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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1878

Page

3

Mayo and Baker Claim Hearing Continues at 10

The Committee on Claims held its second hearing on Mayo and Baker's claim for extra work on the Reformatory Prison for Women at Sherborn. Mayo continued detailing disallowed items as the session resumes at 10 o'clock.

Committee On Claims Messrs Mayo & Baker Reformatory Sherborn Mayo

The Dorchester Fire Alarm Called by Engine Eleven

Officer Weeks from Station Eleven reports ringing the third alarm from box 323 on the morning of the 1st inst under Foreman Glover of Engine No 17, the only person authorized to act in the absence of a District Engineer.

Eliza P. Barnes Weld Avenue Jamaica Plain Chemical Engine Company No. 5 Ireland Station Nine Charles Helibach Washington Street Dorchester Weeks Glover Waltham Gen. Bates Post Swampscott Nicholas Titchfield Holliston Hersleigh Salon Fire Department John Harris Marblehead Salem Grand Jury Essex County Superior Criminal Court Boston and Lowell Railroad Company Pennsylvania Pier Seth Stetson Stoughton Orthodox Church Pleasant Street Plymouth Old Colony Quincy Adams

Maverick Rifles to Hold Seventh Military Party

The Maverick Rifles Company D Fourth Battalion announce a grand military party at Lyceum Hall on Tuesday evening February 12. It completes the seventh party of the company’s course.

Otis Company Summer Street Boston M. P. Olsen Maverick Rifles Lyceum Hall

Equitable Life grows stronger with record assets and gains

The Equitable Life Assurance Society reports its eighteenth annual statement showing surplus of 6.2 million dollars, assets about 33.5 million with nearly two million gain in a year, over 25 million paid to policy-holders, new business at 20.7 million. Boston office manager is Henry T. Blodget.

Sarah Shaw Russell State House Friends of the Woman Suffrage Movement Robert R. Bishop Newton William S. Bowditch Brookline Bowditch Kelley Abby May James Freeman Clarke England Clarke Clement H. Hills Mr Clarke Senator Palmer Hill John Bright Foster Mount Auburn Cemetery Mount Auburn Cemetery Association Horticultural Hall Israel M. Spelman Treasury Rosebay Avenue Auburn Lake Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company J. W. Lovering Messrs Charlies F. Choate Edward Lawrence Equitable Life Assurance Society New York Boston Henry T. Blodget

India shawls offered at reduced prices at Oak Hall

Marsu & Co. advertise real India shawls with eleven lots priced from 5 to 40 dollars, previously 15 to 90. India filled square shawls range from 40 to 200 dollars. Valley of Cashmere camel hair shawls, bought in Paris and London, list 125 to 500 dollars, with unusual demand for clothing items and cheap odds and ends at Oak Hall.

Paris London Jordan, Marsu & Co India Oak Hall

Eight convicts arrive at the State Prison yesterday

Several items note local happenings including eight convicts arriving at the State Prison yesterday. Other brief items cover ongoing Art Club exhibition, visitors in Washington, baptisms at Mt. Pleasant M E Church, and political renewals in local offices.

State Prison Art Club Jewett Boston Claflin Washington Mt. Pleasant M. E John Galvin William Doogue Charlestown Artillery Company Charlestown Holmes Julius H. Ward Episcopal Church Marblehead New England Historic-Genealogical Society William C. Bates, Esq Newton Eliot and Novantum

Globe Theater Takes Pleasant Struck Oil Stage Return

J C Williamson and Maggie Moore star in the three act Struck Oil at the Globe Theater. A Pennsylvania Dutchman faces mortgage foreclosure, wartime draft duties, and a buried deed. oil wealth and a dramatic return twist reshape life in Oilsburg with strong dialect humor and singing. The evening also features a lively farce The Chinese Question and a versatile ensemble performance praised by an eager audience.

Globe Theater Globe Boston J. C. Williamson Maggie Moore John Stofel Hans Breitmann John Lizzie Deacon Skinner Skinner Stofel Oilsburg Rip van Winkleish Mr Williamson Miss Moore J. J. Sullivan Sol Smith J. G. Peakes Wiliamson Howard Athen.ium Howard Val Vose London O’ Dale Stevens Linda Jeal de Vera Bryant Williams Lytell Jennie Engle Miranda Sisters Gus Williams Williams and Sullivan Boston Theatre John McCullough Messrs Tompkins & Hull

Perkins Street Church Baptisms Highlight Somerville Revival

Thirteen people were baptized at Perkins Street Baptist Church East Somerville as revival efforts continue. The church recently paid off over half of a roughly $10,000 debt and aims to clear the balance within a year.

Perkins Street Church Perkins Street Baptist Church East Somerville J. J. Miller Somerville

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