Jan 1 New York report on Jacobson case and police action
In New York on January 1 Christian Jacobson, janitor of 593 West Eighty Third Street, faced a disturbance involving his wife and McSweeney after a dispute over missing items. Jacobson was arrested but discharged. court proceedings raised tensions and concerns about threats to a magistrate.
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New York
Christian Jacobson
West Eighty-third Street
MoaSweeney
Ring Jacobson
Fifth Street
Anc
Te Wentworth
McSwe
Jacould
Obson
Sweeney
Boston Considers City Council Consolidation and Reorganization
The incoming Legislature would unify the Boston Board of Aldermen and the Common Council into a single City Council of 38 members with a president, 12 at large, and 25 ward aldermen. Terms, election rules, party nominations, and salaries are outlined, with mechanisms for vacancies and a mayoral absence. The measure would take effect January 1898.
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City Council
Merchants’ Municipal Committee
Municipal League
Boston Board of Aldermen
Common Council
City of
Boston
Christmas Fight at Tony Pastor's Leaves Stage in Turmoil
A chaotic Christmas gathering at Tony Pastor's featured Perugini clashing with Eugene and Brian Boru after a heated exchange about Irish and Dutch brogue. The altercation escalated as Perugini struck, sparking a stage-side brawl that was quelled by Miss Summerville who restrained combatants until peace was restored.
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Tony Pastor
Liussell
Pastor
Nere
Eldridge
Eugene
Igene
Brian Boru
P@juzini
Eva
Mr. Born
Michigan
Santa Claus
Alla Summerville
Ian Boru
Giantes
Miss Summerville
Divorcee Weds Montreal Millionaire In Catholic Ceremony
Mrs. Herman Hirschberg, formerly married to the actor, wed Francis W. Sills of Montreal in a church ceremony after a July divorce. Sills, linked to the Quebec cardinal, required a dispensation for the remarriage. The couple married at City Halls with a Catholic wedding following the decree.
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New York
Herman Hirschberg
Francis W. Sills
Montreal
Hirschberg
Sills
Irschberg
Quebec
Pretty Walsh Marries In Jail After Plea From Beloved
In Riverhead New York on January 1 Miss Alice Walsh visited her fiancé Michael Gurray in the jail and the lovers wed. Gurray, once employed in King’s Park, had been jailed after a spree and robbery. Walsh urged the sheriff to allow the marriage on the wedding day, insisting the union proceed despite the disgrace.
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Rived
N. Y
Alice Walsh
York
Chael Gurray
Riverhead
Michael
King’s Park
Ira
Gurray
Wichadeen
Gst ‘F’s
Warden Rafford
Miss Walsh
Couple Weds In Jail Cell After Elopement Crisis
The article describes Michael Gurray, jailed in New York, marrying his sweetheart after she obtained consent from a priest and officials. Sheriff O'Brien sent Deputy Gottwald for Rev. Father Creighton St. John's Church, and Warden Rafford brought Gurray from his cell for the ceremony. Mrs Gurray refused to reveal her address and declared belief in his innocence as she left to await his release.
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O’brien
Otto Gottwald
Creighton
St. John’s Church
Rafford
Gurray
Mike
New York
Corbett Notes on Jury Duty and Corporate Leaders
Corbett critiques jury duty and trial complexity in a New York murder case, arguing legal technicalities challenge plain justice. He cites MeStar Freewill Banker and describes Colonel Avery, Dr Crawford, Norcross, and Park Street Church leaders as high character directors urging careful investment.
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New York
MeStar
Baor
St. Yy Be
South Boston
E Bramfield Street
Methodst
Woburn
Norcross
Park Street
Comfortable bachelor quarters with modern conveniences
If any gentleman friends desire comfortable bachelor quarters with electric light and other modern conveniences included with ordinary service, they may obtain them by applying on the premises at No 10 Charles Street where the apartments may be seen or learn particulars at No 9 Tremont Street.
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Charles Street
Tremont Street
Fresh cut flowers stay longer with saltpeter in water
Cut flowers stay fresh by adding a pinch of saltpeter to the vase water and trimming stem ends daily. Start the new year by saving money, take shares in the cooperative banks at 987 Washington Street, and plan for rainy days.
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Co-Operative Banks
Washington Street
Boston Baked Bean Company: Pioneer Beans in Shawmut Ave
The Boston Baked Bean Company at 654 Shawmut Avenue, established about forty five years ago, bakes only beans daily under Manager T. L. Wipple. It supplies restaurants, lunch rooms, hotels, and steamboats with fresh baked beans, distinguishing itself from generic bake shops and rivals claiming exclusive bean baking in Boston.
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Boston
New England
Boston Baked Bean Company
Shawmut Avenue
T. L. W 2 Ple
Ulster Advice and a Gas Meter Faker Joke
A town notice urges winter clothing including a warm ulster for April weather. A Bangor despatch claims a young inventor built a perpetual motion like machine possibly improving a gas meter. A German defers jury service claiming poor English, but the judge insists he will manage.
Dr Agnew Catarrhal Powder Relieves Catarrh Fast
Catarrh and colds relieved in 10 to 60 minutes by a single puff through the blower included with each bottle. The powder diffuses over nasal passages and is painless. Claims instant relief and permanent cure for catarrh hay fever colds headache sore throat tonsillitis and deafness. 69 cents. sold by C E Woodward Co 52 Bromfield Street and Jaynes Co Washington and Hanover streets.
Lunch for ladies and a hat, plus flying machine curios
The piece opens with a joke about a juror and a lunch for ladies at No 23 Avon Street. It promotes Union Hat Company at No 135 Hanover Street and notes McKinley as a college non graduate. It questions a glass enclosed Chicago baseball field and mentions an Indiana man’s wildly successful flying machine trial that ended with a smash but no injuries.
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Union Hat Company
Hanover Street
Indiana
Flinders
Pure Water at the Pearl Hill Lithia Spring
The Pearl Hill Lithia Spring Company markets Valador water in pints and quarts claiming health benefits and superior quality. They also offer a ginger ale made from the same spring water as a beverage option for the public.
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Pearl Hill Lithia Spring Company
Good resolutions and the struggle to keep them
A brief note reflects on the value of resolutions and the common challenges people face in maintaining new habits. It notes self discipline and practical steps as keys to progress.
Plausible Ad for Splaine Fitzpatrick Tailors on Court Street
A fragment notes the firm Splaine Fitzpatrick, up-to-date merchant tailors, bustling at No. 110 Court Street. The spoken lead hints at direct business talk and confidence in the company’s popularity.
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Splaine
Insurance broker protects families and ships with equal zeal
Miss Sarah Hughes, a general broker in Tremont's Beacon Street corner, insures cattle ships and elevators with the same care she gives to families and homes. Mayor Bancroft earned praise at a banquet in his honor at the Vendome last Thursday night.
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Sarah Hughes
New Tremont Building
Beacon Street
Bancroft
Fragmentary literary line on memory and time
A reflective passage compares memory and light as enduring forces. It likens recollection to the sun and air that shape forests, suggesting affection and history preserve a guiding influence through ages.
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Miss M. R. Cole Offers Painless Wart Removal
Look your prettiest. If you are pestered with moles, warts, etc., visit Miss M. R. Cole at No. 7 Temple Place, Room 49, who makes a specialty of painlessly removing some. The girl who has a beau is usually the first in the family to catch cold at this season of the year. Holding each other's feet at the front door is the cause of it all.
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America
Bright
Corbett
Hanover
Portland
M. R. Cole
Temple Place
Curfew Bell Suggested For Amesbury Firehouse
Amesbury town improvement society presses revival of curfew bell use and plans to place the old bell on the former brick schoolhouse now central fire station. The historic bell was reportedly stolen from a Spanish village years ago by Captain Rowell and his crew, later taken aboard a trading vessel.
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Amesbury
James Rockwood 65 Found Dead in Hopkinton Home
James Rockwood aged 65 on Hopkinton road was found dead in his bed by neighbor Willard L. Wood. He lived alone, had predicted his death, and was a former member of Post 16, G A R. Survived by a widow, three daughters and a son.
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Upton
James Rockwood
Hopkinton Road
Willard L. Wood
Wood
Post 16
Biomed
Draper Firms Consolidate into Draper Company
Large consolidation unites principal Draper holdings under one entity with 5 500 000 capital. E S Draper serves as president and George A Draper as treasurer. Included firms are Hopedale Machine Company Dutcher Temple Company Hurdale Machine Screw Company and George Draper Sons. Change occurs after legal formalities. new name Draper Company.
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Hopedale
Drapers
E. S. Draper
George A. Draper
Hopedale Machine Company
Dutcher Temple Company
Herdale Machine Screw Company
George Draper & Sons
Draper Company
Evangelistic January Meetings Led by Rev Bates at Bromfield Street Church
The Evangelistic Association of New England engages Rev. L. B. Bates D D of this city to lead daily noon services at Bromfield Street Church for January. He is assisted by association evangelists and others, with the Bromfield Street Church choir conducting the singing first week. Soloists include Rev R F True and others such as T Robson Charles L Estey William Anonrist Jr L B Greenwood and Miss Clara Snow.
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Evangelistic Association of
New England
Wee
L. B. Bates
Bromfield Street Church
Bromfield Street
R. F. True
Messrs. T. Robson
Charles L. Estey
William Anonrist, Jr
L. B. Greenwood
Oe Potter
Miss Clara Snow
Patent attorneys offer new list of 1000 inventions
The notice invites ideas for simple patents and wealth, directing readers to JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO. Dept.G 31 in Washington DC to obtain their list of 1000 inventions. It promotes protecting ideas through patenting and suggests financial opportunity.
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John Wedderbuirn
G.aLatenttorneys
Washington
John Wedderburn & CO
Dept.g
Washington, D. C
West End Street Railway declines committee interview
Boston December 31 1896 the West End Street Railway Company replies to a citizens committee letter. The board notes its employment bureau remains open and reiterates that current staffing is full with 210 men employed as of December 29 and no new hires will occur until demand requires it. The company accepts no reinstatement of former employees and states it is willing to meet a workers committee.
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Boston
John J. Mahoney
John Quinn, Jr
Robert Treat Paine
Michael J. McEttrick
Willim H. Allbright
West End Street Railway
Comany
New A
Employment Bureau
Prentiss Cummings
Saloon Closures Ordered by Nashua Police
City Marshal Eaton and officers notify 160 saloon keepers to close for good tonight including all drug stores selling liquor. The action follows a clash between the Law and Order League and the police commission over saloon responsibility. Disobedience will be punished severely.
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Nashua
N. H
Eaton
Law and Order League
Commission
Charlestown High Annual Party Socially Successful
Yesterday afternoon Charlestown High School officers held their annual party in the school hall. Morrigan's Orchestra provided music. Major Merrill and assistants handled the floor with several captains and lieutenants aiding. Suburban and KE officers attended, making the event a social success.
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Charlestown High School
Morrigan
Merrill
Nason
Ford
Connelly
Et Tierney
McBride
Mclaughin
H. S
Cook
O’donnell
O’connor
Mahoney
Dickson
Morse
Barry
Duffin
Shurtleff
Bassity
Woods
Sorden
Seaver
Maguire
Miller
Henry
Goldenberg
Norton
Lincoln
C. L. Sullivan
Downing
Gloucester Ends Year with Valedictory and Finance Review
Mayor Rob inson delivers farewell at the last 1896 city council meeting. He notes liquor licenses yielded from $18,000 to $3,000 annually, city loans totaled $197,527 with a $40,000 loan this year, and a net debt increase of $94 despite debts rising earlier. Regular and reserve officers are confirmed, including polo referee Charles O Malley.
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Gloucester
Robinson
Herman T. Joyce
Charles W. Smith
Arthur A. Gill
Thomas D. Urquahardt
Reserve Police Force
Hermandy Knowles
George W. Trefrey
Benjamin F. Stanley
Albert Foster
Charles O’ Malley
Judge Fines Wharton for Oleomargarine Violation
In Superior Criminal Court Judge Bond fined John S. Wharton $250 for selling oleomargarine in violation of the law. Wharton, convicted twice before. Thomas Baker received a $100 fine for having oleomargarine not in conformity.
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Bond
Superior Criminal Court
John S. Wharton
Wharton
Thomas Baker
Not excelled by any high priced la tion Oil
A terse fragment notes a comparison focusing on oil cost efficiency. It suggests a claim of being superior to rival products without naming brands, indicating pricing at a low estimate of twenty five cents. The readable text remains fragmentary and unclear on full context.
Arrival of the Chicago at Gloucester and coastal notes
The Wilson line steamer Chicago Captain Hadaway arrived from Hull just after the hour, the last European steamer to enter port in 18% and 1896, piloted by Captain James L. Smith of Hesper No. 6. Gloucester also saw fishing schooners Polly Louisa Triton Vesta and Mattie Winslip from Georges Bank, while the British schooner Harry unloads steel rails at the New England dock after repairs.
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Wilson Line
Chicago
Hadaway
Hull
Eng
James L. Smith
Hesper
Gloucester
Polly
Louisa
Triton
Vesta
Mattie Winship
Georges Bank
Harry
New York
Yarmouth
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New England
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Portland
Alabama
Kearsage
Cherbourg
France
James & Tarr
Essex
Boston
Carrie E. Phillips
Warren
la Have Bank
Alice Norwood
Scituate
McAuley
Canada
Liverpool
Lenpceelees
Legal Clain
Robert I. Carter
Rock
Cape Elizabeth
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