Courts and Public Notices From April Sessions
United States District Court finds Carpenter guilty of cruel punishment of seaman Sam Payne on the ship Annie M. Swall. master Howes meanwhile tried for beating another seaman. Superior Court reports include multiple civil actions, mechanic’s lien, land sale, and damages cases across sessions, with verdicts awaited, trials ongoing, and numerous uncontested divorces listed.
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United States District Court
Carpenter
John J. McCurdy
Annie M. Swall
Sam Payne
Payne
Alf
Honky J. Howes
J. M. Browne
F. D. Allen
United States
Young Republican Club Meeting Hears Blaine Name Cheered
The Republican Club of Massachusetts held its first public meeting at Music Hall. Attendees included Roger Wolcott, Secretary Tracy, Senator Aldrich, General Woodford, and several congressmen. Key speeches praised Blaine and republican reform, with calls to cut patronage and strengthen civil service. The gathering showcased party unity and plans for statewide campaigning.
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Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Music Hall
Blaine
Roger Wolcott
Tracy
Aldrich
Rhode Island
L. Woodford
New York
Congressmen Lodge
Morse
Walker
Greenhalge
Brackett
Wolcott
Congress
Congressman Walker
Alps
Rome
Hannibal
Capua
Republican Party
National Committee
Navy Yards
Lincoln
Seward
Chase
Sumner
Rant
Logan
Andrew
Henry Wilson
Wich
Harrison
Berlin
United States
Messrs. Phelps
Kasson
Bates
Germany
Great Britain
Canada
International Marine Conference
Brazil
Navy Department
Boston
Washington
Hatever
Navy Yard
Wsld
Navy
Department of
Democratic Party
New England
Cleveland
Woodford
Stewart L. Woodford
Castle Garden
General Woodford
Cambridge
Senator Hoar
George F. Hoar
Iracy
Josiah Quincy
Republican State Central Committee
Republican
Commonwealth
Elections Committee
Somerville Council Divides Over Police Pay and Budgets
Somerville city business last evening included a change in fire department officer elections and a $204,000 bond issue. Edward B. West was elected overseer of the poor in Ward 2 for four years. The budget list shows major and minority positions on police pay, with the council split over raising patrolman and sergeant wages. The majority backed the budget, while the Common Council voted to substitute the minority pay proposal. The major accounts include fire, health, highways, debt interest, police, schools, sewers, and public grounds, totaling $474,250, plus specified water contract income allocations for water maintenance and extensions.
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Somerville
Jones
Phillips
Common Council
Fire Department
Health Department
Interst
City of
Boston
Pilgrim Fathers in Holland pamphlet issued for Delfshaven monument debate
A pamphlet from the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society reprints Rev. W. C. Winslow’s New England Historic Genealogical Society address on Pilgrims in Holland. It reviews their life, authorities, and treatment, and weighs Delfshaven monument proposals for readers seeking an informed view.
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Pilgrim Fathers
Holland
W. C. Winslow
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Deiftshaven
Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society
Delfshaven Monument
New York
Royal Baking Powder praised for strength and purity
The advertisement touts Royal Baking Powder as superior due to careful manufacture, pure ingredients, accurate mixing, and freedom from harmful substances. It claims strong sales, consistent results, and twenty five years of public trust, urging customers to return substitutes and insisting there is no substitute for Royal.
Delightful Park Street Church program by King’s Daughters and Sons
The King’s Daughters and Sons held a two part event at Park Street Church with Mrs. Joseph Cook presiding at 2 pm. speakers included Ex Governor Brackett and Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis. Evening session led by Professor Luther Townsend featured Rev Griffis and Rev Miner. The group discussed its origins and social work, with poems and songs honoring Mrs Dickinson and Mrs Doolittle.
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Park Street Church
Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons
Joseph Cook
C. W. Purrington
Charlotte L. Doolittle
W. C. Bailey
Elizabeth P. Gordon
Massachusetts W.v.t.a
Brackett
Kate L. Brown
Isabella Charles Davis
Liela E Kelly
Mary Lowe Dickinson
Luther T. Townsend
Boston University
William I. Haven
John T. Magrath
William E. Griffis
A. A. Miner
Alice Hutchinson
Rosalie Childs
Elizabeth N. Emerson
Dickinson
King’s Sons
Davis
Mr. Moxom
Harvard Overseers Meet Shortening College Course Proposals
The Harvard Board of Overseers met at 50 State Street to vote on faculty proposals to shorten the college course. Resignations and committee assignments were noted, Briggs was elected dean, and the board split on four recommendations, approving some changes to degree requirements and timelines, while rejecting others by wide margins.
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Flarvard College
State Street
Solomon Lincoln
Esa
H. P. Walcott
George W. Wales
le Baron Russell Briggs
A.M
Harvard College
Messrs
Henry W. Putnam
Roger Walcott
Board of Overseers
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University
Messrs. Putnam
F. C. Lowell
Hoar
Green
Wolcott
G. B. Shattuck
Rawle
Lee
R. M. Morse
Peabody
Russell
Beaman
Hemenway
A. P. Peabody
Saltonstall
Wetmore
Bacon
Torrey
Sprague
Lincoln
Yoas
G. Nays
Messrs. Coolidge
C. Lowell
Iloar
Green, Beaman, Hemenway, A. P. Peabody, Mess Oustall
Beacon
Yeas—i
Shattuck
Nays
Coolidge
Official Gazette bill before legislature outlined
A proposed official gazette would publish all state acts and legal notices in one paper. The bill allows existing notices plus one official insertion, set editor terms, and Commonwealth funding. Advocates say it ensures broad accessibility and may attract business and legal subscribers.
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Commonwealth
Official Gazette
General Court
Grace Church selects delegates to general convention
Sacem April 8 report says Grace Episcopal Church names Professor D. B. Hager L. B. Tuckerman and F. A. Sea mans as delegates to the general convention. They have not stated preferences, but it is believed they favor Dr. Brooks for QD.
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PR. Brooks
Sacem
Grace Episcopal Church
D. B. Hager
Tuckerman
F. A. Seamans
Dr. Brooks
Harvard Men Honor Adelbert Shaw at Memorial Service
Harvard students filled Holden Chapel to honor Adelbert Shaw with a university meeting. A letter to Shaw's parents expressed collective grief and praised his courage, intellect, and zeal. A memorial service in Appleton Chapel was proposed with Professors Peabody and Brooks ready to officiate, to occur near Shaw's funeral Friday.
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Holden Chapel
Harvard
Adelbert Shaw
A. J. Cumnock
Shaw
P. D. Trafford
L.S
George Shaw
Sir
Adelbert
University
D. Trafrorp
L. S
Nelson Perkins
Neau Rantouti
B. W. Trafford
N. Rantout
Appleton Chapel
Francis G. Peabody
Phillips Brooks
Oriental Exhibit at N M Hatch Japanese Parlors
The store at 238 Tremont Street displays an exclusive range of Japanese and Chinese goods. It features curious novelties of Japanese art and many items suitable for gifts. A large assortment includes items from 5 to 25 cents each.
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N. M. Hatch
Tremont Street
Japan
Clarke vs Chamberlin two suits on damages and nurse services
In Middlesex County Superior Court Lowell on April 8 Judge Hammon presiding the cases of Alice G Clarke vs Francis Chamberlin administrator seek 2000 for conversion of property and 5000 for nursing services. Trials set with plaintiffs' counsel G F Richardson Jeremiah Crowley and defendant's George R Wheelock. Other docket items listed follow.
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Superior Court
Barker
Thomas W. McCue
Fred A. Whitwell
Exeter
Huntington Streets
Frank L. Creesy
W. H. Drury
Patrick Durkin
Benjamin F. Cobleigh
Same
Rossindale Station
Brando
Dudley Avenue
F. W. Kittredge
F. Hutchinson
Middlesex, Is
Lowell
Hammonpd
Alice G. Clarke
Francis Chamberlin
G. F. Richardson
Jeremiah Crowley
George R. Wheelock
McMannis
Old
Johnson
Lowell Colony Air Horse R. R
Randall
City of
Daguet
Bartlett
Stevenson
Sae
Appalachian Mountain Club Holds 119th Corporate Meeting
The Appalachian Mountain Club convened its 119th corporate meeting in the Rogers Building lecture room. A large audience attended as new members were elected B J Berry Mildred Collar William F Dawson Eugene DeForest Nelle Hunt Jerome Bb Poole Henry Talbot. Warren Upham presented A Classification of Mountain Ranges and C G Van Brunt spoke on A Trip to Mount Adams and the Club Hut in a Mid Winter Storm.
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Appalachian Mountain Club
Rogers
M.lt
B. J. Berry
Mildred C. Collar
William F. Dawson
Eugene DeForest
Nelle B. Hunt
Jerome Bb. Poole
Henry Talbot
Warren Upham
C. G. van Brunt
Mount Adams
Verdict in Snow Alley Case Cleared Alley of Suit
In Barnstable on April 8 Chester Snow sued Honorable John Bb Alley. The court ordered a verdict for Alley stating the matter in the suit had already been litigated.
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Snow-Alley
Barnstable
Chester Snow
John Bb. Alley
Alley
How to Detect It How to Ward Off the Grippe With Whisky
The article discusses grippe symptoms and spread across the north and east with high death rates in Chicago. It urges prompt action at first signs and endorses Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky as the only medicinal remedy, claimed to be endorsed by doctors and chemists.
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Chicago
Duffy
Special Advertising Real Estate for Sale or Rent Notice
Classified line announcing advertising rates five cents a word for a full week six insertions word groups counted as words minimum fifteen words read by readers seeking rooms for sale or rent through The Post Publishing Co Boston Massachusetts at 259 Washington Street.
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YHE Post Publishing CO
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
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