Tomorrow's Election Resolutions Split Republicans Over Taylor
A large Irish Nationalist gathering in Wadman Hall Boston condemned a Democratic Home Rule circular as un-Irish and un-American. Edward Fitzwilliam and W W Doherty led speeches denouncing the appeal to Irish voters while calling for support of Mayor O'Brien, with resolutions protesting the Dems’ tactics and urging loyalty to American civic ideals. Dr Brooks on the school question urged broader public education including moral training.
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William Taylor
Williamson
Dr. Brooks
Wadman Hall
Tremont Street
Democratic Ward
Edward Fitzwilliam
Fitzwilliam
W.W. Doherty
Boston
O’brien
Doherty
Ireland
Roger Scannell
Mayor O'Brien
William O’brien
Dennis O'Reilly
Moore
M. J. Conlon
Williamson for Boston School Committee remains a strong choice
Letter from Francis A. Walker and Samuel Exlor urges readers to support William C. Williamson for another term on the Boston school committee. They commend his fairness, disinterestedness, and upright conduct, noting Republicans.stderr of the party ballot. Independent civic action could help secure Williamson’s continued service.
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Boston
William C. Williamson
Williamson
Hir
Francis A. Walker
Samuel Exlor
Dore and Hogan Vie For Boston Street Commissioner
Boston voters face a street commissioner contest between John P. Dore and John J. Hogan. Dore, a six year incumbent and former board chair, is backed by Democrats and business groups. Hogan is backed by Union Hall citizens and Republicans. Ex mayor A P Martin endorses Dore, calling him among the city’s best, while Dore’s supporters stress civil service reform and his proven record.
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Yor
Boston
John P. Dore
John J. Hogan
Dore
Hogan
Union Hall Citizens’ Convention
Mr. Dore
A. P. Martin
John P
Spaulding
A. Shaman
Tilly Haynes
Nan
Ore
Martin
Republicans Divided Over Taylor in Third District
The third district Republicans split over an aldermanic candidate at a Saturday convention. Harrison H Atwood of Ward 8 was chosen chairman with Grogan of Ward 7 as secretary. Atwood, aided by William Taylor Jr Independent candidate for the board, sought a GOP endorsement but failed and fled with Dr Clark and four others, later endorsing Taylor. After, most delegates voted for an aldermanic candidate, George S Pike of Ward 7 led the ballot.
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Taylor
Harrison H. Atwood
Ward 8
Grogan
Ward 7
Atwood
William Taylor, Jr
Board of Aldermen
Dr. Clark
Hart Rally at Faneuil Hall for Hart Mayor Bid
A noon rally in Faneuil Hall supports Thomas N. Hart for mayor with Alderman Allen presiding. Addresses by Lane Pillsbury Martin Camfill Potter Wolcott Doherty Clark Brown and others urge equal rights over class or party rule. Hart and supporters invite all citizens to attend.
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Hart
Thomas N. Hart
Faneuil Hall
Alderman Allen
Jonathan A. Lane
Albert E. Pillsbury
A. P. Martin
William Camfill
H. Staples Potter
Roger Wolcott
Philip J. Doherty
John M. Clark
Alfred S. Brown
Mr. Hart
Address by H. H. Lincoln on the Public School Question
former Lyman school principal in East Boston, H. H. Lincoln, spoke at Music Hall and Roxbury Unitarian Church on public schools, politics, and American principles. He warned against ecclesiastical influence, urged voter understanding, and supported a constitutional amendment against sectarian schools, urging diligent polling Tuesday.
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H. H. Lincoln
Lyman School
Boston
Music Hall
Old Unitarian Church
Roxbury
America
Woman's Bank figure Mrs Sara E Howe arrested on swindle charges
Boston police seized Mrs Sara E Howe a familiar name in Woman's Bank circles on charges of swindling four women in 1886 totaling about 2000 dollars. She allegedly left Boston in 1887 with 50000 dollars from her banking scheme and moved through St John Montreal Chicago and back to Boston continuing the fraud. Police secured evidence and a grand jury indictment followed as victims included a widow with pensions a maiden lady an invalid sister and a young married woman among others Mrs Harris Mrs Hertag and Mrs Harriet White named among the accusers.
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Sarah E. Howe
Woman’s Bank Fame
Dugan
Glidden
Sophie Sanderson
Augusta
Howe
Boston
St.John
N. B
Montreal
Chicago
West Newton Street
Thayer
Shawmut Avenue
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Eldridge
Jim
Harris
Hertag
Harriet White
Notes About The City In Early Boston Item
Vice-Commodore Forbes awards fishing schooner contract to Moses Adams with hackmatack frames. Boston Architectural Club installs officers C H Blackall W T Partridge R G Schmidt. Directory lists four members. William A. McDonald confesses to stealing revolvers from William Read & Son. 164 Boston deaths last week. Suffolk County Woman's Christian Union meets December 18 in Dorchester. Rev. Reuen Thomas to speak on Parsons With Dead and Living Specimens. Boston Executive Business Association meets December 17 at 5 pm to discuss railroad bills and freight classification. Vendome to display city election returns. NE Telephone opens local and long distance pay station. Third concert at Boston Industrial Temporary Home featuring Abby Ford and others. Hare and hounds race at Chauncy Hall School ends with hares winning.
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Forbes
Moses Adams
Burgess
New Boston Architectural Club
C. H. Blackall
Peabody & Stearns
W.T. Partridge
R. G. Schmidt
Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Dorchester
Parsons
Reuen Thomas
D.D
Young Men’s Christian Union
Boston Executive Business Association
Young's Hotel
Vendome
New England Telephone Company
Boston
Abby Clark Ford
Gould
Crowell
Whiting
Wiggins
Minnie Marshall
Gerrish
Lamont
Chauncy Hall School
Harvard President Eliot Cards Faked Invitations
Unknown individuals circulated counterfeit invitation cards claiming President and Mrs Eliot hosted a home event on December 10, 1888 at 17 Quincy Street Cambridge. Eliot announced the cards are not genuine and noted recent ads seeking a servant drew dozens of applicants.
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Eliot
Harvard College
Quincy Street
Cambridge
Boston
Buck Conway Faces Death Attempt in Cell After Arrest
Maupen December 9 Edward Conway alias Buck Conway jailed for stealing from Chase's dry goods store attempted suicide in his cell and is under strict watch. Robert Crawford leapt from the Portland express at about 35 mph yesterday afternoon and sustained serious injuries.
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Maupen
Spererau
Edward Conway
Buck Conway
Chase
Robert Crawford
Portland Express
Patrick Whalen Dies After Fight in Sanem
Patrick Whalen, injured in a November 17 fight with Timothy Carey in Sanem, died at the hospital this morning. Carey was on $300 bond for the grand jury and is expected to be rearrested.
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Sanem
Spectan
Patrick Whalen
Timothy Carey
Carey
Grand Jury
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil Ad Claim
An 19th century advertisement notes England as John Bull and promotes Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup without a sobriquet and Salvation Oil as a long studied liniment produced at small cost.
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England
John Bull
Dr Holland in Boston at St Pauls pulpit
Rev R A Holland 8 D filled both morning and evening services at St Pauls Boston as he weighs a rectorship offer. He spoke on John 14 8 arguing Christ embodies a life that endures across nations and eras. He has not decided to accept and will not decide until returning to St Louis.
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St. Paul’s
R. A. Holland
Christ
Socrates
God
Jesus Christ
Father
Post
Holland
St. Louis
Work of Tuesday What Rev Dr Miner Preached at Universalist
In Columbus Avenue last evening Rev Dr Miner delivered a sermon titled The Work of Tuesday What based on Psalm 141 4. He argued the work of Tuesday is government aiming at purity and city safety urging voters to exercise suffrage and consider public schools liquor questions. He cited Hoar Rice Waterman opposing license and urged good men to vote rightly against Romanist influence and for temperance.
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Miner
Columbus Avenue
Hoar
Rice
Waterman
Dr. Miner
Against the Saloons at Tremont Temple Prohibition Meeting
A no license meeting at Tremont Temple heard speakers stress prohibition. Rev Thomas Dixon called open saloons manufacturers of criminals. Hon James F Almy presided. W S Slocum urged saving Boston from saloonkeepers citing liquor linked crime and poverty. Rev Hugh Montgomery spoke on school issues and prohibition. Letter from Rev Emory Haynes expressed support.
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Tremont Temple
James F. Almy
Salem
Thomas Dixon
Slocum
Newton
Boston
Tlugh Montgomery
Prohibition
Emory Haynes
Oriental Antiques to Be Sold by Hart & Co Auctioneers
J B Hart & Co of Tremont street will auction a collection of rare antique rugs carpets portieres palace embroideries scarfs and curios from Hadji Ephraim of Constantinople. Sales at 11 am and 3 pm on Thursday and Friday with all items on exhibition for inspection.
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Messrs
J. B. Hart & Co
Tremont Street
Hadji Ephraim
Constantinople
Christian Song Centennial Service at YMCA Hall
A centennial service of thanksgiving for one hundred years of Christian song was held at the YMCA hall led by the association president. About fifty male voices performed two anthems as the congregation joined in singing standard hymns. Rev. Philip S. Moxom delivered the address, arguing that poetry is the language of religion and tracing the birth of Christian song to the eighteenth century spiritual renaissance. He cited hymns’ enduring link from antiquity to modern worship and shared anecdotes on the power of hymnody including Lyte’s Abide with Me and memories from Shiloh. A letter from John G. Whittier and a commemorative poem by a Boston author were read.
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The
Young Men’s Christian Association
America
Philip 8. Moxom
Charles Wesley
Baratey
Dr. Moxom
Nyna
Lyte
Shiloh
Douglass
John G. Whittier
Boston
Donations to Confederate Home for Maimed at Austin Reported
The latest funds reported include gifts from Portsmouth Shoe Company fifty dollars William H Forbes fifty dollars Mary L Jones twenty five dollars A W Littlenale twenty eight dollars William Endicott Jr fifty dollars C five dollars Henry A Dean twenty five dollars Albert A Pope Bicycle Company fifty dollars Elisha T Loring one hundred dollars J Amidon twenty five dollars Rk C Billings twenty five dollars Max Goldfinger former Mutual Tire Insurance agent twenty five dollars William Lloyd Garrison eight two zero John I Andrew one hundred dollars Joseph S Kendall twenty five dollars Mr Matthew Luce treasurer of the citizens committee at 138 Federal street forwarded most gifts to the board of directors in Austin Texas
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National Confederate Home
Austin
Tex
Portsmouth Shoe Company
William H. Forbes
Mary, L. Jones
A. W. Littlenale
William Endicott, Jr
Henry A. Dean
Albert A. Pope
Social guests parade through multiple hotels last night
Guests at Adams House Tremont Parker's Thorndike and other hotels include Mrs. John Drew from New York E H Foot Philadelphia E E Frank St Louis Mrs M H Barrymore New York C Hi Kimball San Francisco J W Allison Hartford Jacob Fillings Georgetown J W Moore C Van Ness New York W P Warren Miss Louise Warren Westfield T W Barlow Philadelphia B O Booth E J Barnard New York S H Hawkins Americus J C Smith New Orleans Lillie Post San Francisco Mane Hatton Paris J Watson Chicago H P Beals Julia Beals Buffalo Southwell Chicago W L Woerishoffer Mannheim Cyrus Yale New York P L Riemen Baltimore Willard Merrill Milwaukee W H Reeves Philadelphia Dr J C Gable York Pa Ny Golf na wife West Virginia J R Jones San Francisco George D Nelson Springfield J B Atkinson Pittsburg J E Hatch Providence W L Dolns New York Crawford W D Rogers Springfield K Faulkner Harrisville N H R H Wolf New York Youngs Platt Stratton New York A J Routh Ottawa Raymond F Brown Staten Island L S Dunolin Philadelphia Charles A Libby Chicago E Tupper John L Freeman FL C Grant Cleveland.
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Adams House
John Drew
New York
E. H. Foot
Philadelphia
E. E. Frank
St. Louis
M. H. Barrymore
C. Hi. Kimball
San Francisco
the Tremont
J. W. Allison
Hartford
H. ¥. Southwell
Chicago
Brunswick
W. L. Woerishoffer
Mannheim
Cyrus Yale
P. L. Riemen
Baltimore
Willard Merrill
Milwaukee
Vendome
W. H. Reeves
J. C. Gable
York
Penn
West Virginia
the Rev
Platt Stratton
A. J. Routh
Ottawa
Raymond F. Brown
Staten Island
Dunolin
Charlies A. Libby
E. Tupper
John L. Freeman
FL. C. Grant
Cleveland
Courts rulings on patents against Boston case
United States Circuit Court rescripts dismiss a suit against the City of Boston over reissued patent No 4134 while granting a decree for patent No 1147111. The court rejects license defenses via a New England branch and upholds assignment validity though notes lack of proof of branch license. Attorneys A H Latham for complainants and V Nason for defendant present.
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United States Circuit Court
CoLt
Equitable
United States
Foreign Salamander Felting Comany
New England
New York
A. H. Latham
V. Nason
Superior Court Docket Listings for Essex County
December 10 session presides Masoy in Essex County as multiple cases advance. City of Lynn noted with docket numbers including 4306 Wiggin v Morse and 4769 Cutten v National Waterproof Shoe 4581 Reynolds v City of Iacta CompanY. Leonard v Lovett 2213, Johnson v City of Soib, Brown v Proctor Salem 045, Brown v Humph 4586, Coughlin v Kellerey ner.
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City of
City of Lynn
Wiggin
Morse
Cutten
National
Gilbert
Anthony
Waterproof Shoe
Reynolds
City of Iacta Company
Teonard
Lovett
Johnson
City of Soib
Brown
Proctor
Salem
Humph
Coughlin
Kellerey
Massachusetts Tariff Reform League to keep open house
The Massachusetts Tariff Reform League will maintain an open house at No 66 State street Boston for the coming year Secretary Emerson W Judd will arrange for lecturers to visit any part of the State and will send league publications free to applicants A New Year’s dinner is planned with several Washington notables expected as guests
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Massachusetts Tariff Reform League
State Street
Boston
Emerson W. Judd
Washington
Dr Bates In His Old Pulpit After Abroad Lectures Planned
After a three months stay in Europe and the Holy Land Rev L B Bates D D resumed preaching at Meridian Street Bethel East Boston. He spoke from Psalms exi xi 8 about preservation of going and coming and shared travel experiences with plans for a travel lecture series.
Keeler & Co Fine Art Furniture Offer
A Christmas shopping tip for Keeler and Co at 81 91 Washington Street. The establishment showcases a thousand and one novelties with every article plainly marked for easy selection as a useful present.
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Keeler & Co
Washington Street
Weather Indications For New England And New York
For twenty four hours the forecast calls for fair conditions in New England and eastern New York, with light rain or snow on the coast. Warmer winds are expected, shifting to southwesterly.
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New England
New York
The School Question Mass Meeting At Baptist Tabernacle
A large gathering listened to talks on The Public Schools by Rev. James M. Gray Rev. W N Brodbeck and Rev H L Hastings The speakers defended public schools and urged citizens to vote at the polls tomorrow An exhortation urged avoiding the Independent Warren voters ticket which lists two Catholics.
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Baptist Tabernacle
James M. Gray
W. N. Brodbeck
H. L. Hastings
Wareen
Quincy City Hospital to Be Created on Huntington Estate
A secretive Quincy benefactor has bought the late Charles W Huntington estate on Adams Street comprising ten acres with a large house and outbuildings. He will present the property to the city for a public hospital, to be fitted for use and possibly opened next spring. A fund for permanent support is expected to be established with contributions from prominent Quincy citizens.
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Quincy
Charles W. Huntington
Adams Street
Quincey
Campaign circular urges funds for Boston city race
A late 19th century letter depicts the Boston Republican City Committee seeking $100 from 100 men for the city ticket. Signatories include Jussy M. Gove and Jussy L. Nason, with addresses listed. The document condemns excessive campaign spending and calls for honest elections, dated Boston December 8, 1888, following a November 23, 1838 note.
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Sir
Boston
Republican City Committee
Jussy M. Gove
Washington Street
Jussy L. Nason
School Street
Epwin_A. Curtis
Tremont Street
Alpheus Sanford
Kilby Street
Republican
Cil Committee
J. L. Nason
Hull Life Savers Fund Subscriptions Listed by Chamber of Commerce
Secretary Pearson acknowledges additional Hull life savers subscriptions totaling 8276.50 from groups and individuals including Gass Doe & Co at 1000 and J N Faske 50, Mills Bros 500, Dodd 500, Wheeler 500, Nichols 500, Dixons 200, Read 1000, and others adding to the receipts after the sale proceeds. The document records a diverse set of donors and a final total of 8726.50.
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Hull Life Savers
Pearson
Chamber of Commerce
Previousl Gass, Doe& Co
G. E. BP
J. N. Faske
Mills Bros
Bradley Fertilt
G. D. Dodd
Ger Company
M. Wheeler
J. W.T. Nichols
J. Hardy & Sr
John Dix- Sons
Byres
Henry Cal- HC
Aebericmnornie
TER Oolt de Wassons
Wiliam
Messiah at Handel and Haydn Society Draws Big Attention
DEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY presents The Messiah with soloists Miss Emma Juch Miss Emily Winant C A Knorr and Myron W Whitney. Accompaniments by a large orchestra led by Mr Kneisel with trumpet by Mr Pierre Miller. Tickets go on sale at Music Call this morning.
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del and Haydn Society
Handel and Haydn Society
Emma Juch
Emily Winant
Messrs. C. A. Knorr
Myron W. Whitney
Kneisel
Pierre Miller
Music Call
Beagary in Ball Ticket Solicitations Cited
A reader from Marlborough Boston complains of persistent requests to buy tickets for various society balls. He notes waiter and police uniformed solicitors district lamplighter solicitations, all assuming funds are to be paid regardless of attendance. He questions the need for such inducements and whether officers or workers should solicit money, calling for self‑respect and an end to mendicancy.
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the Post
Marlborough
Boston
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New England Paint and Oil Club
Young’s
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P. F. Tierney
Palfrey
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J. i. Riley
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R. W. Ropes
F. 8
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Friends of
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Dudley Street Opera House
Fourth District
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Young Men’s Independent Democratic Club
Ward
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Representative McEttrick
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Malden
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