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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1891
Page
8
United States District Court hears tort action over alleged piracy of Le Page’s trade mark on liquid glue. Several cases from Supreme Judicial Court and Superior Court branches listed with defendants, plaintiffs, and counsel. insolvency and Essex Essex sessions noted. ads for Hood's Sarsaparilla conclude.
The Massachusetts Legislature met at 1 am with short sessions. In the House Mr Rosnosky protested a move to refer matters to Rules, while Mr Bennett condemned the ruling faction as an old guard. He urged equal rights for new members and warned of Washington style complexity as 160 newcomers clash with veteran lawmakers. Senate action included mercantile agency oversight, anti adulteration measures, and name changes for Putnam Sprague. House orders covered clerks for the Supreme Court, salaries, and new city drainage plans, plus petitions on hospitals, insanity adjudication, and public library and railway site issues.
A citywide change renumbers Boylston Street to accommodate growth from residences to commercial use. The plan, led by Major Charles A. Lambert, assigns even numbers 2 through 24 for the former Boylston Building, adds dual numbers to many former single-number façades, and expands numbering for sites like the Masonic Temple, Hotel Pelham, and the Public Library. The old consecutive system is abandoned in favor of a future-ready scheme that avoids confusion as development continues.
The fifty fourth annual report to the House shows five year growth in public school enrollment and attendance for 1836 90. Public schools total 7147 with 303 524 average membership and 273 910 average attendance. Private schools rise to 511 with 68 179 pupils. The report highlights the superiority of public schools, urges expansion of public instruction, notes evening schools in 52 towns with 13 972 average attendance, and provides detailed figures on teachers salaries, school funds, and expenditures for 1889 90.
This note lists ecclesiastical and academic programs for Sunday through Friday at Appleton Chapel and Harvard venues. It mentions Rev. W. J. Tucker at Appleton Chapel, meetings at State Street, Boston, a divinity faculty gathering, a sermon in the Divinity School Chapel, a psychoacoustic lecture by Mr. Gateman, the second half-year start for a serial school, a vesper service, an orchestral concert at Sanders Theatre, and a Divinity School Chapel sermon.
The Slingluff Disney firm’s suit against Walter Potter of the Potter Lovell Company for embezzlement of a $3881 note was postponed again in the Municipal Court. Key witnesses described note brokerage, pledges, and corporate debts as counsel argued for a broader inquiry into practices. The case resumes Saturday at 9 am.
Stories of newspaper life and notable people will shape the Star Course lecture Monday with Joseph Howard Jr. The farmers’ meeting at Ploughman Hall on Saturday Jan 24 at 9 30 a.m. opens with an essay by Hon George Clemence of Southbridge. The Clanning Club meets at the Thorndike Monday at 5 30 p.m. Invited guests include Revs Edward Hale Minot Savage Brooke Herford W Lyon and Edward A Horton. An albino halibut weighing 56 pounds with orange back is displayed at Faneuil Hall Market. The third free lecture of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society course will be at Horticultural Hall Saturday at 11 a.m. by John N May on roses.
The Raymond Whitcomb tour firm announces a second season departure from Boston on Friday February 20 to Washington. Travelers may choose routes between Boston and New York by boat or all rail. February also offers California and Mexico trips on elegant vestibuled trains. Full information and free descriptive circulars available at 296 Washington Street.
The column notes dresses, hats, bonnets, and velvet trends for early spring. It highlights widespread use of silk, crepe, crepon, and China silks, with flowers dominating trims and entire hats. New fabrics from Stearns & Co. and Chandler & Co. appear as retailers push cheviot, gauze, and Corn silk.
A Portland man dies after reading seven apoplexy deaths and warning about nervous strain. The ad touts Paine's Celery Compound from Professor Phelps at Dartmouth College as the best defense, claiming it soothes relaxes and strengthens the nervous system and enriches the blood.
The last lecture in Stepniak's course is this afternoon at 2 30 at Chickering Hall. The distinguished Russian will discuss The Jews in Russia, a timely topic. Afterward he will answer questions on Russian politics, literature, and the condition of the Jews.
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