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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1887

Page

8

Eight Hour Plan Faces City Council Debate

John C. Short leads a push to have the city petition the Legislature for the eight hour system in all departments. Opponents warn of higher costs and poorer living standards, while supporters argue for labor rights and citywide parity. The measure passes 39 to 27 as council enacts other actions and adjourns after midnight.

John C. Short Common Council Short Wilson Ward 9 Ladd Ward 10 State of Massachusetts United States Blume Ward 11 Mr. Blume Boston Order Friends of Labor Carroll Ward 15 Committee On Elections Thomas F. Nunan Robert Provan Mr. Nunan Edwin F. Dunn William H. Oakes Provan Dunn Whall O’brien

Suit Against Bell Began In United States Circuit Court

Papers filed in Boston mark the start of the Bell Telephone case in the U S Circuit Court. The government alleges Bell failed to fully disclose his invention and used fraud to obtain patents, naming prior inventors and caveats, and questions the validity and duration of Bell’s patents in both Britain and the United States. The suit seeks judicial review and possible cancellation or modification of the patents.

United States Circuit Court Bell Telephone Boston Washington United States Stearns Circuit Court Columbus Bell Patent Office Alexander Graham Bell Philip Reis Germany Gray Reis Varley Meucer Edison Dolbear Bell Telephone Company Solitition Great Britain

Elegant Commonwealth Hotel Ball Draws Bright Social Crowd

A stylish evening at the Commonwealth Hotel featured seventy five couples in elegant attire amid smilax and flowers. Mrs Lovell and the planning committee received guests with Baldwin's Cadet orchestra providing music, as supper followed late dancing and high praise for the event's management.

Commonwealth Hotel Smilax Karma T. P. Lovell J. A. Moore R. W. Carter George A. Fullerton Francklyn W. Howes Messrs E. B. Rundlett H. Landon Hurlburt Evelyn B. Goosell Herman P. Chelius Baldwin Kent

Ex-Commissioner Williamson Speaks on Railroads and Lands

A Boston club dinner features ex-commissioner J M Williamson on land grants for transcontinental lines. Guests include Oliver Ames and Charles Francis Adams as discussions argue railroads profited from government land grants while Adams notes Union Pacific’s repayment through land value, cheaper transport, and ending Indian warfare.

Benjamin F. Guild Mr. Foster Cain Foster Edward Atkinson Atkinson George B. Loring Frank Ames Providence Guild Oliver Ames Commonwealth Charles Francis Adams Union Pacific Railway H. C. Nutt Atlantic & Pacific Railroad George C. Lord Boston & Maine Railroad E. B. Phillips Fitchburg Railroad J. W. Converse Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad J. M. Williamson United States Land Office J. M. Forbes H. Price Collier Isaac T. Burr Richard Briggs Boston J.M. Forbes Forbes Briggs Alden Speare Daniel Webster Buffalo Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe West Isaac ‘I’. Burr Williamson Texas Pacific Northern Pacific Oakes Oakes Ames Union Pacific

Algonquin Club elects officers and expands premises

At the annual Algonquin Club election John F. Andrew was named president with Alexander H. Rice Stanton Blake William Gaston and others as officers and executives. The club has begun building a new house on Commonwealth Avenue after a $120 000 payment and plans occupancy within two years. Sixty seventy five new members were added last year bringing total to 360. James Trainer of Malden was stricken with paralysis and is critically ill.

Algonquin Club John F. Andrew Alexander H. Rice Stanton Blake William Gaston William Bliss Charles P. Searle Francis M. Stanwood Asa P.potter Thomas O. Richardson Charles W. Parker Robert Batcheller Samuel P. Mandell George B. Clapp John C. Balderston A. Pierce Green George Mixter Henry W. Dodd Josiah W. Hayden Arthur F. Estabrook Dwight Braman Commonwealth Avenue Dacey Williamson Porter Darling Canning Griffin Dunn Swasey Walker Lasker Hall McDonald Roeth Gallagher Murphy Horace Mann Samuel Eliot Hygiene R. D. Elliott Crowley Blake S. Eliot Granger Fallon Hyde Walsh Chapin St. Eliot Rooth Eliot

Trial in Fitzgerald Williams suit details alleged seduction

Rebuttal testimony in Superior Court mirrors accusations against Father Fitzgerald. Agnes Gardner denies accusing him of seduction. she recounts past liberties felt not ill intent. Witnesses discuss Hawkins Street affair and broader financial notices show several companies entering receivership.

Fitzgerald-Williams Aldrich Superior Court H. Burr Crandall Mr. Kennedy Agnes Gardner Miss Gardner Father Fitzgerald Bridget O’connor Lynn Hawkins Street Gaston R. M. Morse, Jr Donahue Morse Rome

United States Hotel Directors Hold Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the directors of the United States Hotel was held last evening with a majority present. Reports of the year were presented and accepted. After business, a sumptuous repast was enjoyed by officers and invited guests.

United States Hotel Directors United States Hotel

City Notes Recitals and Local Events at Boston Venues

Various city notices report a reception at Priday Street for the Eng ration, an upcoming Rienzi performance at the Boston Theatre starring Miriam O'Leary, and police praise for Patrolman Michael Neil. Also listed are society gatherings at Evans Hall, Washington Lodge anniversary, a musician's death in Brookline, poultry exhibition plans, a well-attended YMCA entertainment, Griffis Japan lecture, railroad officials thanking police after a strike, Military History Society officers, Five Forks talk, Rogers system fire alarms demo, Furniture Travellers’ dinner, and English high school class gathering at Young’s Hotel.

Fish High School Assoc School Montgomery Miriam O'Leary Boston Museem Company Rienzi Boston Lawrence Barrett Station 3 Michael Neil Boston Relief Association N. Dyer, Jr J. ©. Tucker H. Parkman George Forristall Horace B. Fisher Brookline William Lust Providence R. I Massachusetts Poultry Association Young’s Boston Young Men’s Christian Association Hall E. K. Hood Reader Weber William Elliot Griffis D.D Japan Powers Consolidated Railroad Board of Police Military Historical Society of Massachusetts Charles Devens Samuel M. Quincy Edward B. Robins John C. Ropes Francis A. Walker Theodore Lyman Battle of Five Forks William W. Swan Rogers City Hall Furniture Travellers’ Association G. J. Harrison New York Philadelphia Young’s Hotel

Court list from the Massachusetts supreme and superior courts

The January 13 session lists cases before Chief Justice Morton and others, with dockets for the Supreme Judicial Court and several Superior Court matters, including tort and contract actions. It covers numerous parties and lawyers, plus a school board meeting announcing committee assignments for the current year.

Legal notices of two tort actions in East Cambridge court

No 1846 Jennie L Wright versus Charles E Whorf et al seeks damages after being run over by defendants express wagon with verdict for plaintiff 6708 Champlin Ryther Wentworth for plaintiff Winslow for defendant No 1551 James Aylward versus John O Brien claims ownership of two pews in St John East Cambridge church and alleges theft and destruction of sacred fixtures by the defendant with ongoing dispute over church ownership and Pew removal by church society

Jennie L. Wright Charles E. Whorf Champlin, Ryther & Wentworth H. H. Winslow James Aylward John O’brien St. John Cambridge St. John’s Church

Mudee v Welch nuisance suit over steam engine near house

Action of tort brought by plaintiff to recover damages for an alleged nuisance caused by a steam engine and boiler maintained by defendant near the plaintiff's residence. Defense is a general denial. Attorneys Hurlburt and Lucie for plaintiff Niles and Carr for defendant. Also listed in order are Bird v Stevens Shatner v Bohaker Strong v City of Gloucester.

Mudee Welch Hurlburt & Lucie Niles & Carr Bird Stevens Shatner Bohaker Strong City of Gloucester

Winchester Home for Women Elects Officers at Annual Meeting

The Winchester Home for Aged Women in Charles Town held its annual meeting in Trinity Methodist Church vestry. Officers chosen include Liverus Hull as President and Charles E. Daniels as Treasurer, with a full slate of trustees, officers and members-at-large listed.

Winchester Winchester Home For Charlestown Trinity Methodist Church Board of Managers Liverus Hull T. T. Sawyer Francis Childs John Turner Charles E. Daniels Abram E. Cutter Anthony Morss M. D. Balfour C. BE. Daniels C. F. Byam William Tufts Abby Tufts L. Hull J. Q. Lowell J. Q. A. Bolster John Pierce George A. Whiting A. Littlefield Nahum Chapin Nelson Bartlett Fr. A. Downing W.E. Carleton E. G. Byam W. A. Byam George W. Little George S. Poole J. F. Hunnewell Charles Butler Stephen Merrill Peter Baker Horatio Wellington William Murray J. M. Stone O. C. Everett Jacob Forster Andrew J. Locke James Spratt J. P. Hilton C. B. Goodrich Daniel Johnson William C. Murray Thomas G. Frothingham D. B. Weston P. J. Stone Enoch J. Clark

Knights of the Golden Eagle Hold Massachusetts Ball

The first battalion of the Massachusetts division of the Order of Knights of the Golden Eagle held its annual ball at Berkeley Halls with about six hundred attendees. The event featured gold and blue regalia and elegant dress, with proceeds to defray travel expenses for the May 22 visit to New York for the Supreme Castle meeting.

Massachusetts Order of Knights of the Golden Eagle Berkeley Halls New York Supreme Castle

First WCTU Meeting At Clarendon Street Church

The Women’s Christian Temperance Union held its first weekly meeting last evening in the vestry of Clarendon Street Church. Meetings will occur at the same place on consecutive Thursdays for the rest of winter. C W Sawyer spoke on alcohol’s terrible consequences. Students from the New England Conservatory of Music performed, including Annie Gates Ollie Wright Ada Hollingsworth Ethel Newcomb Gertrude Lyon and Melle Shoots. Mrs Clements accompanied on piano.

Women’s Christian Temperance Union Clarendon Street C. W. Sawyer New England Conservatory of Music Annie Gates Ollie Wright Ada Hollingsworth Ethel Newcomb Gertrude Lyon Melle Shoots Clements

James Pyle Pearline Washing Compound Uses

Pearline Washing Compound is used as directed on each package and will save one half the time labor and drudgery of washing. It reduces rubbing and prolongs the life of clothing and paint according to the advertisement.

James Pyle

Pearline versus imitation goods drives strong sales in 1886

The advertisement warns about 100 dangerous imitators under priding themselves as superior. It notes 15,000,000 packages of James Pyle's Pearline were consumed in 1886 among discerning customers who reject pedlar goods. It urges readers to choose Pearline, manufactured by James Pyle in New York.

James Pyle Pedler New York

Proposal for Albany Street Bridge Bid Opening

Sealed bids addressed to the city engineer will be received at City Hall Boston until 12 o clock noon on Thursday January 20 1887 for building Albany Street Bridge. Plans and contract forms available after January 12 1887. Bidders urged to inspect site. City engineer may reject any or all bids.

Albany Street City Enineer City Hall Boston City of City Hall William Jackson Office

Freestone for Chestnut Hill Pumping Station Sealed Bids

Boston Water Board invites sealed proposals for freestone to build a new Pumping Station at Chestnut Hill Reservoir Ward 25. Each bid must include a $1000 certified check. Plans available at City Architect Office. Light-House District office in Tompkinsville invites bids for chains and ballast balls by Jan 20 1887 with similar bid terms.

City Hall Boston Boston Water Board Chestnut Mill Reservoir Ward 25 Chestnut Hill Reservoir H. J. Rockwell

Weather Indications For New England And Eastern New York

For 24 hours starting 7 a.m. Friday January 14 southerly winds shift to westerly across New England and eastern New York with rain or snow and a slight rise in temperature.

Washington, D. C New England New York

Social hop at United States Hotel draws cities guests

A large gathering attended the first of a series of social hops at the United States Hotel last evening. Prominent attendees included George G. Crocker Uriel Crocker Tilly Haynes E C Carrigan state board of education Upham Galvin Miller and daughter Louisville Ky Romans Roach Pasumpsic railroad officer Western Union supervisor Sandwich attendees Captain Sampson and others. The second series is planned for Thursday evening the 27th.

United States United States Hotel George G. Crocker Uriel Crocker Tilly Haynes James G. Hickey E. C. Carrigan State Board of Education Upham Galvin

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