Postponed Inquiry on Boston Poll Tax Order and State Senate Actions
The Boston poll tax order reconsideration was postponed to March 2 as Republicans hint at changing votes. A Senate move to amend copies of the judicial revision report passed under suspension, with various bills and petitions discussed or referred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
House
Milliken of
Malden
Senate
Edward Stanwood
Washington
State debate on Fitchburg Road bonds and mortgage
The committee weighs issuing bonds for the Hoosac Tunnel and Fitchburg railroad versus mortgaging them. Gov Ames and A G Sherman absent. Attorney-General Sherman's view doubts mortgage benefits. Key figures include Mr Beard and Senator Pilsbury. decision due next Wednesday at 11:50 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg Road
Hoosac Tunnel
Troy & Greenfield
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Ames
Sherman
Beard
Commonwealth
Torry
Fitchburg
New York
Pilsbury
Boston Senate Journal Highlights and Committee Actions
The Massachusetts Senate discussed the Beverly remonstrance by Senator Roads and 300 others opposing division of the town. The committee on federal relations reported leave to withdraw for Edward Stanwood’s petition to appoint Washington agents representing congressional districts. Various bills were passed or ordered engrossed or to third reading, including worship of civic and charitable entities, naturalization returns, and prison and library matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Roads
William Collery
Beverly
Morse
Committee On Federal Relations
Edward Stanwood
Washington
Joint Special Committee
Commonwealth
Jenkins
Probate Court
Franklin
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
New Bedford Safe Deposit and Trust Company
International Express Company
Home For
Woburn
Bridgewater
State Library
Ferdinand Shultz
Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Mt. Holyoke
Boston
Board of Aldermen
Public Library of
Pittsfield House Moves to Monday Session and Island Annex Action
Mr. Gamwell of Pittsfield sought a Saturday session but the House compromised to meet Monday at 11 a.m. The House suspended the twelfth joint rule to admit an order on trustee appointment in partition cases. The poll tax bill was set for Thursday and the Muske got Island and Gravelly Island annexation to Nantucket county was discussed. The committee report on violence and insolvency was deemed inexpedient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamwell
Pittsfield
Tie House
Muskegot Island
Gravelly Island
Nantucket County
Public Health Committee Weighs Milk Solids Change
The public health committee continued its hearing on proposed changes to milk solids standards. Witnesses included James Draper and Dr. Davenport with Milk Inspectors Hartshorn and Babcock opposing any change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Health
James Draper
Massachusetts State Grange
Davenport
Hartshorn
Malden
Babcock
Hosen
Beverly
H. B. Moulton
George M. Stearns
Committee On Education
Dickinson
Board of Education
Committee On Labor
Wade
Coon
Howard
Kansas Woman Suffrage Enacted Here After Vote
New York reports Kansas passes municipal suffrage for women in cities of all classes for city and school elections and bond issues. Senate 24 to 13 and House 91 to 22 approve amid Governor’s approval despite opposition. Governor Martin warns about unqualified voters and possible repeal if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kansas
Senate
House
Martin
Caucases
Burglars Loot Holden's Store In Swampscott Safe
Gurelers entered Holden's grocery in Swampscott on Thursday night and blew the safe, taking 1000 dollars of which 600 belonged to the town. The town treasurer, Mr. Holden, and his family lived above the store. The burglars obtained keys from one sleeping room and locked doors to avoid alarming occupants, but no clues were left and no one was suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurelers
Holden
Swampscott
Mr. Holden
Lat in word idem and whiskey quality claim
The text asserts idem means same and argues a whiskey maker must maintain consistent quality. It praises G. O. Taylor whiskeys for unvarying purity age and quality since 1872 and notes Chester H raves Sons branding on bottles with labeled corks. Unbranded cases are shipped as desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. Taylor
Chester Hraves & Sons
Clapp Delivers Falstaff Focused Shakespearian Lecture
The Lowell Institute audience responds to Mr. Clapp with strong, varied energy as he analyzes Falstaff and Henry IV. A later note on Ruddigore at the Fifth Avenue Theatre reports enthusiastic receipts and nightly encores, despite some early hisses. A White House party attends Barrett in Washington, praising Hamlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakspere
Falstag
King
Hotspur
Prince Hal
Falstar
Clapp
Falstaff
Merry Wives of Windsor
Henry FY
Mr. Clapp
Mr.Clapwell
Lowell Institute
Gilbert
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Etruria
D'Oyly Carte
New York Herald of
New York
Supreme Court
White House
Wilson Barrett
Washington
Mather Heads Week at Boston Theatres with Varied Repertory
Miss Margaret Mather opens a seven day Boston engagement with London Assurance and Faust mad scene, then Lady of Lyons and Leah the Forsaken, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, The Honeymoon, and Macbeth. Her company includes Paulding Levick Jepson Parsons plus Sol Smith and Harold Glidden. Other venues feature Private Secretary at Park with Gillette Kennedy, Madison Square company led by Tannehill Moray Browne Hassain Giroux Myers, Boucicault in Mae Cool at Hollis Street, Lorraine at Globe, Held by the Enemy at Museum, The Stranglers of Paris at Bijou, and Martinelli troupe replacing The Ivy Leaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Mather
Boston
Mr. Gillette
Mr. Kennedy
Madison Square Company
F. Tannehill, Jr
Mr. Moray
Mr. Browne
Maud IH Hassain
Maud Giroux
Mary Myers
Mr. Boucicault
Mae Cool
Hollis Street
Lorraine
Corpic Opera
Colonel McCant
Globe
H. H. Mortimer
Paris
Hazel Kirke
Bijou
Martinelli
Foward
Boston Theatres Stage Lohengrin Coppe lia and Faust Scenes
The afternoon and evening shows today feature Boston venues with Lohengrin and a Coppe lia style Faust garden scene at Globe and McCaull in Lor raine at Hollis Street. Extra matinees mark Washington’s birthday with plans for Park and Bijou houses announced.
Testimonial Concerts and Opera Plans at Local Theatres
A Boston Theatre testimonial honors drum major J F Clark with the Salem Cadet Band and notable soloists. Apollo Club shifts its Springfield concert to Feb 23. Louis Maas near Miller Hall, Carl Baermann opens Steinert Hall, and Anna Steiniger-Clark stages three Old South concerts. Abbey seeks European tenors. Stanton signs German opera contracts. Mine. Cavallazzi may remain in Europe next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Clark
First Regiment
Fife
Boston
Salem
Alessandro Liberati
Helen Beae Carter
A. D. Saxon
Rudolf King
Rachel Noah
Apollo Club
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Springfield
Tts
Louis Maas
Miller Hall
Messrs. Kneisel
Fiedler
Swencenski
Giese
Beethoven
Bach
Grieg
Richeinberger
Anna Steiniger-Clark
Old South Meeting House
Messrs
Whs i Kneisel
Frederic Clark
Mozart
Raff
Clark
Clinton Street
Cambridge
Metropolitan Opera House
New York Times
Edward C. Stanton
Fraulein
Lilli Lehman
Marianne Braunt
Herr Alvary
Herr Adolf Robinson
Emil Fisher
Stanton
Germany
Cavallazzi
Europe
Supreme Judicial Court Libel Against Libellant Notice
The court orders the libellant to notify the libellee to appear at Cambridge on the first Monday in April. An attested copy of the libel and order must be published in the Boston Post once a week for three weeks, with the last publication at least thirty days before appearance. The clerk is Theo C Hurd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Chandler
Shirley
Middlesex
Harriet
Winslow
William C. Winslow
Catherine D. Savage
Samuel H. Savage
Josephine H. Bullard
George &. Bullard
Boston
George G. Hayward
Roland Hayward
Mary M. Hayward
Milton
Norfolk
Harriet Frothingham
Etheldred N. Frothingham
Montreal
Province of
Quebec
Dominion of Canada
John Ro Moat
Mary Mort
Edgar J. Sherman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Rebecca W. Watson
Albany
State of New York
Anne M. White
J. Jacob Moore
Jacob J. Moore
Southboro
Worcester
Martha B. Wight
Wayland
Newton
Mary G. Fuller
Carrie W. Fuller
Etta G. Dorr
Henrietta G. Dorr
Henry G. Dorr
Sarah ¥. Cotting
Louisa B. Canfield
Charles T. Canfield
Cambridge
L. Jane Parker
Helen Smith
Helen R. Smith
Helen R. Poor
Mary D. Whitney
Testatrix
Harriet S. Winslow
Isaac D. Hayward
Louisa D. Frothingham
John Frothingham Moat
Caterer
XN. Y
Wayhind
Mary G. Futler
Roxbury
Edward L. Potter
Sarah E. Cotting
Sarah Cecilia Rafter
Kate Rafter
Née Poor
Jane Poor
Anne
Louisa
Frothingham
Isaac Db. Payward
Mary Moat
Jamey and George Fund
Aaid
Wallfax
Nova Scotia
Bill
Bewdley
Supreme Judicial Court
Suffolk
Boston Post
Joln Noble
Marija L. Heald
Malden
Sumner B. Heald
Providence
Rhode Island
Lynn
Essex
B. Heald
A. D
Maria L, Heald
Theo. C. Hurd
Mipplesex
Eliza E. Lewis
Wakefield
Frank W. Lewis
Maysville
Presque Isle
Maine
Readfield
Lizzie P. Toothaker
Brunswick
Commonwealth
Theo. C. Hwurd
Theo C. Hurd
Stock holdings and bonds from early 1900s securities list
A historical ledger lists shares in firms like Appleton Mfg Co and Merrimac Mfg Co, plus notes on banks, railroads, and manufactories. It records bond and stock values such as 17.50 per share for various mfrs and rail investments including Chicago Burlington & Quincy 78, 1903 and Michigan Central 8s, 1890, with numerous company names and issue years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy R. R
Cin, Sandusky & Cleveland
Michigan Central R. R
Lin
Air Line
Cincinnati
Boston & Lowell R. Hi
Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw R. R
Amory Mfg. Co
Cambridge
City of Concord
N. H
Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore Rd
Burl. & Mo. R. RR
Neb
Chicago, Burlington & Northern Rd
Stock Auctioneers Firm Listing
Day and Company publicizes its address at No 51 State Street and Merchants' Exchange Building first floor room as part of its stock auctioneering and brokerage services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumser
P. Ss. Huckins & CO. Mill
Border Street
Boston
Keonton Office
State St
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchange Building
R.L. Day & Company
Merchants’ Exchange
Transfer of Estate Interest From Simmons Estate to Susan Eastburn
By order of Executor all the right title and interest of the estate to Susan F Eastburn late deceased remaining in the estate of David A Simmons deceased under an indenture of trust between Maria W Harrington and others devises of Simmons dated Jan 28 1860 recorded with Suffolk Deeds lib 769 folio 282 Laconia Mfg Co Douglass Axe Mfg Co Hill Mfg Co Cheshire Rd pid
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Boston
Sheriff’s Office
Court House
Court Square
Storer F. Crafts
Dorchester District
George D. Welles
H. W. Wilson
Rockwell
Homer Street
George Derby Welles
Fred H. Seavey
Susan F. Eastburn
David A. Simmons
Maria W. Harrington
Simmons
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Republican Conference
Committee On the Judiciary
Whitman
City of Boston
Fitzgerald
Parkman
Fitzerald
Me‘ttrick
Upham
Wharton
Walker
Noyes
Gardner
Milliken
Joint Committee On the Judiciary
C. D. Belden
Williamstown
Berkshire
Charles W. Whitcomb
Helen FB. Poole
Child
Lulu Frances Poole
City Library Association of
City of
McCaull Company
Pin Mac Cool
Park
Hoodman
Braneut
Leld
Enemy Hes
Miss Resina Voices
the Park
A. W. Pinero
Ourt Theatre
London
Richard Mansfield
Shylock
Richard Ir
Museum
Mansfield
Prince Karl
Kin Mae Cool
Yolls Street
Boucicault
Mac Cool
Cuba
Wallack’s
Shrew
Daly's
Jim the Penman
Madison Square
Lyceum
Rose Coghlan
Union Square
Carl Baermann
Steinert Hall
Chopin
Brahms
Liszt
Mr. Abbey
Guille
Gibsonton, Monongahela River
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Sir Serenity On
Stetson, Moseley & Co
Wharf and Dock
E Street
Kilby St
Salem Lead Company
F. A. Brown, Treas
Maas
Baeder, Adamson & CO
Massachta
George E. Bullard
Deas
Edie Onder
Henry A. Clapp
Asst
Middle
Ellen Frances Needham
Somerville
Eace
Charles M. Needham
Abelsant
Nannie Maria Needham
Boston Stock Exchange
Es Appleton Mfg
Lawrence
Merrimac
Salmon Falls Mfg
Stark Mills
New England Glass Co
Atlantic Natl. Bank
Blackstone Natl
New England Natl
State Natl
Boston Gas Light Co
East Boston Co
East Boston Ferry
Boston Atheneum
Boston Library
Cocheco Manufacturing Co
United States Hotel Co
McKay
Howard Watch and Clock Co
Washington National Bank
Long Wharf Co
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
Hamilton Manufacturing Co
Connecticut River R. R. Co
Fitchburg R. R. Fractions
Great Falls Manufacturing Co
Manchester Mills
Bowker Fertilizer Co
Connecticut & Passumpsic R. R. Co. PLC
Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co
Jen
Aalew Hares Chicopee Mfg. Co
Qld
Boston Natl. Bank
Nat
Tube Works Co
New England Mortgage Security Co
Aden Arnare Alfa'n
Union Pacific Ry. Co
Nat. Bank of Commerce
Boston & Providence RR. R. Co
Northern R. R. Co
Everett Mills
Alen
Hare Cocheco Manufacturing Co
Champion Iron Co
Great Falls Maufacturing Co
First National Bank
St. Johnsbury
Chicopee Manufacturing Co
National Hide and Leather Bank
Shoe
Leather National Bank
Southern Kansas R. R
Kansas City
Topeka & Western
R. R. Incomes
Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon
Simonds Mfg. Co
Mass
Saou
Franklin Natl. Bank
Franklin Mass
Nanmkeag Steam Cotton Mills
Newmarket Mfg. Co
Boston & Maine
St. Paul City
Sonorary. Co
Atl. & Pac
Minneap
St. Louis
Burl. & No
Central Iowa
Chesapeake & Ohio
Scrip
T. Louis & San Franciseco Ry. Co
Pearacw
LOVO
Little Rock & Et. Smith Ry
Saratoga Vicus Mfg. Co
Northern Rd
N. N
Lyman Mills
Bank of No. America
Atlas Natl. Bank
Cape Cod
Krenchman’s Bay & Mt
Desert Land On Water Co
United States
Little Rock Junction
Horatio Harris & CO
Ex Steamship ‘Sidonian
Balance of Cargo
Valencia Oranges
Steamship
Kansis
Valencia
Sheriff’s Sale
I Yi
Massachusetts Title Insurance
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Bestol
Richards & CO
Reade St
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Meguet & C
White St
EY Townsend & Montant Auctioneers
Leonard Street
Stephen M. Alien
Boston Highlands
Boston Wharfee
Laconia Mfg
Douglass Axe
Hill Mfg
Cheshire Rd
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