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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1897

Page

6

First American Deaconess Ordination Held at Trinity Church Massachusetts

Miss C. M. Carter, graduate of the Philadelphia Church Training and Deaconess House, was ordained by Bishop Lawrence in Boston Trinity Church marking the first Massachusetts deaconess service. The ceremony included a sermon by Rev. Dr. Huntington, vows, and prayers. Carter will train church volunteers, teach Bible study, and lead nursing and mothers’ programs, with duties starting in Boston around September.

Massachusetts Trinity Church C. M. Carter Philadelphia Lawrence Huntingdon New York Carter Miss Carter Episcopal City Quincy Boston

Commissioner Reports On Gas in Subways and Underground Wiring

Thomas W. Flood presents the first annual report of the wires department outlining four divisions interior overhead dead wire and underground with focus on gas leakage in electrical subways. He urges gas companies to confine gas to pipelines and details electrolysis dangers and the push to place wires underground. The report notes 3 deaths 7 severe injuries and 4 minor injuries from accidents and lists 14267 city poles 118679 incandescent lights 5067 meters and 3247 horsepower motors examined with 8737 defects corrected.

Thomas W. Flood Quincy West End Street Railway Company

Bradlee Departs Brookline Church After Long Ministry

In Christ's Church Brookline the Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee D D closed a long and fruitful ministry with his parting sermon to the Second Unitarian Society. He recalled how in 1883 faithful families gathered to help and remained until October when a flood of new members joined, forming a solid phalanx of devoted worshipers.

Christ’s Church, Brookline Second Unitarian Society Caleb Davis Bradlee D. D Bradlee Pravely Children of God

Runaway Car Wrecks Stamford Couple Injured

Stamford Connecticut April 2 representative Dr Charles F E Rowell and his wife were seriously injured in a runaway accident this afternoon. Mrs Rowell suffered two broken ribs and possible internal injuries while Dr Rowell was badly bruised and shaken. The accident occurred when a horse was frightened by a trolley car.

Stamford Conn Charles FE. Rowell

Shipping News Mini Almanac Details Arrivals and Departures

The issue lists arrivals including the steamer Gallia from Liverpool with 496 passengers and cargo, frequent winds and icebergs noted near Boston, and dock timing at East Boston. Several British and continental ships are named with destinations like Warren & Co. Glasgow and Alexandria. Seacraft movements reflect a busy spring voyage period with listed sailings and barge tows.

Gallia Warr Liverpool Queenstown Alexander Martin Long Warren Line Boston Light Canada Boston Ottoman James Warren & Co Prussian Gunson Glasgow H. & A. Allan Lepanto Bearpark Hull Erg Sanderson & Son Kairos Liddle Alexandria Egypt Gibraltar A. C. Lombard's Sons Inehisla Halliwell Hamburg American Sugar Refining Company Glendower Honeyman Delaware Breakwater Winter & Smilley and Baring Bros. & Co Yarmouth Smith N. S John G. Hall & Co Nacoochee Savannah Richardson & Barnard Essex Johnson Baltimore Norfolk A. M. Graham H. M. Whitney Hallett New York Tremont Deering Portland City of Gloucester Godfrey Bangor Ingraham Sarah A. Reed Carter PF. A. Smith Barnes Ipswich Mass Buarracouta Pierce Rockport Mab Nantasket Roads Schuylkill Merriam

Civil Court Calendar Entries in Suffolk First to Fourth Sessions

A dense list of civil cases in the Suffolk Superior Court court calendar with in order and second sessions across judges Hopkins Mason Hardy and Hammond. Plaintiffs include Walton Wakefield Fox Manning Fottler Barker Tully Way Geiger Vollm Crowley Hartnett Reilly Elk McSweeney Vield Murray Peters Sanborn Peabody Roust Grassman Smith Knowlton Archibald Connors Miller Kennedy Ross N Y H H R R and many others against Boston West End R R Boston Gas Co L G Co Cape Ann G Co Newton etc. The document enumerates case numbers parties and dockets across multiple sessions.

Walton Wakefield McCarthy Boston Waxer West End R. R Fellows Same Peters A. J. Houghton Co Sanborn French Peabody Liverpool & L. Globe Ins Roust Hanton Grassman Crowley Smith New England R. Co Knowlton Davenport Whitemore Mer Min Trans. Co Archibald Connors Miller Kennedy Ross N. Y XN. H H.R. R Long Burns Hickey McQuestion O’hearn Hobart G. L. Co Dunn Bigelow Dowse Co Morton Hardy, J

Court Dockets Include City, Company and Town Cases

A compilation of case entries lists multiple legal actions including Conway v Somerville, Desmond v Mahoney, Corcoran v Whidden, Tierney v Waltham, Gallagher v Boston, Fay v McCloskey, Vinton v Sanborn, Lampre v KR Co, Shugrue v West End Ry, Dame v Johnson, Gould v West End Ry, Wentworth v Webster, Badger v West End Ry, Manney v Lynn & B RR, Same v Same, Smiddy v Natick, and others indicating docket entries and opposing parties.

Dunning Conway Dame Johnson Gould West End St. Ry Wentworth Webster Badger Manney Lynn & B. RR Same Smiddy Town of Natick

Historic trade list shows assorted goods and prices in city

A fragmented OCR list from Wilson Fay & Co details multiple items including soda fountain, shoe tips, caulk, lasting agents, and various min and hardware prices. The entry reads like a 19th or early 20th century retailer catalog with scattered figures for Bonanza Devel, Batopilas Min, Mollie Gibson, United Telegram, and Geyser Min among others.

Wilson W. Fay & Co St.cte Street Seeessee A Eaebessatanes Do Bonanza Devel Batopilas

Notice of Dissolution Lane firm names ceasing business

Notich announces the dissolution of Lane & Cole Lane, Cole & Harding and Lane, Cole & Co. The undersigned will not be liable for any debts incurred under those names. All future payments are to be directed to Will F. Lane at 220 Lexington Ave, Boston. Creditors urged to send claims to the undersigned.

Lane, Cole & Co Lexington Bostom

Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Line Schedule

From Boston and Philadelphia departures listed for Wednesday and Saturday at 3 P.M. A steamer always ready to receive freight. Freight to Charleston, Savannah, Wilmington. West by rail forwarded free of commission. Passage $10, round trip $18, meals included. Apply to F Pr Wing at Central Wharf. E B Sampson is Treasurer and GM, 89 State St, Fiske Building, Boston. No wharfage.

Charleston Savannah Wilmington F. Pr. Wing Central Wharf E. B. Sampson Fiske Boston

Direct to South and Southwest Ports Ocean Steamship Service

Direct No detention at intermediate ports. Tail connections to all points South and South west. Unsurpassed passenger accommodations. New England & Savannah 8.8. Co., Direct from Lewis Wharf Boston, every Thursday at 3 p m. Ocean Steamship Company, from New Pier 35, North River, New York, at 3 p m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. For freight or passage apply at 306, 290, 197 Washington st., or to RICHARDSON & BARNARD, Agents, 20 Atlantic avenue.

Baltimore Tenn, & Ga Air Line Atlantic Coast and Seaboard Air Line Kanawha Southern R. Q Baltmore & Ohio R. R Cumberland Gap Company A. M. Graham Battery Wharf Washington St J. W. McCloskey Act Providence A. D. Stprbins A.T. M W._P. TURNER P. A J. CG. Whitney New England Lewis Wharf Boston Ocean Steamship Company New Pier 35 North River New York Richardson & Barnard Atlantic Avenue

International Steamship Co. Routes and Schedules

International Steamship Co operates from Portland to Eastport Lubec Calais St John N B and Maritime Provinces. Steamers depart Commercial Wharf on Mondays and Thursdays at 8 a m. Depart Portland at p m on game days. E A Waldron is general agent.

Central Wharf & Wet Dock Corporation Annual Meeting Notice

Members of Central Wharf & Wet Dock Corporation are notified the annual meeting for selecting a president trustees and clerk for the ensuing year and to transact other business will be held at No 50 Central Wharf on Monday May 3 at 11 oclock p m Ver order W K Richardson Clerk Boston April 24 1807

Central Whare & Wet Dock Corporation Central Wharf W. KE. Richardson Boston

Libel for divorce by Georgia F. Bugbee in Middlesex County

Georgia F. Bugbee of Somerville sues Luther H. Bugbee of Brooklyn for divorce after more than three years desertion. Filing notes marriage in 1870 in Boston and long separations across New York and New England. Requests restoration of maiden name Georgia E F Wolcott. dated April 22, 1897.

Middlesex Georgia EF. Bugbee Somerville Luther H. Bugbeek Brooklyn Kings Couty New York Boston Suffolk County Hbelsant Luther H. Bugbee Medford New Bedford Salem Worcester Commonwealth New York City Albany Buffalo Rochester Poughkeepsie Clinton New York State Bangor Vryeburg Maine Norwich New Britain Middletown Connecticut Providence Rhode Island Rutland Vermont Baltimmore Maryland Newark Hoboken New Jersey Luther H. Bughbee Georgia EF. Wolcott Georgia F. Bugbee

Notice to Libellee to Appear in Cambridge Court

Middlesex superior court order requires the libellant to publish the libel and order in the Boston Post for three weeks and send a copy by registered letter to the libellee. The libellee must appear at Cambridge on the first Monday of June to show cause why the prayer should not be granted. Theo Hurd, Clerk.

Commonwealth OO Massachusetts Middlesex Sally A. Cutting Shirley D. Chester Parsons Cambridge Boston Post Boston Charles J. McIntire S. H. Folsom Register

Holyhood Cemetery Association seeks court order to clear title

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Norfolk County petition by Holyhood Cemetery Association seeks to remove a cloud on its title. It details a six acre parcel near Holyhood cemetery Brookline with historic mortgages and deeds dating from 1886 to 1887. It seeks notices to heirs and related parties and court decrees to exclude claims under the mortgage and deeds.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court County of Norfolk Holyhood Cemetery Association Holyhood Cemetery Brookline County of Norfolk County Charles McIntire Henry Wood Elijah Crane J. Lewis Stackpole Norfolk Stackpole Crane McIntire Wood Jennie Clifford J. Lothrop Mortley George Wood Wellesley Edmund M. Wood Natick Middlesex Ephrim A. Wood Sophia A. W. Brown Henry Brown Boston Suffolk Martial F. H. Wood Newton Lewis If’. Wood John W. Corcoran

Probate Notices of Boston Estate Appointments and Citations

Probate notices from Suffolk Middlesex and Essex cite heirs and creditors for ANNE McKILLOP and BRIDGET COLLINS estates with probates andadministrations sought. Executors and administrators named include ANNIE F EVERS D CHESTER PARSONS MARY J SHANNEY WARREN M YOUNG ADELAIDE F WARE DAVID B GRAY MOSES CLARK JR plus others with dates in April May 1897 and notices in the Boston Post.

Notice in Norfolk Supreme Judicial Court petition

The court orders that George Wood and others be given notice and that copies of the petition and order be published monthly for six months in the Boston Post, with service on named individuals fourteen days before the August term, to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Norfolk Supreme Judicial Court George Wood Edmund M. Wood Ephrim A. Wood Sophia A. W. Brown Martial i. H. Wood Lewis I. Wood Elijah Crane Canton Charles McIntire Boston Suffolk Henry Wood Dedham Post Martial F. H. Wood Louis A. Cook K. B. Worthington

Libel Proceeding in Middlesex Superior Court

Libellant must notify the libellee to appear at Cambridge by the first Monday of June and publish an attested copy of the libel and order in the Boston Post for three weeks. A registered copy will be sent to the libellee’s last known address to show cause why the prayer should not be granted.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Middlesex ss.—Superior Court Cambridge Boston Post Boston Suffolk Theo CC. Hard

Nullity Petition of G Prescott Cleaves in Middlesex Co

G Prescott Cleaves of Medford seeks a nullity decree from Middlesex Justices. He recounts marriage to May L Cleaves of Waterbury on October 7 1806 at Freedom Maine, says she concealed pregnancy and bore a child by another, and that they have lived apart since December 10 1806. He requests nullity of the marriage.

Middlesex G. Prescott Cleaves Medford May L. Cleaves Waterbury Connecticut Freedom Maine Lexington

Libel Proceeding in Middlesex Superior Court

In Middlesex Superior Court on April 8, 1897, Post Boston newspaper to publish a libel and order, attested copy by registered letter to the libellee’s residence, requiring the party to show cause why the prayer of the libel should not be granted. Clerk Theo Churd certifies.

Insolvency Notice Against Boston Carpenter HALLOCK

Notice is issued from the Court of Insolvency for Suffolk county against JOHN HALLOCK of Boston carpenter and builder insolvent debtor. Creditors must not pay debts or deliver property to him. A creditors meeting to prove debts and appoint assignees will be held May 7, 1897 at 2 PM at the Court House Pemberton Square Boston. Francis Martin, Deputy Sheriff, Messenger.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Suffolk Boston John Db. Hallock Court House Pemberton Square Francis Martin Commonwealth OF Mass John PD Hallock Wemberton Square Joseth VS Silsby, JR Fred A. Belyer Chelsea Albert M. Gardner Newton Middlesex Charles B. Bowler Somerville Elijah George Isaac H. B. Ellsworth Winthrop Furmier Patrick H. Kelley City Hall Avenue Mass Cowperthwaite John W. Lake Copartners Cowperthwaite & CO James Cooney, Jr Washington Street Charles H. Foster J. B. Phipds Massachusetts Felvlon M. Lytle Traders’ Stock Exchange A. D J. K. Phipys

Insolvency Notices Issued in Suffolk County Courts

Two insolvency warrants issued in Boston and Chelsea affecting JOHN PD HALPENTER and FRED A. BELYER. Debtors barred from paying or transferring debts or property. Creditors must attend meetings at Pemberton Square Court House on May 7 or July 7, 1807, to prove debts and appoint assignees.

Insolvency notices and probate warnings in Suffolk and Middlesex

A dense Suffolk and Middlesex insolvency and probate notice batch lists cases of Albert M. Gardner Isaac H. Ellsworth and Cowperthwaite & Co. creditors meetings schedules, assignees names and addresses along with petition dates and court citations for estates including Foster Lake and others. Also includes executors and administrators appointed for William Adams Julia Shea David Parker and Mary Cutts with bond and claim requirements.

Suffolk Probate Court citation for Jane Matthias estate

In Suffolk County Suffolk Probate Court issues citation to all interested in Jane Matthias late of New Haven Connecticut for Elsie Montgomery administratrix petitioning to receive sell or dispose of stocks including Boston and Albany Railroad Boston and Maine Erie Telegraph Westinghouse and Bell Telephone. A hearing is set in Boston on May 6 1897 at 10 in the forenoon with weekly citations in Boston Post for three weeks.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Suffolk Herdore D. Wilson District of Columbia Washington Loan & Trust Company Congress United States Sach Supreme Court Warren Institution For Savings Boston Massachusetts Boston Post John W. McKim Elijah George la Robate Court Lhumas Mauds Windsor Connecticut Maudee Hartford Roxbury County of Suffolk Qsquire Apri Jane K. Matthias New Haven Elsie M. Montgomery Boston & Albany R. R. Co Boston & Maine R.R. Co Massawippi R. R. Co American Bell Telephone Co Erie Telegraph & Telephone Co Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co John W. McKim. Esquire Register Michael &. Kfelleher Sid County Honora Swefney Leyden Franklin Commonwealth Esquire Mary E. Blair Washington Woodbury Blair Supreme Court For Boston & Albany R. R. C O John W. McKim, Esqui Flijah George John F. Bassett Julia M. Bassett

Probate notices for real estate in Boston area 1897

Suffolk Probate Court cites heirs and administrators in multiple cases. Honora Sweeney seeks partition of Michael Kelleher real estate. Lavinia Furbert's heirs must appear for letters of administration to be granted. Mary Blair estate involves Woodbury Blair executor seeking license to receive Boston and Albany stock shares. Public notices require display in Boston Post.

Suffolk Probate Court Notices of Admin Reminders 1897

Notices to heirs and creditors regarding estates in Suffolk Middlesex and Boston. Petitions seek letters of administration for Joshua M Hibbard Elizabeth Close John Bassett and others. Public administrator JosiAh S Dean to oversee estates with citations to appear and final accounts to be settled in April May 1897.

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