Freshman Heir Puts Huntington Millions In Spotlight
A fragment cites a boast about Huntington wealth and a jab at experimentation with medicine. The snippet mentions a demand to send something as good as Ayer’s and references the Ayer Company of Lowell Massachusetts in a promotional context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Nugget Worth 154000 Tall Beehive Shaped Gold Nugget
A 73 pound gold nugget arrived at New York assay office from the Cariboo Consolidated Hydraulic Mining Company in British Columbia. Valued at 154000 dollars, the cone shaped nugget was sent to Bank of Montreal agents at Wall Street and required four men to move it from the truck to the scales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Assay
Wall Street
Andrew Mason
Cariboo
York
Bank of Montreal
How He Lives in Hastings Hall at Harvard
Richest of Harvard freshmen is Howard E Huntington son of H E Huntington and heir to Huntington millions. He chose Walter Hastings Hall to avoid aristocratic dorms, lives simply, works hard, and buys practical surveying books over lavish bindings. He boards at Randall Hall with working men and values plain, democratic living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard FE. Huntington
Harvard College
Howard E. Huntington
H. E. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Solon
Collis P
Huntington
California
Harvard
Claverly
Beck
Dunster
Randolph
Ware
Walter Hastings
Hastings Hall
College
Randall Hall
Boers Capture British Train and Fortify Reach
Cape Town reports Hans Botha cut off a Highland Brigade reconnoitering train between Heidelberg and Greylingstad, tearing rails and wounding and capturing several officers. Jacobsdal fell after stubborn Cape Town Highlanders resistance, with 34 of 52 killed or wounded. Fouriesburg named Orange Free State capital by Steyn, who orders Keyter tried for high treason. Paris notes Dr. Leyds downplays Kruger plans and expects him to land at Marseilles or stay near Nice for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Hans Botha
Highland Brigade
Heidelberg
Greylingstad
Transvaal
Jacobsdal
Kimberley
Steyn
Executive Council
Fouriesburg
Bethlehem
Orange Free State
Keyter
Volksraad
Paris
Leyds
Associated Press
Kruger
Marseilles
M. Delcasse
Mr. Kruger
Europe
Nice
Shaksperian Recitals Open With Leland Powers
The first of six Shaksperian comedy recitals occurred in Stein ert Hall last evening under Henry Lawrence Southwick. Leland Powers read The Taming of the Shrew with notable adaptation that gave each character distinct vitality. Powers’s performance was warmly received. next reading November 2 features Maud Leighton Gatchell with As You Like It.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinert Hall
Henry Lawrence Southwick
Leland Powers
Lyceum
Powers
Maud Leighton Gatchell
Ehler & Co
Boston
Park Theatre
Lost River
Indiana
New York
Grand Opera House
William A. Brady
Boston Theatre
Bowdoin Square
Castle Square Theatre
Augustin Daly
Columbia
Carlisle Indians
Harvard Eleven
Grand Theatre
Keith’s
Robert Hilliard Andi Company
Laura Burt
Stump
al Leach
Rosebuds
Laurence
Gardner Brothers
Mascagnos
Fields
Ward
Coliins
James J. Corbett
the Howard
Goldin
Foston Music Hall
Fred V. Bowers
Scheda
Banks
Winona Winters
Miss Winters
Hassan Ali
Austin & Stone’s
America
Fish Marsh
Salem Kid
Nickelodeon
Enchanted Art Pictures
Palace Theatre
Merry Maidens
Scribner’s
Daniel Frohman
Jane
Hollis
Theodora
Museum
the Park
Proclamation of Transvaal as Part of British Empire Marked by Ceremonies
In Pretoria on October 2, the Transvaal was proclaimed part of the British Empire. The ceremony featured the royal standard hoisted in the city square, Grenadiers presenting arms, massed bands playing the national anthem, Sir Alfred Milner reading the proclamation, and 6200 troops from Britain and its colonies marching past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Transvaal
Grenadiers
Alfred Milner
Great Britain
Mrs Eunice Davis Celebrates Century of Life in Dedham
Mrs Eunice Russ Ames Davis of Dedham turns one hundred today and recalls a life spanning railroads telegraphs and phones. Born before the electric era she witnessed Bunker Hill memories and her family included a War of 1812 veteran father an English mother and a Narragansett Indian heritage. Active in anti slavery circles with Garrison and Phillips she is a longtime member of Old South Chapter DAR and received a national daughters of revolutionary soldiers testimonial. Friends called at her corner East and Washington streets home to offer greetings.
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Eunice Russ (Ames) Davis
Dedham
Mississippi River
Ohio
Davis
Alexander Ames
England
France
William Lloyd Garrison
Wendell Phillips
Old South Chapter
National Society
East
Washington Streets
Sothern Injured on Hamlet Tour in Baltimore
In Baltimore Mr. E. H. Sothern ceased his Hamlet after injuring his foot in New York. A sword in the Laertes duel pierced his toe. he carried on in Boston but the injury worsened in Baltimore, forcing a short layoff with a return next week. J. S. Willard’s company to arrive on the Winifredian from Liverpool next Saturday for opening night at Tremont November 12 with David Garrick and A Silent Woman.
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Baltimore
E. H. Sothern
New York
J. S. Willard
Liverpool
Tremont Theatre
David Garrick
Francis Wilson
Hollis Street
Malabar
Metropolis
J. Cheever Goodwin
Wilson
Ludwig Englander
Joseph
James and
John
Andrew Mack
Boston
Boston Museum
Academy of Music
Mack
Atlantic
London
Cable
Rich & Harris
Steve Victor Herbert
Tremont Temple and area Sunday services listed
Tremont Temple Baptist Church plans a full day with multiple sessions led by Rev. George Lorimer and Rev. Alkan Hudron, including 2:30 evangelistic service, 4:15 temperance meeting, 5:30 youth prayer, and 7:30 sermon. Other churches like Ruggles Street, Dudley Street, First Baptist Commonwealth Ave, and Old South Church also announce morning and evening services by various pastors. Open seating.
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Park Square
Berkeley Temple
Edward Anderson
Christian Endeavor Meeting
Ruggles Street Quartet
Johnson
Clark
Anderson
Truemont Street
M. F. Church
C. E. Davis
Boston
New Century
Erner
Columbus Avenue
Perkeley
L. H. Dorchester
Christian Endeavor
Adams
Mr. Wilson
Cornet
Miss Morse
Rn. Y. M. Christian Union
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Thomas Eh. Payne
Every Day
Herbert Elmer Hopkins
Frank Albion Howard
Harold Leslie Child
Joseph Bruce Burke
Eddie Donlon
J. Sidney Murphy
Warren Fowler
Gray
Coverly
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
Boylston
Berkeley Streets
Lyman B. Sperry
Tremont Temple Baptist Church
George ©. Lorimer
D. D
Alkan Hudron
Brockton
Gilbert Hall
Lorimer
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Tremont Street
J. M. English
Newton Centre
Ruggles Street
Dudley Street
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Practical Chemists
Ayer Company
Lowell, Mass
McKinley
Hamlet
Madge Lessing
Maud Hollins
Mrs. Daventry
Patrick Campbell
Oscar Wilde
George Woodward
Peter Pringle
Woodward
Mme. Tagliapetra
Margaret Townsend
Eact
St. Anthony
Messrs. Wagenhels & Kempner
Kathryn Kidder
Louis James
Norfolk
James
Julia Arthur
Henry Miller
Josie Sadler
Nell Go
New York Theatre
Miss Sadler
Mabel Fenton
Weber & Fields
Cambridgeport Social and Athletic Club
Institute Hall
East Cambridge
Harry Grossman
Methodist
M. J. A. Courtler
Worcester
Rome
Hospitaller Sunday Institute
Washington Street
Bryan
Melvin
THE
Christadelphians
Arcade Fall
Park Sequare
Universal Brotherhood
Hatlis
Mt. Vernon Street
Margaret L. Guild
Fulton
Berkeley Hall
Boston Liberal Forum
John Moore
J. P. Bland
Evangelistic Association OF New
Tremont Temple
Allan Hudson
Presbyterian
Roxbury Presbyterian Church
Corner Warren
Woodbine
J. J. Dunlop
Tremont
F. A. Wiggin
Schubert
First Spiritual Temple
Exeter Street
Hona
Theodore Parker
N. J. Willis
M. R
Minnie M. Soule
Gospel-of- Spirit-Return Society
Assembly Hall
Tinnington Avenue
Universalist
Clarendon
S. H. Roblin
Louise Beattie Homer
G. W. Chadwick
Unitarian
Atheneum
Corner Cottage
Pleasant Streets
Dorchester
Newman
H. H. Saunderson
Entertainments
Mechanics’ Building
Talmon Teteatre
Ecky
JH. G. Tucker
People’s Temple
Columbus Ave
Berkeley St
the Beatitudes
Cesar Franck
Worcester Festival Chorus
Viola Waterhouse
Gertrude May Stein
Louise Bruce Brooks
J. C. Bartlett
Louis C. Black
U. S. Kerr
Herbert Witherspoon
Otto Roth
C. W. Thompson & Co
West Street
Chas
Dalton
the Rebel
Wlek
Hapital
Old South Church
Third Church
George A. Gordon
Hope Chapel
Shawmut
Hamilton
Winter St
Oxford
Francesca Redding & Co
Texas
O'Brien
Havel
Blocksom
Burns Julian Rose Cooke
Clinton Raymond, West
Sunshine Crouch
Er Trio
MUSEE
Daisy Lovering & Co
Florence Moore Talbot & Davison
Wolff & Milton the
Three Celestes
Gilbert Sarong
Folly Trio
Vitagraph
Eden Musee
Tremont St
Tel
Music Hall
Eugene W. Presbrey
Ame
Virginia
Keith
Model Playhouse
Lillian Burkhart
Compan
Hilda Thomas
Lou Hall
Gracie Emmett
Ray L. Royce
Max Walden
Fialkowski
Mal Myota
Javelle
Schuyler Sisters
Dog
Lew Sully
Conway and Leland
Jas
Fitch Thomson
Flatt and Sutherland
Blanche Morrison
Inez Louise Parker
Castellar and Hall
Frank
Lillian Smith
Biograph Pictures
Hans Nix
Estelle
Blazine Beauty Chorus
Glurg
W. Mage
N.Y. Casino
W. A. Brady
Cory Mbi
Promenade DE Luxe
Night Carlisle
Eugene Tompkins
Heatre
Sardoun
Bostonians
Isaac B. Rich
Daniel Froeman
Paine Hall
Appleton St
Henry Jewett & Creat Co
N. Y. Kage
Howard
James J. C
Jolly Grart
Johnnie Carroll
Dika
Lorenz and Halpin
M. Jorbett
Paulo
Bowdoin Ritcamne
Tremont Row
Hasan Ali
Vano
Anvo
Ustin & Stone
RICES
Haymarket
LY Wan B. Sperry
Boylston and
Berkeley Sts
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