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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1890

15 stories in New England's papers

Charity Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1890 · page 2

LAST Wednesday evening a number of ladies and gentlemen gave a most enjoyable concert in the Town Hall, the resultant proceeds to he devoted to the family in very great distress to which…

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The Hibernian Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 2

THE most sanguine anticipations of the most enthusiastic supporters of the Hibernian festival on Anniversary Day were amply realised by the great success of the ball that brought the festivities to a…

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A Typical Deadhead Who Asks for Theatre Tickets

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 2

Walter Gale tells a good story of Roland Reed and the theatrical pass fiend. It was one of Reed's engagements at the Grand Opera House, Chicago. Every seat was sold nightly…

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The Fourth Harmonic Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1890 · page 2

THE evening selected by the Harmonic Society for their fourth concert turned out atmospherically the reverse of promising for a successful issue, Drops of rain kept falling, and were driven with…

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The Picturesque Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1890 · page 2

WE were delighted to find our rosy anticipations realised with regard to the new style of entertainment inaugurated in Glen Innes on Friday evening (the Picturesque Concert) at Mr…

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The Charity Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1890 · page 2

THE Town Hall is of no mean dimensions, yet on Wednesday, on the night of the concert in aid of Mrs. Hawes, it was well nigh filled from floor to ceiling The entertainment provided fully justified…

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Singular Scene at a Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 3

THE great social question among the American colony in Paris is, which of the two princes will get Mrs. Ayers' millions. The two princes entered in the race for them are…

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'The Bachelors' Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1890 · page 2

THE dance given by the bachelors of Glen Innes at the Town Hall on Thursday proved an emphatic success. If it were viewed merely as a sight, it was undeniably a very pretty one; considered…

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My Brother and My Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 2

One of my most amusing reminiscences has to do with a merrymaking, to which one of my brothers accompanied me. It was a large private ball, given by people with…

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The Hospital Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1890 · page 2

THE annual dance festival in connection with the Hospital, that most deserving of local charities, took place in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, and was unanimously declared to be equal in every…

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The Juvenile Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1890 · page 2

ON the night following the ball was kept a-rolling nominally by the Juveniles, yet the assistance they received from those of maturer years made it spin yet more merrily. In the following lines we…

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The Return Ball to the Bachelors

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1890 · page 2

THE bachelors of Glen Innes were phenomenally successful in the dance they gave in honor of the ladies, as has already been chronicled in these columns. The ladies, however, if possible, did even…

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Glen Innes Harmonic Society's Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1890 · page 2

AGREEABLY to announcement, the first concert of the second series was given by the Harmonic Society in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening. The Hall, as is usual on such occasions, was passably…

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The Public School Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1890 · page 2

THE Public School children's concert that took place in the Town Hall on Friday evening was a pronounced success, viewed whether financially or by the merits of the performance. Mr. W…

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Public School Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1890 · page 2

ON Friday last this concert, which met with such public support and appreciation but a few weeks ago, was repeated at the request of several leading residents, in Town Hall, in aid of the funds…

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