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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1894
Page
3
The narrator recounts waiting for a doctor who is ill and returning home to find a judge arranging an audience. In a fireside meeting the doctor, despite ailment and coughing fits, speaks with charm and wit. The lasting image is the doctor’s fading strength and a final, nameless farewell in Boston.
The Post reports Oliver Wendell Holmes as he enters his eighty sixth year at his Beverly Farms summer home. He reflects on aging, recalls Boston editors and writers, and notes long friendships with literary figures as neighbors and visitors drift in.
In his eighty fifth year Dr Holmes produced a renowned elegy on Francis Parkman for the Atlantic Monthly February issue. Despite declining strength he remained mentally active, writing his growing memoirs from a sunny Beverly window, dedicating about an hour daily.
Made to order hair mattresses two parts full size priced at 10 dollars each. Fabricated by A W Seler Co manufacturers located at 63 and 65 Hanover Street Boston opposite the American House.
A fragment reflects on a matured mind and undisturbed memory shaping a work toward a wholesome life. It hints at a positive, enduring record and a hopeful career arc, with emphasis on character and lasting impact.
The article honors Oliver Wendell Holmes as a premier figure of New England letters, notes his deep ties to Boston, and recalls his Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table fame. It traces his ancestry to Anne Bradstreet’s line and details his father Abiel Holmes’s scholarly works and roles in Harvard and historical societies.
The article outlines a $5000 a side bout between George Dixon and Al Griffiths with articles dated October 6 1894 and details a staged finish under minimal gloves. It also notes possible matchups involving Ed Binney Walter Johnson Frank Craig Jack O'Brien Ted Pritchard and Billy Murphy.
The water front showed sparse activity as duties drew workers away and pleasure crafts winterized. Small schooners lined the fish wharf while ships at Lewis and Commercial wharves stood idle after a busy summer. The Charles S. Mather and Lillie excursion steamers moved above Craigie’s bridge for winter storage, with the Mather faring better than the accident struck Lillie. The Cunarder Cephalonia arrived at quarantine before noon and reached its wharf by five in the afternoon, while the Yarmouth adhered to schedule.
The report notes a decline in passenger lists for a vessel named past while managers fear delays on detaining the Boston. Yesterday fifteen four masted schooners rested at anchor near Long Wharf as these craft grow common due to lower construction and operating costs versus square riggers.
The Trackman notes new destination cards for Boston & Maine trains and brass boxes for storage as operations adjust. A circulated petition from Arlington and Lexington patrons protests the removal of 9 15 p m Boston bound and 9 6 p m Lexington to Boston trains, urging restoration.
The Cephalonia from Liverpool docked Sept 17 with 127 saloon passengers 148 in second cabin and 58 in steerage. The saloon list includes Miss J Ackerman Professor A V G Allen Mrs A H Allen Miss Elizabeth Alebton Ames Jr., Judge Edmund H Bennett Mrs Bennett Miss Dun Bolster Miss Alice H Rowe and many others headed by notable names such as Roger Wolcott Jr and Warren Currier.
In Equity Barker J lists cases in order and second session jury list with names such as Roberts Cambridge Attleboro branch railroads Boston & Providence R R Co. Shattuck Hunting Hall Stillman Donovan Lockwood Sabine Prury Clarke Swartzenberg and many others across multiple sessions with dates and case numbers all proceeding in the third session speedily.
The Boston Second Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners was instituted at Sunnyside Hall Hanover Street. William Young spoke for Boston First Branch. Officers installed include Henry Palmer president George D Caughy secretary Hugh Forbes treasurer James Landers sick visitor. About twenty charter members. Meetings will be every alternate Saturday. non union carpenters invited to call.
Between Boston and New York the Air Line Limited express runs daily at 3 p m with vestibuled cars and dining service to Willimantic arriving about 9 p m from New York. Table dhcte dinner priced at $1. From New York & New England station Summer street foot of Grand Central.
Fragmentary text references Albany river fronts and a fall line with unclear data. No clear event date or parties identified.
Massachusetts court orders libellant to publish the libel and attached order in the Boston Post for three weeks and mail a copy to the libellee Lavinia Findlay. A date is set for appearance on the first Monday in November, with service and proof of publication required.
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