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08 Apr 1889

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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1889

Page

8

Amendment agitation and minister reflections on opponents

The Rev James M Gray spoke at the Reformed Episcopal Church on Dartmouth Street last evening about the amendment and its opponents. He cited John D Long as a trusted voice and criticized petitions from rumsellers while noting ministers responses to local option and enforcement questions. He argued for the amendment as practical, praised local option in some areas, and expressed personal reasons for supporting it, including faith, country, and neighbor.

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James M. Gray Reformed Episcopal Church Dartmouth Street Massachusetts John D. Long Tremont Temple Amendment Boston Horace Greeley
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Prohibition Meeting Draws Crowd at People's Church

Dr. Miner notes to spend $1,000,000 by license forces in Massachusetts to defeat the amendment as Rev. Hopkins, from Rochester, argues loyalty and law in liquor debate. A Kansas visitor pays expenses to showcase liquor law evasion while readers are urged to vote on April 22.

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People’s Church Miner A. A. Hopkins Rochester N. Y Alice J. Osborne Park Roberts Massachusetts Hopkins Kansas Jamaica Plain Boston Post
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Prohibition talk carries the message at Bromfield Street Church

A large audience gathered at the Bromfield Street Methodist Church for a prohibition address. Rev R C Brown filled in after Dr A H Plumb failed to appear. Brown argued prohibition has succeeded in Iowa citing empty jails and lower sheriff fees and urged similar enforcement in Massachusetts.

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Bromfield Street Methodist A. H. Plumb D.D Iowa Massachusetts
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Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise sung by notable singers

A charity concert yesterday afternoon at the Union Park Street synagogue for the South End industrial school drew a full audience. B J Lang conducted and organed a transcription of Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise with notable sopranos and altos and a large list of distinguished singers. The performance showed remarkable strength and beauty, though critics noted few defects amid evident audience appreciation.

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Union Park Street South End Mendelssohn B. J. Lang Humphrey-Allen Elizabeth Hamlin L. R. Hooper Noron Lillian Carl Smith Gertrude Wayne Edith Estelle Lorrey Houston-West F. P. Whitney Hattier Whittier Hiram Hall Thomas E. Johnson George J. Parker James H. Ricketson J. Emory Tippett W. H. Wadleigh George W. Want William J. Winch Altos Cleveland-Fenderson Flo . Finlayson Minnie 8. Coffin Oseph W. Homer Mary H. How Louise Kaula Hattie C. McLain John F. Winch Basses Jacob Eeneuli Clarence Hay George E. Holmes Thomas Hooper, Jr Gardner Lamson
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Eulogy on John Bright at Arlington Street Church

The Rev Brook Herford lauded John Bright as a faithful servant and reformer. He traced Bright from Lancashire working class roots to parliamentary influence, noting his Quaker restraint, love of fishing and poetry, and commitment to Ireland and reform while opposing warfare and Home Rule.

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Brooke Herford John Bright Arlington Street England America Lancashire Jacob Bright John Manchester Richard Cobden India Egypt Lord Palmerston Herford Ireland Gladstone United Kingdom United States Bright
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Question on a $10,000 check in Boston from west

Dr. A A Miner of the Columbus Avenue Universalist Church questioned a published report that a $10,000 check, sent from a point a thousand miles west, had arrived in Boston to defeat the prohibitory amendment. He refused to name sources or disclosure, noting a prior claim about payments to John A. Andrew and Linus Childs as counsel in 1867. A nephew of Frank Jones was said to claim $250,000 spent in New Hampshire’s defeat.

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A. A. Miner Columbus Avenue Dr. Miner Miner John A. Andrew Linus Bd. Childs Frank Jones New Hampshire
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Parker House Change to E. S. Prichard Co Firm

The Parker House management will be transferred to E. S. Prichard & Co with Mr Beekman selling his stake. The new firm will take possession April 10, invest 76000 dollars in improvements, relocate offices and the ladies restaurant, add a new china service, and furnish the house. A new partner’s identity is kept private for now. several notable arrivals and guests are listed from cities including New York New Haven and Hartford and San Francisco.

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Parker House E. Oo. Prichard & Co Beekman Prichard Fremont Street China C. P. Clark New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Harrison New Haven Conn Vendome Senator Stanford California Brunswick Charles Sinclair Portsmouth N.H Quincy Brunswick Mine Gwangher M. E. Morrison W. W. Niles William W. Niles, Jr New York H. E. Annis Providence William J. Quinlan, Jr Brooklyn N. Y. Vendome Hudson E. Bridge St. Louis Robert E. Booraem Butte Mont Charles H. Fish P. C. Cheney Manchester N. H W. N. Amory Newark
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Remington Founder Philo Remington Dies at Home

Philo Remington elder of E. Remington & Sons in Kon N Y, born 1816, led the renowned arms firm with his brothers until his death. Known for integrity and philanthropy, he funded churches and Methodist colleges, aiding inventors and the industry’s growth. He leaves a widow and two married daughters, one married to ex Governor W C Squire and the other to H C Furman.

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Philo Remington E. Remington & Sons Kon, N. Y Remington Eliphalet Remington United States Philo Samuel Eliphalet Jefferson Davis War Department Ilion Congress Republic Remington Establishment K. Remington & Sons Victor Place New York Remingtons Europe W. C. Squire Washington Territory H. C. Furman New York City
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Dorchester Yacht Club Honors Soley and New York Meeting

Lieutenant John Soley, Dorchester Yacht Club commodore, named honorary member of the Corinthian Yacht Club of New York and appointed to a committee to standardize measurements. Soley attended the committee’s first meeting in New York as activity rises in yards with launches planned.

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John Dorchester Yacht Club A. J. Frisbee Helen McVey San Diego Frispee’s Commodore Forbes Charles Harty Essex Fredonia New York J. W. Hill Flossie Boylston Street Bray Thomas Rice Nellie D Commodore Dixon Great Head
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Omaha Water Works bonds offered by major banks

The $1,000,000 Omaha Water Works 6 per cent bonds are offered at 98 plus interest by C. H. Venner & Co. Boston and New York W. & P. Smith Philadelphia and Wilson Colston & Co Baltimore. Water works in Omaha’s flourishing market seen safe with earnings exceeding interest. There are over 1600 U S water works, about 900 private, few failures. Bonds are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and have a regular market.

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Omaha Omaha Water Works New York Stock Exchange
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Court notes indictments and beatings aboard ships

The grand jury will report Tuesday with about 125 indictments for lesser offences. Conway F Snell of the Clotilde was fined five dollars for beating a sailor. Charles Downer of the El maranda was fined for a like offence. At the U S Commissioner court on April 6, Downer was arraigned for beating Abraham Gans, pled not guilty and held in two hundred dollars. Snell was charged with assaulting Eric W Eddy and held in two hundred dollars to the present term.

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United States District Court U. S Hallett Charles Downer Abraham Gans Conway F. Snell Clotilde Eric W. Eddy Hugh Cody Henry Birdsall John Collings Edward A. Marshall Marshall James P. Nolan Gaston William Green Joseph J Connerton Henry Flick Alias McCue James Carney Jeremiah F. Houlihan Patrick Sheridan John Adams Charles O. Carter Goldthwait, Silver & Co Timothy Dacey Thomas Gorman William J. Owens Alias Smith Hugh D Tigh John Flaherty Peter Henry William Kelley Patrick Edward T. Nelligan Michael J Ae Thomas Rogers Thomas Turner Walter C. Atwood George Edgerton Henry Millent Amelia Barlow Millent Frederick Yarrow Honora Ragan George E. C. Thompson Thomas F. Bishop John Williams James Butler Dennis Green Thomas Dalton William J. Borman Elisha Young
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Superior Court April 9 Jury Trial List Update

The April sitting of the county court opens Tuesday the 9th for jury trials under Justice William Allen. The docket includes cases across burglary, larceny, embezzlement, and related offenses with many defendants named for trial. equity hearings follow and a large probate list appears for Suffolk County with numerous executors guardianships and accounts to be heard.

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Supreme Judicial Court W. Allen William Allen Suffolk County Mary Amory Clara E. Bancroft Hilas A. Bancroft Sidney Bartlett Jacob Benari Msc Bishop Minor Petion Cora E. Chesley J. Fran Chesley Mary Danforth Catherine Egan Daniel Falion Sarah E. Farnham Frederick Fernald Charles M. Gary Maria Goodell Helen M. Griggs Jane A. Haines William J. Harper Luckley A. Hastings Cynthia Hastings Albert Hobart Joseph J. Hull Helen Jackson Lewis Josselyn Mary A. Joyce Donald Kennedy Letsey K. Lang Alg i W. Lawrence T. Bigelow Lawrence Margaret Agnes Lee Sarah J. Livermore Joseph Mackay Ann E. Tuckerman Margaret McDonald Rebecca Nolan Ephen T. Osborn Luther Parks Ephraim Peabody Catharine V’faff Emily L’ickman John Rein James H. Riley Et al Catherine A. Sears Dorothy Selinger Andrew A. Stone Henry A.thomas M. RK. H. Wales Hannah Robinson Catherine Waters Nelson Welman John Q. A. Williams Robert Nilson Mary Wright Darius A. Martin Julia A. Burt Labana Lydia &. Rotch Sophia H. Gardner Joseph Whitney
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Civil list in order: multiple cases listed by docket numbers

A sequence of case entries is presented with docket numbers and party pairs such as 520 Mahoney et al v Lassett and 2362 Gay v Pearson, plus others including 4920 Connor v Garvey and 1954 Hill v Lincoln et al, 3315 Vlorter v Caswell Jr, 3351 Baker v Stone et al, 4440 Gilvert v Lewin et al, 4811 Reck v Tompson, 207 Polton v Brodbine, 849 Brodbine v Polton, 371 Rand et al v Brewster, 339 Reed v Middlebrook, 518 Hilliard v Parker and tr, 730 Sprague et al v Strange, 1028 Knowles v Walling ord, 1064 Walsh v OLeary, 4435 Johnston v Met Life Co.

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Mahoney Lassett Gay Pearson Connor Garvey Reed Middlebrook Hilliard Parker Sprague Et al Strange Dae A Aa Crane Knowles Wallingord Walsh O'Leary Johnston Meto Life Ins. Co
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Superior First Session Legal Case List Summary

The record provides a series of court docket entries across multiple sessions listing case numbers and party names such as Farnan v Pitcher, Croke v Fowler, Hubbard v Gunsen heiser, Kennison v Fisher, Moynihan v Perry, Rogers v Sarveran, Callahan v Heath, Moody v Butler, Mehan v Boston, Burchell v Boston, Holland v Clark, Rodiman v Nawn, Laine v sane, Murtagh v Whitney, Crosby v Stevens, Glidden v Haskell, Copeland v Rodwell, Lord v Adv Chris, Kyte v Boston, Leard v Folien, Chase v Avery L, Callan v Point of Pines Co, Albano v Henry, Stone v Lockhart, Farmer v farmer, Gordon v Richards, Thompson J, Clarke v Carson, Paul v Matthews, Murphy v American Rubber Co, Fanning v Chal, and many others through multiple sessions, with motions and hearings noted in Fifth Session.

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Farnan Pitcher Croke Fowler Hubbard Gunsenheiser Kennison Fisher Moynihan Perry Rogers Sarveran Callahan Heath Moody Butler Mehan Boston Burchell Holland Clark Rodiman Nawn Kyte Leard Folien Chase Avery L Callan Point of Pines Co Albano Henry Stone Lockhart Farmer
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City Notes and Meetings and Local Notices

A meeting in aid of the Confederate Soldiers Home at Austin Texas will be held in the Old South Meeting House this evening with Colonel Henry Walker presiding. The Boston Advocate has suspended publication. Boston saw 199 deaths last week with 47 from diphtheria. The Unitarian Club meets Wednesday at 6 30 p m at the Hotel Vendome with speakers including George S Hale. Charlestown Artillery Veteran Association plans a 4 Pemberton Square meeting tomorrow to organize for the April 19 camp fire. Mrs Mary Gregory will give illustrated Tremont Temple lectures without notes and with a powerful voice. Those who hear her will be fortunate.

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Austin Tex Old South Henry Walker T. W. Higginson M. J. Savage Charles Levi Woodbury Edward A. Horton John E. Fitzgerald Boston Advocate John D. Powell, Jr Cornhill Pemberton Square Mary Gregory Tremont Temple
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Hare and hound chase at four p.m. in Boston event

In a Hare and Hound run by the Boston Athletic Association the hares Morrison and Beals led by three minutes over eighteen hounds after a seven mile course. J L Batchelder of the hounds finished next at 1 hour 14 minutes after start. Three prizes were awarded, one to each hare and one to the first hound. The hare event finished at Sh. 84am from the start. The Megantic Fish and Game Club expands to forty two square miles with camps in Moose River and Kibby valleys for fall still hunting in northern Maine. The Boston horse show opens Monday at noon April 22 with entries closing April 15 for a prize painting valued at $200 by Scott Leighton for the handsomest horse.

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Boston Athletic Association G. R. Morrison G. W. Beals J. L. Batchelder The Megantic Fish and Game Club Kibby Valley Moose River Kibby Maine Boston Scott Leighton
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Heads Fall at City Hall in Paving Dept Shakeup

Discharges hit district foremen Michael Coyle Francis McCarthy Joseph P. Dunne J H Loughan and J K Crowley with sub-foremen taking charge. Numbering clerk Charles A Clerk also dismissed. Eugene E Sullivan named Mystic division water superintendent. Welch moves to eastern division. Roxbury high school freestone work awarded to Jeremiah Carew for 29210.

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Paving Michael Coyle Brighton Francis McCarthy Boston Joseph P. Dunne Back Bay J. H. Loughan West Roxbury J. K. Crowley Dorchester Charles A. Clerk Eugene 8. Sullivan Mystic Water Department Welch Freestone Roxbury High Jeremiah Carew
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Close of the Teachers Convention in Boston

The Massachusetts Association of Classical and High School Teachers concluded its annual meeting at Boston Latin School Hall. Officers elected for the year include President J W Macdonald of Stoneham High, vice presidents Samuel Thurber Boston Girls High, A L Goodrich Salem High, Byron Grace Boston Latin, J B Sewell Thayer Academy Quincy. Recording Secretary Bradley Cambridge Latin, Corresponding Secretary Curtis Chauncy Hall Boston.

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Massachusetts Association of Classical and High School Teachers Boston Latin School J. W. Macdonald Stoneham High School Samuel Thurber Boston Girls’ High School A. L. Goodrich Salem High School Byron Grace J. B. Sewell Thanger Ad Academy Juincy Bradley Cambrdge Latin School Curtis Chauncy Hall School Boston
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Tur W. C. James Combination Scale Truck Company Debuts

A Boston firm forms Tur W. C. James Combination Scale Truck Company with $1,000,000 capital to integrate perfect weighing scales into vehicles including wagons, baggage trucks, hand carts, coal teams, and freight cars. 20,000 shares exist, 10,000 offered at $8 to $10 per share, 10 percent due at subscription with balance by April 2 1889. Gray & Milliken handle subscriptions at 45 Kilby Street Boston where scale-truck samples are shown.

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Tur W. C. James Combination W. C. James Gray & Milliken Kilby Street Boston
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Pros and Cons of Transit in Boston This Week

The West End Company faces the railroad committee at the State House to argue that Boston lacks need for surface electric transit once citywide electric service arrives. Engineer Thomas C. Clarke questions the system for crowded outer and central areas, predicting limited speed and no full solution. The Ames-Shepard syndicate seeks a charter for a Boston Elevated Railroad like New Yorks Manhattan line, challenging the West End Company to prove its necessity as public focus intensifies over the coming week.

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West End Company State House Railroad Committee Boston Thomas C. Clarke Clarke Cornhill Ames-Shepard Syndicate Boston Elevated Railroad Company Manhattan New York City Sieewan
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Notes on Women and Their Occupations in 1885 Massachusetts

The 1885 Massachusetts census details women's work across sectors from domestic service to manufactures and professional roles. It notes 107 occupations held by women, 112 762 in manufacturing, 14 250 in professional duties, 11 837 in trades, 1311 in government, with seven in fisheries and mining untouched. It also highlights 2581 college-educated women and 167 115 girls in schools, and mentions diverse clubs and Ramabia and Wilcox activities.

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King’s Daughters Lenda Hand Europe Asia Africa Sandwich Islands America Pundita Ramabia Back Bay Bombay Poonah Mitchel Queen’s University Kingston Canada Ella Wheeler Wilcox Massachusetts
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Jackson & Co Hatters Advertise Wide Spring Hat Selection

Jackson and Co a Tremont Street hatter opposite Park Street Church advertise an extensive spring hat selection in every grade as sole agents for R Dunlap and Co of New York claiming to sell more hats than any other house in the city.

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Prohibition K. C. Brown Bromffield Street Burke Dublin Arlington Street Church Parker Mouse Thorndike F. W. Brown E. E. Hing A. H. Russell U.S.A H. QO. Hayden Bitteburg Penn John E. Adams Princeton N. J F. A. Wilson R. Waters Baltimore Jacob Schwab Isaac N. Schwab D. H. Stevenson P. F. Weissman J. Selling George C. Sanborn Northfield E. Robinson Rockland George B. Churchill Lee College J. J. Bussenburg Albany S—B. J. McGee Tynemy Seaman Chicago H. F. Bender Philadelphia H. M. Straussman Jons H. Bibber Eastport B. F. Ray F. M. Phillips Revere C. C. Rounds Plymouth T. E. Patterson Anamosa A.T. Skinner Massillon C. A. Hammond Hartford C. Davis R. W. Stratton Amherst W. H. Morris A. Bosley Ausable W. J. Peabody Minneapolis Minn G. H. Rice Eck Montreal E. A. Struthers Winnipeg Man Washburn Moore Brown Cot. and Woollen Mfg el Equ Chapmanry Hall Rook Leighton Dever V. Kelly Colby E x Iedham Jury-Wai Brookhouse Frost Leston Mar Ins Tohognix Ins.Co Foma Charles Allen Damrell Seen Saine Oliver de Beer Va Jenkins Richardson Ballard Martha’s Vineyard Hills Schiegemilch Kraft Tobin Gillespie Briggs Pet’r Dissoh Lloyd Sain Lilton Horn Worthington Flanders Harding Fenno Barret Same Ka Yo SeOese appelaUib-Hosedts Vig Roessle Duane V. Eliot Vphonix Ins. Co Hse Mar. Ins Whiting Freeman Sinclair Meckhim Crowley Erland Manning O. Vs Pease Ition of Superior Criminal Court Sherman, J Commonwealth Bemis Blizzard Connors Leary McDowall Adams Dacey Gorman Yarrow Rodgers Nelligan Turner Atwood Badenger Saime Butcher Williams Raney Martell Stevens McDonald French Jacobs Fick Ittery Exay Harpy Staples, J J. Clarke Carson Paul Matthews Murphy American Rubber Co Fanning Vy. Chal A Vy B&m Leh Kelly Y Coe Sullivan I—Barker, J Moors Woodford Greely Cook Barry Capen McPherson Whipple Tyler Donald Ooec Pattee Bryden Vercelli Dolliver Scatchard Crine Talbot Wright Bates Lathrop Tirrell Feder Marvin Green Fahey Gher Linehan Hayes Richard v. Greene Schwab Tooney Myers Tighe Lbrennah Galla Ave’t Asso Lattimer Fitch Bishop B. & M. Burg RR Howard Nat. Bank Davidson Barrett Storr Barrett v. Davidson, 2586—Dooley v. Ranchett. Fifth Session—Aldrich, J Kingston, Essex and Edinboro Streets Kingston Street A. B. Crocker Boston Real Estate and Trust City Hall Arn CAE Oak Grove Farm Ruccle’ Street Krankis Jones Washington Street New England Price Sampson, Murdock & Co Franklin Street B. F. Howard Tremont Maia the Weekly Post Baseball Globe Trotters A. G. Spalding City Fifth Avenue Palmer’s Theatre Michael J. Kelly James A. Hart Hart Girard, Penn Worcester Atlantic Association Bostons Worcesters Philadelphias New Yorks Brooklyns Lowell Lowells Dartmouths Indianapolis Chicago Maroons Og Boral Xe Powpur Co Wall St E. OC. Thompson London Waltet Sabon HK. Gay & CO State Strees
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