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.
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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.
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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
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New York
Boston
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J.C. Hovey
P. B. Hovey
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Herald
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Washington Street
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American Colonization Society
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Liberia
Judge Warren
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J. B. Latrobe
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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
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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.
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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.
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Emma C. Thursby
Boston
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Boston
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Mowry
Anthony
Cape Ann
Jonesboro
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Janeoin Park
City of Washington
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Washington
Thomas Ball
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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.
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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.
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Edward Linder
Boston
New Jersey Central Railroad
Elizabeth
Elizabethtown
Linder
Trenton
Thompson
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Carlisle
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Congress Street
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Washington and
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Friend Street
R. J. Lee
Jordan, Harsh & CO
Masian Suk Aik
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Theodore Tilton
Ritchie
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Worthington
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Reade Street
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Bi Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
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St Leonard Street
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Wachineton Mi
Chelsea Gas Light Co
Samuel Hatch & CO
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Frank C. Bell
William E. Ansell
Frederic Pope
Lowell Five Savings Bank
Suffolk
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Rollis Street
Burroughs Place
Burroughs
Sarah Hearvey
Nutting
Hollis Street
Burro Place
Barney Corey Oy
Samuel J.M. Homer
Rebecca T. Homer
Pope
Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank
Lowell
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Boston Stock and Exchanges Board
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Nerna Aer
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Henry A. Klagge
Maverick Square
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James H. Paine
Charlestown Street
Frank B. Ingalls
Milk Street
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Walker’s Library
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Thomas H. Perkins
Charles H. Booth
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Stonington, Conn
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Henry C. Short
Nonjtoded
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Neptune Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Eugene B. Hinckley
Amosheag Manufacturing CO
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T. Jefferson Coolidge
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Josiam HH. Carthr
Chelsea
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Leonard
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Williams & Everett’s Gallery
C. E. Osgood
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Warren Avenue
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Sidney Cushing
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Leopold Morse
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Benjamin Pierce
Weston
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W. H. Cundy
45 Mile Street
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Vicinity
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Post Office Square
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Winchester
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Needham
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Somerville
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Lyman P. French
Clement Willis
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William Rogers & Son
Reed & Barton
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