Central Labor Union faces room crisis and reform debates
A large Central Labor Union meeting debated inflation of attendees and plans to seek free use of Faneuil Hall on the first and third Sundays, inviting public access, while factions argued against political action and Hutchinson Bill. Horace M. Eaton highlighted Boot and Shoe Workers labeling gains and union stamps, with debates on boycotts and organi zation of nail workers and waitresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Wodman Hall
Tremont Theatre
C. L. TU
Faneuil Hall
Executive Committee
Horace M. Eaton
Lynn
Central Labor Union elects officers at Brockton meeting
At the Brockton gathering of the Central Labor Union on April 5 officers were chosen. The group discussed free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, with Senator Teller acknowledging a letter and Elijah A. Morse saying he will present a petition. Officers include Coulter as president and Henry as vice president. A lecture by Rev. McCartney of Rockland on corporations is announced for Parish Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Central Labor Union
Teller
Elijah A. Morse
O'Donnell
Boston Central Labor Union
Charles H. Coulter
The
Plumbers’ Union
E. M. Henry
Sole Fasteners’ Union
George K. Lord
Mixed Union
P. J. Mulligan
Cutters’ Union
Peter Nesbitt
Journeymen ‘Tailors’ Union
Michael Sullivan
Laborers’ Union
Hugh Fahey
Finishers’ Union
James Cusick
Fidge Letters and Trimmers’ Union
Rev. McCartney
Rockland
Show Friendship as Somerville Electric Chief Is Honored
Frank S. Davis severed his connection with the Somerville Electric Light Company Saturday night as its superintendent. Over twenty employees gathered at 5 pm in the workshop as Harry Waugh presented him with a gold watch chain and charm. Davis thanked the group in a graceful speech.
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Frank S. Davis
Somerville Electric Light Company
Mr. Davis
Harry Waugh
Architect William Whitney Lewis's Elevation Plan Letter
Architect William Whitney Lewis proposes an elevated southern union station with an inclined approach to allow carriages and pedestrians access without disturbing street connections. He claims no harbor fill and reduced city expense, noting feasible grade changes and a monument worthy design. April 4. Boston.
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Federal Street
Kneeland Street
Mt. Washington Avenue
Beach Street
Harbor
William Whitney Lewis
Water Street
Boston
Lecky in Jail as Burglary Ring Suspected
Lecky awaits trial in Charles Street Jail while police probe a possible organized gang behind recent flat burglaries. Investigators note patterns matching Lecky’s methods in Harris and Stetson cases, with plunder traced to New York. A mysterious wealthy woman visits him daily, posing as an old relative, while Lecky denies any Boston relatives.
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Lecky
Charles Street
Harris
Stetson
Back Bay
New York
Boston
Is He About to Return A Favor With the Kaser
BERLIN April 5 Guests who visited Prince Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe on his birthday discuss the Kaiser's gift a photograph of the imperial group in a bronze frame. They note changing expressions among viewers suggesting no clear indication of his feelings. The press weighs renewed warmth toward Bismarck and potential guidance in a crisis. Wolff predicts a day when only recalling Bismarck could avert catastrophe, warning of German discontent over his 1890 dismissal. England could block further European expansion in Africa.
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Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Friedrichsruhe
Cologne Gazette
Gazette
Germany
Berlin Neueste Nachrichten
Eugene S.S. Wolff
Herr Wolff
England
France
Africa
Death at Prize Fight Staged in Stable Court Hears Theories
Police in Haverhill and Lawrence arrest six men amid a fatal prize fight. Ingram, 18, died after being knocked down and hitting a hard uneven floor. Autopsy planned. officials consider the blow part of the incident but not the direct cause.
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Ingram
Haverhill
McIntosh
Nova Scotia
Marshal Bailey
Kline
Thompson
Lawrence
Weaver
Duncan McKay
Thomas Gibney
Haverhall
Jack McAuliffe
Harry Gilmore
Broadway
Gilmore
Franklin House
Blair
Fitzsimmons
Peter Maher
Whiskey Found Hidden in Soda Fountain at Somerville Drug Store
In Somerville at 18 Somerville Avenue Eugene Levitan’s drug store was searched by Officers Staples and Carleton liquor squad. A partially filled whiskey bottle was recovered from beneath the soda fountain after a warrant and careful inspection of the premises. Further developments awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Levitan
Somerville Avenue
Somerville
Levivan
Staples
Ira Carleton
Philo Celtic Society Meets at Unity Hall
The weekly Philo Celtic Society gathering at Unity Hall 724 Washington Street drew many students eager to study the Irish tongue. Classes under Professor M C O Shea John J Fernan and M J Mulroy led the evening, followed by a bilingual address and a Sunday program featuring M J Jordan John J Fernan Thomas McCarthy and others. The group voted to attend Friday’s total abstinence celebration at Faneuil Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philo- Celtic Society
Unity Hall
Washington Street
M. C. O’shea
John J. Fernan
M. J. Mulroy
J. H. Sullivan
M. J. Jordan
Thomas McCarthy
M. Dinneen
Mary L. O’connor
M. Lynch
Daniel Lynch
Faneuil Hall
The Gem of the Collection in a Country Museum
Baron X visits a small town museum and is told there is a remaining casket used to store tips from visitors. The museum curator explains the casket holds gratuities left by guests, not jewels, revealing a humorous curio in the institution.
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Baron X
Struck by a gale hits Minnie Anna Bonsall near Watch Hill
The 435 ton lumior laden schooner Minnie Anna Bonsall, sailing from Darien G to New London, lost its main mast and mizzen stay after a Friday gale. Captain Bonsall towed to Block Island, then to New London by tug Colon. Cargo: 288000 feet yellow pine. Vessel 14 years old, from Imington Del. Captain Bonsall calls the voyage unlucky.
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New London
Conn
Watch Hill
Minnie Anna Bonsall
Bonsall
Darien G
Montauk
Block Island
Colon
Newport
New York
Imington
Del
Bonsali
Divorce Petition of Elizabeth Hubert from Harry L Hubert
Elizabeth Hubert of Reading Massachusetts files a libel in Middlesex Superior Court seeking a divorce from her husband Harry L Hubert of Hartford Connecticut. She claims habitual intoxication since October 1896 and requests such decrees and orders as justice requires.
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Superior Court
Middlesex
Elizabeth Hubert
Reading
Harry L. Hubert
Hartford
Connecticut
Boston
Libel Notice In Middlesex Superior Court March 25 1896
The libellant is ordered to publish the libel and court order in the Boston Post for three consecutive weeks and mail an attested copy to the libellee’s residence. The libellee must appear before the Cambridge justices on the first Monday of May to show cause why the libel prayer should not be granted. The clerk, Theo C. Hurd, attests the copy.
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Middlesex
Ss. Superior Court
A. D
Cambridge
Theron
Boston Post
Boston
Suffolk
Theo. C. Hurd
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Spiegelberg firm vs Haas and others court notice
Massachusetts Suffolk Superior Court orders publication notice in the Boston Post. Plaintiffs allege contract claim for three thousand dollars due from G Haas Co. The defendant is not resident. he must appear on the first Monday of May to answer. Clerk J. A. Willard signs the order with attestation.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Superior Court
Samuel A. Blasland
Boston
G. Harry Lester
Binghamton
Couty
Broome
Commonwealth
Boston Post
Jos. A. Willard
A. D
G. Haas & CO
Sidney Cushing
Albert L. Cushing
Charles H
Petition to dissolve the Elofson Soap and Perfumery Company
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in equity hears a petition by a majority of stockholders of The Elofson Soap and Perfumery Company asking dissolution. The firm, located in Boston, has disposed of assets and is not transacting business. petitioners seek dissolution per law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
Elofson Soap and Perfumery Company
Commonwealth
Boston
Edgar C. Achorn
Gustaf Elofson
Notice to Interested Parties in Suffolk Petition
Suffolk ss Supreme Judicial Court orders petitioners to publish an attested copy of the petition and this order once weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post. Publication must end at least 30 days before the first Monday of June. Appear in Boston to show cause why the petition should be granted. By the court C H Cooper Ass't Clerk. April 1 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Marlborough
Holden
Said Marlborough
Cornelius Flynn
Michael O'Connell
Boston
Suffolk
Edward F. Johnson
Boston Post
F. J. Utterson
Supreme Judicial Court
C. H. Cooper
Emma P Ekstrom Sues for Divorce and Custody in Malden
Emma P Ekstrom of Malden files a Middlesex County libel for divorce from John P Ekstrom of New York. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Emma Olssen and custody of their son Johann Ludwig Ekstrom born March 2, 1894. Case dated November 1, 1895.
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Middlesex
Emma P. Ekstrom
Malden
John P. Ekstrom
New York
Boston
Johann Ludwig Ekstrom
Emma Olssen
Timetable of rail departures across New England routes
A dense list of train times and services for Southern Division Manchester Concord Henniker New Boston Nashua Concord Plymouth Claremont and other stations. Includes weekday and Sunday schedules with departures from multiple hubs, connections to Montreal Quebec Chicago and Vermont routes, and notes on variations by station and day.
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Boston
Albany
Wagner
Chicago
L. S
Utica
Michigan Central
KK. R
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
L A. M
NEW York Limited
Gant
Springfield
Washington St
Kneeland St
Beaton
Hanson
Gen
Portland
Augusta
Bangor
Bar Harbox
N. H
Lew Ifox
Manchester
ST. John
Halifax
The
Provinces
Suogaay
ST. Stephen
N. B
ST. Andrews
North Erteableatad
Glen
Awfords
Fabyans
Twin Mountain
Whitefield
Jefferson
Lancaster
Grand Trunk R. R
Maine Central
Wiscasset
Thomaston
Rocks Up
Quebec
North Conway
RAIL
Steavier
Concord
New Boston
North W
BARR
Henniker
North Weare Branch
Hooksett
Suncook
Belmont
Tilton
Eee Anee
Ashgan
Lacinta
Weirs
Plymouth
WARREN _ HAVERHI
Campton
Vonth Woodstock
Os Feug Tewasset Valley
Lisbon
Littleton
A. Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Bristol
Claremont
Norwich
Hanover
Bradford
Johnsbery
Newport
Sherbrook
St. 3
C. Ror
Plyemouth
St. Johns
Chicago and
the West
G. T
C. Ry
Eesoret
Eon
Montreal
Ty. Pessenaer
Bietts Meatrete
Soso
Washington Street
Union Station
Causeway Street
J. R. Watson
Gen'l Pass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central Labor Union and
Aft
Hutchinson
Frank S. Davis Associates
Old Colony Railroad
Dover Street
Boston & Albany
Harrison Avenue
Toy i
HoTet
the Post
Southern Railway
Roa
Somerville Liquor Squad
Sarsaparilla
Hood’s
Amesbury Street
American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Cornhill
A. W. Wheeler & CO
Hanover St
American House
Edward
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Desmond
Jost
Flowers
J.newman & Sons
Tremont ST
HILL
Hill Medicine Co
New York City
A. Willard
Chas. A. Jewell
Dewey’s
Dewey Medical Co
Boylston Street
Francis P. Ewing
Concord Street
James Street
K. E. Fisher
Geo. Coffey
John J. Glynn
Peter Poole
J. McGuire
Geo. Smith
Mary T. Smith
A.C. Dearborn
C. M. Baker
William Hennessey
Geo. R. Noyes
Ladakh
Johnson
Manila
Warren & CO
Milk Street
Boston & Albany Railroad
Railroads
Boston & Maing
R. R
City Ticket Office
Ington Street
Western & Eastern
D. J. Flanders
Geir
Fitchburg Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Fitchburg
North Adams
Williamstown
Troy
Saratoga
Hornellsville
Elmira
Syracuse
Rochester
Watertown
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamiton
Toronto
Detroit
Cleveland
Points
Ory Sane
Pacific Express
Lake Champlain
Keene
Bellows Falls
White Rive Junction
Rutland
Whitehall
Port Edward
Glen Falls
Plattsburg
Adirondacks
Burlington
St Albans
Maine
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montrea Quebec
Vermont
New YO
Canada
New York, New Haven & Hartford
R.R
Oly
Park Square
New Haven
Shore Live
Air Line
Middletown
Fall River
Stonington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Maryland
Providence
New Bedford
Cottage City
Abington
Duxbury
Asfall River
Provincetown
Chatham
Hynnis
WOOD
Leominster
Clinton
Sune
Old State House
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