Visiting Merchants Continued From Eighth Page Itemized Listings
A dense list of wholesale houses and manufacturers across categories such as furniture stoves hardware confectionery fish soap goods and more. Named firms include John A Andrews & Co M S Ayer & Co Bardwell Anderson & Co Heywood Bros & Co Magee Furnace Co Ames Plow Co Parker Wood Walter Baker & Co and Boston Globe among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Andrews & Co
M.S. Ayer & Co
Boyd, Leeds & Co
Henry Callender & Co
Crocker & Eldredge
Royce & Goff
Royal Baking Powder Company
Sawyer Crystal Blue Company
Boston Globe
Wakefield Rattan Company
James W. Tufts
H. O. Wilbur & Sons
Joseph Burnett & Co
Boston Post
Carnival on the Charles by Newton Boat Club
The Newton Boat Club plans a June 17 carnival on the Charles River with a morning tennis tournament, afternoon regatta, and evening promenade concert and dance. Events include cedar and Rob Roy canoe races, cedar rowing boat race, club race, and a swimming match. The club, led by President W S Eaton Jr of Boston, counts over 200 members and more than 100 boats. Two club steam launches will serve guests alongside club canoes.
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Newton
Lordon
Newton Boat Club
Charles River
W.S. Eaton, Jr
Boston
Rob Roy
Cedar Rowing
Funeral of Mr. Higginson Conducted at King's Chapel
The Rev. Phillips Brooks conducted the Episcopal funeral service for George Higginson at King's Chapel yesterday afternoon. About 200 relatives and friends attended as the cloth covered casket lay among flowers. The regular choir sang. pallbearers were the deceased’s sons and grandsons. Interment followed at Mt. Auburn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Higginson
Phillips Brooks
King’s Chapel
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Whipping in the Schools and Street Pedlars Probed
Letters to the editor condemn corporal punishment in Boston schools, urging prohibition and reform. A second letter asks Taverner to address noisy street peddlers selling disruptive instruments near Washington Street, seeking public remedy to ease daily nuisance.
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Taverner
Mr. Seaver
Boston
Osborn Mills stockholders meet at Fall River
At the annual meeting the treasurer reported earnings of 136000 for the year and a semi annual dividend of 3 percent was declared. A deficit of 51000 appeared due to misbookings by agent Joseph Healy, but no actual loss or dishonesty occurred. The old board of officers was reelected.
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Fall River
Osborn Mills
Joseph Healy
Window display portrays Washington oath scene at 446 Washington
In the Shuman & Co window at 446 Washington Street a large circa revolutionary era tableau shows George Washington on the balcony of the old Federal building in Wall Street New York taking the presidential oath. Chief Justice Livingston administers it while Samuel A. Otis holds the Bible. Other notable figures accompany the scene under flags with a large American Eagle atop.
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United States
Boston observes Washington centennial with quiet reverence
The city marked the centennial with subdued religious services and public events. Banks and offices closed as Battery A fired a 100 gun salute on the Common while crowds watched, and clubs hosted open houses with elaborate banquets and music from the Germania Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Boston
Harrison
Custom House
United States Courts
Stock Exchange
Mall
Boylston Street
Ruddick
Grouse
Brayman
Thorndike
Loston
Gould
Germania Orchestra
New York
Washington’s inauguration seen as a religious national event
A Boston service by the Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts reflects on Washington’s inauguration. Dr. Samuel Eliot argues the day’s meaning goes beyond a political transition to a new ideal of statesmanship and manhood, highlighting Washington’s religious training, disinterested public life, and compassion for the oppressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Church
Episcopalian Club of
Massachusetts
New York
Samuel Eliot
Washington
Barallon
Earth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russ, Cobb & CO
Summer Street
Green Street
Coleman, Mead & 60
Hillside Yarns
Chauncy Street
Bouve & Daniels
Isaac Fenno & CO
Wen
Reen ‘“ Osiris
McFarlin’s
Franklin St
GAEO
China Parlor Cor. Hawley
the Charles
MR. Higginson
Washington Street
Mass
J. Alvin Coburn
Joseph E. Whitman
Chase Refrigerating Company
A. J. Chase
Washington St
Ehoston, Muss
Heyer Bros
Merce Streets
Bostown
Orman T. Boyd, Benjamin J. Leeds
Frank N. Lorq
Austin G. Sherman
Charles F. Dalton
Frederick J. Gage
W. 5
Garr & CO
Pearl Street
Eliot
Winthrop Sq
Ofis
New England
Baseball Goods
Jacobs, Whitcomb & CO
Congress Sts
Doll Toys
Horace Partridge
Hanover St
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