How It Protects Its Wires
Thomas Sherwin of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co outlines protection methods for Boston wires against strong currents. He cites underground and aerial distribution, rapid response crews, and a wax fusible device plus fusible wire to prevent damaging currents from reaching subscribers. He warns about streetcar trolley risks and offers city aid to inspect and remove abandoned wires while emphasizing safety and public interest.
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Thomas Sherwin
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Board of Aldermen
Boston
Lynn
Board of Fire Underwriters
Cambridge
West Boston
Oston
Cleveland
Petition Rush for Dr Burden as Boston Customs Chief
Congressmen delivered a large bundle of petitions in support of appointing Dr Burden as collector of customs at Boston. Backers include Grand Army posts leaders, numerous merchants, and many Republican officials across Massachusetts. The White House discussion paused due to a funeral, leaving the decision unsettled with signs favoring the veteran ex-collector Beard’s camp.
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Washington
Lodge
White House
Burden
Boston
Scott-Lord
Harrison
Longe
Beard
Tinker
North Adams
Lawrence
Dr. Burden
Grand Army
Department of Massachusetts
State Senate
House of Representatives
Republican State Central Committee
Electoral College of
Massachusetts
George D. Robinson
John D. Long
Wiliam F. Draper
N. P. Banks
W. R. Haile
George B. Loring
Frederick D. Ely
Ames
Hartwell
Senate
Barrett
Immigrant swindle uncovered in Germany bound for U S
A U S consular report details a conspiracy in Oswieckn and other German hubs where 66 officials and operatives defrauded more than 12 000 Galician peasants. They exploited ignorance with fake medicals and false immigration rates, extorting fees to pass as promised to New York routes.
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United States
Mayence
State Department
Treasury
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Oswieckn
America
Chief Justice Fuller’s Oration Praised by Senators
Senate members praised Chief Justice Fuller’s oration yesterday with heartfelt compliments and enthusiastic applause. Even opponents who questioned his nomination conceded the speech’s depth and clarity, Kansas Senator Innzalls admitting it was thoughtful and patriotic after listening from start to finish.
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Wharton
Fuller
Senate
Innzalls
Mr Wharton Returns to Work at State Department
Assistant Secretary Wharton, ill for three months, appeared at the State Department today in good spirits and improving. He was greeted by associates and given a roses basket from the Consular Bureau. He plans a gradual return to duties, awaiting Blaine's suggestion to stay away until the new year.
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Wharton
State Department
Blaine
Eight Hour Meeting At Faneuil Hall For Labor Cause
An eight hour gathering at Faneuil Hall, under the American Federation of Labor, featured remarks by Frank K. Foster and Joseph G. Clinkard. Samuel Gompers defended shorter hours and critiqued supply and demand controls as tools of business interests.
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Faneuil Hall
American Federation of Labor
Frank K. Foster
Joseph G. Clinkard
Cunkard
Samuel Gompers
Tme
Garrison
Sumner
Chamber of Commerc
Trusts
Medical Societies
Mr. Gompers
Christie Evans
Coal Miners’ National Union
J. G. Kilgallion
Amalgamated Steel and Iron Workers
Joseph Labadie
Detroit Trades’ Council
Frank IK. Foster
Federation of Labor
Dissolution of Dorchester Pastorate After Missing Minister
Delegates from thirty Suffolk South churches met at Pilgrim Congregational Dorchester to decide on dissolving the vacant pastorate of Rev Charles Hudson Smith. They heard evidence of presumed death and mental incapacity, noting repeated disappearances in 1889 and the lack of any trace despite police efforts. The council unanimously recommended terminating the pastorate and extended sympathy to Smith's family while avoiding personal belief about his status.
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Pilgrim Congregational Church
Dorchester
Suffolk South Conference
Charles Hudson Smith
B. F. Hamilton
Eliot Church
Roxbury
J. E. Tuttle
Jamaica Plain
Frederick Campbell
Dorchester Presbyterian Church
Smith
San Francisco
Campbell
W. R. Campbell
Charles Judson
Browning Life and Works Recap in a Century
A feature recounts Robert Browning s major dramas and lyrics from The Blot in the Scutcheon to The Ring and the Book It notes Browning s marriage to Elizabeth Barrett in 1846 his Florence years and return to London his honorary fellowships and degrees at Balliol Oxford and Cambridge and the enduring debate over his poetry amid a growing Browning Society movement.
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Macready
Drury Lane Theatre
Phelps
Lawrence Barrett
Luria
Browning
Hameln
Ghent
Aix
Wordsworth
Saul
St. Proxed’s
Elizabeth Barrett
London
Florence
Shelley
Andrew del Sarto
Fra Lippo
Childe Roland
Mr. Browning
Balliol
Oxford
Cambridge
Rabbi Ben Ezra
Abi Vogler
Brownine
Hervé Riel
Paris
Balaustion
Prince Hohenstiel- Schwangau
Fife
Aristophanes
Inn
England
Kerishtah
Browning Society
Furnivall
Burglar Captured After Essex Street Store Breakin
In Luxon on December 21 Benjamin Dupar closed his Essex Street shop and sent his son for cash. Two men confronted the boy. one fled, the other, John Smith alias McCafferty alias Henry Vance, was arrested with a five shooter revolver. The escapee remains at large.
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Luxon
Specttan J
Benjamin Dupar
Essex Street
Young
Dupar
Kirk
John Smith
McCafferty
Henry Vance
Tne
Steamers Arrived in Early December Ports
Shipping news lists arrivals and origins of vessels in Boston New York Baltimore Hull Copenhagen Amsterdam Swinemunde and Harburg. Ships include Venetian Hibernian Circe Circassian Sir Tower Hill Aller Borderer Othello Glendowe Polynesia P Caland Hekla Elise Marie Sorrento Lallandre and Scandinavia with routes from Liverpool Glasgow Port de Paix and Halifax.
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Boston
Liverpool
Hibernian
Glasgow
Baltimore
Circe
Circassian
New York
State of
Bremen
Rock Light
the Lizard
Borderer
Lonon
Hull
Eng
Copenhagen
Glendowe
Swinemande
Hekla
Harbure
Elise Marie
Uainburg
Sorrento
Prawle Point
Lallandre
Antwerp
Scandinavia
Halifax
In Jail for His Poll Tax
Salem reports Benjamin Russell of Danvers jailed for non payment of 1887 poll tax. He earns about eight dollars weekly as a carpenter and says he cannot support six children while taxes fund a government that neglects him. He chose jail as shelter for his family’s lack of comforts.
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Salem
Benjamin Russell
Danvers
Lup Home Insurance Company of New York in New England
Lup Home Insurance Company of New York with assets near nine million dollars promotes fire loss protection on all property types. Moses Rk Emerson at 7 Kilby Street is its New England general agent, and Hollis and Snow at 35 Kilby Street have long represented the company locally.
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Lup Home Insurance Company
New York
New England
Moses Rk. Emerson
Kilby Street
Hollis & Snow
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Trade marks Wrapper
The Deerfoot Farm Sausages are sold in two-pound packages with a deer’s foot trade mark stamped on the wrapper. Cautions buyers to beware of imitations to protect the brand.
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Deerfoot Farm
Fire destroys freight depot in New London
The New York New Haven and Hartford freight depot in New London was burned completely this afternoon. Firemen saved nearby tenement houses except one, with freight losses at twelve thousand dollars and three cars burnt. Cause suspected spontaneous combustion in cotton bales or mall sweepings.
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New Londown
Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Chapin
Pequot Glass Works
SaLem
Northey Street
Ezra Woodbury
Edmond A. Brown
J. H. Vary
Brown
Fire alarms report two blazes with limited damage
The Box 13 alarm at 8:56 last evening cited a fire in a three story brick building at 304 Hanover Street causing $100 damage and owned by Albert Bourke. Earlier at 7:50 p.m. a fire at 20 Tremont Place in a Timothy Kelly dwelling caused $20 damage from a kerosene lamp explosion.
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Hanover Street
Albert Bourke
Tremont Place
Timothy Kelly
Paris Salon volume from Goupil T Crr offers art lovers a sure draw
The new Goupil T Crr volume on this year's Paris Salon arrives in the United States. It features English texts and promises to captivate readers of art and beauty as a potential holiday gift book.
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Messrs. GOUPIL #T
Francis B Gilman Cambridge Banker Dies After Pneumonia
Francis B. Gilman of Cambridge dies of pneumonia after an illness of about a week. For nineteen years he was a discount clerk at Merchants' National Bank of Boston handling large collateral. He served Shepard Memorial Church as clerk and Sabbath school superintendent, founded the Sheard Historical Society, supported Cambridge Casino, and was beloved by family and church community. He leaves a widow, a son, and a daughter.
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Francis B. Gilman
Cambridge
Gilman
Merchants’ National Bank of Boston
Shepard Memorial
Sheard Historical Society
England
Death of Temuel Murch longtime Franklin Hypographical official
Temuel Murch secretary of the Franklin Hypographical Society died at 65 Indiana Place after a paralytic shock at a society meeting. Born in St John’s New Brunswick fifty years ago he worked for the Royal Gazette and Boston Typographical Union and held senior posts at Daniel Gunn & Co and the State Printing Office. He leaves a sister and brother. Funeral from the Church of the Good Shepherd Cortes Street Saturday at 2 pm.
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Lemuers Murct
Temuel Murch
Franklin Hypographical Society
Indiana Place
Murch
St. John’s
N. B
Royal Gazette
Boston Typographical Uion
International Union
New Orleans
Daniel Gunn & Co
State Printing Office
Church of the Good Shepherd
Cortes Street
Noted patent lawyer Tr N Dickerson dies at home in New York
Tr N Dickerson, top patent lawyer for Bell Telephone, dies at his Rockaway NY country home after months of illness. Funeral set for Saturday from Trinity Church. He shaped major patent cases and built Wave Crest residence. New York courts adjourn in his memory. judges pay tribute. London dispatch notes death of Edward Bradley known as Cuthbert Bede, a prolific English writer.
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Tr. N. Dickerson
E. N. Dickerson
Rockaway
N. Y
Bell ‘Telephone Company
Trinity Church
New York
Dickerson
Bell Company
Wave Crest
United States Circuit
Wheeler and Lacombe
Common Council Holds Quiet After Election Meeting
The Common Council met for ninety minutes with no major business completed. Defeated members teased each other while little was decided. A salary increase for the city clerk and assistant clerk was referred to the ordinances committee, and the fire chiefs were asked to report on adopting the Holly fire-extinguishing system.
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Board of Aldermen
Raymond Whitcomb Excursions Announced From Boston
The Raymond and Whitcomb firm lists three California excursions with departures from Boston on January 6 9 and 30. One route goes via Cincinnati New Orleans then the Sunset Route. another via Chicago with rests in Las Vegas Hot Springs and Santa Fe. a Mexico trip departs January 13. Circulars available from W Raymond at 296 Washington Street.
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Raymond-Whitcomb
California
Messrs
Raymond & Whitcomb
Pacific Coast
Boston
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Company
Chicago
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Las Vegas Hot Springs
Republic of Mexico
W. Raymond
Washington Street
School Street
Boston Four Hundred Listed In Clark's Blue Book 1890
Clark's Blue Book 1890 edition issued lists Boston's social set with a West End tally of 4527 and South End 3121 among others totaling 15,966 names. It serves as a visiting list and shopping guide for major Boston districts.
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Boston
Clark
West End
South End
Highlands
South Boston
Charlestown
Jamaica
Model Restaurant Opens at 74 Franklin Street
The Boston Café Company launched a new restaurant at 74 Franklin Street with an elaborate but tasteful interior and a large invitation list. Guests included prominent businessmen. J. o. Wyman manages the venture, and the company is led by W. E. Osgood as president with a slate of officers and directors.
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Boston Café Company
Franklin Street
J. O. Wyman
W. E. Osgood
T. D. Baker
Thomas Walton
W. E. Muvore
Fl. Wyroan
Be. L. Morandi
W. H. North
Epicures Favor the Revere Elouse for Dinner Service
Epicures appreciate excellent cooking and rare service at the Revere Elouse and may always be found there in goodly numbers at dinner time.
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Epicures
Revere Elouse
Salvation Oil and Dr Bull's advertised medicines
The ad promotes Salvation Oil as a pain eradicator and family medicine at 26 cents a bottle and suggests Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for coughs colds hoarseness and related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Oil
Dr. Bull
Noted speech on labor and railroads by Hon. W L Putnam
The address highlights American industry, banking strength, and railroad expansion. It praises massachusetts leaders and the Maine district, cites rail system contracts guaranteeing equal treatment for passengers and goods, and calls for continued national economic vigor and clup unity.
Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York
Forecast till 8 p m Friday. New England fair and warmer with southwest winds. Eastern New York fair and warmer with southwest winds.
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Washington
New England
New York
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The
C. H. Smith
Robert Browning
New London
Edward Bradley
Cuthbert Bede
the Common Council
Earth
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New Hampshire
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American Republic
Republic
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Lane
Pine Tree State
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Putnam
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Newcastle
Minneapolis
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Utah
Fort Leavenworth
Maine
William Pepperell
Louisburg
William Pitt
Sheepscott
William Pitt Fessenden
Portland
St. Lawrence
Great Britain
Mr. Cleveland
P. A. Collins
Eben D. Jordan
the Wanamaker
General Collins
Jordan
Thompson
B. C. Thompson
Washington ST
Old South
Durch
Belmont Schoo
Belmont, Mass
Bb. F. Harding
A. Me
Dentists
Society
A. N McKenzie
Massachusetts Dental Society
Young Men’s Christian Association
Alexander McKenzie
Harvard University
McKenzie
U.S.A
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Teemmerens
Emeermwnner
Aldany
Seecess
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Bismarck
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