Anti Long victory sparks talk of senator nomination
The article outlines an early legislative skirmish yielding an anti Long victory as Republicans from both chambers consider a joint caucus to nominate a U S Senator. Dawes and Robinson supporters gain momentum while Long supporters vow to block binding action. It also details a prolonged granite cutters dispute in Boston and surrounding towns ending with a shift to hourly pay and a contractor-led association forming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
United States
Dawes and
Robinson
Holt
That Senatorial Conference Opens Republican Caucus Debate
A Republican conference after adjournment saw anti Long faction members push for a party caucus to nominate a U.S. Senator. About 130 of 181 Republicans attended as leaders debated timing and place with calls for unity and opposition to Democratic aid. A conference was set for Thursday afternoon after amendments to change caucus to conference were approved.
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United States
Sleeper
Middlesex
Lovell
Wymouth
Milliken
Bristol
Morse
Norfolk
Moseley
Hyde Park
Parkman
Boston
Senate
House
Kent
Worcester
Cal
Howe
Shrewsbury
Judd
Holyoke
Malden
Weymouth
Teele
Parkmoan
Messrs. Gile
Canton
Smith
Andover
Senate Opens as Dowse Prays and Shea Takes Oaths
Chaplain Dowse opened the Senate session with prayer. John F. Shea of Boston qualified as senator elect before the governor and council. Forbes reports part of a rules reform to form a 3 to 8 committee including the president and speaker. Coolidge reappointed as assistant clerk. Governor Ames pardons listed for 1886 total 34 with 10 in state prison. six pardoned men have died. Senate adjourned at 2 25.
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Senate
Dowse
John F. Shea
Boston
Forbes
Committee On
House
Clapp
Henry D. Coolidge
Menard
Ames
State officials report to Governor and council
Speaker Noyes appeared fatigued in his chair as reports from the Governor were received. Board of police, adjutant-general and commission to Philadelphia provided copies. Civil service commissioners’ annual report is printed elsewhere and Representative O'Hearn of Lawrence was escorted to the executive council for qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyes
Board of Police
Adjutant-General
Philadelphia
Civil Service Commissioners
O’hearn
Lawrence
Executive Council
Granite Trade Troubles Prompt Strike Call
A January 1 Post note signals granite cutters plan a general strike. The Granite manufacturers reply to the paper, arguing the public is misled and requesting an opportunity to present their side of the situation.
Post Office Adopts Fortnightly Pay Schedule
General Corseorders a shift from monthly to fortnightly payments at the Boston Post Office. Clerks and porters will be paid on the 15th and 28th, carriers on the 17th and 29th, with adjustments for Sundays holidays and February dates. Pay will be by bearer checks cashed with indorsement. Monthly payroll runs about $60,000 plus $26,000 for railway mail clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Corse
Boston
New School Board Re-elected President and Study Revisions
The first meeting of the present year elected Timothy J. Dacey as president by 21 of 22 votes. Other officers chosen include Phineas Bates as secretary, William J. Porter auditing clerk, Alvah H. Peters as messenger, and Nathan Chapin as Charlestown fund treasurer. The annual report discusses Latin and high schools courses, potential college preparation changes, and a proposed four year central high school plan, with emphasis on health, drainage, and physical education improvements. The board adjourned to Jan 13 at 5 p m.
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Mason Street
William C. Williamson
Raphael Lasker
James S. Murphy
Board West
Timothy J. Dacey
Dacey
Phineas Bates
William J. Porter
Alvah H. Peters
Nathan Chapin
Charlestown Fund
Board of Supervisors
Boston
School of Technology
Central High
Board of Health
National Bank of Redemption of Boston v City of Boston
United States Circuit Court action from January 10 contests a Boston tax on bank capital stock for 1885 at 113 per share totaling 14484 paid under protest. Bank seeks refund arguing higher rate violates federal law. case tests whole banking capital tax and postponement to April. counsel listed includes Hale Walcott for plaintiff and Bailey for city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Cott
J. National Bank of Redemption of Boston
City of
Boston
United States
George 8. Hale
C. F. Walcott
A. J. Bailey
Court records list damages and suits in a Boston court
Jan 10 First Session judges and attorneys heard Solomon Dyer versus John Kimball seeking 12000 dollars for alleged alienation of affection. Numerous docket entries follow with verdicts, defaults, and ongoing tort and contract actions including damages, injuries and railroad company cases.
Supreme Judicial Court Rules On Healy Estate Case
The Supreme Judicial Court convened at 9:80 a.m. to hear law and equity cases from several counties. William Minot Jr. as administrator de bonis non of Percival's estate claims $4700 from Healy's real estate proceeds. the estate was insolvent and commissioners allowed only $457,359 of personal estate. The court held the administrator may sue for the $4700 and awarded interest from February 25, 1867, over the commissioners' denial. The judgment affirms the administrator's right to pursue the estate's assets.
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Commonwealth
Suffolk
Middlesex
Norfolk
Barnstable
William Minot, Jr
John P. Healy
Healy
John Percival
de Bonis Non
Percival
Peatoot
Arbitration Award Reversed In Home Paper Company Case
The court held there was a mis take of fact by the arbitrator affecting the award and allowed the award to be vitiated. The plaintiff offered to return the money or credit it, which satisfied the defendant parties. The actions of contract for money had and received saw the plaintiffs recover only sums admitted in answers or those tendered, with the court instructing verdicts for the defendants if 20 percent plus interest and costs covered the claims.
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Boston
Granite Cutters’ Union of
Quincy
Knights of Labor of Boston
Master Builders’ Association of Boston
Uoncy
Cambridge
Chelsea
Malden
Charlestown
Waltham
Lmit
Granite Manufacturers’ Association
Healy
B. M. Johnson
Hutchins
William M. Ogden
E. Price Greenleaf
Eliza Appleton
Udge
D. G. Linscott
Aug. Russ
Enrod L. Ames Et al
Benjamin F. Brooks
Oliver Ames
Easton
Clark
Clark Woollen Company
J. H. Benton, Jr
H. G. Nichols
Capes
Leverett Leonard Et al
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Dabney
A. Welch
Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company
J . Company
Forbes
Boston & Lowe Railroad
Mass
H. D. Hyde
Bia
Welch
Charles M. Barrows
Sweet Ek
Barrows
E. H. Sweet & Co
Home Aper Company
Home Paper Company
B'Ll
C. J. Keyer
J. A. Bennett
F. J. Babcock
Lowell L. Hinds
Edward C. Cottle
George F. Rouvé
Same
J. P. Hind
Hyde & Dickinson
Schriftgeisser
Early
Murphy
Evans
Hackett
Faxon
Goulding
O' Hare
Luuney
James Pyle’s Pearline Washing Compound Claim
The advertisement asserts Pearline washing compound saves half the time labor and effort per package directions. It says less rubbing lengthens the life of clothing and paint by avoiding wear during cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pyle
Pearline sales rise amid counterfeit imitations
In 1886 James Pyle’s Pearline sold about 15 million packages to an educated consumer base that rejects pedler's cheap imitations. The piece warns that many counterfeit Pearline products harm the brand and urges readers to choose the genuine article made by James Pyle, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pyle
Pedler
New York
Auction Saxes at Sheriffs Sale in Boston 1887
Suffolk County Massachusetts. Willian J Tracy of Boston Las rights to redeem a parcel on North Anderson Street Boston with a wall partition easement. Property tied to Parker Baldwin Ritchie Parkman deeds and the Tracy estate. Sale to be held March 12 1887 at 12 oclock noon at the Sheriff s Office Court House Court Square Room 1 Boston. Ered H Seavey Deputy Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Boston
Court House
Court Square
Willian J. Tracy
Anderson
Bridge) Street
Anderson Street
George Parkman
Calvin Baldwin
John Ritchie
Charles Fleury
Said Parker
Tracy Dee
William J. Tracy
John ‘Tracy
Ered
H. Seavey
Fragmented 19th Century Securities List Itemizes Firms and Banks
A dense OCR fragment catalogs numerous securities including railroads such as Chicago zane and Quincy RE and Consolidated RR Vermont 5s, banks like Shawmut National Bank and First National Bank, manufacturers E and Fairbanks Co, Plymouth Cordage Co, and city issues for Cleveland and Minneapolis with assorted coupons and par values. It reads as a financial ledger of bonds and shares with limited readable context.
Master’s Sale of Railroads in Eastern Arkansas District
Public notice from the Eastern District of Arkansas court states that on January 3 1887 at 11 AM at the Little Rock courthouse, Charles P. Redmond master will sell the Little Rock Mississippi River and Texas railway and related properties by public auction to satisfy the decree. Purchasers must pay 2000 cash at bid eve, with balance in cash or overdue bonds per mortgage terms.
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John H. Reed
Ezra H. Winchester
The
Little Rock
River & Texas Railway
Elisha Atkins
I. Gordon Dexter
Circuit Court of the United States
Arkansas
Charles P. Redmund
United States Court House
Postol Ce
Ark
Little Rock, Mississippi River &Texas
Little Rock, Pine Bluff & New Orleans
Mississippi, Ouachita & Red River Railroad
Pulaski
Charles P. Redmond
Auction notice of railroad and company shares sale in Boston
On Saturday January 15 at 11 30 by order of Executors 88 shares Little Rock Fort Smith RR 15 shares Crszage St Paul Minneapolis Omaha pid 29 shares Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha com 15 shares Kansas City Spinneld Memphis BR 15 shares Kansas City Fort Scott Gulf com 15 shares Oregon Shrine RE do Atch Jewell Co and Western RR 2 100 Consolidated RR Vermont 5s 1913 Also 2 shares Revere House Co 10 shares Real Estate and Building Co Francis Henshaw Co auctioneers brokers and appraisers No 51 State Street Merchants Exchange Building First Floor Room EL Members Boston Stock Exchange telephone 1665 Auctions Sales every Wednesday and Saturday at 12 M.
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National Car Co
City of
Cleveland
M. le
Minneapolis
City of Toledo
W. le
Board of Education
Kansas City
Emp. & So. BR
Consolidated RR. of Vermont
Chicago
Zane & Quincey
West
Sant Ke
Top
Union Pacffc RR
Plymouth Cordage Co
Boston Belting Co
E. & Fairbanks & Co
Boston, Con. & Mont. RE
Worcester RR
Fireman’s Fire Ins. Co
Tock & It. Smith Ry. Co
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Crszage
St Paul
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Earchange
The
Boston Stock Exchange
Stock Listings From January Eighteen Hundred Eighty Seven
Stocks and bonds quoted include Norwich Worcester RB Co Russ Natl Bank state Natl Bank Edwards Mfg Newton & Watertown Gas Co Hamilton Mfg Middlesex Mills Melrose Boston Concord & Montreal RR Boston Concord & Manteca RE Armory AIr Co Hill Mfg Pepperell Mfg Merchants Natl Bank Old Colony RE Cheshire RR ven National Car Co Boott Cotton Mills etc. Entries show shares, prices, and dates such as 1889 1893 1898 1890 1909 with various railroad and manufacturing concerns among notes and rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich & Worcester RB. Co
Russ Natl. Bank
State Natl. Bank
Edwards Mfg
Newton & Watertown Gas Tt. Co
Armory Ai’ Fz. Co
Hill M’rg. Co
Nath Exchange
Pepperell M'ig. Co
Nath Bank
Nath. Bank
Salon
Old Colony RE
Ge Cheshire RR. Co
Milion M’fg. Co
Sack Co
Ratland RR
National Car Co
Houghton & Ontonagan RE
Cleveland
Cons
Vermont
Metropolitan RR. Co
North Cap Giooston
Concord
Montreal
Scott
Eastern & Memphis
Rutland RR
Ombs
Kansas City
Emporia & So
Topeka & Santa Fe RR
L. G
Cowley, Sumner & Ft. Smith RR
Boott Cotton Co
Merchants’ Natl. Bank
Salem
Auctioneers advertise shares and mills in sale notice
Three shares of Pacific Mills and one share each of JBcott Cotton Mills and Lawrence Mfg Co are listed for sale. FIORATIO HARRIS & CO. act as auctioneers and commission merchants at No. 227 State Street.
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Pacific Mills
Jbcott Cotton Mills
Lawrence M’fg. Co
Fioratio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
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Dawes
Supervisors of Schools
Dyer
Kimball
Linebhan
Ford
Linehan
Tenney
O’ Shaughnessy
Suff. B. Co
Corrig. W. #. Co
Packard
Corey Va
Moore
Drennan
Carey
McLean
Chamberlin
Trundy
Knowlton
Underwood
Todd
Rogers
Boardman
Boston Marine Ins. Co
Aldrich
J. Maria Moreland
Boston & Providence Railroad Way
Hazlewood
Cotter
George Putnam and
Russell
Fitzgerald
William
Alden
Thurber
Graham
Robbins
Merriam & M. P. Company
Wood
Newton
Edwards
Hall
Ropertson Va. White
Nashua Savings Bank
Quincy M. F. I
McMahon
McKinr
Fee
Carr
Hovey
Woodward
Porton
Goodrich
Gott
Rosenburg
Doe
Hathaway
Boucrot
Titton
Linden Aeons Co
Molloy Va
Lowell R. R
Williams
Morton
Ennis
Crosby
Lane
Fitchburg
Money
Regan
Goodnow
Walpole
Emery Mills
Bryson
Boston & Albany R. R
Davia
Osgood
Hannan
Holmes
Perham
Sennott
Greeley
Kelleher
Lowell
Jacobs
Dennison
Coakley
R. R
Bession—Nammond, J
Gibson
Shaw
Newsotme
Hailey
Gilman
Winchell
Whitney Va
Curless
Crowley
Brown
Coyle
Schofield
Brace
Griffin
Sullivan
Spotter
Knapp
Seaside
Pitman
Vesta L. Pomeroy
Henry A. Davis
John W. Pettingill
W. E. Rogers
H. H. Mather
Lewis
Sklarow
H. J. Edwards
Tanner
T. J. Cutter
F. J. Hutchinson
TeMales
Max Greenburg
John Draper
Hanover Street
D. F. Fitz
E. F. Johnson
J. F. Dean
William H. Zinn
Peter and
John Donahue
Washington Street
M. Story
B.S. M. Tower
J. R. Clark
C Darling
Supreme Judicial Court
Massachusetts
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnott A. Rand
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Sroom
E Bealdence
Warren Avenue
Destomy
Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress Street
Carver, Bedford
Kingston
Milk Streets
Carver Street
Boylston Street
Kingston Street
Bedford Street
Milk St
W. W. Vaughan
Harriet Louisa Atkins
Auconeers
Charles F. Libbie
John C. Hoadley
Lawrence, Mass
B. W
B. W. Bell
L. Foster Morse
Warren Street
Clifton
Summer, Bartlett
Cedar Streets
Rockland Avenue
Brackenbury Street
Tell Rock Station
Eastern Division
Malden Centre
Clitter Street
Cedar
Clifton Streets
Cedar Street
Summer
Bartlett
Erastus Bartlett
Joseph KE. Burtt
Thomas H. Lord
Warren R. Houdlette
Auvctions& Tes
Richards & CO
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Gogaert & Co
White St
Townsend & Montant Auctioneers
Beonard Street
Samuel Buntings Sons & CO
E.L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange
Clocy Aghares
Motuai
Manchester & Lawrence
Boston Consolidated Street
Hill Manufacturing’ Co- Douglas Axe Manufacturing
Cheshire
Globe National Bank
Oar & Kenton
Naumkeagh
American Waltham Watch Co
Shawmut National Bank
Merchandise National Bank
Market National Bank
First National Bank
Kewburyport
Cabot Manufacturing Co
Massawippi Valley
Little Ork & Fort Smith RR
Essex Co
Pulloan Pal. Car Co
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland
Eastern District of Arkansas
Auctiow
Acadia
Pier 2
Long Wharf
Florida
Macon
Paris
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Hass
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