House Debates Postal Telegraph Plan and Oklahoma Govt Bill
Amid routine measures the House debates a government postal telegraph system with a four assistant postmaster general, a trunk line, wartime engineering oversight, and various rates. It also considers the international copyright bill, Indian allotment acts, and a temporary Oklahoma government bill, with a census mortgage report and adjournment at 6 10.
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Washington
Wade
Missouri
Secretary of War
Corps of Engineers
Simonds
Connecticut
Committee On Patents
America
House
Interior Department
Senate
Burrows
Michigan
Cutcheon
Oklahoma
Perkins
Devil’s Lake Agency
N. D
Mc.Millin
Tennessee
Liouse
Payson
Illinois
Barnes
Georgia
Struble
Iowa
Dunnell
Minnesota
Postal Telegraph Service discussed by House committee
The House committee on post offices and post roads debated a limited postal telegraph service with Postmaster General Wanamaker and Postal Telegraph Co president Chandler present. Wanamaker urged a government rate setting power and Civil Service oversight, aiming to start with free delivery offices and use existing Post Office machinery.
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Washington
House Committee On
Wanamaker
A. B Chandler
Postal Telegraph Company
Civil Service Commission
Postoffice Department
Congress
Treasury
Chandler
Western Union
When Women Will Vote at National Suffrage Meet
The twenty second annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association opened at Lincoln Music Hall. President Elizabeth Cady Stanton predicted women would vote in every state within ten years. Stanton spoke of England visit as an honor and introduced her daughter Mrs Blatch who described British suffrage efforts. William Dudley Foulke argued for universal women’s suffrage and urged action.
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Washington
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Lincoln Music Hall
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Europe
Stanton
Blatch
England
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Dedham Man Charles A Mackintosh Memorials Adopted
In Dedham on February 18 the Supreme Judicial Court read and adopted resolutions on the death of Charles Austin Mackintosh late of Danvers and a member of the Norfolk county bar. George Fred Williams of Dedham and Edward Avery of Braintree supported the motion.
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Charles Austin Mackintosh
Dedham
Supreme Judicial Court
George Fred Williams
Edward Avery
Braintree
Danvers
Norfolk County
House Advances Bill On Imitation Counterfeit Sale
In the General Court the House discussed a bill to prevent deception in manufacturing and selling imitation counterfeit goods. Mr Hayes of Lynn mocks it as a hardy annual while Mr Allen of Oakdale urged Thursday assignment. Taft preferred a week later and the bill was set for Thursday Feb 27 on the calendar.
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Hayes
Lynn
Allen
Oakdale
Taft
Still Admitting New Business in State House
The twelfth joint rule, long suspended, affected procedures in the House yesterday. An order required pardons to be published in two or more newspapers statewide for four weeks before action. Also noted were petitions for James R. Hopkins's Somerville Firemen's Relief Association incorporation.
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James R. Hopkins
Somerville Firemen’s Relief Association
House Bills Reported on Education and Police Tenure
These notices show bills reported in the House authorizing Boston University trustees to hold extra real estate for education and guardianship appointments, fixing police tenure in any city, applying provisions to officers below assistant marshal, repealing 1889 acts, and authorizing Orsaimus Note and others to drive piles in the Charles River.
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Boston University
Commonwealth
Charles River
Unfavorable Committee Reports On Various Legal And Civic Matters
The report notes several items as inexpedient to favorable action including liquor licenses for nonresidents, banning permanent disfigurement of minors, restricting rocket and explosive sales, criminalizing abusive language on public highways, and rules on attorney client compensation. Leave to withdraw was granted on exemptions for veterans and related statutory amendments, plus petitions from John A. Rawlin Post 43 for real estate authority.
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B. A. Richards
John A. Rawlin
House Calendar Action Items and Approvals
Passed to Engrossed Lills to authorize Powow River highway and bridge between Salisbury and Amesbury. Allow Duxbury to borrow beyond legal limit. Incorporate Alpha Theta Chapter of the Christraternity at Williams College. Gardner sewer system project approved. Incorporate Title forgeries Prevention Company. Reports Accepted Inexpedient to legislate border stenographer for Suffolk Superior Court fifth session. Leave to withdraw petition of Woburn mayor on charter amendment for mayor serving on school committee.
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Powow River
Salisbury
Amesbury
Duxbury
Alpha Theta Chapter
Christraternity
Williams College
Gardner
Suffolk
Woburn
Board of School Committee
Senate engrossed bills and committee reports summary
The Senate engrossed several measures including authorizing Woonsocket Electric to supply Blackstone Massachusetts, incorporating the County Savings Bank in Chelsea, and reports to authorize Boston Winthrop Shore Railroad abandonment in Revere. Also Maynard water loan, Riverbank Improvement Company with Adams and Atkinson figures, Washington Mills preferred stock issue, East Wareham Onset Bay Railway as common carriers, and opposed further legislation on insurance agents.
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Senate
Woonsocket Electrical Machine Company
Blackstone
Mass
County Savings Bank
Chelsea
Boston, Winthrop & Shore Railroad Company
Revere
Maynard
Riverbank Improvement Company
John Quincy Adams
Charles Francis Adams
A. Cotting
Edward I. Browne
Charles P. Bowditch
Howard Stockton
Charles U. Heath
Edward Atkinson
Howard Williams
Moses Williams
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Charles River
Washington Mills Company
East Wareham & Onset Bay Railway Company
Among the Strikers at Nashua Mills Stir Disorder Nightly
Nashua New Hampshire reports a riotous scene near the Nashua company gates as about 500 people gathered, snowballs flew at workers, and arrests were made. Police struggled to restore order while about 300 looms out of 2500 ran. Two more union meetings were held at St Jean Baptiste Hall and Barker's Hall condemning the day’s disorder while calling for restraint and protection of workers and property.
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Nashua
N. H
Nashua Company
James ‘Lurner
Shaw
St. Jean Baptiste
Barker’s Hall
Nashua_company
Agent Shaw
Mayor Burke
Burke
Natick, Reb
H. H. Brown & Co
C. W. Hall
Ned
Haverhill
W. W. Spaulding
Boot and Shoemakers' Union
Moulton
Rand
National
Smith
New York
Empress
Woburn Leather Manufacturers’ Association
Bergs & Cobb
Manufacturers’ Association
Beggs & Cobb’s
Count Julius Andrassy A towering Hungarian statesman dies
Count Julius Andrassy, born 1823 at Zemplin, led political and diplomatic roles across Europe. He headed Hungary as Prime Minister in 1867, shaped Deak's coalition, opposed Franco dominance, and authored the Andrassy Note before resigning in 1879. He sought a life in Paris and London before returning to Hungary after amnesty.
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Count Andrassy
Count Julius Andrassy
Zemplin
Theiss
Constantinople
Paris
London
Hungary
Deak
Sadowa
Pesth
Chamber of Representatives
Europe
Prince Bismarck
Andrassy
France
Austria
Gastein
Francis Joseph
Porte
Dauers
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Pretty Brides Happy Grooms Wed at Appleton Street
At the home of Mr and Mrs G M Jones 54 Appleton street last evening Charles W Jones and Mary E Bellinix of Charlestown united in marriage in a Methodist ceremony led by Rev S M Smiley. Ushers were John Sisson and Richard Cram. The bride wore white ottoman silk and lilies of the valley. A silver service from Hancock Inspirator Works employees topped gifts. The couple plans a New York Washington trip then to live at 42 Hammond street.
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G. M. Jones
Appleton Street
Charles W. Jones
Mary E. Bellinix
Charlestown
S. M. Smiley
John Sisson
Richard Cram
Hancock Inspirator Works
New York
Washington
Hammond Street
Gladstone Son's Wedding At Westminster Church
Henry Neville Gladstone, third son of the late Liberal leader, wed Miss Maud Rendel at St. Margaret's Westminster in a High Church ceremony. Archdeacon Farrar officiated, with a Dobson hymn and tribute to Gladstone as crowds cheered the historic moment from the awning outside.
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Henry Neville Gladstone
Maud Rendel
St. Margaret’s
Westminster
Handel
Luther
Helen Gladstone
Archdeacon Farrar
Stephen Gladstone
Talbot
Leeds
Austin Dobson
A. M. Dobson
London
Gladstone
Westminster Hospital
Great George Street
Henry Gladstone
Palmer Crocker Wedding at Central Square Baptist Church
A brilliant marriage was celebrated in East Boston at Central Square Baptist Church last evening. The couple were Mr. Benjamin S. Palmer formerly president of the Jeffries Winter Club and Miss Minnie Crocker daughter of Deacon Crocker, a well known Island wards businessman. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. W. Ryder with assistance from Rev. S. W. Sol jambe.
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Palmer—Crocker
Central Square Baptist Church
Boston
Benjamin S. Palmer
Jeffries Winter Club
Minnie Crocker
Deacon Crocker
Island Wards
F. W. Ryder
W. S’oljambe
Marland Hobbs Weds Elizabeth F Safford at Washington Square
A brilliant wedding at the late James O. Safford family residence on Washington square united Marland C. Hobbs of Brookline and Elizabeth F daughter of the late James O. Safford. Rev. Charles Arey of St. Peter's Church performed the ceremony. A reception followed and the couple departed for a bridal tour ending at Brookline.
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Hobbs
Safford
Latrm
James O. Safford
Washington Square
Marland C. Hobbs
Brookline
Elizabeth F
Charles Arey
St. Peter’s Church
Krookiine
Sullivan McCormack Malpen wedding in Conception Church
A wedding was solemnized at the immaculate Conception Church in Sullivan-McCormack Malpen today. Mortimer J. Sullivan of Somerville wed Miss Delia A. McCormack of the city with nuptial high mass by Father Curran. Best man was John McCorreck and bridesmaid Mattie McCormack. Large attendance, reception at the bride’s home, and a Washington-bound honeymoon. They will reside in Somerville after return.
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John MccCoreck
Mattie McCormack
Somerville
Meigs Parker Wedding At St Ann Church
Joe V. Meigs Jr. wed Miss Sadie M. Parker in a ceremony at St. Ann's Episcopal Church with Rev A St John Chambre officiating. A reception followed at the Meigs home. a large crowd attended, and presents were numerous and costly.
Boston Debates Debt and Tax Limits for City Funds
The Boston committee on cities heard remonstrants against borrowing beyond the debt limit. Ex-Mayor O'Brien urged restraint and warned that district politics would absorb any limit. He cited rising expenditures and argued for limited increases, while Moody Merrill said funds could come from taxation with careful budgeting. Charlestown sought a park, suggesting $250,000 borrow outside the limit, as Merrill favored a public works board and cheaper paving.
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Boston
Committee On Cities
Moody Merrill
O'Brien
Lex
O’brien
Charlestown
Moody Merri
Board of Public Works
Beacon
Fulton Streets
Judge Kelley’s Successor in Fourth District Race
Philadelphia Feb 18 John E Reyburn Republican candidate for Congress in the fourth district to succeed the late Judge Kelley has a majority between nine thousand and ten thousand The Republican city ticket is elected with about a twenty five thousand majority
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Judge Kelley
Philadelphia
John E. Reyburn
Congress
Lynn City Plans Street Widening In Burned District
Lynn officials moved to widen Broad Exchange and Spring streets in the burned district. Jurors drawn include William A. Willey Otis Vickary Charles A. Beane Eugene Barry and Charles F. Smith. The Munroe street extension was recommitted to the streets committee. Lynn Light Veteran Association elected officers Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Barry Major John G. Warren Captain Samuel H. Barnes C J Hiller William A. Fraser John S. Tarr George F. Munroe and C H Brackett.
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Lynn
Speciau
William A. Willey
Otis Vickary
Charles A. Beane
Eugene Barry
Charles F. Smith
Munroe Street
Lynn Light Veteran Association
Thomas H. Barry
John G. Warren
Samuel H. Barnes
C.J. Hiller
William A. Fraser
John S. Tarr
George F. Munroe
C. H. Brackett
Fires Sweep Through Multiple Homes In News Item
A fire alarm at Box 5 reported a blaze in R. D. Hunts house on Ingalls street causing about 100 dollars in damage insured. The Old Crow House near Westport was completely destroyed by fire last night, unknown arsonists. In San Marcos the Girls' Seminary burned with three fatally burned and thirty escaping.
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Lynx
R. D. Hunt
Ingalls Street
New Brproro
Crow
Westport
Westport Factory
Central Village
Austin
Tex
Girls’ Seminary
San Marcos
Here
Fire in freight car ignites in Boston yard
Alarm from Box 92 reported yesterday afternoon a fire in a freight car in the Boston and Albany yard near Mechanics' Building. The blaze started likely from a spark, causing slight damage.
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Boston & Albany
Mechanics’ Building
Canadian Shipping Men Deposed Over Naturalization Rules
News from St. John, New Brunswick reports that Captains Quinlan of the Minnie Taylor and Williams of the Eagle were removed by the New York customs collector for sailing on intention papers. New rules demand full naturalization papers for American vessel charges, prompting upheaval among shipping men. The American consul plans to require absolute naturalization, affecting all Canadian ports.
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St. Jenny
N. B
New York
Quinlan
Minnie
Taylor
Williams
Eagle
Malden Police Indignant Over Nurse Arrest
Miss Dr. Ludgate alias Miss Etta Harris withdrew her appeal and paid a $268 fine after being fined for running a lying in hospital. Boston officers arrested nurse Mrs. Lucinda Sargent at Linden House without Malden police notice, causing hard feelings among case associates.
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Marpen
Dr. Ludgate
Etta Harris
Lucinda Sargent
Cowboy and Whitman
Boston
Linden House
Malden
Sargent
New England Magazine features at Woburn library exhibit
The New England Magazine lauds Woburn Public Library for its unusual blend of taste and convenience. Visitors have long enjoyed an antique kitchen display and a wide range of artifacts from spinning wheels to pewter platters, with many relics of bygone days.
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NEW England Magazine
Woburn
W. R. Cutler
Model Village
Fair Dames
Yoolden
Washington
Macdonald Oxley
St. Lawrence River
A. R. Willard
Trinity Church
New Old South
Boston
Grimke
Colonel Shaw
G. P. Baker
Harvard
Brother Filippo
Death of Dr Lucy Sewall Inspires Noble Service
Boston obituary honors Lucy E. Sewall M D eldest daughter of Samuel E. Sewall born Roxbury April 26 1837 educated at New England Female Medical College and Paris served six years at the New England Hospital for Women and Children later on the hospital advisory board until 1887. The tribute highlights her selfless devotion to medicine and compassionate care for rich and poor alike urging others to endure truth and serve mankind.
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Lucy E. Sewall
Samuel E. Sewall
Commonwealth
Roxbury
Boston
Melrose
M. E. Zakrzewska
New England Female Medical College
Paris
New England Hospital For Women and Children
N. E. Hospital
Flame
Early Wisconsin pioneer Sholes dies in Milwaukee
Christopher Latham Sholes a Milwaukee resident and inventor of the first successful type writer died in Milwaukee on Monday. A prominent Western newspaper man, he served as a State Senator, member of the Assembly, and a port collector. Also reported is the death of Mrs Rebecca Way Taylor in Kennett Square aged ninety four, and Albert L Johnson who died suddenly in New York City from heart disease.
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Christopher Latham Sholes
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Assembly
Rebecca Way Taylor
Bayaril ‘Taylor
Kennett Square
Pennn
Dempsey Knocks Out McCarthy in Twenty-Eighth Round
In San Francisco at the California Athletic Club gymnasium Jack Dempsey defeats Billy McCarthy by knockout in the twenty-eighth round. The bout ends with Dempsey securing the victory tonight.
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Jack Dempsey
Billy M’carthy
San Francisco
Billy McCarthy
California Athletic Club
McCarthy
Dempsey
American Whist Illustrated to Supersede Earlier Volumes
A new volume titled American Whist Illustrated will supersede the two prior works American Whist and Whist Universal. Authored by the same competent hand it promises a scientific treatment of the entire subject.
Auctioneer listing of railroad and bank securities in Boston area
Francis Henshaw & Co presents a diversified security catalog with holdings across banks railroad and manufacturing firms. Includes partial shares in Mags National Bank Biddeford National Bank Lowell Mfg Manchester Mills Hill Mfg Atlantic Cotton Worcester Nashua Rochester Maine Central West End Street By. Water Works Omaha New England Mortgage Sec Co Fort Scott Memphis Birmingham Equipment Old Colony Rutland Lombard N H Trust and more.
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Mags. National Bank
Biddeford National Bank
Lowell Mfg. Co
Manchester Mills
Hill Mfg. Co
Atlantic Cotton Co
Norwich & Worcester Railroad Co
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad
Maine Central Railroad Co
West End St. By. Co
Anes Water Works of
Omaha
Cent. Mass. RR. Pd
Eastman Freight Car Heater Co
Mt. Wollaston N. Bank
Quincy
Lockwood Co
Conn
Passumpsic Rivers
Elkhorn Land « Town Co
de Phiadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad Co
Mt. Valley Land Co
Boston & Albany RR
Boston & Lowell RR
Maine Cent
Massachusetts
Jackson Co
Muscatine Mortgage & Trust Co
Morley Patton Sewing Machine Co
Qld Colony Ri. Co
N. Exchange Bank
Sandusky & Cleveland RR. Co
Northern Banking Co
Portland
McKay & Sigelow Heeling Mach, Co
Boston Athenanum
Telephone Mfg. Co
Concord RN. Co
Ton
Santa Fe RR
Sioux Ci
Boston Storage Warehouse Co
Manchester
World’s Fair Report Adopted By Albany Conference
The World’s Fair conference committees reached a final agreement in Albany on February 18, presenting a report to the Legislature that reflects Chauncey M. Depew and Elihu Root’s view. It calls to limit executive and important powers of the Commission to a two thirds vote.
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Albany
Chauncey M. Depew
Elihu Root
National Education Association Opens Session in New York
The first session of the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association began in New York with President A. S. Draper presiding. Educators from nearly every state attended while A E Winship was absent. William K Sheldon read his paper critiquing school attendance statistics as self-glorifying and valueless. The evening topic was The American Educational Exhibit at the International Exposition of 1892.
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National Educational Association
New York
Department of
National Education Association
A. S. Draper
Albany
A. E. Winship
The
Journal of Education of
Boston
William K. Sheldon
Ohio's Congressional Districts Map Emerges in Legislature
Ohio Democrats settle on a redistricting plan with fifteen districts based on 1884 86 and 88 votes. The Cleveland district includes most city wards aside from the Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty-seventh wards and is claimed to carry a large Democratic majority.
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Costumses
Cleveland
Pasteur Institute Opens in New York City
The first Pasteur Institute in the United States opened at 178 West Tenth Street New York with promoter Dr Paul Gibier and a team of French and American physicians. The French consul general assisted in the opening ceremonies.
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New York
Pasteur Institute
United States
Tonigt
West Tenth Street
Paul Gibier
Pasteur
France
Florida Rowing Regatta at Port Tampa Winners
In Port Tampa on February 18 Gaudaur won the first race in 14 minutes 22 seconds Hamm captured the second in 16 minutes 20 seconds and Hosmer finished in 16 minutes 30 seconds. The event drew an immense crowd from across south Florida.
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Tampa
Fla
Port Tampa
Gaudaur
Hamm
Hosmer
South Florida
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River Bank Improvement Company
Natick
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New South
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A. A. Hopkins
Clinton &. Fisk
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E. M. Goodall
F. W. Breed
James B. Bobbs
Ferd
Schumacher
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Walter C. Harriman
Frederick Gates
Philip 5. Mason
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Equitable Building
Lynn Notes
Malven
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Boston Stock Exchange
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Probate Court of
Suffolk Conty
Cambridge
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Middlesex
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Vrentiss
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Rafferty
James M. Ellis
Mary Ellen le Rouche
Louis Girardin
Pemberton Square
WM. A. Davis
Wassington Street
Mortgagle
M. Smith
Kirkland Street
William and Rosana Fitzmeyer
Said Fitzmeyer
Elisha Doune
Cherles Hayden
bLlias H. Johnson
John Edzall
Will Nichols
Sail Smith
Jacob Kerwin
Sail Simith
Mark Kerwin
Oston
Leslie
Gleason
Origree
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Florida Rowing Regatta
Elwiell, Hanson & Co., Freit and Probece Merchants
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Francis A. Osborn
WM. F. Hammety
Bavis
Scriool Street
ontoMice
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Devonshire Street
Samuel Hatch & CO
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Boestern
Boylston Street
Columbus Avenue
Park Square
Previlsesa
S. R. Knights & CO. Auctioneers
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Washington St
HOB le’ Wain Sr
Cambridgeport
Kneeland Street
Kineelane Street
Hudson
John Nolinson
Dwight C. Robins
George T. Bosson
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
Gate City
Lewis Wharf
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