Labor union meetings and activities across the city
The State Knights of Labor met at 565 Washington street and planned a mass officer meeting. Extra pay was approved for common laborers and mechanics. Debates at the Boston Single Tax League discussed Horr and Shearman. Building Laborers Union No. 6 heard from Canadian delegate Beals and discussed joint conferences. Typographical Union No. 13 ratified the newspaper scale. Cigar Makers Union No. 97 elected Shakespeare to the Central Labor Union. Turn Hall ball planning reported 2200 tickets sold.
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Forristall
The
Knights of Labor
Washington Street
Charles H. Litchman
Messrs. O’brien
Buckley
Quinn
Oar
Messrs
O'Brien
Mellen
Cahill
Merrifield
Boston Single Tax League
Grand Army Hall
Hamlin Garland
G. K.anderson
Horr
Thomas G. Shearman
Cigar Makers’ Union No
William Shakespere
Central Labor Union
Turn Hall
Ten Hour Day For Women And Children In France
The French Chamber of Deputies passed a bill restricting factory work for women and children, mandating a ten hour workday and a weekly day of rest. English dockers strike in Sligo with riotous scenes, while Limerick dock laborers are defeated and resume work.
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France
French Chamber of Deputies
Sligo
Limerick
Exhibition of Paintings by Miss Ellen Hale and Philip Hale
A brief note on the Phillips Building show at 3 Hamilton Place room 28 features Ellen Day Hale and her brother Philip Hale. It lauds Ellen’s grasp of subject matter strong color and outdoor sympathy with works like Sewing Lesson Under the Pear Trees and Rhode Island Garden. Philip Hale is represented by Bird Fancier Little Girl with Chrysanthemums and Rhode Island landscapes. The exhibition remains open for a few days and invites all who admire strong individual talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Hamilton Place
Ellen Day Hale
Philip Hale
Paris
W. M. Hunt
Julian School
Rhode Island
Narragansett
Isis
Hale
Joseph Tuckerman
Damien
Mount &Jene
Chartres
Tributes to Devens as Bar Adopts Resolutions on Death
A Suffolk Bar Association meeting in the Supreme Court honored Judge Devens. Judge John Lowell opened with memories dating back fifty one years, noting Devens’s duties as United States marshal under the fugitive slave law and his rise to the bench. Resolutions praised his justice, courtesy, industry, and public service, invoking praise from Chief Justice Fiela and other speakers who lauded his intellect, fairness, and lifelong dedication to the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk Bar Association
Supreme Court
Devens
John Lowell
Bar Association
Justice Devens
Judge Devens
Cambridge
Ander
United States
William C. Endicott
Suffolk Bar
Franklin
Worcester
Superior Court
Suffolk
Commonwealth
School of Oratory
Everett
Bunker Hill
Harvard College
Fiela
Brethren of the Bar
Bar
Charles Theodore Russell
George 8
Hale
Attorneyie A
Albert E. Pillsbury
Horatio Garker
Chinese Matinees at Chinese Theatre Eyed by Folk Lore Society
The Boston Association of the American Folk Lore Society schedules Thursday and Friday matinees at the Chinese Theatre for the pleasure of the public. Tickets and programs are collectibles with red and yellow papers and a painted Chinese character by Dr. Prescott Baker. Notables including Dr. Francis Parkman, Oliver W. Holmes, Col. Higginson, Professor Bergen, Miss Alger, and others, with a Providence party chaperoned by Mrs. T. Harrison Bliss, are listed among attendees.
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Boston Association of the American Folk Lore Society
Prescott
Francis Parkman
Oliver Werdell Holmes
T. W. Higginson
Professor Bergen
Francis Blake
C. C. Everett
Miss Alger
John L. Gardner
Walter Channing
Prescott Baker
Sylvester Baxter
George Abbott James
Charles G. Loring
Dana Estes
Albert Matthews
W. W. Greenough
G. H. Mackaye
Edmund Dwight
William D. Howells
Miss Howells
J. H. Hall
Elizabeth Andrews
J. B. Lang
Providence
T. Harrison Bliss
Boston Art Scholar Chanler Seeks Five Year Abroad Fund
Mr John Armstrong Chanler of New York outlined plans at the St Botolph Club to establish a Boston Foreign Art Scholarship. The goal is $18,000 to fund a five year program sending a Boston art student to Paris with annual subsidies of $900. Local donors include Arthur Rotch and Martin Brimmer among others, with contributions pledged and a target completion by August 1895.
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John Armstrong Chanler
New York
St. Botolph Club
Chanler
Boston
New York City
Paris
Massachusetts
Gay Trench Capital
Charles G. Loring
Museum of Fine Arts
Martin Brimmer
Francis A. Walker
Institute of Technology
J. Foxcroft Cole
I. P. Vinton
Arthur Lyman
Arthur Rotch
Rotch
Arthur Dodd
Judge Bumpus
Art Department
Harvard University
Boston Art Club
State Normal Art School
Mr. Chanler
Gratis
Grieu Toust
Arthur Roteh
Arthur Astor Carey
Norton
Harvard
Frederick P. Vinton
John L. Gardner
Henry Whitman
Julia Ward Howe
George Tyson
Potter Embezzlement Case Heard in Municipal Court
Proceedings over the Walter Potter embezzlement charge for a $3881 Slingluff Disney note, dated Aug 15 1890, were heard before Judge Hardy. Defense argued lack of possession and knowledge. prosecution claimed deliberate act and urged transfer to the Superior Court. Decision reserved until Monday. Potter held in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Potter
Potter, Lovell & Co
Slingluff, Disney & Co
Baltimore
Hardy
Municipal Court
Dickinson
Potter
Slinglaff
Disney
Slinglaff, Disney & Co
Moorfield Storey
Boston
Mr. Storey
Superior Court
Mon- Gay
January Contributions to the Coffee House Fund
January receipts total 245.41 with St Johns Church Jamaica Plain contributing 30.41 and individuals including W Lawrence 6 and Merville 50. Additional gifts through Miss M Hilliard for Charles Street Coffee Room list Cornelia Warren 25 Pratt 10 Storey Fay 25 Sweetser 25 Cotting 2 and H Bradley 30. Cumulative totals show previously acknowledged 2096.67 and overall 2340.98.
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St. John’s Church
Jamaica Plain
W. Lawrence
Merville
Robert Burnett
McM. Brimmer
Charles Street
M. Hilliard
Cornelia Warren
G. L. Pratt
J. Storey Fay
J. Sweetser
Cotting
H. Bradley
Cracks of the country rules for figure skating
The article covers a large indoor handicap meet in Boston with many entries across running and field events, listing officials, prize details, and venue plans. It also notes figures skating rules agreed by national associations, a new scoring scale, and a 22-point program for events, plus various sports notes and transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington Street
Boston Athletic Association
First Regiment Association
Boston
E. ©. Carter
Thayer
Parker House
J. E. Sullivan
F. Watling
GS. Garrett
F. D. Fisk
P. Manchester
W. B. Curtis
H. McMillan
A. C
K. Sanford
G. B. Morrison
J. G. Tighe
W. B.C
M. A. Cuming
John Graham
F. W. Janssen
T. F. Meany
A. A.jordan
N. Y
C.A. C
G. W. Beals
P. W. Pent
Lieut
O. D. Green
Timekeepers
C. ©. Hughes
F. M. Wood
J. G. Lathrop
Harvard
R. D. Sears
F. L. Merrill
H. §. Cornish
S. J. Cornell
H. G. Otis
CG. O. Perry
P. T. Lowell
L. Tucker
J. A. Shaw
Eugene Buckley
F. W. Burns
E. C. Carter
O. H. Marion
Dseer
C. L. Hovey
Henry Parkman
W. W. Kellett
F. Mood
B.A. A
Salford Harriers
Philadelphia
Joe Donoghue
Newburg
National Skating Association
Elmer Simpson
Simpson
Winslow
Dean
Harvard Nine
Hemenway Gymnasium
Billy Nash
Red Stocking
Cleveland
Radford
Stricker
Childs
Syracuse
John M. Ward
New York
Umbria
Professor Townsend Lectures on Mexico and Catholicism
Professor L J Townsend delivered a long lecture on Mexico and Catholicism in Music Hall. He drew a thick manuscript from a morocco case, caused the audience to smile as it collapsed, and asserted unflattering views of Mexicans and the Catholic Church based on a Southern republic visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Townsend
Mexico
Music Hall
Massachusetts Club Elects Officers at Dinner Meeting
At Young s restaurant the Massachusetts Club held its annual officer election. Officers named include President the Hon William Claflin and Vice Presidents the Hon A W Beard the Hon Geo L Dawes the Hon Geo F Hoar the Hon Edward L Pierce the Hon Joseph H Walker the Hon Robert O Fuller the Hon Charles Carleton Coffin the Hon Thomas N Hart the Rev Elmer H Capen. Executive Committee members include the Hon William Claflin A W Beard George A O Ernst W W Doherty Albert C Burrage and secretary treasurer Albert C Burrage. The club also passed a resolution praising Vice President Joseph H Walker for his stand for honest money against silver.
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Young’s
Massachusetts Club
William Claflin
A. W. Beard
Eury L. Dawes
George F. Hoar
Edward L. Pierce
Joseph H. Walker
Robert O. Fuller
Charles Carleton Coffin
Thomas N. Hart
Elmer H. Capen
William _Claflin
George A. O. Ernst
W. W. Doherty
Albert
C. Burrage
Albert C. Burrage
Dublin-born worker dies after fall at Roxbury rope walk
Richard Hoey, 35, unmarried and recently arrived from Ireland, employed at Pearson's Rope Walk in Roxbury, fell down stairs at 102 George Street at 1 15 this morning. He broke his neck and died almost instantly.
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Richard Hoey
Dublin
Pearson's
Roxbury
George Street
Weather Forecast Highlights Severe Northwest Storm Threat
The Weather Indications report warns of a developing low pressure system from the Gulf into the Mississippi Valley bringing blizzards and heavy snow from the Northwest to the Lakes, with a shift to warmer Southern New England by Monday and stormy conditions across New England by Tuesday, plus a detailed synopsis of current pressures and regional temperatures. It notes heavy snow in parts of the Northwest and light snow in New England, with cold waves in the Northwest and varied temperatures across the East Coast.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Northwest
Lakes
POST
New England
Des Moines
Canada
Pennsylvania
Nantucket
Eastport
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Boston
Kansas
North Dakota
Montana
Dodge City
Kan
Lake
New Orleans
Louisiana
Block Island
Boston Press Club Entertainment Planned at Globe Theatre
The Boston Press Club announces its February 26 afternoon program at the Globe Theatre. George Wilson's Minstrels with a military band open the show, Sol Smith Russell and company perform A Poor Relation, and Mr and Mrs Kendall present My Uncle's Will. Howard Atheneum acts and other features follow, with a sixty page souvenir programme including autographs and club portraits. Seats are selling fast. unsold tickets go on sale at the box office.
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Boston Press Club
Globe Theatre
George Wilson
Sol Smith Russell and Company
Adventures on the Mosquito Shore appears as a girls magazine
The Worthington company of New York announces a new monthly for girls titled The Doll's Dressmaker under the pseudonym Jennie Wren. Editor E G Squier, famed explorer and author, presents doll fashion patterns, dressmaking hints, indoor games, candy recipes, and doll life content illustrated throughout.
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Jennie Wren
A Question of Health and Home Comfort
A health note argues forethought beats medicine for sickness, stressing even temperature and the need for open fireplaces in certain months. It advises purchasing a Wood Mantel for the fireplace from Paine's Furniture Warerooms on Canal street as a low-cost health essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Canal Street
Social notes and fund drive for Boston temperance rooms
A collection of society items records Minister Lincoln in London after bereavement, Ulysses S. Grant Jr in New Orleans with plans to tour California, and Mme Patti's Berlin arrest over singing contract. It also covers a Boston reception for Edward Glover Niles, Bradlaugh’s Cromwell lecture anecdote, and an editor’s letter urging support to keep four temperance coffee rooms open with detailed expense breakdowns and appeals to benefactors.
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Lincoln
London
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr
New Orleans
Mexico
California
Mme
Patti
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Edward Glover Niles
Boston
Russell
Matthews
Beacon Street
Niles
Cesar
Bradlaugh
Cros Street
Pynchon Street
Charles Street
Broadway
J. D
State Street
S. H. Hinurarp
C. T
Gainsborough Street
Notes to Tavernen on the word lady in society discourse
A letter from Auburndale urges Mr. Taverner to define what constitutes a true lady amid social shifts. It cites Eliot and Hamerton, laments foreign influence, and requests guidance on civil behavior, hoping the Mentor column can educate readers. Additional notes recount a schoolboy’s quip about seeing a cop arresting a lady fighter and cite an 1794 reference in Peter Pindar.
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Mr. Taverner
Eliot
Philip G. Hamerton
Darkies
Lis
Auburndale
Dear Taverner
Peter Pindar
John Walker
London
Boston
Winter Wisdom Warns Against Drifts and Cold
Winter wisdom advises cautious exposure to fresh air, layered underclothes, and removing an overcoat after entering warmth. It warns against chilly visits and promotes whiskey as a remedy for coughs, endorsing Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the only standard medicinal whiskey.
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Duffy
Air Ventilators for Mills and Factories Ad
Pure air solution from E Van Noorden and Co offers metal ventilators that admit fresh air and exhaust foul air. Described as storm-proof and suitable for mills and factories. Catalogue available from 383 Morrison Ave Boston.
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E. van Noorden & CO
Morrison Ave
Boston
Auction Sale of Undivided Third in South Boston Real Estate
Executors sell by public auction on Monday February 9 at 11 in the forenoon the undivided one third of lots at No 61 B Street South Boston comprising a vacant lot on the southerly side of Fifth Street about 134 feet from B Street with 76 feet frontage and 15 683 square feet and a second parcel with buildings fronting Gold Street 93 feet and Fifth Street 79 and 47 feet respectively with about 7169 square feet. cash 800. conveyance by executors deed. sale by R Knights & Co Auctioneers 226 Washington Boston and 5931 Main Cambridgeport.
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R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Boston
Main St
Cambridgeport
South Boston
B Street
Fifth Street
Gold Street
Josian Dunham, Jr
Washington Street
Street Car Manners Demand No Spitting On Floors
A reader laments filth aboard street cars and urges a new rule and placard to ban spitting. She recalls railroad signs banning spit and asks if public sentiment can enforce cleaner conduct, noting how a conductor felt powerless to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taverner
Shades of Vidocq and a police chase tale
A reader criticizes yesterday's Advertiser for claiming a man named Pullen performed a "nice piece of detective work" after witnessing a coat theft and helping corner the thief. The letter references Vidocq in comparing police methods to detective fiction. Boston comments dated January 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Palestine for the Jews petition seeks international conference
A city petition urges President Harrison to convene an international conference for Russian Jewish relief. Clergymen, professionals, business people, and the press join a broad humanitarian effort citing the 1878 Berlin conference precedent. The goal is to favor Zionist resettlement in Palestine as a solution to the Eastern Question. Prisoners poisoned by alcholene at Concord Reformatory claim two deaths and two recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Harrison
William KE. Blackstone
Chicago
Berlin
Bulgaria
Servia
Thomas Hardiman
Concord Reformatory
Hardiman
Eugene Powers
Cambridge
John McAvoy
Frank Sullivan
Boston
Park Commissioner Waldo Hutchins Dies in New York
Waldo Hutchins, New York Park Commissioner, died yesterday of pneumonia at the Park Avenue Hotel in New York. John McKeown, a wealthy oil producer from Washington, Pennsylvania, died at his home aged 53. He came to the United States 26 years ago as a driller, later invested in a successful oil well, and at death his wealth was estimated at 0 million.
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Waldo Hutchins
New York
Park Avenue
John McKeown
Washington, Penn
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