Battle of Lexington celebration and Sixth Massachusetts reunion
Lexington April 10 celebration marks the 114th anniversary of the Revolutionary War battle. crowds, bugle signals, cannon salutes, and church bell chimes opened a day of public services led by Rev. C A Staples and addressed by Edward Everett Hale with a commemorative poem. The Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers reunion at the Massachusetts House featured officers elected for the year, a Meade Post escort, and an evening ball in the decorated Town Hall with notable attendees including Lt Gov Brackett. Concord followed with a similar public observance, drills, and a substantial G A R ball supporting Old Concord Post 180.
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Lexington
Baltimore
Paul Revere
Roger Sherman
Massachusetts House
Massey
George O. Whiting
Canton A. Staples
A. B. Muzzey
Cyrus Hamlin
D.D
Edward Everett Hale
New England
Chevy Chase
Brooks
Phipps
John Tarbell
John
Abram Garfield
Abram
Nahum
Jabez Bland
Parson Welderspin
Sisera
Davis
Concord
Lexington Way
Capnae Willard
John Danforth
Lexington Street
John Bridge
Beaver
Rumford
Laugan
Old Boston
Milk Row
Ephraim Bates
Thoreau
Baker
Old Bay
Chadburne
Pinney
George G. Meade
A. R
Lagington
Hancock House
H. G. Locke
H. W. Davis
H. M. Saben
George H. Brown
L. E. Bennin
Frank W. Herrick
Fran W. Coburn
George A. Raymond
Alonzo E. Locke
Edmond K. Houghton
Daniel L. Miller
Thomas P. Robinson
A. F. Spaulding
Charles C. Mann
C. Perkins
Lewis Bixby
Arthur A. Cottrell
Abby Bailey
Arthur Fletcher
Reuben Sherb
Francis Gould
Arlington
George W. Meade
Isaac Davis
Acton
Concord Artillery
Notes to Tavern er Nature and art again
A reader writes about color in Macknight paintings and the sunlit city, praising the artist and urging openness to nature’s hues. The piece links to readers thanking Macknight for honesty and awakening new delight in ordinary scenes.
Largest real estate sale in year to New York and New England RR
Commonwealth of Massachusetts sells 1 110815 square feet of land and flats in South Boston near Fort Point Channel and Eastern Avenue to the New York and New England Railroad Company for 1,000,000 with an $800,000 loan, 50 years at 4 percent. Several properties on High Street Kilby Street Huntington Avenue and Tremont Street change hands in the Boston Real Estate Trust deals. numerous mortgages are reported including Union Institution for Savings to Boston Ecclesiastical Society and others to various lenders.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
New York & New England Railroad Company
Boston
Fort Point Channel
Eastern Avenue
Street
American Loan and Trust Company
Alfred Tirrell
John Quincy Adams
High Street
Boston Real Estate Trust
Charles R. Cobb
George A. Sawyer
Kilby Street
Franklin Haven
Warren D. Vinal
Huntington Avenue
William Lyons
C. 8
Rackemann
Lincoln Street
Seth R. Baker
Irving Street
Henry H. Anderson
James O. Sargent
Thornton Street
Mary A. Pierce
John KE. Humphreys
Carver Street
Francis A.ewson
Jacob Berwin
Hanover Avenue
George W. Hargrave
Zebulon V. Parker
Prescott Street
Patrick M. Sullivan
Mary Moody
Stone Street
Daniel Swan
Henry Pearson
Tremont Street
Addison
Central Savings Bank
Augusta B. Hight
G. R. Wheelock
Washington Street
Worcester Street
F. W. Balch
Sarah E. Follett
H. L. Shaw
Boylston Street
Anna T Phillips
Elizabeth E. Bradford
Beacon Street
W. W. Vaughan
Maria Davis
Lydia A. Sleeper
J.S. Bailey
Broadway
Third Street
Isaac I. Burr
T. E. Major
Pembroke Street
Mary M. Adams
M. Hathaway
Isabella Street
William H. Bradley
William 8
Stevens
West Chester Park
Garrison Avenue
Guy A. Clifford
R. 8
Lambert
Woodward Park
Folsom Street
Union Institution For Savings
Boston Ecclesiastical Society
Lake and
South Streets
J. P. Webber
Nelens E. O’sullivan
Parker Street
G. M. Gibson
Irvington
St. Botolph
Boston, Marine Insurance Company
D. Webster King
Igh
Hamilton and
Wendell Streets
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
K. H. Andrews
Grace Amory
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
Commonwealth Avenue
Marlboro Street
Hugh Brown
H. ©. Curtis
Munroe Street
American Frost Meter Company
Massachusetts Benefit Association
Lenox Street
Nathaniel M. Jewett
R. E. Demmon
Albany Street
John E. Wasserboehr
Dorothea Gundelach
Suffolk
Fayette Street
Barah F. Russell
Roert Swan
G. W. Southworth
Elisha Atwood
J. S. Luckin
Mass
Lincoln
Verdict for Page Belting Company in death injury suit
In Concorp New Hampshire this afternoon the Supreme Court jury returned a verdict for the Page Belting Company in the case Carter administrator versus Page Belting Company. The suit claimed damages of 5000 for a son of the plaintiff fatally injured by altered defective machinery. A Boston clothing house Macallar Parker Company invites attention to its boys furnishing goods department at 400 Washington Street offering underwear shirts collars cuffs and neckwear with new waist lines and flannels.
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Page Belting Company
Concorp
N. H
Supreme Court
Carter
Gpniend
Boston
Macallar, Parker & Compfany
Washington Street
Charged With Forgery and Theft At Charles Street Boarding House
Harry M. Brown, a drummer for George N. Seaman in John Street, rearrested for obtaining money on forged orders and other offences. He allegedly sold fifty Japanese brushes to Dixon Brothers in Charlestown using a forged order for 600 brushes to gain a large commission. A forged bill for Japanese goods for Houghton & Dutton with a $46 potential commission was uncovered. Police recovered Japanese goods and silk handkerchiefs stolen from Seaman. Brown, eight months in custody, hail from Mauch Chunk, Penn.
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Harry M. Brown
Charles Street
Brown
George N. Seaman
John Street
Dixon Brothers
Charlestown
J. H. Peirce
Houghton & Dutton
Hsapg
Bradford Street
Meuch Chunk
Penn
Sons of the Revolution Form Massachusetts Chapter
A Tremont Temple meeting of descendants of Revolutionary soldiers in Massachusetts formed an organization ahead of Washington's inauguration. About 200 attendees elected officers including Charles H. Saunders as president and G. S. Ward as secretary treasurer. The group set June 17 as the next annual meeting date.
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Massachusetts
Tremont Temple
Washington
L. L. Tarbell
Charles H. Saunders
Cambridge
W. Davenport
Marlboro
G. S. Ward
Alliston
A. A. Stocker
John L. Stevenson
Boston
W. L. Revere
Worcester
Mark J. Folsom
Peter Fay
Southboro
H. H. Coolage
J. G. Crawford
Clinton
W. B. Clark
Calvin P. Ladd
Dorchester
William Barras
Books Received This Week Major Works and Novels Listed
A weekly list of new arrivals includes Buddhism by Monier Williams and works by Balzac, Southey, Tolstoi, Crawford, Howells, Meriwether, Peard, and Stevenson, among many others. The compilation covers philosophy, history, religion, fiction, travel, and reference from publishers in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Monier Monier-Williams
C.le
New York
Macmillan & Co
Cousin Pons
Honore de Balzac
Library of Continental Authors
Frederick Warne & Co
Wesley
Robert Southey
J. A. Atkinson
M.A
United States
J.D. Whitney
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
William Mackintire Salter
Roberts Bros
Lyof N. Tolstoi
T. Y. Crowell & Co
Voisin
Cassell & Co
William J. Rolfe
A.M
Harper & Bros
W. D. Howells
Lee Meriwether
W. P. Frith
Frances Mary Peard
F. Marion Crawford
John F. Weir
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Lous Albach
Philadelphia
T. B. Peterson & Bros
Thomas Davidson
Europe
Ladies’ Gallery
Justin McCarthy
M.P
Campbell-Praed
D. Appleton & Co
Home Acre
Edw. P. Roe
Dodd, Mead & Co
J. Verschoyle
Mary Putnam Jacobi
M.D
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Funeral of Mr. Nettleton at Pembroke Street Home
Large gathering at 122 Pembroke street for funeral of Edward P. Nettleton longtime Boston corporation counsel. Service led by Rev. Griffis with Rev. Calkins assisting. Ruggles Street quartet sang. white cross of roses displayed. Interment in Chicopee Falls planned. Notables present included Mayor Hart and former mayors, city officials, and military society members.
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Edward P. Nettleton
Pembroke Street
Boston
W. E. Griffis
Shawmut Congregational Trinitarian Church
Walcott Calkins
Newton
Ruggles Street
Common Council
Chicopee Falls
Hart
O’brien
Martin
Dodge
Tee Messenger Osborne
Desmond Fitzgerald
J. P. Spaulding
Thomas Mack
C. M. Clapp
E. W. Kinsley
A. N. Samson
Dalton
Henry Reed
H. I. Rockwell
W. W. Blackmar
J.B. Richardson
Henry D. Hyde
Whitten
George Forristall
H. G. Allen
Clark, Fraser
D. F
Barry, Jenkins
Richard Sullivan
Saree
Lowell
Massachusetts
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Mt Bowdoin Library Prize Essays Read In Hall
The Mt Bowdoin Library Association awarded prizes for essays on whether a license or prohibitory law best promotes temperance. First prize went to Miss Lillian J. Macae of Dorchester, second to Master Joseph M Kelley, third to Master Robert W Puffer, with Charles F Cook receiving an extra $2. W F Whitcomb presided.
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MT. Bowdoin
Mt. Bowdoin Library Association
Dorchester
Lillian J. Macae
Joseph M. Kelley
Robert W. Puffer
Charles F. Cook
Whitcomb
The New Phonograph Demonstrated at Von Buelow Event
A new Edison phonograph demonstrated in concert with Von Biilow offerings. A Theodore Wangemann reported the machine records with greater detail in music and voice. It reproduces spoken words clearly, avoiding mix ups like fifteen and fifty. The device uses a waxreduced cylinder and electric motive power from two jars.
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von Biilow
Mr. Edison
A. Theodore Wangemann
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France
Antoine
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Passquino
Real Estate Transations
The
New York & New England
Sons OF the Revolution
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Miller, Culter & Co
Alm
Detroit
Mich
McGraw
McGraw & Co
Brun
Erie
J Hostettler
J Hostettler Shoe Co
Fond du Lac
Wis
Stickney
Stickney Shoe Company
Tex
Breath
P J Willis & Bro
New Grand Rapids
C Bertsch
Ringe, Bertsch & Co
Indianapolis
Ind
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Hendricks & Cooper
Kansas City
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RG Wallace & Co
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Warren & Co
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Goodbar Shoe Co
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Miss
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Minn
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Milwaukee
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Gi Atwell & Son
Japan
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Grandison Mather
Thomas Gardiner
Sidney Luska
Henry Harland
Macallisters
Amelia E. Barr
General Lafayette
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Dodd, Mead & Colzma
M. Ozella Shields
Ogilvie
Ivan
Sylvanus Cobb, Jr
Moscow
Savanarola
Pasquale Villari
Linda Villari
Scribner & Welford
Prosper Mérimée
Macwillan & Co
Francis Bacon
John Nichol
J. B. Lippincott Company
D. Conyers
John Charares
America
Peter Boylston
John Bright
William Robertson
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
R. W. Phipps
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Henry
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David Livingstone
Thomas Hughes
Acmillan & Co
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
S. Reinhart
Charles Scribner's Sons
Wall Street
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Robert Browning
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Macmillan
Annie Eliot
Benson J. Logaing
Ll.d
Funk & Wagnall
Farrar
Androscoggin Lakes
Charles Farrar
Lee & Shepard
Adna H. Lightner
George Munro
Frederick A. Stokes & Bro
Dante Alighieri
Katharine Hillard
Margaret O. W. Oliphant
Helen Campbell
Honoré de Balzac
Kathine Prescott Wormeley
Roberts Ros
Frances Slocum
Caleb Earl Wright
Wilkesbarre
Robert Baur & Son
Blanche Willis Howard
Mobile
Ala
H Bernstein
Tre
Mt Pleasant
UW Strickler
Nashville
Tean
E Richardson
RE Magill
Richardson Bros & Co
Norfolk
A E Campe
Lowenberg & Hecht
J Whitehurst
J Whitehurst & Co
Omaha
N. Aa. Louis
Lindsley
Orr & Lindsley Shoe Co
Am. Steu, Mo
D Brown
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co
St Paul, Minn
Foot, Schulze & Co
Wichita
Kan
A McClung
Getto McClung Boot and Shoe Mfg Co
MR. Nettleton
Lamkin & Foster
Goodyear India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co
Congress Street
Hathaway, Soule & Harrington
Goodyear Wells
United
W.R. McKey & CO
Pevonshire Street
Awain
J. Swain & CO
Union St
Lynn
Mas
Stetson, Mosely & CO
Hard Pine Lumber
Huckins & CO
Kilby Sweet
East
Chichester
Name PA
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Sq
Phila
P. Gee
C. Goodwin & CO
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
Valencia Oranges
Valencia
Kansas
Manila
Suffolk Cordage Company
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Niveate Y
Wallachia
Catania Oranges
Messina Oranges
Palermo Oranges
Catania
Palermo Lemons
Fiske’s Wharf
Snow & CO
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Fulton St
Steamship
Naranja
Pier 2
South
HY Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress St
Bestern
Shawmut Avenue
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
John J. Henry & Co
Boots & Shoes
Devonshire
A. S. Richards & CO
New
York
James Williams
Phenix Manufacturing CO
Knights & CO
Washington St
Boden
Main St
Cambridgeport
Electric Luster Starch Co
Central Wharf
Charter Street
Greenough Lane
Hanover Street
North End
Francis Sprague & CO
General Auctioneers
Milk Street
Swampscott
Charles H. Alles
Phillips Beach
Ocean Hotels
Eastern Railroad
Causeway Street
Beaton
William Bassett
Nathan Matthews
Back Bay
Falmouth Street
Belvidere Street
Lot
Matthews
Bassett
George E. Howe
Court St
F. L. Fuller
Wiliam Bassett
Bos
Suffolk Deeas
Falmouth and
Belvidere Streets
W. P. Balch Live Stock Agency
Devonshire Street
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