Dedication of First Universalist Church Roxbury
The First Universalist Church on Buena Vista Street Roxbury was dedicated last evening replacing the burned Guildrow building. Architects Ernest N. Boyden and contractors Woodbury & Leighton oversaw an $85,000 stone and brick structure with Tiffany windows, a 650-seat main hall, 300-seat chapel, and 175-seat supper room.
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First Universalist Church
Buena Vista Street
Roxbury
Guildrow
Universalist
Boston
F. W. Perkins
Hartford
Conrad Wintz
William O. Curtis
Arthur Grace
Stoughton
C. R. Tenney
Thomas A. Dwyer
Hyde Park
F. W. Hamilton
Fern Street
Tiffany
Fenno Street
Christ
Mr. Cobb
Henry E. Cobb
Mary
Eliza Swain
Charles D. Swain
Caroline Newman
John
Apostle
William Seaver
William Curtis
Burrell
General Burrell
Charles H. Cobb
Ladies of the Samaritan Society
Woodbury & Leighton
Winthrop Yacht Club tale stirs cup race debates
A reader letter criticizes a self styled final analysis from Winthrop claiming superiority in the cup races. The exchange targets Haff Sycamore Puritan and mentions Lt Henn and Sir Richard Sutton in the ongoing yachting discussions across Boston papers.
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Winthrop
Winthrop Yacht Club
Iselin
Haff
Willie
McVey
New York Herald
Sycamore
Woman Who Spurned in Boston Woman in Bloomers Is Wheeling Around the World
Charles Poole, formerly purser on Ward line steamers, shot and killed Jessie Curtis of South Brooklyn then killed himself at Ninth street and Sixth avenue as crowds passed. Curtis, 20, had married Charles Curtis after a prior engagement with Poole, who renewed pursuit after Poole returned from sea. Curtis had told her husband of Poole’s attentions. Poole died at the scene, Curtis died hours later in hospital. The tragedy involved promises, past loves, and a court dispute over a clock factory trust between Mrs. Bonini and Mrs. Bonnie for the deceased testator’s estate.
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Brooklyn
Charles Poole
Ward Line
Jessie Curtis
Ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Poole
Fifth Street
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Mrs. Curtis
Jerry Wilson
Foster
Keane
Curtis
Jessie Rombach
Charles Curtis
Minnie
Twelfth Street
Ansonia
Jessie
Tiffany’s
Sanford's Ginger marketed as preventive stomach and bowel cures
An advertisement touts Sanford's Ginger as a soothing remedy for stomach and bowel ailments for travelers and households. It claims medicinal French brandy and imported ginger make it superior to substitutes and urges buyers to look for the trade mark on the wrapper. The ad lists Potier Drive and Cus. Corp as sole proprietors in Boston. A separate note records King testifying about entering Emmanuel Church on April 3 around 6 pm through the front door with a key.
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Sanford
Potierr Drve and Cus. Corp
Sole Proprietors
Boston
King
Emmanuel Church
Who His Lawful Widow in Italian Court Case
A Boston court tale in which Louis Bonini later Yankee Bonnie faces questions over his two marriages and potential heirs. Judge Holmes hears an appeal from a Probate Court ruling as the estate seeks direction on rightful heirs and a surviving son amid reports of a second wife and a daughter source claims may be stepchild.
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Bonnie
Supreme Court
Bonini
Bonini No
Bonnie No. 2
Rosa Biaca
Italy
Holmes
ProBate Court
Louis Bonini
St. Bartholomew
Collo
Mary J. Alferino
Little Rosa
Boston
Hanover Street
Jamies Street
West End
Joseph N. Pastene
Boston Woman in Bloomers Wheels Around World Claim
Miss Annie Londonderry of Boston arrived in New Brunswick after a world journey on a bicycle claiming to have completed the around the world trip. She says she must reach Boston in two weeks to win 3000 dollars and notes she earned about 5000 by lecturing. She revealed a French physician companion died en route and that Londonderry is not her real name.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Annie Londonderry
Boston
Ard
Frank Newman
California
Arizona
China
Chicago
Londonderry
Remembrance of Jay Gould Helped Hobart Boy
In Hobart Delaware county the late Jay Gould was aided by Rob ert Wilson a village blacksmith who housed and schooled him for three years in return for Goulds accounts. Wilsons granddaughter Mrs Charles Hicks of Roxbury has a son Samuel 21 seeking education. Helen Gould offered Samuel a scholarship in memory of her father with five scholarships available.
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Poughkeepsie
Jay Gould
Hobart
Delaware County
Robert Wilson
John P. Wilson
Young Gould
Wilson
Roxbury
Charles Hicks
Samuel
Helen Gould
University of the City of New York
Miss Gould
Choir Strikes At St Patrick’s After Letters Incident
In Huntington I II on Sept. 18 church tensions spread from Second Presbyterian to Cold Spring Methodist and now to St Patrick’s. At St Patrick’s Rev Crowley faced anonymous letters about a fiancée, denied by the priest, and the choir struck accusing him of temper and grabbing a singer. The choir appeals to the bishop.
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Huntington
I. II
Second Presbyterian Church
Cold Spring Methodist Church
H. P. McVey
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church
J. J. Crowley
Father Crowley
Durrant Trial Begins With Lucille Turner Testimony
Miss Lucille Turner testified she did not visit Emmanuel Baptist Church on April 3, aiming to confirm she was not the woman seen with Durrant. George R. King, church organist in April, said he knew Durrant well and had visited him in jail after inquiries.
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San Francisco
Lucille Turner
Durrant
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Leak
George R. King
Man acquitted after kiss assault case in Indiana
William Shaffer of Packerton was arrested by Mrs. Charles Brown for kissing her against her will and fined for assault and battery. He appealed to Kosciusko Circuit Court where the jury acquitted him in court. Mrs. Brown plans $15,000 damages claiming reputational injury and cites two kisses.
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Laporthd
Ind
William Shaffer
Packerton
Charles Brown
Kosciuske
Hartford Inmate Escapes With Car Conductor to New York
Josephine Bryant a Hartford Industrial School inmate escaped early today in Middletown. Police believe she fled with Car Conductor Gilman of West Hartford and may be headed to New York.
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Middletown
Conn
Josephine Bryant
Hartford
Gilman
West Hartford
New York
Fund Drives Sympathy for Widowed Mother in Cambridge
A Post editorial calls for practical sympathy for a widow with six children and no fault of her own. The fundraising effort raised 10.50 contributing to a total of 1430.64 as of yesterday, with donors including P Burns and numerous Cambridge residents.
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P. Burns
Norfolk Street
Cambridgeport
E. J. Cos
J. Dup
Strerssernses
H.ilbert
Ceca
Aeeaes Saebis
Ie Wieseks Kisss
J. Burns
Clever Boston Crook Detained In New York Pickpocket Plot
William Sloane a 45 year old Boston dressed man was jailed by Magistrate Flammer in Yorkville Court on a pickpocketing charge. He targeted a tailor shop by claiming a rent in his trousers and later stole watches from customers, with multiple victims reported as police seek additional complainants.
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New York
William Sloane
Boston
Flammer
Yorkville Court
Sloane
Phelan & Son
Amsterdam Avenue
Seventy-fifth Street
Western Boulevard
Phelan
Grady
West Sixty-eighth Street
Norfolk Court Verdi... Verdicts in Several Cases
In Norfolk Superior Court Judge Dunbar presided as juries returned guilty verdicts for James H. Lewis of Quincy on assault and battery and Daniel C. Sullivan of Hyde Park on keeping a liquor nuisance, with sentences to follow. William F. Hartnett of East Dedham was sentenced to four months for drunkenness. Dennis Haley of Dedham pleaded guilty to malicious mischief and was fined $12.
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Dedham
Dunbar
James H. Lewis
Quincy
Michael Gill
Needham
George W. Rock
Natick
Daniel C. Sullivan
Hyde Park
Wiliam F. Hartnett
East Dedham
Dedham House of Correction
Dennis Haley
Flitting Notables Reach Port From New York
Ex Secretary Whitney arrived from New York on the yacht Columbia. The Viking with Mr and Mrs Burton Harrison also arrived. Chief Justice Fuller and family depart Sorrento for Washington. Potter Palmer and Mrs Palmer leave for Boston. Charles W. Begner and family sail for Philadelphia. The Sagamore with Edgar Scott party sails Sunday for Philadelphia.
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Bar Harbor
Whitney
New York
Columbia
Viking
Burton Harrison
Justice Fuller
Sorrento
Washington
Potter Palmer
Boston
Charles W. B
Gner
Philadelphia
Sagamore
Edgar Scott
Thomas Aa. Scott
Death of B Bernhardt German Interpreter in Boston
B Bernhardt longtime German interpreter for Boston courts died at his Dorchester home yesterday afternoon. He leaves a widow and seven children. He came to the United States in 1872 and lived in South Boston before moving five years ago. He ran a hairdressing shop in South Boston and held multiple lodge and community posts. Funeral is set for Sunday at 10 o clock.
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B. Bernhardt
Boston
Mr. Bernhardt
South Boston
Dorchester
Boston Lodge
Chebra Bikur Choalim
Congregation Mishkan Israel
Mozart Assembly
Roxbury Penny Aid Society
Boston Turnverein
Bernhardt
Park Theatre
Boston and Albany Excursion to New York Date Set
Oct 8 is the date for a Boston and Albany excursion to New York via Albany and Hudson River, returning by Fall River Line. Only partial text remains.
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Boston & Albany
New York
Albany
Hudson River
Fall River
Prohibitionists of Massachusetts Hold Twenty Fifth Convention
The Massachusetts Prohibitionists met in the Boston YMCA hall with 410 delegates from 22 cities and 60 towns. Edward Kendall was named governor candidate with a platform favoring prohibition, woman’s suffrage, state control of railroads, tariffs reform, and eight hour work days.
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Prohibitionists
Massachusetts
Boston Y. M. C. A. Hall
Gibbs
State Committee
Clark
Mabel MacCoy
Mansfield
Prohibition Party
National Committee
Boston
J. C. Brock
New Bedford
F. W. Clark
A. L. Cutting
Brock
Committee On Credentials
Committee On
Civil Service
Edward Kendall
Cambridge
Edward S. Rogers
Lee
Willard O. Wylie
Beverly
William M. Purrington
Williamstown
Frank M. Furbush
Natick
Herman T. Reynell
Attleboro
Kendall
Mr. Rogers
Professor Nichols
Beverges
Committee of Finance
EF. M. Furbush
Mabel McCoy
C. L. Leonard
Westboro
T. A. Frissell
Hinsdale
Hubert Lawrence
Palmer
J. C. Perry
Sherburne Falls
W. O. Wylie
Seth Weston
Chelsea
W. F. Davis
Middleboro
Allen Coffin
Nantucket
W. H. Howe
Franklin
Hobart R. Smith
Cottage City
J. M. Gray
G. A. Hawkes
Haverhill
Temperance Jubilee Marks Twenty Fifth Anniversary in Bay State
A public gathering at Music Hall celebrated twenty five years of temperance effort in the Bay State. John Willis Baer presided as speakers urged enforcement and reform, while Mr. Wooley delivered an ardent address attacking parties and urging moral civic duty.
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Massachusetts
Music Hall
Old Bay State
Neal Dow
Maine
John Willis Baer
New York City
Roosevelt
Wooley
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Masachusets
Mr. Wooley
Miss Dana
Watts
Woodbury's Facial Soap Founder John H Woodbury
Notice outlines an advertisement by John H Woodbury of 11 Winter Street Boston as inventor of Woodbury's Facial Soap. It emphasizes the facial soap creation and trademark style.
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John H. Woodbury
Winter St
Boston
O: Woodbury
Who Is To Blame For World Sickness Aimed At Dr Greene
A persuasive piece argues blame for illness lies with sufferers not higher powers. It touts Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as the cure, citing a Vermont case of typhoid aftermath and long relief after three bottles. The advertisement claims Dr Greene, of Temple Place Boston, offers free consultation and asserts universal cure and success.
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Greene
William M. Strong
Dr. Greene
Nervara
Temple - Place
Boston
Mass
Mass for the repose of Father Fulton S J
at the Church of the Immaculate Conception many friends attended the service led by Father Nicholas R Walsh. The Rev William H O Connor of St Josephs Church delivered a eulogy praising Fulton s enthusiasm self reliance breadth catholicity and his ability to serve in diverse roles from theological debates to teaching catechism. He was described as a ripe scholar prudent administrator and good priest.
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
Father Fulton
S. J
Timothy Brosnahan
Boston College
M. J. Byrne
John Buckley
F. Charlier
Lawrence O'Toole
Newton
William Fitzpatrick
Milton
Nicholas R. Walsh
Francis Butler
George Leahy
William H. O’connor
St. Joseph’s Church
Hts
People’s Party Caucus Nominates Two Reps in Wards 19 and 22
At the Roxbury Populists Club headquarters 2319 Washington street Alfred J. McCarthy and John Sellersteena were named representatives to the General Court for Ward 19 and James T. Breckley was nominated from Ward 22 for the People’s party.
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People’s Party
Roxbury
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