Bostonian Society Meeting and ByLaw Revisions
The Bostonian Society holds a 3 p.m. session in the Old State House council chamber with Frank E. Bradish presenting on Land Tracts in Boston. ByLaw changes 1 2 7 8 9 10 11 14 16 and 17 are to be acted on, as urged by the bylaws committee chaired by Rev. W Winslow. Archibald H. Grimke speaks on The Life and Character of Charles Sumner at the Young Men's Christian Union tomorrow night.
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Bostonian Society
Council Chamber
Old State House
Frank E. Bradish
Boston
Church of the Disciples
Charles G. Ames
Free Will Baptist Church of
Minneapolis
Lawrence Hamilton
Pacific Coast
Universalist Church
Dili
Wage Workers Demands and Knights of Labor Session
The Congress of the Knights of Labor and Local Assembly 5572 met in Dexter Hall and explored wage issues, gas and electric city manufacturing, labor police division, female factory inspectors, and post office money orders after 6 pm. Delegates from various unions reported on discharges, eight to nine hour demands, and organizing drives. resolutions targeted railroads, public works, and convict and tenement goods policies.
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Congress of the Nights of Labor
James H. Mellen
Robert C. Fanning
Mellen
Quincy
Legislative Committee
Congress
Boards of Public Works
Boston
Knights of Labor
Ch Gan
Local Assembly
Dexer Hall
Lowell
Boston & Maine Railroad
Jones
Furber
Assembly
Tois
Washington
Stcom Railroad Men's Protective Union
Rairoad Commission
Medrdle
Boston & Providence
Old Colony Railroad
Callon
Carpenters’ District Council
Marblehead
Oranuizer Sfields
Lynn
Haverhill
Starsboro
Worcester
Diwas
Carpenters’ City
6Uchieca Union
Lax League
Grand Ammy Hall
E. M. White
H. Howes
Southboro
Addison Davis
George W. Cox
Central Labor Union
Wade
Suc Legion Adve Acas
Frank K. Fosse
State Federation of Labor
Club Dinners On Saturday Feature Local Talk
Saturday dinners at Boston area clubs showcased varied topics and light talk. The Middlesex Club discussed railroad stock sales with speakers including Edward Pierce and W G Davis, while the Ne England Club hosted Hon J J Whittle.
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Boston Club
President Whitten
Parker’s
Middlesex Club
Barnes
Edward Pierce
Lowell
W. G. Davis
Waltham
George W. Walker
Maiden
Sheriman Hoar
J. J. Whittle
Ne England Club
Yosemite Valley
Parthenia Club
Young’s
A.S. Foster
F. T. Nazro
L. R. Moody
H. P. Prout
Thomas
Massachusetts Club
Land of the
Stereopticon
Columbian Associates of
Salem
Henry Meek
George Hi. Hull
Edward Lane
Boston man accused of embezzling $300 in Rochester case
Inspector Collins yesterday brought Samuel S. Fuller from Rochester New York where he was arrested on a charge of embezzling 300 dollars from Gustave L. Hergert of 92 Broad Street Boston.
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Inspector Collins
Rochester
N. Y
Samuel 8S. Fuller
Gustave L. Hergert
Broadstreet
Boston
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Societys Anniversary in Cambridgeport
The nineteenth anniversary gathering at Union Hall Cambridgeport drew a large audience. Ex-Governor John D. Long opened the program urging temperance as a duty to country and youth, linking it to schooling and social welfare.
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Massachusetts ‘Total Abstinence Society
Union Hall
Cambridgeport
John D. Long
Massachusetts T Oral Abstinence Society
E. H. Capen
Tufts College
Total Abstinence Society
Cambridge
David FH. Goodell
New Hampshire
Long
Goodell
Executive Department
Alice J. Osborne
G. Mendallay
Ninth District Watch For Anti Candler Bid In Campaign
Report notes diminishing hold of Congressman Candler over the ninth district as factional strife erupts over patronage. Postmaster positions in South Framingham and Norwood spark Republican infighting, with several anti Candler figures named, including General William F. Draper Joseph G. Ray and Senator Makepeace Fowle. Hundreds of Republicans seek a strong alternative candidate to challenge Candler.
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Congressman Candler
Ninth
Congress
Cander
South Framingham
Candler
Norwood
Wallace
Mar. Cleveland
Temselves
William F. Draper
Hopedale
Joseph G. Ray
Franklin
Creorge Makepeace ‘Fowle
Brookline
anti-Candler
E. V. Mitchell
Medfield
David Farquhar
Levi C. Wade
Newton
Senator Davenport
Marlboro
Hatchet Attack Near 66 Pitts Street Leaves Man Hospitalized
Nathan Goldman assaulted Louis Baryan with a hatchet at 66 Pitts Street. Baryan was cut severely and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. Goldman was taken to the station.
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Nathan Goldman
Louis Baryan
Pitts Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Woman Dies After Fall From Second Story Window
Mrs. Lafevre of the Acorn and Williams street corner fell from a second story window Saturday afternoon and died at Massachusetts General Hospital at seven that evening.
Woes on Religious Privileges Sermon at St John the Evangelist
The Rev Father Hall delivers a Lent sermon at the Church of St John the Evangelist on Bowdoin Street urging discernment of heart over outward privilege. He argues God’s judgments merge justice and mercy, condemning not the heathen but those with truth who disbelieve, and calls for faithful living within given opportunities.
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Father Hall
Mission Church of
St. John the Evangelist
Bowdoin Street
Itaman
Africa
Boston
Madam Address in English and Media Usage
A letter to the Post discusses the usage of the title Madam and questions why writers mispronounce or overlook the traditional form. The writer cites Canon Liddell and Queen Victoria, defends the dignity of the term and notes Worcester’s dictionary as proof of the word’s existence. Cambridge dated March 8, 1890, signed Wade.
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Post
Canon Liddell
Queen Victoria
Worcester
Cambridge
Wade
Pierre Loti and conversion noted by Danion
M Stanislas Danion concluded his lecture series on Pierre Loti praising his originality and travel tied storytelling. The talk contrasted Loti with conventional writers and highlighted his sailor life scenes and melancholy tone.
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M. Stanislas Danion
la Maniere
Pierre Loti
M. Danion
Loti
Maroo Ried
Brazil
United States
Chile
Peru
Saloniki
Stamboul
Algeria
China
Tonkin
Lou
Tne
EO Min
Jules Lemaitre
Allis Vanity
Aodinet
Assault at 29 Kirkland Street Ends in Arrests
Officer Sheehan of Station 4 arrested Anna Jackson and her nephew Edward Brinckley on a felonious bottle assault against Henry Johnson at 29 Kirkland Street. Injuries were reported as potentially fatal after a week, with Johnson treated by a local doctor and later sent to City Hospital after a dramatic deterioration last Saturday.
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Sheehan
Station 4
Anna Jackson
Edward Brinckley
Henry Johnson
Kirkland Sreet
Dinners and sleighing scene fill Boston hotels
The Macaroni Club dined at Parker House with 25 members present and notable guests. Other arrivals include Mrs E E Rice and Reynolds party at Reynolds, Robson company members at Ven Dome, and many prominent G A R men at American House. On the Brighton Road sleighing drew thousands amid perfect weather, with numerous named drivers and sleighs, including City of Boston and Volunteer barges, plus a long list of guests and vehicles at Parker's, Venmore, Brunswick, Adams, and Reynolds destinations.
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Parker House
E. E. Rice
New York
Reynolds
G. Prescott
J. M. Hill
Adams House
Stuart Robson
Vendome
Hollis Street Theatre
Emma Vaders
Robson Company
John Ramsey
W. H. van Buskirk
M. V. Kennelly
Jersey City
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Tohn
Mile Ground
Lem Hitchcock
The
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Harry Church
Proprietor Barnes
Brunswick
Patsy Sheppard
She Abbey
Hugh Callahan
Clifton
Huckins
Massachusetts State Prison
John Lownsend
Thomas F. McDevitt
Ed. F. O’shea
East
Boston
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A. Feltis
Old Bob
G. E. Safford
J. O'Connell
George Sanborn
Quincy
Mag
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Gray Frank
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Merry
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Joan Warden
John
James Walsh
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Henry Stevens
Lon Wright
Charney Willams
John Ashton
Preston
Lizzie Prince
Dan McKinnon
Lou Wellington
Ned Godfrey
Henry Kittridge
E. C. Moses
South Boson Yacht Club
George Hastings
Chapman Maid
Folsom
Edwin Gargan
Florace Barlow
Pee Doherty
Vilantic Yacht Club
Jeremiah O'Keefe
Bill
Commodore
John Conquest
Linharf
Frank Nelson
Africa
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James McCarthy
Nellie Bly
John Graham
Shoe Lame
Briar Hill
Lexington
Ned Cogswell
Hyde Park
Hosses
Charles Sias
Chase & Sanborn
Chester Guild, Jr
Dr Charles Craig’s celebrated remedies praised
The remedies are claimed to permanently cure flatulent dyspepsia bloating urinary complaints Bright’s disease and liver issues. They are especially recommended for women prone to bloating as they supposedly reduce it to normal size restoring a girlhood form.
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Charles Craig
Bright
Why Electric Cars Stall In Snow Says Editor
Letter to the Post argues that electric streetcar stoppages during heavy snowfall result from planned power distribution limits. Manufacturers claim cars rarely run at full speed together, leading to coasting and gravity dependence. The remedy is more power capacity to run all cars simultaneously. Boston, March 8.
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Spere
Boston
Business Troubles Hit Horace E Boynton Firm in Reading
Creditors report liabilities of 113,713.54 against assets of 86,230.50 with actual value 45,897.50. A settlement plan offers 30 cents cash or 40 percent in staggered payments, notes secured and 5 percent notes discounted. Creditors accept. Reading firms D C Hillerasse Darrah & Co and Fisher & Poor man suspend payments. Banks hold notes. A Webster signs. Braeder Glue Co store seized. causes blamed on Pittsburg partner Haughey, tied to General Lew Wallace.
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Pearl Street
Boynton
Reading
Penn
D, C. Hillerasse
Darrah & Co
Fisher & Poorman
Boyertown
A. Webster
Grocer
Fall River
New York
William A. Braeder
Eether
Springdale
Ouquet
Pittsburg
Haughey
Lew Wallace
Say
Indianapolis Ank
Nelson J William W Black et al Libels Hearings in Salvage Suit
United States Circuit Court on March 8 heard three libels by Nelson William W Black and others against bark Eliza Lines and cargo James E Ward and cargo Banque de Genoa of Genoa. Meard E S Dodge represented libellant in the salvage case. John Lowell L Dabney and F Cunningham appeared for other parties.
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United States Circuit Court
Nelson
J. William W. Black
Bark
Eliza Lines
Car O
James E. Ward
Banque de Genoa
Genoa
Meard
E. S. Dodge
John Lowell
L. Dabney
F. Cunningham
Supreme Court Docket Summary From Old Court Ledger
In the Supreme Judicial Court and Commonwealth's Court listings, cases include Norton v Brooks Old lony Railroad Company v Brooks Googins v Boston & Albany Railroad Merchants Electric Company v Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners Adams v Adams Thompson v Shepard Plymouth petitions to correct record in Plymouth. Multiple Superior Court first session matters list numerous dockets across cases such as McLaughlin v Ring Connelly v Curran ONeil v B M R Piske v B M R Relton v same Miles v Armst Upham v West End Co Almy v Ulmer Hanfield v Board Wallerhouse v Daneman Morrissey v Hosmer Perry v N B S & Keenan v Helm L. Wellington v White Flood v Brown Shattuck v Meigs Donnelly v Lavery Second Session various listings Min Trans Co Church v Austin Hannon v Dolan Rice v Bartett Atwood v Mer Mtg Co Lit at Suffolk Co Lock v Whitney Hoye v Kelly Bradstreet v Hale Highest number two January list, and other docket entries noted.
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C. Allen
Norton
McLaughlin
Ring
Connelly
Curran
O' Neil
B. B
Piske
Relton
Same
Miles
Armst
Upham
West End Co
Almy
Ulmer
Hanfield
Board
Wallerhouse
Daneman
Morrissey
McAvena
Fifield
Donovan v. Bost. & Me
Willis
Merchants
Garfield & Proctor Coal Co
Boston & Me
Tyndale
Meiroon
Construc. Co
Litethal
Suffolk K. Co
Lock
Whitney
Hoye
Kelly
Court docket at Lowell Tuesday morning March 11
Sherman J reports the Lowell court opening with the first ten cases on the printed list proceeding in order on Tuesday morning March 11.
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Sherman, J
Lowell
Jury verdict favors defendants in Donaghue v Bartlett Bragg case
In Superior Civil Court Essex March 7 Judge Thompson presided as the jury returned a verdict for defendants in the case of Margaret L. Donaghue versus E. F. Bartlett and R. C. Bragg of Newburyport.
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Superior Civil Court
Essex, Ss
Lawrence
Probate Court Suffolk County Lists Numerous Petitions and Accounts
McKim J. Returns for Monday March 10 with a long docket of probate guardianship administration and accounts. The Suffolk County probate court records include petitions for administration probate of wills guardianships and various trustee and executor accounts involving numerous individuals and families.
Uncertain claims link Leonardo da Vinci to wheels and whiskey
A fragmented ad like note credits Leonardo da Vinci with inventing the wheel barrow and with Columbus discovering America. The rest touts G. O. Taylor bourbon and whiskey, claiming long-standing leadership and availability through Chester H. Graves & Sons with labels on bottles.
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Leonado da Vici
Italy
Columpus
America
G. O. Taylor Q.d
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Notes to "Tavern er," Grammar
A reader criticizes language misuse and grammar errors in cultured discourse. The note cites examples from kitchen to parlor and questions correct usage in phrases like neither of them were and who did they study with while urging better grammar and clearer expression.
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Taverner
Browning
Kant
Schopenhauer
Rank
Cadets stage Injured Innocents at Boston Theatre
In the burlesque production at Boston Theatre on April 11 and 12 the Cadets present Injured Innocents with a chorus girls will be young guarantee and a young ballet, a novelty expected to crowd the theatre.
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Boston Theatre
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