Knights of Honor excursion draws five thousand to Mellville Garden
The Knights of Honor visit to Mellville Garden in Downer Landing draws about 5000 spectators the largest crowd of the season. A Massachusetts nine defeats Immanuel Lodge 8 to 1 after extra innings. Boat races prize winners include Daniel Sullivan, John Waters, Miss Rogers, Miss Nunchew, and the team of J H White and J E Lewis. The event features concerts, addresses by national officers, and a barge trip with stops at Nahant and Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downer Lanpine
Knights of Honor
Mellville Garden
Massachusetts
Immanuel Lodge
Daniel Sullivan
City Point Lodge
South Boston
John Waters
Miss Rogers
Boston
Miss Nunchew
J. H. White
J. E. Lewis
A. R. Savage
Lewiston
R. H. Cochran
New York
P. Lawrence
Pepperell
Mass
New England
Salem
American Watch Company
Edmonds
Music Hall
City Assessors Report Shows Tax Rate Rise and Ward Gains
The principal assessors report shows a tax rate increase of 70 cents per thousand totalling 1840 on a thousand. Real estate gains appear in every ward with the largest rises in business districts. personal property grows in Ward 21 due to trustees managing large estates. Total real and personal gains reach 37 008 508 compared with 25 000 000 in 1886. Ward by ward changes list gains and losses in polls and property, reflecting overall levy advance.
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J. Moore Hanham
New York
Castles Castles
K &Q
Pnee
Paksressssee Oldu Ponds
Senee
Evbabats Eves
Eee
Ceesseseseves
Ces Es Eereree
Eees
A Summer Voyage Around Campobello Island
A travelogue from Campobello Island describes driving routes to Herring Cove Cranberry Beach and Welshpool. It notes coastal cliffs lighthouses East Quoddy Head and Passamaquoddy Bay views the Bay of Fundy tides and a sail around the island aboard the Escort highlighting scenery roads and informal fishing rules amid the summer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tynx-xy-Corp
Camposetto IslAnd
N. B
Sprorau
Herring Cove
Friar’s Head
Holland Point
Lubec
Maine
Cranberry Beach
Sam
Lake
Solow
Eastern Head
West Quoddy Head
Raccoon Point
West Quoddy
United States
Tyn-y- Coed
Welshpool
Schooner Cove
Head Harbor
Campobello
Passamaag Hay
Eastport Harbor
Harbor de Lute
Bay of Fundy
Eastport
Bulldog Beach
Quoddy Head
Apluurg
Ana Wee
Peridi
Nancy Head
Atlantic
Campobello Island
Blue Bay of Fundy
Hastort
West End Railway seeks large stock increase and public hearing
The West End Railway Company asks railroad commissioners to raise capital from 80009 to 1200000 to cover land purchases on Beacon street Brookline bridge work and other construction costs. A public hearing is set at the commission offices for Friday August 19 at 10 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Railway Company
Railroad Commissioners
Beacon Street
Boston & Albany Railroad
Brookline
Funeral of Alpheus Hardy at Old South Church
The funeral for Alpheus Hardy was held at noon at the Old South Church with a brief family ceremony at No 4 Joy Street. Notables including Governor Ames, Justice Gray, and many city and church leaders attended before a Mt. Auburn burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpheus Hardy
Old South Church
S. G. Buckingham
Springfield
Hardy
No.4
Joy Street
Governor Ames
Justice Gray
United States Supreme Court
E. B. Webb
Increase N, Tarbox
E. S. Toby
Thomas Motley
David Pulsifer
Peter Butler
Professor Churchill
Andover
John 8. Farlow
Newton
Mr. Butler
Belmont
Charles King
Samuel Johnson
Charles Theodore Russell
William G. Weld
George William Bond
William Peters
William J. Tucker
D.D
J. W. Churchill
George Gould
Edward C. Johnson
Gilbert R. Payson
Ezra H. Bacon
Samuel Carr, Jr
Birth of the Nation lecture at Old South highlights unity and history
Mr John Fiske spoke on the Birth of the Nation as Miss Lucia T Ames performed. The talk traced colonial unions, Massachusetts dominance, and the 1643 New England confederacy, taxation disputes, Franklin and Hutchinson plans, and the 1787 Philadelphia convention leading to a united States, ending with secession episodes shaping the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old South
John Fiske
Lucia T. Ames
America
Athens
New World
Massachusetts
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
New Haven
Connecticut
Plymouth
Charles II
Benjamin Franklin
Hutchinson
Albany
Philadelphia
North
South
South Carolina
Presentation to Captain Daggett at Nattasket
Captain Daggett of the Twilight was surprised by several gentlemen in his room at Nattasket last evening. They presented a valuable marine glass and a letter signed by T. T. Sawyer Jr. Charles B. Perkins George W. Terrill Eugene H. Sampson and James L. Wesson as thanks for his courteous treatment of patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Daggett
Nattasket
Daggett
Twilight
Messrs
T. T. Sawyer, Jr
Charles B. Perkins
George W. Terrill
Eugene H. Sampson
James L. Wesson
Line
Supposed Leather Thieves Arrested Over Stolen Goods
Jamez Leary, one of two men who tried to sell two bundles of leather to James & Co at No 91 South Street, was arrested yesterday on suspicion the leather was stolen. They received $2 for the leather and Leary admitted involvement with his accomplice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamez Leary
James & Co
No. 91
South Street
Leary
John Dolan
Chauncy Street
Marcella Street
Roxbury
B. L. Young
H. A. Mills
Jamaica Pond
Young
H. Curtis
Leverett Street
Mayers & Co
John Sheridan
William Anderson
Armstrong’s Express
Eastern
New York & New England Railroad
New York
Norwich
American Association For Advancement of Science
Nantasket
Marblehead
Foster’s Wharf
Funeral of Hubbard W Breed in Dorchester
The funeral for Hubbard W Breed who drowned when a yacht capsized in Portland Harbor last Sunday was held yesterday at 11 30 from his Dorchester home at Cottage Street and Norfolk Avenue. The service followed at St Ann s Church with Rev Dr right of the First Episcopal Church of South Boston officiating. Burial was in Mt Hone cemetery family lot.
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H. W. Breed
Hubbard W. Breed
Portland Harbor
Cottage Street
Norfolk Avenue
Dorchester
St. Ann’s Anneal Church
First Episcopal Church of
South Boston
Mt. Hone
Sullivan Crowned Champion of Champions in Boston Belt Night
The Springfield Republican reviews a Boston Theatre event honoring John L. Sullivan. A lavish diamond belt titled To the Champion of Champions is presented as Boston officials and spectators, including Pat Sheedy and Major Whall, celebrate Sullivan with speeches and a nationalistic nod to Boston's modern Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Republican
Life
Athens
Sullivan
Boston
Collins
O'Brien
Commodus
Herakles
John Lawrence Sullivan
United States
Erin
Driscoll
Desmond
Murphy and
Sidrney
Winthrop
Bellingham
New York
Pat Sheedy
Mr. Sheedy
Denny Kelliher
George Godfrey
Jack Williams
Johnny Murphy
George la Blanche
Sheedy
Jimmie
Billy Mahoney
Major Whall
Cicero
North End
John L. Sullivan
Nathaniel P. Banks
Cleeronian
Ewok
Beacon Hill
Una
Two sailors missing after yacht voyage to Bar Harbor
Noted disappearance of George A. Sears and James F. Howe Jr aged 19 and 21 after they left Dorchester two weeks ago in the yacht Merle bound for Bar Harbor. Meanwhile John Bennett, crew of the sloop Ino, was found dead in Tileston's dock and taken to the morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Sears
James F. Howe, Jr
Dorchester
Merle
Bar Harbor
John Bennett
Ino
Tileston’s Wharf
Boston Clearing House
Edison
Point of Pines Midsummer Festival Opens With 800 Musicians
The Point of Pines festival starts next Sunday and runs eight days under director J Thomas Baldwin. The program features the military fantasie A Night in Camp at Appomattox and includes top military band composers and arrangers. About 800 musicians will perform with free grounds admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point of Pines
J. Thomas Baldwin
Appomattox
Baldwin
Genuine English Woodstocks From John H. Pray Sons & Co
Advertises genuine English Woodstocks available through John H. Pray Sons & Co as sole U.S. agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
United States
Police Reserve Members Authorized to Patrol and Earn
The board selects reserve force members to follow existing rules and receive $2 per duty. They may arrest in uniform and on duty, keep witness fees, and visit police stations. Superior officers must treat them as citizens, and they report to their assigned stations daily.
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Downer Landing
Barbor
the Pines
Frank Ridlon
Morrison
J. B. Murdock
U.S.N
Murdock
Otto Moses
Boulanger
Carles Cooper
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Meigs Elevated Railroad Company
Cambridge
L. Waldo
Yale Carlee Observatory
Boston Electric Club
J. Putnam Bradlee
Deer Island
Nahant
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Thomson-Houston
Lynn
Dr. Moses
Ridlon
Colonel Ransom
Elisha Thomson
P. H. Alexander
R. F. Ross
I. A. Gilbert
A. H. Chapman
B. S. Flanders
M. M. M. Slattery
George W. Adams
Alexander
Hanham and Young
Pees
Ain
Ain Pabe
Eal
Sanford’s
Sanford
Santorp
Ginger
Sandford
Boston Post
Columbia
Pope Mfg. CO
Franklin St
Washington St
William and Edwin Sheafe
Calder
Tremont and Boylston Sts
Hotel Pelham
Victor Cycles
Overman Wheel CO
Columbus Avenue
Rowe's Wharf
Harvay & Hutchins
River St
Beacon St
Wm, Read & Sons
Washington Street
Price
Woodward's
Bromfield Street
Chas. L. Bly
Pearl ST
Columbus Ave
Marcellus H. McElroy
Tremont Street
John C. Randall
Randall
W. T. Randall
Beloit
Wis
Rockton
Winnebago County
Jrl
W. O. Tyler Paper Company
Chicago
W. F. Starkweather
Paints
West Manchester
N. H
R. James
Cincinnati
G. N. McGregor & Co
Pulaski, Tenn
H. D. Cooke
Grocer
Robert James
Cincin~ Q
Howard Doug
Snyder Bros
Beaman
Committee On
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
S.ck
Animes
William Baldwin
Boylston Street
I. P. Lord & CO
Union Street
Reserve Police Force
The
Board of Police Commissioners
Henry F. Miller Pianos
Tremont St
Boston Association
Chestnut Street
Health Food CO
New England Agency
Tremont St. Rosston
A, Richards
Chandlery
State St
Atlantic Ave
Commerce S
Gas Lighting Co
Arch St
Pacific House
Nantasket Beach, Mass
B. Hathaway
Dean, Foster & CO
Blackstone St
Columbia Rubber Company
Columbia Company
Swindler
Toronto
Small
BH. Balantyne
Baker Pasha
England
Frederick W. Hopt
Lat Ke City
John Turner
Hopt
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