Wakefield Eyes Stoneham Land Slice in State Rail Bill
House passes a measure to allot land to Wakefield despite Stoneham opposition and an earlier clash over rail passes. The session approves amendments, notes petitions, and schedules several orders on municipal and state matters including a district court plan and women as special commissioners.
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Wakefield
Stoneham
Ferren
Towns
Woodward
Sanger
Cambridge
Justices of the Peace
Quincy
Lovell
Boston
Messrs
Fottler
McCall
Frost, Mellen
Grady
State House
Washington
Harrison
Wardwell
Haverhill
Taunton
Annie
Chelsea Safe and Deposit Company
Legislation Sought to Ease Drawbridge Delays on Charles River
The railroad committee heard Horatio Wellington and others urge shorter closures of Charles River draws to reduce ship delays. Ex Mayor Russell argued railroads slow traffic and raise coal costs with 8 cents per ton daily, proposing two hour open times at night and fifteen minute openings hourly otherwise. Burnham and others in the coal trade testified to increasing obstruction since 1868, noting vessels wait up to a week. few states restrict railroad obstruction of navigation.
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Horatio Wellington
Charles River
Russell
Cambridge
United States
Heurther
L. G. Burnham
Mr. Scully
Social club gatherings at the Thorndike and Parker's noted
A Clover Maine and Hyde Park Lyceum reunion at the Thorndike drew 35 members. Harvard Crimson, Episcopal Clerical, and Examiner clubs shared dinners at Parker's and the Brunswick. A long list of recent arrivals includes guests from New York to Chicago and Montreal in multiple hotels.
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Clover
Maine
Hyde Park Lyceum
Thorndike
G. L. Stone
Examiner Club
Parker
Harvard Daily Crimson
F. E. Cobb
J. G. King
H. A. Davis
W. D. Clark
Episcopal Clerical Club
Brunswick
E. W. Lambert
New York
J. D. Condit
Indianapolis
Ind
G. E. Herrick
Cleveland, O
W. L. Ogden
Charles W. Ide
G. A. Kimball
Chicago
Philip Sherwood
Buffalo
G. E. Sage
Amherst
Adams
S. J. Meeker
G. D. Hughes
Bath
M. H. Day
Rapid City
Dak
C. A. Call
A. O. Brook
Springfield
Shelburne
Cutler
Greenfield
George H. Bush
Fall River
Quincy—Frank
Harrison
T. C. Shreve
Digby
W. O. Wheeler
Revere G. E. Gage
Manchester
N. H
JJ. M. Mitchell
J. O. Lyford
Concord
J. M. Bacon
C. Russell, Jr
New Haven
J. B. Gale
Williamstown
L. Bradley
G. A. Grace
B. James
Tremont
Wheerbury
Conn
Isaac Lincoln
Aberdeen
C. Patterson
J. A. Ware
Clinton
C M. Ballard
Charles G. Harpine
Charles One
Washington
Herbert O. Dunn
U.S.A
Cameron
Omaha
de Sala
Montreal
V.w. Gibson
M. S. Thompson
Newburyport
Fred
Boland Secures Controlling Interest in Local Transit Firm
Lynn February 25 W A Boland who bought most Newton and Waltham street railway stock has acquired the controlling interest in the stock and bonds of the Citizens Steam and Gaslight Company. The group with the Water Gas Company spent $300000 on a plant and street widening to lay mains. Boland is a leading figure in Thomson Houston company but the purchase is said not to involve that firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Sorerau
W. A. Boland
Newton & Waltham Street Railway
Citizens’ Steam and Gaslight Company
Water Gas Company
J. Boland
Thomson-Houston Company
How Philip Welch Wrote Jokes
A portrait of Philip Welch the humorist and joke writer who produced vast quantities for many publications. He built a vast editorial market, faced theft of his material, and endured a cancer surgery that cost part of his tongue yet left his wit intact as he resumed composing jokes at his desk.
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Welch
the Sun
the Times
Drake’s Magazine
Epoch
Puck
Life
Judge
Harper’s Bazar
San Francisco Argonaut
Phil Welch
Citizens Association Elects Officers and Seeks Funds
The Citizens' Association of Boston reports progress in its second year at Eaton Hall with a stance of action on principled matters only. It calls for larger financial support to expand investigations, audits, and voter list revisions, and outlines new centralization and committee additions.
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Citizens’ Association of Boston
Eaton Hall
Tremont
Fisher Hill
Christnut Hill
General
Citizens’ Association
Cincinnati
Citizens’ Association of
Chicago
Publc
Association
Messrs
George G. Crocker
Roger Wolsett
Francis A. Osborn
William Endicott, Jr
Causten Browne
Charles C. Jackson
Herbert
Temperance talk and Josiah Quincy examined at meeting
The Channing Club discussed temperance legislation with speakers Edwin Dudley Edmund A Whitman and two Winchester ministers. Dudley urged constitutional prohibition while Whitman recalled Cambridge saloon battles and the need for enforcement stakes. Separately Judge Mellen Chamberlain reviewed Josiah Quincy Great Mayor of Boston detailing his birth Harvard career mayoralty and lasting reforms including Quincy Market and municipal governance lessons.
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Channing Club
Young’s
Edwin Dudley
Law and Order League
Edmund A. Whitman
C. R. Eliot
J. L. Marsh
Winchester
Dudley
Commonwealth
Whitman
Cambridge
Eliot
Marsh
Josiah Quincy
Mellen Chamberlain
Old South Meeting House
Mr. Chamberlain
City Hall
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Boston
Franklin
America
Harvard College
Chamberlain
Randolph
Clay
Calhoun
Webster
Macon
Fantasy
Carter
Quincy
Board of Aldermen and Common Council
Champerlain
Guincy
Shaw
Legislative Branch
General Court
Quincy Market
Henry H. Sprague
Scenic Representations of Ben Hur at Music Hall
Scenic representations of Ben Hur play at Music Hall Tuesday and Wednesday evenings offer rich sentiment and color. Characters like Ben Hur Massala Herod have historic and romantic appeal with tableaux vivants highlighting scenes from General Wallace's novel.
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Ben-Hur
Music Hall
Massala
Herod
General Wallace
Civil Service Exam to Fill Newton Clerical Posts
A civil service examination for Newton clerical staff will be held at City Hall West Newton on March 13 at 2 PM. Open to male and female residents of Newton for the permanent and temporary clerical forces. Application blanks available from Col I F Kingsbury city clerk and Henry C Hayden secretary of examiners in Newtonville.
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Newton
West Newton
I. F
Doherty Nominated for Boston Water Board and City Posts
The Boston aldermen spent Sunday in Chicago and a session Monday approving several nominations. Philip J. Doherty, a prominent Democrat and former legislator, was nominated for the water board for the unexpired term starting May 6 1888, among other reappointments and local offices. Doherty is a Charlestown-born lawyer and former Speaker candidate.
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Philip J. Doherty
Chicago
Hart
William Jackson
George W. Forristall
Wealth
Stanton Blake
Newton Talbot
Board of
Sinking Fund Commissioners
D. Frank Murphy
Charles Morton
Yras
Gove
Henry Fox
R. E. Atwood
New England Telegraph and Telephone Company
Alderman Kelley
Joseph S. Williams
Mr. Williams
Henry KE. Cobb
Committee On Paying
James M. Bugbee
John M. Galvin
Edwin Stearns
Augustus N. Sampson
West End Railway Company
Commonwealth
Brookline
St. Mary’s Street
Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Board of Police
Havre Street
Committee On Police Department
Water Commissioners
Cochituate
Mystic
Cochituate Water Works
Mystic Water Works
Cochituate Water Sinking Fund
Mystic Water Sinking Fund
Doherty
Charlestown
Court records reveal a mixed docket of civil actions
First Session on February 25 lists cases from Catherine McDermott against Charles H. Snow et al over sick horses sold in 1888, to Pasqualli Di Benedetto versus Dominic Ciere for false arrest. Other entries include Arnak Smith v Brown on judgment satisfaction and numerous equity and tort actions, with multiple attorneys listed and ongoing jury consideration.
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Europ Getrt
Catherine McDermott
Charles H. Snow
Laintiff
ZL. Bates
H. E. Fales
Syme _ No
Pasqualli di Benedetto
Dominic Ciere
Pet
James R. Murphy
J. J. Corbett
Arnak R. P. Smith
Henry Brown
City Court of
New York
L. D. Brandeis
W. H. Dunbar
Joseph H. Robinson
Funeral for Ex Police Commissioner Burley
The funeral of Benjamin D. Burley ex police commissioner was held yesterday at Park Street Church with current and former police officers in attendance. A detail of thirty six men from Division 2 and pall bearers led by Lieutenants Gardner Little Foster Wyman Kendall Bragdon participated. The Rev Dr E K Alden officiated and burial followed in Milton.
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Benjamin D. Burley
Park Street
Police Department
Division 2
E. K. Alden
Gardner
Little
Foster
Wyman
Kendall
Bragdon
Milton
Charlestown Lawyer Arraigned Over Forged Bond Case
John F. Dore a Charlestown lawyer was arrested for uttering a forged security bond. He posted a $2000 bail with bondsman James F. Mahoney after failing to appear in Municipal Court. The matter ties to the will of Thomas McElroy dated 1884 and a loan from John Martin of East Boston.
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John F. Dore
Charlestown
Houghton and
Watts
James F. Mahoney
Thomas McElroy
McElroy
Cuba
John Martin
East Boston
Provident Institution
Dore
Probate Court Grants Administrations and Probate Wills
Suffolk County probate session on February 25 granted letters of administration to George W. Simonds Mary Ray Caroline M. Brown Louis Peters George W. Corcoran George E. Burchard William H. Cooper Sarah J. Wheeler Mary Linda Walker Daniel F. Kane Edward A. Richards Jane Dwyer Catharine L. Buran John Sharpleigh Wills probated include Maria Jewett Joseph C. Enright Edward W. Brown Anne Catherine Munroe Lee Loring Iva G. Young Henry J. yaynor
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Suffolk County
McKim
George W. Simonds
Mary Ray
Caroline M. Brown
Louis Peters
George W. Corcoran
George E. Burchard
William H. Cooper
Sarah J. Wheeler
Mary Linda Walker
Daniel F. Kane
Edward A. Richards
Jane Dwyer
Catharine L. Buran
John Sharpleigh
Maria
Jewett
Joseph C
Superior Court Liquor Law Cases Verdicts and Dockets
February session results list multiple indictments and pleas. Not guilty verdicts for HamMonD et al on liquor charges. Probanion cases for larceny and receiving stolen goods. Numerous Superior Court cases for liquor law violations and related offenses, with docket numbers and defendant names listed for reference.
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Superior Criminal Court
Hammond
J. Thomas Kelly
George R. Gray
Henry A. Gustavson
Warren Brown
E. C. Boomhawer
William Fay
Ennis Sullivan
House of Correction
Commonwealth
Quick
Same
Brogie
Callahan
Hellihy
Lyons
Mitchell
O'Keefe
Clarke
Sullivan
Cantwell
Hayes
Kearse
Mullen
Walsh
Slattery
McGattagan
Dolan
Glassett
Larceny case delays as Carroll pleads guilty in Municipal Court
J William H Carroll pleads guilty to larceny of 600 cattle tails from Barrett Brooks at 693 and 595 Atlantic Avenue. Sentence postponed due to his wife’s illness. A boy, Thomas Petigrew, is sentenced to Concord reformatory. Patrick Perkins allowed probation. John F Dore to be arraigned on forged security bond charge. he did not appear and is defaulted. Civil list includes multiple cases.
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J. William H. Carroll
C. M. Barrett & Briggs
Atlantic Avenue
Thomas Petigrew
Concord Reformatory
Patrick Perkins
John F. Dore
Superior Court Action Sets Aside Jury Finding in Timpson v Healy
Essex County February session reports Judge Mason set aside the jury verdict in Timpson v Healy on a petition to rectify a deed. In McLay v Smith the court found for the defendant in a contract action, and Burnham et al v Boston and Maine Railroad proceeded with unresolved issues.
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Essex County
Mason
Sunverior Court
Timpson
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Aids Liver and Digestion
Citizens of Brockway Centre attest that Ayer's Sarsaparilla transformed Mrs. Jos. Lake's life after years of liver complaint and indigestion. She reports regained appetite, strength, and health, with multiple endorsements confirming the remedy's efficacy.
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Ayer
Jos. Lake
Brockway Centre
Mich
Brisbane
Queensland
Australia
A. Attewell
Sharbot Lake
Ontario
London News Rush At Shepard Norwell Store
Crowds gathered at the Shepard Norwell & Co. store on Winter street for yesterday’s London News sale. Today through this week the balance will be offered from morning till 10, limited to ladies and customers only.
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Shepard, Norwell & Co
Winter Street
London
London News
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Mellen
Worcester
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Tomas H. Bacon
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Black Rocks & Salisbury Beach Street Railway Company
Old Ladies’ Home Association
Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Holyoke Water Power Company
Granite Mills
Moon Island
Long Island
International Trust Company
B. C. Perkins
Salem
Philip Welch
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Sheridan
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Schuler
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Goodrich
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Carroll
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Barker, J
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Timothy Crowley
Boston Ice Company
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Eleazer Davis
City of
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Caroline E. Huse
William O’connell
William Buckley
A. CG. Andrews
Gloucester
W. W. Tyler
Providence
County
Brigham
J. William J. White
John E. Craig
Joseph E. Kelsey
Hingham
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