Republican Clubs Convention Adopts New Organization Plan
The convention outlines a governing committee with elected officers, powers to fill vacancies, and authority over league funds. It limits political influence, details officer salaries, bonds, and meeting rules, and notes the election of officers at the New York 1887 national convention with 350 clubs represented by 1353 delegates.
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League
Eec E
Executive Committee
State League
Republican Clubs
New York
Williams
New
York
G. W. West
Connecticut
George
Svarts
Nathan Goff
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Sherman
Grant
Appomattox
Lee
James G. Blaine
Allison
Iowa
Lincoln
Illinois
Harrison
Indiana
Ohio
Hawley
Evarts
Hiscock
Phil Sheridan
United States
Blaine
Maine
Wne
John A. Kasson
Committee On
Europe
American
Behring Sea
Republican platform champions liberty and protection policy
The document defends Republican principles and calls for enforcement and expansion of home protection. It recalls 1861 tariffs, lauds national progress, and denounces Democratic policy while urging unity, education, and a strong navy under party leaders and delegates at Chickering Hall and in Congress.
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Republican Party
United States
Congress
Union
Washington
Arthur
Democratic Party
Robert Frazier
Michigan
William Marie
Maryland
Wolff
District of Columbia
A. Louden Snowden
Philadelphia
Noyes
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Wright
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Civil Service
John Mitchell
Virginia
Eustis
Minnesota
Lamar
Supreme Court
Evarts
E.T. Brackett
New York
Rice
A. P. Cunningham
John A. Kasson
Iowa
Chickering Hall
John Atkinson
Galusha Grow
Pennsylvania
R. G. Horr
Judge King
Youngstown
Wallace Bruce
Poughkeepsie
A. J. Lester
Illinois
Horr
Nurse Testimony in Codman Trial Details Letters and Worries
Miss Nellie C. Jenkins testifies about Mr. Codman's last illness and daily letters he burned in the fire. She notes his nervousness, alcohol use, real estate holdings, a possible motive linked to his daughter, and his reluctance to sign papers before a codicil.
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Azone
Codman
Nellie C. Jenkins
No. 4
Hancock Street
Mr. Codman
Advertising card proves Gosse's sales skill and strong endorsements
Mr C. F. Gosse, Boston advertising agent, issues a photo reproduced article card with letters from Edwards H. Goff of American Electric Manufacturing and firms like Sleeper & Co, Flower Medical, Keeler & Co, Seth Arnold Medical, and Doolittle & Smith praising his agency's reliability, push and sales impact.
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C. 5. Gosse
No. 44
Kilby Street
Boston Journal of
Gosse
Edwards H. Goff
American Electric Manufacturing Company of
New York
Sleeper & Cor
Boston
KR. C. Flower Medical Company of
Keeler & Co
It’s Laughable This Stinging of Mud at Pearline
A terse note extols the supposed success of a mud sting at Pearline, calling the episode immense and humorous and treating it as a notable local event.
Illustrated Ballads About Authors by Mrs Spofford
Review praises Harriett Prescott Spofford for shaping Ballads About Authors with English poet episodes. Garrett’s drawings enhance the text, especially in the Goldsmith and Cowper passages. The piece also notes Peniel series titles On the Wing The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers and a Book of British Ballads with admired margins and Victorian charm.
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Prescott Spofford
Garrett
Goldsmith
Wakefield
George
Holland
Nell
Louvain
Carolan
Trishman
Samuel Johnson
Uttoxeter
Johnson
Mr. Garrett
Cowper
Harriett Presco Spotford
H. Garrett
Boston
D. Lothrop Company
Peniel
Felicia Hemans
Felicia
England
Kate Greenaway
S.C. Hall
Eden Hall
Creswick
Gilbert
Trull
Japan
House of Gen
Ho-jo
Helen Ainslie Smith
Russia
Moscow
St. Petersburg
New York
Clarke & Carruth
J. B. Young & Co
Price
S. C. Hall
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Laughton, Macdonald & Co
Ruth Ogden
E. P. Dutton & Co
Estes & Lauriat
George Routledge & Sons
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co
Warren Avenue Baptist Church Reopens After Renovation
The Warren Avenue Baptist Church, once deemed unsafe, has undergone a thorough renovation under Inspector Griffin and Mr. Griffin's team. About $4000 was spent to replace roof trusses, reinforce the structure with timber and iron, and reboard and slate the roof. The building is declared secure and will reopen for services on Sunday.
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Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Griffin
Richard O. Dunn
Warren Avenue
Boston Tailor's Firm Fails As Creditors Face 20 Cent Dollar
George E Abbott, tailor at 55 Court Street Boston, fails. Philadelphia firm takes stock and fixtures sold to Abbott's son. Creditors offered 20 cents on the dollar with 10 cents cash and balance on time. Other attached or assigned: M Lambert Hartford liable 26000. E Reed builder Hartford. J B Clark liquors Baltimore who withdrew. G H Foster signed. Jacob Rosenburg Boston owes 3000 with 1200 assets. William B Jennings New Haven assigned to George F Burgess. J C Byrnes Providence attached.
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George E. Abbott
Court Street
Boston
Philadelphia
Abbott
Pp. E. Reed
Hartford
New Haven
Johnson collection of European paintings to be auctioned
Auctioneer L J Bird & Co will offer 180 high quality European paintings from the Johnson collection at 32 Bromfield street starting Wednesday December 21. French school leads with Rousseau Jopy and Pezant among others. Munich Amsterdam London represented. Three day sale begins 3 pm first two days and 11 am on the third. exhibition Monday.
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Messrs. L. J. Bird & Co
Bromfield Street
Johnson
Phillippe Rousseau
LI. Jopy
W. Beauquesne
A. Pezant
Royal Academy
Munich
A. de Knyif
G. H. Kotschenreiter
Professor Car Hetz
FF. Schlesinger
Ernest Muller
Amsterdam
London
Dusseldorf
Dresden
Naples
Florence
Berlin
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
St. Louis
Europe
Boston Gift Books Highlight Art Prestige Abroad
A Boston publisher Estes Lauriat releases the Dusseldorf Gallery with twenty proof etchings and Recent French Art with Lauriat reproductions. Both volumes showcase American art and literature's enduring stature, offering appealing works for any art lover and warranting direct view for full appreciation.
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Boston
Dusseldorf
Meissonier
Estes Lauriat
Portrait of John H. Pray Painted Window Display
Old residents recall founder John H. Pray as his life and work are celebrated by a current display in the Washington street window of Pray & Sons store. The painting stirs memories of longtime friends and Pray family history.
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John H. Pray
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
Mr. Pray
Washington Street
Messrs. Pray & Sons
Somerville Man Roger Cavanaugh Identified After Fitchburg Road Death
The man killed Thursday night on Fitchburg road at Union Square Somerville is Roger Cavanaugh 49 of Fitchburg Street Somerville. He leaves a wife and child.
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Fitchburg Road
Union Square
Somerville
Roger Cavanaugh
Fitchburg Street
Amusements Listings at Local Theatres
Park Theatre offers Rosina Vokes afternoon at 2 and evening at 7 45. Boston Theatre shows Booth and Barrett at 2 and 7 45. The Boston Museum presents The Barrister at 2 and 8. Hollis Street Theatre features The Great Pink Pearl and Iditha's Burglar at 2 and 7 4. Globe Theatre presents Forgiven at 2. Howard Auditorium offers Variety at 2 and 8.
Auction Sale Today Listing Carpets and Furniture
Sales by auction posted for today include fruit foratio Harris at 12 m. Carpets and rugs are sold by Leonard and Co at 3 p.m. Monday features furniture sales by Beck Bird and Osgood at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Marriages In City Include Five Pairings In December
Notices record five marriages with details of partners and officiants. Cressey and Fallon wed December 12. Hodge and Sanders tied December 11. Mason and Clark wed in Medway December 14. Stone and Bowman joined December 15 in Boston. Wilson and Haynes married December 15 at Perkins Street Church in East Somerville.
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Orion T. Mason
Eva Hk. Clark
Medway
Stone—Bowman
H. Winkley
George P. Stone
Ella F. Bowman
Boston
Wilson—Haynes
East Somerville
Perkins Street Baptist Church
Mr. Smith
William B. Wilson
Ida M. Haynes
Last Somerville
Deaths This Week in City and Nearby Areas
Death notices list Carrie Aulbach Juliet F Wheil don Mary W Davis James E Deland Rebecca M Drody Sophia F Farr Cornelius J Galvin Henry K Horton William B Lambert John O Prince Mary Proctor Eliza J Sweetland and John Torrey Swett with ages and localities across Boston Randolph Lynn Neponset South Boston Newtonville Dec 14 15 details vary per entry. Services at King's Chapel noted for Juliet Browne.
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Aulbach
Carrie
Joseph and
Marianna Aulbach
Browne
Boston
Juliet Frances Wheildon
T. Quincy Browne
King’s Chapel
Colman
William P. Colman
Davis
Randolph
Mary W
John Davis
Salem
Delany
James E. Deland
Drody
Lynn
Rebecca M. Drody
Farr
Ayer
Sophia F
Kimball Fayr
Galvin
Cornelius J. Galvin
Horton
Henry K. Horton
Emmanuel Thurch
Lambert
Neponset
William B
John B. H
Mary A. Lambert
Prince
John O. Prince
Proctor
Mary
Charles Proctor
Sweetland
South Boston
Eliza J. Sweetland
Swetit
Newtonville
John Torrey Swett
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