Electric shock kills valuable horse on Franklin street
A telegraph wire broke and fell across an electric trolley line on Franklin street yesterday afternoon. The broken wire electrocuted a National Express Company horse driven by G W Burbank, instantly killing it as the driver rushed to clear the path. Traffic halted for over an hour while a replacement horse was brought and the wire was repaired. The company may seek compensation for the loss.
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Franklin Street
G. W. Burbank
National Express Company
Block $2
Block 39
Post
N. Ward & Co
Veterinary Surgeons
South
Boston
Telegraph Company
Boys Chance to Earn Spending Money in New England
An encouragement piece urging boys across New England to seize an easy way to earn money. It claims many boys are already doing it and invites others to join for a substantial, accessible opportunity.
Don t Let This Opportuity Slip In Boston Post Ad
Copy of a Boston Post notice urging readers to act on an opportunity. The item highlights specific terms and instructions for interested parties to obtain full particulars from the Boston Post offices.
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J. B. Russell
Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson
A compact obituary and book notice praising Stonewall Jackson as a disciplined, devout, and strategic Civil War leader. It highlights his ancestry, West Point career, Mexico service, Lincoln era secession, and defining moments at Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, concluding with a brief critique of Mary Ann Jackson's Life and Letters published by Harper & Brothers in 1892.
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Jackson
Mason and Dixon
United States
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
West Point
Mexico
Virginia Miliary Academy
Lexington
Northampton
Virginia
South
Harper’s Ferry
Bull’s Run
Lee
Stonewall
Stonewall Jackson
John Bigelow, Jr
U.S.A
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Leewell
Boyle O'Reilly
William L. Chasr
General Thomas J. Jackson
Mary Ann Jackson
Lloyd
Harper & Brother
New York
Becketts Beacon Hill Library Lovers and Libelous Books
A Boston tale centers on the Beacon Hill Circulating Library born from the Winthrop wealth. Hathaway, a dapper patron, falls for Betty Winthrop while wooing through Richardson and Johnson volumes. The district blooms with readers and a romance that challenges social norms in the old city.
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Hathaway
Rudyard Kipling
Beacon Hill
Samuel Winthrop
Pinckney
Bowdoin Streets
Back Bay
South End
Newton
Brookline
Richardson
Samuel Johnson
Green Door
Betty
Boston
Shen Li
Hannah More
Addison
Letty
Aezes
Military Fair at Music Hall Draws Crowd Despite Rain
The fourth day of the Military Fair at Music Hall attracted a large attendance despite bad weather. The Third Cavalry gifted Colonel Maccabe a fine sofa pillow as a rest after his duties as chief marshal. Little Muss Sadie Cowan of Claremont Park presented it prettily. Harvard men attended and each booth drew crowds. The altar-cloth contest at the Daughters of Veterans drew interest. Miss Laura Hughes, matron of the model Red Cross Emergency Hospital, broke her arm on slippery pavement. her sister stood in. Linghes, who aided Dr. Marion at the 1890 Murdock Emergency Hospital, is remembered for her past service. Howard's Ladies' Military Band provided music for the afternoon and evening.
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Music Hall
Third Cavalry
Maccabe
Muss Sadie Cowan
Claremont Park
Harvard
Daughters of Veteran’s
Laura Hughes
Model Red Cross
Linghes
Marion
Murdock
Howard
Grand Lodge session of I O O F in Massachusetts
The semi annual meeting at Odd Fellows Hall was led by Grand Master J B Crawford with 210 lodges represented. Reports passed, the home incorporation act was dropped in favor of seeking tax exemption as a charitable institution. Charters granted for Medfield Lowell and East Barrington sub lodges. Rebekah lodges planned for Billerica Concord Junction Cliftondale and Jamaica Plain. Rebekah charters sought from Brockton and North Grafton. Obituaries for James A Usher William Parkman and James Marble noted.
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Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
Odd Fellows’ Hall
J. B. Crawford
Odd Fellows’ Home
Medfield
Lowell
East Barrington
Rebekah
Billerica
Concord Junction
Cliftondale
Jamaica Plain
Brockton
North Grafton
Committee On
James A. Usher
William Parkman
James Marble
Property Sale Ad Names Blanchard and Fakblar
Four year old listing notes price at three dollars per gallon and lists Blanchard and Fakblar with addresses 14 to 17 Dovkay and 31 Feneut Halls.
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Blanchard & Fakblar
Dovkay
Feneut
Churchill Chosen G A R commander at Massachusetts encampment
The annual Grand Army of Massachusetts convention elected James K. Churchill of Worcester as Commander with Eli W. Hall as Vice Commander and W. A. Wetherbee as Junior Vice Commander. Officers and delegates were chosen, and Churchill’s biography notes service in the Fifth Regiment and early Civil War battles. Acknowledgments, greetings to General Sargent, and a Gold watch presentation followed before closing with a chorus of America.
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James K. Churchill
Worcester
Langs
Eli W. Hall
Inn
W. A. Wetherbee
Newton
M. 8. Dudley
Nantucket
G. F. Walker
Boston
Council of Administration
C. Day
Alfred A. Burrell
Charles M. Welden
William R. Warner
John J. Warden
KE. T. Rowell
C. D. Hendrickson
John E. Killian
Charles H. Baker
Clerke
George W. Munsell
Anson Withey
C. W. Cross
Henry Db. White
M. G. B. Swift
A.S. Buswell
H. H. Johnson
W. H. Blodgett
Granville C. Fiske
William H. Warren
Walter Cutting
George W. Hay
A. F. Caswell
Isaac C. Day
Alfred S. Rowe
T. W. Mahady
George N. Fiske
E.d. Tinkham
W. L. Gage
David Boyden
Churchill
Roxbury
Charlestown
Bull Run
United States Colored
Grand Army
Ale
Worcester County
Massachusetts Department of the Daughters of Veterans
Massachusetts
Horace Binney Sargent
California
Soldiers
Chelsea
Goodale
Harrison
Hart
A. G. Weisart
Wisconsin
Dawes
Smith
Moore
Blackburn
America
Veterans Banquet in Faneuil Hall Sees 700 Attendees
At Faneuil Hall the annual banquet gathered seven hundred comrades by eight o clock. Past Department Commander Smith presided and Governor Russell delivered a stirring speech praising veterans as living symbols of loyalty. Other speakers included Commander-in-Chief John Palmer Major General Nelson A Miles Lieutenant-Governor Haile and several notable figures.
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Faneuil Hall
Smith
Russell
John Palmer
Nelson A. Miles
Haile
John Linnehan
New Hampshire
Corporal Tanner
New York
L. C. Darling
The
Sona of Veterans
Churchill
A. A. Putnam
Jack’ Adams
Blackburn
Cushman
Election of Officers in Women's Relief Corps
The second day session elected officers: President Mrs. Mary G. Deane of Fall River. senior vice-president Mrs. Emily L. Clark of Northampton. junior vice-president Mrs. Clara H. Burleigh of Athol. The corps plans a monument for the unknown head of the Union army on Boston Common or a similar site.
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Women’s Relief Corps
Mary G. Deane
Fall River
Emily L. Clark
Northampton
Clara H. Burleigh
Athol
Boston Common
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Edward Everett Hale
New England
Tile Post
Dr. Hale
Margaret Dr. Boston
Winthrop House
Amelie Rives
King’s Chapel
Andrews
Fielding
Bowdoin
Llannah
Nancy Winthrop
Nancy
Mrs. Winthrop
Pamela
Evelina
Roger de Coverley
Schumann
Valdez
Volstei
Delaine
Pope
Pinckney Street
Jove
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O.O. F
Massachusetts Department
J. K. Churchill
Grand Army of Massachusetts
Deane
Beecham
New York Depot
Canal Street
Ustralian
Wilson, Kgs
Tremont Row
Hammond Whitney Vinal
Belden
Mass
Marianne Jv. Belden
Charles P, Phelps
Hadley
Fagin
Medford
Maryetta E
David D. Fagin
Duxbury
Hambleton E. Smith
Flowers Foe
Athesians
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont Sta
Charles W. Howf
Washington St
Raymonda
Hrovels
Boston, Mass
Kedler & Pollock
American Insurance Co
Tailby Street
George Croshaw & CO
London
Francis Peabody
W. Pield
Henry & Bean
Heuel
Marion A. McBriest
Household Department
New England Magazine
Sam L. Kibder
Federal St
Ereal Estate
Boston Wharf Co
Kesten Boa
John Jeffries & Sons
Loston
Devonshire St
Chayster Parker
Devonshire Street
Walpole
Henry W. Savage
Court St
Steinert Hall
Max Heinrich
Watercoms
M. Steinert & Sons Co
Bermuda Pictures
Ross Turner
Doll & Richards
Allery
Chigkering Hall
Vladimir DE Pachmann
LIONS
Bbaby Lions
Grand Museum
Cor
Washington
Dover Sts
Austin & Stone
Tremont Scollagton
Museum Square
Stonds & Shaw
Globe Theatre
John Stetsom
Harry K. Smith
Robin Hood
Dicky Bell
Fred H. Firear
Charles Wayne
H. Jones
Charles Myers
Hubert Wilke
Marion Maxola
Laura Joyce Bell
Josephine Knapp
Lillian Russell Opera Co
la Cigale
Frocston Museum
Bmoucicault
the Shauchraun
Dickens
Holly Tree Inn
Dombey and Son
LUNI
Washington Street
Harris & Atkinson
Trap
Kaatin
Paradise
Canvanira
DVL
Palace Theatre
WM. Austin
GLO. Milbank
Ewe
Frank I. Frayne
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
Cadet Theatricads
R. A. Barnet
Carl Plfueger
Frank Daniels
Little Puck
Seate
Tale
Thurs
Philharmonic
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Rudolph Aronson
Celestin
Audran
Yal Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Calris YY Mas Kells
John A. Stevens
Los
Howard Athen
Sum
WM. Harris
Atkinson
NEW Peck
Bad Boy
Europe
TUFSD
Webahlsday
Music H Hall
Jack Mason
WM. Harri
Harris
Chas. F. Atkinson
Lionbay Svening
Nellie McHenry
Gratien Donnelly
RCUS
Hollis
Isaac B. Rich
Julia Marlowe
Double Bill
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