Newly Made Orators Debate over Laborer Holiday Policy
The common council opened its first regular session of the year with 32 new members. A key item debated was whether to continue the Saturday half holiday for city laborers, producing a 49 to 17 vote for a Whall substitute not to grant the holiday if it harms city finances. Other business included electing a city messenger, with Alvah H. Peters running unopposed, and committee appointments on the reservoir lot, bridges, improved sewerage, and street grading.
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David F. Barry
Ladd
Ward 10
Pyramids
Egypt
Whall
Ward 7
Beacon Hill
Mr. Short
Ward 22
Short
Foss
Ward 2
Alvah H. Peters
Wiese Moonee
Roy Omi
Board of Fire Commissioners
Robert G. Fitch
Atta
Dudley
Langdon Streets
Reservoir Lot
Messr
Whitmore
Fottler and Ort
Messrs
Fisher
E. J. Powers
Messrs. Dewey
J. Gallagher
Shaw and Mahoney
Reception of the Governor's Foot Guard and notable guests
Hartford hosts the 116th annual reception for the incoming Governor with prominent guests from Boston New York and Providence. Major J C Kinney introduces Governor Lounsbury. the event includes dancing and a report on the Commercial Travellers Association with figures on membership receipts and expenditures.
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Conn
Governor’s Foot Guard
Hartford
Boston
D. W. Wardrop
Boston Light Infantry
New York
Thomas E. Sloane
Old Guard
Providence
Ows Smith
E. C. Danforth
United Train of Artillery
F. Ek.trowbridge
Lounsbury
Artner
Henry F. Gillig
Europe
Morgan
Morgan Envelope Works
Springfield
J. C. Kinney
Foot Guards
Installations and concert at John A. Andrew Post 15 hall
Large audience at John A. Andrew Post 15 headquarters fills the Franklin school building for the installation of officers of Charles Russell Lowell Post 7 G A R and the Lowell Women’s Relief Corps. A concert follows with performers including Mr O'Brien and Miss Doyle. Chaplain Starrett receives a gold watch in appreciation.
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John A. Andrew
Franklin School
Charles Russell Lowell
Department of Massachusetts
G. A. J. Colgan
Charles Whitney
Michael O'Donnell
Horace L. Worcester
W. P. Putnam
T. J. Swallow
John L. Starrett
Dennis Shea
George Wilson
Starrett
Sarah E. Fuller
Women’s Relief Corps
C. A. Morrison
E. A. Gowell
M. J. Saunders
E. L. W. Waterman
A. J. Ellis
FE. EF. Miller
Louisa Lindsay
M. A Denettree
Miss Hand
Weller
James E. Powers
Proramme
O’brien
M. E. Doyle
Clara Lane
Willie Gaskin
Conant
Anna C. French
Mabel B. Putnam
Hattie Chater
Grace's Desperate Deed Ends in Firing on Wife
In Brockton on January 6, John E. Grace shot his wife Emma in a hotel room after returning from Boston and Nantasket. He then shot himself, with Emma severely wounded and Grace critically injured. The revolver lay on the floor as officials took control.
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Grace
Cohasset
Emma Decosta
John
Randolph
Oston
Boston
Nantasket
Appleton
Porter
Emma
Natural Gas Explosion Destroys Buildings in Younestown
A blast at 3 o clock in the morning in Younestown O arrives when John Semple watchman opened a venting window. The Andrews block and adjacent properties including a livery stable the Fowler cottage the Barclay residence and a local church burned. Loss exceeds 100 000 with 75 000 insured. Thomas Brannigan missing and Chief Davis burned. Gas mains near the site suspected as ignition source.
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Younestown
John Semple
Andrews
South Market Street
Semple
J. B. Drake & Cor
Fowler
Barclay
Market Street
First Baptist Church
Andrews Block
Boardman Street
Thomas Brown
Churchill Coal Office
San
Democrats Win Easily in Indiana Legislature Opening
In Indianapolis on January 6 the General Assembly organized with Green Smith presiding as Senate chair and the State auditor as clerk. Republicans protested but were not heard. Democrats secured caucus nominees and rules that consolidate majority power, while Republicans filled the House slate.
Three Survivors Found After Harvey Mills Sinking
Despatch from San Pedro says three crew members reach harbor after the Harvey Mills foundered sixty miles southwest of Cape Flattery. Survivors named are First Mate Cushman and seamen Alexander Volgeur and Jacob Brown.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Pedro
Harvey Mills
Seattle
Cape Flattery
Cushman
Alexander Volgeur
Jacob Brown
Governor Louns bury inaugurated in Connecticut
A joint legislative convention in Hartrorp elects Republican state officers led by Governor P. C. Lounsbury of Ridgefield. James L. Howard of Hartford is named lieutenant governor, Leverett M. Hubbard of Wallingford secretary of state, Alexander Warner of Pomfret treasurer, and Thomas Clark of North Stonington comptroller. Governor Lounsbury delivers the inaugural address.
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Hartrorp
Conn
Jan. G
P. C. Lounsbury
Ridgefield
James L. Howard
Hartford
Leverett M. Hubbard
Wallingford
Alexander Warner
Pomfret
Thomas Clark
North Stonington
Lounsbury
Cold snap grips central plains and west with record lows
January 6 6 am readings show brutal cold across the region with St. Vincent Minnesota 40 below zero Bismarck North Dakota 31 below Buford Dak 37 below St. Paul Minnesota 28 below North Platte Nebraska 10 below Cheyenne Wyoming 6 below Salt Lake City Utah 8 above. frigid air blankets towns as wind chill worsens conditions in early 20th century dispatch.
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Curcaco
St. Vincent
Minn
Bismarck
Dak
Buford
St. Paul
North Platte
Neb
Cheyenne
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Army and Navy Officers to Retire This Year
Retirements announced include Army Brig Gen Orlando B Wilcox on April 16 and colonels Glover Perrin Charles Blunt John Hamilton plus Lt Col Henry Chipman and Maj Charles Sprague among others with several officers from First through Eighth Infantry. Navy retirees include Rear Admirals Samuel Franklin and John Lee with other named officers.
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Orlando B. Wilcox
Glover Perrin
Seranow
Charles E. Blunt
Corps of Engineers
John Hamilton
Fourth Artillery
Henry L. Chipman
Seventh Infantry
Charles J. Sprague
Frederick C. Nichols
First Artillery
William H. McMann
Eighth Infantry
Samuel Franklin
John Lee
William Ee
Jacobs S. Dungin
Samuel F. Cowes
Boston YMCA Holds Monthly Meeting with 800 Attendees
The Boston Young Men's Christian Association held its regular monthly meeting at Boylston and Berkeley with President Woodworth presiding. About 800 members attended as the membership committee reported 94 new members and 98 generals, plus 128 registering for 54 jobs with 40 filled.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Boylston and
Berkeley Streets
Woodworth
Employment Bureau
8. N. Green
Roberts
Tremont Glee Club
Hotchkin Family
City Notes from Boston and East Boston
Opening lecture on English Literature was held at the Woman's Educational Union parlors. Binders plan a social at Oddfellows Hall. Funeral for Benjamin F. Brooks at Clarendon Street Baptist Church. Despatch Express Employees’ Beneficiary Association hosts its second annual hall at Odd Fellows’ Hall. Temperance delegates will be elected at Tremont Temple. Thirteen Cink held monthly dinner at the Revere House. Theodore Winthrop Post 35 G A R installation at Grand Army Hall Chelsea with officers present. Central Square Baptist Church postpones pastor search. Maverick Assembly installation at Odd Fellows’ Hall East Boston. Iron Hall officers installed in small hall. Officer Abbott arrested Simon Swig for perjury. Benjamin Geiderman implicated. Temple Lodge F A M annual installation in East Boston with Charles W. Robinson installing officer. A collation followed.
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Revere House
Howard Richardson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Charles H. Taylor
New England Commercial Travellers’ Association
Massachusetts
Bail
Irvin
Irvin & Snow
Congress Street
A. K. Tolman
Association
Charles Richardson
Beard
Eugene C. Hill
New Haven
George A. Philbrook
Bodwell
Maine
George P., Staples
John H. Pray
Portland
Joseph H. Don
Albert E. Perry
Maine Commercial Travellers Association
Martian Phalon
White Bros
Charles I. Snow
Frank FE. Hall
The
Hali Rubber Company
Winnie Patten
March Bros
Pierce & Co
James R. Entwistle
Charles FE. Smith
Farmington
N. D. Blake
Blake & Stearns
R. P. Wadman
Thomas H. Lynch
Isaac Dreyfus
Weir, Dreyfus & Co
A. P. Burleigh
W. P. Tilton
Tilton & Dorr
John ‘S Gibbs
Winch Bros
Wilton H. Wrench
Batchelder & Lincoln
R. D. Goodwin
Ball
Bardwell’s Ferry
Lodge
Colonel Taylor
Malden Club
Malden
Congress
Sea Board
FE. A. Horton
Boston
Horton
Mr. Horton
Chicago
Gradys
Eugene Hill
Connecticut
Messrs. O. BP. Ricker
D. Frank Price
George A. Sanders
A. L. Whitman
George M. Rice
Albert Pitts
Chester J. Pike
Joseph A. Ball
Ephraim Stearns
George P. Staples
Secre
George B. Kerr
Harry A. Leslie
William A. Phillips
Eugene ©. Hill
Hobart M. Cable
R. P. Woodman
Edward Johnson
Reserve Fund
Thomas B. Fitz
Oddfellows Hall
Benjamin F. Brooks
Clarendon Street
A. J. Gordon
New York & Boston Despatch Express Company
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Tremont Temple
Prohibition
Cink
Theodore Winthrop Post
Grand Army Hall
Chelsea
Grand Army
Central Square Baptist Church
J. K. Richardson
Maverick Assembly
Royal Society of Good Fellows
J. Crockett
Order of the Iron Hall
Abbott
Simon Swig
Benjamin Geiderman
Swig
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
Temple Lodge
Masonic Hall
Central Square
Charles W. Robinson
No License Convention Set for Worcester Next Wednesday
Morning session begins at 10 in Horticultural Hall with speakers Rufus Frost Rev Dorchester Edward Haskell and others. Afternoon session at 2 in Mechanics Hall features General John L Swift and Miss Elizabeth Tobey along with Dr John Blacker. Worcester ladies plan a collation in Grace Church opposite Mechanics Hall for delegates.
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Worcester
Horticultural Hall
Mechanics’ Hall
Rufus
Frost
Daniel Dorchester
Edward H. Haskell
John L. Swift
Elizabeth
Tobey
John Blacker
B. B. Johnson
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Accidents On The Palmyra At East Boston Dock
While loading the Cunard steam ship Palmyra at Clyde street East Boston two workers were seriously injured. James Cochrane aged 50 fell before the hatch breaking two ribs and was taken to City Hospital. John Doyle aged 50 slipped from rigging and smashed two ribs and was removed to his home. Dr Granger attended both cases.
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Cunard
Palmyra
Clyde Street
Boston
James Cochrane
Granger
City Hospital
John Doyle
Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a Restorer
Doctors Buck and Matthews of Springfield Tennessee report Horsford's Acid Phosphate restores health in nervous prostration by quieting nervous agitation and providing strength.
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Horsford
Seven Venerable Men Dine in Honor of John A. Andrew
The John A. Andrew Councillor Association, formed to honor Governor Andrew, met for its annual dinner at Tremont House with eleven survivors attending. Members present were Jacob Sleeper, K. W. Bird, James M. Shute, Asa Millett, Zenas W. Crane, John I. Baker, and William N. Flynt. Four senior members absent due to illness or distance. The gathering reflected on past and future reunions with no deaths noted that year.
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John A. Andrew
Tremont House
Jacob Sleeper
Boston
Association
K. W. Bird
Walpole
James M. Shute
Asa Millett
Bridgewater
Zenas W. Crane
Dalton
John I. Baker
Beverley
William N. Flynt
Monson
P. T. Homer
Jonathan D. Wheeler
Grafton
Hugh W. Greene
Portsmouth
N. H
Samuel Osborn, Jr
Edgartown
Homer
Wheeeler
Andrew
Sleeper
Shute
Greene
Baker
Hyde Park woman sues Dr Hays over vaccination injury
Margaret Flaherty of Hyde Park sues Dr Charles C Hays alleging careless vaccination caused blood poisoning leading to paralysis and blindness in the four year old. The defense says two different points were used and meningitis caused the later condition.
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Depnam
Margaret Flaherty
Hyde Park
Charles C. Hays
Hays
Margaret
Codman Will Be Contest by Family Over Peculiar Provisions
The family of the late John A. Codman plans to contest his will. Executor Willian Dexter must set aside funds to yield 400 dollars annually for Deborah Alker, with 5000 dollars to Henry Dearborn, 20 000 to three named heirs in trust, 40000 to Eliza A. Kimball, and 5600 in gold coins to another beneficiary. if no child survives, 62000 goes to Eliza A. H. Kimball.
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Sam
Cora
Emma
Aslander
Ee Edwin Graace
Cobasset
Mass
Emma Frances Glace
John
Decosta
Grace
John A. Codman
Willian
Dexter
Deborah Alker
Henry G. R. Dearborn
Eliza Ann Hales Kimball
Edward Reynolds Kimball
William S. Dexter
Henry Austin Whitney
Henry G. Richardson
Hollander Company Moves and Sells Out at Washington St
L. P. Hollander & Co will move from 492 to 450 Washington street on February 1 and are closing out stock at favorable terms. Dress goods cloakings trimmings and ready made clothing for boys and girls are on sale. Remnant counters on the second floor feature spring summer and winter dress goods.
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L. P. Hollander & Co
Washington Street
Washington Atrees
Meeting of Boss Plumbers at Park Hall
Boss plumbers held a meeting last evening in Park Hall at 176 Tremont Street. Officers installed included President John H. Stevens First vice president Henry Hussey Second vice president Isaac Riley Third vice president John W. Cordon Recording secretary William N. McKenna Financial secretary L Perkins Corresponding secretary F A Titus Treasurer John Crawford.
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Park Hall
Tremont Street
John H. Stevens
Henry Hussey
Isaac Riley
John W. Cordon
William N. McKenna
Perkins
F. A. Titus
John Crawford
Ex mayor Cummings funeral to be attended by company
The death of Mayor Cummings was announced at a Somerville Light Infantry meeting last evening. Lieutenant Henry W. Pitman stated he was a fine member, and a resolutions committee was named. Captain Aldrich Lieutenant Pitman Lieutenant Kirk and Sergeant Robbins were dispatched to attend the funeral.
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Cummings
Somerville Light Infantry
Highth Regiment
Henry W. Pitman
Aldrich
Pitman
Kirk
Robbins
Harvard Class of 28 Dines at Parker House
The Harvard class of 1928 held its annual dinner at the Parker House yesterday. Eighteen gentlemen attended, the youngest being 74 year old Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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Harvard
Parker House
Eigh
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mule room operatives strike for higher pay at Cabot Mills
Operatives in the mule room at Cabot Cotton Mills in Brunswick Missouri walked off the job yesterday demanding higher pay. A brief earthquake tremor occurred near Paige Texas on Wednesday morning, lasting two to three seconds and felt over several miles.
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Cabot Cotton Mills
Brunswick
Paige
Tex
Rumors of Tremont House Sale Denied by Owner
Street chatter claimed Silas Gurney sold Tremont House franchise and furniture to Hartshorne brothers of Waumbek House with a midnight transfer, but Gurney said no sale occurred. Negotiations have been ongoing with a Boston party and a Dunbar syndicate backing, with Hartshornes eager to buy and possibly take over aided by their father.
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Silas Gurney
Tremont House
Messrs. Hartshorne
Jefferson, N. H
Boston
H. M. Hartshorne
Sweet Yer
David A. Dunbar
Faneuil Hall Market
Messrs
Hartshorne
Brigham C J Docket Of Injuries On Ice On Common Street
In the Boston Superior Court first session a case seeks 4000 dollars for injuries from ice and snow on Common street the evening of January 27 1885. Jury disagreed. Names include Emma Bigelow plaintiff and city defendants plus counsel Gooch and Nason.
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Superior Court
Brigham
C. J
Emma
Bigelow
Boston
Common Street
W. W. Gooch
R. W. Nason
Lucy E. Wakeler
Cutting Wilkins
H. H. Mather
T. B. King
Laton
Brown
Linehan
Ford
Same
Norton
Kendall
Spaulding
Raphael
Baker
Chamberlain
Tower
Hume
Mayer
Deshon
Hamilton
Sargent
Train
Shattuck
Rand
O’shaughnessy
Saff. B. Co
AmprRica
Louis Berenson
Thomas Fee, Jr
Salem Street
Augustus Russ
Maria Moreland
Boston & Providence Railroad
Hazlewood Station
J. E. Cotter
George Putnam and
Russell
Court adjourns as cases set for trial and lists enter docket
The session adjourned with no further trials after rulings on Fitzgerald and related matters. Plaintiff awarded 248 dollars and 50 cents with defense by Kiernan, Kimball for plaintiff, and the court noted numerous case numbers awaiting trial and entry on the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
W.H. Kimball
P. B. Kiernan
Dean Rans
Blaney v Osborne breach of contract judgment
Breach of contract action brought by S F Blaney against Annie M Osborne president of the Baptist Parsonage Association of Peabody. Plaintiff bought a building on defendant's lot to be removed but the delivery was not made. Verdict for plaintiff 448.40. Attorneys listed. Other Lynn cases noted.
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Witcher
City of Lynn
Hart
Same
Lennox
Gaffney
Russell
Jones
Gransen
Casay
Eldredge
Tufts College dens gain new quarters and gym tests
New quarters for Tufts College dens are ready as books move in. The library will house college and Universalist Historical Society volumes and a Reading Room Association meeting is set for Saturday January 8 to equip the new reading room. External work on the dormitory is finished and occupancy is planned for the next college year. Professor Swain of Harvard examined students on gymnasium practice with his brother set to teach. The holiday recess ended yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tufts College
College Library
Universalist Historical Society
Reading Room Association
Swain
Harvard
Suffolk Club Annual Meeting at 41 Beacon Street
The Suffolk Club held its annual meeting at the clubhouse 41 Beacon Street with Leopold Morse in the chair. Officers elected for the year include President Hon. Leopold Morse Secretary Treasurer George D Allen and directors A W Spencer B C Bigelow H B Thayer. Committees on admissions and auditing named Charles H Andrews Louis Hecht Jr H L Simonds R M Bailey George B Clapp William B Smart William L Reed. A fine collation followed under J K Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk Club
Beacon Street
Leopold Morse
George D. Allen
A. W. Spencer
B. C. Bigelow
H. B. Thayer
Charlies H. Andrews
Louis Hecht, Jr
H. L. Simonds
R. M. Bailey
George B. Clapp
William B. Smart
William L. Reed
J. KE. Woodward
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