Boston Boot and Shoe Club Formed for Monthly Dinners
A committee in Boston forms the Boston Boot and Shoe Club to unite shoe manufacturers and jobbers in New England. Over 100 members sign and plan monthly dinners at Loung’s with speakers on trade topics including bankruptcy law tariffs and regional rail issues. The executive committee will draft a constitution and bylaws.
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Boston
Boot and Shoe Recorder
Shoe and Leather Exchange
William B. Rice
Rich & Hutchins
Messrs
J. B. Lincoln
Batehelder & Lincoln
George ©. Hougton
Loung’s
Loston Boot and Shoe Club
New England
Francis F. Emery
Jacob Friedman
Joseph H. Flerman
A. W. Hayden
J. Frank Harris, Jr
George C. Houghton
J. J. Henry
J.B. Lewis
George Lamkin
H. A. Royce
Jacob Heilborn
M. Hirshberg
George A. Dunham
Parker, Holmes & Co
John C. Balderston
David A. Varney
Solomon Friedman
H. A. Harrington
Charles A. Grinnell
Gewis Keiffer
Albert Store
F. M. Hoyt
W. F. Mayo
G. F. Daniels
Ferdinand Emerson
Tranklin Adams
Max Friedman
George M. Rice
H. L. Rice
BE. P. Pond
Edwin G. Holmes
Edward A. Holmes
Edward A. Perkins
J. Rush Green
Henry PF. Tapley
Rufus Warren
Andrew J. Stevens
Willam C. Houghton
H. H. Seaver
Edward P. Thayer
Adin V. Chipman
W. L. Phiney
A. C. Frary
Louis E. Whicher
Benj. F. Strand
H.R. Saywood
William B. Lewis
Josiah W. Hayden
Charles B. Codding
William Lincoln Sage
George ©. Irwin
Edwin
Woodbury
Co. Kealdrich
George W. Merritt
F. H. Naz
Batchelder & Lincoln
Boston Boot and Shoe Club
J.J. Henry & Fegan
Josph R. Winch
Winch Bros
Frank Batchelier
Hathaway
Soule & Harrington, G. CO. Houghton
Burrell & Houghton
Marqueze & Varney
Hartshorn
Stanley Clemens
Church of the Advent Choir
Dudley Hall
St. Paul’s
Henry
A. A. Ranney
Ranney
C. A. Grinnell
Grinnell
F. Fr. Emory
Shoe and Leather Association
Boards of Trade and Associations
Congress
Chamions
Ney
Boston Business Executive Association
Bradstreet
Massachusetts
North Brookfield
Rica
Rice
F. F. Emery
Old Colony
Boston & Providence
Providence Railroad
Providence
Nazro
Page
Boston Commercial Bulletin
England
Business Executive Association
George W. Merrit
W. E. Plummer
McDermott
The
Recorder
H. B. Parker
Clemens
Hall
Fine Arts Exhibition of Women Painters at Williams & Everett
Review of the Poston gallery show featuring nearly seventy works by sixteen women painters. Critics note diverse styles weak technique and limited inspiration, praising Miss Johnston's charcoal drawings and Mrs Duveneck's still lifes while calling many pieces ordinary.
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William M. Hunt
Hunt
Poston
Williams & Everett
Elizabeth H. Buartel
A. M. Curtis
Elizabeth Duveneck
Lucy Ellis
Ellen Day Hale
Jane Hunt
J. E. Johnston
Helen M. Knowhton
Rose Lamb
Susan M. Lane
Helen Bigelow Merriman
Emily D. Norcross
Annette P. Rogers
A.L. Wadsworth
Sarah W. Whitman
Mary H. Whitwell
Miss Whitman
Miss Knowlton
Miss Johnston
Joseph Cook Preludes List Topics for Monday Lectures
Joseph Cook selects chief preludes for Monday noon lectures at Tremont Temple covering Anti Mormonism Constitutional Prohibition High License Civil Service Reform Sabbath Observance Socialism The Indian Question Municipal Misrale Reserved floor seats on sale free balcony seating offered as in past years
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Joseph Cook
Tremont Temple
T.e
Coasting Accident In Somerville Injures Two Youths
A double runner sled collision with a coal team at Evergreen Avenue Winter Hill Somerville last evening left Wellman Fletcher 17 with severe facial cuts and Grace Brown 14 with facial cuts and internal injuries.
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Somerville
Evergreen Avenue
Winter Hill
Wellman Fletcher
Grace Brown
City Council Debates Salary for Members and Street Plans
The common council discusses paying members of the council, with supporters arguing for compensation and opponents warning of cost. The January treasurer’s report shows receipts of 5,623,981.19 and balance of 4,275,676.40. The streets department cites delays and repair costs from excavations, subway piping plans, and new street layouts, urging control of excavations and street repairs funded by permit deposits.
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Common Council
Hoar
Ward 20
Richards
Ward 11
Maccabe
East Boston
Keenan
Ward 8
Mahoney
Ward 13
Rgss Wess
Board of Directors
House of Correction
Marcella Street
House of Industry
Lunatic Hospital
City Hospital
Boston Eating Company
City Hall
Board of Aldermen
Upper Appomattox Company’s Enterprises Dominant Water Route
The 1737 Virginia act created the Upper Appomattox Company with control of 120 miles of navigable waterway and tax exemption. Reorganized under new ownership, the firm plans water power use, local water works, and electric lighting for Petersburg. Ford & Skinner act as company agents in the city.
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General Assembly of
Virginia
Appomattox River
Upper
Appomattox
Petersburg
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Ithe Upper Appomattox Company
Simplicity in Death of Professor Asa Gray at Cambridge
A distinguished funeral for Professor Asa Gray was held at Cambridge yesterday. Rev. Francis G. Peabody praised Gray's single mindedness and child like humility, saying his greatness lay in devotion to ends larger than himself and a life shaped by the simple truth of Christ. Pallbearers from Harvard and Yale attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Gray
Cambridge
Botanical Garden
Appleton Chapel
College
Francis G. Peabody
Paul
Christ
Alexander McKenzie
Shepard Memorial Church
Mt. Auburn
Epes Sargent Dixwell
Joseph H. Lovering
Merrill Wyman
Serena Watson
J. W. Putnam
Peabody Museum
Harvard
Eaton
Yale
Object Lesson In Gymnastics For Young Men
Dr A N Blodgett demonstrated a nude trio to illustrate physical culture before Y M C A members. The first man showed fat and laxity, the second showcased overdeveloped prizefighter traits, and the third embodied strength and symmetry. The scene aimed to warn Boston men about body development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.N. Blodgett
Wodels
Young Men’s Christian Association
Boston
Prohibition Campaign Aims to Expose G OP Position
The State Prohibition committee met at 86 Bromfield Street to form an executive panel of John Blackman W W Nash E Kendall Mrs E T Hill C H Clapp A E Hail and E F Stevens. They discussed hiring Rev J W Hamilton and other speakers to push prohibition and planned MA contributions around 1000 with 500 to start and 100 more by meeting end. Stevens condemned the Republican stance on statutory prohibition as delaying constitutional prohibition and moved to issue a short address rebutting that view.
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Prohibition Party
Bromfield Street
John Blackman
W. W. Nash
E. Kendall
E. T. Hill
C. H. Clapp
A. E. Hail
E. F. Stevens
J. W. Hamilton
Roberts
Clapp
National Committee
Massachusetts
Stevens
Republican Party
Notable City Notes On Clubs Courts and Lectures
The Athletic Club nears completion with interiors starting October while membership reaches 1200 with a 100 person waitlist. Directors of the Charles River Embankment Company are named and F. Viaux chosen clerk. The Municipal Court fines William Sears 200 for assault, with a trespass suit to decide on 1000 damages. Lucy Larcom and Charles Thussell give lectures. hospital officers are elected. and a Massachusetts regiment reunion occurs as a wool-covered horse entry surprises Roxbury guests.
Charity musicale for the Kindergarten for the Blind at Mrs Howe's
A benefit musicale at 241 Beacon Street hosted by Mrs Julia Ward Howe drew a cultured audience. soloists include Ernst Perabo George Parker Bernard Listemann Fritz Giese and performances of Schubert Mendelssohn Hubay Iolanthe and Beethoven. The event honors Mrs Julia Anagnos and supports the kindergarten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ward Howe
Beacon Street
Mendelssohn
Parker
Bernard Listemann
Jeno Hubay
Charles Mole
Ernst Perabo
Fritz Giese
Perabo
Listemann
Howe
John Elliott
Julia Anagnos
Woman Suffrage Session Draws Suffragists in Boston
About 150 suffragists gathered in Horticultural Hall for the Massachusetts association meeting final session. Reports came from clubs across the state and officers were elected at the morning session.
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Horticultural Hall
Massachusetts Association
Rebecca Moore
England
Julia Ward Howe
J. W. Hamilton
Ednard D. Cheeney
William Lloyd Garrison
George Bellow
Adam. Bowles
East Boston
A. O. Cleary
Natick
Fielder Israel
Salem
M. A. Billings
Cambridge
A. A. Claflin
Quincy
Mra. KE
Trask Hill
Charlestown
Dr. French
Lawrence
Cora Scott Pond
Boston
Louise Tyler
Elia A. Hilt
Phillips Academy Alums Dinner at Parker House
Phillips Academy alumni association holds the second biennial dinner at Parker House on Wednesday February 16 at 6 p m. Hon George O Shattuck will preside and postprandial speeches will be delivered by eminent alumni and friends with reunion opportunities for various classes.
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Phillips Academy
Andover
Phillips Academy Alumni Association
Parker House
Academy
George O. Shattuck
Massachusetts General Hospital Officers Elected
The General Hospital corporation elected Charles K. Dalton as president and George Higginson as vice president with Franklin Haven Jr. as treasurer and Thomas B. Hall as secretary. Trustees include E Francia Bowditch Edmund Dwight Samuel Eliot William Endicott Jr Thornton K. Lothrop Nathaniel Thayer David B. Whitney and Roger Walcott. The Governor will appoint four more trustees. The annual report notes a need for more free beds and funds to build new buildings for the Waverley asylum.
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Charles River Embankment Company
F. L. Ames
J. D. Braman
Charles Davenport
H. 2. Hyde
John Souther
G.T. W. Braman
Samuel Carr, Jr
C. E. Raymond
C. H. Souther
W. M. Burr
F. H. Viaux
Mr. Viaux
William B. Sears
State Street
Thomas Cassier
Brookline News
Sears
Lucy Larcom
Norton Library
Puncita Ramabai
Joseph Cook
Tremont Temple
Charles Theodore Thussell
Young Men’s Christian Union
Boylston Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles H. Dalton
George Higginson
Franklin Haven, Jr
Thomas B. Hall
E. Francis Bowditch
Edmund Dwight
Samuel Eliot
William Endicott, Jr
Thornton K. Lothrop
Nathaniel Shayer
David R. Whitney
Roger Wolcott
Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation
Charles K. Dalton
E. Francia Bowditch
William Endicott
Nathaniel Thayer
David B. Whitney
Roger Walcott
Waverley
Dr Geismar de Paris to Heal at Trit Temple
All who suffer from chronic diseases may attend Dr A E Geismar de Paris a renowned healer and electrician performing at Trit Temple on Tuesday evening February 7. Attend and experience his power and skill.
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A. E. Geismarde
Paris
Ree Shcee
Trit Temple
Vos
Larceny of Saddle Mountings Involves Suffolk Company Employee
Michael C. Hayes was held in $3000 on a charge of stealing about 1500 dollars worth of saddle mountings from Suffolk Manufacturing Company at 8 Medford Street. Hayes, longtime stock keeper, left work last Saturday amid reports of shortages. Inspectors Mahoney and Mountain traced mountings hypothecated at a pawnbroker and stored at Boston storage warehouse Chester Park. A wagon load was diverted to No 50 School Street to pledge. Authorities halted the theft and arrested Hayes at Milk Street, with alleged scope over eighteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael C. Hayes
Suffolk Manufacturing Company
Medford Street
Hayes
Mahoney
Mountain
No. 50
School Street
Boston
Chester Park
Inspector Mahoney
Milk Street
Supreme Judicial Court Briefs From February Session
The Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth heard county cases including Baker vs Brown No. 508 Rowe vs same No. 509 Bridge executor vs Bridge No. 610 Adams vs Messenger No. 612 Cummings executor vs Cummings No. 516 and adjournment plans for Friday docket. Attorneys Loomis Lane Hoar Alger Abbott Durant Knowles Tappan Proctor Tucker Kennett Warner prepared briefs and argued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court For the Common Wealth
Morrow
J. B. Warner
Superior Court First Session Docket Summary
Mason presides as first session opens with no case ready for trial. A long list of civil actions appears with numbers and party pairs such as 4032 Wait v Gian. 3528 Burchell v Berlen. 4034 Hallowell Co. v Collins. 4252 Devine v Sullivan. 4256 Ryan v Boston Gas. 13992 Abrams v Penn Lilghile. 3994 Emery v Adams. 890 Am. Rubber Co. v Dunpee. 1966 Littlejohn v Fitchburg RR. 2422 Baugher v Kernan. Second and fourth sessions show tort actions, assaults, damages for injuries, conversion, and negligence claims, with named plaintiffs and defendants, dates, and alleged incidents at Boston and Revere, with judges Barker and Hammond noted. Characterized by enumerated case numbers, party pairs, and trial progress updates.
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Superior Court
Mason
Wait
Gian
Burchell
Berlen
Hallowell G. Co
Hiunt
Flint
Collins
Gridiey
Garrison
Holmes
Oli
Tutile
Fitchburg
White
Aimer
Lambert
Procter
Emery
Adams
Bradatreet
Hall
Am. Rubber Co
Dunpee
Lentine
Webster
Littlejohn
Fitch
Lioyd
Cheeverburg RR
Lidredge
Dorr
Baugher
Kernan
Charlesa H
Hammond
Samuel G. Curry
William Mills
Washington Street
C. P. Govely
A. I. Bartlett
James Cooney
C. W. Bartlett
Clinton Gage
Middlesex Superior Court Docket Several Civil Actions
Feb 2 judge Brigham presides as juries sit in multiple cases including Butterfield v Hammond admin and Connors v Campbell with various defenses and local rail line references. Attorneys Lombard Tirrell McGuire Clark Plunkett listed for plaintiff and defense respectively in assorted tort and city cases.
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J. R. Clark
G. Plunkett
Connors
Y. Cavib
Changes at the Boston Navy Yard
Navy Department orders report mass discharge and appointment changes at Boston navy yard. Major Thomas Haskell is discharged after fifteen years. John H Stafford named chief clerk. Captain C H Ripley replaced by John Curcio at the watch. George R Estey and Timothy Murphy also named successors in their posts. John Dean replaced by Jeremiah F Coleman.
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Boston Navy Yard
Navy Department
Washington
Boston Navy Yrd
Thomas H. Haskell
Yards and Docks Department
John H. Stafford
C. H. Ripley
John Curcio
Watchmen’s Department of Yards and Docks
William Rivers
Eee
George R. Estey
A. G. Risley
Timothy Murphy
John Dean
Jeremiah F. Coleman
Boston
Major Haskell
Walworth Manufacturing Company
Captain Ripley
The
Watch
Charlestown
Bank Officers Stage Mock Minstrel at Union Hall
Financiers in blackface perform a minstrel show by the Bank Officers Association at Union Hall. Thirty leading banks and the clearing house attend. The amateur group delivers music humor and original skits with strong audience appreciation and notable impressions by J. T. Monaghan John Reynolds G W Hopkins Henry Tobin W O Lovell A G Davenport S A Merrill. The finale The Clearing House Unveiled features widespread participation.
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Union Hall
Bank Officers’ Association
Messrs
J. T. Monaghan
John Reynolds
G. W. Hopkins
Henry Tobin
W. O. Lovell
A. G. Davenport
G. W. Simmons & Co Introduce Corduroy Windsor Cap
G W Simmons & Co report a strong retail run for Scotch caps at 25 cents this winter. They now offer a few more and launch the Corduroy Windsor cap at 1.25 dollars, touted as the season’s most popular, stylish, comfortable and affordable headwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Simmons & Co
Sale of the Bay State Iron Works in South Boston
The Bay State Iron Company on East First street was sold at auction yesterday for 210000 dollars to Charles J Whitmore. The property includes 639205 feet of land with waterfront and a 20000 foot wharf plus 210900 feet of flats and several buildings and machinery. Real estate assessed at 206700 dollars.
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BAY State Iron Works
Bay State Iron Company
East First Street
South
Boston
Charles J. Whitmore
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Twentieth Regiment
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Joy Street
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Kindergarten For the
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Saker
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Brooklyn
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S. F. Dickinson
St. Paul
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Albert P. Hoyt
M. C. Janvier
T. King
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N. B
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D. W. Lawrence
Medford
Alexander Lewis
Anne Lindsey
Lydia C. Lovell
East Weymouth
Mrark
Manning
L. C
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J. E. Miller
A. R. Mitchell
Newtonville
C. K Mitchell
Ida E. Moore
P. D. Moore
Plattsburg
George H. Rogers
Waltham
Hi. Clifford Rogers
K.L. Rogers
Edmund H. Sawyer
S.d. Sawyer
East Hampton
Minna Smith
Melrose
C. Ti. Souther
W. Souther
D. W. Souther
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Rita Souther
Charles P. Stevens
George Sumner
Alice Turner
Jessie K. Watson
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P. W. Wilkinson
C. A. Willams
F. B. Williams
Taunton
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Tromas
Proctor
Congress Street
F. Bowarren
Framingham
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