No Hair Cut Refused Service Case in West End Shop
Samuel A Higgins a colored waiter sues Italian barber Joseph Carila in Municipal Court under a 19th century anti discrimination act. Higgins said he was refused a hair cut Tuesday. Carila asserts Higgins was abusive and refused to wait. The case, with interpreter aided testimony, was continued to July 30 with bail set at 300 dollars.
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Burke
Samuel A. Higgins
Grove Street
Joseph Cafila
Carila
Higgins
The Office Boy and the Sweet Marie Chorus
A boss warns a boy about the power of a whistle as he muses on the spread of songs through a town. The boy later jokes that the boss is losing his grip, illustrating how a simple tune can ignite shared amusement and chatter.
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Marie
National meet of Wheelmen ends trials draw 5000
Asbury Park hosts the final day of trials with twenty six preliminary events attracting about five thousand spectators. Notable feats include world record quad races and amateur time trials, with riders from Syracuse and Columbus setting fast marks. The joint League of American Wheelmen and Cycle Board of Trade reaffirm their support for exclusive control of cycle racing in the United States and plan further talks by January 1886.
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Asbury Park
N. J
League of American Wheelmen
Athletic Grounds
Frank D. White
Lynbrook
Lb. I
Boston
C. W. Fourdrinier
Conn Baker
Ohio
I. A. Silvie
Staten Island
O. S. Bunnell
Alva Stewart
Zimmerman
Dirnberger
Lewis Benner
John J. Benner
Starbuck, Cutler, Baker and Bartholomew
Zim
Church
Davidson
Monte Scott
Europe
Bald
Porter
Murphy
Gardiner
Coulter
Jenney
Shen Coulter
Buffalo Boy
Charley Murphy
Sid Black
Zeigler
McDonald
Columbia
Tom Butler
H. B. Winters
Walter Douglas
W. A. Brown
New York
Lewis Hunter
F. C. Hoyt
Ridgeport
Conn
A. McLeod
L. A. Callahan
Nat Butler
B. (. Bald
Ray McDonald
A. W. Porter
Charles A. Church
Harry Davidson
F. H. Allen
Springfield
M. F. Dirnberger
Syracuse
Ridley Park
George Cutter
Tom
Butler
H. G. Winters
BFB Stowe
H. E. Caldwell
Manchester
League of American Wheelmen and
Board of Trade
Cycle Board of Trade
United States
National Board of Trade of Cycle Manufacturers
Bottle of Death at Roxbury Home Claims Two Children
Two toddlers John Hazlett age 3 and Florence age 6 died within an hour after drinking from a mysterious bottle found in the back yard at 14 Riverside Street Roxbury Their aunt Delia Wizzard cared for them since their mother died some time ago An autopsy will determine the liquor’s contents and cause of death.
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Riverside Street
Roxbury
Delia Wizzard
George Hazlett
John
Florence
Endeavorers Hold Citywide Schools of Practical Methods
Thousands attend afternoon sessions on committee work across city churches. Lookout committees meet at People's Temple and eight more committees gather at churches including Berkeley Temple Union Church First Presbyterian Park Street Church and Y M C A buildings. Experienced speakers discuss topics vital to workers.
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People’s Temple
Berkeley Temple
Union Church
First Presbyterian
Park Street Church
First Baptist Church
First Reformed Presbyterian Church
Parents’ Society
Park Street
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Tream
Missionary Ground Chorus of Boys and the Meekest Man
A humorous exchange from Puck features a Good Lady questioning three boys about who made them and who was the meekest and strongest man. The first boy asserts God made him, the second claims Moses, and the third repeats Moses, prompting the lady’s frustrated correction and a final quip about the boy who went to drink.
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Moses
Samson
Puck
Stowe Reaches Eighthy Fourth Milestone in Long Journey
The notice salutes Harriet Beecher Stowe as she marks eighty four miles on a long journey. It notes no weakening in the mortuary record of Little Eva, mentioning last year she died 87 times and was witnessed by 343,562 grieving children in the United States.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Eva
United States
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Bowdoin
Causeway
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Washington Street
New England
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Boylston Sts
Maine
New Hampshire
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR —_ HANDKERCHIERS
Savage
West
Mason
Sidney S. Kelly
Washington St
the” Bucs
Barvien & Co
West End
Joseph Carila
Cassimere
East Racing
Zimerman
New World
Berle
Bottle OF Death
John and
Florence Hazlett
ARMY
Suburbs
Bunker Hill
Quincy Market
King’s Chapel
Lexington
Concord
Harvard College
Grand Old Ocean
Chamber of Commerce
God Save the Queen
Mechanics
Christian Endeavor Convention
Omaha
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
King’s Chapel Burying Ground
State House
Cradle of Liberty
T Wharf
Pillsbury’s Best
Pillsbury’s
Sendom
Wever
Idsbury
Trilby Triller
Times
S. Alland & CO
Pemberton Sq
Mrs. Stowe
Little Eva
Elmwood Spring
Mass
Telephone
Paine’s
Canal St
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