New Head of Boston Stock Exchange Elected
Charles C. Jackson was chosen as president of the Boston Stock Exchange, with Henry K. Higginson as vice president and Sydney Chase as treasurer. Frank A. Day and Ezra H. Baker retired from the governing committee under the yearly renewal plan. Parkinson, Tewksbury, Emery, Paine, and Dodd elected for two years.
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Boston Stock Exchange
Frank A. Day
Ezra H. Baker
Charles C. Jackson
Henry K. Higginson
Sydney
Two Safe Blow-ers Captured at Back Bay Station
Two colored safe blowers named George Dorsey of Buckingham Street and Curtis Mountjoy of Chicago were seized at Back Bay station within hours after blowing a Jamestown New York safe. They had planned the attack for weeks, carried about $150 in cash and a guest money box, and were en route to Boston when detained. They had worked at Hotel Clifford that summer.
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Police Department
Back Bay
Jamestown
N. Y
George Dorsey
Buckingham Street
Curtis Mountjoy
Chicago
Clifford
Johnson
Albany
Boston
Dorsey
Bell
New York
English Cricketers Defeat Philadelphia Eleven by Seven Wickets
Kent county team from England beat the all Philadelphia cricket side by seven wickets. Philadelphia made 128 and 194 in two innings, while Kent replied with 132 and 191 for three wickets.
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Philadelphia
Kent County
England
All- Philadelphia
All-Philadelphia
Kent
What is bile and a patent remedy claim
The article explains bile as a liver secretion aiding digestion and bowel movement. It promotes health and its absence causes indigestion and congestion. It promotes biliousness also notes a pill remedy Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills claimed to cure biliousness constipation and headaches in one night with gentle liver stimulation and a nightly dose.
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Smith
W. F. Smith
Milk famine shadows Boston as new milk combine looms
A Boston milk crisis deepens as a proposed Milk Combine plans to enter the field in support of the union. Stockholders would be farmers within 200 miles, with Judge Levi Wallace of Ayer Mass as president and F O Beal of Bangor as vice president. Various districts pledge 40 cents a can to hold back shipments until terms are met, signaling broad local backing for the strike and a fight over prices.
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Boston
Levi Wallace
Ayer
Mass
F. O. Beal
Bangor
United States
Gallinger
Concord
N. H
Mead
Rutland
Robert McArthur
Biddeford
Graustein
Littleton
Acton and
Marlboro
Milk Producers’ Union
William A. Graustein
Graustein & Co
West Warren
Brookfield
Suncook Valley
Suncook Valley District
Saxton’s River
Canaan
Wilton
Barry
Elliott
Fearon Mary Fearon obituary at Chelsea
Mary Fearon beloved wife of Michael J. Fearon. Funeral from her late residence 201 Con re avenue Thursday morning at 8 o clock followed by a mass at St Rose Church at 9 o clock. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend.
Train Wreck Kills Engineer and Crew Near Glen Mary
In Chattanooga Tenn on September 27 a Cincinnati Southern passenger train No 2 derailed near Glen Mary. The engine baggage express and mail cars left the track. the engineer and several crew members were killed.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cincinnati Southern
Glen Mary
Iron Ox Tablets Promoted As Safe Nervous System Tonic
An advertisement extols Iron Ox Tablets as a safe tonic that builds up the nerves and purifies the blood misrepresenting stimulants as harmful. It contrasts tablets with alcohol based liquids, claims no habit formation, and urges purchase of a 50 tablet case for 25 cents from The Iron-Ox Remedy Co of Detroit, Michigan.
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Iron-Ox Remedy Co
Detroit
Mich
Columbia Theatre Reopens With Erminie Revival
The Columbia Theatre reopened under Sam and Lee Shubert with a transformed interior and luxurious additions. Francis Wilson leads a celebrated Erminie revival, drawing a large Boston audience amid praise for cast, scenery, and overall production.
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Columbia Theatre
Sam 8
Lee Shubert
Boston
Columbia
Albert C. Pray
H. C. Whitney
Brookline
Walter C. Codman
Eldridge C. Curtis
Charles Durgin
James Carney
Minett
Wallace Schier
Franklin J. Sturgis
Sturgis
James Connelly
Franklin C. Abbott
Frazer Bartlett
Richard Newman
Francis Wilson and Company
Jacobowski
Amusement Bill Showcases Mil daire and Winter Favorites
At the AT THE PLAY venue, Charles Mildaire the English mimic and whistler, and Winona Winter with her father Banks Winter’s ballad singing drew applause and encores. The sketch Mag Haggerty's Father with Thomas J. Ryan and Mary Richfield provided the chief comedy. A variety of acts including Mlle Amoros, Tony Wilson and Mlle Heloise, Brandon and Willey, and many others filled the program with Trapeze, horizontal bars, and musical novelty.
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Charles Mildaire
Winona Winter
Banks Winter
Mag Haggerty
Thomas J. Ryan
Mary Richfield
Mr. Ryan
Miss Richfield
Brandon
Willey
Corbett to Headline At Howard Atheneum Show
James J Corbett headlines the Howard Atheneum program in a bid to land a return match with Jeffries. The card features Corbett’s exhibition of training styles and blows, a three round bout with Yank Kenny, and a showcase by the Garrisons in the variety section.
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James J. Corbett
Jeffries
Howard
Corbett
Yank Kenny
Garrisons
Cracker Jacks Open at Lyceum Theatre with New Show
Bob Manchester's Cracker Jacks began a week at the Lyceum Theatre with a fresh program. The bill includes a grand picture act, Dr MUN Yon Outdone novelty, Bob Van Osten as the duck-nosed eccentric, plus Held and Trimble singers, the Jacksons boxers, Wang doodle quartet, Howard and North, Ferguson and Mack, and a colorful burlesque with cotton field scenery and Venus Queen Ruby Leoni.
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Bob Manchester
Lyceum Theatre
Munyon
Bob van Osten
Held
Trimble
Jacksons
Wangdoodle
Howard
North
Ferguson
Mack
Ruby Leoni
Man With the Duck Nose
Lyceum
Nickelodeon Delights Audiences With A Varied Vaudeville Bill
A popular house drew large crowds yesterday with The eight Pansies a colored troupe, the McGee brothers famed juvenile boxers, Carey the Canadian Samson and Professor Miller the broom king. The Woman in Red company and others performed refined vaudeville in the theatre with amateur night on Friday.
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McGee Brothers
Carey
Samson
Miller
Woman In Red” Company
Eddie Giguere
Joe Harris
Dolly Weston
Annie Batchelder
Ossified Kentuckian draws crowds at Austin and Stone's Museum
Julius Sanders, a half man and half ossified figure, drew thousands to a daily reception at Austin & Stone's Museum in Louisville yesterday. Spectators could inspect where ossification begins and ends while physicians studied the curious exhibit. The show also featured Herbert the man of mystery, Athletic Cohen, Mme Welch with long hair, Snakerines, and Mlle Duclos’s six daughters in art poses. a vaudeville lineup of thirty stars completed the program.
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Julius Sanders
Austin & Stone's Museum
Sanders
Herbert
Athletic Cohen
Mme. Welch
Mlle. Duclos
Kirke La First Week Advance Seat Sale News Note
Advance sale of seats for the initial week of Kirke La theater engagement is announced, detailing dates, venue, and ticket availability. Local box office reports high demand as patrons line up for early access.
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Kirke la
Peruna praised by families and public figures alike
A testimonial notice extols Peruna as a universal remedy for coughs colds and catarrh within families. Louis J Scherrinsky of Atlantic Iowa and Congressman George H White of Tarboro N C vouch for its benefits in treating grip catarrh and related ailments urging others to seek Dr Hartman’s advice if not satisfied.
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Louis J. Scherrinsky
Locust St
Atlantic
Iowa
L. J. Scherrinsky
Peruna
George H. White
Tarboro
N. C
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Virginian drama opens at Majestic Theatre in Boston
Shelle and Owen Wister present a stage version of The Virginian at the Majestic. Dustin Farnum stars as the Virginian after selection by LaShelle from many applicants. The Boston audience showed strong interest with high ticket demand for the premiere. Other principal cast members include Merston Wheeler Holliday Meadock Campeau Yorke Bishop Stanley and Sothern.
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Cadeaum
Francis Wilson Ravennes
William Broderick Chevalier de Brabazon
Signor Perugini Eugene Marcel
Albert Parr Marquis de Pomvert
Joseph Fay Simon
William Laverty Dufoir
Patrick Wallace Erminier
Marguerita Sylva
Captain Delaunay
Jessie Bartlett Davis
OUEG
Isc
William Broderick
Ravennes
Mr. Wilson
Madge Lessing
Janette
Jennie Weathersby
Signor Perugini
Albert Parr
Brugene
Marcel
Wilson
Erminie
Lieutenant Denton
LaShelle
Arizona
Theodore Merston
John Wheeler
Harry Holliday
Thomas Meadock
Frank Campeau
Lucille Yorke
Frances Bishop
Florence Stanley
Ella Sothern
Merchants and Manufacturers Exposition to Open in Boston
A grand fair led by the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association opens at the Mechanics' Building next Monday with a 10 o'clock ceremony and Creature and his band. Daily concerts run for three weeks, then Kitten's Band occupies the fourth week. Highlights include government exhibits from War and Treasury, baby incubators, and a Midway of Fairyland featuringOrient and Occident scenes, Eskimo village, Japanese tea garden, Geisha, Chinese seers, and other curiosities.
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Boston
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Mechanics
Creatore
Kitties
War and Treasury Departments
Fairyland
Orient
Occident
Eskimo Village
Will
New Palace Theatre Burlesque Bill Delights Crowds
Louis Robie's Knickerbocker Burlesquers headline at the Palace Theatre this week delivering strong comedy and dazzling musical numbers. The Musical Babies and Jewel Ballet drew applause, with Reilly's Speech and The Isle of Dinky Doo as highlighted pieces. Standout acts included Frank Finney, the Knickerbocker Four, the five Normans, Reid and Gilbert, the Amatos, and Hawthorné and Burt.
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Louis Robie
Palace Theatre
Reilly
Frank Finney
Knickerbocker
Reid
Gilbert
Amatos
Hawthornté
Burt
Steinert Hall to Host First Pianola Concert
Steinert Hall presents the inaugural piano player concert this Saturday afternoon October 3 at 3 o'clock. Soloist tenor George Deane will perform Coleridge Taylor's On away Awake Beloved and Chadwick's Before the Dawn with pianola accompaniment.
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Steinert Hall
George Deane
Coleridge Taylor
Chadwick
Melrose Mayor Nominates Election Officers
Mayor Sidney H. Buttrick named election officers at a special Melrose meeting. The board sent the nominations to the committee on nominations after brief remarks, recording an 11 minute session before adjourning.
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Melrose
Sidney H. Buttrick
Board of Aldermen
Committee On Nominations
Miss Galland Shines In Dorothy Vernon Of Haddon Hall
Bertha Galland stars at the Chestnut Street Opera House Philadelphia delivering a spirited performance in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall. Paul Kessler adapts Charles Major's novel into a brisk Elizabethan romance with comedy and drama that elicits laughs and thrills from an immense audience.
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Philadelphia
Bertha Galland
Chestnut Street Opera House
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Hall
Paul Kessler
Charles Major
Miss Galland
Major Alexander McCullough Stetson dies in Swampscott
Major Stetson once owned the Astor House in New York and served on Colonel Ellsworth’s regimental staff in the Civil War. He built the Hudson River railroad from Buffalo to Albany and commanded the yacht for King Edward's royal visit to West Point. Born Baltimore October 14, 1833, he died of Bright's disease. He leaves a daughter, a brother and a sister.
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Swampscott
Alexander McCullough Stetson
Astor House
New York
Elmer B. Ellsworth
Hudson River
Buffalo
Albany
King Edward
West Point
Baltimore
Bright
Nickerson Nominated Councillor By Republican Rally
Middleboro report Roland C. Nickerson of Chatham was unanimously nominated for Councillor at the first district Republican convention held in Town Hall today. The gathering approved Nickerson by a unanimous vote signaling strong party backing.
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Middleboro
Roland C. Nickerson
Chatham
Town Hall
The Most Soul Distressing of All Diseases
A medical notice extols asthma as a severe afflicted condition and touts Koch Inhalations from Koch Lung Cure in Boston as a cure. It promises rapid relief from paroxysms, cites past patient recoveries, and offers free initial consultation and treatment at 361 Boylston Street.
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Boylston Street
Boston
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Henry T. Waite
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Bert Goff
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Emnma Krause
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Clara Adams
Howard Atheneum
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Charles Parsons
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