Building a women’s detention facility gains ground
The Boston Board of Aldermen’s semi annual report from the special committee outlines plans to replace aging prison facilities with a new women’s building within the county grounds and to improve jail security and lighting. It notes the county jail’s creditable condition but calls for brick fencing and a wharf upgrade on Deer Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
John H. Colby
W. J. Donovan
Perlie A. Dyar
Houses of Correction
South Boston
Deer Island
House of Reformation
Rainsford Island
Suffolk County
Mclaughlin
Board of Health
City Hospital
Board of Police
House of Correction
Colby
West End
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Quincy
Carleton Street
Winthrop Street
Charlestown
Independence Square
No Quorum Delays Council Session. Final Meeting Set
The Common Council met but lacked a quorum so no business occurred. They adjourned to meet Thursday, Dec 30, at 4 p.m. for the final session of the current body, followed by the annual dinner.
Discharged Receiver in O’Leary Case Sinks Action
Judge Showalter sustains defense motion in Mary O’Leary v Supreme Council Catholic Knights and Ladies of America. Receiver Dunne had held the bill failed to show a cause of action. The case proceeds only if properly framed.
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Chicago
Showalter
United States Circuit Court Today
Mary O’leary
Supreme Council, Catholic Knights and Ladies of America
Dunne
Doan’s Kidney Pills Sell Cure for Kidney Troubles
Catherine Meisner of South Boston describes severe backache and frequent urination after pneumonia, claiming Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved pain, normalized urine, and restored rest. Price 50 cents. sold by dealers or mailed by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Barden
Doan
Catherine Meisner
W. 3d St
Boston
Dean
Curtis’ Drug Store
Broadway
C Street
Don
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Tensions Rise Over Gloucester Fish Trade at Boston Wharf
Fresh fish dealers on T wharf expect war with Gloucester men to end soon as crews protest unequal price scales. About thirty-one vessels arrived for today’s market with losses from berthing mishaps. Gloucester Marblehead and Beverly fleets may join the Boston fleet amid fines for breaking the Ironclad agreement. Captain Gideon Penney defies orders to Gloucester and faces a $20 fine dispute.
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T Wharf
Gloucester
New
Albert Geiger
Long Wharf
Mortis H. Perry
Flora L. Nickerson
Marblehead
Beverly
Boston
Gloucester Association
Lucy Devlin
Gideon Penney
A. L. Sanborn
Arrivals of fish and prices from Boston to Gloucester docks
The fleet reported numerous haddock cod hake and pollock arrivals aboard ships such as Lucy E Mary Cabral Martis H Perry Clara M Littlefield Hattie F Knowlton and others. Boston and Gloucester price lists show haddock cod pollock and hake per cwt and per pound with halibut scrod prices. The Leyland steamer Armenian arrived with an American stowaway and three cabin passengers. Minia was seen from the cable lines. Ice King towage to New York. Park Ethel anchors at Provincetown Harbor bound for hides from Montevideo. Captain Dodge’s son visited for Christmas. Lepanto sails for Hull after twenty seven years at sea.
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Lucy E
Mary Cabral
A. C. Newhall
Haddock
Martis H. Perry
Clara M. Littlefield
Hattie F. Knowlton
Cosmos
Gs. L
Trafton
Defiance
Leionia
Acacia
Joseph Warren
Jessie
L. A. Harvey
Sylvia J. Nunan
Mary Emerson
A. L. Sanborn
Veteran
W.H. Herbert
Albert Geigher
Golden Eagle
Lucy Develiss
Klondike
Edith Emery
E. S. Noonan
Thomas W. Knight
Emerald
P. Manta
Boston
Gloucester
Pollock
Liverpool
Lepanto
Hull
Oliver H. Durrell
Brown, Durrell & Co
Minia
Trott
Ice King
Eudora
New York
Park Ethel
Provincetown Harbor
Montevideo
Dodge
Portland
Bearpark
England
Waterfront activity lifts after week of storm delay
Port officials report a banner day with steam colliers towboats and barges delivering coal and cargoes after heavy weather. Orion unloaded about 2300 tons of coal while towboats brought over 30,000 tons of coal in 39 barges. several vessels headed to sea with coal and lumber.
Belle of New York returns to Boston stage crowd pleases
The Belle of New York at the Casino in New York and expected at the Park next week draws strong crowds. Several theaters announce casts and upcoming acts including Hackett Mordaunt Mansfield Drew Irving and Lou Glaser.
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New York
Casino
the Park
James K. Hackett
New York Lyceum Company
Edwin Mordaunt
Harbor Lights
Bowdoin Square
Richard Mansfield
Brooklyn
Hollis
John Drew
Isabel Irving
Sydney Grundy
Billy van
Vevi Nobriga
Komedy Koons
The
Howard
Parker House
Lewis Hall Dies at Cambridge After Long Career
Lewis Hall of Cambridge died at his home aged 74. Born in East Cambridge in 1817, he worked at Merrill & Perry, later co owning Hall & Sons Lumber, helped organize Lechmere Bank, and led Flint & Hall Lumber. He chaired a church choir and aided William Lloyd Garrison’s cause. He left four children from his first marriage and a second wife Ellen Crafts.
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Lewis Hall
Cambridge
Mr. Hall
East Cambridge
Merriam & Perry
Long Wharf
St. Louis
Augustus
Jesse Hall& Sons
Hall
Lechmere Bank
D. B. Flint
Flint & Hall
William Jackson
Newton
Mary Louise Fillebrown
Lewis A
Export
Sarah
Caroline Jackson
David Humphrey
Ellen Crafts
Charlestown
Garrison
Wilson’s Lane
Testing an Extinguisher in Post Office Square
A large wooden box fire in Post Office Square drew brief public attention as kerosene fuel fed the blaze. A young man used a Giant fire extinguisher to douse the flames in seconds, with three successful tests witnessed by Fire Commissioner Russell and District Chief Eagan.
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Postoffice Square
Russell
Eagan
Martin and Clark
Eldridge
Walter R. Johnson
Montgomery
New York
Montgomery, & Heiskell
Boston Fire Department
All Princeton Food Sees Ducks After Cleveland Hunt
Princeton buzzes over ex President Cleveland returning from a duck hunting trip with a large bag. Hampers and barrels of ducks flow to local homes as faculty and instructors stock larders and ice boxes. Neighbors note his calm post political life helped his bounty.
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Princeton
Cleveland
Express Company
Theological Academy
Louisville preacher defies church censure on heresy
The Rev. M. H. Houston, convicted of heresy, appeared before the Louisville presbytery and refused the prepared censure, saying he would abandon his calling before renouncing his beliefs. Final action postponed to the spring meeting.
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Louisville
M. H. Houston
Alligator Souvenir From Hotel Elliot Parade
A Jacksonville Florida hotel issue features a stuffed alligator souvenir mounted on a stand. The carved legend says the creature lost its life in Florida to solicit patronage for the New Hotel Elliot.
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Hotel Elliot
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Novel Advertising Design At Keith's Theatre Entrance
An electric display easel debuts in Keith's Theatre lobby promising eye catching promo. It features a marble colored easel with a four leaf clover containing city names and a moving multicolored Keith's message across the top. Built by The Automatic Electric Display Company and Thomas W. Gieeson, the mechanism remains a guarded secret.
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Washington Street
Keith’s
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Providence
Moran Crown
Keith
Automatic Electric Display Company
Thomas W. Gieeson
Ninth Boston Symphony Concert at Music Hall
The Boston Symphony Orchestra performed in Music Hall last evening with no soloist. Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D, Bach Christmas Oratorio shepherds music, Grieg string melodies, Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel preludes, Bizet Suite Arlesienne. Uniformly high quality. strings shone in Grieg. the Larghetto from the symphony stayed memorable.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Music Hall
Grieg
Hansel
Gretel
Humperdinck
Bizet
Mc Laughlin Arraigned in Wife Murder Case
Francis Mc Laughlin faced the Superior Criminal Court under Judge Bishop after being indicted for the November 15 murder of his wife Margaret at their Boston home. He pleaded not guilty and was held without bail, requesting court-appointed counsel. Trial date to be set later, likely in the late part of the term.
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Superior Criminal Court
Bishop
Francis McLaughlin
Margaret
Boston
O Day
A Pretty Calendar Promotes Evangeline Route
The Dominion Atlantic Railway issues a color lithographed calendar for 1898 featuring the Prince Edward steamship at night with a search light. Free copies mailed from J. F. Masters Boston or available at Long Wharf. In St Louis a report notes two children killed by hogs in a rural Missouri incident near Tiff City.
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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steamship Line
Prince Edward
Evangeline
J. F. Masters
Washington Street
Boston
Long Wharf
ST. Louis
Tiff City
George Coakley
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Exeter
N. H
Phillips Exeter Academy
George A. Wentworth
Sunday Post
Greater New York
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Vineyard
Orion
Cape Cod
Maverick
Woodside
Chalmette
Morse
Minot
Castle Island
Fortuna
William R. Dickson
Marguerite
St. John
N. B
Ned McField
Varuna
No. 6
Arthur Harding
Plymouth
Cadet
Oes
Here
Lymouth
Durkee
Honeybrook
Vineyard Sound
Gay Head
H. J. J. Wise
Cambrian
Wilson-Leyland-Furness
London
Engand
Marine Division
Zosterday
Small
New England
Vancouver
B. C
Heeley
O’hagan
Roberts
St. Ronans
Roman
Charles Guyer
Superba
Grace Atwell
Dearest
Lord Fauntleroy
Castle Square
New Haven
Messrs
Thomas and Watson
Grand Theatre
James Boys
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Aavorite Company
Hilda Clark
Charles Emerson Cook
Bertha Waltzinger
de Wolf Hopper
Harriet Sterling
Grand Opera House
Blanche Walsh
Lillian Lawrence
Miss Sterling
Hickey
Nelson
Rose Hill Company
the Palace
Columbia
Munyon
Munyon Remedy Company
Life Chamber
Tremont Temple
Alligator
Soa
M’laughlin
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Hanlon
Klaw & Erlancer’s
J. D. Stevens
John Philip Sousa
Comedy Teaeatre
Paris
Weet the
Belle OF
Maggie CLI
Kate Davis
Diamond
Fitzgibbons
Omoe
BsEs
Howard, Sirtre
Nobriga
Washington, Cor
Dover St
Wallace Campbell
Isabel
Lewis
Model Playhouse
Tremont and
Washington Streets
Sadie Fox
Tremont John B. Schoeffel
Tont
Gery T
Francis V Wilson
Francis Wilson
the Relief Fund
Typographical Union
Tremont St
Dally
Ephone
Tremont
Stee
Mackaya
Hazel
Rd Fauntleroy
Hollis Isaac B. Rich
St. Teeatee
George Edwardes
London Gaiety Theatre Co
Bmichard Mawnsfield
Boston Museum
Meranc E
Ustin& Stone
Roxzanvs
Crand Opera House
Thur
Lrother
Pri Att Ta Dne Palace
Ros Eli
English Folly Company
H., McMillan Brown
Poper
K. Harris
Lynn
Charlies O. Danforth
Oliver Street
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