Christmas crowds test a pocketbook and a Post Woman
A Boston scene shows a Post Woman attempting to verify a theft rumor as shoppers crowd Christmas streets. The narrator resists purse snatching amid busy stores and trolley cars, imagining warding off thieves while the purse stubbornly stays in reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Re: White & Co
Parker House
Charlestown
Tremont House
North Avenue
Tremont Street
Church Street
Woman's Clubhouse outlines governance and stock rules
The Woman's Clubhouse Association meeting at Mrs. Cole's residence revises a constitution with stock ownership and director election rules. It notes a future session to finalize by laws and announces the Daughters of the Revolution as new members with delegates. The next meeting is scheduled for December 28 at Mrs. Pillsbury's home on Beacon Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Clubhouse Association
Benjamin E. Cole
Woman’s Clubhouse Association
Daughters of the Revolution
William Lee
George Daniells
Daniel Stedman, Jr
Albert E. Pillsbury
Beacon Street
Norcross Importer Sells Fine Dolls At Sale Prices
An importer offers a stock of fine dolls at less than half value. Hand doll lines include jointed bisque heads, china limbs, indestructible rubber and rag dolls. Prices advertised from 25c to $7. Leftover No 20 dolls remain available.
Christmas Candy Deal Sparks Higher November Sales
The ad touts 2 pounds of Christmas candies for 25 cents claiming premium quality. It notes candy department sales rose 300 percent in November 1894 compared with November 1893, and ends with designation No. 15 Left.
Simons Sav ages wedding at Church of the Unity
Helen Louise Savage daughter of Rev. Minot J. Savage wed Rev. Minot Osgood Simons son of the late Langdon Simons of Manchester at the Church of the Unity. The ceremony featured Christmas greenery, lilies, roses, and a Lohengrin wedding march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Louise Savage
Minot J. Savage
Church of the Unity
Minot Osgood Simons
Langdon Simons
Manchester
Miss Savage
William Henry Savage
Charlotte Coffin Perkins
Maxwell Savage
Gertrude Savage
Harry Norman Rice
Charles Crosby Blaney
Alfred K. Hobbs
R. Henry Harris
Frederick H. Hovey
Lewis Simons
Mr. Lewis Simons
St. Botolph Street
Divine
Dr. Savage
Hart
Caleb Chase
Chase & Sanborn
Chase
A. Shuman
Ratshesky
L. J. Wetherbee
Helen Wetherbee
Foley
Henry F. Miller
Alice Miller
Fairbanks
Albert FE. Pillsbury
Frank A. Higgins
N. H
Lawrence
Boston
James N. North
North
Frank Pope
Lizzie Greenleaf
Randall
Charles Bong
Frank Furber
Daniel Emery
Edwin C. Miller
Wakefield
National Business League Forms Local Branch
A meeting at the Pierce Building elected officers for a new National Business League branch. Officers include President Mrs. William B. Sewall and Vice Presidents Mrs. E. M. Sprague Mrs. A. E. Whitaker and Mrs. George P. Bigelow, Treasurer Mrs. J. Sewall Reed, Secretary Mrs. Ellen A. Richardson. Regular meetings are set for the third Friday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Business League
Pierce
William B. Sewall
E. M. Sprague
A. E. Whitaker
George P. Bigelow
J. Sewall Reed
Ellen A. Richardson
South
Scotchman and Bishop Debate Use of Instrument to See Joke
The Earl of Aberdeen recounts a Scotch guest dining with the Bishop of Guffin who contemplates using a surgical instrument to make a Scotchman see a joke. The bishop questions how such an instrument could aid humor perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Aberdeen
Guffin
Berliner patent voided by judge over fourteen year delay
Judge Carpenter ruled the Berliner patent for a telegraph and telephone transmitter invalid and cancelable, finding that the Bell Company delayed issuing the patent to preserve monopoly. The decision punishes delay that allowed extended control and orders surrender of the 1891 patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
Carpenter
United States
American Bell Telephone Company
Berliner
Bell
Patent Office
Professor Bell
Drawbaugh
Causten Browne
Boston
Robert S. Taylor
Fort Wayne
Ind
Telephone Company
Chauncey Smith
J. J. Storrow
F. P. Fish
Cc. H. Swan
Emile Berliner
Respondent Corporation
Daniel Crawbaugh
Bell Company
People’s Telephone Company
Crawbaugh
Washington reacts to Berliner patent nullity ruling
In Washington on December 18, officials declined to comment on Judge Carpenter's Boston ruling nullifying the Berliner telephone patent. Attorneys for Bell say the decision barely affects Bell financially, as the company holds hundreds of related patents. Patent experts deem the ruling potentially far reaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carpenter
Boston
Seymour
Patents
Freeman
Foster & Freeman
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Company
Judge Carpenter
New Recount System Aims for Quick Accurate Ballots
Registrars of voters unveil a simple grooved board that lines overlapping ballots for fast tallies. Fifty ballots fit on the board with a tally sheet on the right. a straight edge aligns votes for easy summing. Mayor-elect Curtis may push law shifting ballot recounts from the Board of Aldermen to registrars or a special board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Board of Aldermen
Registrar of Voters
Maritime Briefs From The Waterfront Chronicle
The James Turpie from Mediterranean ports is due about December 31 with 8000 boxes of oranges and 17000 boxes of lemons. Captain Charles Kidder returns from New York after piloting the Pawnee through Vineyard Sound. The Durham City arrives from Hamburg and sails to Boston via the outside passage. Sarmiento undergoes caulking and coppering repairs costing about 3000 dollars. Water Witch receives extensive repairs and is seaworthy again. Lighthouse keeper Turpenney of Baker's Island is awarded a Massachusetts Humane Society medal for rescuing six crew from the wrecked Hero on October 10. A new Plant Line steel steamer is planned, about 3000 tons, eighteen knots, drafts seventeen feet. Gloucester, from Boston, collided with Ross-shire near Massachusetts Bay. damage minor, hearing likely to determine fault. Cyrus Hall cleared for St Thomas with 860 tons ice and fifty packages matches. Island Queen, from Rockland to Boston, arrives in Portland leaky. Cape Breton from Sydney arrives with 2151 tons coal. Claverdon from Calcutta sails to Boston with jute butts. Richard C. Steele, sunk and raised, brought to Bird Island flats for temporary repair. The Landsman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Turpie
Charles Kidder
New York
Pawnee
Vineyard Sound
Kidder
Thompson
Durham City
Hamburg
Boston
Sarmiento
Leighton
Burnham
Water Witch
McKie
Turpenney
Baker’s Island
Massachusetts Humane Society
Hero
Plant Steamship Line
Gloucester
Howes
Baltimore
Massachusetts Bay
Cyrus Hall
Coombs
Custom House
St. Thomas
D. Weir
Rockland
Portland
Cape Breton
Reed
Sydney
C. B
Dominion Coal Company
Claverdon
Kelway
Calcutta
Boston Cordage Company
Richard C. Steele
Devil’s Back
Broad Sound
Deer Island
Bird Island Flats
Jeffries Point
Simpson's Dry Dock
A Modern Girl Poem
A lyric about a modern woman described as impulsive and bright with heavenward eyes and a rougish smile. The speaker contrasts her with coquettes and argues she has brains to choose a mate, a choice that pains and seals his fate.
Trackman notes rules curb motorman talks and streetcar safety
The piece describes new prohibitions on motormen and police and fire department staff talking to conductors to prevent accidents. It reports on car house construction, Pullman official J P Merrill's visit, and a renewed railroad industry optimism. It also covers a delayed Brain tree Street Railway hearing, pole replacements by Boston and Albany, five new engines for Fitchburg, electric cars in East Boston, unmarked dummies, and Great Northern tourist business headed by A C Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Ryan
Lewis G. Smith
Smith
Board of Police
Joy Street
Wescott
Harris Sampson
Minot Street
Leverett Street
Harry Price
Sampson
Ryan
Price
Kunzinski
Martin
Clark
West End Company
Brookline
Grove Hall
J. P. Merrill
Pullman Car Company
New York
Mr. Merrill
Braintree Street Railway Company
Boston & Albany Road
Belmont
Waverley
Fitchburg Road
Schenectady Locomotive Company
Boston
A. C. Harvey
Great Northern Railroad
New England Territory
United States
Washington Street
Great Northern
Harvey
Real Estate Covics Transactions Announced
Henry W Savage sold to James Reid a large dwelling with 9800 square feet on Linden street Dorchester and private terms. John B Fitzpatrick auctioned 48 West Cedar Street Boston to M C Bowman for 10000 dollars. Daniel W Kimball sold to Rufus frost brick building at 27 Knapp Street on private terms. Fenway Land Company sold 20000 square feet on Parker Street to William Bassett for 32000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Savage
James Reid
Linden Street
Dorchester
John B. Fitzpatrick
West
Cedar Street
Boston
M. C. Bowman
Daniel W. Kimball
Rufus 8
Frost
Knapp Street
The
Fenway Land Company
Parker Street
William Bassett
North American Insurance elects officers and directors
The stockholders met at 59 Kilby Street and elected Silas Peirce president Eugene E Patridge vice president and treasurer Charles E Macullar secretary and directors Silas Peirce Charles Henry Parker J Hamilton Farrar William G Peck John C Howe Eugene E Patridge Kirby Page and Charles E Macullar. The board reported dividends paid and a surplus increase despite higher reinsurance reserves from growth in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilby Street
Silas Peirce
Charles Henry Parker
J. Hamilton Farrar
William G. Peck
John C. Howe
Eugene E. Patridge
Kirby Page
Charles E. Morrison
Charles E. Macullar
Charles E. Mac
New Library Project Details on Broadway Near Everett Square
Location Broadway near Everett square with land and $5000 donated by Albert Parlin in memory of his son Frederick T. Parlin who died about two years ago. Project cost $20,000 with $15,000 city appropriated. Meade and Mason as contractors architect John C Spofford. Material white buff brick. Planned 9000 books. Trustees listed including Mrs F M Fall George L Mirrick James B Everett M D George M Mack Dudley P Bailey Francis B Wallace George E Smith James Skinner Henry A Kenney Gilman Co Hickock Stephen C Currier and Mrs A P Potter. Librarian Miss Louise Hager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Everett Square
Albert Parlin
Frederick T. Parlin
Meade & Mason
John C. Spofford
F. M. Fall
Georgel. Mirrick
James B. Everett
M. D
George M. Mack
Dudley P. Bailey
Francis B. Wallace
George E. Smith
James Skinner
Henry A. Kenney
Gilman Co
Hickock
Stephen C. Currier
A. P. Potter
Louise Hager
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the Woman's Clubhouse
Norcross
J. Henry Norcross
Tremont Row
Clergyman
Amelia
Wilson Bros
Payne
South Boston
Philip Payne
Newman & Sons
Tremont ST
Supreme Court
McKenney & Waterbury
Franklin Street
Boston Registrars of Voters
Ryan and
Modern Girl
Real Estate Covics
North American Insurance Company
W.H. Hervey & CO
Union ST
Rattan Rocker
New England
Diamonds B. Ginzberg & CO
Liberal Credit Winter
Averett's
Everett
Pawtucket
R. I
N. Y
Central Falls
Mansfield
Providence
Worcester
Boston Post Bldg
Boston Post
Witch
the Post
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