Matthews Poised for Boston Mayoral Victory Says Polls
The city campaign shows Matthews gaining strength with colored voters and business interests backing him. Moody Merrill makes closing appeals while James E. Dorcey is not a candidate for the school board. Union labor backs Matthews as independents drive a large plurality, with expected six to eight Democratic aldermen elected.
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Mr. Matthews
Moody Merrill
James E. Dorcey
Matthews
Boston
Merril
J. H. O'Neil
Matthews Rally in East Boston Leads Democrats to Victory
A large East Boston rally at Lyceum Hall showcased support for Nathan Matthews with speakers including Colonel John W. Corcoran and Congressman Joseph H. O'Neil. Speakers praised Matthews' business record and promised an honest City Hall administration, while blasting rival Merrill and urging unified Democratic control of Aldermen and Council.
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Boston
Corcoran
Russell
Nathan Matthews
City Hall
O'Neil
Doherty
Kk. J. Donovan
Palmer, Prince
O’brien
Merrill
Abor
Matthews
Bosn
E. J. Flynn
Ast
John H. Sullivan
Mast Boston
Boardman Hall
Moody Merrill
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Grover Cleveland
Affalo
Seth Low
Brooklyn
William Russell
Cambridge
P. C. Kelley
Colored voters urged to back Nathan Matthews in Boston race
A circular from Cr Mirrorp H. Plummer urged Boston’s Colored Voters in Ward 9 to support Nathan Matthews Jr. for mayor, arguing race interests over party and noting Matthews is favored by business leaders and prominent citizens. The call advised voting on Tuesday, December 9, to endorse Matthews as the choice of the people and promoter of clean government.
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Republican Party
Boston
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Matthews
Poe
Nathan Matthews
Crirrorp H. Plummer
Republican Rally in Paine Hall Draws City Figures
The Republican rally in Paine Hall featured presiding speaker Andreas Blume followed by W. Ernst, Hart’s secretary, who urged support for Alderman candidate Rust while avoiding endorsement of the mayoral hopeful. Moody Merrill spoke, praising Mayor Wart’s administration and urging voters to scrutinize any mayoral candidate’s fitness.
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Paine Hall
Andreas Blume
W. Ernst
Hart
Rust
Moody Merrill
Wart
Merrill
Boston
Boston mayoral race rally denounces corrupt City Hall ties
The speaker pledges integrity in city government urging voters to elect trustworthy leaders over profiteers. He contrasts trusted candidates with those who solicit favors at City Hall and warns against officials beholden to outsiders. Remarks by Nathaniel J. Rust and J. M. Omstead conclude the event.
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Boston
City Hall
State House
Mr. Rust
Nathaniel J. Rust
J. M. Omstead
Merrill Hears Boston Hold Meet in Cold Hall
In Faneuil Hall yesterday the Republican meeting drew a full crowd but little warmth for Moody Merrill. Merrill spoke of his record, vowed to manage city affairs on business lines, and urged voters to elect him mayor while avoiding backsliding with city contractors.
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Merrill
Faneuil Hall
Moody Merrill
J. W. Olmstead
Republican City Committee
Homer Rogers
Rogers
John L. Swift
Robert M. Fanning
East Boston
Mr. Merrill
Boston
William Minot
City of
Old City
Sullivan Rally Endorses Sullivan for Alderman Ninth District
A Dudley Street Opera House gathering urged Richard Sullivan for Alderman in the ninth district and endorsed Nathan Matthews for mayor. Judge P J Maguire led with praise for Sullivan while calling rival Regan a non entity. Ex Alderman John C Short attacked Regan and obstruction tactics. South Boston Councillors Barry and McCarthy voiced strong support for Sullivan.
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Richard Sullivan
Dudley Street Opera House
Ninth
Nathan Matthews
P. J. Maguire
Sullivan
Regan
John C. Short
Barry and
McCarthy
South Boston
Mr. Sullivan
Declination Letter From James H Dorcy For School Board
Boston December 6 James H Dorcy informs the Republican Ward and City Committees that his current business demands prevent him from serving on the School Board. He notes he would have declined earlier but awaited a nomination notice from the party.
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Boston
Republican Ward and City Committee
James H. Dorcry
Chattanooga Lauded In pamphlet as Nation’s Brightest Growth Spot
A promotional pamphlet extols Chattanooga Tennessee as the swiftest growing Southern city with the richest coal and mineral deposits. It cites Abram Hewitt Andrew Carnegie and Chauncey Depew and highlights steel iron coal lumber and agriculture plus a Southern steel plant with a $6 million capital.
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United States
Chattanooga
Tenn
Abram
Hewitt
Andrew Carnegie
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Carnegie
New South
Pew
South
Kansas
Nebraska
Nature
Omaha
Denver
Kansas City
Southern Steel-Making
Southern Iron Company
Blood Purifier Sarsaparilla Promises Freedom From Impure Blood
A promotional assertion claims Hood s Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood and restores vitality, presenting personal liberty as a result of improved health. The appeal targets readers seeking relief from conditions described as scrofula salt rheum or impure blood.
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Hood
Sketches of Candidates for Board of Aldermen by District
The Post presents brief sketches of twenty two aldermanic candidates, five of whom already serve on the present board. Most were not liquor dealers among the field. Voters can read only their district to learn how to vote, as live records and past notices guide the choice.
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the Post
First District Candidates Sullivan and Gower Profile
Democratic candidate Joan A Sullivan, born in Ireland in 1848, educated at national schools, arrived in America in 1867, later East Boston inspector of East India merchandise, stevedore for Warren Steamship Line, served on Boston Common Council 1884-85, Board of Aldermen 1886-87, and Massachusetts Senate in 1888. Republican Wesery A Gower, born Boston September 9, 1837, in coal and wood business at 212 Borderan Street, director at Erie Telegraph & Telephone Co, East Boston Savings Bank, and First Ward National Bank, served five terms in the House and state Senate in 1885-6.
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Joan A. Sulllivan
Ireland
America
East Boston
Warren Steamship Line
Hoe
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Massachusetts Senate
Wesery A. Gower
Boston
Bordean Street
Erie Telegraph & Telephone Company
East Boston Savings Bank
First Ward National Bank
State Senate
BENJAMIN F STACEY RENOMINATED IN CHARLESTOWN RACE
Benjamin F Stacey of Charlestown, born 1836 in Gloucester, built a druggist career, served in the State Legislature, Charlestown Common Council, and Board of Aldermen, and is renominated for a third term. E Joshin W lit, born 1337 in Scituate, carpenter turned veteran, long Charlestown Common Council member and State Representative, seeks the seat.
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Benjamin F. Stacey
Charlestown
Gloucester
Mass
Boston
Charles H. Atwood
Green and
Leverett
Old Ward
Scituate
Mechanic Apprentices’ Library Association
Ifty-Seventh Massachusetts Regiment
Army of the Potomac
the Wilderness
Appomattox
Keenan and Warren in Third District race background
Thomas F. Keenan born 1854 in Boston, educated at Mayhew Grammar and English High, longtime Boston Advertiser staffer, former Common Council member, editor of the Boston Democrat. John Warren opposed Keenan, running under Independent Citizens' nomination, Irish-born from Clonakilty Cork, Ireland, and linked to Fenian movement of 1867.
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Thomas F. Keenan
Boston
Mayhew Grammar
Boston Advertiser
Boston Daily
Common Council
Boston Democrat
John Warren
Keenan
Independent Citizens
Clonakilty
Cork County
Ireland
Fourth District Candidates for City Alderman
George Von L. Meyer born 1868 in Boston lifelong Ward 9 resident Harvard 1879 graduate presides over Ames Power Co director in Old Colony Trust and treasurer of Boston Lying-in Hospital former Common Council member chair of water street and bridges committees credited with averting a $1,000,000 war department dispute. Grence W. Boynton Independent Republican ex Ward 9 councilor in clothing business with Jackson Mandell Daniell active Moody Merrill supporter and Fox ally in the last campaign.
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George von L. Meyer
Boston
Harvard College
Linder & Meyer
Ames Power Company
Old Colony Trust Company
McLean Street
Common Council
Grerce W. Boynton
Young Men’s Republican Club
Boynton
Jackson, Mandell & Daniell
Alderman Cushing
Moody Merrill
Fox
Fifth District Candidates Harold Williams and Nathaniel J Rust
Dr Harold Williams, Democratic candidate, a Quincy native and Harvard trained physician, biographies cover his Brookline birth, Harvard and Harvard Medical College education, Paris London and Vienna study, Boston practice, Nantucket summers, and prior alderman bids. Nathaniel J Rust, Republican candidate, born Gorham Missouri in 1833, career as druggist, founder and president of drug firms, Lincoln Bank founder, legislative roles in 1874 76 and 1878 79, and ward offices.
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Harold Williams
Moses Williams
Brookline
Harvard College
Harvard Medical College
Paris
London
Vienna
Boston
Nantucket
Thomas N. Hart
Rust Bros. & Bird
Rust & Richardson Drug Company
Rust
Lincoln Bank
Equitable
House of Representatives
Leary Renominated in Sixth District Contest
Edward J. Leary, Democrat, renominated, is a South Boston native born thirty years ago. He has served in the Common Council and House of Representatives from Ward 13, defeating Alderman James Murphy last year in a hot race. He runs a clothing business. Willim H. Woops, Republican, born Boston August 6, 1869, attended Quincy School and learned masonry. He spent years in the news business and has operated a livery stable at 88 West Broadway, South Boston, for seven years. he was a Common Council candidate a year ago.
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Edward J. Leary
South
Boston
House of Representatives
James Murphy
Willim H. Woops
Quincy
Mason
West Broadway
Common Council
Fucop Renominated in Seventh District Race
Democratic candidate Thomas W. Fucop, born in Ireland on November 7, 1857, was renominated in the Seventh District race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Fucop
Ireland
Samuel Ke lly Republican Candidate and Local Career
He previously served as a clerk in the superintendent of streets office and now runs a real estate office at 474A West Broadway South Boston. Samuel Kelly, a Republican candidate aged about thirty eight, lives at 225 West Fifth Street and is tied to the Eureka Ventilator Company. He spent years on Ward 15 Republican committee and in 1884 85 86 sat on the Common Council on key committees. He succeeded Alderman Bromwich in the Board of Aldermen but was defeated last year in a three cornered contest by Alderman Flood.
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West Broadway
Boston
Samuel KeLly
West Fifth Street
Eureka Ventilator Company
Common Council
Alderman Bromwich
Flood
Right-hand District Candidates Describe O'Malry and Lewis
Democratic Joan W. O'Mratry, born in Ward 17, a druggist and former Common Council member, represented his ward in the Legislature in 1888 and 1889. Republican Weston Lewis, born in Hingham in 1834, founded Lewis, Brown & Co. and held multiple public roles including Common Council president andState prison inspector.
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Righth
Joan W. O’mratry
Washington Street
Common Council
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Weston Lewis
Hingham
Boston
House of Lewis, Brown & Co
Lewis
Walbridge A. Field
Washburn
Gaston
Dorchester
Brookline
West Roxbury
Charlestown
Boston Public Library
Manufacturers’ National Bank
Corner of Summer and
Devonshire Streets
Robinson
State Board of Arbitration
Ninth District Candidates in Boston Alderman Race
Biographical sketches of Democratic candidates Martin Regan Arena Sullivan Jeremiah Donovan and Republican Charles Woolley. Regan born Boston 1858 rose from city engineer to undertaker at Tremont Street and lost by eleven votes. Sullivan born Durham Conn 1856. lawyer. four terms in Common Council. Donovan born Boston 1859. provision business. Dem ward committee member. Woolley born Westmoreland NH. 38. merchant in provision trade. active in ward politics.
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Martin Regan
Boston
Washington and Comins
Roxbury Paper Company
Hyde Park
Boston Belting Company
O’brien
Hart
Tremont Street
Woolley
Arenaard Sullivan
Durham
Conn
Comins Grammar School
Boston College
Boston University Law School
Suffolk
Charles B. Wool Ley
Westmoreland
N. H
Kimball Union Academy
TENTH DISTRICT CANDIDATES LEWIS G FARMER AND W G Rexro
Democratic Lewis G Farmer of Roxbury, Dartmouth 1872 law student and former Common Council member, is backed by local civic leaders as fit to represent the district. Republican William G Rexro, born in Maine, Boston University Law School graduate, serves on the Roxbury Club and upper chamber, seeking renomination.
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Lewis G. Farmer
Roxbury
Dartmouth College
A. A. Ranney
George Fred Williams
Fisher Hall
Citizens’ Association
Hart
Farmer
Boston Press Club
Boston
The
Transcript
Common Council
Ciutizens
Henry W. Putnam
Harvey N. Shepard
John E. May
George M. Hobbs
Matthew Binney
James W. Clarke
William G. Rexro
Waldoboro
Boston University Law School
Reed, Curtis & Manson
Tremont Street
Roxbury Club
First Corps of Cadets
Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Elm Hill Association
Eleventh District candidates Ler and Williams featured
Democratic candidate John H. Ler of Ward 25, born Boston 1846, wood turner turned hotel operator, livestock market reporter, served on Boston Common Council and Board of Aldermen, longtime Democratic ward and city committee head. Republican Joseph B Williams, about 45, in warehouse business on Congress Street, father Jere Williams former Roxbury selectman.
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John H. Ler
Boston
Eliot
Ile
Brighton
Joseph 8. Williams
Congress Street
Boston Warehouse Company
Hts
Jere Williams
Board of Selectmen
Old Town of
Roxbury
Dorchester District Nomination Details for Carruth and Young
Sr Carruth a Dorchester native born Feb 15 1855 is renominated as Democratic candidate and has long ties to Carruth & Sweetser Clarke & Carruth publishing. Major Charles A Young Republican candidate born 1842 in Barrington NH led Odorless Excavating and Dorchester military units and Harvard Improvement Company roles.
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Carruth
Dorchester
Phillips Andover Academy
Carruth & Sweetser
Clarke & Carruth, Publishers
Charles A. Young
Barrington
N. H
New Hampshire
Young
Roxbury Horse Guards
Battaliion
Old Guard
Harvard Improvement Company
Promoting Good Citizenship Address at Old South Meeting House
The Massachusetts Society for Promoting Good Citizenship met at the Old South Meeting House where Rev. Charles G. Ames spoke on The Duty of the Present to the Future. He urged reducing social friction to prevent future discord and warned against misunderstanding and prejudice among Protestants Catholics and other groups. Attending remarks from Edwin D. Mead and Dr. C. F. Crehore followed. The society plans lectures on vital political topics and seeks funds to support its activities.
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Massachusetts Society For Promoting Good Citizenship
Old South Meeting House
Charles G. Ames
Mr. Ames
Satan
America
England
Edwin D. Mead
C. F. Crehore
Old South Studies
Society
Catholics and the Schools Controversy in Boston
A. A. Miner replies to Martin Brimmer and others disputing the framing of the issue as Catholics and the Schools, arguing the fight is over Roman Catholics not all Catholics. He cites Boston priests coercing parents, school-board favoritism, and alleged corruption, urging evaluation of individuals over church allegiance. He links Parochial school policies to church authority and notes past actions by local figures. Boston, Dec. 8, 1890.
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Martin Brimmer
Europe
Russia
Boston
Massachusetts
Judge Fallon
William A. Dunn
Macdonald and Murphy
Joseph D. Fallon
John G. Blake
James 5. Murphy
Boston Journal
James §. Murphy
J. G. Foley
James I. Hays
Atwood
Hays
McDonald
Murphy
Swinton
Mer. Preston
New York
Baltimore
South
Lincoln
A. A. Miner
Accidents and Deaths Reported in Yesterday's Events
A string of injuries and deaths is reported from yesterday including Amato Delsardo who died at City Hospital after an elevator incident at 91 Oliver Street. Felix F. Harkey suffered a leg fracture from a falling timber at Ashland and was taken to City Hospital. Richard Maroney fell on Eastern Avenue, breaking a leg and was treated by Dr. Eliot at Station 1. Theodore Mannke ten, from 58 Cambridge Street East Cambridge, was kicked in the mouth by a horse and sent to Massachusetts General Hospital. William O. Whipple, the boy struck by a train on the Boston and Albany line last Sunday, died at Mass General. Lancaster Easton, colored, 28 Porter Street, collapsed and died on Washington Street near R. H. White’s. cause listed as heart disease.
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Amato Delsardo
Oliver Street
City Hospital
Felix F. Harkey
Ashland
Richard Maroney
East Weymouth
Eastern Avenue
Station 1
Eliot
Theodore Mannke
R.H. White
Chairs On Parade At Paine's Furniture Store
Their name is legion as Paine's Furniture Company at 48 Canal Street showcases a vast array of lovely easy rocking chairs in a wide variety of styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Paine
Canal Street
Kemp's Balsam Cough Cure Featured With Free Samples
The notice promotes Kemp's Balsam as the best cough remedy claiming the Koch Lymph is unnecessary. It invites readers to obtain sample bottles free at all druggists. The claim frames Kemp's Balsam as superior and readily available for trial.
Union Check Valve Impresses at Mechanics Fair Exhibit
Reporters heard many visitors prize small yet powerful items. A brass Union Check Valve by W. T. Messinger, praised for preventing backflow and simplifying maintenance, drew cheers from engineers and hotel engineers alike in Boston.
Baptist Sunday School Superintendents Meet on Ladies Night
The Baptist Sunday School Superintendents' Association met in Tremont Temple chapel last night for a monthly session marked by ladies' night. After supper the topic was Progress in Sabbath School Work with New Growths From the Old Commission. Also noted were A. W. Davis selling several horses to local buyers and a gym exhibition at Turn Hall Middlesex Street directed by Emil Groener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Sunday School Superintendents’ Association
Tremont
Temple
A. W. Davis
Knowlton
Rose
Providence
Rogers
Hears Bros
Brookline
Walker
Turn Hall
Middlesex Street
Emil Groener
Mary S. Woonson Schooner Towed After Powder Found
The schooner Mary S. Woonson of Boothbay Maine lay anchor off South Boston Flats for days with no one aboard. Harbor police towed her to Battery Wharf and found several kegs of powder in her hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary S. Woonson
Boothbay
South Boston Flats
Battery Wharf
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MR. Dorcey
Massachusetts Society
DR. Miner
MR. Brimmer
Slaip MO
Tazlio
Post
W. T. Messinger
Atlantic Avenue
George A. Lord
Boston University
John R.taft
Waverley Manufacturing Company
Fulton Street
Minot
Devonshire Street
John H. Wilson
Independent
Order of Pretionsry Engineers
J. R. Estabrook
Purchase Street
Ginn & Co
J. L. Folsom
Beaulien
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
the Post Publishing CO
Milk Street
Maas
Copley Square
St. James Avenue
Huntington Avenue
Uaskell
Washington St
Custom House
India Street
State Street
W.N. Proctor & CO
Kneeland, Cor
Whitmore St
Wash
A. W. Sprague
Milk St
Helly
Liberty
Wantreps
New England
Germany
Odhi House
House &v
Horace
Crowell
Joy St
WM. R. Holmes
Cambridge St
Astro Ogle & W
Taylor
Manchester
Parls
Léve
W. Baker & CO
W.baker &Co
Florence
Silk
Mittens
Nonotuck Silk CO
Summer St
John P. Lovell Arms CO
Seventh Ward Savings Society
Tolstoi
Frederick Stone
Beacon Street
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