Ex mayor opponents debt limit raise at Boston hearing
Ex mayor O'Brien and city officials debated Boston finances as the committee on cities continued hearings on raising the debt and tax limit. They questioned borrowing for current expenses, highlighted past loans, and compared expenditures with other cities while detailing department demands and potential effects on taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Committee On Cities
O’brien
Hart
iLhen
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Board of Public Institutions
Sinking Land Commissioners
Public Arks
L. Foster Morse
Herbert L. Hardins
Citizens’ Association
Wilson
Board of Aldermen
Jerry J. McCarthy
Chariestown
City Council Changes 574000 Loan to Four Percent
The Common Council rescinded an 812 percent loan order for 574000 and passed a new four percent loan for the same amount. The mayor transmitted street widening requests totaling 1550000 and other improvements totaling 809000, plus 200000 more, for a grand total of 2550000. Also asked were public library and fire apparatus appropriations.
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Board of Street Commissioners
Rutherford Avenue
North Street
Chauncy Street
Avery Street
Vremont
Committee On
Public Library
Bates Hall
Committee On Public Library
Robert Treat Paine
East Chester Park
Albany
Swett Streets
Beacon Street
City Hall
Rae Harvard Bridge
Boston & Albany Corporation
Park Commissioners
West Chester Park
Fourth Avenue
New York
Thomas N. Hart
Back Bay
Longwood
Huntington Avenues
West End Street Railway Company
Dela
Osborne Howes, Jr
John Ki Vitzzeraid
B. Fry
Boston
Srating
Chicago
Committee On Fire Department
State Record Commissioner's Office
Committee On Appropriations
Henry W. Longfelow
Allston
Fahad
Rogers Park
Committee On Commons
W. Tl. Whitmore
Trac
Caleb Foote
Henry W. Foote
Benjamin West
Bunkerill
Ex President Cleveland on the value of free libraries
Ex President Grover Cleveland addresses a mass meeting at Chickering Hall in New York endorsing the New York Free Circulating Library. He urges public and private support, argues reading builds citizenship, warns against harmful books, and calls for expanded access and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chickering Hall
Elusive Electric Fluid Delays Snow Sweep Confusion
Thousands of riders faced a 5 25 blackout on Dorchester Grove Hall Warren Street Cambridge Arlington and Brookline lines. Cars stalled, crowds walked home as Washington Street became packed. Salt on rails helped resume service by 7 PM after repairs and a broken snow sweeper near North Avenue. Superintendent Dumoulin blamed overtaxed power due to sudden storm and many electric sweepers.
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Dorchester
Grove Hall
Warren Street
Cambridge
Arlington
Brookline
West Chester Park
Tremont House
Boylston Street
Washington Street
Tremont Street
Boylston
Scollay Square
West End
Bowdoin Square
Central Square
Cambridgeport
North Avenue
Lttle Street Railway
Dumoulin
West End Street Railway Company
Harrison Avenue
Cain
Shawmut Avenue
Harvard Banjo Club to Perform at Cadets Burlesque
The Cadets present two Boston Theatre shows on April 11 and 12 featuring the Harvard Banjo Club in Spanish students' costume. The musical burlesque titled Injured Innocents by KR A Barnet is the main attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Banjo Club
Boston
KR. A. Barnet
Universalist Club Meeting at Hotel Thorndike
The Universalist Club will meet at Hotel Thorndike on Monday evening March 10 at 6 o clock. Edward H. Clement editor of Transcript will read Twenty Years in Journalism followed by addresses from N A Horton editor of the Salem Gazette and Elbridge S Brooks of the D Lothrop Company.
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Universalist Club
Hotel Thorndike
Edward H. Clement
Transcript
N._ A. Horton
Salem Gazette
Elbridge $. Brooks
D. Lothrop Company
Lecture on Stocks and Bonds in Railroad Organization
Mr Edwin H Abbot spoke at Sever Hall on railroad investments and control He argued railroads are going concerns with value in transportation not property He contrasted Western land grant finance with Eastern stock and urged restraint on stock voting power through trustee managed reorganizations.
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Edwin H. Abbot
Sever Hall
Finance Club
Abbot
Western Railroad
Western Railroads
United States
Eastern
Estern
Atchison Railroad
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Wisconsin Central
United Action
Atchison
St. Paul
Northwestern Railroad
Wisconsin Central Corporation
Cambridge Reception for Areys Hosts Noted Guests
A Cambridge residence of Mr and Mrs Reuben Arey hosted a reception for the New England Women’s Press Association and Boston Cambridge literati in honor of Mrs H E G Arey president of the Ohio Woman’s Press Association and Professor Olver Arey of Cleveland. Guests arrived from 7 to 10 with a library collation and Germania Orchestra. Noted attendees included Professor and Mine Le Plongeon Professor and Mrs Arthur Gilman Professor Fay Tufts College Colonel Henry and Mrs Whiton Stone Mrs Clarice R Moore Robert Fiske and many others from West Medford Cambridge and surrounding areas.
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Reuben Arey
Cambridge
New England Women’s Press Association
Boston
H. E. G. Arey
Olver Arey
Cleveland
Ohio Woman's Press Association
Germania Orchestra
le Plongeon
Arthur Gilman
Fay
Tufts College
Henry
Whiton Stone
Clarice R. Moore
Robert Fiske
KR. &. Ford
West Medford
M.L. W Brie
Sadie Locke
A. Avery
Micah Dyer, Jr
Helen M. Winslow
Winifred _ Richards
Anna Guibranson
van Santvoord
Abby Morton Diaz
J. W. Cartwright
Belle G. Armstrong
Cora Stuart Wheeler
A. E. Dennison
Parishioners Present Pastor McWhinnie with Gold Watch
Last evening the First Baptist Church of Cambridge honored Rev. James Mc Whinnie with an elegant gold watch, chain, and charm as a token of esteem. The presentation was made by Mr. W. A. Munroe in a brief ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McWhinnie
D.D
First Baptist Church
Cambridge
W. A. Munroe
Somerville Democratic Committee Names Officers for year
The Somerville ward and city committee met last evening and organized for the year. Officers named include Robert Luce as chairman John L Nichols as secretary and John Buckley Jr as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Robert Luce
John L. Nichols
John Buckley, Jr
Methodist Church Separation in Waltham
At the March 6 quarterly conference in Waltham, stewards trustees and class leaders voted to organize a second Methodist society. The new church, including its debt, will be taken by the split, with Rev. W A Wood likely to serve as pastor of the new congregation.
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Methodist
Waltham
Speciau
W. A. Wood
Boston
Hoyt
Robert Collyer
New York
Young Men’s Christian Union
Jacob Bright
John
Old
Yorkshire
England
Bay State Agricultural Society
United States Hotel
L’arm
Charles Harrington
William H. Bowker
Newton Boat Club Defeated In Inter Club Match
Newton Boat Club fell to Newton Club 2766 to 3023 in the inter club bowling tournament. The report ends with an ad for Old Saul's Catarrh Cure priced at 26 cents.
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Newton Boat Club
Newton
Speciau
Newton Club
Old Saul
James Russell Lowell Progress Rekindles Family Visits
Friends and the public rejoice as poet James Russell Lowell advances in illness recovery and resumes ability to see family members, though still bedridden. Doctors expect further improvement in coming days with planned visits from intimate friends.
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James Russell Lowell
Lasell Sleighing Party Jollity to Boston
Lasell Seminary pupils at Auburndale seize good sleighing for a moonlit ride to Boston invited by the principal. Six barges and large sleighs moved the party with supper at Cooke's and an excursion along the way.
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Lasell Seminary
Auburndale
Boston
Cooke’s
Ond Ayon
Courts and cases in United States district and supreme judicial court
March 6 reports include Nelson v Pavonia negligence claim over damaged baggage after the steamship struck rocks near Duxbury on Oct 28 1886. Proceedings discuss British law limits, liability for loss, and trial on negligence with ticket law. Supreme Judicial Court lists several cases including Sears v Kings County Elevated Railway, Holbrook v Payne, Weeks v Baker, City of Lowell v Middlesex County, plus multiple pending cases and unfinished business.
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United States District Court
Boston Light
C. Z. Russell, Jr
George Putnam
Thomas Russell
Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth
Insolvency Court Docket from Suffolk County Immense docket
Insolvency proceedings list and cases in Suffolk County Maine division. Includes National Bank versus Alice H. Davis et al for $2000 promissory notes with verdict for plaintiff. Boynton v. Royal Arcanum on life policy sought by widow. multiple cases in Third and Fourth Sessions with verdicts, notices, and calendar entries.
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Blackstone
National Bank
Alice H. Davis
W. L. Davis
J. Elaer
F. E. Fitz
E.R. Anderson
Hattie KE
George W. Boynton
Monumental Council of
Charlestown
S. J. Elder
Sumner Albee
Boynton G
Sup. C. Royal Arcanum
Bowman
Claftin
McLaughlin
Hing
O'Neil
RB &E. RR Miles
Aruist. T
Almy
Ulmer
Mason
J. No
Old Colony Railroad
Spring Street
Dedham
J. E. Cotter
J. H. Benton
A. A. Maxwell
Bequest Ademption and Codicil Ratification in Plymouth Case
A Plymouth Superior Court report details a dispute where a beneficiary argues stock bequest was adhibited by sale, constituting revocation of the legacy, while the defendant maintains the will stood with the bequest adjoined by the codicil. The court, citing compton, rules for the defendant. Included are case listings and motions from various local suits and divorces with multiple parties and holdings.
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Plantiff
Compton
Verry & Gaskell
Worcester
John Henry Butler
Boston
Thompson trial and Donaghue assault case in Essex Court
In Superior Civil Court Essex March 6 Judge Thompson presides. Mary Ryan administratrix sues Naumkeag Street Railway for death of Michael Ryan after a December 21 1888 Salem Boston Street accident alleged due to company agents carelessness. Defense denies. Also Margaret L Donaghue sues Edward F Bartlett and Robert C Bragg over alleged assault at her husband’s home regarding Welch repairs. defense denies. Jurors, attorneys listed. Additional cases: Jones v Gardner Finnegan v Merrill Curtis v Kiley Grise v McManus Rogers v Washington Mills Sullivan v Boston and Maine Day v Derrah Brickett et al v Smith et al.
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Essex
Lawrence
Thompson
Mary_ Ryan
Naumkeag Street Railway Company
Michael Ryan
Boston Street
Salem
H. F. Hurlburt
S. A. Fuller
H. P. Moulton
Margaret L. Donaghue
Edward F. Bartlett
Robert C. Bragg
Bartlett
Newburyport
Bragg
Welch
Donaghue’s
John P. Sweeney
N. N. Jones
Bay View Yacht Club Holds Annual Meeting and Dinner
About seventy five members attended the Bay View Yacht Club third annual meeting at Seaside House City Point. New members elected include George Dinsmore Samuel Mason John I Perceile W C Le Patricia Charles H Hatch George Sherry William Kenny Frank Marian F S Phelps William Gallaway J W Smith C F Wheelock Thomas Phelps J J McKinnon James Laughlin. Officers elected Commodore B Johnson vice commodore Fritz Pfund fleet captain O L Baker measurer William Gray secretary Frank Smith treasurer William Chandler financial secretary W P Howard and trustees J B Smith M Brown George Harlette. Resolutions adopted on death of John T Donoghue. A committee of three to print 250 pamphlets of constitution and bylaws. Treas urer reports all bills paid and funds on hand. Savin Hill Yacht Club dinner followed with Commodore Vegelahn presiding. About twenty five members present at Tremont House. Memberships for Fred E Cobb and M F Westover approved. Club house question referred to board of directors.
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Bay View Yacht Clu
City Point
George Dinsmore
Samuel Mason
John I. Perceile
W. C. le Patric
Charles H. Hatch
George Sherry
William Kenny
Frank Marian
F. S. Phelps
William Gallaway
J. W. Smith
C. F. Wheelock
Thomas Phelps
Commodore Vegelahn
Savin Hill Yacht Club
Tremont House
Fred E. Cobb
M. F. Westover
Vendebalo Weekly Post appeal boosts country mailing plan
Readers of the Post responded to the columns by renewing and ordering the Weekly Post to be mailed nationwide. For $1.00 a year, a weekly reminder of the reader's kindness can be sent free of expense to any recipient. This issue, ready Friday, offers news, editorials, varied articles, a literary page, an interview with William E. Russell on his Southern trip, and a dramatic Indian life tale “Nino Diablo.”
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the Post
Weekly Post
William E. Russell
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. O'Brien
MR. Hart
Common Council
Universalast Club
Harvaded
E.G. Arey
The
Ohio Women’s Press Association
MR. Lowell
Lasell Sleighing
PriMan, J
Waterhouse
Dane
Morrissey
Hosmer
Keenan Vy
Helmboldt
Flood
Brown
Duggan
Moseley
Donnelly
Lavery
Connelly
Curran
Dobbins
Old Colony RR
Jewell
Supple
Noyes
Barton
Ayer
North
UN. Wadding Co
Ve Nugent
Go Leek
Boston Star
Garland
O’ Hara
Perkins
Dunbar, J
Mer
Natl
Lank v. Ames
Savage v. Maney
Waulker
Lathrop
George W. Adams
Henry C. Bellows
Beachmont
J. J. Keeley
IT. E. Barry
J. W W. Blanchard
Alexander McGilvray
Joseph Denton
C. W. Bartett
Charles 8. Lincoln
William G. Reed
George I
Manson
Taandar
USUUL
cAvenay
Fiflel
McGilvray v. de Oe
Para
Duncanson
Fenno
Hayes
Sanderson
Lily—Justice
Ffraser
Yade
Harvard Unitarian Society
L. J. Tufts
Mary E. Pearson
Supreme Court
Holmes
Plaintilf
Suffolk County
Maine
Louis J. Wyman
Michaelj Kenney
Patrick T. Clark
Clinton Harlow
John Robbins
Wilbuard C
Michael J. Donahoe
Henry A. Hippler
James Dempsey
John Z. Westerbrook
Smith & Curtis
John A. Gill
Benjamin Tf. Clows
Coving Et al
Boutilier
Smart
Gibson
Charles Craig
Bright
Superior Civil Court
Plymouth County
Brockton
Bishop
Ada A. Barrows
Middleboro
H. Kingman
B. W
K. O. Harris
Clara J. Hathaway
Jones R. Perkins
Samuel Reed
Abington
Mr. Reed
Rh. O. Harris
Hi. Edson
W. J. Coughlan
William O. Carver
Ada L. Carver
Julius W. Paul
Julian W. Jackimowicz
Agneiska Jackimowicz
Rawnet
Vuull
Hathay
Conboye
Holbrook
Hall
Ryder
Coll
Conlin
Peyton
Turner
American Box Machine Con. Vy
G. E. Inman
H. Inman
Same
American Box Machine Co
Edson
G. E. Innan
Gibbs
Arnes
Loud
Jones v. Gardner
Finnegan Vy. Merrill Et al
Low Sea
Curtis
Kiley
Grise
McManus
Rogers
Washington Mills Co
Sullivan
Boston & Maine BR
BAY View Yacht Club
South Boston
S@vin Hill Club
ReYral Bak Iia Powpes Co
Valleau, S. X
DR. Hams
Invigorator Co
R. H. Whitney & CO
State St
Vendeablo
Qweek
Post Publishing CO
Bow
Mason & Hamlin
Mason & Hamlin Hall
Boston Athletic Association
Mechanics’ Building
Interscholastic Athletic Amateur Association
Church of the Disciples
Zapha C. Smith
Associated Charities of
City
G. O. Taylor
Chester A. Graves & Sons
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