Landed in the Snow A Chicago Woman Survives 400 Foot Fall
Mrs. T. J. Townsley of Chicago describes a 400 foot descent off Independence Pass Colorado when the stage toppled after a rock fell ahead. She survived with a skull and body uninjured except for an ankle cut from a shovel. Others in the coach suffered severe injuries.
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Curiaco
T. J. Townsley
Chicago
Independence Pass
Colorado
Leadville
Aspen
Elk Mountain
Granite
Hoene
Ads
Murder in Lynn as Ada Tyler is Slain by Alan Mitchell
In Lynn on a Saturday afternoon Ada Tyler a colored woman is fatally wounded after a confrontation with Samuel Mitchell. Tyler’s husband Peter Tyler an engineer at Buffum Co. aided the pursuit and Mitchell is jailed after a failed attempt to flee. Mitchell 28 a planer at S N Breed Co. is held in a padded cell. Tyler dies shortly after reaching home. This is Lynn’s first murder in fifteen years.
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Lynn
Ada Tyler
Samuel Mitchell
Peter Tyler
James N. Buffum & Co
Mitchell
Tyler
Tylers
Margaret Connors
Fyler
S. N. Breed & Co
James Vannar
Adams Street
Vannar
John A. Thurston
Daniel Barrett
College Alumni Annual Dinner and Meeting Report
The Association of Collegiate Alumni held its annual dinner and business meeting at the Hotel Vendome. President Miss Alice Freeman of Wellesley presided. Sixty members attended as reports from treasurer and secretary were read and accepted detailing 535 members across 31 states, five new branches, and new members from California University.
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Association of Collegiate Alumni
Hotel Vendome
Alice Freeman
Wellesley College
Washington
San Francisco
New York
Pennsylvania
Boston
California University
Political Science Club
Scudder
Helen Hiscock Backus
Vassar College
Brooklyn
N. ¥.; Melled la Alla W. Foster
Cornell University
Roxbury
Marion Talbott
Boston University
Mary H. Ladd
Annie KE. Smith
Smith College
Cambridge
Lucy A. M. Bosworth
Oberlin
Tabor
Elizabeth M. Brown
Wellesley
Woburn
Eva Channing
Jamaica Plain
Alman ‘. Frisby
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Charlotte C. Gulliver
Smith
Norwich Town
Conn
Bertha Hazard
Vassar
Elizabeth M. Howe
Anne W. Perkins
Wesleyan
Baltimore
Lucy M. Salmon
Bryn Mawr
Penn
Grace W. Soper
Waltham
Caroline G. Soule
Adah JT. Toad
Appointment for Public School Science Supervisor Vacancy
Professor Hyatt reports a vacancy in the public schools for supervisor of natural history geography and sewing due to Miss Crocker’s death. He urges Mrs Ellen H Richards for the post, citing her science expertise hygiene knowledge and long association with the Institute of Technology. He appeals for support from citizens and officials to consider her candidacy.
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Alpheus Hyatt
Boston Herald
Lucretia P. Crocker
Ellen H. Richards
Women’s Chemical Laboratory
Institute of Technology
Miss Crocker
Hyatt
Boston
School of Science
Boston Society of Natural History
Chinese New Year Customs Told Through a Mongolian Balance Sheet
The article describes Chinese New Year rituals as practiced in a Western city. It notes debt payments, balancing accounts, respectful visits, and the use of Cantonese toss-sticks in religious rites. It details greetings, meals, and the custom of exchanging cards while friends visit multiple homes.
Conviction and Fashion in Religion at Unity Church
Six ministers at the Union Delegate Young People's meeting at the Unity Church in West Newton Street debated what draws youths from Unitarianism. They explored how fashion, artistry, and sincere beliefs influence devotion while urging deeper faith aligned with Christ and humane outreach.
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Suffolk Conference of Unitarian Churches
Church of the Unity
West Newton Street
Hollis Street
Edward A. Horton
Papa
Mamma
Minot J. Savage
Stopford Wentworth Brooke
First Church
Pitt Dillingham
Charlestown
H. Price Collier
George H. Young
New South Church
John Tunis
Young
Savage
Mr. Dillingham
James DeNormandie
Jesus
Robert Browning
Christ
Preaching to Harvard Men by Rev Washington Gladden
The Columbus Ohio pastor spoke at Appleton Chapel to Harvard students on Titus urging present duty over past ideal. He warned modern wealth and bustle erode character and urged living soberly righteously and godly now, citing wealth culture and competing ideals as moral distractions. He urged critical study of beliefs by Bible and reason and called for decisive action in this age.
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Washington Gladden
Columbus, O
Appleton Chapel
Harvard
Paul
America
Earth
Pilate
Greece
Rome
East
Abraham
David
Cotton Mather
Jonathan Edwards
New England
Christ
Boston Travelers Arrive In New Orleans En Route to California
One hundred thirty excursionists from Boston reached New Orleans this morning before departing by the Southern Pacific on Tuesday for California en route to San Francisco.
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New Ornwerans
Boston
San Francisco
California
Mayflower Sale Rumors Stir In Yacht Circles
Dr. J. C. Barron of the New York Yacht Club has pressed General Paine to sell the Mayflower. An initial offer was rejected and a higher bid by Barron had not been accepted by Saturday night. Burgess denies a $20,000 sale. Many gentlemen seek the sloop, but Paine’s plans remain unclear and a new America Cup defender could be built if she is sold.
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John
Joss
Canton
J. C. Barron
New York Yacht Club
General Paine
Boston Theatres Spread Plays From Virginius to Hoodman Blind
Boston theatre listings announce Globe Hollis Street Park and Bijou bills featuring Virginius The Jill The Humming Bird Confusion Never Say Die Rienzi and Held by the Enemy with added appearances by Mme Modjeske on the New England circuit Worcester tonight and Booth Barrett Othello Julius Caesar Hamlet Macbeth King Lear The Merchant of Venice Hoodman Blind and Don Cesar de Bazan planned for next year plus a ninth annual Boston Lodge benefit at the Boston Theatre February 10 with Nat C Goodwin Dion Boucicault and others and a matinée to ease travel for performers.
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Globe
Louis James
Marie Wainwright
Hollis Street
Boucicault
Park
Salsbury
Troubadours
Bijou
Howard
Joseph Dowling
Sadie Hassen
Barrett
Rienzi
Boston
Enemy
Musewm
Mme. Modjeske
New England
Worcester
Cesar de Bazan
David Garrick
Hoodman
the Park
Nat C. Goodwin
Dion Boucicault
Hoodman Blnd
Marshall P. Wilder
M. B. Curtis and Company
Ethie Elisler
Police Sergeant Libby Charged After Assault Incident
A warrant was issued for Sergeant William C. Libby of Division 6 on assault charges involving Jeremiah J. Casey an oarsman. Casey says Libby tackled him on West Broadway on January 13 after he spoke to a girl. The case goes before the police board.
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William C. Libby
Division 6
Jeremiah J. Casey
Casey
West Broadway
Libby
Board of Police
Rings and rings in modern labor and business bans
Dr. C A Bartol sermons on rings from Esther. He defines rings as conspiracies for monopoly harming outsiders. He cites labor rings, monopolies, and political favoritism, contrasting with legitimate fraternal groups and warns religion cannot be crushed by religious rings.
Trustees Seek Allowance of Sixteenth Account in Hooper Trust
Adeline Hooper and other trustees under the will of Robert C Hooper of Dorchester present the sixteenth account for the benefit of A D Hooper and heirs. Citations summon interested parties to appear at the Norfolk Probate Court in Dedham on the first Wednesday of March to show cause why the account should be allowed. The Boston Post must publish the citation weekly for three weeks.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk
Robert C. Hooper
Dorchester
Adeline 2D. Hooper
William Boott
William S. Dexter
A. D. Hooper
Ada R. Stoughton
Franklin H. Hooper
James R. Hooper
William Hooper
Isabella R. Hooper
Dedham
Boston Post
Boston
GeorGck Witt
Esquire
Jonathan Cobb
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
John Noble
Henry A. Clapp
Administration sought for Samuel Hale estate in Boston
The Probate Court of Suffolk grants a citation to next of kin and creditors concerning the estate of Samuel C Hale late of Boston intestate. Susan A Wood of Boston has applied for letters of administration to the estate and a hearing is set for February 7 1887 at 10 oclock in the forenoon. Public notice requires weekly publication in the Boston Post for three weeks with the final notice two days before the court.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk
Isaac Adams
Sandwich
Carroll
New Hampshire
Charles A. Welch
Cohasset
Norfolk
Ellery A. Hibbard
Laconia
Axel Dearborn
Boston
Boston Post
Joan W. McKin
Massachusetts
Samuel C. Hale
Susan A. Wood
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Ann M. Thomas
Seth J. Thomas
Common Wealth
Messenger’s
American Carpet Lining Company
Court Square
WM. D. Martin
Frederick H. Rudd
Suffolk County
Mark W. Cross
Sudbury Street
Sale of Damaged Cotton At Charleston Wharves
Auction sale conducted by surveyors for account of concerned parties at Middle Atlantic wharf Charleston S C on Tuesday February 1 at 11 o clock. About 536 bales saturated with salt water aboard British steamship Bessarabia taken on January 17 plus 85 bales lightly damaged. Cash due day of sale and removal within five days.
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Middle Atlantic
Charleston
S. C
Bessarabia
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Olle Swanson
Hannah Swanson
Poston
Weirs
Ellen Kelley
Mary Ke, Kelley
Werres
Ellen McDowell
Patrick T. Tierney
Cambridgeport
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Catherine O'Bryan
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George H. Kent
Tremont Street
Jane Chesneau
John J. Mundo
Boston Clothing Company
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Burton
Mansfield
Alfred Pierce
Circuit Court of the United States
Eastern District of Arkansas
John H. Reed
Ezra H. Winchester
Little Rockee River & Texas Railway
Elisha Atkins
F. Gordon Dexter
District of
Arkansas
Charles P. Redmund
United States Court House and Post Office
Little Rock
Ark
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Little Rock, Pine Bluff & New Orleans
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Henry Schachte
Albert Howe & CO
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Brighton
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Beston
John C. Wilmerding
Eyota
Messrs. Harding
Colby & Co
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Wilmerding, Hoguet & Co
White Street
N. Y
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Richards & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant Auctioneers
Philadelphia
Samuel Bunting’s
RK. L. Day & Company
State St
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Saco Water Power
Taunton Natl. Bk
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Cheshire Rd
Bates Mfg
Pueblo & Idea
Alley Rd
Mt 7S
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Satuday
Hares National Bank of Comme
Do Exchange Bank
Iso
Boston Cooperative Building Co
Channey Hall
Detroit
Hillsdale & South Western
BR. B. C
Wisconsin Central R. R. Co
Boston & Albany
R. R. Co
Cambridge R. R
Rutland R. R. Co
Housatonic Rolling Mills
Cambridge R. R. Co
North Chi
Portland Water Co
Michigan Central
Lm. Air Line
Consolidated R. R. of
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Horatio Harris & CO
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City of
Massachusetts Tithe Insurance
Milk ST
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
Maison
Doree
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Henry Vieth
Oiichester
Chichester
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