Station 1 Leads Boston In Prison Bookings
The article notes Station 1 on Hanover Street, Boston, booked more prisoners in the past year than any U S station. It describes the North End station as cosmopolitan and a magnet for foreign-born offenders, with divisions citing Ireland Britain Italy Germany and others contributing prisoners.
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Boston
United States
Hanover Street
Bastile
America
Ireland
Italy
Germany
Sweden
England
Scotland
Russia
Austria
France
Siberia
Captain Dawson
First Snow Storm Delays Travel and Jobs Across Coast
A slow moving snowstorm spread from Portland to Boston Nan tucket and New York. By night several inches covered streets and sidewalks. City crews prepared plows and four horse trolleys while workers were set to clear routes and provide jobs.
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Portland
Boston
Nantucket
Block Island
New York
West End
Christmas Observances Quiet Yet Busy In The City
The civic Christmas observance was subdued with many indoors activities and few outdoor crowds. Theatres and concerts drew packed houses while streets and hotels were unusually empty, despite public and private celebrations and some minor sporting events.
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Rome
Masons Celebrate Nt Olivet Chapter Exercises at Unity Church
The Nt Olivet chapter hosts Masonic exercises at the Church of the Unity. Members and guests gather for ceremonial activities reflecting fraternal traditions. The event underscores community service and shared rituals within the chapter.
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Nt. Olivet
Church of the Unity
Central Club Hosts Grand Open House And Masonic Service
The Central Club held its traditional Christmas open house with a crowd of distinguished guests including Hon A. W. Beard Postmaster Corse Major Follett and many others. At the Church of the Unity Mt Olivet Chapter Rose Croix staged a Scottish Rite Christmas service with elaborate branding and a full program led by Erastus H. Doolittle and other officers.
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Mt. Olivet
Church of the Unity
Central Club
Mandolin Club
Eugene Carter
A. W. Beard
M. M. Cunniff
Corse
J. Willard Rice
Dexter H. Follett
A. C. Wellington
Woodward
Frank E. McGullion
James Kilroy
C. H. Taylor
Hathorne
W. B. Gale
W. Whitten
C. Merton Hayler
Fran Mudge
Jacob Pfaff
James Read
the America
Albert J. Wright
C. E. Powers
Consolidated Road
Leopold Morse
Jesse Wiley
W. Aldrich
W. W. Plummer
E. K. Glines
Henry H. Sprague
Henry W. Fisher
Waltham
J. J Whipple
Brockton
C. M. van Siyck
L. M. Cook
Providence
Henry Walker
RE. C. Carrigan
John E. Fitzgerald
Levi Preston
Samuel L. Hamm
Nathan Sawyer
W. W. Jordan
Harrison Hume
Sydney M. Hedges
Samuel D. Crane
William H. Conant
A. A. Woodman
J. B. Martin
Webber
Boston Fire Department
Willis
Pittsfield Fire Department
R. G. Fitch
Pinco
U.S.N
Thomas F. Nutter
Newton Talbot
W. G. Waitt
A. A. Pope
Elijah George
William N. Morton
J. O. Dana
Joshua Merrill
G. H. Richards
BR. A. Little
New York
Fred E. Atteaux
Daniel W. Lawrence
A. O. Morgan
A. J. Lloyd
George T. Mason
J. J. Eaton
George A. Bruce
A. B. Heath
Choir Shines With Noted Soloists In Evening Service
The choir gave an especially fine performance featuring Mrs. T. M. Carter Miss Gertrude Swane and Mr. D. F. Fitz, among other well known vocalists.
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T. M. Carter
Gertrude Swane
D. F. Fitz
Eighty Wanderers Helped by Christmas Cheer in New England Visits
In Baldwin Place sixty to eighty children in holiday attire waited for Santa Claus as visitors arrived through sleet. Epistles from New England friends were read by Superintendent B A Cooper while J B Richardson and Trustees Gray and Cummings spoke. Santa was played by Mr Cummings. The 8 pm program included music, dialogues, and three decorated trees. About 200 guests attended. Separate notes mention a prison chapel concert, a Mercantile Library Association Christmas dinner for around 190 members, Baptist Tabernacle Christmas programs, and holiday observances at Rainsford Island and other city institutions. The day ended as a quiet Christmas with turkey dinners and entertainment.
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Santa Claus
Baldwin Place
New England
B. A. Cooper
Messrs
J. B. Richardson
Gray and Cummings
State Prison
Temple Musical Company
Boston Banjo and Mandolin Quartet
Mercantile Library Association
Society
William Stanford Stevens
Edward Hathorne
Weston Lewis
Baptist Tabernacle Sunday School
George J. Currie
of Christ
A. Cranston
James B. Taylor
Berkeley School
Dickens
Minnie Billings
Ada Briggs
Ashman Brass Band
House of Correction
Rainsford Island
House of Industry
Austin Farm
Charlestown
Christmas Observances Across Cities
Washington observed Christmas as a holiday with most businesses closed. The Children's Aid Society fed several hundred poor children and gave toys and clothing. In New York and Brooklyn, business paused and inmates of jails and charitable institutions were catered to, with over 10,000 fed by public charity.
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Washington
Children’s Aid Society
New York
Brooklyn
Northwest railroads build record 1887 miles and plans
St Paul Minn December 26 There is an unprecedented railroad building boom across the Northwest in 1887 nearly every system extended lines into frontier regions The Manitoba leads with 942 miles followed by the Soo with 428 The total new road equals 35384 miles with about half in the territory tributary to Minneapolis and Saint Paul plus around 500 miles of road bed prepared for 1888.
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Northwest
St. Paun
Minn
Manitoba
Twin Cities
Coke Operators To Reorganize In Pennsylvan ia
The coke operators met yesterday are shaping a stronger syndicate to replace the recently disrupted group as leading independents sign up. The H C Frick Coke Company will not join the new syndicate but is not expected to oppose it. The Frick firm has major Carnegie contracts and will stay independent.
Chinaman Actor Barred. Bond Declined by Ottawa Government
Ottawa officials informed a theatrical agent that it is not acceptable to require a $50 bond for one of his actors who is Chinese and that the Chinaman will be removed from the country.
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Ottawa
Ont
A Stable Keepers Luck
Two boys hired a team from Har vey Waitte in South Boston and drove to 883 Third street where two thieves stole the team. James Carney was later arrested with the team. a second thief remained at large. Soon after a second team was hired and driven off. Hayes was said to have taken it and was later arrested with the recovered property.
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Harvey Waitte
South Boston
Third Street
James Carney
Rich
Station 12
Mgr
Hayes
Broadway
Keene
John J. Hayes
Gagging a Draught at Baptist Social Union Meeting
A loud draught disrupted the Baptist Social Union gathering at the Meionson until a quick member used knives and forks to wedge the door, silencing the noise. About 225 attendees heard remarks from Melrose and Newton church leaders on progress and church debt, with introductions and new member elections.
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Baptist Social Union
Meionson
Horatio
W. B. Sears
George S. Harwood
Newton Church
Lemuel C. Barnes
Newton Centre
W. W. Everts, Jr
Haverhill
G. A. Cleveland
Melrose
W.S. Apsey
North Avenue
Cambridge
Cleveland
Melrose Church
Mr. Cleveland
Charles W. Hill
Congregational Club
K. Benjamin Andrews
Brown Univer
West
A. H. Quint
Allston Congregational Church
Leman Lincoln
Newton Theological Seminary
Tremont Glee Club
James Townsend
Trinity Church
East Boston
J. Herbert Moore
Charles N. Rhodes
A. W. Downing
First Baptist Church
Bernhard Praetsch, Jr
German Baptist Church
Charles C. Barry
Melrose Baptist Church
Chief Webber Receives $3850 Watch Gift on Christmas Day
Chief Webber enjoyed a merry Christmas as John E. Fitzgerald presented him with a watch seal and chain worth 3850. Fire officials from Boston and nearby cities offered complimentary speeches, and Engine No. 26 sent a floral tribute.
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Davos
Fall River
Charlesworth
Haverhill
Hopkins
Somerville
Cutting
Cheswell, Muller, Flanders and Dearing
Boston Fire Department
Bill’ Conant
Boston Baseball Combination
Webber
Twombly
Notes About The City In Tonight's Events
Reverend J H Vincent lectures on That Boy in Star course tonight. Boston Scientific Society meets at 419 Washington street with John W Tufts presenting Teaching Music Its Scientific Basis. Skating thrives in past days on the Common and Public Garden. Peter Dorly of East Bridgewater, 55, lost his right foot boarding a train and is in critical condition at Massachusetts General Hospital. Bridget Doyie dies at MGH from exhaustion after leg injury and amputation. William Tyler arrested for assault with a club on John A Donnelly on Brighton street. Benjamin Preble and Lewis Sullivan clash at a North street saloon. a bystander stops the pistol shot into the floor. Private dinners occur at hotels, and the Home for Destitute Children plans a Christmas tree at 46 Worcester street.
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Chautauqua Circle
J. H. Vincent
Boston Scientific Society
Washington Street
John W. Tufts
Peter Dorly
East Bridgewater
Old Colony
Massachusetts General Hospital
Bridget Doyie
William Tyler
John A. Donnelly
Brighton Street
Benjamin Preble
Lewis Sullivan
North Street
Worcester Street
Horse Killed After Collision on Main Street
An eighteen year old son of Robert Colton of Cambridge and a companion were riding when their horse collided with a buggy on Main Street opposite the Common. The shaft pierced the horse’s breast, severing a main artery and killing the animal. Colton was stunned and taken to Musso and Parker’s drug store before being sent home on the 11:40 train. The horse was valued at $200.
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Colton
Musso & Parker’s
Malden Officer Honored With Christmas Gift
Mauogn December 26 Police Officer Daniel O'Flynn a Ward 3 patrolman received a $74 Christmas gift from the office serving his district.
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Mauogn
Daniel O’flynn
Unknown woman struck by horse in Providence street collision
An unidentified woman about 30, presumed to have spent time in Boston, was hit on Richmond street by a horse drawn by a woman. She was knocked down, intoxicated, and has remained insensible since the accident. Authorities fear fatal injuries.
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Boston
Richmond Street
Indignant Over Sabbath Breakers Near Cape Villages
Residents in the upper Cape villages complain of barking dogs and gunfire in the woods on Sundays. The disturbance has grown alarming and sportsmen are repeatedly seen in the woods on Sundays. Plans will be adopted to prohibit such actions in the future.
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Sandwich
Cape
Train Collision Kills Local Citizen Charles Sampson
A passenger train on the Old Colony struck a team near Marsarirexp this afternoon, killing Charles Sampson instantly. Sampson is a well known resident of the town. Authorities are investigating the incident.
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Old Colony
Here
Charles Sampson
Robbers in Clergyman's Wayland Home Loot Minor Items
Burglars broke kitchen panes and gained entry to the Rev. Brooke Herford's summer house at Wayland on Saturday night. They rifled drawers but found nothing valuable, taking only clothing and a few blankets, leaving tobacco juice as evidence. This burglary follows similar recent thefts in the area.
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Brooke Herford
Wayland
Death in Saloon After Fatal Drinking Spree
Patrick Cahill, 67, unknown residence, visited Devine's saloon at Washington and Northampton and died from acute alcoholic intoxication. The incident occurred yesterday forenoon at about 11 o'clock when he sat quietly, prompting the bartender to wake him, but Cahill was unconscious and died shortly after.
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Patrick Cahill
Devine
Washington and
Northampton Streets
Cahill
Injuries Reported From Falls and Falls and Jumps
Michael Hogan of 68 Joy Street and James Hennesey of 460 East Third Street both fell and sustained knee and leg injuries, sent to City Hospital. James Connelly of 121 St. broke an ankle after an alley fall and went to City Hospital. James Keenan of 19 Buckingham Place, delirium tremens, at City Hospital with a broken ankle after leaping from a second floor. D Cox of Lyndeboro Street Charlestown suffered a severe head cut and was treated and sent home. Botolph Street incident noted with a fall as well.
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Michael Hogan
Joy Street
Beacon Street
City Hospital
James Hennesey
East Third Street
South Boston
James Connelly
Tiuntington Avenue
James Keenan
Buckingham Place
D. Cox
Lyndeboro Street
Charlestown
Eliot
Botolph Street
Merseneau Bros and Davis Fail in Peoria Dry Goods Trade
Peoria Illinois merchants Merseneau Bros and Davis made an assignment yesterday with assets around $70,000 and liabilities listed at $102,000. Creditors are spread across major jobbing centers. Ernest B Mayer and Henry Rohr of Washington plan to assign today with assets estimated at $40,000, though details remain unclear.
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Merseneau Bros. & Davis
Peoria
Inl
Ernest B. Mayer
Henry Rohr
Washington
Rochaig
Es Axe
Antiquity of the Tramp Examines a Historic Pauper Class
A London Daily Telegraph piece traces the tramp's lineage from medieval abbey wanderers and contrasts them with unemployed mechanics. It surveys casual wards, lodging houses, and the evolution toward solitary confinement, questioning legality and ethics of detaining destitute men who have not committed crimes.
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London Daily Telegraph
Ethc
Gold in Great Britain Its Widespread Ancient Origins
From the London Standard the article notes gold is widely distributed across Britain. It details historic mines and localities in Scotland Ireland and Wales, references Wanlockhead Wicklow and Leadhills, and mentions coins ornaments and potential future but uncertain mining, stressing gold's whimsical distribution and gambling-like allure.
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London Standard
Great Britain
California
Australia
Richard Jr
Bohemia
Scotland
David I
Fifeshire
Wanlockhead
Nithsdale
Tooting Common
London
Ireland
England
Malachi
Wicklow
Dublin
Royal Dublin Society
Leadhills
Eugénie
Sutherland
Helmsdale
Bouillabaisse on Wheels Promises Paris Riviera in a Day
The London Telegraph reports a giant locomotive by M Boulet in Paris capable of about 93 mph. If trials succeed, travelers could depart Paris at 6 am and reach Marseille for bouillabaisse lunch, lounge in Canebière, or visit Chateau d If, earning praise from gourmets while facing French bureaucratic delays.
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London Telegraph
Paris
M. Boulet
Phoeran
Canebure
Chateauif
Edmond Dantés
Lyon
California wine industry growth and projections in the 19th century
A San Francisco letter reviews California viticulture progress from 65 000 acres in 1881 to 250 000 this year, with 160 000 bearing vines. Last year’s vintage reached about 17 million gallons, while this year foresees roughly 14 million, split among sweet wine, brandy, and dry wines.
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San Francisco
N.Y. Tribune
California
Cambridge Liquor Raid Nets Bottles of Lager and Whiskey
Cambridge police conducted raids at Sarah Rooney Spruce street Hannah Mahoney Foster street and James Brassil 40 Banks street seizing liquor. At Brassil's location 165 bottles of lager and half a gallon of whiskey were taken while smaller quantities of whiskey were seized at the other sites.
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Cambridge
Sarah Rooney
Spruce Street
Hannah Mahoney
Foster Street
James Brassil
Banks Street
Brassil
Protection Against Travelling Swindlers Abroad
London Letter to the N S World notes ongoing scandals in foreign colonies with strong American expatriate presence. It warns that penniless Americans and New York gamblers target hotels and clubs, while the American Club enforces strict entry rules to block disreputable applicants.
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London
N. S
Paris
New York
Root and Shoe Buyers Summary
Chicago buyers linked with Davenport and Fond du Lac trades. References to Charies Stickney of Stickney Shoe Co and Feder of Rosenthal, Feder & Co. unclear full transaction details due to fragmented OCR.
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Chicago
Chatroop
Davenport
Fond du Lac
Wis
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L. M. Averell
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