Catalogue of 19th Century Library Selections
A partial Post Free Library catalogue lists numerous works by Charles Reade George Eliot Wilkie Collins Miss Austen Mrs Henry Wood Anthony Trollope and others, with catalog numbers and titles across fiction and related authors. The page enumerates classics including Jane Eyre Sense and Sensibility The Way We Live Now Patriotic and romantic tales, with multiple halves and volumes noted.
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Sven
Post Free Library
Vast catalog of classic works and authors listed
A dense compiled index of titles and authors including well known names like THACKERAY BLACKMORE HARDY DISRAELI FEUILLET THOMAS CARM PUN CHINNELLO and MRS ANNIE EDWARDS. The list pairs hundreds of works with author credits and page or catalog numbers in a bibliographic style record.
Miscellany of 1920s Book Titles and Authors
A fragmented OCR list items numerous works and authors including ERCKMANN CHATRIAN and RHODA BROUGHTON. Entries feature titles such as A DARK NIGHT'S WORK and WATER GYPSIES with author names like GASKELL MEADE and MARGARET GRAHAM.
Notable Titles and Authors in Varied Literary List
A long OCR style catalog lists numerous authors and corresponding work numbers including J Sheridan LeFanu and Marie Ushard among many others. The fragment appears to be a serial or library-style index of titles with author bylines and numeric codes.
Probate Notice in Massachusetts for Morgan Murray
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk probate court cites next of kin and creditors in the Morgan Murray estate. Public administrator Owen A. Galvin seeks letters of administration and Boston Post notices for three weeks ending two days before the April 13 1893 hearing.
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Boston
Suffolk
Boston Post
Joan W. MeéKim
Esquire
Elijatl George
Register
Aommon Wealth
Massachusetts
Magdalen
A. O'Neill
Milton
Edward P. O'Neill
Norfolk
Dedham
George White
Jonathan Cobb
Probate summons in the Collins and Migliardi estates
Massachusetts probate notices cite Mary Collins estate with Margarett McCarthy as administratrix and set a hearing for April 13 1893 in Boston. Notices require publication in the Boston Post and list executor Giambattista Migliardi with claims and debts to be presented and payments made.
Multiple Boston Area Executors Advertised for Estates in 1890s Notices
A series of probate notices from Boston area records announce executors and administratrices for Patrick Morrison Elmer J Woodside Catherine Curley Moses T Davis and others. Each urges creditors to present claims and debtors to pay to the named executor or public administrator in the 1890s Suffolk and city jurisdictions.
Desist Desertion Divorce Petition in Suffolk Court
Lottie V. Waycott of Boston seeks divorce from Samuel A. Waycott of Chicago for desertion since March 15, 1890. She asks custody of two minor children Lottie M. Waycott and Samuel A. Waycott, with such other decrees as justice requires. Publication notice ordered in the Boston Post for May, 1893.
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Massachusettss
Superior Court
Suupolk
Boston
Suffolk
Lottie V. Waycott
Samuel A. Waycott
Chicago
Ilinois
Springfield
Springfield, In Asid Comonwealth, On the Twenty-Fourth Day of July, A. D
Samuel A
Worcester
Notice to American Engineer Publishing Co in Massachusetts suit
In Suffolk County Municipal Court Boston on March 23 1893 William Hugiles of Chicago sues American Engineer Publishing Co and associated trustees for 203 50 and interest. Court orders publication of notice to appear April 8 1893 due to lack of local presence or service.
First Circuit Civil Court Docket Summary
United States Court of Appeals First Circuit lists arguments set for Tuesday with cases including Lie of Maine versus Grand Trunk Railroad, Walker et al versus Windsor National Bank, and United States v. Aldrich et al.
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United States Circuit Court OF Appeals
First Circuit
Lie of Maine
Grand Trunk R.R
Walker Et al
Windsor Nat. Bank
United States
Aldrich
Libels Stir for Liability in Boston Harbor Collision
April 1 note from the Supreme Judicial Court outlines cross libels between Metropolitan Steamship Company and British & North American Steam Navigation Company over damages from the Sept collision in Boston Harbor. Evidence continues with listed counsel and juries set for April 4 and 5 as trials begin.
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Neson
Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court Equity Docket Entries
Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court lists cases for Tuesday including Simmons v Lamb Faxon v Tuttle Williams v Williams Barnes v Barnes Crosby v Unity Wakefield Water Co v Brooks Lincoln Tarbell Cupples Co petition for dissolution and related matters before Justice Tarbell and colleagues.
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Supreme Judicial Court Suffolk
HouMeEs
Simmons
Lamb
Faxon Et al
Petrs
Neednain
Superior Court Sitting Opens After Easter Weather
The Suffolk April sitting begins tomorrow as forecast clears after Easter. Court notes the weather should settle but Easter bonnet duties fall to papa or hubby, as usual.
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Papa
Hubby
N. Y
Divorce Proceedings in Suffolk Court Over Desertion Case
Abby Dyer Moody petitions the Massachusetts Superior Court in Suffolk to divorce Edward F. Moody after more than three years of desertion since March 1 1879. The libellant seeks restoration of her maiden name Abby Dyer and asks for all proper orders and decrees. No children were born to the couple. Dated March 18 1893.
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Massachussetts
Superior Court
Suffolkk
Boston
Suffolk
Abby Oyer Moody
Edward F. Moody
A. D
Abby Dyer
Abby Dyer Moody
Libel Notice Issued in Suffolk Court Proceedings
In Suffolk Superior Court Boston on March 1895 libellant must publish the libel and order in the Boston Post for three weeks and mail or serve the libellee Edward F. Moody with attested copies fourteen days before the first Monday of May to show cause why the libel should not be granted. Clerk Jos. A. Willard presides.
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Suffolk
Superior Court
Boston
A. D
Edward F. Moody
County of
Boston Post
Jos
A. Willard
Henry E. Bellew
Divorce Bill in Massachusetts Court for Evelyn Leighton
Evelyn M. Leighton of Boston petitions the Suffolk Superior Court for a divorce from Joseph Edward Leighton of New York. She alleges habitual intoxication and gross neglect of maintenance since their September 23, 1889 marriage and seeks restoration of her maiden name Evelyn M. Hurd. Dated March 24, 1893.
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Massachussetts
Suffolk
Boston
Evelyn M. Leighton
Joseph Edward Leighton
New York City
New York
Sir Joseph Edwart Leighton
Evelyn M. Hurd
Notice to Libellee in Suffolk Court Libel Case
The Suffolk Superior Court Clerk orders libellant to notify libellee Joseph Edward Leighton of the libel pendency. Publication in the Boston Post for three weeks and registered mail or service fourteen days before the first Monday of May are required to show cause why the libel should not be granted. Attest: Henry E. Bellew.
Notice to Nonresidents in Massachusetts Tort Action
Suffolk Superior Court orders the plaintiff Charles H. Deegan to publish notice to defendants Thomas B. Reiter William H. Conly and West End Street Railway Company. Defendants nonresidents must appear in Boston on the first Monday of May to answer the suit for fifteen hundred dollars arising from an October 13 1892 transaction. Publication runs weekly for three weeks with final notice at least fourteen days before May date. Clerk Jos A Willard. Attorney Henry C Moullican.
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Massachusetys
Suffolk
Superior Court
A. PD
Josepil TH
Nichols
Boston
County of Suffolk
Thomas B. Riter
William H. Conley
Copartners
Pittsburgh
County of Alleghany
State of Pennylvania
West End Street Railway Company
Commonwealth
Boston Post
Oston
Jos, A. Willard
Commonwealth OF Massachus
Charles H. Deegan
Thomas B. Reiter
William H. Conly
Pittsburg
State of Pennsylvania
Jos. A. Willard
Insolvency Notice for John Post Jr Boston Debtor
Warrant issued from the Court of Insolvency against John Post Jr of Boston Suffolk insolvent debtor. Debts and property transfers are forbidden. Creditors meet on April 14 at 2 PM in the Probate building Court Square Boston to prove debts and appoint assignees.
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Boston
Suffolk
John Post, Jr
Court Square
Fred H. Shavey
Messenge
Notice of second meeting of creditors for JOIN SAMPLE Jr
Suffolk county creditors of JOIN SAMPLE Jr of Boston gather for second meeting of insolvency at the Court of Insolvency on April 7 1895 at ten in the forenoon to prove claims. Edgard Hill Assignee in Boston dated March 31 1893 5
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Bennet J. Riseman
Boston
Suffolk County
George E. Curry
Suffolk
Ans
Join Sample, Jr
Edgard, Hill
Eighth Annual Ball of City Ferries Mutual Benefit Association
Social note reports the eighth annual ball at Lyceum Hall. Also mentions Miss May White’s return to Canterbury Noene, the Columbian Rowing Club moving to Jeffries Point, Easter services at local churches, a sermon at Central Square Baptist, and other community items including a street accident, a small fire, the funeral of Annie Jong, and Illiborette Council, D of P, preparing for its fifth anniversary.
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City Ferries Mutual Benefit Association
Lyceum Hall
May White
Canterbury
Noene
White Street
Columbian Rowing Club
Decatur Street
Jeffries Point
Maverick Congregational Church
George J. Ferreira
Saratoga Street
M. E
Frederick M. Gardner
Central Square Baptist Church
James Linott
Chelsea Street
Bennington
Chelsea Streets
Engine 9
Summer Street
Annie Jong
Catherine E. Perkins
Liverpool Street
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Illiborette Council
D. of P
the Ferryman
Dorchester Highlights Include Church Gifts and Local Events
In Dorchester St Anne’s parishioners presented Rev Father Murphy with a costly turnout a bay horse and a new Goddard buggy after high mass. Thomas Twinan and Catherine Keough wed at St Anne’s parochial residence. Lieutenant J P Clark of the Press Cycle Club partners with John Kellar to secure Swift cycles rights in the district. The Jolly Four hold a Music Hall social tonight. Bishop Neely confirmed members in Ashmont All Saints. The West End transfer line dating dispute irks Neponset riders. Electric track work on Neponset line begins on Adams Street. Old Barnard estate on Pleasant Street to be torn down for a three story wooden house by B F Roach. The male choir debuted at high mass. Frank Donohue praised. Electric Four social planned with Commonwealth Orchestra in Music Hall. Grove Hall.
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Father Murphy
St. Anne's Catholic Church
Neponset
Goddard
James P. Kelley
Thomas Twinan
Catherine Keough
St. Anne’s Church
J. P. Clark
The
Press Cycle Club
Dorchester
John Kellar
Swift Cycles
Charles Hunt
Andrew Housman
John Hunt
Connors
C. Shultz
Charles Simpson
Bishop Neely
Maine
All Saints’ Church
Ashmont
Talmage
Baker Memorial Church
Upham’s Corner
West End
Adams Street
Neponset Avenue
Barnard
Pleasant Street
B. F. Roach
Downer Avenue
Frank Donohue
Electric Four
Music Hall
Commonwealth Orchestra
Grove Hall
Grand benefit ball honor to Professor H F Munroe in Armory Hall
Cambridge reports a grand benefit ball for Professor H F Munroe in Armory Hall Central square with Miss Adams orchestra providing music. The column also reflects on former State House representative Al Lynch and local civic progress including First street extension, land values, and a $2.5 million valuation increase, noting Harvard Square.
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H. FE. Munroe
Armory Hall
Central Square
Miss Adams
Fooking
al” Lynch
State House
Ward 2
Albert
A. R. Bayley
First Street
William E. Doyle
Damon Safe & Iron Works Company
Tam
Harvard Square
Somerville Club Installations And Church Events
Beacon Light Temperance Reform Club installed officers at Hadley Hall East Somerville and Mrs George O Brastow Tent took charge of its new Social Hall headquarters. An Easter sale and entertainment was held by the Kings Daughters at the Unitarian Church Highland Ave. West Somerville organized a new club with officers led by F E Willard and a finance committee. Franklin Street Sunday School observed its thirty eighth anniversary with 730 pm vestry exercises. Gerald Danforth Bean will marry Mamie Beals Rich at the Rich home 50 Pinckney St. Winter Hill Baptist Church U P S C E and other youth groups met at the Winter Hill church for Easter tomb observances. Oup PowpER House.
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Beacon Light Temperance Reform Club
Hadley Hall
East Somerville
George O. Brastow
Social Hall
Union Square
King’s Daughters
Unitarian Church
Highland Avenue
West Somerville
F. E. Willard
M. L. Davis
William L. Hill
B. Earles
H. F. Saunder
H. K. Glidden
O. W. Tholander
Franklin Street
Gerald Danforth Bean
Mamie Beals Rich
John D. Rich
Pinckney Street
Winter Hill
Dr Dewey Offers Free Two Week Catarrh Cure Trial
Dr Dewey the specialist at 40 Tennyson Street near Columbus Avenue Providence depot urges all to test his new method for curing catarrh and offers two weeks of treatment free. He claims success in lung troubles rheumatism and dyspepsia after others failed. His personalized blood medicines are prepared for each patient. All afflicted should seek him.
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Dewey
Tennyson Street
Columbus Avenue
Providence Depot
St Augustine YWCA Elects Officers and Plans Fast Day Ball
The St Augustine YWCA in South Boston elected President John J. Wilson and vice presidents James F. Creed and Daniel A. McCarthy with Martin G. Foley as recording secretary. A Fast Day ball at Norris Park was arranged, with Father Harkins likely to pitch. The group features M. F. Carey Joseph Doyle and Joseph Connelly among others. Upcoming events include Mount Washington Carnival Association meeting April 9, Aids Club ball April 18, Sherman Club concert April 16, and Tammany Club ball April 12. James Sweeney gave a sacred concert in Bethesda Hall.
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St. Augustines Y. W. C. A
John J. Wilson
James F. Creed
Daniel A. McCarthy
Martin G. Foley
Norris Park
Father Harkins
M. F. Carey
Joseph Doyle
Joseph Connelly
Mount Washington Carnival Association
Institute Hall
Aids Club
Bethesda Hall
Sherman Club
Tammany Club
Odd Fellows
City Point
Charlestown Society Plans June Celebration and Evening Events
Charlestown groups organize a June seventeenth celebration with a president and committee listing D. B. Shaw and others. A Unique Social Club concert impressed in Monument Hall. Cadets observe Fast Day with a party at the armory and a minstrel show proceeds at Parochial School Hall.
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St. Francis de Sales Y. M. C. T. A. and
L. Society
D. B. Shaw
T. J. Brinnin
E. J. Flanagan
John F. Thornton
J. V. O’hara
Francis P. Turnbull
Monument Hall
Charlestown
Armory
Matthew T. A
Ladies’ Aid
James E. Hayes
J. T. Miles
F. Leary
I. F. Reynolds
J. H. King
Easter Services and Local Events in Chelsea
Special Easter services were held at churches across Chelsea with vesper activities at the First Congregational Church and high mass at St. Rose Church. An Easter concert by the Braham Concert Company featuring notable artists accompanied by the Unity quartet occurred at the Academy of Music. Tonight hosts the Auburn Associates annual ball at Pythian Rink.
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First Congregational
Chestnut Street
St. Rose Church
Father Mulligan
Gertie Keenan
Academy of Music
Common Council
City Hall
St. Rose T. A. and B. Society
First National Bank
L. B. Bates
East Boston
Braham Concert Company
Madame May Benzing
Madame Marie Maiie Bell
Joseph L. White
T. EE. Johnson
Emanuel Fiedler
Unity Quartet
Church of the Unity
Boston
J. Benzing
Aimee FE. Dammers
Leon Keach
John J. Braham
Aimee E. Dammers
Chelsea
Auburn Associates
Pythian
Ferryman
Warren Gains Weight After Remedies Failure
Local brief notes Warren finds weight increase despite attempts to slim down after taking two bottles of advertised remedies. West End Street Railway trials new security registers in Division 9 cars made by the St. Louis Register Company with plans to roll out city wide. Upcoming electric cars will run Oak Square to Bowdoin Square via Cambridge. new cars are stored at Oak Square car house awaiting completion of arrangements.
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Warren
St. Louis Register Company
Oak Square
Bowdoin Square
Cambridge
Beacon Park
Real Estate Transfers Between Private Parties
Henry J. Bowen sold estate No. 45 O street to Willian Buckley for M. F. Bell. Three lots on Earl street totaling 45838 square feet sold to Old Colony Railroad Company from B. C. Hurll. Four lots on Ewer street totaling 4696 square feet sold to Old Colony Railroad Company from G. F. Davis. A lot 1695 square feet sold to Old Colony Railroad Company from J. R. Ferguson. Estate No. 178 Dorchester Street with dwelling and 1688 feet of land sold to J. Quinn from T. P. Titcomb for $5500.
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Henry J. Bowen
O Street
Willian Buckley
M. F. Bell
Earl Street
B. C. Hurll
Old Colony Railroad Company
Ewer Street
G. F. Davis
J. R. Ferguson
Dorchester Street
T. P. Titcomb
J. Quinn
Chicago World's Fair security quip sparks city debate
A Texas Siftings quip mocks Chicago crime fears surrounding the World’s Fair. The New Yorker and a Chicago resident exchange wry lines about robberies and murders, suggesting crime would vanish as soon as the fair opens.
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New Yorker
Chicago
Texas
Remarkable $16 Sideboard Draws Crowds at Paine's Warerooms
The price of sixteen dollars, listed in another column as the cost of a superb new sideboard at Paine's Furniture Wareroom, 48 Canal Street, Boston, is correct and attracting many readers. The bargain draws crowds to these warerooms.
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Paine
Canal Street
Boston
Miss Madison Square Duel Over Widowed Suitor
In Texas Siftings a dialogue scene unfolds as Miss Madison Square notes Mrs. Fisher would not mind marrying the young man. Miss Sharpgirl counters that a widow choosing a husband should pick one who proves reliable.
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Pdrance Vile
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George Eliot
Silas Marner
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Jacob
Janet
Theophrastus
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Rudolph Gordon
Little Grand
the Marchioness
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Rimbi
Don Gesualdo
Wilkie Collins
Florence Marryat
the Girls OF
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Petron EL
Tor
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Sir Walter Scott
Perth
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Jane Eyre
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Walter Besant
Miss Austen
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
North Anger Abbey
B. L. Farjeon
Marvel
Henry Wood
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Pomeroy Abbey
Rose Lodge
Paris
Anthony Trollope
Miss MacKenzie
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TRISH
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O'Kellys
Plumpington
Castle Richmond
Phineas Redun
Allington
Ralph
M. C. Hay
New England
Maitland OF
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Miss Mulock
Ogilvies
John Halifax
Avillion
Happy Isles
Mrs. Oliphant
ATS
Caleb Field
Miss Marjoribanks
Lady Jane
Whitesadles
Sear
Sore
Tita
Adam Graem
Mary
Jules Verne
Robinson’s School
Sandorf
Mathias Sandore
Ae A. Sandorf
Charles Lever
ST. Patricks
Norcott's
Davenport Dunn
Luttrell
Arran
Paul Gosslett
Sir Prooks Fossbrooke
Hale Brooks Fossbrooke
Miss Braddon
Birds OF Prey
John
Company
Robert Ainsleigh
Dudley Carleon
Wyllard’s Weird
William Black
Green Pastures
Oliver Goldsmith
Ceisisteates Brown
Thule
Georgiana M
Craik
Leslie
Tyrrell
Godfrey Helstone
Amelia B. Edwards
R.E. Francillon
Copheta
Jack Doyle
Man With the Three Eyes
Rkopes OF
James Payn
Carlyan
Henri Greville
Artadne
Mania
Sonta
Anton Malissof
Ogberoff
Sylvil
William Makepeace Thackeray
Lovel
W Iti KI
Viginia
Barry Lyn bOx
James Grant
Legends OF the Black Watch
Dick Rodney
Captain OF the Guard
Queen's
Torthorwald
G. Manville Fenn
Goblin Rock
Portwick
Rosary Folks
Marryat
Africa
Edmond About
Captain Bitterlin
Octave Feuillet
Onesta
Venice
Jeanne
Punchinnello
K. D. Blackmore
Mary Anerly
Cradock Newell
Christowell
Thomas Hardy
Ethelberta
Thomas Carlyle
Goethe
Benjamin Disraeli
Duke
Coningsby
Ixion
L. B. Walford
Pauline
MR. Smith
Annie Edwards
Point OF
Susan Fielding
Erckmann-Chatrian
Frederick
Rhoda Broughton
L. T. Meade
David's Little Lad
James
Margaret Graham
Phillip
Augustus
Russell
Frances Mary Paard
J. Sheridan Lefanu
Uncle Silas
Parker Gilmore
Miss Thackeray
Elizabeth
Lola
Fina
Madame Pu Sey
H. Lovett Cameron
Catherine King
Hugh Melton
Victor Cherbullez
Jean Tepcrol
Samuel Brohl & CO
Eritz Reuter
Andrew
India
R. Hamilton Lang
Cyprus
Jules Tardieu
Eliza Tabor
Jennie
Hope Meredith
Fetherstone Haugh
Lil
Ernest Fritz
Sir Harry Hotspur OF
Humblethwaite
Teleon
Madame Necker Ea
Allingon
Jule All
Alling
Ds.mond
Worrester
Marie Ushard
Laura M. Laura
Ellen B. Barrett
Ellen Barrett
Siia
Michael J. Cred
Jania, Stamm
John W. Ferguson
Joan W. McKim
Elijah George
Arthur Hydolbearke
Mary E. Dolbeare
Admx
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mary Collins
Sul County
Margaret McCarthy
Dudge
Eliliatl George
Totice
Cat
Erina Migliardi
Catherine Megliardi
Catharina Macagna
Giambattista Migliardi
Joey N. Pastenz
Tremont Street
Miss
Andrew Wiggin
Stratham
Rockingham
New Hampshire
Joseph F. Wiggin
Malden
Middlesex
James Cronin
Joseph N. Pastene
Patrick Morrison
Catharine J. Coyle
Elmer J. Woodside
Milton F. Roberts
Medford
Mass
George E. Noward
Annie J. Howard
William A. B. Matthews
Uxecutors
Catherine FE. Curley
John J. Curley
Green Street
Jamaica Plain
Noel CF
Moses T. Davis
Pub
Admr
Superion Court
Commonwealth OF Massachsetts
William Hugiles
Cook County
State of Ilinois
American Engineer Publishing Company
Park Manufacturing Company
American Steam Gauge Company
George FE. Mitchell
A.D
John F. Brown
O.G. Sleeper
Edward A. Willard
Henry C. McLuhan
United States District Court
Supreme Judicial Court For the Commonwealth
Henry C. MouLircan
Somerville
South Boston
Brichton
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