Courts News Snapshot From The Oct Court Sessions
The Supreme Judicial Court heard contested divorces but could not finish the list and will resume Monday. The Superior Court session covered multiple cases including Elias Hann v Kirwin on a promissory note and Edward Cooke v Doherty for professional services, with juries in deliberation and various attorneys listed.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Allen
Superior Court
Blodgett
Elias Hann
Thomas Kirwin
R. A. Gowell & Co
Wiggin & Fernald
R. B. Kiernan
Edward O. Cooke
George Doherty
A. J. McLeod
Thomas Curley
Morris
Wakefield R. Co
Wine
Magee IF. Co
Whipple
Rockwell
Taylor
Estabrook
Fleming
Wood
Atkins
Porter
Boston
Hudson
Mooar
Kyte
Same
Hill
Newell
Merrihew
Carty
Wheeter
Lechmere R
McKay
Cooper
Blackmer
Hendin
Buckley
Rice
Troeder
Hayes
Dewey
John Conroy
South Boston Railroad Company
L. B. Allen
H. F. Naphen
L. S. Dabney
Thompson
Butler Republicans reorganize for Senate push new allies join
The Butler Independent Republican State committee met at the Revere House with J A Kemp as chairman and plans to take an active role in the campaign. Communications from numerous towns across Massachusetts were read as the group debated conventions and state-ticket actions.
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Butler Independent Republican State Committee
J. A. Kemp
William P. Wallace
E. R. Fowler
Revere House
Barnstable
Berkshire
Dukes
Essex
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Middlesex
Norfolk
Plymouth
Worcester County
Boston
A. D. Bullock
Charlestown
John L. R. Ruffin
Wallace
Auburndale
Worcester
Westboro
M. Wheelock
Uxbridge
Draper
Hopedale
State Central Committee
Whitney
Southboro
Prohibition Party
Evangelist Hall
Springfield
City Hall
National Prohibition Bureau of
New York
Clinton B. Fisk
John Bascom
Williamstown
New England
Blackmer
Esther T. Hoash
Frances E. Willard
Buell
Neil Dow
Malden Republicans
G. W. Walker
A. E. Cox
F. Bowers
E. ©. Holmes
C. Heath
J. Pierce
N. G. Coffen
M. Holbrook
H. H. Turner
H. Lb. Whitehouse
A. R. Turner, Jr
O. Branch
L. J. Drake
H. R. Gray
W. D. Serrat
E.J. Nash
F. M. Clark
Enator Phillips
Senate
Mr. Taft
Palmer
E. H. Lathrop
S. S. Taft
P. Kendrick
N.S. Hubbard
Brimfield
Mr. Lathrop
W. H. Haile
Barnstable County
W. H. Hubbard
J. I. Buck
Cape District
A. G. Westly
Cottage City
Quincy
Ljah A. Morse
J. White Belcher
Randolph
G. W. Wentworth
Weymouth
Stevens
Braintree
Federhen
Scattering
Mr. Stevens
Warren W. Adams
Cambridge
Union Hall
Senator Hoar
Henry Cabot Lodge
Chester W. Kingsley
Brattle Square
A. B. Alger
John F. O’ Brien
Committee On
H. H. Gilmore
George W. Gale
Foreclosure Averted by Reading Railroad Trustees
Reading Railroad Co trustees meet and declare sufficient securities deposits prevent foreclosure. They will not modify the plan further and offer first series 5s holders the option to withdraw and receive the same terms as those who deposited. The company agrees to the proposal.
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Puma Apelput IA
Reconstruction
Reading Railroad Company
Highest type of a tour by Pennsylvania Railroad
The personally conducted tours of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company reach the highest degree of development in pleasure travel. They combine agreeable, comfortable, pleasant and instructive features for the tourist, appealing to the best class of people.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Tav Unites States Watch Co Waltham Watch Timekeeper
The Waltham Watch by Tav United States Watch Co. is praised as a perfect timekeeper with every improvement and offered at a low price.
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Tav Unites States Watch Co
Waltham Watch
Real estate and rail boom blamed for looming financial peril
Chauncey M. Depew, misquoted from St Louis, warns that real estate speculation and overbuilding of 5000 miles of railways threaten the Western economy. He predicts crashes, mortgage losses, and widespread hardship, though a later telegram from Depew says he did not warn of a panic and calls the boom healthy in the West and Northwest.
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New Yor
Chauncey M. Depew
St. Louis
New York
Ohio
Wall Street
West
Northwest
Massachusetts Men Win Rifle Meet at Military Encampment
The all comers individual rifle contest at 200 yards awarded 150 for first, 100 for second, 75 for third, 50 for fourth, 25 for fifth. 102 competitors. top shooters include W. M. Farrow and A. C. White of Massachusetts with high scores. also leading teams United States Army, Minnesota, and Massachusetts at 200 and 800 yard ranges. The 500 and 600 yard segment halted at dusk.
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Cuiiaco
Allcomers
W. M. Farrow
Massachusetts
A. C. White
W. Hin
Woodcutter’s Daughter Sparks Fatal Double Rivalry
In Westchester Connecticut an Italian worker Phillip Fay shot and killed Julius Marbleau, a fellow woodcutter, over Mary Marbleau the boss’s daughter. Fay fired after reloading following a failed first shot and was later captured near Willimantic.
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Winamanic
Conn
Phillip Fay
J. F. Loomis
Westchester
Julius Marbleau
Marbleau
Fay
Mary Marbleau
Willimantic
Burgess Denies Plan to Move to New York
Edward Burgess told a Post reporter that reports he planned to join the New York Yacht Club and move to New York were incorrect. He said he had no current intention to leave Boston and would not relinquish his Boston business within a year. The designer and his family are staying at Woodland Park Hotel.
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Edward Burgess
Mr. Burgess
Post
New York
Boston
Woodland Park Hotel
Intercollegiate lawn tennis tournament winners named
New Haven October 14 Harvard players dominated the Intercollegiate tournament Sears won the singles with Shaw taking the doubles alongside Sears. Campbell of Columbia was runner up in singles and the Yale team was shut out. The Sears Shaw final featured brisk exchanges with Sears securing the close set 8-6 after a long rally.
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New Haven
P. Sears
Harvard
Campbell
Columbia
Sears
Shaw
Hall
Yale
Burgess Worked Five Weeks Before Theft Led to Arrest
Edwin A. Burgess a five week employee for Lederer jewelry makers Providence admitted to stealing from the firm. Pinkerton detectives traced sales to him after a Boston tip. Arrested in South End he confessed and had two gold watches keys a revolver and a stolen property list on him. Authorities planned to take him to Providence for trial.
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Edwin A. Burgess
B. Lederer
Providence
Burgess
Mr. Lederer
Boston
Washington Street
E. A. Goldsmith
Lederer
Cornish
Pinkerton
Goldsmith
Gerraughty
Police
Branford
Cranston
R. I
Dissolving View of Moses in Temple Adath Israel
Rabbi Solomon Schindler presented the second Dissolving view in his Friday lectures at Temple Adath Israel. He argued Moses’ Bible and Josephus biographies conflict, yielding a notion of a historical great leader, while praising Moses for shaping the idea of an invisible Jehovah as ethical law. Next Friday he will dissolve the prophet Hzra.
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Temple Adath Israel
Solomon Schindler
Moses
Ingersoll
Rabbi Schindler
Josephus
Jehovah
Hzra
Statue by Sullivan Featured as a Study of Noble Form
The article reviews John Sul livan’s nude statue titled The Boxer, praising its heroic pose and refined portrait head while noting debates over whether it memorializes a brutal prizefighter more than a type of modern athlete. It contrasts the work with Sullivan’s Young Sophocles and commends the overall sculpture for dignity and classical balance.
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John Donoghue
John’. Sullivan
Sullivan
Sophocles
New York
What to Eat at Tremont Temple Lecture
A Boston audience heard Mrs Dr Potts critique meat while urging biblical diets and digestion tips. She denounced simultaneous drinking and eating and described body digestion and which foods are digestible based on her lecture.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
Dr. Potts
Obituary of Col T P Pierce prominent Nashua citizen
Colonel T P Pierce a Nashua leader and veteran of the Mexican War died after apo plexy while chairing a reception to Amoskeag veterans. He served in the Civil War era and held posts including Manchester postmaster and Hillsboro sheriff. Born 1820 Chelsea Mass he was a Democrat and relative of President Franklin Pierce. Governor Sawyer postponed events in his honor. He leaves a widow and one son.
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T. P. Pierce
Nashua
Amoskeag
Ransom
Cherubusca
New Hampshire
Manchester
State Senate
Hillsboro County
Cit
Chelsea
Mass
Boston
Franklin Pierce
Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Company
Second National and Mechanics’ Savings Banks
First Universalist Church
Sawyer
Pierce
Obituary notices for Brighton resident Silas Stevens and clergyman Rev David C. Comstock
Silas Stevens of Brighton died at his Washington Street home at 84. He once worked at Quincy market and belonged to the Brighton Evangelical Society. funeral set for Sunday. Rev David C. Comstock died in New York at 80, a Nat Canaan, Connecticut native and Yale graduate of 1850. Mrs. Sarah Kelly Stacy, wife of Rev George W. Stacy of Milford, died yesterday of heart disease.
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Silas Stevens
Brighton
Washington Street
Quincy Market
Brighton Evangelical Society
David C. Comstock
New York
Nat Canaan
George W. Stacy
Milford
Sale of useful and fancy articles at Mt Bowdoin reading room
A fundraising sale opens Thursday evening October 27 at the Mt Bowdoin reading room Dorchester to run October 28 and 29 with a New England supper on Saturday. Committees prepared items for sale and hope to raise funds, along with proceeds from a late lawn party, to keep the reading room open for a second year.
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Mt. Bowdoin
Dorchester
New England
Sumer
Tufts Football and Tennis Schedule and Results
Tufts football manager arranged games with Dart mouth at Concord Andover on Nov 12 Trinity College at Hartford on Nov 15. Return games with Harvard Technology Williams Boston University Amherst and Exeter await dates. In tennis singles Potter 91 beat Coburn 88 6 4 6 3 Davis 89 beat Laighton 90 6 5 6 3 Brown 88 beat Snow 90 0 3 6 6. Doubles Stover 1 and Denison 91 beat Nelson 88 and Doliver 91 6 4 6 0. Today Tufts eleven plays Harvard second eleven at College Hill.
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TUFTS
Dartmouth
Concord
Andover
Trinity College
Hartford
Harvard
Technology
Williams
Boston University
Amherst
Exeter
College Hill
Potter
Coburn
Davis
Laighton
Brown
Snow
Edgerey
Cate
Stover
Denison
Nelson
Doliver
Boston
University Boat Club elects officers for coming year
The University Boat Club elected I. G. Balch 88 as president C. Storrow 83 as vice president F. E. Parker 88 as secretary and Thornton Woodbury 80 as manager. The St Pauls Society named Herman Page 88 president A D Hodges 85% vice president KR Townsend 89 secretary Calvin Page 90 treasurer and George Rublee 90 librarian. The Freshman Glee Club organized for the year at 20 Ware Street.
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The
University Boat Club
I. G. Balch
5. C. Storrow
F. E. Parker
Thornton Woodbury
St. Paul's Society
Herman Page
A. D. Hodges
KR. Bk. Townsend
Calvin Page
George Rublee
Ware Street
Beaton Park Racecard Reports Postponed Race Winners
Lady K won the final heat in the postponed 2 30 race at Beacon Park with a 2 25 time. Fred L captured the 2 40 class purse of 300 in 2 32 and Factory Boy won the 2 29 class in 2 28. The chilly air kept the horses steady and crowds cheered favorites near the wire.
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Lady K
Beacon Park
Fred L
Factory Boy
Postmaster Endorses Mailing of Fourth Class Wrappers
Postmaster Corse reports a letter from the third assistant postmaster general approving mailing of fourth class packages with printed marks soon to be obliterated. The ruling supports avoiding waste for owners of labels envelopes and wrappers by preventing their immediate removal.
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Corse
Notable Visitors at Local Hotels
General Count de Beaumont and Marc de Beaumont of Paris stay at Parker's. James G. Weaver and family from Everett House New York. Leon Gotthield of Ghent. G. M. Anduby of Nassau. L. A. Saal field of New York are registered at the Adams House. Also at the Mechanics' fair visitors urged to inspect Whitney patent shaft coupling at No 43 first floor.
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Count de Beaumont
Marc de Beaumont
Paris
Parker's
James G. Weaver
Everett House
New York City
Leon Gotthield
Ghent
G. M. Anduby
Nassau
L. A. Saalfield
New York
Adams House
Mechanics’ Fair
Gallagher v Houghton verdict and listed Middlesex cases
The Middlesex Superior Court on October 14 reports the jury verdict for Gallagher v Houghton for $200 with counsel M F Farrell G A Bruce for the plaintiff and J O Teele for the defendants. Several cases remain on trial including Hazen v Boston and Maine Railroad. Additional docket entries list numerous cases with plaintiff defendants and court references.
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Denning
Darling
Woodberry
Kelley
Drake
Reed
Hammond
Lyon
Same
Johnson
Eaton
Hennessy
Mass
Cath. Ord
Foresters
Bacon
Boston
Reed ex et al vs Weymouth water rights damage case
Superior Court hear petitions seeking damages for water rights taking from Great Pond for Weymouth supply. Testimony of respondents continued and expected to finish Monday. Attorneys listed for petitioners and respondents, with successive dockets including Sumner, Caffrey, Harper, Strathdee, Jameson, Stevens cases.
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Reed
Weymouth
Loud Et al
Same
Sherman
Howe
Sanford Et al
Great Pond
W. Gaston
E. C. Bumpus
R. M. Morse, Jr
H. E. Swasey
Sumner
Holbrook
Caffrey
Drugan
Harper
Sharon
Strathdee
Thayer
Jameson
Robertson
Stevens
Hait
Salvation Army Singers Face Court Over Street Regulation
Two Salvation Army workers nicknamed Happy Jack and Hell Fire Dick were in court over a police rule barring itinerant street musicians. Their counsel argued the group is not itinerant, that police powers lack statutory basis, and that Boston aldermen control public streets, not the police. A verdict is due next Monday.
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Salvation Army
Happy Jack
Hell Fire Dick
G. A. A. Pevey
Board of Police Commissioners
Board of Aldermen of Boston
Hartman Wire Company mats praised by home buyers
The steel wire mats long praised are made by Hartman Wire Company, a leading global wire manufacturer. Walter R. Wightman of 161 Congress Street is the sole New England agent urging every house and store to purchase one.
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Hartman Wire Company
Walter R. Wightman
Congress Street
New England
Boston
Mass
Various Society Meetings and Local Notices in Boston Area
Reports from Helping Hand Society committees and plans for a 30 000 edition Helping Hand paper. Boston Woman's Christian Union annual meeting with Mrs H J Gordon presiding and Emily McLaughlin as speaker. Lectures by Rev W L Robbins at Church of the Messiah. Palestrina Society rehearsals at New England Conservatory. Citizens' Trade Association meeting at Grand Army Hall. Irving A Evans and others gain control of Mechanics Bank South Boston. New England Meteorological Society meets at MIT. Unitarian Sunday School Union meets to discuss religious guilds and confirmation classes. Mendelssohn Concert Orchestra concert tickets on sale. Boston Light Infantry anniversary at Lowell. Boston Tigers attending. Dennis J Lorden held for death of Patrick Corbett in accident. St Peter's Catholic Church fair at Curtis Hall Jamaica Plain.
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Helping Hand Society
Children’s Mission
Noble Enterprise
Helping Hand
Boston Woman’s Christian Union
Union Church
Columbus Avenue
H. J. Gordon
Union
Sig. Rotoli
Fleury Holland
Temple Place
Boston
Citizens’ Trade Association of
East Boston
Grand Army Hall
Meridian Street
Irving A. Evans
Mechanics’ National Bank of
South Boston
New England Meteorological Society
Thesday
Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology
B. C. Pickering
Harvard Astronomical Observatory
Winslow Upton
Brown University
Providence
Unitarian Sunday School Union
Boylston Street
Kate L. Brown
John Cuckson
C. Beach
Justin D. Fulton
D.D
Music Hall
G.Y. M. C. Union
Mendelssohn Concert Orchestra
Boston Light Infantry
Lowell
Boston Tigers
Dennis J. Lorden
East Cambridge
Patrick Corbett
Harris
Young Corbett
Curtis Hall
Jamaica Plain
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Belle O’brien
Union Avenue
The Cost of Travel and Prepaid Tours
A travel article notes daily costs rise with meals lodging fees and fares but prepaying a lump sum lowers total. It cites a $70 rate for the Pennsylvania tour on October 26 as an example of bundled travel expenses.
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Pennsylvania
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Albany R. R. Co. Co
R. R
Butler
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Reading Railroad
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the Fine Arts
Donoghue
John 1. Sullivan
Joseph H. Wheeler
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W. L. Taylor
J. D. Woodward
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H. Winthrop Pierce
W. F. Halsall
Messrs. Taylor and Woodward
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Woodward
French Academy of Arts
M. Mercie
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Place du Carrousel
Louis Philippe
Marie Amélie
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Stewart
New York Metropolitan Museum
London
Meissonier
Metropolitan Museum
Tiffany & Co
General di Cesnola
Tiffany
Frank D. Miller
Broadway
E. A. Abbey
Miller
England
Dr. Longshore-Potts
Norfolk, Ss
Barker, J
Salvation Musicians
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Tex
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IMELL
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Natural Bridge OF
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Luray
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Boston & Albany Railroad
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Pennsylvania Railroad Co
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Brookline News
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Warren Avenue Church
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M. R. Deming
John Fiske
Old South Meeting House
New England Confederacy
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Union Hell
Edward A. Horton
Second Church
Byron A. Robinson
Jabez L. Robinson
Churenach
Advent
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C. C. Gratton
Justin D Fulton
Arlington Street
Edward Hale
Boston Womany’s Christian Temperance Union
Union Congregational Church
Emily L. McLaughlin
Bartis
Tabernacle
Bowdoin Square
O. P. Gifford
C. N. Allen
E. Humphrey Allen
Lizzie Carper Mills
Frank
Luni
Frank H. Young
Y. M. C. Association
Boylston
Berkeley Streets
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