Massachusetts Probate Court cites Bridget Sherry estate for sale
Edward Devine executor seeks license to sell Bridget Sherry's real estate in Boston to pay debts and charges. Citizens with interest must appear December 8 in Boston Probate Court. Citation published weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post. Witness Joan W. McKim, judge, November 25, 1892. Elijah George, Register.
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Massachusetts
Bridget Sherry
Boston
Edward Devine
Suffolk
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Anna Richardet
Thomas Dean
Mary A. Esprit
Loston Post
Poston
Jolly. W. McKim, Esquire
James McVire
James Farrell
Thatcher Court
Boston Pirst
Jony W. McKim
Llwas George
Dedham
Norfolk
George White
Jonathan Cobb
Young Men Of Today Lead In Politics And Health
The piece praises youth in politics and business, profiles two young men from Rhode Island and Syracuse who credit Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy for recovery. It promotes the medicine as a vegetarian remedy sold by druggists at $1 from Dr. Greene of Boston, who offers free consultations.
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Dr. Greene
Jacob Simon
Syracuse
N. Y
John Street
Greene
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Sulphur Bitters Presidential Competition Results Pending
Announcement of the competition results will rely on official figures, which will likely remain unavailable for about two months or 80 days. The text notes the results will be based on official counts and will be communicated later.
U S Circuit Court hears patent fraud and contract actions
U S Circuit Court collation reports hearings in Nov 25 1891 to Jan 11 1892 involving United States vs American Bell Telephone Company and related actions. Extensive testimony from over 100 witnesses for both sides, extended time requests, and rulings on motions. Also covers National Bank of Deposit v L L Brown Paper Company contract action and Joseph O Rourke pro ams versus John Janse personal injury suit. Superior Court Middlesex libels for divorce list readied.
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Commonwealth OF
Boston Post
Boston
John F. Brown
United States Circuit Court
Nelson
United States
American Bell Telephone Company
United States Patent Office
Com Dodge
Bell Company
C. S. Whitman
G. L. Roberts
Aldrich
National Bank of Deposit
L. L. Brown Paper Company
Potter, Lovell & Co
W. L. Putnam
W. B. French
Fales
C.C. Mellen
S. H. Tyng
R. M. Morse
J. W. Rollins
Suermay
Joseph O’rourke
Pro Ams
John Janse
Prentiss Street
P. J. Casey
J. A. Bennett
Dunsar
Supreme Court rules ballots admissible in election case
A rescript in Commonwealth v M J Ryan holds that ballots may be produced and admitted as evidence in a criminal charge of ballot alteration, and that statutes do not bar examination of ballots for proof in prosecution or defense. Exceptions overruled. Hopkins and Stiles for defendant. Gaskill for Commonwealth.
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Supreme Judicial Court For the
Commonwealth
M. J. Ryan
Worcester
Superior Court
Justice of the Superior Court
B. Hopkins
J. A Stiles
F. A. Gaskill
Supreme Judicial Court Habeas Petition For Five Children
In Equity J McSweeney petitions for a writ of habeas corpus to release Mary Ellen John William and Patrick McSweeney confined at Munson Primary School by the State Board of Lunacy and Charity. The Brockton father seeks a hearing before custody is removed. court orders writ for release after testimony. c. W. Clements vs George S. Bullens seeks injunction over examination in Lovell Co insolvency case. full court to determine petition validity. S Hoar for complainant. Myers and Coombs for respondent.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Equity
Lattner
John McSweeney
Board of Overseers of the Poor
J.J. Dowd
G. C. Travis
Commonwealth
C. W. Clements
George S. Bullens
Sutfok County
Petter, Lovell & Co
S. Hoar
Comlainant
J.J. Myers
J.C. Coombs
Gift of $20,000 credit disputed in Suffolk court
Carrie A Holmes sued H W Smith for a $20,000 gift claimed Oct 2 1889 from Smith to Holmes via a credit transfer on Smith American Organ and Piano Co books. Jury found in favor of the defendant after questions on transfer as a gift and assignment conditions. Verdict for defendant. H KE.
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Suffolk
Carrie A. Holmes
H. W. Smith
Smith-American Organ & Piano Company
Smith- American Organ & Piano Company
H. KE
Cambridge Students Raise Funds Buy Chickering Piano
In Cambridge the English High School pupils completed a fund drive and purchased a full concert grand Chickering piano for the school hall. Headmaster Hill has a slight treasury balance after the concession. Professor Chapman praised the piano, and gave an impromptu recital with pieces from Iszt, Bach, Beethoven, and Sidney Smith.
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Chickering
Hill
Chapman
Beethoven
Sidney Smith
A. F. Sortwell
Harvard Street
Avon Home
Clara A. Sortwell
Frances Sortwell
Dorothea McVane
Ida Scott
Lulu White
Anna Grote
Helena Grote
Martha Luders
Mamie Turner
John T. Shea
Library Hall Association
Edward Cogswell
Springfield
Massachusetts Teachers’ Association
John Bennice
Don Dieser
John Kelleher
Chelsea men face murder hearing amid polo and sports notes
Chelsea figures W S Flanders and Abram Brown await a probable cause determination next Wednesday November 30 regarding O Learys death. The column notes two winter polo games weekly in the league and praises Alderman Charles E Bassett for attending. Providence team manager Walter Burnham watched the Chelseas beat Brocktons. notable players referenced include Kelly Keefe Latham McCarthy Lake Sullivan Cotter Murray Riley Gilford Woods and Rogers. John H Crandon will lecture Industrial Art as a Means to Growth and Development before the Whester Board of Trade on November 29.
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W. S. Flanders
Abram Brown
O’leary
Charles E. Bassett
Chelsea
Alderman Bassett
Walter Kek
Burnham
Providence
Chelseas
Brocktons
M. J. Kelly
Tim Keefe
Arlie Latham
Tom McCarthy
Fred Lake
Joe Sullivan
Cotter
Murray
Joe Riley
Gilford
Woods
Billy Rogers
John H. Crandon
Whester Board of Trade
Ferryman
Somerville School Suffrage Meeting and Local Politics
The annual meeting of the School Suffrage Association will be held in the vestry of the Unitarian Church on Highland avenue this afternoon with an education discussion. Women may check City Hall for registration lists to vote on the school committee. Alderman Seth Walker Jones marriage announced for Dec. 8. Edith Louise Munroe to sing at a Gloucester church next month. Ward 1 aldermanic race features four candidates. Frank G. Lombard appears favored. Spring Hill seeks an athletic club with a plan to hire Guild Hall for a multi-use facility. OLb PowerEr House.
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School Suffrage Association
Unitarian Church
Highland Avenue
O'Clurk
City Hall
Seth Walker Jones
Edith Louise Munroe
Gloucester
Frank G. Lombard
Spring Hill
Guild Hall
Olb PowerEr House
Lecture on Expression at Mechanics' Fair by BC Oratory Faculty
The morning lecture at the Mechanics' Fair features three Boston College of Oratory faculty members. Howard M. Ticknor discusses Dramatic Training, Marie Ware Laughton presents Voice Culture as a Means of Physical Development, and Mrs Clare Power signs Delsarte and What It Is. A college class will display statue poses originated by Mrs Edgerly.
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Mechanics’ Fair
Boston College of Oratory
Howard M. Ticknor
Marie Ware Laughton
Clare Power
Delsarte
Five Tickets Competing as Caucus Nominates Three Common Council Candidates
A local caucus fielded five tickets in a bid to nominate three candidates for the Common Council. The contest focused on presenting diverse slates and securing broad support among party members and voters alike.
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Common Council
Three Men Form Unbreakable Caucus In Council Race
At a caucus the present council members Cornelius J. Flynn and Thomas Arthur allied with new candidate Manassah E. Bradley. The three formed an unbreakable combination, shaping the race for the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius J. Flynn
Thomas Arthur
Manassah E. Bradley
Bradley Leads With 808 Votes in City Council Contest
In the council race one candidate led with 808 votes, while Flynn trailed with 628 and Arthur held 576 votes. another contender came within about 30 votes of a potential breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bradley
Flynn
Arthur
Moses Goldman Granted Freedom by Supreme Court
Moses Goldman, the Russian Hebrew formerly at the State Almshouse in Tewksbury, was yesterday freed by Justice Lathrop in the Supreme Court. The Post earlier reported the case and quoted Goldman, Jr., alleging a plan to railroad the elderly man back to Russia. Further developments may follow.
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Moses Goldman
Tewksbury
Lathrop
Supreme Court
Post
Mr. Goldman, Jr
Russia
Balfe Concert at Institute Hall East Cambridge
Next Sunday night a sacred concert by the Balfe Irish-American Concert Company will be held at Institute Hall East Cambridge. The event features Young's Orchestra of ten pieces with Musical Director Matthew P. Carmichael and a lineup including Margaret Sullivan Maud Burns Thomas Dundon Charles Chapman John Powers Edward Frazier John F Fay Andrew J Keefe John J Scott and Harry Sinclair.
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Institute Hall
East Cambridge
Balfe
Young
Matthew P. Carmichael
Margaret Sullivan
Maud Burns
Thomas Dundon
Charles Chapman
John Powers
John Young
Edward Frazier
John F. Fay
Andrew J. Keefe
John J. Scott
Harry Sinclair
Social and club events in South Boston and notes
In South Boston the Independent Five hosts a social party at Tonti Hall next Wednesday. Massasoit Canoe Club holds its annual ball at Bethesda Hall on December 2. Mosquito Yacht Club plans its annual ball at Odd Fellows Hall on December 8, with strong interest. Gate of Heaven Church Conference of St. Vincent De Paul will stage a concert on December 18. John T. Doyle of Brockton Enterprise visits cousin A J Lambert. Elocutionist Edmund Elton shines on stage, recent performance as Terence in Kathleen Mavourneen in Chelsea. Sheldon the boat builder will equip his First Street shops with modern machinery and start on several large boats for orders. Crry Port.
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Tonti Hall
Massasoit
Edmund J. Elton
Chelsea
Terence
Kathleen Mavourneen
Sheldon
First Street
Crry Port
Charlestown Obituary and Local Notices
William Leahy of 47 Baldwin Street Charlestown died at home on Wednesday leaving several children with two of his sons prominent in local business. Funeral services are today at St Francis de Sales Church and burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden. Also noted are Thanksgiving at Charlestown Almshouse, marriage of Miss Mary B E Whel len to ex Councilman John P Reed, and a navy yard delay due to ladders misrouting. A lecture by Mrs B F Bates on Mendelssohn is listed for Dorchester today.
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William Leahy
Charlestown
Baldwin Street
St. Francis de Sales Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Charlestown Almshouse
Chandler Eastman
Mary BE. A. Whellen
John P. Reed
Ward 8
J. M. Donovan
Navy Yard
Boston
B. F. Bates
Ashmont Street
Dorchester
Mendlessohn
Bunkeer
Quincy Street School Near Occupancy Faces Local Nuisance
Dorchester notes urge the Board of Health to inspect a swampy parcel south of Quincy street causing dampness on Columbia street and to address a long-standing nuisance west of Columbia near Glendale. Community updates include the Mattapan Road Club masquerade at Oakland Hall, Columbian Whist Club officers, and Temple Baptist Church dedication night led by A. G. Murray. Grove Hall.
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Quincy Street
Board of Health
Columbia Street
Glendale Street
Mattapan Road Club
Oakland Hall
Columbian Whist Club
Louis Beck
F. W. Frost
Alice Adams
Temple Baptist Church
A. G. Murray
E. Creighton
Asa R. Minard
G. S. Wheeler
R. H. Maynard
F. W. Brown
C. E. Christopher
C. H. Rust
Grove Hall
Where to Buy Bargains at Standard Furniture Five Floors
The Standard Furniture Company at 727-729 Washington Street opens a complete store in October after consolidating the former 20 Washington Street business and upper-floor ware rooms. The five floors hold extensive stocks from parlor sets to bedding and children's goods, with departments for carpets, shades, stove items, and pine furniture, all designed for homes and wise buyers.
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Standard Furniture Company
Washington Street
Wits
Ministerial Union Meeting in Channing Hall
Ministerial Union holds a public meeting in Channing Hall at 25 Beacon Street Monday at 10 30 a m An address by Rev William Elliot Grittis D D on Holland as an American Fatherland will be given The gathering is open to all interested attendees
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Channing Hall
Beacon Street
Ministerial Union
William Elliot Grittis
Holland
Sunday Notices Arise at Union Hall and First M E Church
Sunday notices declare a B Y M Christian Union vesper at Union Hall 48 Boylston street with Rev George G Hamilton and a program including Miss Nellie Le Fox Walter Lowes Heath and Frank A Kennedy special music and singing doors open 7 see 7 30. First M E Church Temple street rear of State House extension led by Dr Louis Albert Banks preaches at 10 30 on The Outlook for Christ s Conquest of the World Sunday School at noon with stereopticon review 7 30 The Trials and Triumphs of a Boston Street Car Man Mr and Mrs W V Baker popular blind singers will sing at both services all seats free strangers welcomed.
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B. Y. M. Christian Union
Union Hall
Boylston Street
George G. Hamilton
Shawmut Avenue
M. E. Courcau
Temple Street
State House
Louis Albert Banks
Boston
W. V. Baker
Philadelphia
Briston Bowling Team Plays News Ton Club Next Monday
Briston Allston bowling team, new to the sport, plans to challenge opponents this winter at Hyde Park while a Cambridge streetcar extension to Allston Square is anticipated next week. Mrs Lizzie A Appleton of 20 Mansfield Street aims to paint houses 12 and 14 Mansfield yellow with white trim. Ward 25 Democrats expect Alderman Lee to win reelection. Republicans are seen as weaker. Brighton residents urge more parks and ongoing landscape planning for better city planning now.
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Allston
Hyde Park
Newston Club
Cambridge
New Bridge
Allston Square
Lizzie A. Appleton
Mansfield Street
Appleton
Lee
Brighton
Beacon Park
Pentecostal Meeting to Begin at Bromfield Street Church
The Rev. S. A. Keen D D of Delaware Ohio will start a ten days pentecostal meeting at Bromfield Street Church next Sunday morning. He will conduct three services daily and invites all Methodist churches in the city and suburbs to unite without clashing with their own services. Others besides Methodists are welcome.
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S. A. Keen
D.D
Delaware
Bromfield Street
Robert Engle Not Dead After Error in Report
The notice corrects a prior report claiming Robert S. Engle of Smith and Engle Roxbury died. It states that his father Samuel Engle died and the names were confused.
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Robert S. Engle
Smith & Engle
King Street
Roxbury
Samuel Engle
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Reading
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Mary R. Philips
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Middlesex South District
John Hancock
Devonshire Street
County of
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Roswell N. Temple
Mary R. Phillips
Temperance Hawes
Hawes
Temple
Thomas Sweetser
Luca Parker
Amasa Farrier
Middlesex South
Joan Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
S. R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Main St
Cambridgeport
Chelsea Street
Scott’s Court
Mystic River
Oriental Coal Oil Company
Robert Leonard & CO
Essex Street
O. F. Timlin
Young Men OF
Business and Politics
Joseph E. Hood
Woonsocket, R. I
Front Street
Commonwealth OF Massachus Setys
Messenger’s Nation
Sibrale Ce
George H. Wayis
Court Square
Thomas Vee
Ommonwealth
Middlesex
George T. Durgin
John R. Fairbairn
Massachu
Lymana
A. Selwyn Lyndke
Cornhill
Somerville
Richmond Fisk
Fisk
St. Lawrence University
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Lexington Street
Con
Murphy
Battle of Gettysburg
Wicking Boys
Tue
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Manasseh E. Bradley
Tibbet
Geo, Burwell
South Boston
Brichton
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Madrid Chemical CO
U.S
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Weeks & Potter
George C. Goodwin
Hanover Stree
Ory Letler
Wm. H. Parker
M.D
Peabody Medical Institute
Buifineh Street
von Mohl CO
Cincinnati
Okie
Willa Tel S
Tremont Row
Ielephone
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