Lectures on Escorial Madrid and Cervantes Death Site
Mrs Abba Goold Woolson spoke in Hawthorne rooms about the Escorial Madrid and surrounding sites. She described Philip II s palace, library and chapel, plus Madrid art galleries, the armory, Cervantes death site, and the royal coronation chapel near Valladolid. Lemuel D Smith prominent Boston insurance figure dies in Aiken South Carolina aged about sixty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadarrama Mountains
Palace of the Escorial
Madrid
Abba Goold Woolson
Avila
Phillip II
Charles V
St. Laurence’s
St. Laurence
Ferdinand and Isabella
Mercedes
Spain
Philip
Mary Queen of Scots
England
Elizabeth
Murillos
Velasquez
Cid
Cervantes
Valladolid
Isabella
Aldermanic recount alters multiple ward results
City Hall recount clears errors in the fourth district and Wards 4 7 9 15 and 17. In Ward 15 Frank W Woods wrongly led Joseph Nolan as Representative. Precinct 4 Ward 9 casts 187 recount votes for Robert D Weston Smith. Ward 17 O Mealey’s plurality over Rowell narrowed to one vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Frank W. Woods
Joseph Nolan
Robert D. Weston Smith
O’ Mealey
Rowell
Old Schoolboys' Association Dinner in Boston Honors Past and Present
President Carpenter and Mayor O'Brien chair a Boston Old Schoolboys' Association gathering at the Vendome. Speakers recall 50 years of public schooling, compare past and present facilities, cite rising costs, and note alumni deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
O’brien
Arrow Steamship Scheme Promised Unsinkable Pocahontas
New York Herald reports Arrow Steamship Company touted an unsinkable transatlantic liner the Pocahontas with iron hulls and vast electrical instruments and a 25 mph speed claim. executives and payments lifted as it moved to buy Alexandria shipyards while no iron or timber was delivered.
Rhode Island Assembly in Special Session to Consider Reforms
The Rhode Island General Assembly convened in special session as Governor Davis urged action on a proposed constitutional amendment to voter qualifications and on registration reform. The Senate approved removing foreign-born property qualifications. the House focused on approbation measures and the Senate bill, with votes expected to set April referendums and align Rhode Island suffrage with other states for 1588.
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Providence
R. 1
General Assembly
Davis
House
Senate
Dlce
Rhode Island
New Chatham railroad opens for freight traffic
Cuarsam November 15 The new Chatham railroad opened for freight traffic today and will be inspected by railroad commissioners and Old Colony railroad officials who will run the line for a percentage of receipts If accepted for passenger service it may open next Monday
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Cuarsam
New Chatham Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Initiation Banquet for Theta Delta Chi Held in New Hampshire
Tranover New Hampshire November 15 The annual Theta Delta Chi initiation banquet occurred at White River Junction with W F Gregory of Winchendon Massachusetts as toastmaster A poem was read by O B Davis of White River Junction and an oration given by N M Hall of Manchester Trinity Church Saco Maine votes to extend a pastoral call to Rev Robert B Parker of Ipswich Massachusetts Episcopal Church Ipswich Mass
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Tranover
N. H
Theta Delta Chi
White River Junction
W. F. Gregory
Winchenden
Mass
O. 8. Davis
N. M. Hall
Manchester
Trinity Church
Saco
Robert B. Parker
Episcopal Church
Ipswich
Maas
How to Run Paper Mills Recommendations by Board of Arbitration
The State board of arbitration issues recommendations on weekly mill hours following William Perry’s petition for Winona Paper Company employees. It calls for shutting the mill at 11 PM Saturday to allow tours to reach home before Sunday, resuming at 6 AM Monday, and suggests other Holyoke mills adopt similar hours starting Sunday night December fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Arbitration
William Perry
Winona Paper Company
Holyoke
Ney
Captain Mackenzie Wins First Victory in Boston Chess Encounter
Captain Mackenzie hosted fourteen simultaneous games at the Boston Chess Club yesterday, winning eight and losing six. He also won two off-hand games against Mr. Young. In the evening he and two club members beat a rival group led by J. Wars, with a second exhibition planned for 2 PM today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacKenzie
Boston Chess Club
Mr. Young
J. Wars
Freight Engine Explosion Near Canajoharie Kills Fireman
A New York Central freight engine exploded yesterday morning near Canajoharie New York killing fireman Steingraves and badly injuring engineer Mitchell authorities report the incident is under investigation and no further details are released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Canajoharie
N. Y
Steingraves
Mitchell
The Mayoralty Convention and Republican Delegates
Tonight the party unions discuss the mayoral race as Moody Merrill’s candidacy gains momentum. Claims of pre arranged support spark questions about a concerted Republican and Independent ticket, while possible new names like Thomas KE Proctor William Minot Jr ex Alderman Charles V Whitten and Charles H Allen surface as heads of a citizen slate. The situation is expected to unfold quickly after tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody Merrill
Thomas Ke, Proctor
William Minot, Jr
Charles V. Whitten
Charles H. Allen
Boston Firm Wins Treasury Carpeting Contract by Merit
A Boston company, John H. Pray, Sons & Co., secured a Treasury Department contract after ten years of pursuit, delivering and weaving Brussels carpeting for federal buildings from Maine to California. The firm demonstrates perseverance by showcasing a loom at Mechanics' Fair and spending about $2000 to educate New England on Brussels carpet weaving.
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Brussels
Treasury Dep’t
Treasury Department
Boston
Washington
Capitol
Bigelow
Maine
California
New England
United States
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
Boston Area Social Notes Include Dinners and Charity Plans
The Massachusetts Veteran Unattached Cavalry Company held a dinner at the Quincy House. Aleppo Temple members met at the Parker House to firm up plans for a charity ball at Music Hall November 28, aiding Christmas dinners for the city poor. The Hull Yacht Club held a Parker House meeting to set its annual dinner, with a committee listed. The Boston Paper Trade Association plans its monthly meeting at the Quincy with speakers Hon. William Whiting and W. H. Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Quincy House
J. G. Ayers
U.S.N
Young's Hotel
Tremont House
S. W. Rosenstock
San Francisco
B. A. Kimball
Concord
N. H
Fred E. Richards
Bank Examiner
Richards
Camden
J. F. Brown
Gelson Whittemore
Oe. B. Forsyth
UH. B. Converse
Robert C. Poor
Boston Paper Trade Association
Quincy
William Whiting
Holyoke
Parsons
New York
Will of Ebenezer Weld Bequeaths Shares to Baptist Missions
The Jamaica Plain will directs all estate to be sold for three equal parts. One part goes to the American Baptist Missionary Union, one to the American Baptist Home Mission Society, and the third to Rev. Dr. George W. Samson of New York to fund evangelical education in New York and vicinity. After Samson’s death or work ends, remaining funds go to Roger Williams University in Nashville, Tennessee. Executor is Dr. George W. Samson. if he cannot serve, his son Charles J. Samson acts as sole executor.
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Vendome
Old Schoolboys’ Association
Edward H. Dunn
Wuckiel R. Jones
Wiliam ©. Lawrence
Albert Betteley
James M. Shute
Levi L. Willcutt
Charles A. Morss
John W. Leatherbee
William H. Baldwin
Boston
O’brien
F. A. Forbes
Asia
Carpenter
William Parkynan
Dr. Holmes
Frank A. Hall
Andohn N. Barbour
Thomas Hills
E. A. Holbrook
James M. Burgess
Charles G. Wells
Thomas J. Allen
Peter T. Homer
Nathaniel P. Lovering
Francis Childs
Herman Lincoln
Benjamin It. Nourse
Ebenezer Weld
Jamaica Plain
American Baptist Missionary Union
American Baptist Home Mission Society
George W. Samson
City of
New York
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
Beneft
Roger Williams University
Nashville, Tenn
Charles J. Samson
Notable 19th Century Merchants and Pioneers Die in Cities
Robert B Macy of Brooklyn dies at home aged 102. Born Nantucket 1820 to Quaker parents, he rose from F A Jones in Boston to Rushmore Seligman Macey, then R L Macy Co where he remained until death. Ex Judge William KE Smith of Jerome Avenue road house dies in New York. Mrs Sarah Gowdey nurse to General Grant born in 1780s died in Portsmouth aged 80. Ellen Rogers of Biddeford dies aged over 95, Irish immigrant veteran resident of Maine.
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Robert B. Macy
Brooklyn
Nantucket
Mass
Boston
F. A. Jones & Co
New York
Broadway
Rushmore & Co
Mac
R.L. Macy & Co
William KE. Smith
Road House
Jerome Avenue
Judge Smith
Haverstraw
Ninth Ward
Jefferson Market
Republican Party
Commodore Vanderbilt
Sarah Gowdey
General Grant
Portsmouth
Ellen Rogers
Biddeford
New England
County Cork
Ire
Fifth Annual Meeting of Associated Charities of Cambridge
The Cambridge Associated Charities held its fifth annual meeting at the Central Square building Cambridgeport last evening. Directors reported 505 need cases registered in the year ending Sept 1 including 110 new cases and 34 imposters. Officers elected include Vice Presidents W Eliot Samuel Longfellow A P Peabody William EK Russell J B Thayer J W Merrill James A Fox Edmund Reardon Houghton and others with Warren Sanger treasurer L H Tilton secretary W T Piper.
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Associated Charities
Associated Charities of Cambridge
Central Square
Cambridgeport
W. Eliot
Samuel Longfellow
A. P. Peabody
William EK. Russell
J. B. Thayer
J. P. Cooke
Sumner Albee
J. W. Merrill
L. Montague
James A. Fox
Edmund Reardon
H. O. Houghton
J. B. Warner
Edward Abbott
KE. A
City Notes on Trinity House Report and Local Events
The seventh annual Trinity House report shows the laundry produced 6549 dozen garments with a $71152 profit from $539.55 in charges. Day nursery cared for 15 children daily, while the evening class had 19 attendees. 360 garments were sold and 257 given to women in need. The kindergarten served 24, with 47 at the girls Saturday sewing class. A man about 40 collapsed on Leverett Street near Causeway at 10 am. he was taken to the morgue.
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The
Trinity House
Burroughs Place
Leverett Street
Causeway
Shepard, Norwell & Co
John H. Pray
Boston
McCullum
Board of Health
John Deveney
Roxbury
Thomas Early
Harvard
Massachusetts General Hospital
Holden
Temple Place
Egleston Square
Washington
Franklin
Hawley
Summer
Washington Streets
Tremont
Longwood
Boylston
Tremont Streets
Tremont House
Union Boat Club
Henry Parkman
Edward N. Fenno
A. Cortlandt van Rensselaer
Guy Wilkinson
Edward D. Blake
William R. Richards
Warren F. Kellogg
Frederick B. Holder
Charles W. Townsend
William B. Clarke
William &. Hall
Julian J. Eustis
J. M. Olmstead
J. Foster Bush
Henry T. Spooner
Curtis Guild, Jr
Edward Reynolds
Funeral of William P Spaulding in Neponset
Funeral services were held yesterday for William P. Spaulding at his Neponset home. The Elks conducted the observance led by Rev. G H Hosmer. The casket bore his name and death date. After services, pallbearers escorted the body from the house to the Elks lodge room in Boston, then to Fitchburg for interment with a lodge delegation accompanying the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Spaulding
Neponset
The
Elks
Mr. Spaulding
G. H. Hosmer
Boston ‘Lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks’ Lodge
Boston
Boston & Albany
Fitchburg
New England Hospital Fair Opens in Horticultural Hall
The New England Hospital for Women and Children marks 25 years of service with a benefit fair at Horticultural Hall from Dec 5 to Dec 10. Daily papers, evening entertainments, and tables prepared by Boston residents accompany season tickets at 1 dollar and 25 cent admission.
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New England Hospital
New England Hospital For
Horticultural Hall
Boston
J. P. Chandler
G. B. Ager
A. A. Call
J. D. Cheney
H. P. Chandler
J. W. Denny
R. B. Fairbairn
E. A. Fifield
G. A. Goddard
Edwin
Home Market Club Circulation Opposes Free Trade
The Home Market Club formed last spring to back protection and is sending out a circular denouncing free trade and soliciting contributions to a $50,000 guarantee fund to preserve home markets for local traders manufacturers enterprise capital and labor.
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Home Market Club
He MutivaL Reserve Pump Life Association Details
The organization led by John Hopper of 120 Tressmont street is described as a New England manager backed by bankers and professionals. It claims a simple, non speculative business model with a quinquennial distribution of the tontine reserve fund. It notes six years of successful operation and invites inspection of its business activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punp Life Association
John Hopper
Tresmont Street
New England
Brooks Speaks on College Life Standards at Holden Chapel
Rev. Phillips Brooks addresses collegians on life inside the university, noting a seal of higher thought in scholarship and mutual welfare, plus a call to aid the wider world. Richard Wochdirfer read a German comedy in Sever 11, as papers were presented to the Boylston Chemical Club by Tuthill and Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
Holden Chapel
Brooks
Richard Wochdirfer
Boylston Chemical Club
Messrs. Tuthill and Davidson
Connecticut Steamship Launch At Noank Today
The steamer Connecticut built for the Providence and Stonington line will be launched at Noank Connecticut at 10 this morning. It is expected to reach twenty miles an hour with a unique arrangement of passenger accommodations and five watertight bulkheads. The vessel measures 8357 feet? and 87 feet in width with white oak and hackmatack frames and steel boilers. It will weigh about 1000 tons including machinery and water in the boilers. The ship features mahogany, cherry and sycamore passenger quarters, machine driven fans, electric bells and lighting, and hydraulically riveted shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Providence & Stonington Steamship Company
Noank
Conn
Atlantic
Lectures on Norway and Sweden by Miss Brown
Miss Marie A. Brown, long resident in Norway and Sweden, will give three Tre mont Temple lectures on November 22 25 and 29. Topics cover Sweden past and present From the North Cape to Bergen and Sweden and Norway in contrast. Her translations have been well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie A. Brown
Norway
Sweden
Tremont Temple
North Cape
Bergen
Brown
Rumberg
Nadeschda
Pearline Powerful Soap Praise and Cautions
An advertisement extols Pearline as superior to soap, emphasizing its convenience, less effort, and durable fabrics. It claims faster, gentler cleaning for clothing, dishes, windows, and glassware, warning readers to beware of imitations and inferior packages from James Pyle of New York.
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James Pyle
New York
Supreme Judicial Court Terms Reported Nov 15
The court docket lists cases argued before Justices Morton Fretp Allen Knowlton Jr including Toomey vs Sanborn Freeman vs Foss Patch vs City of Boston Wilson vs Crocker Donnelly vs Boston Catholic Cemetery Porter vs Wakefield and multiple others. The record notes forthcoming equity docket sessions and listed trial actions and outcomes with several verdicts and damages awards.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth
Morton, Co. J
Fretp
Allen, Houmens and Knowlton
Michael Toomey
Erastus W. Sanborn
H. E. Swasey
Edward Avery
Edmund J. Freeman
Lewis T. Foss
P. Weston
C. W. Bartlett
Multiple Assignments and Bank Closure Across States
The Bank of Lakin Kansas closed and announced a forthcoming settlement after asset realization. Assignments were made by Gustav J. Peterson in Cincinnati, Thomas F. Hayden in Providence, Louis Turks in New York, and J. S. Kellogg in Fort Jackson. A receiver was appointed for Moore Benjamin and Co. of Milwaukee with heavy liabilities and mining assets on the Gogebic range.
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Bank of
Fort Jackson
N. Y
Philo A. Davis
Moore, Benjamin & Co
Milwaukee
Wis
H. S. Benjamin
E. M. Bates
Gogebic Range
Noted Chicago Bank Thieves Arrested Linked to Roxbury Gas Theft
Chicago despatch reports the arrest of George Carson and Rufus Miner, noted bank thieves tied to a Roxbury Gas Light theft. A female distraction allowed a clerk to step out as $391 was stolen from the cash drawer. Seaver later identified the suspects in police rogues’ gallery, prompting a nationwide arrest effort.
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Chicago
George Carson
Rufus Miner
Roxbury Gas Light Company
Todd
Seaver
Mr. Seaver
Hbersold
Pilot Boat Friend No 7 Launched at Lawlors Yard
Yesterday morning the pilot boat Friend No 7, built at Lawlor's yard beside the Meridian street bridge, was successfully launched. Spectators watched as owners Captains William B. Lampee Charles W. Lampee and William H. Harrington and Pilot Maxwell Reed attended aboard. The Friend was towed by the William Sprague to Fiske's wharf for ballast and spars installation before entering service.
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Friend
Lawlor
Fiske’s Wharf
Burglary at Arlington Post Office Leads to Arrest
Early yesterday a burglary broke into Arlington post office. An officer saw a light in the rear room and police arrested a stranger on the premises. Stamps and money were recovered, and the suspect, believed to be from Worcester, is in custody.
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Arlington
Worcester
Universalist Social Union Holds Monthly Meeting
The Universalist Social Union met at Parker's last evening with about one hundred in attendance. President J. B. Horton presided. Rev. A. D. Rogers read a paper on Religion in Great Cities, followed by brief addresses from Rev. W. H. Monroe and other clergy members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist Social Union
The
Parker’s
J. B. Horton
A. D. Rogers
W. H. Monroe
Christ's Church
A. A. Miner
D.D
C. R. Moor
C. E. Rice
Trinity Club hears Napoleon lecture by Mr Ropes
The Trinity Club held its regular meeting at their rooms last evening. John Ropes delivered a lecture on Napoleon to a large and appreciative audience. members were allowed to bring lady companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Club
Napoleon
John ©. Ropes
The Revere House Fame for its Cuisix
The Revere House is noted for its famed cuisix dish drawing visitors. Local dining guides highlight its distinctive preparation and reputation among patrons seeking classic recipes.
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Revere House
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Lemuel D. Smith
Aiken
John ©. Paige
George A. Washburn
Paige
Smith
New Haven
North American Insurance Company
Hartford
Putnam Insurance Company
J. Brown
Benjamin 3. Whittemore
John J. Sullivan
Edward J. Jenkins
Robert A. Southworth
Phillip J. Doherty
Keeh Ee
Sen
John Reade
Arrow Steamers
John Law
Herald
Arrow Steamship Company
New York Herald
Robert M. Fryer
Timothy O’meara
Custom House
T. 5. Weaver
Mr. Munson
Dover Iron Works
William H. Clarkson
David A. Curtis
Alexandria
James H. Connelly
Honduras
Martin V. B. Searing
C. Wood
James L. Hurd
Mr. Gay
Mr. Agnew
John T. Agnew & Sons
Agnews
Arrow Company
J. H. Lancaster
Lancaster
Fryer
House of Representatives
Rhode Island Assembly
Board of Arbitration
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Blodgett
Andrew P. Stone
Henry Norton
John W. Kelley
Kelley
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J. Thomas
George Brogli
J. G. Souther
Schell
L. W. Howes
I. W. Porter
G. F. Piper
Improcer
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Bost
Loa
Havenson
Appleyard
Progle
Souther
Maloy
Meader
W Yates
Isburgh
Coveny
Slavin
Landers
Capen
Dodge
Same
Ditson
Hennessy
Judkins
Beale
Walker
R. W. Nason
Cornelius Reagan
Catherine E. Downing
Prince Street
B. Allen
Thomas Savage
Thomas J. Gargan
P.M. Keating
McGaughey
Ric
Ennis
Crosby
McMahon
Schel
Corbett
O'Neil
Feeley
Town of
Hull
Gida
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Mead
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Sullivan
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Thayer
Cooke
Mills
Shaeffer
Haines
Stevens
Old Colony
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Hathorne
Kible
Regan
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Uigg
Blake
Howard
Ryan
Sargent
Lincoln Mig. Co
Threshe
Chifford
Cook
Roberts
Washby
Horrigan
Clark
Cluse
Drew
Clegg
Stor
W. Co
Hurley
Whipple
McLeod
B.R. Sig
Hutchins
Tilden
Taylor
Doherty
King
White
Simmons
Woods
Wiston
Story
Greeley
Doran Wright
Cobb
Barnard
FUR Store
Summer Street
Paris
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
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