White Ribboners Dinner Honors Lady Somerset at Music Hall
The Union Jack and British arms adorned the walls as Lady Henry Somerset was feted by the W C T U at Music Hall with hundreds of supporters. Speeches praised her work in temperance and dress reform, with luminaries like Mrs. Susan S. Fessenden and Miss Willard addressing the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Henry Somerset
Susan S. Fessenden
Massachusetts
Lady Somerset
Arthur Little
Order of Nobility
Somerset
Louise Chandler Moulton
F. E. Clark
Norway
Samuel B. Capen
Boston
Ellen Hayes
Wellesley
W. W. Ramsay
Tremont Street Methodist Church
New England
Annie Hicks
Miss Willard
Henry
Proposals for Public Printing Paper Bid Deadline 1894
Sealed proposals for supplying paper for Public Printing for year ending February 29 1896 due January 417 1895 at 10 80 a m. Lowest and best bidder awarded by Joint Committee on Public Printing. Details and samples obtainable from Th E Benedict Public Printer Washington. Proposals for quantities include machine finish paper ledger paper and several other grades totaling hundreds of thousands of units. Public Printer indicates right to reject bids and contracts cover one year as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint
Committee of Congress
Th. E. Benedict
Washington, D. C
Ams
Joint Committee of Congress On
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Stag House
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
BR BR Cdm
Proposals Sought for Cement and Stone at Fort Caswell
U S Engineer Office Wilmington NC announces sealed proposals due by noon January 7 1895 for furnishing and delivering cement broken stone rubble stone and sand for concrete masonry at Fort Caswell NC Information available on request from Maj W S Stanton Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Engineer Office
Wilmington
N. C
Fort Caswell
Stanton
Maj
Public Auction of Estate in West Roxbury Boston
Auctioneer L L P Atwood to sell the estate of the late Mary E Needham in West Roxbury on January 12 1895 at 3 30 p m at the premises. Property bounds describe from Lagrange and Cowing streets along 636 feet east to a stone wall then north to a wall then around to Lagrange street with multiple line measurements and buildings included Terms require 200 at sale and balance on deed delivery J NEEDHAM Administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Needham
Boston
West Roxbury
Lagrange and
Cowing
E. B. Spinney
Lagrange Street
Lagrange
J. Needham
Boston Transit Commission to Hold Public Hearing
The Boston Transit Commission announces a public hearing at 60 State Street Boston at 2 p m Friday January 10 1895. The meeting will discuss the proposed Charles River bridge between Boston and Charlestown, focusing on location and height and whether it should include a two lane design under Chapter 548 of the Acts of 1804. George G Crocker signs as comissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transit Commission
State Street
Boston
Charles River
Charlestown
George G. Crocker
Lady Somerset Speaks At Christian Endeavor Banquet
A banquet featured speakers including Mrs Livermore and Lady Somerset, who praised American kindness and home life while urging against wealth aristocracy. Attendees included Rev I J Lansing and Miss Gordon with Marion Osgood Orchestra providing music. Lady Somerset departed on the midnight train to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rences
Mary A. Liver L. Stevenson
F. BE. Clat
The
Christian Endeavor Society
W. W. Ramsay
Anns Gordon
Samuel Capen
I. J. Lansing
Guise Chandler Moulton
Stuckenberg
Arthur Little
Annie Hicks
London
Ellen Hayes
Wellesley
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps-Ward
Lady Somerset
America
Frances Willard
New York
Eastnor Castle
Along the Water Front Glimpses From Boston Harbor News
Captain Smith reports Nellie M. Slade made the Brunswick to Boston run in sixteen days after a near ground in a northeast gale on December 27. Skipper Bartlett remains in Georgia. Richard J. Green travels to Port au Prince with his wife ill, while John Harrington runs the firm in his absence. Fish prices jump as three Gloucester quays land light fares with cod and haddock at four dollars per hundred and hake at two fifty. Harwood’s 11,000-pound haul boosts weekly take to nine hundred thirty four dollars for the crew. The bell buoy at Pollock Rip Blue is missing and the Dorchester Bay channel buoy is out of position, per Tug Hercules. Jose Claverri sails out to West Africa after loading at Lewis wharf, Addison Center goes ashore at Race Point, Edward Johnson survivors arrive in New York, Aurora runs ashore in thick fog but is floated free, and four foreign steamers are due today including Galileo and Bruxelles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slade
Georgia
Bartlett
Richard J. Green
Green, Knaebel & Co
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Green
John Harrington
Gloucester
Orient
Bonita
Clara R. Harwood
Haddock
Hake
Harwood
Chase
Standard Oil Company
Hercules
Pollock Rip Blue
Dorchester Bay
Jose Claverri
Aery
Africa
Lewis Wharf
Addison
Provincetown
Race Point
Massachusetts Bay
Warner
Bostoff
Edward Johnson
Balna
Brazil
New York
Galileo
Rio Janeiro
Aurora
Wagstaff
French Cross
N. S
Free Medical Services Until Cured by M M Dewey
Free medical examinations and treatment for all diseases offered by M M Dewey chief of the Dewey Medical. Office hours 9 to 1 and 6 to 8 p m. Services available at Boylston streams and medical offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Dewey
Icilan-In-Chief
Dewey Medical Ee
Boylston
Labor Union Officers Elected and Actor Welfare Plan Discussed
The Street Railway Laborers Protective Union and Stablemen’s Protective Union announce officers including William Fallen as president and Willam Henderson as president respectively. Matthew Harrington, organizer of the American Federation of Labor, proposes a bill to require theatrical managers to deposit two weeks salary with authorities to secure performers’ wages. Assemblyman Steinberg pledges to pursue this reform. They also urge a state factory inspection law to cover theatre dressing rooms amid poor sanitary conditions in older venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street Railway Laborers’ Protective Union
West End Street Railway
William Fallen
Henry Monaghan
John Kaney
Herbert Green
Thomas Qualter
John Maher
Geoffrey Murphy
John Green
Stablemen's Protective Union
Willam F. Henderson
Maurice Walsh
John Longin
John Coleman
Bartholomew Sheehan
James Toy
Timothy Mulcahy
Matthew Harrington
American Federation of Labor
Actors’ Protective Union No. 1
New York
Boston
Assemblyman
Steinberg
The Value of Egg Food Invention Promoted at Fairs
Cun ningham's Desiccated Egg Food is advertised in the Post and shown at fairs. Packaged in 10-cent cartons and 3.25 dollar cans, it claims to equal 500 eggs. Professor Henry A. Mott supports the inventor's claim that Egg Food can replace fresh eggs in cakes custards and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham
Henry A. Mott
Cambridge Water Board Case Upheld Against O'Brien Claims
The full bench of the Supreme Court yesterday ruled against John F. O'Brien of Cambridge in petitions seeking to establish his alleged legal right as a member of the Cambridge Water Board. Frank A. Allen is noted as a board member, while O'Brien was not. The decision covers two petitions against the Cambridge Board of Aldermen and a third against the Water Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Allen
Cambridge Water Board
John F. O’brien
Supreme Court
O’brien
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
The
Water Board
Shatter Board
Local Wringer Firm Advertises Repairs and Orders
The American Wringer Co at 13 and 15 Broadway extension, city manufacturers of wringers mangies spring beds and carpet sweepers. All kinds of wringers and sweepers repaired. Orders by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
Noted Brooklyn Professor Endorses Nervara Cure for Nervous Diseases
Professor J M Elwood of 43 Cornelia Street Brooklyn testifies his daughter cured from nervousness and St Vitus dance after two bottles of Dr Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy. He praises the medicine as a physician’s prescription and direct professional care from Dr Greene of Boston Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. M. Elwood
Mr. Elwood
Dr. Greene
Miss Elwood
Greene
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Boston woman leaps from Bath House wharf to end her life
Lizzie McCluskey, 23, after her father’s death two years ago, jumped from East Boston Bath House wharf around 4:30 pm. Rescued by police boat crew and taken to City Hospital, she vowed to attempt suicide again. Husband John E. McCluskey, a marble cutter, lives at 21 Porter Street. Neighbors say she had been despondent and volatile lately. Hospital says she is not in danger and should recover within a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie McCluskey
East Boston
Bath House
Elliott
City Hospital
Walter
Centra
Porter Street
North Street Gas Tragedy Reveals Hidden Leak
A deadly gas leak at 270 North Street killed Raffello Massini and injured others. Cosino Oliva, a barber on the first floor, left his shop at 9 pm unaware of danger. The source appears an improper meter placement and a lingering leak despite a gas shutoff at 6 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Street
Cosino Oliva
Petro Avallone
Flor
Raffello Massini
Raffaeli Marino
Raffaeli Sirello
Massachusetts General Hospital
Roxbury Catholic Young Men's Association Officers Elected
The Catholic Young Men's Association of Roxbury elected officers including President Daniel J. Byrne and Vice President Charles E. Murphy. Other roles filled are Edward J. Logan as corresponding secretary J Harry Edmonds as financial secretary Charles A. Kelly as treasurer James J. Slattery as librarian and a board of government featuring Henry J. Daly T A Haggerty L H Logan O A Magee J J McCarty J A Mulcahy E G A Wenz W R F Whelan with honorary members James J. Barry Bartholomew H. Conig John J. McGrath and William Tobin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Young Men’s Association of
Roxbury
Daniel J. Byrne
Charles E. Murphy
Edward J. Logan
J. Harry Edmonds
Charles A. Kelly
James J. Slattery
Henry J. Daly
T. A. Haggerty
L. H. Logan
O. A. Magee
J. J. McCarty
J. A. Mulcahy
E. G. A. Wenz
W. R. F. Whelan
Board of Government
James J. Barry
Bartholomew H. Conig
John J. McGrath
William Tobin
Methyl Dental Company Teeth Extraction Claim Corrected
A correction notes that the notice should read that prominent dentists across the state outside Boston have used the product under a license from the company and pronounced it a wonderful success, not all over the city as previously stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methyl Dental Company
Boston
Elisha Wells of Greenfield Dead at 75
Elisha Wells aged 75 of Greenfield died today. A Charlemont native and blacksmith by trade he made the first knife blade for Lamson Goodnow of Shelburne Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Elisha Wells
Charlemont
Lamson & Goodnow Cutlery Company
Shelburne Falls
Michigan W C T U Mourns Leader Mary Lathrop Dies
Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop, president of the Michigan Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, died in Jackson at 56 after a yearlong illness from general neuralgia. Her tenure led local temperance work and organizational efforts across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
Mary T. Lathrop
Michigan W. Co. T. U
Unsteady Italian Ground Triggers Panic in Rioting Town
Violent Sesshanates eee Heezio Migsine and Milazzo caused morning tremors as inhabitants fled their homes in panic. Few had returned by evening as authorities sought to restore order amid ongoing instability.
Malicious Prosecution Trial in Civil Courts
Suffolk Superior Court sessions list cases across five judges with damages claims of 20000. Notable actions include Fessenden and Geor ge Thayer et al, and John Rodocanachi versus Massachusetts Home for Intemperate Women. Middelsex docket follows with personal injury and property damage actions, trials and adjournments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Suffolk
State House
Fessenden
E. H. Smith
George &. Thayer Et al
R. R. Gilman
D. Brandeis
G. R. Nutter
Morgan
Morgan Vs. Barrel. 2073 Webber
Hathaway
Kennard
Boston
Denehy
Mason
Slade
Boston & Maine
R. R
Parsons
Same
Blodgett
Speedy
Powers
Bates
Smith
Jackson
McCammon
Hammond
Harrington
Brown
Badger
Conn. Mfg. Co
Cassidy
Rostow
Albany R. R
Loring
Finn
Dunbar
John Rodocanachi
Massachusetts
Smyrna Street
W. S. Siocum
A. Lord
Clark
Lynn
Moors
Reading
Drury
Moores
Lally
Fee
Probate Notice in Drayton Estate in Boston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court cites heirs and interested parties in the estate of Mary H Drayton of Boston to appear January 17 1895 and show cause why letters testamentary should not be granted Josiah Oakes of Malden seeks probate without bond with public notices in the Boston Post and service to interested parties seven days before court witnessed by Judge John W Kim and Register Elijah George
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Mary H. Drayton
Boston
Josiah Oakes
Malden
Middlesex
Boston Post
John W. McKim, Esq
Elijah George
ss.—Superior Court
A. D
Cambridge
Theo. C. Hurd
Probate Notice of Wadsworth Estate Administration
Middlesex probate court summons heirs creditors and all interested in the estate of Harvey Wadsworth late of Ayer Massachusetts intestate. George Wadsworth of Lawrence seeks administration without bond. Court in Cambridge January 22 1895 at 9 o clock am. Boston Post to publish once at least seven days before. Charles J McIntire judge S H Folsom Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Harvey
Wadsworth
Ayer
George
Lawrence
Essex
Cambridge
Boston Post
Boston
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
S. H. Folsom
Register
Probate Court License to Sell Estate of James Kinnier
Patrick Kinnier, administrator for the estate of James Kinnier of Randolph, asks for a license to sell the real estate at public auction to pay debts and admin charges. The hearing is January 23, 1895, Hyde Park, at 10 a.m. The citation requires notice to all interested parties at least fourteen days before the court or publication in the Boston Post for three weeks. Witness George White, Judge. Jonathan Cobb, Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Norfolk
James Kinnier
Randolph
Patrick Kinnier
Hyde Park
Boston Post
Boston
George White
Esquire
Jonathan Cobb
Register
Real Estate Covics Sale of Swan Barker Pasture Medford
A large tract of about sixty four acres once Swan and Barker pasture in central Medford is set for sale. The Ernest R. Buffinton Company of Boston via Addison J. Jewett arranges the deal with E. M. Marshall of Melrose as partner. Property borders General S. C. Lawrence and Harry Dutton and will be surveyed and marketed after a topographical plan is prepared. This is described as one of eastern Massachusetts’ most extensive land deals in recent times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan & Barker
Medford
Medford Square
Governor’s Avenue
Middlesex Fells
Ernest R. Buffinton
State Street
Boston
Addison J. Jewett
E. M. Marshall
Melrose
General S. C. Lawrence
Harry Dutton
Houghton & Dutton
Massachusetts
George D. Cox
Insolvency Notice for Fred R. Jones of Boston
Massachusetts insolvency notice warns that a warrant issued against the estate of Fred R. Jones. It forbids debt payments or property transfers to him and schedules a creditors meeting at the Court House in Pemberton Square Boston on January 11, 1895, at 2 p.m. John F. Kelly serves as deputy sheriff and messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Boston
Fred R. Jones
Court House
Pemberton Square
John F. Kelly
Insolvency notice for James B Harvey of Hyde Park
Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Insolvency. A warrant issued from the Court of Insolvency against James B Harvey of Hyde Park, forbidding debt payments or property transfer. A creditors meeting will be held at the Court of Insolvency in Dedham on the third Wednesday of January 1895 at ten in the forenoon. Abram C Paul, messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachuse
DTS
Norfolk
Notic
Dedham
Abram C. Paul
Peeets Sheessenger
Insolvency notices for Gideon Haynes and Alvin Dexter
The assignee Joseph O Burdett will hold the second meeting of creditors for Gideon Haynes insolvent estate at the Court of Insolvency Boston February 1 at 10 in the forenoon. Clarence F Eldredge will hold the third meeting for Alvin Dexter insolvent estate at the Court of Insolvency Boston January 11 at 10 a.m. Creditors may prove claims and object to the assignee’s account. Boston, Jan. 3, 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin H. Dexter
Boston
Clarence F
Eldredge
Assignee appointed in Salvyer insolvency case Boston
Suffolk court insolvency notice states Charles A Salvyer of Boston is an insolvent debtor. The undersigned assignee K D Greminoughs will hold the second meeting of creditors at the Court of Insolvency in Boston on March 1 1895 at 10 am. Creditors may attend and prove claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Charles A. Salvyer
Boston
Divorce Bill in Suffolk County Cruelty Case in Mackintire Libel
Massachusetts court paper orders libellant Henrietta Mackintire to publish notice in the Boston Post and send copies by registered mail. It describes her marriage to John W. Mackintire in Annapolis Nova Scotia in 1889, cruel treatment, and seeks a divorce plus restoration of her former name Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts.superior Court
Suffolk
Hhosen
Biston
County of
Henrietta E. Mackintire
Boston
John W. Mackintire
Kentville
Nova Scotia
Annapolis
Commonwealth
Morse
A. D
Henrietta EB. Mackintire
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Rev
Edward Everett Hale
Methyl Dental Parlors
J. Lansing
Methyl Dental CO
Dr. Millard
Tremont Street
Mesager
Prighton
Hampden Dream Agency
D. Strachan
Seattle St
Allston
Hotels
Fiotel Grenoble
Roa
57Th Street
7Th Avenue
WM. Noble
Hotel Empire
Columb Avenue
9Th Ave
Gerth St
Broadway
Grand Central Station
Long Island and
West Shore
Vlor
Washington
L. L. P. Atwood
State St
Lady Henry Somerset
Whiton
Hull
Eng
Federation
Hamburg
James Turpie
Mediterranean
Madaira
Bruxelles
Kruger
Antwerp
Landsman
John F. O'Brien
Greenfield Dead
Michigan W. C. T. U
Wheeler & CO
Hanover St
Johnson
A. Johnson
S. Johnson & CO
Custom House Street
Commonwealth OF Suffolk
Clogg
John W. McKim
George P. Armding
Troy
Vermont
Jabez A. Sawyer
Lowell
Charles J. MelIntire
Sion
Charles F. Oxford
Samuel H. Leathe
Manning
West End Street
Cole
Coan
City of
Real Estate Covics
Dorchester
Wayland St
Keys and Geo
Kendall
Devonshire St
Gideon Haynes
Joseph O. Burdett
Petronella Holm
Somerville
Anton R. Holm
Helsingborg
Sweden
Helsingbor
R. Holm
E Holm
Anton R
Massetts
Massachusettil
Emily Holm
Jos
Willard
Theodord M. Osborne
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