Courts Docket Aims for Old Boston & Albany Rail Case
United States Circuit Court December 10. Nelson v Boston and Albany railroad for injuries from January 4, 1887 at West Springfield. Defective track attached to tender, car thrown from track. Jury verdict for plaintiff $15,000. Attorneys listed. Solomon S Sleeper et al v J P Jordan et al contract suit. Plaintiffs bought 2000 cases of canned corn March 15, 1888. warrantied merchantable and proper quality. corn soured and swelled, little or no value. Damages claimed $4000. Denial by defendants. proceedings resumed and unfinished. Attorneys listed.
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United States Circuit Court
Nelsson
J. Patrick J. O'Reilly
Boston & Albany Railroad
West Springfield
B. F. Butler
F. L Washburn
A. A
W. B- French
George KE
Portland
J. J. Meyer
Superior Court
Aldric
Daniel Coughlin
Tow Boat Company
J. F. Pickering
Paintiff
L. S. Dabney
Johnny P. Coombs
Fitchburg Railroad
Somerville
John D. Long
A. Or i. Avery
George A
Coombs
Fitchburg RE
Levin
LB. & A. Rit
Keegan
Kellogg
Morse
O’neil
Lynn & Boston RR
Welch
Attwood
Choate
Adams
Knight
Alexander
Thompson
J. Marehall
John Drew
KR. W. Shea
G. A. A. Povey
Gertrude M. McNeal
Boston Gas Light Company
Washington Street
Thomas Riley
A. A. Strout
C. P. Greenough
Sears
Kings Co
Electric RR
McNeal
Bostons Gas Lt. Co
Cahill
West En RK
Fitzgerald
Squire
Currier
Studley
McDonald
Buck
Kullberg
O’donal Well
Rae
Nute
Murphy
N.E. Tel
T. Co
Magon
Unitarian Club Dinner Essay by Francis A Lowell
A Boston Unitarian Club dinner at Hotel Vendome draws 200+ gentlemen. Francis A. Lowell reads a paper on The Use of Theology, arguing theology remains vital for understanding existence and human morality, amid praise from Harvard's A P Peabody and other clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Club
Hotel Vendome
Francis A. Lowell
Arthur T. Lyman
Francis C.lowell
Andrew P
Frank M. Ames
Arthur Lincoln
David B. Flint
Julius H. ‘Lattie
Francis A. Osborn
Edward Burbeck
Starkes Whiton
Uriel H. Crocker
George L. Lovett
Arthur Hobart
Charles A. Grinnell
James B. Case
James C. Davis
William H. Baldwin
Edward Y P. Bond
Roderick Stebbins
Darwin FE. Ware
Tiersey Bd. Goodwin
Richard C. Humphreys
George Wigglesworth
Thomas H. Chandler
Grenville J. Norcross
Edes
Francis
Lowell
Boston
God
A. P. Peabody
Harvard
Howard N. Brown
Ingersoll
Taileyrand
George 8. Hale
David Coolidge
Winson Warren
Theseentlemen
William Anes Jr
Charles Pickering Bowitch
New City Council race shapes up for alderman chair
Several candidates line up for the Board of Aldermen chair including B F Stacey Leary and John H Lee with Carruth favored. City clerk Edwin A Curtis to leave for law practice as William G Reed seeks clerkship. Galvin McLoughlin Donovan ONeil Barry Rosnosky among names in play for council leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Board of Aldermen
B. F. Stacey
Leary
John H. Lee
Carruth
Stacey
Lee
Messrs
Edwin A. Curtis
William G. Reed
Lewis G. Farmer
Curtis
Hart
Merrill
J. Mitchell Galvin
Mr. Curtis
John A. McLoughlin
New Court House
J. Donovan
McLouglin
Joseph H. O'Neil
David F. Barry
Rosnosky
Art of Conversation Highlighted at Chautauqua Talk
Dr Winship urged the cultivation of conversation as a national duty and key to success in the home and public life. He argued personality and training in speech build influence, noting politics and business rely on dialogue and that future society favors conversation over entertainment. He cited expenses for shaping conversational skill and warned against dull discourse.
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New England Chautauqua Union
Sleeper Hall
A. E. Winship
Journal of Education
de Quincy
Winship
United States
Congress
West End Railroad Company
State House
Dr Haynes Accepts Pulpit At Music Hall
Boston readers learn Rev Emory J Haynes formerly of Tremont Temple accepts a pulpit in Music Hall for Sunday services after a warm invitation from local businessmen. He expresses devotion to Christ and city, with services to begin the first Sunday after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory J. Haynes
Tremont Temple
Music Hall
Boston
Jesus Christ
Widows Society Holds 74th Annual Meeting at Beacon Street
The Widows Society reported 96 beneficiaries this year with eight deaths, two relocations, and one relocation to an Aged Women's Home, leaving 85. Donations from legacies totaling 21,500 boosted funds enabling an emergency fund. treasurer’s report showed receipts 4997 expenditures 4344 and a 653 balance. Officers and directors were elected, including Mrs Amos A Lawrence and Mrs William Appleton as directors and E W Hooper as treasurer.
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Widows’ Society
William Appleton
Beacon Street
Miss Dorr
W. W. Warren
Ellen M. Gifford
E. W. Hooper
Amos A. Lawrence
W. W. Greenough
George Whitney
G. H. Shaw
William ©. Loring
J. M. Bell
A Name for the Hillside School
To the Editor the Post Sir Mr Capen declines the honor offered by the School Board. The name of ex Mayor Samuel A Green could be substituted. His years on the committee before and after the war his present work with trustees distributing the Peabody fund for Southern education and his prominence in literary work justify the compliment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capen
Samuel A. Green
Peabody Fund
The Leaving Time in Boston Pulls Popular Shore Line Train
The 9:15 a.m. through Boston to Washington train via the Shore Line now runs Boston to Philadelphia and Washington, stops at Baltimore and Wilmington, and is deemed a convenient, popular schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Wilmington
Paine's Furniture to Benefit from Holiday Trade
Anticipation runs high at Paine's Furniture Company as a host of charming and ingenious items on display in the salesrooms signals expectations of a bustling holiday trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Powder House offered to Somerville as public park
Somerville Aldermen received a communication from the Tufts heirs offering the Powder House and about 65 000 feet of surrounding land to the city on conditions. The gift would create The Nathan Tufts Park with repairs kept, park grounds laid out, and approaches built within two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Board of Aldermen
Furts
Powder House
Somerville
Nathan Tufts
Perkins Street
Prescott
Bridge Street
Fresh Pond Ice Company
Fitchburg
Governor Russell Names His Staff Members and Assignments
Governor-elect Russell unveils a large staff list including Major General Samuel Caxton of Boston as Adjutant General and Brigadier General Thomas Kittredge of Salem as Surgeon General. Also named are Brigadier General Joan W. Corcoran in Clinton as Judge Advocate General, Colonel Walter Corrine of Pittsfield as Commissary General, and numerous colonels serving as aides and inspectors across Massachusetts cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Samuel Caxton
Boston
Thomas Kittredge
Salem
Joan W. Corcoran
Clinton
Charles H. Taylor
Walter Corrine
Pittsfeld
Michael T. Donahue
Francis Peasopy, Jr
Spencern Borpren
Fall River
William L. Case
Brookline
George A. Keeler
Cambridge
Henry >, Apprews
East Boston
Franklin G. Fessenden
Greenfield
Jans E. Delaney
Holyoke
Henry C. Nevrys
Methuen
WiLiam A. Gaston
Joan H. Cunninaquam
Chelsea
Henry Russ
Jeremien W. Covenry
Joan T. WikeLweidt
Joan Ke.uwyer
Lancaster
James H. CarmMicnats
Lowell
Horace B. Verny
Worcester
Woollett Recites Elaine at Boston Museum
Sidney Woollett gave a measured Elaine recitation from the Idyls of the King at the Boston Museum on Tuesday afternoon. The audience applauded politely as he delivered Elaine’s care, love, and death with smoothness and delicacy, though Guinevere and Launcelot passages drifted into bombast, dulling the final impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Woollett
Elaine
Sidney Woollett
Hlaine
Boston Museum
New Coffee Room Opens at Second Church North End
Last night at 415 Hanover Street the Second Church opened a coffee and reading room for young people. It aims to help men with no warm home in the evenings and plans daytime use by young ladies for classes and lectures. Officers and directors listed include Rev. E. A. Horton and Sumner B. Merrick along with Miss Fannie Leighton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover Street
Second Church
K. A. Horton
E. A. Horton
Sumner _B. Merrick
Fannie Leighton
Newbury Street
8. B. Merrick
Mabel Mawhinney
Laura Hallett
Leighton
Brookline Police Mutual Aid Ball Attracts Four Hundred
The Brookline Police Mutual Aid Association held its fourth annual ball in Town Hall last evening with over four hundred attendees including town officers Sheriff Endicott and District Attorney elect Harvey Pratt and other police officials from nearby towns. A promenade concert by the National Guard Band preceded the event, its stage largely veiled by floral decorations. Chief Alonzo Bowman oversaw the floor with assistants Inspector Paige and Sergeants Deaborn and McCausland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline Police Mutual Aid Association
Endicott
Harvey Pratt
National Guard
Alonzo Bowman
Paige
Deaborn
McCausland
Estes & Lauriat advertise top boys books list
The snippet urges better book choices for growing boys and points readers to an Estes and Lauriat advertisement listing the best class of boys books for parental reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norutg
Estes & Lauriat
Social and Fraternal Gatherings At Local Hotels
The Gentlemen's Association of the Union Church held its annual reception at the Thorndike with 100 plus guests including Rev. Nehemiah Boynton and Rev. Dr. Reven Thompson. Nearby societies met at Parker's, American House, Crawford House, and United States Hotel discussing fraternity, brake applications, and social topics. attendees included John P. Brawley, J. F. Medland, L. H. Kruger, and many named executives and visitors from New York, Boston, and beyond.
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Gentlemen’s Association of the
Union Church
Thorndike
Rufus A. Kingman
Nehemiah Boynton
Reven Thompson
Brookline
Mozart Quartette
Hadley
International Fraternal Alliance
Massachusetts
Parker
John P. Brawley
John F. Medland
Fraternity
John Collier
James Reynolds
John M. Brawley
J. J. McCormack
L. Ht. Kruger
J. Knight
J. Hi. Blake
William
Jones
New England Railroad Club
United States Hotel
George Richards
L. M. Butter
New York, Providence & Boston
F. M. Curtis
Megantic Fish & Game Club
Quincy House
Massachusetts Surgical & Gynecological Society
Crawford House
Venpomr
James J. Goodwin
New York
J. H. Giles
J. Pierpont Morgan
G. H. Morgan
Francis Goodwin
Hartford
Conn
B. Aymar
W. B. Fisher
New Bedford
L. Murray
Moore
Rochester
N. Y
R. G. Coxe
W. K. Livermore
Newport
R. L
Margaret H. Frost
Dover
N. H. Brunswick
Ed. Borrlend
B. C. Cummings
Washington
D. C
Robert S. Sturgis
M. H. Sturgis
Philadelphia
George Macculloch Muller
United States
A. H. Conklin
Easthampton
L. &. Pomeroy
T._S. Myers
Penn
F. W. Snow
Frank C. Engle
Holyoke
James H. Lewis
Springfield
James Howard
James Wansworth
Chicago
Reynolds
J. J. Martin
Wife
Providence
W. Pike
Laconia
N. H
M. McManns
Fall River
J. W. Hardy
John O. Norton
Vineyard Haven
Clark’s
E. Charlesworth
Haverhill
1. Spooner
Barre
W. H. White
Buckel, Jr
Grove
Ridge Hill
Adams
Fred Gilroy
Dublin
H. W. Conant
Gardner
J. M. Russell
Worcester
William Kemp
Troy
George W. Prescott
Manchester
Cushing
Portland
Corbin, Webster
G. W. Wrench
Pingree
Detroit
A. J. Prescott
Portsmouth
H. A. Adams
Lewis
Frank
Potter
Jersey City
N.J
R.J. Supple
Lucius. A. Barbom
W.M. Crowe
George K. Tinker
Concord
Ongota
Mt. Vernon
H. Carragan
H. A. Blunt
J. B. Murphy
B. Boylan
Quincey
D. Randall
J. Stevens
Baltimore
L. Thompson
Charles 5. Gray
Charles Parsons
Conway
Spooner
A. W._ Bond
Martin Perkins
Woodville
E. Bartlett
Augusta
Walters
Bangor
A. B. Clark
W. E. Porter
Crawtorp
F. H. Moelbert
H. A. Schappe
J.C. Tucker
Amesbury
H. G. Hill
Northampton
John W. Gould
Richmond
VI. Rovers
F. H. Cranston
Norwich
F. E. Lewis
A. P. Andrew
Newark
N. J
W. ©. Merrill
Lancaster
Henry Dawson
Henry Childs
Peterboro
Cupid Calendar by Mrs J Pauline Sunter Designs
Heralding the new year the Cupid Calendar features water color cupids in monthly scenes by Mrs J Pauline Sunter and illustrations by eVickar. Twelve cards with a silver chain form a dainty calendar issued by Stokes Bros New York, accented by a cardinal satin ribbon bow and Van Houren's Cocoa ad copy.
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J. Pauline Sunter
Stokes Bros
New York
eVickar
Civil Trials in Superior Court and Criminal Session Summary
Middlesex county court records recall cases from the December session. Plaintiffs seek damages for injuries from unsafe vessel conditions and a trench collapse, with verdicts and ongoing trials. Notable names include Coughlin, Woods, Connolly, and various defendants, across tort, equity, and criminal matters.
Wills and probate actions reported in Norfolk and Essex courts
The Norfolk Probate Court records approve the wills of Solomon McKenzie of Quincy and Patrick Moses of Braintree with a $300 charitable bequest from Moses. John A Billings of Quincy is disallowed for lack of a date. Administrations granted for W W Ingalls, F C Cushing, Martin Lincoln, Nancy Ewell, Asia Marion, and Harriet Penniman. Superior Court in Essex County hears Willard v Breed et al in tort.
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Norfolk
Quincy
Wath
Solomon McKenzie
Patrick Moses
Braintree
John A. Billings
W. W. Ingalls
Needham
F. C. Cushing
Superior Oon
Essex County
Salem
Pitman
Willard
Breed
Case references from consolidated docket entries
The record lists docket numbers 5849 Hewett et al and 5865 Boswell v Gal laghar with 5871 Collins v McKean and 5872 Boston and Maine RR v City of Lynn. It appears as a fragmentary legal citation set from a court or clerk’s consolidated entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hewett Et al
Consolidated Adjustable Shoe Co
Evra Dey
City of
Boswell v. Gallaghar
Collins
McKean
Boston & Maine RR
City of Lynn
Ballot error prompts recount in Ward 1 alderman race
In Ward 1 Precinct 4 a ballot tally error favored Alderman Wesley A. Gove over ex Alderman Sullivan. After a private vault watchman was allowed, the ballots were recounted and Sullivan leads 2416 to 2378 by 43 votes. Recounts likely in several alderman districts and council races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Wesley A. Gove
City Hall
Priest
Curtis
City Hiall
Ward
State and City Vote Show Voter Alignment
The comparative table in the report shows that many voters who backed Mr. Russell also supported Mr. Matthews, revealing a pattern of cross support between the state and city elections.
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Russell
Matthews
Kemp’s balsam free sample offered in Boston notice
The Homeliess Man in Boston and others are invited to call on druggists for a free sample bottle of Kemp's balsam, best cough cure. Very desirable suites and single offices are offered at moderate prices in the Richards building at State street.
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Boston
Kemp
Richards
State Street
Thes
P.O. Hox
Mass
Taylor
Manchester
N. UH
Monster chestnut at Mt Zina impresses with vast girth
World facts from Italian statistics note a monster chestnut at the foot of Mt Zina with a circumference of 212 feet at 60 feet high. The piece also highlights strong sales of G O Taylor Old Bourbon and G O Taylor Pure Rye Whiskeys over 15 years, praised for quality and popularity. Chester H Graves & Sons advertise as sole proprietors on the label and cork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Zina
G. O. Taylor
Chester H, Graves & Sons
Sol Proprietors
Bosto
To Let and For Sale Near Copley Square House
12,000 price and 10 rooms with 11 conveniences, oak finish, near Copley square. New construction, terrace to suit. Available on a 3 year lease. Horace S. Crowell at 216 Washington Street corner State Street handles listing.
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Copley Square
Teri
Horace
Crowell
Washington Street
Corner State Street
New Hampshire Club Dinner Speakers Highlight Moral Reform
The New Hampshire Club held a dinner at the Revere House with Rev E L Rexford delivering Nature's Hand in Moulding Men. Rev C W Biddle and Hon Luther McKinney spoke, Andrew Burton presided, and three men were elected to membership. A committee was appointed to prepare a list of officers for the next meeting.
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NEW Hampshire Club
E. L. Rexford
Revere House
C. W. Biddle
Cambridge
Luther McKinney
Manchester
Andrew Burton
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Fon
Leverett Saltonstall
W. H. Lyon
Mr. Edes
Unitarian Church
Iam
Henry H. Edes
Lsq
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Channing
Jonathan Edwards
Edwards
Mr. Gladstone
Colonel Ingersoll
Ney
Dr. Martineau
NEW City Council
DR. Winship
DR. Haynes
the Widows’ Society
Hillside
The
Gentlemen’s Association of the Union Church
van Houren
Eustis
Boynton
Hogan
Smith
Cate
Teague
Whipple
Pace
Boston Cab
Reed
Foote
Blake
Putnam
Wilkins
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Cane—Vereey
Wilson
Hlawhey
Cole
Williams
Aim
Wildes
Ham Wan
Dewar
Reardon
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Carr Bros
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Mellen
Idw
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Wood
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Miskle
Willett
Marden
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Jordan
Kelleher
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Stone
St. Lous Stamping Co
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King
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Lombard
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Dolan
Old Colony
Tyndale
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House of Correction
Anthony Pheeley
Massachusetts Reformatory
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Edward Condon
James Dwyer
Commonwealth
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Maloney
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O'Brien
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Lynde & Harding
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Cook
Quinn
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Connors
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Gove
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Gaye
Alderman Leary
William H. Woods
Weston Lewis
John W. O'Mealey
Alderman Reed
Common Council
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Diad
POST
the Post Publishing Co
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Suston, Masa
Huntington
G. B. Haskell
Washington St
Mio
India Street
W.N. Proctor & CO
Kneeland
Cor, Whitmore Gt
A. R. Wiiptier
Wash
St. AU
St. James Avenue
Joy St
WM. R. Holmes
Cambridge St
SOR Sale
Amiscellanevans
Turner
Bufford’s Sons’ Lithographic Company
Federal Street
John Burns
South Market
M. Miland
Scollay Square
Forest Hills Station
Providence Road
Arena Building
Tremont Street
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