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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1891

Page

8

Tennis Championship Brilliance Wins by Cambridge Teen

Horace Partridge & Co hosts the fourth annual lawn tennis tourney at Woodland Park Auburndale. Cambridge’s B D Wrenn and H Hovey vie through singles and doubles, with Hovey and Jennings seizing doubles final after a tense day of sets and decisive net play. Wrenn edges Mansfield in long singles, Hovey claims the championship 6 4 6 4.

Auburndale Horace Partridge & Co Woodland Park Mansfield Wrenn Cambridge B. D. Wrenn Hovey and Jennings Tallant and Wildes E Krown, Jr Ed Stevens Oubles Nichols Thayer George Watr Stevens Horace Partridge Tate Hovey Lee Woodland Park Hotel H. Hovey Longwood Club R. D. Wrenn National Lawn ‘Tennis Association Deuce Mansfiield Service Vantage Peanfield Mansield Crocker Tallant Wildes Deapings Bonya Lfonenee

Summer in Lexington shines with visiting guests and plans

Summer visitors occupy the Russell House in Lexington with Horace Phipps and wife arriving, plus Mr and Mrs Cotton, Mr and Mrs Byam, and others. Miss Hubbard, recently injured in last summer’s Quincy train wreck, is reported fully recovered. A barn warming for Hon. A. F. E. Scott lights the Waltham road estate, while Mr Foster Sherburne prepares for marriage to Miss Maud Tenney and moves to a new Main Street residence.

Lexington Spector Russell House Horace Phipps Apollo Club Cotton Byam Boston

City finances and local notices in town

The city reports liquor license fees collected total 1 020 000 with about 2000 outstanding. Delinquent real estate taxes may reach 360 000. John Markes was injured by flying stone from a blast at Warren and Woodbine, sent to City Hospital. A 44 star US flag will fly at the Federal building today. Streets laid out as public ways include Horace street East Boston and Sunset street Roxbury. A Rosedale Club Toronto versus B A A first eleven cricket match is planned at Longwood. Rev Louis Albert Banks will speak on The Plague of the Sweatshop at St John’s Methodist Church South Boston.

Ricker John Markes Warren Woodbine United States Federal Building Horace Street Boston Moore Kyron Streets Sunset Street Roxbury Parker Hill Avenue Hillside Street Rosedale Club Toronto Longwood Louis Albert Banks D.D St. John’s Methodist Church South Boston St. Paul’s Tremont Street J.e. Lindsay Evangelistic Association of New England Franklin Park K. Mitchell Emmanuel Church Newbury Street Leighton Parks Cucreeu Eliot Square James de Normandie Roderick Stebbins Melton St. Joun’s M. E South Congregational Courach Exeter Street Bapham Edward FE. Hale Bowpoin Square Tabernacle M. R. Deming Boston Young Men’s Christian Association Boylston Berkeley Streets BE. KE. Davidson Newtonville Cornet Olaf R. Miller Trust Ev. Roland Grant of Moston Tlistory Christian Union Union Hall Boylston Street F. R. Sylvester Migs H. J. Morrison A. L. Jansson Alexander T. Bowser Newton Centre George Mendall Taylor

Dickens and His Caricature Prompt Laughter in Public

Miss Dickens recalls her father Charles Dickens reacting to a penny caricature dated July 8 1861 showing a large headed figure with pen in hand and tapping his forehead. He found it extraordinarily ludicrous and more like than the serious portrait, laughing aloud in Piccadilly before retreating when a crowd gathered.

Dickens Piccadilly God’s Hill

Water consumption report for Sudbury and Cochituate works

City Engineer Jack son reports to the Water Board that last June daily water use from Sudbury and Cochituate works averaged 37 801 900 gallons, up 14.5 percent from the previous year. Chestnut Hill high service pumped 7 695 000 gallons daily, up 14.5 percent, while Mystic works supplied 9 478 400 gallons daily, up 12.9 percent.

Jackson Water Board Sudbury and Cochituate Works Chestnut Hill Mystic Works

Thirteen inning tie in Washington rain ends pitchers duel

Washington and Cincinnati battled into the fourteenth inning before rain halted play after a late two-out rally left both clubs with a 2-2 tie. Ohman and Carsey pitched superbly for Washington, while Cincinnati’s staff matched them as errors and base running miscues doomed both clubs. Pittsburgh and Chicago also posted wins in the day’s slate, with Cleveland, Baltimore, and others producing scattered results across the league.

Washington A. A Cincinnati Ohman Carsey Kelly Mains Murphy Canavan Johnson Hines Lond Hatfield Whitney Bals Robinson Carney Dowd Empire Devil

Marqueze & Co's Creditors Meet in New Orleans

Creditors of E Marqueze & Co wholesale boot and shoe dealers held a meeting at 40 Water Street yesterday afternoon. Ball & Tower presided and presented liabilities and assets listing secured and unsecured bills, notes, real estate holdings, and Suspense accounts. A committee including Edward L Leach George M Coburn C W Varney and A E Scott was appointed to wind up the insolvent estate.

E. Marqueze & Co New Orleans Pearl Street Feckasetteiesel Ces Orlove Axtures Cress Sas Sasepiece Ac- Commisse Cb Avissesse C. W. Varney A. E. Scott

Weather Indications Forecast for Northern New England

Northern New England will be partly cloudy to cloudy with light local stationary showers and slightly higher temperatures under light southerly winds. Southern New England should be generally fair with a chance of light afternoon showers and light southerly winds shifting to southwest and west. Sunday favors fair skies and warmer conditions.

POST New England Middle Atlantic Gulf Lower Lake Region Atiantic Coast Oswego Buffalo Detroit Pittsburg Washington Norfolk Pensacola Fla Mississippi Valley Florida Gulf of Mexico St. Lawrence St. Lawrence Valley Rockies Vermont New York

Steinkerk lace fashions and linen bargains for women

OF INTEREST TO WOMEN reviews historic lace styles such as the Steinkerk and lorica origins in Rome and French military wear. It notes current linen closet stocking opportunities at Messrs. Jordan & Marsh and R. & J. Gilchrist, plus new picnic lunch tables, lace gowns, and parasol fashions from Gilchrist and Stearns with shop details and style cues.

Messrs. Jordan & Marsh’s Dresden China Messrs R. & J. Gilchrist Chantilly R. H. Stearns & Co

America in Italian libraries and the sea atlas tradition

The essayist reflects on American librarianship in Italy, noting hospitality and openness to American practices. He describes Italian libraries as rich in sea charts and maps, especially 16th century Agnese atlases, and recalls handling a Battista Agnese atlas to verify its date. The piece compares data-driven map collections with Italian navigational tradition and publishing trends.

America Justin Winsor Evening Post Biblioteca Nazionale Florence Columbus Leipzig Battista Agnese Agnese Ongania Venice

Cambridge YMCA Leader Resigns to Join Rochester NCGA

General Secretary A. H. Whitford of the Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association has resigned to accept a similar post with the Rochester NCGA, moving to a new leadership role in North Carolina.

Cambridge Rochester A. H. Whitford Cambridge Young Men’s Christian Association

Weather Summary From Daily Observations

Data shows barometer readings 29.87 and 29.92 mean daily temperature 68.3 with max 75.3 and min 51.3. Relative humidity 78.5 percent, dew point 57.0, wind SW at 12 mph, cloud cover variable between cloudy and clear, total precipitation 0.00. Normal max and min temperatures for eighteen years listed as 75.3 and 63.1 respectively.

Pennsylvania Democrats Eye Statewide Campaign Strategy

Ex congressman James Kerr, head of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Central Committee, outlined the party’s upcoming 1891 campaign plans. He called honest administration the central issue, faulting Quay’s machine politics and stressing an Auditor General and treasurer races. Kerr said Democrats hope to win Pennsylvania, with Cleveland as a presidential preference, and noted national questions would wait until after the state contest.

New York Times James Kerr Gilsey House Democratic State Central Committee Pennsylvania Democratic Executive Committee Kerr Philadelphia Times Quay Mr. Kerr Cleveland National House

Wonders of the Deep at the Columbian Exposition Fisheries Exhibit

Captain Collins of Gloucester leads a vast fish and fisheries display at the Worlds Fair. Visitors will see ocean deep life, coral islands, sea creatures, and the tools of fishing, fish farming, and angling, with demonstrations of nets, hooks, lines, and vessels.

Collins Gloucester John Bunyan United States Fishommission

Supreme Court halts parallel suits in Nantucket fraud case

In Lathrop et al v Smith et al the Supreme Judicial Court grants a temporary injunction to restrain pending law suits over a house built on Nantucket land and a concurrent work on Workman’s land. The bill alleges double payment schemes and seeks one court path to avoid multiplicity. Arguments cite demurrer and equitable defense under recent statute. W. H. Fox represents the plaintiffs, James Brown the defendants.

Supreme Judicial Court Lathrop William H. Workman Edwin R. Smith Equity Workman Smith Nantucket Apovleton Supreme Court The Cour W. H. Fox James Brown

Insolvency Court docket shows upcoming meetings

Third meetings were held in several cases with claims proved and next sessions scheduled for Oct 9 Nov 13 and Dec 11 in listed firms and individuals including Ball Turn Machine Company Luther 8 Handy Jesse M Cove Henry M Pitt George W Nash Hugh H Rose Michael Finn Benjamin Maxwell Keoward Fitzwilliam Thomas J Smith Clarence F Hare A A Sherman Co James A Trevor Augustus P Spitz Albert E Baker Leonora Whitney Charles F Richardson I P Baker Moulding Co and Empire Steam Gauge Company plus Phipps Russell Onward Cigar Makers Cooperative Association Emery Bemis assignee Bousquet Pepin William Diecksen James P Lincoln assignees Stedman Tifts Thomas Weston assignee and Martin Craven with insolvency court entries from Suffolk July.

Emery Bemis Bousquet & Pepin William Diecksen James P. Lincoln Stedman &Tifts Thomas Weston Assixiee Martin Craven Suffolk S. S

West End concert by Germania Band on Monday night

On the Charlesbank near Livingstontreet the Germania Band performs Monday evening July 6 starting at 8 o'clock. The programme includes Wiegand overture heavy artillery der Tambour der Quardi Faust Up to Date Russian pieces Mexican Belles Northern Pastimes Romanu for Cornet Falka Danst Africane Irish Wedding Piabolus and a galop Rollinson.

West End Charlesbank Livingstontreet Germania Meyer-Lutz Piabolus

Sunday Concert on the Common by Germania Band

The Germania Band performs a Sunday afternoon program on the common featuring Colonel Taylor's March Overture Orpheus New Vienna Strauss Poor Jonathan Turandot Loreley Musical Deceptions Mazurka Terisina and War Reminiscences with selections by conductors and arrangers noted in the program.

Germania Band Colonel Taylor Eeeseereeees Stewart Orpheus Srereeereres Ottendae New Vienna Strauss Jonathan Miliocker b—Navaredy

Look Out for the Fakir on the Common

A crowded line at the Boylston street end of the Common yesterday morning gathered awaiting permits to profit from national loyalty. The scene warned readers to beware fakirs exploiting the crowd and lightening the cash balance of the countryman.

Boylston Street

Naval Boat Race At Navy Yard For Silver Medals

The Massachusetts Yacht Club offers silver medals to the winners of a race to be rowed Wednesday next at 6 p.m. open to crews of the ships of the Squadron of Evolution, the Naval Battalion and the U S S Wabash. The race starts from the flagship Diana off the navy yard and finishes opposite the Newark, flagship of the squadron.

Naval Boat Rac Massachusetts Yacht Club Squadron of Eolution Naval Battalion U. SS. RS. Wabash Diana Navy Yard Newark

Contemplated Improvements at Franklin Park

A brief note discusses planned enhancements for Franklin Park, outlining potential projects and the civic interest in upgrading park facilities. Stakeholders consider safety, accessibility, and aesthetic improvements to boost community use and park appeal.

Franklin Park

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