High license bill defeated in House by one vote
The Legislature's battle over the high license measure ended in the House with an 87 to 86 defeat after Mr Gile of Worcester offered an amendment that halves minimums to half the maximum. Debate focused on personalities and procedural moves as supporters anticipated a reconsideration. Senate debate on Sunday laws continued with notable opposition to granting exemptions for Jews.
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Worcester
Darling
Somerville
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Upham
Salem
Walker
Wadlin
Milliken
Malden
Reading
Treasury of the Commonwealth
House
Kent
Beverly
Symonds
Warden
Waltham
Messrs Darling
Pease
Smith
Dover
Cape Cod Ship Canal
Sandwich
Committee On the Judiciary
Senate
Committee On
Supreme Judicial Court
City of
Holyoke
Stoneham Street Railroad Company
Heading
Everett
Revere
Spencer Water Company
State Board of Agriculture
William Farrell
Boston
Committee On Railroads
Committee On Taxation
Sunday observance battles shape Massachusetts Senate action
The Senate debated the Lord's Day bill with multiple amendments. Morse led opposition to broaden Sunday access, while Gleason Sleeper and Hartwell urged rest and restraint. Amendments on boats, newspapers, and Jewish Sabbath exemptions passed or failed as the bill moved toward engrossment.
Committee on cities proposes tax limit change for Boston
The committee on cities reported a bill to alter the 1885 tax limit by excluding the county tax from the sum to be raised. The report also noted an adverse stance on fixing the salary of the
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Committee On Cities
Boston
Death of Dr Andrew Grant in East Cambridge Jail
Dr Andrew Jackson Grant is found dead in a jail cell in East Cambridge where he awaited trial for robbery of Miss Lucy Torrey who lost thousands after marrying him. Medical examiners suspect possible morphine withdrawal or overdose after weeks of deprivation. Autopsy scheduled for 10 o'clock at Cambridgeport rooms.
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Andrew Jackson Grant
Grant
Miss Torrey
Dr. Grant
East Cambridge
Tie
Holt
Cambridge
Letchford
Cambridgeport
Odd Fellows Celebrate Sixty-Eighth Anniversary in Boston America Lodge Dedicates New Hall
The sixty-eighth anniversary of the Order of Odd Fellows was observed nationwide with Boston leading the festivities. America Lodge No 191 rededicated its old hall as America Hall at 724 Washington Street, open for public viewing while hosting a grand parade, banquet, and ball. The day featured a street procession, mayoral greetings, and a large reception at the Revere House, with notable attendees and military ceremonial elements. A separate Cambridge canton held a grand civic and military ball in Union Hall, Cambridgeport, with a promenade concert and a welcome address by Mayor Russell.
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Boston
Massachusetts
America
Temple of
Odd Fellowship
Washington Street
Tremont
Berkeley Streets
Odd Fellows
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Mt. Sinai
Covenant Lodge
Grand Canton Washington
Somerville
Grand Canton
Ff. A. E. Hamilton
G. J. Quimby
Ards
T. J. Etherege
H. G. Newton
Lord
J. E. W. Backus
Fe.t. Knowlton
EF. O. Emerson
W. Furgerson
Banneret
Hollis
Bennet Streets
Grand Army Veteran Band
Washington
Franklin
Pearl
Post Office Square
Water
City Hall
Scollay Square
Hanover
Portland
Causeway
Boston & Lowell
O'Brien
Board of Grand Officers
Lowell
Canal Street
Haymarket Square
Bromfield
Boylston
Washington Streets
Richmond
F. A. E. Hamilton
Boston Lodge
No. 25
Revere House
John F. Neill
P. G
Frank W. Damon
George L. Perrin
F. P. Ingalls
N. H. Taylor
F. Dewitt Lapham
T. M. Heath
Robert H. Mitchell
N. G
Cogean
Malden
W. H. Lot
Edmonds
William F. Field
Field
J. R. Smith
Grand Canton Cambridge
Union Hall
Cambridgeport
Richardson
Canton
Charles A. Cushman
W. A. Waugh
D. E. Frazier
Russell
Oasis Lodge
Bacon Hall
Imperial Banjo Quartet
Appleton
Faux River
Lowen
Order
Stonenam
Stoneham
Natick
Framingham
Town Hall
George E.tibbetts
Peterboro
N. H
Newport
R.I
Daughters of
Rebekah
Newburyport
Hamony Canton
Powow River Lodge
Amesbury
Opera House
Odd Fellows mark sixty eighth anniversary across several towns
Across Faux River Stoneham Peterboro Newport Newburyport and nearby towns the sixty eighth anniversary of Odd Fellowship was celebrated with parades dinners and balls. Large crowds in each city witnessed processions and speeches followed by social events and festive gatherings in town halls and opera houses.
Boston Public Schools Annual Report Highlights Growth
The Boston superintendent Edwin P. Seaver reports 58,334 pupils in primary to Latin schools at Jan 31 1887, up 735 from last year. Gains span primary 24,956 grammar 30,592 high 2,189 Latin 597. normal school adds 98. Proposals include removing some primary pupils after age 11, improving attendance enforcement, and studying kindergarten integration with the public system.
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Edwin P. Seaver
Public Schools
Boston
Long Island
Phillips
Seaver
Burglars at Revere Reported at Farnsworth Home
Two men attempted to enter James D. Farnsworths Withrop avenue house in Revere while he was away. A scream from a resident alarmed the others, and pursuing neighbors captured one burglar after a chase from Harding's drug store to Bavedway. Cigars found on the prisoner. In Milwaukee, a jury found four men guilty in the Bay View riot cases.
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James D. Farnsworth
Withrop Avenue
Revere
Mr. Farnsworth
Bavedway
Earding
Harding
Milwaukee
Wis
Bay View
Joseph Skrezypczyleski
John Dolis
Stephen Rocga
John Odai
Northern passage dispute over cargo voyage in libel suit
The Supreme Court reverses a lower court ruling in Luigi Filiberto et al. v John H Pearson, on a libel for decay of 7640 boxes of oranges and lemons valued at 22000 dollars after shipment from Palermo to Boston in 1881. The dispute centers on whether the charter term the northern passage referred to a northward route beyond the Azores or a more northern course, with the court remanding for further proceedings per its opinion.
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Supreme Court OF the United States
Luigi Filiberto
John H. Pearson
Palermo
Boston
Gibraltar
Middle Passage
Azores
Newfoundland
Nelson
District Court
Circuit Court
Aoe
Lowell
Waite
H. W. Putnam
F. Dodge
Rosa Russo Sentenced for Counterfeit Dollar Crime
Rosa Russo was convicted by a jury of passing a counterfeit silver dollar and was fined one dollar and imprisoned for six months in the East Cambridge jail.
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Rosa Russo
Hard Fail
East Cambridge
Superior Court First Session Appeals from the Knowles estate
April sessions hear two appeals from estate commissioner findings in Isaiah Knowles case. Hannah B Knowles seeks $2344 for nurse services, argued as gratuitous. George S Knowles claims $340.76 as executor for loans or gifts. Several related cases listed and noted as to executor claims and proceedings. Second and third sessions cover further judgments and notices including Dowd v Electric Development Mfg Co for $761.42 and a long docket of civil actions. Fourth session includes Duff v Leary writ of entry case over 41 Oak Street with jury ruling for tenant.
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Hannah B. Knowles
Isaiah Knowles
Boston
George S. Knowles
Anna B
George
T. H. Tyndale
J. B Richardson
Charles H. Heinlin
Boston & Providence Railroad Company
Roxbury
J. ©. Coombs
N. A. Walker
George Putnam
Thomas Russell
Constantinedes
Des Pas
Heinlein
B. & P. Railroad Co
Corey 'S
Marston
Vogel
Badger
McMahon
Schell
Bingham
Farrell
Gwynne
Radin
Blodgett
J. No
John P. Constantinedes
James L. Walsh
J. A. Maxwell
George W. McConnell
Peter A. Dowd
Electric Development Manufacturing Company
T. J. Gargan
Pat Keating
E. W. Burdett
Gillis Va
Swift
Thayer
Pippey
Brown
Powderly
Noble
Duffy
Crowley
Hennessey
Lash
Navan
Linton
Alien
Weaton
O’hern
Elder
Marsh
Miller
Chadwick
Cahill
Stacy
Roberts
Simmons
Downing
Mullin
Prior
Morton
Collins
Clark
Atwood
Dumas
N. Y
van Choate
Thompson
William F. Duff
Mary Leary
Oak Street
John R. Duff
Boston court verdicts list contracts and injuries in 1880s cases
The record shows verdicts for plaintiffs in Miller et al. v McKay on a lumber contract with 481.37 awarded. Harriet E. Taylor v City of Boston claims 4000 for injuries from icy Tremont Street sidewalk. several case numbers follow, naming parties, defense, and counsel, including Lincoln for plaintiff and Gargan for defendants, with numerous Boston and R R related suits.
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Thomas J. Gargan
Charles A. Miller Et al
David H. McKay
Jamaica Plain
Green Street
Ernest McKay
E. C. Gilman
C. M. Barnes
William B. Gale
Harriet E. Taylor
City of
T. M. Babson
Nicholson
Foxwell
Genegus
Boston
Albany R. R
Mignault
Same
Stewart
Lauren
Simpson
Johnson
Hayes
Towle
Bowker
Wright
Greaves
Doyle
Davis
Brown
Chapin
Wood
Nantasket Beach
R. R
Stetson
Churchill
Walsh
Minturn
Blunt
Dow
Fisher
Bassett
Mapleson
Raymond
Grossman
Hunt
Contested Decrees Nisi Filed in Multiple Uncontested Divorces
A set of decrees nisi were recorded today in uncontested divorce cases. Plaintiffs include Emily A. Moore and Louisa J. Thomas among others, with spouses from Lawrence, Haverhill, Gloucester, Groveland, Lynn, and Lawrence. Custody of children noted in the Hippler case.
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Emily A. Moore
John F. Moore
Louisa J. Thomas
Robert Thomas
Lawrence
George H. Wentworth
Helen M. Wentworth
Haverhill
Margaret Thomas
James A. Thomas
Hannah Johnson
Martin Johnson
Gloucester
Esther M. le Favre
Arsenne le Favre
Addie T. Richardson
Charles T. Richardson
Groveland
Harriet FE. Robbins
Frank C. Robbins
Lynn
Tanis Appleton Rolo
Ella I. Rolo
Christina Sawyer
Nicholas Sawyer
Helen J. Stevens
Hiram F. Stevens
Henrietta Tapper
Alfred A. Tapper
Anne Stocker
Frederick Stocker
Lillie M. Hippler
Frank Hippler
Mary E. Jewett
John S. Jewett
Writs and deeds in Newton and Cambridge cases
A compilation of cases including Knowlton v Newton National Bank with a writ of entry for two Newton parcels, and verdict for the demandant. Other case notes list 2003 Sanger v Meehan, 2165 Regan v Connell, plus Lowell land deed dispute involving Lillia J. Cutler and petitioners seeking declaration of a deed as void due to alleged fraud. Juries excused. court proceeding on motions and libels for division slated for Wednesday.
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J. No
Willis S. Vincent
Newton National Bank
Newton
William B. French
John B. Goodrich
Sanger
Meehan
Canio
Regan
Connell
Morse
Johnson
Cobine
Blanchard
Abingham
Holden
Lombard
Admr
Daniels
Childs
Deignan
Berger
Dodge
A. R.R
Bowen
Ami
Buckley
Donahue
City
Cambridge
Lillia J. Cutler
John S. Cutler
Lowell
Elbridge G. Heath
Joseph S. Grush
A. G. Lamson
J. Hogan
J. Marren
C. Blaisdell
Obituary of Charles G. Jackman of Boston
Charles G. Jackman of Boston died after a long illness at age 63. He was born February 19 1824 in Enfield New Hampshire and worked in Weymouth and Boston in dry goods and clothing, amassing a fortune before losses. He belonged to Masonic bodies including Orphans Hope Lodge and others. His remains will be taken to Enfield, New Hampshire, Thursday.
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Charles G. Jackman
Boston
Enfield
N. H
Samuel
Mary Jackman
Weymouth
Mass
Jackman & Goodhue
Dock Square
Jackman & Merrill
Orphan's Hope Lodge
A. M
Wes South
St. John’s Lodge of
St. Paul’s R. A
Boston Commandery
K. T
Obituary of Malden resident David Moulton at 83 Washington
David Moulton 62 died at his Malden home of liver trouble. Born in Parsonfield Maine in 1825, he lived in Malden for years and ran a car center and building business at 31 Bow Street Boston. He invented an elevated railroad with safety attachment and planned a hearing at the State House in Boston on Thursday. Formerly a prominent Mason, he leaves a widow and daughter. Funeral Friday at 1 PM from his home.
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Malden
Washington Street
Parsonfield
Bow. Street
Boston
State House
Death of Rev Charles A Farley Former Preacher and Teacher
The Rev Charles A Farley died at the Home for Aged Men in this city on Saturday. Born in Boston September 6 1806 he graduated from Harvard in 1827 and was ordained a Unitarian in 1837. He preached in several towns before the Civil War and taught at a Savannah Georgia seminary prior to the war. He entered the home in 1882. Also reported yesterday was the death of the wife of Rt Rev J W Beckwith bishop of Georgia in Atlanta.
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Charles A. Farley
Boston
Harvard
Alton
Eastport
Norwich
Conn
Savannah
J. W. Beckwith
Georgia
Atlanta
Allston Station to Rise in Granite with Brighton Style
Boston and Albany officials plan a granite station at Allston 90 feet by 40 feet with brown stone trimming and two large waiting rooms a baggage room a ticket office and more The plans are by Shepley Rutan and Coolidge and work to remove the old wooden building to a temporary east position will begin immediately and the new station will be erected rapidly.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Allston
Brighton
Messrs. Shepley
Pearline Dish Declares Perfect Record by Press and Public
The press and public agree Pearline is perfect, praising its quality. Local observers note widespread approval across markets and households, reflecting strong satisfaction with Pearline's performance and value.
Massachusetts Horse Cruelty Case In Boston Court
United States District Attorney Stearns returned from the South and attended court yesterday. In South Boston District Court Michael alias Joseph Morris was sentenced to two months in the house of industry for cruelly beating a horse. John McPherson alias Henry Swift, of Providence, was arrested in a Portland Street saloon for larceny of silverware and napkins from Daniel F. Farr. The theft occurred last November after an escape attempt. William J. Burke, new East Boston ferries superintendent, was privately banqueted at the Maverick House. Nearly fifty girls from the high school viewed Saturn and its rings with supervision by Mr. Tetlow and Miss Carroll. Police dispersed a crowd of would-be obstructionists. Albert Howe & Co. sold seventeen horses at auction for J. P. Dunsmore at the Boston & Albany stock yards for $2261. The Geology of Massachusetts was presented by C. W. Willis at the Boston Scientific Society, followed by A. V. Garrett on dynamo theory with lantern views. Edward Atkinson will speak on profit margins at New Era Hall. Middlesex County Teachers Association observed April 29 with Tonic Sol-fa method demonstrations by Mr. Harry Benson, Melrose and Medford classes. Euterpe adjourned to Sept. 14 at 178 Tremont Street. Samuel Hatch & Co. sold six building lots on Paris Street, East Boston, at varied prices per foot.
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United States Court Room
South Boston
Massachusett Society For the Prevention
Michael
Joseph Morris
House of Industry
John McPherson
Henry Swift
Providence
Portland Street
Abbott
Daniel F. Farr
Green Street
McPherson
William J. Burke
East Boston Ferries
Maverick House
Boston & Albany
Massachusetts
C. W. Willis
Boston Scientific Society
A. V. Garrett
Edward Atkinson
Central Labor Lyceum
New Era Hall
Middlesex County Teachers’ Association
Horticultural Hall
Harry Benson
Melrose Grammar Schools
Medford and Melrose School
Business troubles hit New England and New York firms
Howe & Co. Boston stock brokers fail amid widespread liabilities around 5000. Pp. C. Field & Co. Providence and K. L. buyers fail. Bela C. Pike Newport attached. Klinefelter Bros. Baltimore assign. EB. Wetherell & Co. Taunton assign. Wickoff NY capitalist’s failure risks indorsees. $120,000 tied to Deshler and Harri estates. Mela shoes firm assigns. liabilities and assets about 35000. Burleigh Stocking Co. organized in Lowell to begin all wool hosiery, capacity 100 dozen daily.
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Jacob F. Wickoff
New York
Brown
Wickoff
H. V. Deshler
Tracy H. Harri
Solomon Mela
William Mela
Burleight Stocking Company
Lowell
Boston
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