Pierce Will Details Vast Bequests to Public and Friends
The will of Henry L. Pierce, former Boston mayor and Walter Baker Company head, disposes of nearly 5 million dollars in gifts. It includes 200,000 and the Ponkapoag summer home to author Thomas Bailey Aldrich, plus about 2 million for art, education, and charities and near a million for employees and relatives. Executors are George and William Putnam. probate in Suffolk County.
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Henry L. Pierce
Boston
Congress
Walter Baker Company, Limited
George Putnam
William L. Putnam
Suffolk County
Edward L. Pierce
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Pierce
Ponkapoag
Bailey Aldrich
Blue Hills Reservation
Metropolitan Park Commission
Houghton’s Pond
Randolph
Frank
Ball
Sasueeeneen
James M. Bugbee
Cheevawnes dc
Aielin
Ode Spoome Sc Io
Charles A. Pope
Pisses Aenes Esses
Ksseeheeesvces
Aldrich brothers heirs named in will. Walter Baker directors
Charles F and Talbot B Aldrich, each gifted 100000 in the will, are twin sons of a famed writer and serve as Walter Baker Co directors. Mr Bailey senior, named as beneficiary of the Pierce summer home at Ponkapoag, was born in New Hampshire and later became a Boston writer and editor renowned for the Atlantic Monthly and popular works including Story of a Bad Boy and Mercedes.
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Otel
Pala Gat KG
Howland
Walter Baker Company
Mr. Pierce
Messrs
Charles F. Aldrich
Talbot B. Aldrich
Gallagher
Cushing
Milton
Dodge
Hall
New York
Charles F
Mr. Bailey Senior
Ponkapoag
New Hampshire
Harvard College
Lillian Woodman
Boston
The
Atlantic Monthly
Marjorie Dan
Sheba
Mercedes
Cuban section of Cleveland message to Cortes read later
Madrid cabinet discusses President Cleveland's Cuban references in his message to Congress. An official copy arrived with Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo. Cortes not in session. timing of reading the message undecided. Admiral Beranger seeks funds for coal and other naval needs. requests approved.
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London
Central News
Madrid
Cleveland
Congress
Canovas del Castillo
Cuba
Cortes
Admiral Beranger
Marine
Olney Debate Dominates Washington Policy Talks
Washington debates reveal a split among Congress over Secretary Olney's Cuba policy. Morgan, Sherman, and others challenge executive power while some New England lawmakers lean conservative. Olney cites Morgan's earlier stance and notes alignment with a past sympathy resolution during a Senate discussion.
Enormous Mails As Encyclopaedic Dictionary Opens
A flood of orders pours into the Syndicate headquarters at 371 Washington Street as New England villages rush to claim the introductory distribution of the Encyclopaedic Dictionary. The closing days of the sale promise a record bookselling event with unmatched bargains.
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Syndicate
Washington Street
New England
Dorchester executor details large bequests and Aldrich sale
The article outlines extensive bequests by Mr Pierce including funds to Harvard College the Museum of Fine Arts Massachusetts General Hospital MIT and many local institutions. It notes real estate and personal property values and confirms Walter Baker Co remains the Dorchester business operator. It also advertises a closing sale of a high end reference library at 371 Washington Street with a last chance purchase offer and emphasis on low initial payment.
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Brooks
Bugbee
Pierce
City Hall
Civil Service Commission
Walter Baker Company
Dorchester Lower Mills
Episcopal Society of
Ashmont
Stoughton
Harvard College
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Th Museum of Fine Arts
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary
Children’s Hospital
Huntington Avenue
Perkins Institution
Massachusetts School For the Blind
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Home For
Springfield Street
Cambridge
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Boston
McLean Street
Massachusetts
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Museum of Fine Arts
Pene
Dorchester
Walter Baker & Co
State Street
Ward 6
A New Triumph A Free Cure for Consumption Offered
Prominent chemist T A Slocum claims an infallible cure for consumption and lung diseases. He offers three free bottles to any invalid who sends address details and cites a Boston Post reading. He depicts dramatic scientific progress and urges sufferers to contact 98 Pine Street New York City for remedies and renewed health.
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T. A. Slocum
New York City
M. D
Pine Street
Boston Post
Slocum
Dr. Slocum
Morgan Discusses Presidential Belligerency Power
In a Dec 22 Washington statement, Senator Morgan says the President may recognize foreign independence without affecting U S citizens or commerce. He affirms exclusive presidential authority to recognize independence but denies power to declare belligerency by proclamation. Senators White and Gray pressed for clarification.
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Washington
Gray
Morgan
Congressional Record
United States
Congress
White
Delaware
Seven Killed in Republic Demonstration in Novelda
In Novelda, Alicante province, seven men carrying a republican flag were shot by gendarmes after second refusal to disperse. Several were captured, lodgings searched, and bombs found. Police unsure if the gathering shown anarchist ties or republican sympathy for recent Barcelona sentences.
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Madrid
Novelda
Alicante
Barcelona
Giant 700 Foot Railway Station Roof Scene Described
The plan features a vast roof over 700 feet long and 650 feet wide forming the world’s largest railway building roof. The station will host express facilities for multiple lines including American, Adams, Earle & Prew, New York & Boston Despatch, and United States Daily Mail services with ample mail handling space. A large power plant sits on the Dorchester avenue side, with engineering by George B. Francis and collaboration among the roads’ chief engineers.
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American
Adams
Earle & Prew
New York
Boston
United States
Dorchester Avenue
George B. Trancis
American Society of Civil Engineers
Schuerch Wins City Board Election After Ballot Deadlock
In a lengthy meeting the board deadlocked five times before Schuerch won with 15 votes to 5 for Hutchins and 8 for Sherburne. Edward P. Sherburne then secured the master vacancy at Martin School with 18 votes to 5 for Grover. The session adjourned late after approving city estimates for 1897-98 and selecting staff raises. The board authorized $2,250,000 in appropriations and approved property purchases for school use on Elm and Allen streets.
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Anderson
Fowler
Mr. Schuerch
Keller
Miss Hutchins
Judge Fowler
Mrs. Keller
Edward P. Sherburne
Martin School
E. E. Grover
Henry Hichings
Board of Street Commissioners
William H. Hayes
Elm Street
Howard Place
Ada Cohen
Allen Street
Secrets Leak At Board Meeting Sparks Tension
During a balloting interval, S A Wetmore, a board member, told newspaper reporters what happened in the room prompting President Paul to threaten impeachment. The scene showed reporters privy to secret proceedings and the board’s anger over public disclosure.
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S. A. Wetmore
Paul
Mr. Wetmore
Ol Wetmore
Wetmore
Christmas Market Buzz in Boston Stores and Faneuil Hall
The holiday market hums as thousands shop for Christmas gifts and feast supplies in Boston. Beef, poultry, fish and fruits show abundant stock with prices ranging across dozens of items from turkeys at 18 to 26 cents per pound to Porto Rican pineapples at 7 cents to 1.50 each. Vendors tout evergreen decor and mistletoe while oysters and lobsters stay in steady demand.
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Faneuil Hall
Vermont
Labrador
Porto Rico
Providence River
Dea
Boston dyestuffs and chemicals firms to close over Christmas
All Boston dealers in dyestuffs and chemicals will close from Thursday evening to Monday morning. The seeds and related shops Schiegel & Fottler R. J. Farquhar Co. T. W. Emerson Co. Thomas J. Grey Ames Plough Co. Hovey & Co. Joseph Breck & Sons will close throughout Saturday.
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Boston
Schiegel & Fottler
R. J. Farquhar & Co
T. W. Emerson Company
Thomas J. Grey
Ames Plough Company
Hovey & Co
Joseph Breck & Sons
Incendiary Fire Damages Lynch Block in Portland
Crafty firebug hit the Lynch block at Congress and Temple in Portland this morning causing about $1000 in damage. A door device trapped the room exit as police pursue leads, with two Boston men briefly detained but released after proving no involvement.
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Portland
Congress and
Temple Streets
H. H. Hatch & Co
Boston
Fall River Jewelry Salesman Arrested for Larceny
Patrolman Clifford arrested Mark Jacobs alias Lazarus from Fall River on a $200 larceny charge involving Sarah Levine. Levine accused Jacobs of using her funds for an engagement party gift and abandoning the plan after their August engagement. Jacobs was seized at Park Square after Levine identified him on a wagon, with a crowd fomenting outside the station. He was taken to Station 5, guarded as relatives threatened mob action.
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Clifford
Mark Jacobs
Lazarus
Fall River
Dedham Street
Sarah Levine
Miss Levine
Jacobs
Eliot Street
Park Square Station
Park Square
New York
Levine
Low
Clifard
McKinley Leaves Chicago for Canton Holiday Stop
Major McKinley departed Chicago by train tonight with Mrs McKinley, Miss Sarah Duncan, a niece, and Captain H O Hornstand. He said the Chicago visit was enjoyable and beneficial to them and expected few callers in Canton over the holidays.
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Chicago
Major McKinley
Canton
Sarah Duncan
H. O. Hornstand
Obituary for John McCarthy of the South End
John McCarthy, a prominent South End resident and former member of the Montgomery Light Guard Veteran Association, died at his Appleton Street home yesterday.
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John McCarthy
South End
Appleton Street
Montgomery Light Guard Veteran Association
Skating Seen As Best Holiday Surface In Years
The city hosts a brisk skating scene as ice grows thick and surfaces improve. Franklinield thrives with 3000 skaters while Wood Island Park and Brightons ponds lag due to flooding, yet Spy Pond Arlington remains praised for safe, solid ice and strong polo activity.
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Boston
Wood Island Park
Franklinield
Chandler’s
Strong’s Ponds
Chandler’s Pond
Spy Pond
Arlington
American Wringer Co Installs Mail Order Jewelry Plans
Advertisement lists diamonds watches jewelry silverware clocks manicure sets banquet lamps and similar items on instalments. Orders by mail or telephone receive prompt attention from The American Wringer Company Broadway ex pel Boston successor Met. Manfg. Co.
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American Wringer Company
Broadway
Boston
Met
Manfg
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