Social Grace and Memory in Boston and Washington Circles
A survey of social life from Boston to Washington highlights how remembering names, ease in conversation, and tact at gatherings shape hostess charm. Notable figures discuss poetry readings, art, and a new benevolent society while a court case in Rhode Island outlines a trust and bond dispute over Buckner bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Cleveland
Washington
New England
United States Circuit Court
Nelson
J. Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
William R. Travers
Rhode Island Circuit
General Burnside
Burnside
Joseph C. Ely
Samuel P. Colt
Francis Colwell
Arrest of Rosa Peruni Breaks Counterfeit Gang
Chelsea police nabbed Rosa Peruni leading to the arrest of a counterfeiters gang. Officers found over $3800 in fake coins, tool chests, clay molds, and a smelting room in a Cottage Street den. Leaders Gaetano Russo and Baldasari Boso detained. bank books show large deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Peruni
Chelsea
Sibley
Cheever Newhall
Broadway
Rose Perini
No. 158
Cottage Street
Johnson
Fred Smith
Gaillac
Howey
Smith
Gaillac and
Gerrish Avenue
Gaetano Russo
Baldasari Boso
Russo
Suffolk National Bank
Five Cents Savings Bank
United States Circuit Court
North End
Boston
Temperance Talk at Harvard Total Abstinence League
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson and General John L. Swift spoke to a Harvard College audience at Lever Hall. Higginson praised moral gains, cautioned against overreliance on abstinence, and recalled wartime odds. Swift urged students to choose the dry path in the battle of temperance and intemperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Society of Good Fellows
Providence
Wells Memorial Hall
Brackett
D. Wilson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
John L. Swift
Harvard Total
Cambridge
Higginson
General Swift
England
Swift
New Granite Street Stable Opens for Herdic Company
officers of the Herdic Phaeton Company tour the new Granite street stable in South Boston praised as one of the city’s largest and most complete, with 200 stalls for 135 horses and a design prioritizing light and air over ventilation. The firm disputes claims of widespread herdic blame and notes 100 independent herdics operate locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herdic Phaeton Company
Granite Street
Boston
Friend Street
Hanover
Tarbox
Knights of the Whip
Jank H. Monks
Mr. Monks
Herdic
New Hampshire
William Basset
Building Boom Reported in Maupen During Last Year
Maupen notes 296 new structures built in the past year with ward totals 79 in Ward 1 48 in Ward 2 40 in Ward 8 26 in Ward 4 38 in Ward 5 and 62 in Ward 6. Brick buildings numbered six with 265 dwellings 16 stables and 9 stores. Officials anticipate more construction in the current year than in 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maupen
Public Bequests of William Merrick Detailed in Will
The Springfield resident died suddenly on Monday and left 160000 in public bequests and 75000 to friends and relatives. The Springfield Hospital is residuary legatee with 75000, and the local public library will receive 30000 on the death of Mrs A D Briggs. Thirty thousand dollars in real estate goes to the Springfield Home for Friendless Women and Children, plus 15000 on another beneficiary's death. Harvard College receives 5000 to aid worthy descendants of the class of 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
William Merrick
Harvard College
Maine Press Association names Watkins and Hunt for year
The Maine Press Association elected George N. Watkins of Portland as essayist and Anna Sargent Hunt of Augusta as poet for the coming year. A summer excursion via Burlington and Lake Champlain was chosen for the second week of July. A Senate chamber program featured Albro E. Chase on William Caxton and a Quimby poem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine Press Association Today
George N. Watkins
Portland
Anna Sargent Hunt
Burlington and
Lake Champlain
Senate Chamber
Albro E. Chase
William Caxton
George A. Quimby
Our George
Belfast
Hannibal Hamlin
Howard Owen
Sewall Street
State House Debates On Liability Bill And Suffrage Petitions
Lawmakers met briefly as petitions circulated, including a plan to prevent lobbying within the State House. A Senate petition from manufacturers seeks corporate incorporation to insure employers and workers against work injuries, seen as curbing the employers liability bill. Boston police urge an electrical signal system amid a flood of woman suffrage petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graves
Groton
Commonwealth
State House
Beard
Adin Thayer
Committee On the Judiciary
Longman
Long
Robinson
Dawes
Senate
Board of Police of
Boston
Senate Petitions For Insurance Act And Rail Consolidation
Senator Reed presented a Boston petition for an act to insure employers and employees against accident losses. The list includes Lovering and dozens of signatories. Also cited are petitions supporting an electrical police wagon system for Boston, plus amendments to water supply and railroad consolidation with stock increases for the Boston Winthrop Shore Line and related companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Reed
William C. Lovering
Boston
H. Dalton
William Whitman
L. M. Sargent
Francis Cabot
George Atkinson
Robert J. Stevenson
William H. Bent
John C. Sharp
John E. Sanford
Philip L. Moen
Thomas L. Livermore
Arthur T. Lyman
Roger Wo
Mansfield
Newhall of Essex
Boston, Winthrop & Shore Line Railroad
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Senator Newhall
Essex
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Company
Legislative order bars executive officers from lobbying in State House
A significant order proposed by Mr Graves of Groton seeks to prevent executive officers and probate judges from lobbying legislators within the State House. The day’s actions include petitions on real estate titles and $1000 for State Library law books. Petitions cover woman suffrage and water rights for Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graves
Groton
Committee On the Judiciary
Executive Department
The
Commonwealth
State House
Bailey
Everett
William T. Bowditch
Boyden
Foxboro
State Library
Moseley
Newburyport
Mr. Bailey
Mr. Quincy
Quincy
Collison
Boston
Felch
Kent
Worcester
Supreme Judicial Court
Superior Court
A. L. Burroughs
Smith Paper Company
Lenox
District Assembly 30 elects executive board and officers
Knights of Labor District Assembly 30 met in New Era Hall yesterday. Elected to the executive board were R. F. Grady Pittsfield John J. Bicknell Boston Michael Flanagan Marlboro and Frank K Foster Others named include Master Workman Howard Worthy Foreman J C Short and Secretary Treasurer FE Blaine The court includes Eben Jewett Groveland Rev Jessie J Jones North Abington Edward Fitzwilliams Boston Robert Fanning Chelsea ce Meehan South Groveland as clerk of the court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
New Era Hall
R. F. Grady
Pittsfield
John J. Bicknell
Boston
Michael Flanagan
Marlboro
Frank K. Foster
Howard
J. C. Short
FE. S. Blaine
Eben Jewett
Groveland
Jessie J. Jones
North Abington
Edward Fitzwilliams
Robert Fanning
Chelsea
Ance Meehan
South Groveland
Rumor of Tear Down Abandoned Old South Side Church
The plan to demolish Adams's Old Church at Chauncy and Essex was dropped due to Essex Street widening. The building, once home to the Union Congregational Church led by Rev Nehemiah Adams, remains standing near Columbus Avenue amid memories of Wendell Phillips and Rev John Pierpont among nearby Boston figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Chauncy
Essex Streets
Essex Street
Nehemiah Adams
Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
Wendell Phillips
John Pierpont
Deaf Mutes Hold Grand Fair at Horticultural Hall
A fair and levee for the Gallaudet memorial fund will take place at Horticultural Hall on Tuesday evening February 22. The drive supports a bronze statue for Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Gallaudet, with outside-New England contributors around 4000 dollars. The program features a masquerade and other attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallaudet
Horticultural Hall
Thomas H. Gallaudet
New England
Supreme Judicial Court session in equity docket lists cases
On January 21 the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts heard equity cases. Dockets include Cook v Young, Towle v Delano, Potter v Sears with various counsel. Several numbered cases were submitted on briefs and more are scheduled for Monday. Criminal matters will follow the equity list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Cook
William H. H. Young
George H. Kingsbury
A. Russ
D. A. Dow
Samuel F. Towle
Sarah Delano
M. Williams
F. I. Amory
Warren B. Potter
Henry F. Sears
J. D. Ball
G. C. Travis
Replevin and tort actions heard in First Session court
In the First Session January 21 Superior Court the docket includes George W. Spaulding et al versus Aaron Raphael et al in an action of replevin over hats and caps with alleged false credit statements. verdict for plaintiff. Also William J. Hume versus Henry Myer for dog bite damages with verdict for defendant. Ella O Shaughnessey versus Suffolk Brewing Co involves a girl injured by a defendant team. various cases listed for Monday and multiple dockets across Second and Third Sessions including Merriam Morton Parafine Co versus John F. Wood and Chapin et al versus R Louise Perkins with verdicts and ongoing arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Spaulding
Aaron Raphael
Replevin
Laintif
C. W. Cushing
T. J. Gargan
Ella O’shaughnessey
The
Suffolk Brewing Company
Suff. B. Co
Dorey
Moore
Drennan
Todd
Rogers
Boardman
Boston Marine Ins
Shaw
Newsome
Shattuck
Rand
Boston Marine Insurance Co
Butler
Cole
Boston
John F. Wood
Boston Wax Paper Company
D.E. Ware
Bidehinnon
L. C. Blair
J.S. Patton
Newton
Edwards
Hall
Nashua Savings Bank
Quincy M. F.1l Co
Fee
Carr
Hovey
Osgood
Holmes
Perham
Sennott
Greeley
Kelleher
Lowell
Jacobs
Dennison
Willis
Roberts
Brackett
Leavitt
Eaton
Littlefield
White
Wyman
Mead
Sylvester
Same
Brockway
Nickerson
Ryder
Knapp
Comer
Forbes
Lehverman
Mel
Stacy
Fox
Kelly
Walker
Cgoodwin
Freedle
Downs
Kaulback
Pippey
Brown
Cooley
Josselyn
Lewis
Bradbury
Alice Gildea
John Keegan
Brookline
Legal Notices and Court Docket Actions From Middlesex Superior Court
Records detail petitions to enforce mechanic liens, tort actions for fraud related to Pratt dyes, and multiple damage claims. Cases list parties including Roderick McPhee and Catherine Broderick, Henry Merrill, Elizabeth Walsh, and Boston rail lines, with dates and counsel noted. The docket shows numerous cases with defendants such as the Boston and Albany Railroad and Cambridge firms, including trials and adjournments.
Admission sought as attorney in U S Circuit Court
Notice from Boston dated January 21 1887 that Louis C Southard has applied for admission as an attorney and counsellor of the U S Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts submitted by Commissioner John G Stetson seeking admission under court rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District OF Massachusetts
Boston
Circuit Court of the United States
Louis C. Southard
John G. Stetson
U. S. Circuit Court
Art Club sanctions strict action on Abbott Graves case
The house committee expelled Abbott Graves from the Art Club and barred him from exhibiting for a period after removing his painting from the show. The move signals that exhibitors must submit to hanging committees or face removal from the club gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
The
Art Club
Abbott Graves
Graves
Messrs
Miss Greene
Funeral held for actor George Cannabell Howard
The veteran actor and original St. Claire in Uncle Tom's Cabin was buried yesterday from his Cambridgeport home at 826 Main Street. Rev George T Briggs presided. interment followed at Mount Auburn. Committees in Medford again oppose town division with named chairs for Remonstrance, Executive, Finance, Press, and Statistics. A Langdell Law Club mock trial on slander Greene vs Peirce drew a large Harvard undergraduate audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cannabell Howard
St. Claire
Main Street
Cambridgeport
George T. Briggs
Mt. Auburn
Medford
Remonstrance
J. P. Abbott
EE. Boynton
H. B. Ballou
D. Booker
Langdell Law Club
Harvard
Greene
Degeneration of Fruits and Vegetables to be Read
At the Massachusetts Horticultural Society meeting a paper on the Degeneration of Fruits and Vegetables will be read by O. B. Hadwen of Worcester. The report follows other civic items including a pension for James Doherty and various local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
O. B. Hadwen
Worcester
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
James Doherty
Chelsea
Freeman Emmons
State Street
Boston
Emil F. Kempf
George F. Emmons
South Boston
Thomas Vose
Suffolk County
Warren Street
Boston Board of Registrars of Voters
Jas. J. A. Gregory
Joseph Cook
Tremont Temple
J. M. Rodocanachi
New England Club
Young’s
Music Hall
Napoleon
Paris
O. G. Russell
Quincy House
Pierce Light Guard
Baldwin
Quincy Flouse
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
N. H
A. L. Brown
Wakefield
Samuel W. Small
Atlanta
Henry
Culver
Dover Street
Leader
W. H. Clark
Glyde
Old Colony
Revere Club
Parker House
John H. Marshall
Chelsea Street
Central Square
Lexington Street
Chelsea Bridge
Hooper
Station 7
Thomas Bagley
East Boston
Wadsworth Street
Richard Austin
Sunday notices from local religious associations
B Y M Christian Union hosts a Sunday sermon by Rev. Hilary Bygrave at Lion Hall 18 Boylston Street with social singing. doors open 7, service at 7 30. Men’s meeting at 3 with Rev. P S Moxom plus male chorus. Boston Spiritual Temple at Berkeley Hall features Mrs. Lillie lectures at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Y. M. Christian Union
Youngeople
Lion Hall
Boylston Street
Hilary Bygrave
Belmont
Mass
Byron A. Robinson
Jabez L. Robinson
Boylston and
Berkeley Streets
Moxom
D.D
Association
Boston
Berkeley Hall
Berkeley Street
KR. S. Lillie
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Society OF Good Fellows
Shelley
Browning
William Ordway Partridge
Hubert Herkomer
R.A
Royal Academy
Bavaria
Colonel Higginson
St. Bernard
Hetake
DEN
City OF
Temperance
T. W. Higginson
Malden
Maine Press Association
Mourton
Fimlp
Devens, W
OF ‘Allen, JJ
Brigham
C. J
Monnd, J
Itt
Feifet
Rvs
I. J. Morrison
J. A. Maxwell
Pratt Et al
Henry R. Merrill
William Walsh
Charleston Neck
Laintiff
C. Darling
L. M. Child
Welsh
Mid
Cutter
Hamlen
Parker
Murdock
Litchfield
Cheln
Batchelder
Baccn
Bacon
McLean
Doe
Critchett
Carroll
Burkhardat
Cushman
Daley
Boston & Albany Railroad
Fosdick
Bangs
Robbins
Grant
Mason
Berry
O. C. RR
Cobb
Barnard
Skinner
Boston Gas Light Co
Keller
Bagneley
Flaherty
Lincoln Mfg. Co
Afford. On
Saunders
Crie
P. J. McGuire
William Schofield
Richardson
Boston & Lowell Railroad Company
Brogan
Harvard Et
Aetna Ins. Co
Williams
Hughes
Lovering
Hayes
Bullard
Henfield
Edkins
Weaver
Regan
Et al
the Fine Arts
Suburban News
Duffy's Pure
Princeton, Scott Co
Iowa
Duffy
B. Mills
Rocky Mountains
Territories
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester, N. Y
Cushman Bros. & Co
Hawley Street
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