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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1896
Page
5
Pa patrolman Leahy arrested Sam Lee a Chinese laundryman after spotting a suspicious man place a burning bundle at Luong Chung laundry and flee. The attacker kicked the blaze into the street. Lee was later assaulted and taken to Station 1 unconscious. Court case continued.
A Berne report says George F. Curtis assistant librarian of the U S Congress was seized by Yim Gerrald on suspicion and jailed amid indignities despite a passport and Olney letter. He was released late last night by Berne officials and the U S consul is probing the matter.
At Danvers yesterday the Lawrence bound train, moving fast, faced a child on the track. Engineer reversed and applied air brakes but could not halt in time. Fireman Howard Lowe leapt from the moving engine and dragged the child away from the cowcatcher just as impact seemed certain.
Special train on Rept. 26 leaves Union station Boston Causeway street at 8 15 a m for a Fitchburg railroad excursion through the Deerfield Valley and the Hoosac Tunnel. The trip costs two dollars.
About three hundred fifty members and friends gathered at Lorimer Hall for the first meeting and banquet of the season. Rev John Robertson of Glasgow spoke on reading and study, flags adorned the hall, and sixteen new members were elected. Fifty six more proposals await October action. total paid membership would reach 320.
The Boston Post announces the second edition of its Almanac priced at ten cents for on-hand stock, with a publication price of twenty five cents. It promises full election reports and financial tables across 4382 pages and invites readers to apply at the counting room.
Charles Bacon of 8 Hollis Street was released yesterday after an arrest for bicycle theft, the police stating the arrest was a mistake.
The American stage debut of Les Deux Gosses titled The Two Little Vagrant opened at the Boston Museum under Frohman. The melodrama follows two Parisian boys in the slums with strong casts led by Minnie Dupree and Jessie Busley, praised for superb performances and emotional impact.
James A. Reilly stars in Our Max at Lothrop's New Grand Theatre corner of Washington and Dover streets. The melodramatic climax has Reilly diving twenty feet to rescue a drowning heroine. Ed A. McHugh May Templeton and Charles O'Brien lead strong supporting turns. Vaudeville features Frank Moran Cushman and Holcombe Marshall and Nelson and more.
A fragment notes that beauty declines with hair loss and fading, suggesting mature women are more aware of the effect of aging on appearance while highlighting that hair health remains a concern for all.
An antiquated notice notes Ayer’s Hair Vigor will be heard for one week and will be followed by a product named Nanon, in compact period advertising language.
An eager Columbia audience packed the theatre to see the Byrne brothers in 8 Bells a pantomimic spectacle with clever acrobats a strong supporting company and dazzling stage effects The Von Dales and Coulson sisters receive special praise for acrobatics and dance.
A large Boston audience greeted Denman Thompson as his oxen entered the stage on last night’s performance of The Old Homestead at the Boston Theatre. The crowd’s spontaneous ovation followed his exit from the hay load, marking another record night of remarkable demand for the show. The production featured novel electrical effects including a thunder storm and a realistic Grace Church scene, with musical numbers drawing repeated encores.
Henry B. Dixey opened the final week of his Park Theatre run presenting His Absent Boy a lively comedy. Dixey shines as the henpecked husband while Ida Vernon delivers sharp opportunities for clever work, marking a high point in her career.
Large audience greets Thomas E. Shea in the Boston Bowdoin Square Theatre premiere of The Man o War's Man by James W. Harkins Jr. The naval officer Captain Jack Conway drives patriotic action across New York Honolulu Russia Gibraltar and Nicaragua. Henry Testa plays Captain Haviland with Louise Hoofer Nesmith. Shea is honored with a gold headed ebony cane amid floral tributes. The production runs through the week with Mayor Quincy and numerous officials in attendance.
Gilbert and Sullivan's Gondoliers is staged this week at Castle Square Theatre. The cast includes Clara Lane, Laura Millard, J. K. Murray, Edgar Temple, with music director Hirschfeld leading an assuring orchestra.
The Hollis audience applauded the third week of The Lady Slavey with Dan Daly and Marie Dressler praised for their work. Daly’s Then He Woke Up becomes a hit and Dressler’s Yvette delights the crowd as tickets go on sale for Herrmann’s Hollis engagement starting with a week of matinees.
George D. Day and Allen Reed authors of The Mummy possess substantial talent. Mr. Hilliard aims this season to seal the success he has built in comedy in recent years.
Fourth week of Denman Thompson and George W. Ayers Eidoloscope of New York life The Sunshine of Paradise Alley concludes its first month run at Tremont Theatre in New York.
The Postmaster's drama produced by the stock company at the Grand Opera House last evening drew a large audience. The English piece, a longtime favorite, received frequent applause, while the vaudeville show topped expectations led by William Pruette and Marie Bell.
The Nickelodeon building will reopen this week as the Eden Musee company stages a world famous figures wax display and an annex of anatomical reproductions from medical colleges and scientific institutions. The exhibition promises to be both instructive and interesting to all.
Entertainers including John C. Rice Sally Cohen Eva Williams Jack Tucker and Lillian Burkhart performed skits and musical numbers to lively applause. The program also featured Baby Sinnott Redding and Stanton Witter Peabody Ed J Heffernan and more with acrobatics ventriloquism and dancing plus new cinema shorts from Milan and Spain.
The Howard Atheneum bills a Fields and Hanson led program with Joe Flynn amid parodies and a lineup of acts including Blacksum and Page grotesque acrobatics and Dryden and Mitchell in The Celt and the Gambler. The bill features Stinson and Merton, Valmore, Annie Flatt, Genaro and Bailey, followed by Slattery’s Mishaps and a sequence of living pictures.
The audience at the museum learns of Louis Cyr’s strength as he and his wife and daughter bow after a medal presentation by the professor. A grand display follows with Cyr and his family performing feats of muscular prowess while vaudeville acts entertain nearby.
The London Gaiety Girls performed at the Lyceum yesterday with a cast of clever comedians and handsome dancers. Highlights included The Century Club or Love on a Wheel and The Tramp Astronomers with barefoot dancing by the Chappelle sisters. Next week promises The Twentieth Century Sports.
The article previews Robert Hilliard presenting The Mummy next Monday at the Park Theatre. It notes posthumous revivals of ancient figures in literature and stage, praising imaginative staging as audiences respond to revived Egyptian lore and the piper before Moses.
The expert lady bicyclist Sadie L. Breynton rides a dramatic chute descent to win first prizes in multiple bicycle contests, earning wide regard among local riders who follow her exploits with keen interest.
The Twentieth Century Sports company brings a full day bill from 1 PM to 10:30 PM with one act per piece. Performers include Frank M. Forrest Kelly and St. Claire Hart and Williams Ada B. Downie Ed B. and Rolla White and the Arline sisters. Manager Dunn adds celebrity vaudeville acts such as the Nelsonias Ed Bryant Short and Edwards Victoria Baker Randall Burke and Stewart and J J Fenton the boy baritone.
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