Boston Post Newspaper Archives, Apr 18, 1891, p. 8

Harvard Caught Napping Woodcock's Home Run Drive

Woodcock launches one of the longest hits ever seen at Jarvis Field guiding Harvard to a dramatic home run drive. The blast sends fans into a frenzy as teammates celebrate a crucial setback reversal.

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Republican Club of Massachusetts Defends its Loyalty

The Executive Committee criticizes Governor Russell for attacking the club and its president. It argues Republicans follow principled leadership and hold agents to account, maintaining that the party seeks an honest dollar and currency without aligning with free coinage advocates. It asserts the club’s purpose is to unite Republicans for the public good against those seeking power at any cost.

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Republican Club of Massachusetts Russell Republican Party Union Congress New Mexico Young Men’s Democratic Club Cleveland Hill Democratic Party Republican Club House Senate Battle of Bull Run Abraham Lincoln

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Quaint fashions revive grandmothers gowns this season

A fashion column notes the return of old fashioned fabrics and silhouettes. It highlights gray shot silk, changeable sarah silk, organdic muslin, French dimity, pineap ple cloth, India crepe, and linen lawn in new imports from Jordan Marsh Co. The piece ends with a street overheard line about noblesse oblige and being well dressed.

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Messrs. Jordan, Marsh & Co India Messrs. Chandler & Co Voblesse

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Brown Beats Harvard In Ninth Inning Rally At Jarvis Field

Harvard opened the season facing Brown, a 6 to 4 loss after a tight 2 to 2 game through seven. Brown pitcher Woodcock fanned nine and belted a long home run. Harvard Captain Dean left with a leg injury while Dean’s team faltered for timely hitting. Brown’s late rally, aided by Howe’s wild pitches and three clean hits, broke the tie and gave Brown the win.

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Harvard Brown Bates Howe Boston Crimson Woodcock Jarvis Field Starvard Dean Mendenhall Ken Howe Mr. Howe Hallowell Jones Hal'ell Tenney C.f. OO OjFro Amrf Alward Yborst'n Cook Breeze Uptone N'Hilf Libates Ee Dick Messer Upton Haliowell Trafford Khurston Magill

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About Town Fifty Years Ago Destruction At Minor's Ledge Lighthouse

Yesterday marked the fortieth anniversary of the Minor's Ledge Lighthouse storm destruction. Mrs. Abbey Morton Diaz plans Humanity Talks at Women’s Educational and Industrial Union on The True Social Science, followed by a conference. Charity Club breakfast at the Vendome drew about 150 members with Mrs. Micah Dyer Jr. toastmistress. Judge Aldrich is expected to hold the next Circuit Court term opening May 16 in this city. James B. Pentprase suffered fractures after being struck by an express wagon on Washington Street near Union Park. he was taken to City Hospital. Boston mail delivery expands to seven trips daily starting Monday, April 20, with adjusted morning times. Francis E Faxon, 168 Falmouth Street, was injured by a hack while crossing Cornhill and treated at home. Police arrested two Italians sought in Hudson for stealing 300 pounds of telephone wire from the Long Distance Telephone Company. The Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachusetts will meet Monday at 2 p.m. for member elections and business. Boston Stock Exchange to move to a new Exchange Building next week, with brokers marching from old to new quarters. Ploughman Hall hosts a farmers’ meeting at 9:30 a.m. on corn growing, opened by Elbridge Cushman of Lakeville. Emerson Club hears Rev. Dr. Winslow at 2:30 p.m. on lessons from modern Egypt, while Rev. E L Rexford speaks at Horticultural Hall on Continuity of Religion at 3 p.m.

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Minor’s Ledge Abbey Morton Diaz Women’s Educational and Industrial Union Aldrich United States District of New Hampshire Circuit Court James BL. Pentprase Washington Street Union Park City Hospital Dorchester Street Francis E. Faxon Falmouth Street Cornhill John Leahy Hudson Fitchburg Boston Long Distance Telephone Company Young Men’s Democratic Club of Massachusetts Boston Stock Exchange Exchange Farmers Ploughman Hall Milk Street Elbridge Cushman Lakeville William C. Winslow Emerson Club Wesleyan Egypt E. L. Rexford Horticultural Hall

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Pan Hellenic Banquet Closes Convention At Brunswick

The Pan Hellenic Convention ended with a banquet at Hotel Brunswick attended by over 100. Ida 8. Davis acted as toast mistress and Cammie P. W. Gaines was poet of the evening. Toasts covered Forty one years of fraternity East and West Greek journalism a Flower Garden Greek and American War and Peace and Auf Wiedersehen. Earlier a 4 o'clock tea at Hotel Huntington featured Alpha Phi with Miss Alice Freeman Palmer as guest.

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Pan Hellenic Convention Hotel Brunswick Ida Davis Cammie P. W. Gaines Margaret Smith Charlotte Joslin Sarah S. Windsor Tirzah L. Sherwood Annie E. Boardman Emma H. Turner

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Quality goods promised despite price concerns

The speaker stresses that poor goods will not be sold, valuing reputation over money. They assert a commitment to high quality and imply that customer standards guide all transactions.

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Chamber display of Sugar Maple furniture and suits

Advert says chamber set prices range from 15 to 150 dollars with emphasis on a $25 suit made of Sugar Maple. Describes wood quality and 16th century style finish noting exceptional smoothness and value. Urges readers to view the piece.

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Parlor Suit Sale in Mohair Plush at $50 to $65

We offer over 100 styles of coverings plus a parlor suit in Mohair Plush priced at $50, $55, and $65. The $65 suit is valued at $100. Our illustrated catalogue lists a wide array of house furnishing goods with free delivery to all depots and flexible payment options.

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Painters and Decorators Council Votes to Support Strike

The Painters and Decorators Council of Massachusetts voted to back the strike, with a circular sent to unions nationwide for funds. Members demand 37 1/2 cents an hour, a nine hour day, and eight hours on Saturday, with no work until terms are met. Anarchists disrupted a Paris meeting opposing May Day demonstrations.

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Painters and Decorators Council Massachusetts Bay State Hall United States Boston Lusitania Hall Central Labor Union Granite Cutters’ Union Evans Hall J. P. Dwyer Barre Concord N. H Thomas Burns James Grant D. Berkeley J. Heffernan Horseshoers’ Union Howard Street Foge National Clothing Operatives’ Union Commercial Street Hallett General Executive Board Bricklayers’ Union John A. Andrews Chauncey and Essex Streets Freestone Cutters Journeyman Freestone Cutters’ Union Norcross Bros Freestone Cutters’ Union Journeymen Freestone Cutters’ Union Paris

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Summer Fur Fashion Persists in English Style

Fashion note says furs remain popular through summer with shoulder capes preferred over jackets for ease and less impact on light gowns. Advises smart shoppers to seize fur cape sales at Messrs. R. & J. Gilchrist, highlighting bargains in wool seal, astrachan, and real seal on offer.

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Messrs. R J. Gilchrist

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Renaissance curtains exhibit at Paine Furniture Co

The Paine Furniture Company ware rooms host a Monday exhibition of Renaissance curtains praised for finest hand work and delicate patterns. The display evokes Louis XII era with rich effects and rare Renaissance designs, offering historical insight even for browsers without intent to buy.

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Paine Furniture Company Louis XII

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Portable frame for Gobelin tapestry praised by French inventor

The piece notes a French inventor's compact frame that aids needlewomen in Gobelin tapestry, suggesting it could revive interest in traditional crafts such as tambour work, samplers, and worsted slippers. The tone hints at a broader revival of old needlework techniques.

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Parasol fashions and ready made gowns dazzle shoppers

The piece highlights fashionable parasols with wave-like designs, chiffon and black grenadine tones, and ornate handles from natural woods. It notes models such as Flats de Mer and Eiffel power lace sunshades, plus German wechsel scents. It also reviews Messrs Hollander & Co. displays of dresses for children and misses, praising American made designs with apple blossom motifs and simple, airy cuts.

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Dresden China R. H. Stearns Messrs. L. P. Hollander & Co Paris London

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The Gentlewoman's Cigarette Employment Society Mentioned

A remark on varied genteel occupations shifts to a group called The Gentlewoman's Cigarette Employment Society. It notes cigarettes made exclusively by educated English women facing reverses, in two sizes, using top tobacco, and sold at standard prices.

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Gentlewoman’s

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Pastor Call Accepted for Fourth Presbyterian Church

The Rev John Erskine Adams was unanimously chosen to be pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church on Dorchester street South Boston He is 24 a Princeton MA and Princeton Theological Seminary graduate He organized a congregation in Lynn 1889 90 and has served in several prominent pulpits His graduation sermon at Princeton impressed faculty and classmates The Boston Presbytery will hear the call next Tuesday and Wednesday and he may begin on the second Sabbath of May The signing delegates were John Christie H M Murdens John Rule Alfred A Swart John Gilchrist

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John Erskine Adams Fourth Presbyterian Church Dorchester Street Boston Adams Columbus Avenue Church Princeton College Princeton Theological Seminary Lynn Princeton Boston Presbytery Newburyport S. C. Gunn John Christie H. M. Murdens John Rule Alfred A. Swart John Gilchrist

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Harvard University Calendar April events schedule

Harvard University announces a week of campus programs across multiple venues including Appleton Chapel Sevel 7 7 15 p m Seminary in American history reports on year’s investigations and Parabolic teaching with Professor Palmer. Lectures debates and services fill the week at Divinity School Chapel University 2 5 Harvard Union and Cornell guest lecture on Roman marriage and Roman women.

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Harvard University Appleton Chapel Phillips Brooks D.D Sevel University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Palmer Divinity School Harvard Union Harvard Classical Club W. G. Hale Cornell University Harvard

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Bay State man named fourth assistant examiner in Patent Office

S H Cobb of Massachusetts has been appointed fourth assistant examiner in the Patent Office in Washington. The notice dated April 17 states Cobb will take the new role, adding to the agency's technical examination staff and signaling continued expansion of patent scrutiny.

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Bay State Washington S. H. Cobb Massachusetts

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Death of Stoneham Man Charles H Hayward

Charles Henry Hayward of Haywardville Stoneham died at his residence this afternoon from the grip. A prominent Stoneham citizen he served as superintendent of the Red Mills Rubber Factory in Melrose where he once ran a grocery. He also once owned hardware interests in Malden. He died at age sixty five and leaves a widow and three children.

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Astoneham Mctrosk Charles Henry Hayward Haywardville Stoneham Red Mills Melrose Malden

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Court adjourns divorce libel hearings to April 21

Superior Court Middlesex Lowell docket lists cases including Howard v Hood Kinney v Whittmore Brown v Melrose Tucker et al v Hidreth Guthro v Monahan Marriman v Barker Kelly v Whalen Saxton v Murphy with juries set for East Cambridge on Tuesday April 21 at 9 30 p m.

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Superior Court Middlesex Lowell Hammond East Cambridge Howard Hood Kinney Whittmore Brown Melrose Tucker Et al Hidreth Guthro Pro Ami Monahan Marriman Barker Kelly Whalen Saxton Murphy

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Sunday Religious Services Across Boston Churches

A dozen churches including First Church in Boston Berkeley Corner Marlboro Streets and Arlington Street Church list morning and afternoon services with sermons on topics such as The Light of God in Us and Rome’s Sappers and Miners. Special music by named artists and free seats mark a broad citywide schedule for Sunday worship.

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B.Y.M. Christian Union Union Hall Boylston Street Stopford W. Brooke The First Church Boston George J. Parker George M. Taylor George Lawrence John L. Ambrose George Mendall Taylor Berkeley Marlboro Streets Stopford Wentworthbrooke W. T. Chase D.D Ruggles Street Baptist Church Rome Finst Cnauxes Sliot Square Roxbury James de Normandie F. G. Peabody Cambridge Li A Fins Reformed Episcopal Church Dartmouth Harwich Streets James M. Gray South Congregational Catarch Newbury Street Exeter Street Edward E. Hale M. Emmanuel Church Leighton Parks Arlington Street Brooke Trerford Peoples Church Providence Depot Columbus Avenue Herkeley Street Emory J. Haynes J.D Margaret Markland Sara H. Peakes Hh, McClosky J. L. Jordan O. L. Carter T. J. Cushman A. F Howdoin Square Tabernacle M. R. Deming Chubbuck Ashman Mr. Chubbuck

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Musical Training for the Sailors at Music Hall

The Naval Battalion will receive musical training Tuesday evening with the first public performance of the Nava Battalion Band. Composed of top city musicians including Symphony Orchestra recruits, the concert promises a notable event and tickets are selling fast.

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Naval Battalion Music Hall Boys In Blue Nava Battalion

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Harvard Caught Napping Woodcock's Home Run Drive

Republican Club of Massachusetts Defends its Loyalty

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Quaint fashions revive grandmothers gowns this season

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Brown Beats Harvard In Ninth Inning Rally At Jarvis Field

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About Town Fifty Years Ago Destruction At Minor's Ledge Lighthouse

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Pan Hellenic Banquet Closes Convention At Brunswick

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Quality goods promised despite price concerns

Chamber display of Sugar Maple furniture and suits

Parlor Suit Sale in Mohair Plush at $50 to $65

Painters and Decorators Council Votes to Support Strike

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Summer Fur Fashion Persists in English Style

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Renaissance curtains exhibit at Paine Furniture Co

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Portable frame for Gobelin tapestry praised by French inventor

Parasol fashions and ready made gowns dazzle shoppers

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The Gentlewoman's Cigarette Employment Society Mentioned

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Pastor Call Accepted for Fourth Presbyterian Church

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Harvard University Calendar April events schedule

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Bay State man named fourth assistant examiner in Patent Office

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Death of Stoneham Man Charles H Hayward

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Court adjourns divorce libel hearings to April 21

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Sunday Religious Services Across Boston Churches

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