Forefathers Night Honored by Congregational Club at Music Hall
The Congregational Club hosted Forefathers Night with Gov. Greenhalge, Dr. Lorimer, and other dignitaries among nearly 1000 attendees. A banquet featured flowers, flags, and a program of readings, songs, and speeches praising Puritan heritage. Speakers urged civic duty, religious liberty, and unity, while noting social changes and the role of women and immigrants in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Club
Music Hall
Governor Greenhalge
George Co. Lorimer
William F. Dodge
New York
Julia Irvine
Wellesley College
Judson Smith
Women's Board of Missions
C. L. Goodell
Women’s Home Mission Association
N. Boynton
Dr. Lorimer
Hazen
Boynton
Greenhalge
New England
Boston
Parkhurst
America
Lorimer
Judge Brewer
Tremont Temple
Mer
England
Tremont Temple Aim To Serve Poor In Boston Churches
The speaker urged religion to connect with the people, hoping big churches open doors to the poor and working class. He warned against architectural excess and pledged to invest in grand worship spaces for the city’s needy, noting personal influence in declining other calls.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
Lorimer
Boston Boot and Shoe Club Dinner At Hotel Brunswick
Upwards of 100 members attended the Boston Boot and Shoe Club monthly dinner at Hotel Brunswick with Mr. A. S. Foster in the chair. Guest John C. Wyman of Providence spoke on business clubs and telephone benefits, urging better labor relations and discussion topics. next meeting set for Jan 15 at Young's Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Boot and Shoe Club
Hotel Brunswick
A. S. Foster
John C. Wyman
Providence
R. I
Foster
Wyman
Mr. Wyman
H. P. Tapley
D. H. Shillaber
C. P. Shillaber
H. B. Parker
O. M. Fisher
George W. Ahl
Grover
W. R. MacKay
G. C. Houghton
H. Brockaway
Harvard Prize Winners Named At Harvard For 1896
The Hopkin foundation prize list honors twenty five sopho more students from Harvard with two awards for seniors and two for juniors. Seventeen Massachusetts residents and twelve from this vicinity receive the books prizes given for meritorious work. Named sophomores include William Beker Edmund Barton Almy Carter and others. juniors Clarence Moore Robert Logan. seniors William Gray Ernest Jewell. The awards reward improvement since freshman year and are drawn from Hopkin’s foundation income.
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Harvard
Massachusetts
Hopkin’s Foundation
William Wilson Beker
Jamaica Plain
Edmund Blake Barton
Worcester
Almy Morrill Carter
Woburn
Carl Newell Jackson
Waltham
Johannes Lassen Boysen
Leitkirkeby
Gev
Edward Winslow Fox
Portland
Francis Paul Garland
Somerville
Hazen Pierce Philbrick
Cambridge
Hiram Hall Roberts
Youngstown
Boston
Herbert Sumner Packard
West Bridgewater
Ralph Pierson
Omaha
Neb
Ashton Livermore Carr
Melrose
Lewis Adams Fales
Thomaston
Samuel Graham Underhill
Clarence King Moore
Robert Logan
Philadelphia
Penn
William Cook Gray
Fall River
Ernest Clarence Jewell
Lawrence
Harry Cornish Resigns from Chicago Club to Join Manhattan
Harry Cornish a leading American athletic promoter resigns from the Chicago Athletic Club after three years. He is expected to join the new Manhattan Athletic Club in New York. The move likely sparks a rivalry between the New York and Manhattan clubs and could revive sport in the region.
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New
Manhattan Athletic Club
Harry Cornish
Chicago Athletic Club
Harry
New Manhattan Athletic Club
New York
Manhattan
Carruth's Team Splits Matches In Candle Pin League
Carruth's posted a 2162 win and a 2547 loss while Cambridge led 2205 to 2162 and Roughan's 2463 in a tight night of Candle Pin bowling.
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Carruth
Cambridge
Carruth’s
Roughan
Local standings and team listings from Boston area clubs
Arlington Boat Club Team 7 and Roxbury Casino lead a dense standings page with 2482 and 2700 point totals respectively. Dorchester Central and Oxford show strong marks while Lowell and Lawrence post 2561 and 2442. Multiple firms and groups like Batchelder Lincoln and Walker Stetson Sawyer appear among scores, alongside City Hall and Janersons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Boat Club
Roxbury—Casino
Melrose A. C
Dorchester
Dorchester Central
Oxford
Lowell
Lawrence
Batchelder & Lincoln
Blodgett, Ordway & Lincoln
Brown, Durell & Co
Walker, Stetson & Sawyer
Maidens
Murray & Irwin
Jeffersons
City, Hall
Janersons
Rexfords
Gallagher Defeats Carter and Eames in Billiards Wins
Gallagher, a Western crack billiard player, secured two victories yesterday. He beat Carter, the New England champion, 400 to 244, and Eames 400 to 217. Gallagher maintained peak form throughout and achieved a 104 point run.
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Gallagher
Carter
New England
Eames
Italian picked pocket in Winter street theft case
Placido Desalvo was fined $30 by Judge Forsaith in Municipal Criminal Court for stealing a pocketbook containing $7 from Miss Annie T. Hallissey on Winter street on December 14. The theft was witnessed by 12 year old Katherine L. Mullen who saw Desalvo take the pocketbook from Hallissey’s pocket. The defendant, an Italian resident of Merrimac Street, cannot speak English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Placido -Desalvo
Municipal Criminal Court
Forsaith
Annie T. Hallissey
Winter Street
Katherine Ll. Mullen
President Nominates Moore Chief of Weather Bureau
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Willis L. Moore of Illinois to lead the Weather Bureau. The action follows recess appointments and includes promotions in the revenue cutter service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Willis L. Moore
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Revenue Cutter Service
Boxing Gossips From The Woburn Athletic Club
The article outlines a New Year boxing program at the Woburn Athletic Club featuring four rounds Dave Ross versus the St Louis Spider at 110 pounds, eight rounds Spike Sullivan versus Billy Brierley, and a twenty round match Paddy Fenton versus J Mullen with all bouts decided by officials. It notes safety measures, ring construction, and plans for Sullivan and Brierley’s New Year bout, plus broader boxing news including Maher Fitzsimmons, Jack McAuliffe, and other upcoming matches and rumors across clubs in Chicago, Long Island, and Philadelphia with various fighters and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn Athletic Club
Dave Ross
St. Louis
Spike Sullivan
Billy Brierley
Paddy Fenton
J Mullen
William Daly
Billy Pierce
Jimmy Kelly
Long Island L. A
Jack Mulligan
New York
Beng
Maber
Long Island 8. A. C
Fitzsimmons
Maher
el Paso
Sam Jack
Opera House
Chicago
Peter
Jack McAuliffe
Kid Lavigne
Jack
Pittsburg
Peter Maher
Madison Square Garden
Jimmy Brown
John Foley
Jerry Connors
Lowell
Ben Jasper
Cribb Club
Billy Hennessey
Tom Darcy
Billy Plimmer
Palmer
Barry
Schuylkill Navy
Philadelphia
Jimmy Handler
Newark
Billy Ernst
Brooklyn
Sammy Kelly
Jack Ward
Billy
Myer
Post
Parson Daves
Jimmy Barry
Jimmy Anthony
Horace Leeds
Charley McKeever
Manhattan
McKeever
Harry Hutchins
Indoor invitation meet at B A A features wrestling bouts
Amateur athletes packed the Exeter street gym last night for the Indoor invitation meet of the B A A with 200 lovers of sport. Highlights included three New England wrestling bouts, a 15 yard dash, high jump, shot put, standing jumps, a potato race, parallel bars, tumbling, and heavy lifting by Joseph P. Kohen of Pittsburgh.
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Exeter Street
New England
Joseph P. Kohen
Pittsburg
A. N. Rice
RB. H. Clark
Harvard and
Newton Athletic Club
C. J. Paine, Jr
Harvard
W. Redpath
G. C. Atherton
Clark
A. T. Jennings
Ketcham
Jennings
L. de Coursey
Wakefield
J. Brookfield
A. C
de Coursey
Neal Edwards
Willie Dacey
Y. M. C. Union
D. Inch
A. L. Bennett
H. N. Dunbar
F. Mason
G. G. Dow
G. KE. Atherton
F. W. Lord
T.me
LeMoine
C. J. Paine
T. P. Curtis
Pope
G. Atherton
N. Es Sercey G. Atherton
F. N. Douglass
J. Kuilmann
Boston
Turnverelu
Louis Gordon Is Cleared In Voting Illegally Charge
Louis Gordon was found not guilty yesterday in Municipal Criminal Court by Judge Forsaith of attempting to vote illegally under the name Joseph Weitezrock in Precinct 6 Ward 7. The warden John B. McGrath had assumed the name from hearing it spoken and from the voter’s rail position, not from verifying identity. The court expressed surprise that the warden did not formally ask the voter's name before issuing a ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Gordon
Municipal Criminal Court
Forsaith
Joseph Weitezrock
John B. McGrath
Joseph Weitetrock
Joseph Squadron
Republican Ward
New England Club Holds Third Annual Dance at Munroe Hall
The New England Club Roxbury invites members to its third annual dance at Munroe Hall No 67 Warren Street tonight. Officers include President Patrick Curley Vice President Richard Dooley and Secretary Dennis Crowley, with rooms on Palmer and Albany streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Club
Palmer and
Albany Streets
Roxbury
Munroe Hall
Warren Street
Patrick EB. Curley
Richard Dooley
Dennis C. Crowley
Flooding of Wood Island Park Protest Letter
G C D of East Boston writes to the Post on December 18 1895 to protest plans to flood Wood Island Park around January first. He complains that officials warned of the flooding but urges the paper to amplify public outcry to stop or speed the process.
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Wood Island Park
G. C. D. East Boston
Parsons Reigns in Australian Track Rivalry and Fast Tan dem Mile
The race featured Parsons besting Zimmerman amid Zimmerman's enfeebled form while the Kangaroo crowd awaits a fully acclimated rival. Mileage medals were awarded at Crescent Hall in Jersey City Heights with E F Fisher topping 3490 miles and Louise Coalther at 1200 miles. Johnny Green and Charley Enwell set world mile records in Cheyenne, timing 1m 17 1-5s. Assemblyman Sanger doubts practical good roads measures this year due to farmer taxation concerns and low hops profitability.
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Australia
Zimmerman
Parsons
Crescent Hall
Jersey City Heights
E. F. Fisher
Louise Coalther
Johnny Green
Charley Enwell
Cheyenne
Wyo
W. Carey Sanger
New York
New Bicycle Invention Promises Revolution In Wheels
Cincinnati company formed with $2,000,000 capital yesterday to manufacture a bicycle design described as a revolution. The Wheel is claimed to be the invention of a local Cincinnati innovator, with production plans announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
New Pedal Plan Improves Speed for Invention
Machinist J. A. Ferguson unveils a pedal arrangement that moves pedals vertically rather than in circles. The design claims speed near a mile per minute with pedal travel of eighteen to forty inches per revolution. A public trial showed half a mile covered in thirty-one seconds. The device can be adjusted to any wheel.
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J. A. Ferguson
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Congregational Chi
Governor Greephalge
Erie Medical 00
Buffalo, N.Y
Boot and Shoe Club
Hopkins Fund
City Bowling League
Poe
Lynch
Peck & Snyder's
Christ
Wright
Ditson
Washington St
Milk
Bostor
Brown
Yale
New England Skating Association of
Elliot
Oxfords
Frederick P. Bonney
New England Skating Association
Mass
Association
Houseman’s
Arch Street
Weakefield
Christian Moerein
S. Ce
Eeptean
Isle van Housman
Europe
Crown Amontillado V. V.P. Jerez Victoria
Alto Duro
Old Oporto
London Dock
Superior
Tarragona
Lundenheimer
Deiderheimer Hockheimer Brauneberger
Burc Macon Beaune
Sauterne
California
Ler
Ndy
Andy
Huncarian
Riesling
Medoo Vieux
St. Estephs Pontet
Terps
Champagnes
Pommery & Greno Moet & Chandon
Brut Imperial
L. Roederer
DrySchreider
Piper Reidsieck
C. H. Mumm & Co
Madeira
Pergul
Peryt Per
Woodhouse
Burke’s Family Wine Store
Causeway and
Staniford Sts. ‘Winston Eg
American Wines
Sonoma County
Paul
Timothy
Perottle
Muscatel Tokay
Werner & Co
Sorrento
Orient Club
Harrison Club
L. Peryt, Perot
Burkedale
Halbrook
Orient
Burke's “Cabrie Burke
Pon - Orient Club
Stitzel
Rook Ai Janie
Geo. Roe
Andrew Usher
Burke's Aaa
J. B. Trish
Medford
Consolidated Cycling Clubs
Eastern
Boston College Association
James Street
Newton
New York Recorder
Recorder
Adelaide
Sunday Post
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