Secret Republican caucus debates reapportionment action
The Great and General Court Republicans held a Green Room session to decide on state reapportionment. Some wanted postponement to next year while others urged immediate action, amid concerns of Democratic opposition and potential gubernatorial vetoes.
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Great and General Court
State House
Committee On Rules
Wardwell
Haverhill
Senate
Tuttle
Arlington
Bennett
Everett
Powers
Hyde Park
Democratic Party
Sohier
Beverly
Murray
Fitchburg
Wandell
Gould
Chelsea
Committee On
House
Barrett
Repubicans
West
Wilson
Boston
Republican City Committee
Quincy
Johnson
Turner
Malden
J. Sohier
Senator Towle
Massachusetts Board of Commissioners Proposes Uniform Laws
The article outlines a Massachusetts plan to form a Board of Commissioners to study ages of marriage and divorce, insolvency, notarial forms, and wills. It contemplates coordinating with other states to draft uniform laws and possibly inviting representatives to a convention for adoption by the general states. The board would report to the Governor and Legislature by December 31, 1892, and members would be reimbursed for expenses. It also covers related House and Senate actions on various committees and bills, including a bridge project in Boston and health detention measures.
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House
United States
Massachusetts
Board of Commissioners
Treasury of
The
Commonwealth
Howe
Cambridge
Flood
North Adams
Worcester County
Court House
General House
Committee On Cities
Kimball
Fitchburg
Boston
Sylvanus C. Small
Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Instructive District Nursing Association Annual Meeting
Community events line the town this week with the Instructive District Nursing Association scheduling its annual meeting at 76 Bescon street on Wednesday February 25 at 7:30 p.m. Other notes cover reunions, lectures, and civic observances across city venues and dates.
Republican Club Names Committee to Oppose Ballot Change
At a Massachusetts Republican Club executive meeting President Roger Walcott led adoption of a resolution opposing Josiah Quincy Democrats’ ballot reform proposal allowing a single mark to select all party candidates. A three member committee of E. B. Hayes Henry Parkman and Frank Morison was named to present to the Legislature’s Committee on Section Laws and urged broad opposition.
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Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Roger Walcott
Josiah Quincy
Democrats
House
Mesars
E. B. Hayes
Henry Parkman
Frank Morison
Labor and Capital Forecast Busy Boston Building Season
The piece notes numerous contracts already signed and more expected for summer in Boston. Plasterers report full workloads and carpenters warn wages stay low due to ample supply. Builders and trades anticipate a very busy season with improved prospects for laborers.
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Boston
East Pepperell To Celebrate New Shoe Factory Dedication
East Pepperell marks the dedication of Leighton Bros new shoe factory built on the site of the Oct 24 fire. The event includes a noon train arrival, a 12:30 parade, factory tours, band concerts, dinners, speeches, and a social dance. The five story frame T shaped building stands 60 feet high with a 110 foot flagstaff, over 100 workers, a thousand plus windows, an 8000 gallon water tank, automatic sprinklers, two 125 hp boilers, a 200 hp engine, and electric lighting.
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East Pepperell
Leighton Bros
Pepperell
Boston
Alden Lawrence
Pepperell Cornet Band
Railroad Square
Groton
Mill Streets
Main Street
Sheep Shearer s Fight Threatens Barcaldine Downs
Brisbane February 20. Union shearers about one hundred strong, well armed, mounted on horseback, march toward Barcaldine downs to clash with non union shearers at sheep stations. Authorities have sent troops to pursue, but a serious conflict seems likely before they are overtaken.
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Brisbane
Barcaldine Downs
London Shipyards and Docks Labor Strife Grows
Lonpoy Feb 20 The Federation gains 750000 tons of shipping Employers Labor Association of Liverpool joins the federation intensifying a worsening labor dispute. Picketing rises and fewer men seek daily work at docks as unions plan to end discrimination after Monday requiring all workers to pledge harmony with colleagues.
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Lonpoy
Shipping Federation
Employers’ Labor Association of Liverpool
Fasting as Christ's Example, St. Paul's Sermon
The Rev. A. C. A. Hall spoke at St. Paul's Church on Christ's fasting. He argued fasting is not merely exemplary but a moral act, linking perfect humanity to God's will, urging abstinence from nonessential luxuries to honor God and encourage sanctification.
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St. Paul’s Church
A. C. A. Hall
Christ
Adam
God
Jesus
Funeral of Brookline Veteran Fireman Held
Funeral services for George Harvey a veteran Brookline fireman were held yesterday forenoon at St Marys Church of the Assumption Reverend L J Morris presided Delegations from Hose 2 Brookline American Legion of Honor and the Order of the Iron were present Burial took place at Forest Hills Cemetery
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George Harvey
Brookline
St. Mary’s Church of the Assumption
L. J. Morris
Hose 2
American Legion of Honor
Order of the Iron A
Forest
Tobin fined for liquor tax evasion in federal case
In February the U S District Court fined Catherine Tobin $40 for engaging in retail liquor business without paying the required special tax. Jurors in the term were excused. Supreme Judicial Court session reconvened to hear James J Lawton versus the Atlantic Compress Yeast Company of Hartford over agency claims, stock shares, and an injunction. Trial details include contract terms, alleged exclusion, and contested performance.
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United States District Court
Carpenter
Catherine Tobin
Supreme Judicial Court
C. Allen
J. James J. Lawton
Atlantic Compressed Yeast Company of
Hartford
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Edward Avery
L. G. Ae
C. B. Southard
Aldrich
Terence Sullivan
Sun Fire Office Company
J. A. McGeough
F. W. Kittredge
Edward C. Cooke
George C. Abbott
W. C. Cogswell
H. K. Faies
Barkke ER
Annie M. Freeman
Mercantile Mutual Accident Association
Supreme Court
A. Hemenway
Witz
Edward
A. E. Avery
Conrad Decker
Maria Einlein
J.J. Cutter
M. Coggan
Dunbar
William C. Williams
Albion Knowlton
Berkeley Street
Plainiff
J.B. Warner
J. G. Holt
James F. Dawson
Boston and Maine RR
Maplewood
Charles T. Fall
Solomon Lincoln
Bankruptcy Adjour nments and First Meetings Reported
Adjourned third meetings include Lowell A Brown Fred L Whitcomb Henry T Atemaan Solomon J Runkle William Reardon Marks Webber and Robinson Fitzsimmons with various adjournments and discharge actions. Failed meetings feature Mark K Maney Lowell M Maxhaim Thrastoulas Catrevar and others. petitions to amend discharge and remove assignees noted. First meetings list Drake Brinnin Beverly Moore and George Jacobs Moses Pearson Gottfried Merkill Henry Austin Alfred Banry Harry Lyon and others with assignee notes.
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Lowell A. Brown
Fred L. Whitcomb
Henry Tatemaan
Solomon J. Runkle
William Reardon
Marks Webber
Robinson & Fitzsimmons
Mark. Maney
Lowell M
Beverly K. Moore
George E. Jacobs
Moses Pearson
Gottfried H. Merkill
Henry Austin
Alfred L. Banry
Harry J. Lyon
William C. Noreros
Robert E. Boyd
Frederick H. Rounds
Superior Court Damages Case List From Middlesex Session
Feb 20 proceedings note petitions for jury to assess damages in land taken for town ways. Cases include Richardson v Town of Hudson and multiple docket references with attorney designations and neighbor disputes. Names of plaintiffs and defendants appear amid a docket of long-standing land and road takings.
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Superior Court
Middlesex, Ss
Why He Attended the Symphony
A young boy in shabby dress fought through the crowd at Music Hall to reach the Symphony rehearsal front row. Spectators praised low priced rehearsals as educational, then a stern woman reclaimed his seat and sent him on an errand, leaving him relieved to escape.
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Music Hall
Jimmy
Mozart
Fatal fall claims Jamaica Ginger salesman
Alfred F. Thayer aged 56 a commission salesman for the Jamaica Ginger Tablet Company of 86 Union Street fell into a cellarway at the corner of Marshall and Hanover streets and died at Massachusetts General Hospital after suffering a fractured skull. He lived at 24 Cottage Street Charlestown and leaves a widow.
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Alfred F. Thayer
Jamaica Ginger Tablet Company
Union Street
Marshall and
Hanover Streets
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cottage Street
Charlestown
Lace Drapery Worth $1000 Shown at Jordan Marsh
Fashion notes praise bargain clothing and New York imports while spotlighting a $1000 pair of renaissance lace draperies at Jordan Marsh. The piece discusses sham skirts, silk petticoats, new velvet textures, and the rise of triple engagement rings, with commentary on wages for lace workers and European underpinnings of haute couture.
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Europe
New York
Sara Bernhardt
Paine Furniture Company
Mme, la Mode
Armiend
Messrs. Gilchrist & Co
Attractive April Excursions to the Pacific Coast
Messrs Raymond and Whitcomb announce spring excursions from Boston to the Pacific Coast with extensive sight seeing including California resorts and Pacific Northwest sites. Travel is in vestibuled palace trains. Departures begin April 20 for 62, 75, and 82 day tours, with Alaska add-on options. Descriptive programmes available at 296 Washington Street.
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Messrs
Raymond & Whitcomb
Pacific Coast
California
Boston
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
Chicago
Kansas City
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Washington Street
School Street
Paine's Celery Compound Restores Strength and Nerves
A reader from Orbisonia, Pa, testifies that Paine's Celery Compound cured his mother's nervous troubles after doctors failed. The ad claims the tonic strengthens nerves, brain and blood, renewing vitality for the aged and the weak, and restoring health and cheerfulness to all.
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Paine
G. H. Beers
Orbisonia
Fires injure two at Cambridge street dye house
Two persons were badly burned when a dress cleaned with naphtha ignited after matches in a pocket and a can of naphtha exploded. Mantel the foreman and Rose Corbett were hospitalized. The blaze caused about 1500 dollars in damage to building and contents. Multiple alarms followed for minor fires elsewhere in Boston.
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Charlestown
Somerville
Barrett & Bros
Cambridge Street
Mantel
Massachusetts General Hospital
Rose Corbett
Washington Street
Congress Street
Ee Co
Department
South Street
Water's Edge
Edwin D. Randall
Modia
Groun
SaLem
Sprcrat
Hamburg Street
Somerville Democrats Organize for Coming Year
The Democratic Ward and City Committee of Somerville met last evening and organized for the ensuing year by electing officers: Chairman John L. Nichols, vice-chairman A. A. Elliston, secretary J. J. Lyons, treasurer John Buckley Jr.
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Somerville
Democratic Ward
John L. Nichols
A. A. Elliston
J. J. Lyons
John Buckley, Jr
Railroad Collision Kills Man Near St Hermes Quebec
Late night two freight trains collided two miles west of St Hermes Quebec destroying both engines and several cars. A man named Quesual was killed and engine driver Keen Rotherall along with both firemen were injured in the wreck.
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Lachute
Que
St. Hermes
Quesual
Keen Rotherall
Sunday Notices and Church Services in Boston
Sunday notices list several church services across Boston locations including Eliot Square, Hart Sunday, and various congregations. Morning and afternoon worship times are given, with sermon topics such as The Everlasting Yes and The Great Lights in Religion. Free seats and public invitations are emphasized along with associated events and special services.
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Boylston
Berkeley Streets
Leoise A. Crawford
Bromfield Street Methodist Church
Isey Choir
W. d. Soulée
J. Stewart
Ats
Mr. Avery
C. L. Pitkin
Kryc
William Myerett
South Congregational Church
Newbury Street
Exeter Street
Hoy
Minot J. Savage
Sanuay School
M. Council of Tay
West Brookline Street
Warren Avenue
Charles G. Ames
First Council
Berkeley
Marlborough Streets
Stopford Wentworth Brooke
Arlington Street
Brooke Herford
Abraham
Boston
Copley Square
Boylston Street
Edward A. Horton
Pepe
Specia
James CC
Martlett
George M. Taylor
George Lawrence
John L. Ambrose
Ewannuel Currell
Leighton Parks
Barnard Memorial
Warrenton Street
Washington
W.T. Henidan
Daisy Monroe
W. We Lorke
Music Hall
Public School Observances of Washington's Birthday
Washington's Birthday was celebrated yesterday by the Boston Latin School boys with a varied program of music and literature. A battalion drill and dress parade under Colonel Carl E. Noyes followed, then an annual dance in the drill hall managed by Carl Dreyfus and others. Similar exercises occurred at the English High School and Latin School. The Prince School on Exeter street held noon literary exercises with singing, recitations, and instrumental music. An advertisement for Kemp's Balsam promotes cough relief.
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Bescon Street
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Veteran Association
Tremont Street
Ploughman Hall
Milk Street
W. H. Rudd
Brighton
New Zealand
Oceana
Henry C. Dane
Young Men’s Christian Union
Boyston Street
Basin 6
Common Council
Channing Hall
New England
E. L. Rexford
Roxbury
George A. Crawford
Bromfield Street Methodist Church
Mr. Avery
Emma C. Thursby
Chadwick
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Bernhard Listeman
Fritz Gies
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Washington
Old South Church
William Elliot Griffis
Old South
Massachusetts Total Abstinance Society
Central Congregational Church
Chelsea
John D. Long
Bromfield Street
Wesleyan Hall
Federal Building
Allen
William H. Busteed
Maals
United States District Court
Green
Charlestown
United States
Boston Latin School
Warren Avenue
Carl E. Noyes
Ihes Madwall
Carl Dreyfus
G. 4
Lincoln
Post Announces New Special Advertising Column
The Post introduces a dedicated special advertising column aimed at giving advertisers a low cost channel to reach readers. The schedule details and submission guidelines follow in upcoming notices.
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Committee On Public Health
Pinkerton
Worcester
Abby Bb. Morton
Marcus Morton
Republican Club
Hast Pepperell
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London Shipyards and Docks
Suffolk Ss
McKim, J
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Guintle Pro Ami
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Williams
Hough- On
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Garvey
Hathorne
Kemick
van Nostrand’s “P.B.” Ale
Ladies
Mammon
New Hampshire
Chandler & Co
Metropolis
Providence
Clesibius of
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G. O. Taylor
Drugeista
Chester
Nayee & Bons
the Post Publishing CO
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Hely
Remington Standard Typewriter CO
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Joran Marsh & CO
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