boston
Church of the Sacred Heart
Roslindale
John F. Cummins
Sybil Sammis
Forest Fire Ravages Harvey Mountain Area
Great Barrington reports a major forest fire on Harvey Mountain is out of control with more than 800 acres burned and several farm houses threatened despite a large firefighting effort.
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Great Barrington
Harvey Mountain
Amaryllis Weathered Three Day Hurricane Return to St John’s
The British steamer Amaryllis from New York Aug Oct 12 arrived at St John’s Newfoundland after a three day hurricane ordeal. Captain Saunders and the crew were exhausted from lack of sleep after their grueling voyage delivering grain to Leith.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Amaryillis
Saunders
New York
Leith
Fitchburg Railroad Presidency Offered to Washburn
Kansas City Star reports E. S. Washburn, president and general manager of the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis system, was offered the presidency of the Fitchburg railroad on October 21 in Kansas City.
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Kansas City, Mo
the Star
Fitchburg Railroad
Washburn
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
Vendome Hosts First Fall Reception of New England Woman's Press Association
The Vendome hosted a lively fall reception yesterday afternoon for the New England Woman's Press Association honoring Anthony Hope Hawkins author of The Prisoner of Zenda. Over 300 guests attended as Mrs. May Alden Ward and Mrs. Nella I. Daggett greeted the British author and other notable attendees in formal attire.
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Vendome
New England Woman’s Press Association
Anthony Hope Hawkins
Great Britain
May Alden Ward
Nella I. Daggett
Association
Ricker
Gosse
Mary E. Wilkins
Curtis Guild, Jr
J. B. Pond
Hope
Edward Payson
Frederick Warren
Harriet Pease
Adelaide H. Garland
Etta H. Glidden
Whiton Stone
Curtis Guild
Miss Guild
O. M.E. Rowe
Thomas BE. Riley
Grace M. Atwell
Annie M. Kelham
F. J. Bonnelle
Anna D. West
Annie C. Cheney
Helen M. Winslow
Winslow
Heloise Hersey
H. Butterworth
W. A. Bancroft
Boyd
John M. Reber
Ida Gibbs
Elizabeth Orr Williams
J. L. Harbour
Charles Follen Adams
E. F. Albee
Lillian M. B. Clarke
Charles Kirtland
Jean Paul Se
North Carolina
Alice Stone Blackwell
Blackwell
H. Staples Potter
Grace Potter
Professor Ward
Professor van Daell
Ward
Henry Sandham
E F. Pratt
Amherst Frazar
Oscar Fay Adams
Dana Estes
Francis Breed
John Clifton Merrill
Howard M., Ticknor
Davis
Louis Elson
Baker Flint
Adeline Church
Burrell
Toussaint
Margaret Magennis
Emily Ransome
Annie G. Murray
Laura Fowler
Emily Selinger
Addie Norcross
EB. M. H. Merrill
Floretta Vining
Twombley
Barbara Galpin
Fall of Gloucester
Bishop of Rochester Attends Roxbury Institute Opening
The lord bishop of Rochester England with Robert Treat Paine Sr Mayor Quincy and others opened the People’s Institute at 1171 Tremont Street Roxbury. Paine praised the public playground and the group toured Wells Memorial Institute after the event.
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Rochester
Eng
Robert Treat Paine
Quincy
Lawrence
Talbot
People’s Institute
Tremont Street
Roxbury
Robert Treat Paine Association
Paine
Billings
Institute
South of
London
English College of Cambridge
Church of St. Mary Over
John Harvard
Boston
Britain Rejects Indian Mint Restaint and Conference
London reports Salisbury declined reopening Indian mints and sees no need for an international monetary conference. He would consider practical suggestions from the United States.
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London
Salisbury
Hay
Great Britain
United States
Old Ironsides Decorated At Shuman Corner
A. Shuman festoons his building at Shuman's corner with American flags bunting and legends honoring the Constitution and its era. A large shield centerpiece dominates the Summer street side and a 20 by 20 painting of the Guerriere capture is attractively displayed.
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A. Shuman
Shuman
Summer Street
Isaac Hull
Guerriere
L. M. Sandwich
L. Ssther
Java
Lovely Ann
Pictou
Cyane
Levant
Lady Warren
Adeona
Dolphin
Adeline
South Carolina
Catherine
Lord Nelson
Phenix
Susannah
Sally
Washington and
Summer Streets
United States
Hartford
Admiral Farragut
Washington Street
Installation of Knight Installed as Central Congregational Pastor
In Fall River Massachusetts on October 20 the Rev William Knight of Saginaw Michigan was installed as pastor of the Central Congregational Church. The installation sermon was delivered by the Rev William E Barton.
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Fall River, Mass
William Knight
Saginaw, Mich
Central Congregational Church
William E. Barton
William H. Baldwin Receives Birthday Congratulations
William H. Baldwin president of the Y. G. C. U. received congratulatory messages yesterday marking his first birthday as president.
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William H. Baldwin
Y. GC. U
Sister Lilly to Lecture on Sisters of the People in England
London delegate to the W. C. T. U. congress in Toronto visits Boston at the New England Deaconess Home. Sister Lilly tours the city with Miss Mary E. Lunn and plans to lecture at the People's Temple on the work of the Sisters of the People in England before departing for Toronto.
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Lilly
London
W. C. T. U. Congress
Toronto
Ont
Boston
New England
Massachusetts Avenue
Mary E. Lunn
People’s Temple
Sisters of the People
England
Post
Brady
The
People’s Church
America
Pullman Funeral Set for Graceland Cemetery
The funeral of George M. Pullman will be held at Graceland Cemetery Saturday at 2 p m. Burial moved from Mt Albion Cemetery to Chicago per Mrs Pullman wish. Pullman Company offices will close on funeral day.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Graceland Cemetery
Mt. Albion Cemetery
Albion
N. Y
Pullman
Irenaeus Gooding Killed at Malden Crossing
Irenaeus Gooding age 83 was struck by a Boston and Maine train at Pleasant street crossing Malden yesterday morning. He crawled under but died. survived by a widow and three grandchildren Mrs Edward Otis Holmes and the Misses Johnson of Malden.
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Irenaeus Gooding
Pleasant Street
Malden
Boston & Maine
Yesterda
Millinery Thieves Held in Municipal Court
Henry C. Fay and Annie Sinclair were arrested Tuesday for the larceny of millinery from George Rake & Co. Both appeared in Municipal Criminal Court yesterday and were each held in $1000 for a hearing next week.
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Henry C. Fay
Annie Sinclair
George Rake & Co
Municipal Criminal Court
Market gains and copper mine talk dominate Oct 20 report
Active trading pushed stocks higher led by Vanderbilt firms and Omaha gains, with American Sugar Refining up over 21 percent and American Tobacco rising sharply. Reports note copper-mine visits at Lake Superior and a likely gathering of copper people later this week, while Lawson Weidenfeld & Co publish a critical analysis of Dominion Coal and Boston Gas. Century-old Centennial project and Old Dominion railroad talks color the frame as investors weigh risks and opportunities.
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Vanderbilts
Omaha
Chicago
W. F. Fitzgerald
Lake Superior
Lawson, Weidenfeld & Co
Dominion Coal
Boston Gas
Boston Herald
Messrs. F. S. Mead & Co
Lawson
Mr. Whitney
Boston
Dominion Coal Company
U. S
Pennsylvania
Boston & Cripple Creek Gold Mining Company
Centennial Company
Schoolcraft
Centennial
Richard Olney
Senator Fry
Maine Central
George M. Pullman
Payson Tucker
Old Dominion Railroad
Lewissohns
Boston Lambs
Old Dominion
Pinkham
Market day sales report with highs lows and closing prices
Official report of sales dated Oct 20 shows the highest and lowest prices for the day along with closing prices and bid and asked figures. The summary notes market activity and price range observed by traders.
Storm Warning for Vessels Off New England Coast
Shipping news reports dangerous northeast winds possibly reaching hurricane force off Cape Hatteras and threatening ships leaving port. Tug crews withdraw to Decree Roads while the steamers Boston and others navigate heavy cargoes and marine activity along Long Wharf, East Boston, and Goree W C A area as divers, ferries, and freighters operate amid a wintery harbor scene.
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Cape Hatteras
New England
Middle Atlantic
Deeree
Lewis Wharf
Boston
Yarmouth
N. S
William E. Parker
Wesley A. Gove
Nova Scotia
Guadaloupe
United States
J. H. York
Portland
Charles J. Willard
Jacksonville
Etheridge
Yale
Philadelphia
William Thompsonto
High Seas
Fiske
Rowe’s
General
C. Lawrence
Ibis
Liverpool
Sylvania
Eastern Avenue
Nickerson
Long Wharf
Central Wharf
Charles F. Ward
Mystic
Goree
Klondike
Cape Ann
Gloucester
Stowell Sherman
Race Point
Haddock
Herbert Fuller
Olive Packer
James M
Montauk
New York
Harry Smith
St. Michaels
Terceira
Menemsha
Cape Cod
Galveston
Havana
Charity concert planned for Saint Mary’s parish in aid of the poor
Preparations underway for a Sunday November 21 charity concert at St. Mary’s Parochial School North Margin Street under J M Laughlin. A large choir rehearsed selections including March to Victory Redemption Hesmony Stabat Mater Tantum Ergo to raise funds for the poor of St. Mary’s parish.
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St. Cecelia
J. M. M Laughlin
St. Mary’s
Scho
North Margin Street
Ovary
Cecelia
Rossini
Tomas O Catageen
St. Mary's Parish
Man Struck By Falling Plank Injured In City Building
F John Leonard aged years, of Norwich street, was struck by four planks dropped from an upper floor at 80 Bay State road yesterday afternoon. He sustained head and neck injuries and was taken to City Hospital.
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F. John Leonard
Norwich Street
Bay State Road
City Hospital
Bull's Cough Syrup Promises Asthma Relief
Advertisers claim Bull's Cough Syrup cures asthma and soothes coughing. The pitch targets sufferers seeking quick relief and references a famous product name to boost credibility.
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Reeves
Prouty
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Bunker Hill
Old State House
Tremont 'S Temple
Fom
Georg& A. Foxcroft
Father
Boston Theatre
Peps
Coloists
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Washington Streets
Henry E. Dixey
Great Corps of Vaudeville
Alban Burkhart
Comedienne
Tony Cummings
Tremont St
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Twin Sisters
Great
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Tila P.M
Vaidis
Imogene Comer
May Howard
Mills and Henshaw
Udell
Pearce
Barr
Evans
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Grand Theatre
Washington
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Dover St
Myrtle Ferns
Frank J. Keenan
Grand Theatre Stock Co
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Teo Witch Trilby
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North End Pleasure Park
J. H. McGrady
White Cycling Academy
Isaac
Rich
Mats
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Louise Leimer
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Soldier OF Prance
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HE Ace
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Wilson Barrett
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Charles Dalton
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Fitchburg Railroad Presidency
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Zenda
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Pabene Santa Ysabel
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Dao Jr
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LA Pullman
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