Episcopalian Dinner Highlights Charity Talk and Unity
The Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts hosted a weather disrupted dinner at the Vendome featuring Bishop Courtney of Nova Scotia on charity, and remarks by President Shattuck and essayist Robert Treat Paine. Attendees included Unitarians, Congregationalists, and clergy with about 100 guests.
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Bishop Courtney
Nova Scotia
Robert Treat Paine
President Shattuck
Elon
G. S. Hale
Episcopalian Club of
Massachusetts
Hotel Vendome
Unitarian
Congregational Clubs
Congregational Club
Unitarian Club
George S. Hale
Francis H. Brown
H. H. Edes
William H. Baldwin
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Leverett Saltonstall
Henry Lyon
Frederick Courtney
S.7
St. Paul’s Church
Boston
Phillips Brooks
D.D
William J. Harris
Reuben Kidner
St. Andrew’s Church
Sumner A. Shearman
Jamaica Plain
Dr. Brooks
Frederick D. Fs
Edward L. Davis
Homas Saunders
Lawrence
M. W. B. Edgerly
Springfield
Daniel B. Hagar
State Normal School
Salem
Durfee
Fall River
Koval P. Barry
Joseph Burnett
Charles 5. Hamlin
Samuel H. Gregory
J. C. D. Parker
William G. Brooks
I. &. Sears
Joseph W. Woods
FE. B. Phillips
J. D. W. French
E. M. Springle
W. E. Peck
George C. Shattuck
Bishop Courney
John E. Sanford
F. H. Brown
A. J. ©. Sowden
J. 5. Blatchford
Henry M. Upham
George %. Hale
A. Shearman
Harris
Grace
Courtney
Shattuck
New York
Chicazgo
Lowell
Launfal
Episcopalian Club
Episcopal Church
Jesus Christ
Commonwealth
First Maine Cavalry Annual Meeting and Dinner
The Crawford hosted the First Maine Cavalry Association last evening with fifty members attending. General J. P. Cilley and others joined as guests. new officers were elected: President G. N. Harris, vice-presidents Captain H. F E. Hail and Lieutenant Thaddeus Littleie, Secretary A. Emery, Treasurer A. C. Drinkwater. The group comprises First Maine Cavalry members living in Boston and nearby.
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Crawford
First Maine Cavalry Association
Thomas J. Long
J. P. Cilley
E. P. Tobie
C. H. Whitney
G. Alr
G. N. Harris
H. F E. Hail
Thaddeus Littleie
A. Emery
A. C. Drinkwater
Mermmbers
First Maine Cavalry
Boston
Vicinity
Memorial to War Veterans in Sevierville
A citizens meeting in Grand Army Hall formed a memorial association to erect a public building in Sevierville as a war veterans memorial. Officers named include President George A. Brace and secretary Douglass Frazier. Regular meetings planned for January, April, July and October. a public meeting set for December 14.
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Sevierville
Grand Army Hall
Union Square
George A. Brace
Levi F
Ward
Douglass Frazier
W. i. Spiller
Henry F. Woods
H. C. White
W. A. Fitch
C. Clark
J. Frank Wellington
J. F. McGann
Charles S. Lincoln
J. C. Whitaker
F. K E. Hodgkins
William Coveny
E. Rimes
Morsfori's Acid Phosphate Recommended by Physicians
Physicians from various schools endorse Morsfori's Acid Phosphate for brain nerve and stomach health. The advertisement promotes this tonic as a trusted option across medical disciplines.
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Morsfori
Board of Aldermen Approves West End Railway Tracks
The board granted rights to lay tracks from Harvard Bridge to Beacon Street and authorize an overhead electric system between West Boston Bridge and Bowdoin Square. Other actions include publishing the Crispus Attucks monument dedication and plans for a bridge to connect East Boston with the city. Mentions of ward reapportionment, a $1500 index project, Tremont Meter inquiry, and a Newsboys Reading Room request for Thanksgiving use of Faneuil Hall.
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Board of Aldermen
West End Street Railway Company
Cambridge
Boston
Harvard Bridge
West Chester Park
Beacon Street
West Boston Bridge
Bowdoin Square
Henry M. Whitnay
General Court
Committee On Legislative Affairs
S. B. Kidder
Charlestown
Tremont Meter Company
Frederick Curtis
Messrs. Raymond
Moody Merrill
John Fottler, Jr
Committee On Water
Common Council
Board of Police
Committee On Claims
Tremont
Sinking Fund
Newsboys
Faneuil Hall
Boothacks
Adamowski Quartet Opens Boston Concert Season in Choral Hall
The newly formed Adamowski string quartet gave its first performance in Chickering Hall before a weather restrained but appreciative audience. The program featured a Rubinstein song set, Beethoven trio in C minor op.101, and Brahms piano trio with Lang at the piano. Critics praised the quartet’s precision and musicianship, noting few intonation lapses and the soloists’ strong tone. The next concert, Jan 7, will feature Miss Marguerite Mall and Mr. Clayton Johns as soloists.
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Adamowski
Chickering Hell
Myr. Adamowski
D. Kuntz
E. Fiedler
Campanari
Rubinstein
Es Rubinstein
Elizabeth C. Hamlin
Romania
Brahms
Lang
Boston
Marguerite Mall
Clayton Johns
Professor Cohn Presents Le Médecin malgré lui Reading
Harvard professor M Adolphe Cohn delivered the first of four readings from Montreat Miss Hersey's School on Chestnut Street. He offered analysis of Molière’s farce Le Médecin malgré lui, noting its Italianate Sganarelle name origin and core plot of a son seeking money from his father. Future readings include Les Fourcheries de Scapin on Dec 3, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme on Dec 11 or 12, and Le Malade Imaginaire on Dec 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Adolphe Cohn
Harvard University
Montreat
Moliére
Molitre
M. Coth
M. Cohn
Coins Honors Hamburg Union With William III Effigy
Numismatists note first two mark pieces struck at Hamburg to mark its incorporation into the customs union. The coins bear on the reverse an event inscription dated Oct. 28 and feature Emperor William III. Simultaneously coins with Emperor Frederick’s effigy circulate with the phrases Germany will never forget her Fritz and Learn to suffer without complaining.
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William III
Hamburg
Frederick
Germany
Fritz
Kathleen O'Meara Obituary in Boston Novelists Circle
Kathleen O'Meara died in Paris on the 20th from pneumonia after ten days illness. Irish born author of Grace Ramsey pseudonym, she wrote Iza's Story and The Life of Frederic Ozanam, contributed to Catholic World, admired for biography and literary grace. She befriended Cardinal Manning and Lord Mounttemple, lived much in Paris and New England, and left a lasting memory in circles from Boston to Broadlands.
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Kathleen O’meara
Madame Mohl
Diane Coryval
Narka
Paris
Miss O'Meara
Dr. O'Meara
Napoleon L
St. Helena
Kathleen
Grace Ramsey
Iza
Frederic Ozanam
Nanzkta
New York
Ocean
New England
Cohasset
Newport
Nahant
Ashfield
George William Curtis
Mavo
Cardinal Manning
England
Lord Mount-temple
Broadlands
Craven
Mme. de Montalembert
Comte Desbassayns de Richmont
Princesse
Lza Czartoryska
Hotel Lambert
Marguerite Czartoryska
Duc de
Boston
Hon William F Johnson Ex Mayor of Lynn Dies in Nahant
The Hon William Frederick Johnson, ex Mayor of Lynn, died at his son's Nahant residence Saturday evening at 9 30 after a long illness. Born July 30 1819 at Nahant, he pursued basic schooling and held roles from assessor and alderman to state senator and Washington paymaster. A temperance advocate, he led Lynn Abstinence work and served as secretary of the Lynn Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He leaves a widow and four children. funeral at 1 30 tomorrow at the Church of Incarnation.
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William F. Johnson
William Frederick Johnson
Lynn
Nahant
Mr. Johnson
Edward Bromfield Phillips
Europe
Washington
Andrew
Washingtonian
Washingtonian Society
Inn
Lynn Total Abstinence Society
Essex County Temperance Society
Lynn Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Johnson
Church of Incarnation
James J Kelso dies after long police service
James J Kelso, long connected with the New York police from 1858 to 1873, including a period as chief, died last evening of apoplexy. He led the detective force during the Nathan murder and commanded the police at the Orange riot on July 12, 1871, narrowly escaping mob violence.
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James J. Kelso
New York Police
Nathan
Orange
Presidential electors undermine people’s direct vote argument
The letter to the editor argues that the Electoral College may betray the popular will as Cleveland leads Harrison in national votes but Harrison holds more electors. It warns electors could defect for self interest and calls for reconsideration of the Electoral College, with historical references and a cautioned tone about future corruption and danger to free institutions.
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Boston Post
Sir
Cleveland
Harrison
Connecticut
United States
Lim
Scaevola
Boston
Paynes Furniture Co New Mirrors at Canal Street
Paynes Furniture Co at 48 Canal Street offers mantels and drawing room mirrors including cheval glasses in very choice new designs with beautifully finished quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PayNe’s Furniture Co
Canal Street
McCormick Partners Suit in Circuit Court
United States Circuit Court hears suit by Leander J McCormick against John Eliot over 1863 partnership debt. The case centers on an accounting showing $2058 16 due to surviving partner, with defenses alleging partial payment in kind and Illinois statute of limitations. Court awarded $5150 10 to plaintiff. other sums listed. Also note bequest of $300 from Joh Huntington to Amesbury Friends for meeting expenses and cemetery improvements.
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United States Circuit Court
Nelson
J. Leander J. McCormick
John Eliot
Cyrus H. McCormick
William 8. McCormick
Chicago
C. H. McCormick & Bros
Ilinois
Superior Court of
Massachusetts
Supreme Judicial Court
W. Chaplin
M. M. Weston
George Putnam
Reno
Aaron G. Rea
North Andover
Joh Huntington
Amesbury
Society of Friends
Friends
Amesury
Supreme Judicial Court Convenes for Docket Review
The Supreme Judicial Court sits on November 26 with Chief Justice Morton presiding. The criminal docket is in order and all cases are submitted on briefs. The court will reconvene at 9 30 a.m. to note the death of Judge Gardner and consider bar resolutions. all bar members are invited to attend.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth
Morton
C._J
Freup
C. Allen
Superior Courts Session Highlights and Dockets
Proceedings from the Superior Court include first to fourth sessions with cases in Mt Calvary cemetery fence disputes, multiple v cases such as Gunnells v same, and Hammon d v Boston and Maine railroad. Notable matters feature injury claims from a Somerville crossing, jury notes, and numerous civil actions listed with docket numbers, parties, and counsel.
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Superior Cours
Eric Hamm
Giovanni Coe
Angelea Nicolini
Paul Gunnells
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
J. L. Eldredge
J. Hillis
H. W. Sprague
Court session to open December 3 in Norfolk Superior Court
The adjourned September civil session of the Superior Court will begin Monday December 3 at 10 am Judge Sherman presiding. Cases will be heard without a jury starting with uncontested libels for divorce then contested libels and afterward jury waived cases both law and equity.
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Superior Court
Norfolk County
Sherman
Prisoners Sentenced for Larceny and Polygamy
The record lists Lizzie Gould fined $25 for larceny. Charles F. Whidden was sentenced to the Massachusetts reformatory for polygamy.
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Lizzie Gould
Charles F. Whidden
Massachusetts Reformatory
Probate court in Suffolk allows multiple wills and administrations
In Suffolk County Probate Court on November 26 Judge McKim granted probate for the wills of Patrick Linehan William Tighe Mary Folger Allen Ellen Getchell Sarah Thacher John George Denis Sweeney Eliza Webster Josaph Clapp Bartholomew Keefe Milen Kingsbury Catherine Twomey and Albert Taylor Administrations were granted for estates of Augusta True Frank Isles Warren Belcher Ruth Fowler John Vradenburg Mary Pratt Lydia Barnes Justus Butler John Brintnall John Ingalls Stephen Hein Susan Burt Hannah Carstensen Mary Dingwell Charlotte Ruflin Nancy ODonnell Nathan Carey Frank Gamache Susan McMahon Smith Neal Helen Armstrong and Frederick Wood.
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Suffolk County
McKim
Patrick Linehan
William Tighe
Mary Folger Allen
Ellen
Getchell
Sarah E. Thacher
John H. George
Denis Sweeney
Eliza L. Webster
Josaph H. Clapp
Bartholomew P. Keefe
Milen M. Kingsbury
Catherine ‘Twomey
Albert C. Taylor
Augusta True
Frank J. Isley
Warren E. Belcher
Ruth L. Fowler
John Wesley Vradenburg
Mary A. Pratt
Lydia D. Barnes
Justus E. Butler
John M. Brintnall
John Brazer Ingalls
Stephen KE. Hein
Susan D Burt
Hannah ©. Carstensen
Mary Dingwell
Charlotte E. Ruflin
Nancy O’donnell
Nathaniel Carey
Frank Gamache
Susan McMahon
Smith Neal
Helen H. Armstrong
Frederick 5. Wood
Probate Court Actions in Essex County Nov 26
Wills proved for Edward F. Abbott Eliza beth E Cole William K Jaton and John Huntington. Administrations granted for Jacob B Collins Jr Catherine J Jones John Merrill Charles E Stone Phebe E P Stone Sewell D Bean James Byron Thomas MecDoard and Mary P Mc Donald. Inventories filed include Mary O Mann of Amesbury.
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Essex County
Haron
Edward F. Abbott
Andover
Elizabeth E. Cole
Newburyport
William K. Jaton
Haverhill
John Huntington
Amesbury
Jacob B. Collins, Jr
Salisbury
Catherine J. Jones
Lynn
John Merrill
Charles E. Stone
Superior Court Criminal Docket Middlesex County Nov 26
Mason J Carr of Lowell faces liquor keeping charge with fined $50 and costs Patrick E Tenney of Woburn on trial for liquor keeping Michael Maloney of Wakefield charged with liquor nuisance fined $100 and costs all notes from Middlesex County court on Nov 26 in Lowell Wakefield and Woburn activities
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Superior Court
Middlesex County
Mason
J. Margaret Carr
Lowell
Patrick E. Tenney
Woburn
Michael Maloney
Wakefield
City Notes on Meetings and Crime in Boston
Clergymen stayed indoors due to the storm as Baptists and Methodists held services. Rev C Bitting of Philadelphia spoke for the American Baptist Publication Society with Prof W C Richards of Chicago also addressing attendees. Charles Douglass, 50, was arrested for robbing Emanuel P Marshal of a $50 gold watch on Fleet and Hanover. Emily Huntington will discuss Domestic Science at the Berkeley Street YWCA on Friday and Saturday. The Somerset Club hosted a dinner for Mr and Mrs Prescott Lawrence. Alderman Homer Rogers was renominated by acclamation at the eleventh district aldermanic convention. Circulars about Fasching and Jahr markt are available from the Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Barber John Manning, 22, hired a room at 153 Northampton and stole boarders’ clothes before being arrested.
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Boston
C. Bitting
D.D
Philadelphia
American Baptist Publication Society
W. C. Richards
Chicago
Charles Douglass
Emanuel P. Marshal
Marshal
Fleet
Hanover Streets
Emily Huntington
Berkeley Street
Young Women’s Christian Association
Somerset Club
Joseph S. Fay
Prescott Lawrence
Back Bay
Republican City Committee
Washington Street
Homer Rogers
City Hall
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
John Manning
Records of the Soldiers hearings on Lowell enlistment issue
A Massachusetts Legislature special committee reconvened under the gilded dome to review soldiers records at the State House. The case over Charles A Robinson listed as Farmington Maine instead of Lowell was addressed and the session adjourned.
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Massachusetts
State House
Charles A. Robinson
Farmington
Lowell
Meeting in aid of the Hampton Institute in Cambridge
A Hampton Institute benefit meeting will be held in Shepard Memorial Church Cambridge on Friday at 8 PM. General G C Armstrong will speak and the Hampton quartet of colored students will sing slave songs of the South. It notes the school is not funded by the American Missionary Association and relies on public interest and partial government aid for Indian students.
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Hampton Institute of
Hampton
Shepard Memorial
Mason Street
Cambridge
8. C. Armstrong
Hampton Quartet
South
Hampton School
American Missionary Association
Notable Guests at Hotels Named in Period Register
A long list of guests staying at major Boston hotels includes D. M. Ferry and son from Detroit, George C. Allis of Brooklyn, William H. Lee of New York, M. W. Edgerly and wife from Springfield, and many others from cities such as Portland, Paris, Savannah, Providence, and Chicago. Captain Thomas L. Casey and M. Beaurisage are at the Brunswick and the Thorndike respectively. Ex-Representative George H. Kearn is at Young's. J. H. Moser, the Washington-based artist, is at the Parker House. The Crawford hosts Captain J. C. Gamage of Bristol, Maine, master of the schooner M. E. Eaton, which ran ashore on Nantasket Beach in Sunday night’s storm.
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The
Vendome
D. M. Ferry
Paris
E. Howard
Clock Fame
Mrs. Howard
Thorndike
William I. Middleton
Savannah
Rufus Waterman
Providence
L. Gren- Slade O
Blackwell
C. F. Velasco
Newark
Gustav Hinrichs
American Opera Company
United States
J. B. Safford
Buffalo
N. Y
Albert Cromwell
Brooklyn
W. B. Phillips
Fenton
Mich
George H. Kearn
North Adams
Young’s
E. P. Bakey
San Francisco
Fred H. Williams
Foxboro
Robert Coit
New London
8. M. Perry
Denver
T. C. Gillette
Strickland House
New Britain
Conn
Parker House
J. H. Moser, Jr
Washington
S.tanabe
B. Takagi
T. Nakamura
Kioto
Japan
J- G. Cooley
Norris, Conn
J. M. Miller
Chicago Daily News and
F. Rundle
Funeral Notices for Rev W C High and Charles J Lewis
Yesterday funerals were held for Rev W C High of Somerville at his home on Columbus avenue with Rev George Skene officiating and the body taken to Gloucester for burial. Pallbearers named include Holt Dodge Richardson and Stodder. Also yesterday Charles J Lewis longtime Cathedral of the Holy Cross choir director was laid to rest at Holyhood cemetery after a solemn requiem mass led by Rev Leo Boland with music by the cathedral choir and guest singers. Pallbearers listed include Moran Curtin Tuckerman Donahoe McClusky Smith McLaughlin and Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. High
Somerville
Columbus Avenue
George Skene
First Methodist Church
Gloucester
W. Holt
A. L. Dodge
A. C. Richardson
F. M. Stodder
Charles J. Lewis
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Leo P. Boland
J. Frank Donahoe
Catholic Union
Dr. J. B. Moran
John Curtin
Samuel Tuckerman
John J. McClusky
Francis J. Smith
J. J. McLaughlin
William Fitzgerald
Holyhood Cemetery
Lyons the Accused Murderer in Dedham Jail
William Lyons remains imprisoned in Dedham jail on an indictment for the murder of Mrs. Arrington of Foxboro. He has not yet been tried due to Kirby recanting his testimony, admitting he swore falsely. Chief Wade will pursue another effort to convict Lyons.
Bargain Tables Offer Vienna Paper Weights Fans and Frames
On lease expiration we seek to reduce stock to the minimum and have marked new goods imported this year well below ordinary prices. The store features Vienna painted paper weights fans photo frames pottery and porcelains. Prices on many items are several times our asking price.
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Vienna
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London
Associated Charities
Mr. Paine
First Church of
John Winthrop
Hale
Cardinal Newman
Theodore Parker
Sons of Men
S. A. Shearman
W. Hi. Baldwin
J. P. Reynolds
Memorial TO War Veterans
West End
Cohn
Vellowan v. Hall
Capacaiam Vy
Nico
Hall
Newell
Folsom
Gurney
Gallineaux Vy
de Wasim
Gunnells
Same
Sacar
Jenness
Chelsea
Isaacs
McCattagan
Bos
Lougee
Tuxbury
Coyle
Fitchburg
Vargas
B. F. Butler
J. GC. M. Bailey
Lincoln
Murray
Roley
Maine Ri
Seeler
Pratt
Lewis
Palmer
Richardson
Mcleod
Weeks
Bride
Moody
Butler
Healy
Downing
Haim
Ham
McAloon
Miller
Singhes
Meyers
Taylor
Lathrop
J. Wil
Boardmanry
Chandler
Gilles Lith
Townsend Nat
Chase
V. Jones
Morrill
O' Neil
Bosson
Hawkins
Davis
Jiones
Hohnuay, Stearns
Lord Vv. Farnam
Shepard and M. IL
Holmes v. Moore
King
Fuller
Curtis Mig
Higgins
Dearborn
Avery Sup. Co
Cinnamon VY. Wig
Hammond
Cook
Page
Russell
Lowden
Ipswich Mills
West
Dunbar
Bartley McSherry
Boston & Albany
J.J. Sullivan
Samuel Hoar
John Felt Osgood
City of
Concord Street
Akien
C. Fr. Kittredge
R. W. Nason
Osgood
Holden
Wailen
Superior Criminal Court
Staples, J
Hampton Institute
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Jordan, Marsh Co
Herald and Globe
Journal
Jordan, Marsh and Company
Ulster
E.C. Thompson
Washington Strat
Old South Church
Bromfield Street
W. Baker & G0
Dorchester, Mass
Somerville School Board
Carrie E. Cunningham
Edgerly
Abbie A. Gurney
Prospect Hill
Mary A. Bradford
Gertrude FE. Robbins
Bell
Nellie F. Sheridan
Webster
Florence O. Bean
Bennett
Ida F. Falebrown
Cummings
Hattie M. Pierce
Edgerly School
Lillian M. Walton
Bell School
Lucy E. Clark
Prospect Hill School
Mary L. Boyd
Prang
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