Crown Grants and US Patent Authority in Equity Courts
The text discusses royal charters and patents as crown prerogatives, contrasts English and US practice, and holds that only US courts may annul government patents obtained by fraud. It cites Vernon on chancery fraud, notes Congress intended equity relief in US courts, and reverses a Massachusetts ruling to remand with opportunities to plead. Justice Miller author presents the opinion. Justice Gray did not participate.
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England
Court of Chancery
Attorney General
Vernon
United States
Patent
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Courts of Equity of
Congress
Judicial Department of the Government
Circuit Court of Massachusetts
Justice Miller
Justice Gray
Bell Telephone stock drops on government case ruling in Boston
The Bell Telephone decision, viewed as unfavorable to the company, triggered a sharp stock drop from 223 to 207 before closing at a 14 point loss as investors reassessed the impact. Traders noted limited floating stock and Bell’s strong earnings, while lawyers suggested the suit questioned fraud in procuring the patent.
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Bell Telephone
Street
Washington
Wall Street
State Street
New York Bears
Boston Commission
Lively
Boston
Bell Lack
New York
Bell Telephone Pole
Evans
Bell Company
Stockton
Bell
Harrison
Bell Vile Ohoas
Bell Telephone Company
Poly
Pan- Electric
Dell
Rice
Patent Office
Bell People
Government can sue for patent fraud precedent set
A government official notes the ruling allows suits to vacate patents on fraud grounds. The decision does not judge merits, but risks and costs rise for Bell Telephone and similar cases. The government may press the suit, likely taking one to three years in circuit court, establishing a lasting precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Eil
Bell Telephone Company
Post
Boston Aldermen Split Over City Loans And Bridge Work
City aldermen debated a 254000 loan mainly for police 204000 and paving 50000 with amendments raising paving funds to 100000. The vote on the amended loan passed unanimously after further changes, while other measures covered bridge widening costs 30000 and a request to extend Charles River work time.
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Board of Aldermen
Committee On Finance
Murphy
Gove
Navy Yard
O’brien
Alderman McLaughlin
Police
Charles River
Neponset
Granite
Boston
Cambridge
General Court
Essex Street
Western Avenue
Cambridge Street
North Harvard Street
Boston Street
South
New York & New England Railroad
Committee On
Common Council
Yras
Doherty
Kelley
McLaughlin
Short
G. Nays
Allen
Eddy
Rogers
C. W. Smith
N. G. Smith
Wilson
New York
Henry R. Reed
Board of
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Mahlon D. Spaulding
Roxbury
Grove Hall
Faneuil Hall
Quincy
Common
Rutland
Concord
West Boston Bridge
Bowdoin Square
Green
Chambers Streets
Social Law Library
Registrars of Voters
Brutal murder rocks Wenona as banker and wife slain
Peter Howe 73 and his wife 69 were beaten to death with a car coupling pin in Wenona Illinois. Burkhart a suspect killed himself after guards were posted. Howe a longtime resident and benefactor, endowed institutes in New Iberia and Memphis. The wife is sister to George Parks, Magnolia millionaire.
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Wenona
Ill
Peter Howe
Howe & Son
Irwin
Howe
Charles Burkhart
Burkhart
Winona
One Institute
New Iberia
Baptist Institute
Memphis, Tenn
George Parks
Magnolia
Debt on People’s Church Wiped Out By Methodist Union
The Methodist Social Union hosted fifteen bishops at Odd Fellows Hall with about 800 attendees. Bishop Bowman’s appeal for funds to clear the church debt of 42000 drew broad support, raising 6503 on the spot plus other pledges from members including 600 from Newton Centre.
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The
Methodist Social Union
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Charles F. Kimball
Union
Merrill
Andrews
Edward H. Dunn
A. 8. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Episcopal Cole
Bowman
Alden Speare
Newton Centre
People’s Church
Kimball
Warren
Denver
Chicago
Hurst
Washington
Ruggles Street Church
Delaware
Noyes Speech Describes Berkeley Street Church Meeting
Mr Noyes outlines his conference with the prudential committee and a letter from them. He defends his stance on the love of God and a hopeful view for those who do not hear the gospel, and criticizes misquotation of his beliefs. He laments unfair labeling and seeks a fair reconsideration.
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Noyes
Berkeley Street
Prudential Committee
Dexter
God
Christ
Christ Jesus
Weather Indications for New England and Nearby States
Washington November 12 report shows Maine fair and warmer in the south with northerly winds turning easterly, New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts fair with a temperature rise and easterly shift, Rhode Island and Connecticut fair with steady temps and southerly shifts, eastern New York fair with warmer north and southerly winds.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Weather Summary for Boston Nov 12 1888
Observation from the Observer’s Office shows clear conditions in Boston at 8 AM with barometer 30.32 inches. Temperature 39.0F, dew point 14.0F, relative humidity 60 percent. Wind light west to northwest. mean wind 6 mph. Max temp 52.5F, min 36.0F. mean daily wind 50.0 mph?. total precipitation 0.00 inches. trace rainfall indicated.
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Boston
Observer’s Office
Signal Service
U.S.A
Atlantic Coast
Halifax
N.S
Yarwonth
N. S
Montreal
Quc
East St
Northfield
Portland
Mass
Nantucket
Block Island, R.I
Albany
Newark City
Philadelphia
Penn
Washington
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Hatteras, N
Withington
Meckercesa
Jacksonville
Plas
Gulf States
Montgoomery
Ala
Cceses
New Orleans
Steer
Shreveport
Fort Smith
Ark
Seeee
Galveston
Tex
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Memphis
Tenn
Knoxville
Cincinnati
Pittavjure
Penni
Lake K Region
Rocklitte
Ont
Oswego
Suffalo
Cleveland
Detroit Ad
Marquette
Mich
Oerene
Green Bay
St. Vincent
Wiis Cp
Ess
Lismarek
Bak Seaee
Fort Isuford
Rocky Mountain
Fort Assinaboine
Mont
Helena
Rapid City
Tore Esses Rose
Cheyenne
Wyv
Denver
Col
Dodge City
Kandosvevere
Santa Fe
N. M
EY Faso
Les
Yellow Fever Reports From Jacksonville and Nearby Cities
Yellow fever updates from Jacksonville show thirty new cases in the last 24 hours ending 6 pm with three deaths: Amanda Owen, James Rickers, and Jennie Shepard. Other notes include five new fever cases in Decatur with frost observations and one new case in Gainesville, while Gainesville relief funds are exhausted and the weather cools.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Amanda Owen
James Rickers
Jennie Shepard
Decatur
Ala
Gainesville
Matin
Milliner
No License Campaign Group Formed at Union Hall
A meeting was held at Union Hall Cambridgeport last evening to perfect an organization for the coming campaign in the No License interest. Short addresses were delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hall
Cambridgeport
Passengers by the City of Savannah Sailings
List of passengers aboard the steamship City of Savannah commanded by F. Smith from Savannah to Boston. Names include LeSueur, Ji. Lucer, Mrs. Hersh, J. W. Locke, J. W. Callahan, J. Burt, M. McGinnis, Mrs. M. Bell among five cabin and three steerage.
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Savannah
City of
F. Smith
Boston
Amice Les Five Cabi
LeSueur
Ji. Lucer
Hersh
J. W. Locke
J. W. Callahan
J. Burt
M. McGinnis
M. Bell
Congressman-Elect Narrowly Survives Sea Escape
John M. Wiley newly elected Democrat for New York's thirty third district almost missed his nomination after joining an outing to see off a Western heiress for Europe. Warned to depart on a supplemental steamer he went overboard near Sandy Hook but was rescued by a pilot boat. He reached shore, saved by a mail acceptance letter kept in his pocket.
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John M. Wiley
New York
Europe
Herman Oelrichs
Sandy Hook
Wiley
Congress
Metzel Suppe Feast Draws German New York Crowd
About a hundred prosperous German citizens of New York and their families spent Sunday at Bowery Bay Beach to celebrate Metzel Suppe, a harvest festival. The feast featured a rich soup from boiled sausages, sauerkraut with fried pork, German wines and beers, and courses of roasts, sausages, head cheese, and frankfurters, ending with fried pig tails.
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New York
The
Times
Bowery Bay Beach
Germany
United States
Hock
Neirsteiner
Liebotshaner
Budweis
Coney Island
Sailed steamers Ambrose and Bulgarian depart noted
Loypoy reports two vessels sailing for transatlantic routes. The steamer Ambrose sailed to New York on November 9 with Pata aboard, and the steamer Bulgarian left Boston for Liverpool.
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Loypoy
Ambrose
Pata
New York
Boston
Liverpool
The Dramatic Year and Other New Books Review
A compact review of Ticknor press The Dramatic Year 1887-88 edited by Edward Fuller with contributors William Archer George Montgomery J Ranken Towse and others. praised for clear, balanced criticism, noted a tense present tense issue, and urged continued annual volumes. Also covers floral origin by Henslow and a cooporation study in the United States with related works and editions.
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Ticknor Press
London
Edward Fuller
William Archer
George Edgar Montgomery
J. Ranken Towse
New York
H. M. ‘Ticknor
B. E., Woolf
Lyman H. Weeks
C. T. Copeland
Boston
Museum
Mme. Modjeska
Booth-Barrett
Daly
la Tosca
United States
Ticknor & Co
Price
The Five Talents of Woman review notes
A reader critiques The Five Talents of Woman as a Ruskin influenced guide for women detailing five duties to please feed clothe keep orderly and teach. The tone is mixed with praise for common sense yet dismissive of the idealized housewife and its glamorous cover illustration.
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John Ruskin
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Boston
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co
The Life of Lafayette Knight of Liberty in Two Worlds
A review praising Wyin Hoyt Farmer's The Life of Lafayette The Knight of Liberty in Two Worlds and Two Centuries. The book uses French sources and family manuscripts to portray Lafayette from childhood to death. It highlights his exile prison years, his devotion to liberty and humanity, and his moral courage.
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Lafayette
Lydia Heyt Farmer
T. Y. Crowell & Co
Farmer
Knight of Liberty
America
Washington
Hoyt Farmer
New York
Thomas . Crowell & Co
Wrecked on Labrador notes for Cambridge man reader
Book notes review highlights Mr. Stearns's personal account of Labrador voyage and shipwreck. Plain writing details daily life, hunting and fishing, and Labrador trade profits. The shipwrecked family leans into Yankee practicality to shape a business narrative from misfortune.
Books Received Last Week Poems and Prose Works
A list of new books and authors from multiple publishers. Highlights include translations and literary biographies by Pushkin and Hosmer, works by Cowper Hemans and Balzac, John Gilpin, The Taming of the Shrew, Jane Austen chapters, Longfellow poems, and various children's and educational titles. Also includes travel and history items, readers, and anthologies with publishers in Boston New York and Philadelphia.
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Sylvanus B. Phinney
Barnstable
Mass
Boston
Rand Avery Company
John Gilpin
William Cowper
JL Rosa
New York
George Routledge & Sons
America
Helen Ainslie Smith
Greenaway
Abbie H. Fairfield
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Thompson St
Life
White & Allen
Mott St. Poker Club
M. Woolf
G. W. Brenneman
Barnum’s Circus
P. S. Barnum
Sarah J. Burke
Casimir Maremma
Arthur Helps
Roberts Bros
Cousin Bette
Honore de Balzac
Katharina Prescott Wormeley
Westland Marston
Little Ones
Estes & Lauriat
Ireland
William Henry Hurlbert
Albert F. Blaisdell
Lee & Shepard
Cambridge
Mother Nature
Jane Andrews
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
O. B. Super
D.C. Heath & Co
Otto
Silver Hand
Howard Pyle
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Shakspere
Wedworth Wadsworth
Dodd, Mead & Co
Lady Ce Fane
Frank Earner
Cassell & Co
Sunshine
Corduroy Windsor Cap Market Booms in Boston
G. W. Simmons & Co report Corduroy Windsor caps are the year s top favorite with indications of the largest sale on record. They maintain the standard in make and finish and invite orders from 32 to 44 North street Boston for genuine Corduroy Windsor caps.
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G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
Boston
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Charles Elam
Alexander Smith
Steele
Messrs. Lee & Shepard
Joe
Labrador
Winfrid A. Stearns
Thomas Y. Crowell & So
D. Appleton & Co
Johns Hopkins University Studies
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Clarke & Carruth
Good Company
P Pers
Richard Steele
James Otis
D. Lothrop Company
Alexander Pushkin
Ivan Panin
Cupples & Urd
Andrew Hapwell
J. T. Trowbridge
A G. Payne
Rachel Armstrong
Celia Parker Woolley
Ticknor
France
Paris
Elizabeth W. Champney
Marion Harland
Lewis J. Bird & CO
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Florentine
Copeland
C. F. Libbie & Coo
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Hoston
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Charleston
Norman
General
Martia Washington
Alvan Fisher
Gilbert Stuart
Horatio Harris & CO
Almeria
Samaria
Florida
Jamaica
Marmion
Samuel Hatch & CO
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Congress St
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Revere Streets
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West End
W. C. Codman and Freeman
Kilby Street
L. Foster Morse
Warren Street
Boston Highlands
Unity Street
County of Norfolk
Catherine T. Tupp
Mary A. Swift
Suffolk
George A. Ldary
Pemberton Square
Albert Howe & Co
General Allcuneers
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Richards & CO
Liberal
Benson
Seabury & Johnson
N. Y
Canadian Pacific
van Horne
Canadian Pacific Railway
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
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