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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1887

Page

3

Corner Stone Laid for St. Katharine of Sienna Church

A corner stone ceremony for the Church of St. Katharine of Sienna on Vine Street Charlestown was led by Vicar-General Byrne. The event featured a large procession from St. Francis de Sales, with clergy, societies and veterans in attendance. The sermon by Rev. Father Thomas J. Conaty of Worcester impressed attendees, and the St Francis de Sales Sodality won the silver trowel contest with $350.05 against $244.20 from AOH Division 5.

M. J. Mitchell John Riley Bernard McNeilis St. Francis de Sales M. C L. Society T. J. Brinnin Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society St. Mary’s Mutual Relief Society John Reade Ancient Order of Hibernians Michael Brown Ancient Order of Hibernians of Boston Michael A. Shea Union Veterans’ Union Alexander Mack St. Mary’s Sodality of St. Frances de Sales Sodality William Byrnes D. D V. G T. J. Conaty Worcester Williams Byrnes Thomas J. Conaty St. Francis de Sales Sodality Division 5 Order of Hibernians

Drugged and Robbed A Stoughton Man's Stranger Ordeal

Patrick Madden reports a groaning man found near his Winter street in Stoughton. The victim, later identified as Richardson of Stoughton, was drugged and robbed between Boston and Riverview. He suffered convulsions and possible arsenic poisoning as doctors work to stabilize him.

Waltham Speciar Patrick Madden Winter Street Lincoln Line Temple 2Ske Richardson Stoughton William A. Wyman Hoston Riverview Pond End Richardson Lie Burleigh Wyman Mr.ichardson

Atchison Topeka Santa Fe plans seven million stock issue

The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad announces a proposal to issue 7 million dollars of new stock and raise the dividend rate to 7 percent. The plan includes increasing capital to 75 million, extending rolling stock, and a special stockholders meeting in September in Topeka, Kansas to vote.

Midsummer Night's Dream at Mrs Labouchere's

London Daily News notes a garden party at Pope's Villa Twickenham featuring an open air reading of scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Bottom played by Mr Sala Flute by Mr Whistler Titania by Miss Vaubhan with electric light for moonlight. Cast includes Lyndall Focus Lewis Ponsonby Luxmore Marshall Ashby Sterry Gilbert, Forteaque Norreys Colnaghi.

London Daily News Labouchere Pope’s Villa Twickenham Mr. Sala Bottom Mr. Whistler Mr. Burnand Quince Kate Vaubhan Titania Miss En Dene Jelena Theseus Lyndall Focus Eric Lewis Lysander Claude Ponsonby Demetrina Luxmore Marshall Snout Ashby Sterry Snug Gilbert Farquhar Mermia

Edgeworth men stab officer during brawl after Boston trip

Michael and Patrick Delehan with John Doherty, all of Edgeworth, attacked Officer Foley after a train arrival. Foley sustained multiple stab and hack wounds, including arm and shoulder injuries. Doherty, the Delehans, and Hatley were charged with felonious assault. the trio were jailed to appear in court Monday.

Manoren Michael Patrick Delehan John Doherty Edgeworth Boston Foley Michael Delehan Delehan Michael Imae Coley Patrick McCarthy Sullivan Walter Enwright Lancaster & Sons, Masons John Hatley

First CP rail car crosses Lachine bridge on St Lawrence

The first passenger car and engine crossed the new Canadian Pacific bridge over the St Lawrence River at Lachine on Saturday. The issue notes 59 miles of new rail on two lines, bringing this year's new mileage to 2548, vs 1055 last year and 1272 in 1885. Atchison Topeka Santa Fe now has 11,200 stockholders, a corporate record. EK Henderson says interstate law will cut this year’s earnings by about 200000, more likely as freight on Peoria division is down 25 percent. He cites passenger and Ohio division gains as offset. The Red River Valley railroad is deemed a public work under Manitoba’s act, enabling expropriation and possible injunction blocks, heightening friction with Dominion authorities.

Boston Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company Topeka Kansas William B. Strong George L. Goodwin Mass Engin Canadian Pacific Railway St. Lawrence River Lachine Railroad Gazette Ek, Henderson Indiana, Bloomington & Western Road Peoria Ohio New York Herald Winnipeg Man Red River Valley Public Works Department

Drowned Youth Patrick Casey in Somerville Creek Tragedy

Patrick Casey aged 20 of Charlestown drowned yesterday while bathing in the ice River creek between the Boston and Maine railroad tracks in East Somerville. He resided at the corner of Main and Thorndike streets.

Patrick Casey Main Thorndike Streets Charlestown Boston & Maine Railroad East Somerville

New Books in Two Styles of Cover

Two English tales reach readers with varied paper covers The Bag of Diamonds by George Manville Fenn promises plot driven incident and mystery while Red Spider by S Baring-Gould offers a Devonshire portrait from fifty years ago The review notes local scenery and changing life and cites favorable Atheneum reception for the former and Kingsley’s Bratton Clovelly context for the latter It also mentions a health volume on diet by Edward Tunis Bruen with practical cautions and a digestion table

London Atheneum S. Baring-Gould Devonshire Bratton Clovelly Kingsley Clovelly Mr. saring-Gould George Manvillé Fenn New York D. Appleton & Co Sted Spider

Fortunes of Words by Frederico Garlanda

Frederico Garlanda’s study of word origins and changes unfolds through letters to a lady. He traces roots, slang, and shifts like goose and gossip, showing how language marks a people’s mind. The book mixes playful anecdotes with etymological insight and invites readers toward a root-based dictionary.

Garlanda Wise Acre Othello Desdemona Gramercy Square New York de Kromme Zee Nancy Cousins Bay Tarbor Fairfield Terre Bean Mr. Garlante Frederico Garlanda A. Lovell & Co

Yan Phou Lee recalls boyhood in China and American impressions

Yan Phou Lee who came to the United States in 1873 at about age 12 shares a vivid account of his boyhood in China and his studies games and meals. He contrasts Chinese and American views on women infanticide and deformity noting feet and waist customs. An incident on the journey from San Francisco to Springfield shows cultural difference before a kiss in Mass. The book When I Was a Boy in China is cited with a 60 cent price.

Yan Phou Lee China Mr. Lee America Lee San Francisco Springfield Mass Boston D. Lothrop & Co

Dr Bruen Advises Tailored Diet In Dyspepsia Series

In a nursing lesson series Dr Edward Tunis Bruen emphasizes personal digestion differences and diet. He discourages alcohol use generally and beer, yet he does not urge total abstinence. He endorses wine in select cases and singles out sherry as most harmful to digestion.

Edward Tunis Bruen

Notable Reprints in Ticknor's Paper Series

A survey of recent reprints and new editions including Barrett Wendell's The Duchess Emilia Howells Dr Breens Practice The House at Highbridge Tales of Three Cities by Henry James Allan Quatermain by H Rider Haggard Tales Before Supper Gautier Mérimée biography and criticism Society Verse by Ernest Pit Pierson Earth Sea and Sky Northrop By the Way The Story of the Earth and Man Dawson with notes and updated text The volume showcases varied literary and scientific works with mixed reception and commentary.

Ticknor New England James Daisy Miller Northrop Dr. Northrop Earth Henry Davenport Northrop D.D. Hascall, Cullen & Co Boston

Muzzling the Ox That Treadeth Out the Corn Commentary

From the London Truth an allegory about restraining appetites and government salaries. It contrasts oxen fed corn with MPs arguing for reduced ministerial pay and notes the wasteful absurdity until taxpayers act. An unrelated line reports Earnest Lecourt escaping a fifteen year Connecticut State prison sentence.

London House of Commons Earnest Lecourt Connecticut

Creditor Accepts 20 Cents on Dollar in Eddy Case

Creditors of M S Eddy boot and shoe machinery vote to accept 20 percent of claims payable in thirty days. The report lists multiple insolvencies including McDonald Purdy Elmira North Carolina and Mellstrom Hansen Lowell with liabilities totaling hundreds of thousands and partial assets. Other firms assigned or insolvent include Bairnes Cleveland W F Rice Fitchburg and J H Baird Co Hinsdale. The note surveys Cincinnati based defunct firms C J Kershaw Co and creditors estimates of recoveries.

M.S. Eddy Walter J. Reynolds Davisville R. I McDonald & Purdy Elmira N. C Mellstrom & Hansen Lowell Mass Charles O. W. Mellstrom John Hanson W. F. Bairnes Cleveland T. H. W. Rice Fitchburg J. H. Baird & Co Hinsdale N. H Peat Jacob St. John & Son East Galway N. Y Bigelow & Jones Worcester Turner Newport R. J C. C. Hastings Haverhill Tabler, Crudup & Co Railroad Contractors Chattanooga Tenn D. G. Crudup & Co Inman Tabler Crudup Coal and Coke Company Daisy, Tenn J. H W. EK. Baskett T. H. Ewing Clique House C. J. Kershaw & Co Chicago Cincinnati

YANKERIES Exhibition Thrives Amid London Weekend Scene

The Yankeries pavilion thrives in the London World exhibit with Lt Dan Godfrey leading his band daily. Visitors enjoy the pagoda amid trees opposite the Welcome Club, now open. Six crowned heads approve the new short drinks in the Prince of Wales room, and the club veranda hosts music and American novelties beside Lord Ronald Gower's Henry V statue on the green.

London Dan Godfrey Prince of Wales Messrs Oeetzmann Lord Ronald Gower Henry V

Atchison Daily Times Boom and Bold Editorial Tactics

A colonial era critique surveys the Atchison Daily Times celebrating its eleven days of publication and bold tactics. It praises its pushy business stance demanding local advertisers support the paper or face aggressive publicity. The piece notes scathing editorials attacking social norms and a confrontational posture toward Atchison merchants.

Havre and Atlantic Arrivals Reported in July Seaborne Traffic

A Havre dispatch lists numerous vessels arriving July 31 including the steamer La Bourgogne from New York and the Rhaetia from New York, with arrivals from Liverpool London Bermuda and various ports. The report names ships schooners brigs and several vessels with origins in Manila Calcutta Cherbourg St Johns Kingston Jamaica and Rio Janeiro among others.

New York Umbria Liverpool Chicago London la Gascogne Havré Orinoco Bermuda St. Johns New Yor Esse Manila Glendon Calcutta Armonia Batavia Tafal Lisbon Borghild Vincent Ann Taylor St ‘Joix Flora St Johns Cate Amherst Gibbera John Kaigley Carbarton George Moon Edward Kidder Hong Kong Mohican Paonique Stella Leghorn Polynemus Nariva Trinidad Huntress Victoria Brazil Ariadne Rio Janeiro Perro Bahia Aniello Jalatola Marseilles Balkan Brigs Davingbee Cardenas L& W Armstrong Point-a-Pitro Fraternidade Demarara Bliss Cape Vincent Fairfield Gonaives Favorite St Pierre Mart Mersey Barbadoes Emeline Nuevitas Naquabo Port Royal Xorena Matanzan Annie F Rickerson D Ingraham Augusta Pavilion Calaig Laura Thompson Martha’s Vineyard William_ Slatter Boston Georate Berry Rockland E_ Flower Providence John H Chaffee RS Dean Taunton Henry FP Hallock J H Vanaman Flora King Hannah A Brown Maria Newport Helen Augusta Portland Conn Gill & Baird WE Brainard A A Deming Connecticut River Marion Clinton J R Carrington New Haven Rachel Jane J Williams Kingston Jamaica Trinunfo Ponce Briga T Remick Wrangle Sarah Si Kennedy Santa Cruz Swift Sure

Third Meeting of Creditors in Morse Insolvency

Notice declares the third meeting of creditors for Warren G Morse of Cambridge at the Court of Insolvency East Cambridge on November 10 1887 at 9 am. Creditors may attend prove claims and object to allowances. accounts of the assignees will be presented. Assignors Hutchins and Christian named as trustees.

Boston Pereny Warren G. Morse Cambridge East Cambridge Allowancs nereOr Eltam E. Hutchins E. Hutchins Thomas Christian Assignoes

Roth Tidd Estate Notices in Medford Court Records

Public notice for the estate of Roth Tidd late of Medford in the county. The document invites interested persons to appear and present claims or respond to probate proceedings. It outlines required steps and deadlines for filing, with court details and contact information.

Roth Tidd Medford Commonwealth OF Massachu Suffolk Michael Finnegan Boston Agemer Stoc Alice Finnegan Boston Post Joun W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Register Ommonweralter Massach Catherine. McGowax Said

Auctioneers offer vast security list in Boston sale

Francis Henshaw and company advertise a Wednesday and Saturday sale of bonds stock and valuables on August 8 1887. Items include national bank shares railroad stocks cotton mills manufacturing firms and collateral bonds with numerous quantities and dates.

Everett Mt. Vernon Freeman’s Bank Lynn Atlantic Cotton Mills Manchester Mills Lowell Mfz Hamilton . Co Fortsmouth Dover RR Fitchbur New York Haven & Hartford Omaha & Southwestern RR Oregon Short Line RR Ogdensburg Lake Champlain RR Yvhenix Mfg. Co Taunton Mass Worcester, Nashua & Roch. Ra Boston Gas T Co First Nath Bank West Newton Tremont Natl Hide and Leather Bank Atla Atata Vail Bank

Peremptory Sale of Two Estates on Emerson Street

Henry J. Bowen of 467 W Broadway South Boston announces a peremptory sale of two estates located at 165 and 173 Emerson Street South Boston. The notice specifies the auction action by Bowen acting for the seller with dates and terms to follow in the official notice.

Henry J. Bowen W. Broadway South Boston Emerson Street South Boston

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