Whittier at Eighty Receives Warm Rural Tribute
John Greenleaf Whittier, age eighty, hosts visitors at Oak Knoll Danvers while a flood of admirers from across the nation send letters and gifts. The Essex Club plans a memorial album and congratulatory letter as Governor Ames and council may visit by special train.
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Danvers
Mecca
Oak Knoll
John Greenleaf Whittier
Mark Twain
George W. Childs
Waite
Lamar
Henry Cabot Lodge
John G. Nicolay
Walt Whitman
Mr. Whittier
Whittier
Residenc
Ceck
Hays
Spuke
Robin
Quake City
John G. Whittier
Essex Club
United States
Washington
Essex County
Mass
Wihittier
Garoves
Louisa
Preadent
Newton F. Foyx
Benjamin Pitman
Amesbury
Court Docket and Injuries From Fall Cases in 1880s Sessions
Supreme Judicial Court hears Codman will letters read with one witness. Superior Court sessions list multiple tort actions including Kent v Todd, Kenney v Welch for injuries from open hoistway and trap. Docket includes numerous v cases with dates, judges, and counsel.
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C. Allen
Business Failures Rise as Western States Lead Increase
New York reports 54 US, 34 Canada, total 288 failures this week, up from 264 last week. Western states drive the rise. overall trade shows cautious improvement with interior confidence on Congress and production. Exports exceed last year by 1.478 million, imports at New York up 3.476 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
E. Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
Trade Review
R. G. Dan & Co
Congress
Irom
Ecottona
New Bookstore Opens Next to Archway on Washington Street
New store at 361 Washington Street opens with a complete line of books for the holidays including albums Bibles prayer books booklets and novelties. Spacious well lighted shop with attentive clerks promises lowest prices in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington ST
Archway
Archway Bookstore Expands Stock With Low-Priced Books
Archway Bookstore announces a greatly increased room and a larger, better arranged stock of low priced books. Children’s books from 10 cents and up, illustrated hymns and poems, gift books at special bargains. The store claims an unmatched assortment of bargains in good books at all prices. Call before the rush begins.
Jackson & Co Move to New Boston Hatters Shop at Tremont
The popular hatters Jackson & Co relocate to 126 Tremont Street occupying the first floor and basement. The new Boston store fronts on the Common with rich display space, light oak interiors, electric chandeliers, and long oak counters planned. Existing goods include hats silk fur ladies’ garments bows muffs umbrellas canes. Regular customers have already visited and new faces appear, signaling growing patronage.
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Messrs. Jackson & Co
Tremont Street
Boston
Commemorative Meeting For Poet At WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL UNION
A birthday remembrance gathering is planned this evening at 8 o'clock in the rooms of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union at 74 Boylston Street. Edwin D. Mead will deliver an address on Whit tier's Poetry of America, praising his contributions to national literature and thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Boylston Street
Edwin D. Mead
Whittier
The Poets Birthday Poems For Whittier
The Independent announces two commemorative poems for Whittier’s eightieth birthday A Legacy by John G Whittier honors friendship consolation and virtue. The verse praises calmness strength and love that endures beyond earthly life.
Vision of Peaks and Eternal Rest in Stedman Poem
The speaker asks a watchman to describe the high ridge and the distant, glorious land that lies beyond. He seeks interpretation of the signals from the lifted hand and hints at lingering before dying to be led by saluted bards to lilies and aromatic plants where a crown of palm leaves awaits the unnamed, honored dead.
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Edmund Clarence Stedman
Weather Forecast For New England States
Indications for twenty four hours from 7 a m Saturday expect warmer fair weather in Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut with light to fresh variable winds. Sunday brings rain and easterly winds to Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut. Cautionary northwest signals remain in effect at Hastings Harbor. Bur Hill Observatory notes southeastern New England's temperature trends and coastal conditions.
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Washineaton
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Boston Weather Records From Observer Office 1887
Data from the Weather Service in Boston on December 16 1887 shows higher winds NW at 30 36 14 degrees of velocity and mean temperatures with a maximum 37.0 and minimum 27.0. Mean daily temperature 34.0 dew point 23.0 and total precipitation 0.4 inches. Relative humidity around 64 to 78 percent.
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Boston
Observer’s Office
Signal Service
U.S. A
Senaweeven
Eastport
Wortland
Northfield
Lear
Roslon
Ee Enews
Dijook Island
Nantucket
Albany New York
Whitladelp. da
Washington
Lynchourg
Norfolk
Hatteras
Wwimington
Jacksonville
Ontrotlery Nee
New Orleans
Eerae
Cloud
Shreveport
Clear Suuween
Can Ee
Wil
Cloudy Rock Cliffe
Eer
Cloudy
Montreal
Cloruty Ware
Yarmouth
Halifax
Clear Leaveworth
Clear Haron
Clear St. Incent
North Platte
Denver
Eace
Dodge City
Fort Sillscene
Santa Fe
Ever
Salt Lake
Superior Court Middlesex County Dec 16 Verdicts and cases
The Middlesex Superior Court December session includes Scott vs O'Brien in which the jury found for the defendant. Also listed are No 2806 Winthop Gates v Eben Smith a contract action for $50 and interest on a promissory note with fraud and misrepresentation claims.
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Downs
Bowdoin
Kent
Meludoe
Sq. Baptist Soc
Townseid Nat
Waldo
Watson
Jones
Hayes
Ve McGlili
Redding
Manncuddy
Berry
McClallan
White
Hill
Sathers
Carver
Wilcox
Fleming
H. B. Frye & Co
Frye
Libby & Pitcher
Frye, Libby & Co
M. F. Dickinson, Jr
W. 4. Sargent
William Gaston
Scott
C. P. Gorley
C. Q. Lirrell
South End Alleyway Ashes Provoke Health Board Action
About fifty Columbus avenue Dartmouth street and Buckingham street households have been warned by the board of health to remove ashes and offal within twenty four hours or face prosecution for a nuisance. The dispute arose after building work closed the former alley entrance and the owner of the adjacent property refused compensation for a new entrance, stalling settlement.
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Columbus Avenue
Dartmouth Street
Buckingham Street
Board of Health
Health Department
Verge versus Douglass et al. tort action over liquor raid
Plaintiff Stephen Verge sues City Marshal Douglass of Gloucester and two officers for assault and damage to premises during a liquor raid on August 3 1587. Verdict for defendant. Attorneys listed for plaintiff and defense.
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Verge
Douglass
Stephen Verge
Gloucester
Lynn
F. Fs. Tarmon
J. F. Sisk
de- Fanaa
City Notes and Upcoming Local Events
Numerous items from Boston society and civic life include Laura Bridgman’s 50th anniversary reception at Perkins Institution on December 21 with limited seating, plus church, club, and lecture notices. Also reported are vote recount petitions in several wards, militia commissions, gas works expansion in Cow pasture, and upcoming cultural events across the city.
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Laura Bridgman
Music
Perkins Institution
Julia Ward Howe
Samuel Eliot
Edward E. Fiale
Miner
Ploughman
E. L. Sturtevant
Charles H. Cogswell
Cavalry
Durell
Edward W. Haggerty
Ninth Infantry
Hagerty
David J. Hagerty
George F. H. Murray
Murray
Bay State Gas Company
la Works
Timothy J. Dacey
North End
Irish National League
B. Y. M. C. Union
George Parsons Gilman
Garland
Shelley
Anti-Poverty Club
Horticultural Hall
Newspaper Club
Tremont House
Boston
Boston Intercollegiate Young Men’s Christian Association
Hall of the Christian Association
Boylston
Berkeley Streets
Central Club
Charles V. Whitten
John M. Corse
John J. Fitzgerald
Jlon
Benjamin Dean
Charles H. Taylor
Oliver Chanter Rose Croix
Church of the Unity
West Newton Street
Pires CrGARS AND TOBACCO FOR THE Hour pAYs
Mr Joseph Engel offers pipes cigars and tobacco at low figures for holiday gifts from 7 School Street. Preston Merrills Infallible Yeast Powder sold by S B Pierce Co. A Nick Sink Umbrella is recommended as a great Christmas gift. I J A Howards No 59 Temple Street offers a large stock of all silk umbrellas at very low prices. Customers can expect good selections.
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Pires
Joseph Engel
School Street
Preston Merrill
Pierce & Co
I. J. A. Howard
Temple Price
Mr. Howard
Sunday church services listed for various Boston churches
A condensed schedule lists sermons and gatherings at Union, Columbus Avenue Universalist, Arlington Street, Teaching of PNC, Mustefall, Spiritu al Tumpls, Bowdoly Evangelist, Temple Strangers, and M.G.C. Association. The notices invite public attendance with times ranging from morning to evening and feature speakers from Albert Pillsbury to Rev. Fulton and Father Hall.
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B. Y. M. Curisman Union
Porefathers
Union Jiall
Boylston Street
Albert E. Pillsbury
Boson
Key
Old Boston
Lny
Blyth
Eng
Lilyhins
Lincolnshire
England
Columbus Avenue Universalist Church
Mlarendon Street
Miner
Morneing
Whittier
Anlingson Street
Brooke Herford
PEG Imscipl&s
Temperance Union
The
Church of the Disciples
Dunes Freeman Clarke
Justin D. Fulton
Mustefall
Newbury
Exeter Stree's
Fannie A. Conant
Mra
E.R. byar-Clough
Kate A. Stiles
Marylal
Mission Council OF
Boylston
Berkeley Streets
Globe Edition Glossary by W Aldis Wright Three Volumes
The Globe Edition offers three volumes by W Aldis Wright priced at 1.75 dollars each or as a complete set in a paper box. Volume 1 contains Comedies, Volume 2 Histories, Volume 3 Tragedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Aldis Wright
Journal of a Tour to Hebrides and North Wales edited
George Birkbeck Hill presents six volume edition with notes on James Boswell’s travel diary fragment. The set catalogs a tour to the Hebrides and a journey into North Wales in elaborate scholarly format.
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Hebrides
Johnson
North Wales
George Birkbeck Hill
D.C.L
Description of the Park Town and Neighborhood by Loftie
A 12mo volume titled Description of the Park Town and Neighborhood by W J Loftie M A FS Ay is offered for two dollars.
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W. J. Loftie
M.A. FS
Hani
Lanfrey History of Napoleon I New Edition
Translation notice announces a new cheaper edition of Lanfrey's History of Napoleon I in four volumes, 12mo, price nine dollars, with author’s sanction and translation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanfrey
Napoleon I
PP. Lanfrey
Dictionary of National Biography Volumes Planned
Stephen edition edited by Leslie Stephen to be completed in about fifty volumes. Early volumes volumes 1 to 12 priced at 3.75 each in octavo format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen
the Dictionary of National Biography
Leslie Stephen
Book sale offers miniature poetical and dramatic editions
A listing describes seven volumes of Globe poems priced at 12 dollars, a 10 volume miniature edition in a box at 6 dollars, a 3 volume miniature dramatic works set in a box at 83 dollars, and a popular edition works priced at 1 dollar 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Globe 8vo Prose and Poetical Works for Sale
Classified notice offering Globe 8vo Prose Works in paper box three volumes for 12.00. Poetical Works two volumes for 8.50. Prose and Poetical Works ten volumes in paper box for 16.50. Poetical Works Popular Edition large type two volumes for 1.50.
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Globe
Nine volumes Globe 8vo uniform with Arnold and Kingsley
An ad notes nine volumes in octavo size, matching the Arnold and Kingsley set, offered at 18 dollars and fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Kingsley
Bonds of the Middlesex Banking Company
The Middlesex Banking Company of Middletown Connecticut offers debenture bonds. Boston office at 6 Tremont Street Chadwick Building. The company is state chartered and supervised by the Connecticut Bank Commissioners. Loans are made by its stockholders only and guaranteed loan limits apply by law. The notice invites investor examination and highlights conservative business methods.
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Middlesex Banking Company
Middletown
Conn
Boston
Tremont Street
Chadwick Building
Connecticut
Stave Bank
Norton edited edition of three volumes in a boxed set
An advertisement notes Charles Eliot Norton edited a three volume work with a paper box, priced at 86 00. It lists the edition details and packaging, indicating a collectible library set for readers.
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Charles Eliot Norton
Critical Introductions and Introductions by Matthew Arnold
Publication details note multiple introductions by various writers with a General Introduction by Matthew Arnold. Editor T H Ward presents a four volume set in Student and Cabinet editions with fixed prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Arnold
T. H. Ward
Amiel Journal Intime of Henri Frederic Amiel
Publication details list a translated edition with Introduction and Notes by Mrs. Mumpury Ward priced at two dollars. The item notes the work as a historical classic in a library or bookshop catalog entry.
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Amiel
Journal Intime
Henri Frederic Amiel
English Rug Gift Offers by US Agents and Furnishings
A Woopstock rug described as a useful artistic present is sold by John H. Pray, Sons & Co. as sole American agents. Umbrellas priced 50 cents to 6 dollars and various furnishing goods are offered by G. W. Simmons & Co. at 32 North Street with bargains for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
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Supreme Judicial Court
Superior Court
J. J
Milton A. Kent
William N. Todd
C. L. B. Wey
Samuel Hoar
W. P. Harding
Kertha M. Kenney
Edw
J. Welch
George H. Wheelock
J. R. Clark
Joyce
Boston & Albany RR
Cutling
Daigneau
Rovanvins
Same
U Carroll
Allan
Motormack
Loring
Asmory
Stoddard
Leatherbee
Dewey
John H. Barrett
American Express Company
C. W. Bartlett
Aug. Russ
L. Murray
George H. Brooks
Hotel Royal
Beacon Street
E. W. Hale
Samuel Dloar
Delong
Canney
Rowe
Raymond
Grady
Upton
Weister
Clerk
Saunders
Saun
Weil
Feeley
Ders
Snow
Saine
Haskell
Darling
Walker
Taylor
Dunning
LU Utrust
Murphy
Mahoney
Howe
Hall
Etna— Atin
Mass. Reet Association
Tilden
Greenwood
Samne
Samie
Sare
Ste
Sime Vv
Ruma
Archway Bookstore
Yfeoet
the Independent
Bur Hilt Observatory
New England
Talv Wenturer
H. A. Clayton
Uruer
Sates
Smith
Davis
Town Everett
Bowman
Gray
Morse
Carts
Lynch
Crosby
Ieee Ore
Campwhi Ae Ee
Gard
Noohey
City of
Newton
Adden
Insol
Dr. Ap
Brady
Day
Ingalls
Blanchard
Richer
Town of
Medford
Stevbins
Stebbins
Dame, Lien
V. Riley
Lumuue
Shyail Aqueduct Co
Niland
Abbott
Kingman Et al
Manchester
Henry
Newburyport
Ronan v
Hawking
Longfellow Et al
Thompson & Bedford Co
Salem & So. Danvers
Kelly
Shannahan
Meagher
Smielhurst
Props
Bartonsnare
Wissen
H. A. Clapp
Hamiet
Brauntleroy Hall
Roxbury
Frank Cousins
Macmillan &C
Little Miss
Peggy
George Saintsbury
Hutton
Richard Holt Hutton
Thomas Carlyle
Cardinal Newman
George Eliot
Frederick Denison Maurice
Greece
Mahaffy
J. P. Mahaffy
D.D
University of Dublin
Shakespeare
Victoria
N R. Luyster
London
A. L. Luyster
Nassau Street
Silver Street
Boswell
Samuel Johnson
Ll.d
E, Kakas & Sons
Frederick Alford
Chas, Polloge
Washington Street
Hamilton Place
Park Street Church
America
White Mountains
Jackson, Dalmatia, the Quarnero and
Istria
Cettigre
Montenegro
Island of
Grade
T. VY. Jackson
M.A. S.A
Loftie
Windsor Castle
A. Woodruff
Charlestown St
C. C. Mellen
SI Cohen & CO
Winter Street
Qanvts 2 Sons
Lor
Kentuck
COODS
G. E. Woodward & CO
Bromfield ST
Tremont St
the English Poets
Kilby Street
J. W. Balch
Boston Post
Post Publishing Company
Milk Street
Finch
Henry ‘S, Finck
Macmillan
Fourth Avenue, New York
Lerman
Cologne
Gloria
J. A. Howard
Temple Place
Association
John P. Leary
Main Street
Worcester
Paris
AKER
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Ladies and
Kullberg
William Bond & Son
A. J. A. Melvin
Pro Motor
Blackstone Street
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