Interstate Commerce Act Debate at Vendome Club Dinner
President Charles Francis Adams and other leaders weigh the Interstate Commerce Act's impact on railroads and business. Adams criticizes the law while urging reforms including amending pooling and long short haul provisions, and calls for a centralized responsible railroad system to curb fraud and centralize enforcement.
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Charles Francis Adams
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Commercial Club
the Vendome
Mr. Adams
George G. Crocker
Board of Railroad Commissioners
A. F. Seaberter
Chicago
Lord
Boston & Maine Railroad
C. F. Choate
Old Colony
Ames
Hart
Adams
Tentlemen
Wordsworth
Rob Roy
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
West
Union Pacific
Trafic
Cooley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Call for Railroad Reform and a Clearing House System
A speaker urges binding, reasonable rates and the formation of a public railroad clearing house to standardize traffic management. He argues for accountability at the helm of railroad companies, warns against accelerating centralization, and stresses higher standards of honor and organization to curb abuse by subordinates. The immediate task is to retard undue centralization and raise professional ethics.
Congressman's Morse Moves to Repeal Interstate Commerce Law
Washington reports sympathy grows for Congressman Morse's effort to repeal the Interstate Commerce Act. A letter from J. W. Carpenter & Son of Drrrorr, Mich., urges broad support from shippers and consumers from Maine to California, praising repeal as beneficial to the nation and criticizing current law as harming competition and industry.
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Washington
Morse
Congress
Railroa
Carpenter
J. W. Carpenter & Son, Architects and Builders
Drrrorr
Mich
Leopold Morse
Washington, D. C
Maine
California
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago Tribune
House
Senate
United States
Pete
J. W. Carrentier & Son
Whittier Opinions on Cabinet Picks and Women’s Vote
A New York Tribune writer interviews John G. Whittier at Oak Knoll about Cabinet candidates for Harrison and his view that Blaine should decline a ministerial post and Sherman would be next. Whittier praises Blaine, cites Warner Miller and Depew as desirable advisers, and notes Phelps’ mixed record. He lauds Boston’s political change supporting women’s suffrage and quips about aging and wood splitting after revising his works for a new edition.
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New York Tribune
Oak Knoll
John G. Whittier
Blaine
Mr. Whittier
Harrison
Mr. Blaine
Whittier
Sherman
Henry Clay
Clay
Warner Miller
New York
Depew
Court of St. James
Phelps
Gladstone
Studio and other exhibitions showcase wide ranging works
The Studio building hosted an open doors event with hundreds of guests viewing works by H Winthrop Pierce T S Slatter S W Griggs H Cook F H Shapleigh and others. Durgin Adams Webster Adams and Miss Dur gin presented watercolors and oils in a mood of Paris study and New England landscape with strong color and delicate detail.
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H. Winthrop Pierce
Pierce Ha
T. S. Slatter
Munich
Slatter
W. Griggs
Stowe
H. Cook
F. H. Shapleigh
Nantasket
Quebec
Jordan
Venice
Fairhaven
Mass
Eldred
E.5. Billings
George Fuller
Worcester
Higgins
Melrose Highlands
Max Ordway
Hudson River
Mr. Sea
Yey
Theological Library Elects New Members at Mt Vernon Street
The General Theological Library committee announced new members at its 23 Mt Vernon Street building. Willard E. Winner of Boston and Kansas City Dr J D Pickles of Lynn Mrs 8 K Burgess Brookline and Mrs Caroline L Ward Lakeville accepted membership. Mr S W Marston Miss Mary Amory Greene and Mrs G Howland Shaw were elected annual corporate members. Eighteen others were elected to various positions conditionally.
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General Theological Library
Mt. Vernon Street
Willard E. Winner
Boston
Kansas City
J. D. Pickles
Lynn
Jackson & Co Hatters Furriers Offer Christmas Gifts
The long established firm at 126 Tremont Street opposite Park Street Church markets seal caps and gloves fur lined overcoats and a fine collection of caps for coachmen. A reliable source for seasonable gentleman’s wear and quality goods.
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Jackson & Co
Tremont Street
Park Street Church
Firstglans
Oriental Goops Great Sale of Rare Antiques At Tremont Street
The Hadji Ephraim collection from Constantinople goes on sale starting tomorrow at 3 p m at J B Hart amp Co auctioneers Nos 198 and 200 Tremont street. The goods include rare rugs carpets portieres palace embroideries scarfs and curios from the customs house invoice but were delayed for the whole sale trade drawing shrewd buyers seeking fair prices for novelties.
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Hadji Ephraim
Constantinople
J. B. Hart & Co
Tremont Street
Christmas Shopping Appeal to Ease Retail Workers’ Plight
Edward Osborne of St John Evangelist urges readers to finish Christmas shopping by 6 PM to spare mainly young women in stores from exhausting long hours. He calls for broader adoption of a ten hour factory standard in retail and asks parents teachers and employers to encourage daytime shopping and earlier store hours.
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the Post
Dorchester
Roxbury
Edward Osborne
St. John Evangelist
Boston Week of Deaths and Civic News Highlights
Notes from the city report 168 deaths in Boston in the week ending Saturday noon. The will of Elisha Atkins is filed with no public bequests. Michael Clark allegedly fled the city after bail was jumped in an East Boston voting case. Post 68 G. A. R. fair at Horticultural Hall nets about 3500. Voters chose mayflower as national flower with 319 votes, golden rod 270. Stolen property from Boston Canoe Club Riverside Nov 4 recovered. Thomas Kiley arrested. Boston Socialists met at Grand Army Hall to discuss Socialism as a Religion led by David Taylor. Prof H W Robinson spoke. Dorchester Moral Education talk on Robert Elsmere by Rev George H Young on Dec 19 at Unitarian Church Lower Mills. Daniel Dougherty lectures on Orators and Oratory at Star course.
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Boston
Elisha Atkins
Michael Clark
Horticultural Hall
George H. Young
Robert Elsmere
Dorchester
Moral Education Association
Unitarian Church
Richmond Street
Dorchester Avenue
Lower Mills
Daniel Dougherty
Star
Saturday Clubs Dinner Highlights and Speakers in Boston
The Commercial Club dinner featured President Charles Francis Adams of Union Pacific with a full report elsewhere. Schoolmasters' Club heard Edwin D. Mead on Teaching Patriotism. Mayors and Massachusetts clubs welcomed Mayor-elect Hart at Young's. Boston Press Club dinner at Parker's honored President Stephen O'Meara with speeches by Marden Perry Lord Taylor Donahoe Bonnelle Smart Frazer Clarke and McGlewen. Harvard quartet Mor ris Collins Kendall Burnham received applause for performances.
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Commercial
Charles Francis Adams
Union Pacific Railroad
Brunswick
Edwin D. Mead
Massachusetts
Hart
Young’s
Boston Press Club
Parker’s
Stephen O’meara
George A. Marden
Edwin A. Perry
Eliot Lord
Colonel Taylor
Patrick Donahoe
F. J. Bonnelle
William B. Smart
Douglas Frazer
J. W. Clarke
McGlewen
Harvard
W.R.S. Morris
C. M. Collins
F. E. Kendall
C. E. Burnham
Club Elections At Puritan And Union Clubs
At the Puritan Club annual meeting officers were elected including President John C. Ropes and vice presidents Edward W. Atkinson William E. Russell Edward T. Cabot and others with officers and committee members named for house and election roles. The Union Club also announced its new officers led by President Henry Lee with a slate of vice presidents directors treasurer and secretary and a committee on elections.
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The
Puritan Club
John C. Ropes
Edward W. Atkinson
William E. Russell
Edward T. Cabot
William D. Sohier
William Putnam Page
William H. Dabney
Robert €. Wiggin
George B. Morrison
George E. Cabot
Horatio Davis
James W. Bowen
Robert T. Paine
Albert Thorndike
Thomas C. Thacher
Thomas K. Cummins, Jr
A. W. Longfellow
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Henry B. Cabot
Charles 8. Rackemann
George Atkinson, Jr
Charles H. Kip
Arthur Lyman
Frederic
Coolidge
Henry W. Keyes
Union Club
Henry Lee
Martin Brimmer
J. Orne Green
George S. Hale
Solomon Lincoln
Charles P. Bowditch
Charles Francis
A._G. Hapgood
Edward D. Hayden
William
W. McKim
Henry Parkman
E. B. Russell
J. Henry Sleeper
John P. Lyman
Edmund Parker
Edward Brooks
John Lathrop
Henry G. Pickering
Henry W. Swift
Henry P. Walcott
Do not throw away your money buy Salvation Oil
An old advertisement urges readers not to waste money but to purchase Salvation Oil as a liniment. It touts 1 876 542 bottles of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup sold in the last twelve months as a credibility marker for the product.
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Salvation Oil
Dr. Bull
Courts. Preble vs Bates et al action over 360000 value
United States Circuit Court on December 15 resumed and finished trial over conversion of bonds stocks and moneys valued at 360000. Plaintiff counsel B F Butler and L C Southard. Defendant counsel Samuel Hoar.
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United States Circuit Court
J. Sarah A. Preble
Henry M. Bates
B. F. Butler
L. C. Southard
Samuel Hoar
Landmark case list from old court dockets
A dense catalog of case names and citations across sessions, listing plaintiffs defendants and docket numbers such as Lougee v Tuxbury 1174 Hawkins Graham 1592 Lee v Boston 1592 and many others. The compilation includes multiple sessions and judges, with varied parties like Globe News,aper works Co, First and Third Sessions, and numerous railroad and corporate entities.
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Lougee
Tuxbury
Downing
Denning
Hawkins
Graham
Lee
Boston
Hobart
Shepherd
Pring
McLaugh
Davis
Barnard
Lin
Kelleher
Casey
Blodgett
Morgan
Hinckley Locom » CO
Flynn
Chamberlain
Smith
Curry
Rodman
Nawn
Barham
Gomez
Edwards
Mason
Same
Lancio
Rich
Isabella
Nichols
Spiegel
Brown
Spence
Paul
Clark
Oberlander
Kar
Ferrin
Murray
Stairs
Lathro
Superior Court Essex County Divorce Juries and Dockets
The court notes a Monday session with cases including Timson v Healey, Bodwell v Rogers, Hain v Roads, Lowell v Hilton, Newhall v Merritt, Monahan v Dooley, Shea v Phillips, Heaton v Inhabitants of Hamilton, and Mansfield v Dooley. Christmas week has no trials. next Monday will feature divorce cases paid and jury waived cases.
Hersom v City of Malden jury verdict for plaintiff
In Middlesex Superior Court on December 15 judge Deweny presided. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff Hersom against the city of Malden for 321 dollars. Attorneys: W H Hart for plaintiff T Savage for defendant. The docket lists multiple cases including Lacoste Hesseltine Haggerty Donnelly Wellington Cogan and others.
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Leadbetter
Same
Donnelly
Wellington
Keeler & Co. Offers Calm Choices in Furniture
This week brings room for a calm selection at Keeler and Co. in Washington Street. Next week promises a rush and a deluge of buyers as shoppers visit the store for furniture gifts.
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Wisdom
Keeler & Co
Washington Street
Harvard University Calendar The weekly university meetings schedule
Harvard weekly calendar lists seminars and meetings for the Semitic, College Faculty, and English groups led by figures like George H. Whittemore and Rev. John Graham Brooks. Debates on women's suffrage are set for University 2 and Level 11, with audiences limited to university members. Vesper services, a Glee Club concert, and Divinity School Chapel services are noted with times and locations throughout the week.
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Harvard University
Semitic Seminary
George H. Whittemore
Muir
Mohammed
Lowell Street
University
John Graham Brooks
Brockton
Mass
Sevel
Principa
C. D. Gibbons
F. E. Huntress
W. D. Clark
M. Thayer
Divinity School
Harvard Union
J. F. Morton
T. Woodbury
Griffing
F. H. Krebs
Appleton
Glee Club
Sanders Theatre
Engravings and Etchings Auction at Libbie & Co
An unusually fine collection of engravings and etchings will be sold at auction by C. F. Libbie & Co., 138 Hayward place, on the afternoons of Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The collection features proofs and rare impressions from ancient and modern masters including Rembrandt, Durer, Raimondi, Leyden, Edelinck, Bartolozzi, Meryon, Whistler, Haden, Flameng, and Meissonier among others.
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C. F. Libbie & Co
Hayward Place
India
Japan
Rembrandt
Durer
Marc Antonio Raimondi
Lucas v Leyden
Gerard Edelinck
Nanteuil
Raphael Morghen
Bartolozzi
Those Tower Sets Sold at 52 Brom Geile Street
A note corrects a street error for Christmas gift tower sets. The items are at 52 Brom Geile Street not 51 as stated on Saturday. The corrected location is provided for shoppers seeking the popular sets.
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Bromgeile Street
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Tuttle
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Lastings
Florida Southern RR. Co
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Perkins
Slade
Ipson—Mussy
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Kaffema
Bradley
Abbott
Times Printing Co
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Daley
Russell
Holmans
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Reuter
Grow
Dennen
White
Montgomery
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Hammond
Dunbar
Abel
Burkhard
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