Moran account of Riley campaign outlay in Boston
John B Moran files a detailed financial report to Boston city clerk listing receipts and expenditures for the Riley mayoral campaign. He itemizes payments for rooms halls carriages posters photographs advertising and staff, noting motives and political stance while asserting the campaign achieved about 9500 Democratic votes. Moran affirms the record before Justice of the Peace Francis P Curran in Suffolk County Boston.
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John B. Moran
Riley
Boston
City of
Quincy
Democratic National
Thomas Riley
M. J. Tully
Brighton
Miller
Donnelly
Political Information Agency
Moran
Wright
Faneuil Hall
Post
Record
Traveler
Bryan
Pillar
Devlin
Ape
Bryan Democracy
Roy
Roxbury
John Lee
Chance
Curtis
Suffolk
Francis P. Curran
Cold Prevention Tip with Fell-Naptha Soap
The note advises standing over a warm wash tub as a cold preventive using Fell-Naptha soap with luke warm water to ward off chills in cold weather from Philadelphia.
Receiver's sale marks down Spitz Bros and Mork stock
The Spitz Bros and Mork store at 67 and 69 Summer Street closes for a receiver's sale starting tomorrow at 8 a.m. A $150,000 stock will be offered, with prices set at the bottom notch to quickly convert inventory to cash under receiver Godfrey Morse.
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Spitz Bros. & Mork
Summer Street
Godfrey Morse
Boston Police Report Totals From 1897 Year End
Board of Police Commissioners reports 1292 officers and 128 vacancies as of November 30. Park force 57. 204 arrests in 1897 with 6 women. Total arrests 45,659 including 508 women and 22,326 foreigners and 4,846 minors. Fines $136,613.30. 91 sentenced to state prison. Drunkenness arrests averaged 81 daily. Stolen property recovered worth $80,730.38. 341 policy-shop raids and 229 gambling raids. 747 arrested. property seized $2167.10. Rogue’s gallery holds 4155 photos with 636 added in 1897. Accidents: 72 railroad deaths, 60 within city limits. 11 electric car deaths. 41 gas poisonings. Liquor licenses total 92 on May 1 1897. 22 surrendered and new licenses issued. Police expenditures $1,570,776.87 minus $9,368.16 for uniforms. license revenue $1,447,096. Signal system cost $84,368.73. Request to erect a new police headquarters building.
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Board of Police Commissioners of
Boston
Walcott
Park
Treasury
City Treasury
Charity and Wealth Marked Life of Mrs. Ayer in Paris
In Paris, Mrs. James C. Ayer, born Josephine Mellin Southwick in Medway Massachusetts, built a famed social salon amid vast wealth from patent medicines. She married into the Ayer fortune after a self-made rise, hosted salons at the Hotel Continental, dressed lavishly, and maintained a large retinue while her many gowns filled her mansion. Her life included marriage rumors involving princes and a renowned 1897 dinner for Mrs. William Astor with Melba singing amid a glittering guest list. Her son Frederick F. and Henry S. Ayer reside on West Fifty-seventh Street and her daughter Mrs. Frederick Pearson on West Fifty-seventh Street.
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New York
James C. Ayer
Paris
Medway
Mass
Josephine Mellin Southwick
H. B. Claflin Company
Lowell
Ayer
Newport
Bar Harbor
Directoire
Hotel
Continental
Mrs. Ayer
Prince Dalgarouky
Prince Giedroyc
Russia
Prince Valeri
Valeri
Don Carlos
Five inspectors promoted to permanent posts
Chief Watts promotes Joseph D. Bogan John R. McGarr Alfred Douglas Oliver Wise and Michael J. Kelley to permanent inspectors. Although listed as patrolmen they have been performing inspector duties for some time. The order takes effect at 7 45 this morning.
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Watts
Joseph D. Bogan
John R. McGarr
Alfred Douglas
Oliver Wise
Michael J. Kelley
Bristol man fatally shoots wife and daughter then kills himself
In Nashville Jan 6 report from Bristol Tenn a white citizen Alexander Carter of Greenville shot dead his wife and their 18 year old daughter Mantle in their sleep at 8 this morning before killing himself. Authorities say he had been mentally unbalanced for some time.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bristol
The
Banner
Alexander Carter
Greenville
Mantle
Beneficent Society Aids Musically Talented in Fifteenth Year
Sleeper Hall fills for the Beneficent Society annual meeting at New England Conservatory. Mary A. Livermore presides as the society funds loans to aspiring musicians. This year ten young women and six young men are aided. total grants and treasury details are reported by officers and committee chairs.
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Sleeper Hall
New England Conservatory of Music
Beneficent Society
Mary A. Livermore
Caroline B. Ellis
Washington G. Benedict
Sarah A. Perkins
E. Winchester Donald
Trinity Church
Massachusetts
George W. Chadwick
Conservatory
R. H. Dana
Board of Trustees
Discontent Over Boston Gloucester Herring Decision
Boston and Gloucester fishermen protest a Treasury ruling that allows herring from Newfoundland to enter duty free. T Wharf dealers say the move harms local buyers claiming herring are Newfoundlanders’ product bought by Americans, not American fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Boston
Gloucester
Newfoundland
Liniment Claim Featured in Early Ad Copy
An old advert notes that twenty five cents buys the Salvation Oil liniment described as the best liniment. The line underscores a period marketing claim tied to a medicinal product and a low price point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Oil
Subway Progress Report Tells of Boston Transit Progress
The Boston Transit Commission issued its third annual report for the year ending Aug 15 1897 detailing subway progress and costs. Substantially complete except for Scollay Adams and the north Haymarket sections with delays over northern terminal plans. Estimated East Boston tunnel cost 2406600 dollars. total project costs and remaining appropriations discussed.
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Boston Transit Commission
Common Council
Charlestown
Scollay Square
Adams Square
Haymarket Square
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston
Haverhill
Canal Streets
City of
Howard A. Carson
Charlestown Bridge
William Jackson
Happenings of the Theatrical Season in Boston
The Belle of New York returns as the Park engagement closes tomorrow with hopes for a later revival. Vesta Tilley visits next week with a strong vaudeville company. Grace Atwell heads to Columbus to lead in Sweet Lavender. The Bride Elect at the Boston Theatre receives lavish praise for scenery and Sousa music. Fanny Davenport opens Cleopatra at the Fifth Avenue Theatre on the 2th. Robert Baker, Boston born, holds world titles in high jump with weights and three broad sprints. Julie Herne joins James A. Herne’s company as leading lady next week. Shadows of a Great City at Bowdoin Square draws solid crowds with a bargain matinee Saturday. Sadie Hassan lights up the Grand Theatre with A Kentucky Girl. Joe Sparks attends his sister’s funeral in Hartford. Tre mont row museum reports many visitors to the Sonell hot phing apparatus. The Keith’s management welcomes picture suggestions for Passion Play. Cumberland 61 with Edgar Davenport opens next week. Norma Kopp shines in The Idol's Eye at the Tremont. James O Neill to present MOTEDDAE The Rays at the Grand Opera House. A Railroad Ticket slated for next week. The Heart of the Kloniike ends its run tomorrow and George W Munroe appears at the Colum.
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Dan Daly
New York
Park
Vesta Tilley
Grace P. Atwell
Columbus
Boston Theatre
Boston
Sousa
Fanny Davenport
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Sardou
Robert Baker
Robinson-Baker
City Sports
the Howard
Charlesbank Gymnasium
James A. Herne
Shore Acres
Julie A. Herne
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Sadie Hassan
Grand Theatre
Joe Sparks
Hartford
Miss Fitzwell
Austin & Stone
Tremont Row
Keith's
Baron Museum
Cumberland
Edgar L. Davenport
Norma Kopp
Tremont Theatre
James O'Neill
Marie Corelli
Grand Opera House
George W. Munroe
Klondike expedition schooner Mildred E. aban doned sails for Alaska voyage
The North American Mining and Trading Company reports the Klondike expedition halted as schooner Mildred E. leaves East Boston bound for the Pacific. The Iris will depart next month under Captain Charley Bartlett. Several other vessels prepare for Alaska voyage and Gulf weather prompts caution along the waterfront.
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North American Mining and Trading Company
Klondike
Mildred E
Magnus
Boston
Pacific
Iris
Charley Bartlett
Sumner Street
East
Carrie
Annie
Reub
J L. Richardson
Long Wharf
Alaska
Canada
Liverpool
Queenstown
Henry D. Conover
New York
Custom House
Clarence Birdsall
John B. Manning
Mary
Patrick J. O’toole
South Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Avonmouth
Mystic Wharf
Ned Quin
Hell Gate
James Horton
Michael O’brien
Taurus
Michigan
London
Sagamore
Fenton
Kinsale
Irish
Fairfax
Baltimore
J. C. McGrievy
Warren Line
Sachem
Samuel Walters
Yarmouth
Sam Stanwood
Lewis Wharf
Dr. Farish
Gerona
Montreal
Quebec
Abbie C. Stubbs
Mobile
Ampico
Somers N. Smith
J. M
Cape Cod
Gloucester
Haskins
Charley Pye
Plant
Halifax
Lewis
Ova Scotia
Ecnedcay
Robert Fraser
Black Diamond Line
Coban
Greater New York
George W. Wright
Honaumau
Hawaiian Islands
William Hayselder
Hope Kinney
Kinney
Prince Edward
Nova Scotia
Cape Race
Fremont
Portland
Shields
Entertaining season promises star turns at Tremont and Castle Square
Next week sees the Wandering troupe present A Mappy Little Home with Edwina the dancer in a strong feature. Ada Rehan with the Daly Theatre company will headline her annual Boston engagement at Tremont Theatre. The Castle Square company rehearses Sardou's Diplomacy for a forthcoming production, while Izzoura has proven a success with requests for later reproduction.
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Edwina
Ada Rehan
Daly Theatre Company
Boston
Tremont Theatre
Castle Square
Sardou
Novel Insurance Scheme Expands Surety Reach in City
National Security Company of New York admits John Doe Paige & Co as resident managers. The firm offers bonds for bank and railroad officers, government officials, and mercantile positions, plus bonds for administrators guardians maritime libel common carriers and brewers. Local leadership includes Thomas K Cummins Jr and directors T Jefferson Coolidge Jr Richard Olney B P Cheney W Murray Crane James Phillips Jr William Whiting and W B Plunkett.
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National Security Company of
New York
John Do. Paige & Co
Thomas K. Cummins, Jr
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Old Colony Trust Company
Richard Olney
B. P. Cheney
State Board
W. Murray Crane
James Phillips, Jr
William Whiting
W. B. Plunkett
Hamburg American Line Orders New Steamship
A cable despatch from New York reports the Hamburg American line has ordered a sister ship to the Pennsylvania and Pretoria, the current largest carriers in the world. The order underscores the company’s expansion in transatlantic passenger and freight service.
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New York
Hamburg-American Line
Pennsylvania
Pretoria
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Carolus Duran
Bogan, McGarr
Douglas, Wise and Kelley
Musical Aid
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Henry M. Dunham
Julia Ward Howe
Kate Gannett Wells
Joseph Cook
Ole Bull
M. Louise Thomas
Julia Houston West
Edna Dean Proctor
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Frances B. Willard
John C. Whitin
Louise
Transit Commission
Commission
National Security Company of New York Guarantees
Eannade
Bowdoin
Orchestra
RANCH
Howard
CITY
Robinson-Baker Trio
Rainbow Dance
Alton and
Doyle
CRAND
Washington
Cor
Dover St
Kentucky
Wallace Campbell
Isabel Lewis
Caat
Eugene Tompkins
John Philip Sousa
NEW Opera
Tai Batae
the Belle of
Model Playhouse
Arthur
Jennie Dunny
Royce
Edmund Hayes
Emily Lytton
Alice Raymond
Biograph
Boston Music Hall
Burton Holmes
Wonders
Tremont St
Tel
Augustus
Theatre
Ephone
Tremont
Symphony Orchestra
Emil Paur
Ruy Blas
Mendelssohn
Loeffler
Brahms
Boston Museum
Noritz
Bohemia
Lumiere Cinematograph
Ernest Lacy
Frank Daniels
Isaac B. Rich
John Drew
Sydney Gruid
Snakes
Iloor
Coolumbia
Heart OF the
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Palace
Cole
Johneacon
Coontown
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg
Lexow Chicago
Springfield
Ill
Senate
Chicago
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