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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1892
Page
2
A diverse chorus from all professions calls for changes to elevate the world nation state city business religion politics education and the condition of the industrial classes. The piece outlines measures aimed at broad improvement and public welfare.
Alderman Weston K. Lewis urges repeal of silver law and a single city council. Clergy men Emory Haynes and A. A. Miner discuss church life and housing transit. Business leaders Lane Breed Howland push bankruptcy and tax reforms. calls for biannual elections and stricter immigration controls.
In Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court Justice Holmes adjourned ruling on perpetual receiver authority in a Mutual One Year Benefit Order case to allow the Insolvency Court to proceed. The Moran proceedings discuss whether the court may appoint a perpetual receiver for the corporation, with potential appeals and prior actions noted. Contempt of court charges were addressed in the Williams & Anderson matter regarding two officers and access to a safe, certified checks, and cash held by the order. The Bristol County case, Elijah Kent vs. County Commissioners, concerns certiorari over a tax levied on money at interest by Seekonk, with an order of notice issued for early February.
Superior Court Suffolk Is fifth session grants temporary injunction and receivership in equity action brought by unmatured certificate holders. Plaintiffs allege officers bought old officers to speculate and lost confidence. seek removal, accounting, and restraining order while case proceeds. Gould for plaintiffs.
Middlesex superior court docket lists cases including Whitcomb v Harwood, McShane v Gaffney, Anderson, Coover compt Alexander, Middleby v Knight, Hansen, Rockwort Granite Co v Gill, Rock v Douglas on page 14 with various docket numbers and jurist references. Entry shows multiple case identifiers and participant names in a raw docket fragment.
The executive committee of the Citizens' Law and Order League of Massachusetts met at 50 Bromfield street to discuss a proposed uniform police system for the Commonwealth. Albert T. Whiting and William M. Osborne of the Boston Board of Police attended with Captains Parkhurst and Drury to review the bill, outline changes, and circulate petition blanks for reviving the office of Solicitor General to enforce stronger statewide crime penalties.
Funeral services held for John O Sargent at St Pauls Church with notably Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes ex mayor Samuel Green and Harvard President Eliot among mourners. Interment at Mount Auburn as pallbearers led the procession for the Sargents. Dawson Miles Jr of Selbach Co mourned at the Church of the Advent with Crysalters Club and Hull Yacht Club members present. burial also at Mount Auburn.
Worcester Boat Club requests January 6 for an athletic meeting but the NEAAU schedule committee cannot confirm the format or events. The Trimounts seek February 8 for a boxing meet with four bouts including Wallis Moynihan and two colored boxers. The KAA boxing meet will be for members only with no license.
Boston Spencer Trask & Co adds William Blodget and E K Merritt of Boston to form a Boston and New York firm. Adams Blodget & Co's business at No 20 Congress Street will continue in investment securities. Noted New York members Spencer Trask George F Peabody Edwin M Bulkley and C J Peabody. firm expanded into railroad property management and investments.
George R. Brine leaves Commonwealth Clothing House after three years to head the McLeod Car Heating and Ventilating Company. The Post notes his popularity among the public and newspaper men and wishes him success in the new field. John P. Lovell Arms announces big price cuts on opera glasses manicure sets and ladies scissor cases with many lines cleared out at genuine reductions. Skates and gym goods kept in stock with free 1892 calendars offered for ten days with purchases.
A historic cordage trust consolidates most rope makers, controlling about 80 percent of US spindles and 250 million pounds of cordage. Major firms, including John Good and Fitler & Co., resist but face integration as prices and market power shift.
The article reports a surge in business failures for 1891 with total liabilities nearing $19 million in the Eastern States and higher counts than 1890, while Western and Southern regions show declines. It also notes Albert Herrick of the Buffalo & Niagara express preparing to surrender after causing the Hastings wreck, with bail arranged through his father Timothy Herrick and potential coroner proceedings forthcoming.
Fragmentary political notes describe Sherman backers seeking a Democratic alliance to block Governor Foraker's renomination, with names from Wyandotte and Dayton cited as supporting a coalition, plus other probate and estate notices from Boston Massachusetts addressing wills and administrators.
The Prudential Insurance Company of Boston plans to reinsure all business with Home New York and Fire Insurance Company. The joint stock company, organized with a strong board, reports last year’s premiums at 25 502 and only 15 497 losses. Directors include A. M. Davis and J. H. Hill among others. A notice also lists a Boston YMCA course of practical talks beginning Saturday, January 20, with lectures and stereopticon displays on Dutch and English heritage, Columbus, Napoleon, and other topics.
Ibonam December 31 District Attorney with Judge Sherman sanction pressed the indictment against Josh F Welch who was tried in Norfolk Criminal Court months ago for manslaughter. Jury disagreed and retrial attempts failed. Welch, foreman of a section gang for Old Colony Railroad, tamped the track with a jack near Quincy station. Vineyard Express wreck followed.
The Philadelphia mint minted about 92,000,000 coins in the year just ended, totaling roughly $19,000,000 in value. The report notes the annual output and its monetary worth.
Between thirty and forty conductors and motor men on the Second Avenue Electric railroad went on strike today in Penn Dee area.
MABEL J. HINKLEY files for divorce from WILLIAM W. HINKLEY in Superior Court Boston. She alleges marriage on December 13, 1881, desertion starting June 11, 1884, and non-support, requesting decree of divorce and related relief. Attorney Batt Townka represents the libellant.
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