Farmers to the Front in Race for State Agricultural Post
A Barre board meeting discussed the succession to Secretary John E. Russell as ex-Senator Alvan Barrus of Goshen, Elbridge Cushman of Lakeville, and Elijah W. Wood of Newton emerge as top internal contenders. Outside candidates include George A. Marden, Burton W. Potter, Francis H. Appleton, and Levi S. Stockbridge, with Appleton favored by some as best qualified though cost and ties to the dog law spark objections.
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State Board of Agriculture
Barre
John E. Russell
Pete
James S. Grinnell
Greenfield
James RK. Nichols
Waverhill
Marshall P. Wilder
Boston
The
Agricultural College
Alvan Barrus
Goshen
Elbridge Cushman
Lakeville
Elijah W. Wood
Newton
George A. Marden
Lowell
Burton W. Potter
Worcester
Francis H. Appleton
Peabody
Mr. Stockbridge
Rev . Cultural College of
Japan
Von
Levi S. Stockiridge
Our
State Cattle Commission
Marden
Potter
Russell
Ofr
Stockbridge
Uuenrs
Massachusetts
Alvan Barrins
Hampshire County
Franklin
Berkshire
Hampshire
Hampden
Barrus
Sarrus
House of Representatives
Board of Control
Amherst
John Kassell
Mr. Russell
Karrus
Murder in the Second Degree in Prescott Trial
The Prescott jury found George Prancis Poker not guilty while Mary Ann Jane Baker was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The male defendant was discharged and a ten day stay of proceedings was granted in the female defendant’s case for argument before the Supreme Bench.
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Prescott
Baker
George Prancis Poker
Mary Ann Jane Baker
Supreme Bench
Revolutionary Studies Lecture on The Centre Saved
The seventh lecture in the American Revolution course was given at the Old South Meeting House by John Fiske. It covered Howe and Burgoyne before Brandywine and Germantown, Lee’s diplomacy with the Howes, Germantown losses, and Saratoga’s aftermath with Burgoyne’s surrender. The next talk will discuss the French alliance.
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Old South Meeting House
John Fiske
William Howe
Burgoyne
Brandywine
Germantown
Lee
Howes
Grey
Knyphausen
Green
Smallwood
Gates
Schuyler
Rieschel
Saratoga
America
Change in the Navy Yard at Charlestown Revealed
Rumor suggests Boston Navy Yard may become an equipment yard with 60 workers. Commodore Kimberley has not received official notice but considers the change highly probable. Commodore Sehley backs the shift, after a visit by the Secretary of the Navy to assess facilities.
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Boston Navy Yard
Kimberley
Commodore Sehley
Bureau of
Secretary of the Navy
Washington Yard
Washington
Charlestown
Suffrage Cats Dented by Unlucky Auction
A New Hampshire driven suffrage bazaar offered two black cats with double feet in a large cage as a luck charm. Priced at five dollars with steep discounts to 25 cents, they failed to sell, blamed on their bulk and odd spectacle. One manager sought a donor to take the cats as a gift amid waning interest.
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New Hampshire
Hamilton Street
Indictments Returned in Federal Voting Case and Local Notices
In federal court yesterday a grand jury returned nineteen indictments for illegal voting at the recent election. At Pemberton square and Tremont street a bricklayer dispute unsettled work with nonunion laborers. Funeral services for Marshall P. Wilder are set at 2 PM tomorrow at Second Church Dorchester. New England Historic Genealogical Society members to meet 1 30 PM at church vestry. The suffragist bazaar and festival at Music Hall continues through the week, closing 10 PM tonight. An article error concerns post office special delivery rates. Third and fourth class matter must be prepaid to be delivered.
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Nelson
United States District Court
U Legal
Pemberton Square
Tremont Street
Marshall P. Wilder
Dorchester
New England Historic-Genealogical Society
Music Hall
Bumstead Hall
Paine's Furniture Store Busy With Christmas shoppers
Crowds fill Canal Street shop as holiday buyers seek Christmas and wedding gifts. Shoppers admire antique oak shaving stands, San Domingo mahogany cabinets, rattan furniture, parlor easels, upholstered goods, hall stands, dining room and office furniture, and ornate mantels as Paine's showcases a wide home furnishing array.
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Paine
Canal Street
Paiae’s
Joan
San Domingo
Forefathers Day Service at Union Hall and Related Meetings
1856 notices describe a Forefathers Day service at Union Hall 18 Boylston street with addresses by J Q A Brackett and Richard H Dana Jr on topics of Forefathers Day. Doors open at 7 30 and services begin 7 80 o clock. Also a men only meeting at Association Hall corner Boylston and Berkeley streets Dec 19 at 3 pm with Rev W Jordman and singing by Miss Gertrude Sways and the association male chorus. Mrs Amelia Hanny to lecture at Boston Spiritual Temple Berkeley Hall 4 Berkeley street Odd Fellows Building at 10 30 am and 2 pm.
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Association Hall
Boylston
Berkeley Streets
Aspirants vie for leadership as aldermen front council presidencies
In the post election scene in Boston, Alderman Patrick Donovan appears favored to chair the upper branch with a Democratic majority. Council candidates William McNary, David F Barry, and William F Whall vie for the lower branch presidency, amid party tensions and anticipated reshuffles.
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Patrick J. Donovan
Charlestown
Donovan
William S. McNary
Ward 15
Jenkins
McNary
Althows4
Sta
David F. Barry
Barry
William Bb. F. Whall
Whall
Wohiali
Rome
Council
John . Lee
Courts Report Indictments for Illegal Voting and Other Offenses
The grand jury returned twenty one indictments against as many persons for illegally voting in the November Congressional election. It also returned twelve other indictments including James Barta for stealing at Fort Independence and William Cook for selling cleomargarine without tax. Trials begin Tuesday with Charles Kimball vs Steamer Linn o Dee. libel concerns cargo damages to potatoes from alleged freezing.
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Grand Jury
Congress
James Barta
Fort Independence
Robert LB. Caverny
Maria Smith
John Sullivan
George A. Newton
Internal Revenue
Jeremiah R. Leary
Fall River
Thomas J. Lanigan
James Dallas
Boston
William Cook
Charles Kimball
Linn O' Dee
Charles M. Barnes
E. 8
Dodge
Seed cucumber and mango cabbage sale dispute verdict
Superior Court first session Dec 17 with Gale vs Breck et al. over a $100 seed purchase warranty. jury verdict for defendants. Attorneys Sherman Hoar for plaintiff and Dennett for defendants. Also Ring et al. vs Phenix Insurance for $8000 on Pebbly Beach House Gloucester claim. insurance dated July 17 1883 and destruction May 4 1884. defense alleges false representation. on trial with Howes and Millett for plaintiffs.
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Superior Court
Knowlton
Herbert L. Gale
Charles H. B. Breck
Sherman Hoar
Joseph Dennett
Charlotte A. Ring
Salem court decisions in cases heard at the sitting
Justice Charles Allen delivers rulings including demurrers overruled in Fowler vs Withington and Peaslee cases, injunctions made perpetual in Kelly vs Saltmarsh, Woodbury vs Porter, and Woodbury vs Haynes, jury issues ordered in Stevens vs Boulanger, dismissals and costs in Neally vs Bradford, and overruled motion for jury in Harris vs Harris.
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C. Allen
Charles Allen
Salem
Fowler
Withington
Lacey A. Mason
Libellant
Alphonso Mason
Frank J. Kelly
Fogg
Price
Pemurrer
Moses I
Stevens
Henry Boulanger
Mary J. Neally
Bradford
Bill
Timothy W. Woodbury
Samuel Porter
Harriet A. R. Haynes
Breach of Bond and Real Estate Disputes In Middlesex
In the case Littlefield versus Boston and Albany railroad a bond for 500 dollars prompts an appeal to the Superior Court from a First District Court judgment in eastern Middlesex. Defenses claim bond validity issues and payment of costs while opposing parties contest the bond's enforceability. Other docket items include Meredith versus Quigg White versus Wilson Foster versus Henderson Morse versus Robillard Harrington versus City of Cambridge and several cases numbered 1619 1384 887 1018 1036 1562 1534.
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Charles
Ann Stebbins
W.schofield
A. Y. Lynde
Meredith
Quigg
White
Wilson
Millea v City of Salem and related tort actions in superior court
In Superior Court of fasex County on December 17 Judge Bacon presided. Millea v City of Salem involves a personal injury from a fall in Higginson square blamed on a defective walkway with verdict for the defendant. Attorneys Moulton for plaintiff Evans for defendant. The docket also lists Hannan v Lane Adams v Milles McDonald v Naumkeag Street Railway Carleton v Beverly inhabitants Blaney v Osborne Swett et al. v Beverly inhabitants Sleeper v Hutchinson Kennison v Beverly inhabitants Clapp v Hoyt Lang et al. v Bowker Brady v Empire State Steamship Co Lownsend v Lynn & Boston Railroad Co Ford v Raddin.
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Fasex County
Bacon
Millea
City of
Salem
E. Frank Millea
Higginson Square
Moulton
F. L. Evans
Hannan Va. Lane
Upton’s Glue Works
Peabody
Niles & Carr
Henry Wardwell
Adams
Milles
McDonald Vs
Naumkeag Street Railway
Carleton
Beverly
Blaney
Osborne
Ryan
Sailor
Lucey
Same
Swett Et al
Sleeper
Hutchinson
Kennison
Clapp
Hoyt
Lang Et al
Bowker
Bowker. 3182—Brady
Empire State Steamship Co
Lownsend
Lynn & Boston Railroad Co
Ford
Raddin
Palmistry fad and Boston women in the news
The piece discusses palmistry as a fad led by Mr. Heron Allen in London and notes its questionable importance. It then portrays Boston women of culture, charity, and fashion, including profiles of notable hosts, a Harvard annex home, and the era's interest in literature, health, and Theosophy.
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Heron Allen
London
Examiners Meet for Bar Admission in Suffolk County
The Suffolk county bar admission board meets today at the court house in the Supreme Judicial Court room at 9220 8. Ts to examine forty two applicants through the day. Examiners appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court include Messrs Darwin K. Ware George Putnam Lewis B. Dabney Solomon Lincoln and John L. Thornecxe.
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Board of Examiners
Suffolk County
Court House
Supreme Judicial Court
Messrs
Darwin KE. Ware
George Putnam
Lewis
Dabney
Solomon Lincoln
Dgohn L. Thorncixe
Advertising Agent SNIFFEN Seeks First Class Media
Duncan Sniffen, an advertising agent of Park Row New York, says he inserts ads in all first class newspapers and magazines with greater promptness and lower prices. He guarantees satisfaction and focuses on attractive ad design. Free mailed catalogue offered.
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Duncan Sniffen
Park Row
New York
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Victoria
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Gaupe
Bertin
Devonshire Street
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Bute and
Swee Seeds
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Sudbury Street
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Devonshire St
Sioth
Samt Ward Co
Pai
Chenry Guild & Sons
Washington Street
Cor
Winter Street
Samuel Ward CO
Gid Stand Ward & Gay
Berlin
F. French & Go
Kimball
Pat
Pine Line
Ganther Sons
Fifth Avenue
Kimball Bros
Sudbury St
Wis
Sao
James Pyle
Smitghel Tro
Uriah Welcat
Thomasville
Richard Briggs
Corner School
Washington Streets
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