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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1879

Page

3

Holiday Season Sells at Boston Store in 16 Departments

The store highlights Japanese Boxes and Fancy Articles along with French inlaid Papier Madhe Goods and leather items. It promises an immense line in handkerchiefs neckties and lace goods, suitable for gifts for all ages. New attractions open daily in December with extraordinary inducements across 16 departments. Goods shown willingly with no obligation to buy. An invitation is extended to all.

Boston New England Cushman & Wight Temple Place

Various Boston notices on fairs, staff changes and society events

The week long Cathedral fair may extend to Christmas. Old South fair receipts reached 590 dollars and 35 cents, total to date 2 348 dollars 87 cents. Grant collection sold 117 oil paintings for about 3 000 dollars. Boston Lodge No 10 benefit set for January 8, 1880 at Boston Theatre. W H Russell elected Windsor High School principal. Boston Latin School Association reunion and dinner at Parker House December 17, 1879, Rev James Freeman Clarke to preside. Reverend Meredith’s Sunday School lessons praised at Somerset Street Baptist Church. Central Congregational Church Jamaica Plain voted to call A H Heath of New Bedford. United States Pension Union formed at 21 Hanover Street. French services attendees express thanks as Rev N Cyr discontinues services. Equitable Life Assurance leases Federal Street block for 21 years with reading room to be opened. 138 Boston deaths last week with causes listed. Massachusetts Horticultural Society adjourned and prize list approved. 1880 seedling prize to P B Hovey noted. Herald rifle team medals completed by Leveren & Ritz of Washington Street described.

Boston Latin School Association Parker House James Freeman Clarke Baptist Church Somerset Street Mr. Meredith Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York Federal Street Milk Paris New York Boston Massachusetts Horticultural Society J.C. Hovey P. B. Hovey Hovey Herald Leveren & Ritz Washington Street Park Street Church Dr. Blagden Dr. Withrow Mr. Haynes American Colonization Society Haynes United States Liberia Judge Warren Auxiliary Society Massachusetts South Africa J. B. Latrobe Baltimore Dr. Hopkins Rhode Island Paul Cuffee Samuel Bacon Mr. Ashman Latrobe Eric Abdallah Kate Claxton St. Johnsburg Sound John Holmes Portland Tom Patchen Kentucky Cassius M. Clay Bletonian Alice Aberdeen Rysdyk Hambletonian Europe

Prince Accepts Boston Mayoral Nomination Amid Alleged Plot

Frederick O Prince accepts the unanimous nomination for Boston mayor while denying late 19th century plots to defeat him. A Boston Democratic scene unfolds with remarks from Stebbins and McDavitt, denials of trade, and multiple ward level nominations and alliances shaping the 1879 race.

Missionary meeting for African colonization at Park Street Church

A large Sunday gathering at Park Street Church supported African colonization and Christianization. Speakers from the American Colonization Society urged aid, discussed Liberia’s readiness, and urged Massachusetts to support freedmen with education and opportunity.

Park Street Church Reformed Episcopal Church

Thursby Concertin the Redpath Course

Miss Emma C Thursby returns to Boston for a debut at Music Hall with other notable acts. The program includes the Con non sisters and Howard Reynolds, plus Mme Julia Ribe King and Clarence Hay.

Thursby Redpath Emma C. Thursby Boston Europe Music Hall Conron Howard Reynolds America Mme Julia Rive- King Clarence E. Hay Gaiety Theatre Minnie Palmer Laety Theatre Miss Yalmer Charles P. Brown Miss Palmer Park Theatre Fairfax Bartley Campbell Pew Park ‘Theatre Company Campbell

Burglary and theft reported in Roxbury and city cases

The Roxbury home of Patrick Fay at 71 Downer Street was broken into through a rear window and valuables including a gold watch and chain, clothing, and cash totaling 45 dollars were taken. Separate arrests include Joseph Kelly for forging a Horace Partridge note, Antonio Mason for assaulting Roderick Maguire on North Street, and William A. Hall for obtaining $1,000 from Moses Swasey by false pretenses. Thomas M. Adams was arrested for larceny of $185 from Charles Jenson Jr.’s safe. bail set at $800. James H. Lyons faced the same larceny charge, with Adams as a principal witness.

Patrick Fay Downer Street Roxbury Joseph Kelly Horace Partridge Mr. Partridge Antonio Mason Leary and Fian Station Eight Roderick Maguire North Street Mason Maguire Jenson Station One William A. Hall Harry Stick

A Christmas Insurance Pledge for Young Heirs

A wealthy man hides a bond or deposits savings for a young relative as a Christmas gift. The piece suggests the best substitute is life insurance for children. It references the Equitable Life Assurance Society and its superior inducements to buyers.

Equitable Life Assurance Society

Electric Bell Calls and Alarms Highlight Boston Electric Co

Electricity enhances home and office convenience with electric bell calls clocks burglar alarms and related devices. The Boston Electric Company successors to W R Nuttine & Co offer a full range at 131 Devonshire Street and specialize in lighting gas by electricity in private houses and public buildings.

Boston Electric Company W. R. Nuttine & Co Devonshire Street Boston Electric CO W. R. Nutting & CO Devonshire ST Boston

Holiday novelties at Stearns store Tremont Street

Those seeking holiday gifts can find a large variety at R. H. Stearns & Co. Nos 131 and 132 Tremont street. The selection includes laces, ribbons, ties, worsteds, embroideries, gloves, baskets, hosiery, fancy goods, baby goods, and Paris dolls offering a wide field for purchasers to choose from.

R. H. Stearns & Co Tremont Street Paris

Emancipation Group Dedication in Boston Park

The Emancipation Group gifted by Moses Kimball to Boston was unveiled at noon with Mayor Prince and city officials present. The bronze statue replicates the Freedman’s Memorial, sits on a granite pedestal, and bears inscriptions honoring Lincoln and the 1876 Washington monument. The ceremony included Whittier’s poem read by Andrew Chamberlain and a music-filled benediction at Faneuil Hall.

Park Square Moses Kimball Boston Prince Breck Kelly Stebbins Tucker Swift N. Sawyer Kendricken Mowry Anthony Cape Ann Jonesboro Lincoln Janeoin Park City of Washington Munich Royal Foundry Washington Thomas Ball Faneuil Hall Gov Talbot Executive Council Phillips Brooks Tobey Beard George P. Sanger N. P. Banks James N. Buffum Charles W. Slack Josiah Quincy Nathaniel Seaver Wightmen E. B. Webb Samuel Downer A. Bronson Alcott Curtis Guild Charles W. Wilder George F. Babbitt

Death of Hon. Erastus B Bigelow a Leading Carpet Inventor

Hon Erastus B Bigelow renowned as the inventor of the carpet room and head of the Bigelow Carpet Company died at his Commonwealth avenue residence on December 6 after a sudden paralysis. Born in 1814 in West Boylston Mass he held twenty two patents in loom and machinery and rose from humble beginnings to fame and wealth. He was 65 and died at his home after collapsing at Simmons Building where he was in company with a visitor. In addition other deaths noted include Col Tileston A Barker Levi Wilkins Dr Sylvester Earle and Hon W W Ketcham and Gen Charles Spencer Merchant all listed with brief biographical details.

Bigelow Carpet Company Commonwealth Avenue Bigelow Simmons Mr. Bigelow West Boylston Mass Tileston A. Barker Westmoreland N. H Keene Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers Pierce Buchanan Burlington Boston Senate Hugh DePayne Knights Templar Levi Wilkins Lexington Street East Boston Tremont Lodge No Trismount Encampment Wilkins Tremont Street Common Street South End Otis A Skinner Fifth Universalist Society Warren Street St. John N. B Sylvester Earle Earle New York Zabelski King’s County

Forger Edward Linder Escapes on New Jersey Rail Line

Edward Linder, moved from Boston for heavy check forgeries, escaped by leaping from a closet window in a car on the New Jersey Central Railroad between Elizabethport and Elizabeth town while returning from Trenton in custody. Jail Warden Thompson had custody. habeas corpus proceedings were argued yesterday. A general alarm was sent to nearby cities.

Newark Edward Linder Boston New Jersey Central Railroad Elizabeth Elizabethtown Linder Trenton Thompson

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