Peabody Medical Institute offers comprehensive life preservation treatise
The ad touts The Science of Life or Self-Preservation a 12mo medical tome of 3870 pages with 125 prescriptions addressing vitality nervous debility and youth errors. It promotes a revised new edition priced 31 by mail and claims Harvard trained authors and 35 years of distinguished practice. Consultation daily 9 to 6 Sundays 11 to 1.
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Peabody Medical Institute
Medical Review
Boston Herald
England
Harvard Medical College
Massachusetts Volunteers
America
National Medical Association
Manhodd
Institute
College of Physicians and Surgeons
P. O. Box
Boston
Mass
Multiple thefts reported across Brookline Cambridge and Boston
A series of thefts include a Brookline driver knocked down and robbed of a silver open faced watch and 14 dollars on Huntington avenue near Massachusetts avenue. Cambridge suspects Thomas H. Crane and James Connor arrested for a gold watch worth 50 dollars from 74 Thorndike street. Additional break ins include an overcoat and opera glasses stolen at Read's block Harvard square a harness and jewelry from a Cambridge stable three quarts of cream stolen from Dana street Buckingham street and Chauncey street.
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Bary Kelley
Pearl Street
Brookline
Kenny & Clark
Huntington Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Thomas H. Crane
Alpine Street
James Connor
Nashua Street
Division 3
George Harris
Thorndike Street
Cambridge
A. T. Harris
Read’s Block
Harvard Square
J. P. Clark
Ware Street
J. C. Green
Dana Street
Buckingham Street
Chauncey Street
New Calumet Club opens in Boston for young residents
The Calumet Club of Boston held an informal inauguration at 387 Columbus Avenue. With about 100 members, the club offers a social space for young people living nearby, featuring a furnished parlor and reading room on the first floor and meeting rooms above. President Charles S. Clerke and directors Walter J. Holden Charles H. Innes and others welcomed visitors.
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The
New Calumet Club of
Boston
Columbus Avenue
Charless. Clerke
Walter J. Holden
Charles H. Innes
Messrs
Hallstram
Towle and Berwin
A Night With Burns Celebrated by Boston Caledonian Club
The Boston Caledonian Club hosts an evening tribute to Bobbie Burns in Music Hall with song, story, and a ball. Costumed dancers in tartan, Glengarry and Balmoral bonnets feature, arranged by Chief Hudson. Notable participants include Miss Annie Sheriff Miss Jennie Corea John A Robertson George T Martin and Miss Agnes Hyde with Rev. Charles J. Cameron as orator.
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Bobbie Burns
Boston Caledonian Club
Music Hall
Chief Hudson
Annie Sheriff
Jennie Corea
John A. Robertson
George T. Martin
Agnes Hyde
Charles J. Cameron
Gaelic Language School Exhibition at 18 Essex Street
Sunday program featured advanced class members George Finne ran John M Doran Patrick Kelly M J Gallivan and Patrick Casey in Celtic music and song. President Daly announced a new Celtic grammar titled A Key to the Study of Gaelic to be issued in time for the St Patrick's Day festival.
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Essex Street
George Finneran
John M. Doran
Patrick Kelly
M. J. Gallivan
Patrick Casey
Daly
St. Patrick’s Day
Evangelistic Association Noon Meeting At Bromfield Street Church
The Rev. L. B. Bates will lead the noon gathering of the Evangelistic Association of New England at Bromfield Street Church this week assisted by noted evangelists and Christian workers. Miss Elizabeth Greenwood of the W. C. T. U. speaks today with daily gospel solos by prominent soloists.
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L. B. Bates
Evangelistic Association of New England
Bromfield Street
Elizabeth Greenwood
Salvation Oil Promoted as Cure All Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Salvation Oil as a remedy for headache toothache earache and similar pains priced at 25 cents. It presents a simple medical claim common to product promotions of its era with minimal detail on uses or ingredients.
Assault on Louis Geary in East Douglass Strips Him of Clothes
Louis Geary of Cambridge near East Douglass survived a brutal Friday assault when three men robbed him of his clothing and left him barefoot in the woods two miles from help amid snow. Found by wood choppers and later cared for, Geary recalls being attacked on the train to Providence and later wandering in the cold. He is about 22, lives with his father and sister, and may require foot amputation. Police have a description of the three assailants from W. P. Wight and authorities in Douglass.
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Louis Geary
Cambridge
Douglass
Post
Geary
Vine Street
East Douglass
East
Providence
Boston
Central Falls
Wood Choppers
W. P. Wight
Vessels Arrive and Sail As Ocean Freight Moves On
Yesterday the Warren steamer Angloman from Liverpool and the Norwegian steamer Simon Dumois from Valencia docked at Fiske's wharf carrying 5300 cases of oranges. The North Anglia is due with 9900 boxes of oranges and 580 boxes of lemons. Multiple ships from Liverpool Hamburg Progreso and London are due today with twelve more from European ports. Tug operations involve Forest Belle Tow and Taurus and Kate Jones along with the Portland bark Isaac Jackson. The Gloucester fishing schooner Ralph S&S Hodgdon remains missing after ashore sighting near Ram Head Ledge. Captain Trott reports sighting a bark likely Corryorechen bound for sugar from Java. The Juniata steamer for the Baltimore Boston route is under construction and to be commanded by Captain John S. March.
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Angloman
Lewis
Liverpool
Simon Dumois
Kanitz
Valencia
Fiske
Spratt
Hamburg
Dartmouth
Stella
Progreso
Mex
St. Ronans
London
Michael O'Brien
Savannah
Philadelphia
Underwinter
Forest Belle
Dan Wiley
O’brien
Taurus
Vineyard Haven
Kate Jones
New York
Jones
Portland
Isaac Jackson
Pasque Island
Ralph S&s. Hodgdon
Ram Head
Hammond
Java
Delaware
St Joseph's Total Abstinence Society Opens New Home
Lynn January dedication of a three story brick block on Chestnut near Essex marks the new house for St Joseph's Catholic Total Abstinence Society. The first floor houses stores and a gym. second floor includes library smoking and billiard rooms banquet hall and kitchen. third floor hosts a 450 seat hall with a bijou stage. President John J Crowley presided as Rev Fathers Coleman Dolan and Harrington blessed and praised temperance work. Mayors and judges joined speaking lineup including Walter Ramsdell Judge Berry E B O'Brien William Connery and John McCarty.
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Lynn
St. Joseph’s Catholic
Total Abstinence Society
Chestnut Street
Essex Street
North Carolina
John J. Crowley
P. A. Coleman
E. J. Dolan
J. C. Harrington
Walter L. Ramsdell
John W. Berry
E. B. O’brien
Essex County Total Abstinence Union
William P. Connery
John F. McCarty
Veteran Sailor Urges Preservation of Old Ironsides
Moses D. Webber, 77, a Mexican and Civil War veteran and survivor of the Constitution’s service, lives in Salem Massachusetts. He would donate his last dollar to preserve Old Ironsides even in a glass case, recalling his 1835 attempt to enlist and his voyage with the ship to France. He saw the ship carry General Jackson’s head to the coast of France after the Napoleonic wars and the treaty signing.
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Moses D. Webber
Balcomb Street
Salem
Mass
Webber
France
Jackson
Charlestown
Farm House Burned Near Sturbridge. Family Escapes
Fire destroyed the Whittemore farm home and a small barn in Walker Pond district, Sturbridge, at 3 am. James Whittemore and his wife fled with three sleeping children wrapped in blankets. nothing was salvaged. Loss estimated at 1500 dollars with no insurance.
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Sturbridge
James Whittemore
Walker Pond
Honors to Mr Barnard on eighty seventh birthday
Henry Barnard veteran educator and co laborator with Horace Mann will be celebrated today in Hartford Conn. He long stood as a leading New England educator and edited Barnard's American Journal of Education.
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Henry Barnard
Horace Mann
Hartford
Conn
New England
Barnard
American Journal of Education
Motorman James Murtagh Found After Unconscious Night
James Murtagh, once a Boston West End motorman, was found unconscious behind a Greenfield building Friday night. He recovered today and says a Brighton car collision two weeks earlier caused head trouble. He alleges losing ticket and money on a Fitchburg train while en route to his mother in Albany and will be sent there Tuesday.
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Greenfield
James Murtagh
West End
Boston
Brighton
Fitchburg
Albany
Accident Injures Man During Target Practice in Whitinsville
In Whitinsville on January 24 David Magill Jr. of North Grafton was wounded when a rifle discharged while being handed between young men. The bullet struck his right lung and searches to locate the bullet were unsuccessful.
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Whitinsville
David Magill, Jr
North Grafton
Magill
Private Conquest of Male Ailments Publicized I n Boston
Medical prospectus offers a free book on sexual science and male diseases for ten cents, claiming secret home cures and anonymous consultations. Legal case lists and court dockets accompany the advertisement in a dense, mixed-content page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallock Medical Institute
O Court St
Boston
Mans
Chicago Stricken by Bread Shortage as Cold Intensifies
Chicago residents endure a 16 below zero night as destitute families surge. Mayor Swift to issue a bread proclamation amid reports from the Bureau of Charities that daily new applicants range 200 to 500, with fuel and food scarce and many at risk of starvation.
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Chicago
Bureau of Charities
Healy
Swift
Coldest Night In Two Winters Across Northwest
Reports from Minnesota to South Dakota show last night as the coldest in two winters with St Paul at 25 below zero and a 26 below reading. further drops expected before morning. A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train is stranded near Bonilla, S D with fuel aid provided to passengers. Livestock along the Missouri River faces heavy mortality due to the deep freeze.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Northwest
Chicago
Milwaukee
Missouri River
Blizzard halts nearly all trains in North Dakota
In Bismarck on January 24 the blizzard froze the state transport system with trains stalled and a 32 degree below zero chill. The legislature cannot reconvene as planned Tuesday due to the severe weather.
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Bismarck
N. D
Maggabe Leads Republican City Committee Meeting
The Republican city committee plans a gathering Tuesday evening in Wesleyan Hall Bromfield Street. Joseph B. Maccabe of East Boston is expected as chairman and Samuel C. Jones of Ward 21 as secretary’s successor. George N. Swallow of Charlestown appears as a probable candidate but not likely aggressive.
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Republican City Committee
Wesleyan Hall
Bromfield Street
Joseph B. Maccabe
East Boston
Sears
Samuel C. Jones
Ward 21
George N. Swallow
Charlestown
Mr. Swallow
Portuguese Anniversary Observed by Massachusetts Group
The Portuguese Benevolent Association of Massachusetts marks its first anniversary with an event at Hibernian Hall 120 Havre Street East Boston this evening.
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Portuguese Benevolent Association of Massachusetts
Hibernian Hall
Havre Street
East
Boston
Supreme Judicial Court docket of civil cases list
A listing of cases before the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth including titles such as Holbrook vs Aldrich Fairweather vs McKim Whippie vs Walsh Brow vs Norton Municipal Signal Co vs Holyoke Foss vs O G R R Co Hawes vs Dorey Freeborn vs Freebor Connolly, Petris Robbins vs Atkins Kimball vs Sweet Johnston vs Faxon Barnard vs Schraft Dixon vs Nat Life Ins Co etc.
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Supreme Judicial Court For the Commonwealth
Field
Shipping News Mini Almanac for Monday January 25
Shipping data lists arrivals at multiple ports with merchandise and passengers. Vessels include Angieman from Liverpool to Warren and Simon Dumois from Valencia. Boston companies receive cargo and passengers. City of Gloucester and other tugs tow barges and sail to several destinations. Sailed ships include Triton and Governor H. M. Hoyt with towing barges, passing Highland Light.
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Angieman
Lewis
Liverpool
Warren & S
Simon Dumois
Kanitz
Valencia
St. Michael's
Boston
Smith
Yarmouth
N. S
John G. Hall & Co
Fairfax
March
Baltimore
Norfolk
A. M. Graham
H. F. Dimock
Bearse
International
Hawes
Philadelphia
Brookside
Beechwood
Otto
Lynn
Gladiator
Kelly
Lorberry
St. Nicholas
Argus
Magee
Hudson
Annie M. Weston
Modena
Butterwell
Port Williams
Romeo
Campbell
St. John
N. B
Edgar S. Foster
Bucksport
Peterson
Georgetown
Yr. E. I
Gladstone
Gloucester
Placentia Bay
N. F
Mass
Daylight
Towne
St. Elmo
Torrey
Rockland
Triton
Knickerbocker
Newport News
Highland Light
Taurus
Vineyard Haven
H. M. Hoyt
Baltic
Buckler
Perth Amboy
Partial Company Sales List From Wilson Fay & Co
A fragment shows sales figures from Wilson W Fay & Co at State Street No 7 including min quotation lines for several companies and items such as Geyser Min 100, National Minw 60, Choate Elec pid 450, Am Elec Heating 950, Dunkin Min 5, Humboldt Min 18, Santa Rita Copper 908, and Inter Button Hole 4.00.
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Bonanza Devel
Utah
Humboldt
Santa Rita
Boston Electric Light Company v Grow and Austin & Co
Mass legal notice in municipal court action for 1489 dollars and interest. Defendants William Austin and George Grow sued with multiple insurers named as trustees. Grow not residing in Commonwealth. court orders publication in Boston Post and hearing date February 6. Clerk: Orsino G. Sleeper. Attest: Stephen Thacher.
Bunnell Seeks Divorce From Charles Bunnell in Ohio Ties
Minnie A. Bunnell of Boston files a libel for divorce in Suffolk Superior Court citing a 1891 marriage to Charles Bunnell of New York. She alleges his crude neglect of maintenance and prays for a decree to dissolve the bonds of matrimony and for related orders suited to justice. The filing is dated December 30, 1896.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Superior Court
Suffolk
Boston
Minnie A. Bunnell
Charles Bunnell
New York
Commonwealth
A. D
Libel Notice in Suffolk Superior Court Boston 1897
The Suffolk Superior Court in Boston orders libellant to notify libellee Charles Bunnell of a pending suit. An attested copy of libel and this order must be published weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks, with the final publication at least fourteen days before the first Monday in March. A registered letter or service must also reach the libellee at least fourteen days before the March date.
Divorce Petition for Nancy Merrill Weston in Middlesex County
Nancy Eva Weston of Medford petitions the Superior Court for a divorce from Frederick T. Weston of Medford now residing unknown. She alleges the couple lived as husband and wife in Somerville and Medford and that since January 1, 1892 he has refused to provide suitable maintenance. She seeks divorce and restoration of her maiden name Nancy Merrill and related orders.
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Middlesex
Nancy Eva Weston
Medford
Said
Frederick T. Weston
Meridian
Conn
Somerville
Nancy Va Merrill
A. D
Notice to Libellee to Appear in Cambridge Court
The libellant is ordered to publish the libel and order in the Boston Post once weekly for three weeks and send an attested copy by registered mail to the libellee’s last known residence. The appearance before the Cambridge justices is set for the first Monday of March next to show cause why the libel prayer should not be granted. The order is issued by Clerk Hurd with attest by Clerk Theo Churd.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Superior Court
Boston
Charles Bunnell
County of
Boston Post
Jos
A. Willard
Wellington Wells
Middlesex
Ss. Superior Court
A. D
Cambridge
C. Hurd
Theo
Churd
Merchants & Miners Sailing Schedules Listed
Shipping notice lists routes Boston to Baltimore Norfolk Newport News Providence to Baltimore Norfolk with weekly sailings from Boston on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 2 pm and from Providence on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 pm First and Second Class fare options include Round Trip details implied but not fully specified.
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Boston
Baltimore
Norfolk
Newport News
Providence
Holyhood Cemetery Association seeks quiet title in Brookline parcel
The Holyhood Cemetery Association petitions the Norfolk Superior Court to clear a cloud on its title to six acres near Holyhood Cemetery Brookline described in deeds dating from 1886 to 1887. The petition notes an unrecorded mortgage to Elijah Crane and related indentures. it seeks notices to potential heirs and parties and a decree excluding them from any claim under the mortgage and deeds.
Notice to heirs in Norfolk Suffolk cases from 1897
Supreme Judicial Court orders notice to George Wood and others named in the petition. Legal representatives, heirs at law and devisees of Elijah Crane Charles McIntire and Henry Wood are to be served and published in the Boston Post for six months. Appearance required the first Monday of August with copies served fourteen days prior.
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Norfolk
Supreme Judicial Court
George Wood
Edmund M. Wood
Ephrim A. Wood
Sophia A. W. Brown
Martial F. H. Wood
Lewis F. Wood
Elijah Crane
Canton
Charles McIntire
Boston
Suffolk
Henry Wood
Dedham
Boston Post
Martial IF. H. Wood
Louis A. Cook
RE. B. Worthington
Suffolk Superior Court Order In Suit Against Canada Atlantic
The Suffolk Superior Court assigns notice to Canada Atlantic Railway Company and related Boston firms in a contract action for one thousand dollars filed December 19, 1896. The defendant is not in Massachusetts and has no local agent. publication in the Boston Post is ordered weekly for three weeks with the first Monday in March as the appearance date.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Superior Court
Sigourney Butler
Boston
County of
Canada Atlantic Railway Company
Dominion of Canada
Boston & Maine Railroad
Fitchburge Railroad Company
Commonwealth
Boston Post
Euperaton
Jos
A. Willard
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Medical Institute
Bulfinch St
Revere House
Coston
NEW Calumet Club
Burneham
National Dock
A. W. Chesterton
Nugent
St. Joseph’s T. A. Society of
MR. Barnard
King of
Pill
Beecham
OLG Glory
Mile Street
Avery
George A. Crawford
Eseeweeee
Big I
C. C. Norcross
Me. R. R
Brigham
Best
Peery
Spaulding
N. Y
N. H
H. BR. R
Pearson
Kearns
Frawley
Delop
Donahue
Boston Athletic Association
Ramsey
Casey
Lynn B. RR
Estey
Wiley
Bright
Anders
Vibert
Bay State
B. Ass'n
Bldgeit
Whitcomb
Bacon
Hepburn
Davidson
Fennelly
Merrick
Nash
Morris
Marley
S. Outlet
Phillips
Solon
Young
Bassett
Darker
Murray
Same
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Cummings
Brestle
Kamber
Carrington
Page
Goodman
Atkins
McDermott
Guild
Brown
Dresser
Duonn
Wheadon
Foster
Graham
Whitney
Coley
Hardy
Continental M. Fire 1
Hogan
Boston & Maine
R. R
Kiander
Brookline Gas Light Co
Ws&s. Norcross Co
Bratkovsky
Connors
West End R. R
State St. Safe Deposit & Trust Co
Atlas Tack Corp
Frans
Carpenter
F. Ins. Co
Mazur
Curtis
Walsh
Lilley
Winchell
Mary KF
Oram H
Kempton
Botsford
Mary F
Fernald
Chas. A
S. Elanor R
Rachel Sotenberg
Samuel Rosnosky
Blades
Howard M
Lucy M
Woodbury D
Tenney
Lizzie F
George
Arthur Ff
Minnie
Hendley
Henry B
Annie AG
Irma G
Fred A
Perkins
Ellen J
Charles E
Isgur
Sadie
Simon
Robert H
Lizsie
Furlong
Annie
Leonard W
Caproni
Pietro P
Jane M
Hodges
Ida V
Horace F
Thomas
Fannie C
Harry M
Charles
Mary
Keefe
Sarah J
John S&s
Legislature
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Equity
Barker
Kingman Et al
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Ingersoll
Hayden
Lowell
Willard
Baker
Locke
Watson
Horgan
Scollard
Sullivan
Loring
Hayes
Roberts
Lynch
Tucker
Stillman
Donovan
Witherell
Dolan
Kalbskopt Phinney
Woburn
Harriman Va
Woburn Electric Light Co. Commonwealth
Union L. & T. Co
Atkinson
Newton
Johnson
Double
Eclipse Bicycle Co
Union Cycle Mfg
Skinner
Reed
Donnelly
Mann
Dupont
Flagg
Kneil
Maynard
Barsalie
Metcalfe
EU Ooeary
Allen
Sutherland
Cleary
H.R. BR
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Costello
Stetson
Ellis
Quinn
Lanigan
Tn Order
Fletcher
Willis
Clifford
Jenness
Coombs Va
Dade
Brooks
Carter
Ian
Boston R.R
Canney
H. QR
Shaw
Magoon
Kingston
Dols—Crawford
seMe
Norton Iron_Co
Deane
Mulley
Bost
Bangor S. 8
Shipping News
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Wilson W. Fay & Co
State Street
Warren Sir Liverpool
Mansas
Michigan
Canada
Sagamore
Iware
Kenstown
John Farley & Sons
State St
Warren & CO
Milk Street
Boston Electric Light Company
William Austin
George W. Grow
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Copartners
William Austin & Company
Mercantile Fire and Marine Insurance
Essex Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Essex
Royalnsurance Company
American Fire Insurance Company
Pennsylvania
Teutonia Insurance Company
New Orleans
Louisiana
Norwood Insurance Company
the Western Assurance Company
Toronto
British America Assurance Company
United States Fire Insurance Company of
Buffalo German Insurance Company of
Buffalo
Orsino G. Sleeper
Stephen Thacher
Merchants & Miners Transportation Go
Hurs
Nday, Ne
Tenn. & Ga. Air Line
Atlantic Coast and Seaboard Air Line
Kanawha
Southern R. R
Baltimore & Ohio
A. D. Stebbins
W. P. Turner
J. CG. Whitney
Traffic
Baltimore, Md
American Line
Southampton
St. Louis
Havre
Paris
International Navigation CO
Bowling Green
L. H. Palmer
Old State House
Cunard Line
Alexander Martin
White Star Line
Queenstown
F. O. Houghton & Co
I. A. Adams & Co
OHN Wedderburn & CO
Dept. G
Washington, D. C
Savannaez Ini
New England & Savannah
Lewis Wharf
Ocear Steamship Company
New Pier
North River
Washington St
Richardson & Barnard
Atlantic Ave
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Line
Phila
Charleston
Wilmington
Y John Wedderburn & CO
vVept. &. GI
County of Norfolk
Holyhood Cemetery Association
Holyhood Cemetery
Hammond Street
Old Sherburn
Heath Street
Maurice Shea
Boylston Street
Worcester Turnpike
Bulah Hammond
Norfolk County
J. Lewis Stackpole
Stackpole
Crane
McIntire
Wood
Jennie Clifford
J. Lothrop Mortley
Wellesley
Natick
Ephrim A .Wood
Henry Brown
Martial F. H., Wood
John W. Corcoran
Holden
Catherine Sullivan
Margaret Dowd
Margaret Bowen
Wallingford
New Haven
Connecticut
R. H. Stearns, JR
F. W. Stearns
Atherton Clarke
R. H. Stevens & CO
Henry G. O'Neill
American Electric Heating Corporation
Orleno G. Sleeper
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