Police Raids Net Several Small Beer Seizures East Boston Beats
A Boston liquor squad carried out eleven raids with no large seizures. East Boston produced five raids with mixed results, including partial lager captures at 391 Chelsea street and 4 Faxon court. Other arrests included Mary Kelley and Mary Henry on liquor law violations, plus several beer and whiskey seizures across multiple addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charlotte Maybury
Chelsea Street
Jennie Mullen
Faxon
Faxon Court
G. A
Brown
Ellen Hoye
Ferrin Street
John Horgan
Bolton Street
West Second Street
Henry Feeney
John Desmond
Washington Street
Davis Street
Mary West
Mary Daniels
Cleveland Place
Tremont Street
Chinatown
Division 4
Harrison Avenue
Ah Wah
Henry May
Actors Union Formed in Boston Aimed at Salary Protections
A new actors union formed in Boston, recruited entirely from vaudeville professionals, met at Franklin Hall to establish officers and seek collective bargaining with managers. The group, allied with the Central Labor Union and AFL, counts 165 members and plans another meeting with Mary A. Kenny addressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Actors’ Union
New York
John F. O'Sullivan
Matt Harrington
American Federation of Labor
Franklin Hall
Hanover Street
Charles’ A. Mackie
Mackie and Walker
Bob Murray
Howard Atheneum
Guardian
Lone Star
Harry
William O. Austin
Mary A. Kenny
Actors’ Protective Union
Central Labor Union of Boston
American Federation
Pavonia Arrives as Child Dies at Sea During Voyage
The Cunard liner Pavonia, arrived off Boston and docked East Boston, reports a four year old boy Fred Holland died of meningitis on Sept 22 at latitude 42.22 N longitude 68.43 W and was buried at sea while the mother was aboard. A long list of saloon passengers follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Pavonia
Lon
Fred Holland
Boston Light
Boston
Lucie Adams
D. Armitage
Atherton
W. Atherton
Baird
J. Barry
R. Brown
R. Sacre
James B. Brown
Alice Rere
Edith B. Brown
S. L. Bullard
Annie P. Call
M. A. Cameron
A. W. Carret
Chapin
Cc. E. Chesterton
Hope Clement
Coe
Cremor
Cronore
P. Cuddihy
James Davis
Vrs
Davis
Ellen H. Davis
Alice P. Davis
Stephen M. Dixon
Dixon
J. W. Dobson
B. Fox
France
W. Gardner
Gardner
Aptain
G. T. Gratwiche
J. W.agrdo
A. G. Hatch
W. A. Hayes
Hayes
C. M. Hill
S. Hoppin
H. Morahton
Bertha M Howland
A. L. Hudson
P. D. Hyde
H. D. Hyde
Alice Co
L. W. Hyde
M. Jordan
E. R. Kingsbury
Sydney Lea
J. Percy Lea
K. & Nch
E. T. Manahan
Martin
Millet
Hilda Millet
Betty Miller
T. J. Mitchell
D. H. Montgomery
Montgomery
E. Z. Murray
A. H. Nichols
M M. C. Nichols
M. H. Nichols
Atta L. Nutter
A. F. Patton
BE. J. Payne
Jackson Pillow
Clara S. Pulsifer
C. A. Rabethge
W. L. Randall
Ranlett
A. S. Raymond
Ancis B. Rice
F. B. Rice
Gertrude M. Rice
G. T. Rice
A. W. Rice
Maud Ripley
H. Robinson
Robinson
Henry M
Rogers
T. A. Scott
Sever
E. Sever
U. Smith
Whiting
F. “ Man
Whitman
Harry O
Jan
R. Raymond L. Whitman
M. Wilkins
M. A. Wilson
Thomas
Adie von Winthrop
M. Sandford
Sandford
Globe from World's Fair sold to Chicago park board
Collector Russell sold the colossal twenty foot globe, covered with statistics, from the government building at the World's Fair to the south park commissioners for $10. It will move to the German building in Jackson Park as a permanent attraction. The globe cost the government $13,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Russell
South Park Commissioners
Jackson Park
Evangelistic Association Names Forbes to Lead Bromfield Noon Meeting
The Rev. Frank S. Forbes, a gifted young evangelist from the West, will conduct the noon meeting at Bromfield Street Church for the Evangelistic Association of New England until further notice. Special solo singing will occur daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franks. Forbes
West
The
Evangelistic Association of New England
Bromfield Street Church
Ross Chorister and Organist Dies in Woonsocket
Erwin A. Ross a leading musician and chorister at the Universalist Church in Woonsocket Rhode Island died this afternoon at age 39 He leaves a widow and was widely known in the city as a prominent organist and conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
R. I
Erwin A. Ross
Universalist Church
Dorchester Residents Protest School Boundary Change
Dorchester Ward 24 residents south of Capen street in the Henry L. Pierce district protest a school boundary shift sending pupils to Tileston School in Mattapan. Officials say Pierce is crowded and Tileston has space, but locals call the move unfair and lengthy for children. An indignation meeting led by Rev. Sharp is set at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Stanton Avenue and Evans Street, to urge rescission or a new Pierce building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce School
Tileston School
Mattapan
Pierce
Tileston
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stanton Avenue
Evans Street
Sharp
Henry L. Pierce
Eaton memorial window dedicated at Walnut Avenue Church
Dedication services for the Eaton memorial window occurred at 10 30 am in Walnut Avenue Congregational Church. Designed by Frederick Wilson and executed by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co the window honors William Eaton Mary Anne Lindsay Eaton and George William Eaton. Mrs Sarah Eaton Bird donor noted lumber merchant William Eaton helped build Phillips Church in South Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Walnut Avenue Congregational Church
Frederick Wilson
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
Sarah Eaton Bird
Lewis J. Bird
Bromfield Street
Plumb
Five dollar excursion to New York from Fall River area
A five dollar excursion departs October 9 traveling via Albany and the Hudson River to New York. Return routes include Fall River line and Boston via Boston and Albany Railroad, offering a round trip option from local regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albany
Hudson River
Fall River Line
Boston
Boston & Albany R. R
Pure rthey Wines Blanchard and Fa 14 to 17
Text fragment mentions Dock re and 31 Senet Hall with unclear context. Names Blanchard and Fa appear tied to a likely event or location. No clear outcome or date available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Rthey Wines
Blanchard & FA
Senet Hall
Record-breaking September 1894 across sports and ships
The article notes widespread new marks in September 1894 across trotting and pacing horse records, cycling speeds, running and swimming times, plus transatlantic ocean liner speeds. It highlights Alix, Mascot, Carbonate, Directly, Fantasy, and others, with notable feats at Sheepshead Bay, Travers Island, and A. C. clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Hanks
Alix
Mascot
Robert J
John R. Gentry
Arion
Carbonate
Fantasy
Lexington
Nashville
Ducat
Deceiver
Jennie Flood
Sheepshead Bay
J. S. Johnson
J. P. Bliss
N. Butler
J.S. Johnson
E. C. Bald
F. J. Titus
S. Lyons
New York
A. C
Travers Island
J. S. Mitchell
Stephen B. Chase
A. T. Kenny
Philadelphia
T. Carey
Ocean Greyhounds
Queenstown
Southampton
Cunard
Campania
London
Building Trades Council Elects Officers and Endorses Strikes
The Building Trades Council met at 987 Washington street admitting new delegates from the Painters Union Hoisting and Portable Engineers and Lathers Protective Union. Officers were elected P J Haley president Fred J Kneeland first VP Ed J Ryan second VP T E McCarthy third VP B F Monaghan recording secretary BE A MacDonald financial secretary James F Repell treasurer George H Paige sergeant at arms J McMahon trustee. A joint committee will work with the C L U to abolish the contract system and the council endorsed the garment workers strike. A Typographical Union 13 delegation spoke on a boycott of the Pilot and the Republic for hiring non union workers and the meeting voted to assist Union 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades Council
Washington Street
Painters’ Union
Hoisting and Portable Engineers
Lathers’ Protective Union
P. J. Haley
Roofers’ Protective Union
Fred J. Kneeland
The
Painters’ and Decorators’ Union 236
Ed J. Ryan
Housesmiths’ Union
T. E. McCarthy
Electrical Workers
B. F. Monaghan
BE. A. MacDonald
Wood Workers’ Union
James F. Repell
Marble
George H. Paige
J. McMahon
Painters’ Union 11
Garment Workers
Italian Knife Fight Ends with Hospitalized Victim
In North End near North Street and Brimmer, Constantine Bonfacio, 35, wounded with a deep cut to the left wrist and hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital, while Camilla de Palerco, 24, and Guiseppe Lucio, 43, both of North Street, are in custody at Station 1 on assault charges. The incident followed a heated money dispute. which arrestee delivered the knife remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
North Street
North Brimmer Street
Constantine Bonfacio
Massachusetts General Hospital
Camilla de Palerco
Guiseppe Lucio
Station 1
de Palercio
Charter Street
Lucio
Bonfacio
Crippled for Life: Cambridge Port Teen Hit by Train
James Percival seventeen son of Bramund Percival of 69 Moore Street Cambridgeport was crippled for life last evening at about 6 30 while trying to hop a freight car on the Boston and Albany line in Cambridgeport. He slipped and his left foot was crushed beneath the wheels and was taken to Cambridge Hospital by Dr Hildreth for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Zimmerman
Wheeler
Rome
Banker
Harry Paine
Brockton
North East
Massachusetts General Hospital
York County
Biddeford
Los Angeles
Thomas McAleer
McAleer
Meade
James Percival
Bramund Percival
Moore Street
Cambridgeport
Boston & Albany
Cambridge Hospital
Hildreth
Wound Reported in Lynn Street Fight Near Sheridan
Mark Aylwood of 45 Sheridan Street was taken to the hospital after a man named Flowers living nearby struck him with a stick, slicing his right cheek under the eye. The incident occurred this morning and the wound was dressed at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Earry
Mark Aylwood
Sheridan Street
Aylwood
Flowers
Mystic Park to Host World Class Horse Race Next Wednesday
Mystic Park attracts about three hundred horses as Directum Arion and Nelson vie for a $15,000 purse and a world championship. Arion may be sick and Moquette has gone South, leaving a likely trio battle with Directum and Nelson shaping the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic Park
Mystic
Directum
Arion
Nelson
Moquette
Kremlin
Electioneer
Great Western Flyer
Weymouth Races At Weymouth Fair Draw Strong Field
The Weymouth fair entries form the largest list in the society's history with races scheduled Friday and Saturday. Events include women's races, wagon races for trotters and pacers, 2 40 and 2 30 trot and pace on Friday, and on Saturday a women's race, running, 2 50 trot, 2 3 trot, and a free for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weymouth
Browns Fall To Orioles As Struggles Continue
The Browns lost their third straight game to the Baltimore Orioles in St. Louis on Sunday September 23. Breitenstein was hit hard and unsteady. Attendance reached 10,000 as Baltimore won 11 to 4 behind Hemming Esper and Robinson against Breitenstein and Miller. Baltimore had 11 base hits to St. Louis’s 7 with one error for Baltimore and three for St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Browns
Baltimores
Breitenstein
Baltimore
Hemming
Esper
Robinson
Miller
Chicago and Washington Split Athletics Twinbill
Chicago and Washington split a doubleheader with Chicago taking the second game as darkness halted the fifth inning. Abbey homered for Washington in the first game, Terry pitched for Chicago, Mullarkey worked well, and Emslie left Ward out of the game in the fourth. In game two Chicago won as Boyd struggled, with Chicago collecting 11 hits to Washington’s 9. attendance was 9,900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Terry
Abbey
Senators
Colts
Mullarkey
Emslie
Ward
Boyd
Brooklyn Triumphs In First Game Over Reds
Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 10 to 9 in the opener as Reds fielding misplayed. Hoy homered. Second game ended early in seventh inning with Cincinnati taking the win. batting and errors heavily favored the Reds. Attendance 6,484.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Brooklyns
Reds
Hoy
Daub
Brooklyn
Kennedy
Kinslow
Wittrock
Merritt
Parrott
Dwyer
Murphy
Dailey
Physiognomical Haircutters Offer Ornamented Beard Trim
An advertisement from Aluand Bros at 19 Tremortrew promotes grooming advice for beards, suggesting trims designed to beautify the face and brighten features rather than complete shorn removal, positioning the service as a refined head ornament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aluand Bros
Boxing Chatter on American pugilists hits Boston, London demand
The Portrait Gallery of American Pugilists in the Physical Development Series dominates boxing news. Part 1 sold 25,000 in Philadelphia, 50,000 copies ordered to London, with No. 2 ready. Corbett praises the work as finest. Pricing favors the Post at 15 cents with a coupon, no postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portrait Gallery of
Boston
London
Philadelphia
Boston Post
Corbett
Billy Edwards
Post
Sullivan
Jim Corbett
Peter Jackson
Steve O'Donnell
W. A. Brady
Fitzsimmons
Creedon
Jim
Fitz
Denver
Ed Smith
Billy Keough
Peter Maher
Griffo
Jack Skelly
Johnny Gorman
Billy Plimmer
Johnny Murphy
New Orleans
Horace Leeds
Atlanta City
N. J
Horace
Grif
Bob Fitzsimmons
Coney Island
Dunn
Butler
Hughey Behan
Kid Lavigne
Sam Fitzpatrick
Ike QO
Neil Weir
Eugene Hornbacker
Spider
Hornbacker
Driscoll Receives Diamond During Bonita Sail Recap
John J. Driscoll of the schooner Bonita of the South Boston Yacht Club was presented with a diamond stud by friends as a token of regard after the last sail of the 1894 season. A reception followed off Hull with visiting yachtsmen, a farewell banquet, and performances aboard the Bonita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Driscoll
South Boston Yacht Club
Driscoll
J. E. Quinn
Bonita
Hull
Skylight
A. D. Grover
B. E. Shattuck
L. H. Galencia
A. C. Robinson
Harry Morrison
Seth Hartford
S. A. Thompson
J. Henry Callaghan
Samuel J. Haslden
W. HE. Durgin
C. H. Brough
Edward Pierce
Charles C. Payson
Augustus H. Freese
John J. O’hare
Yachting Day Opens Season at Marblehead Harbor
At Marblehead on September 23 fifty yachts appeared at dawn enjoying favorable late season weather. Notable skippers included Captain Herbert Goodwin in Brenda Captain Jack Homan in Pauline and Captain Louis Hameline in Lila Belle. Afternoon dory racing by Bay View Boat Club saw Dark Secret win reck-dories and Nifty win open class. Corinthian club smoked at the clubhouse, with season closing imminent as September ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Herbert Goodwin
Brenda
Goodwin
Jack Homan
Pauline
Louis Hameline
Portland
Bessie
Boston
Magnolia
Bohemian
Leona
Bay View Boat Club
James Mullett
Corinthians
Boston Big Six sail and fishing cruise closes season
The Big Six of Boston ended their summer season with a third annual harbor sail and fishing contest aboard the Ida M. Dalby from Commercial wharf. Over fifty guests fished at Minot light and Scituate, Joseph O'Sullivan won $10 for largest fish, Edwin Clarke $3 for smallest. The trip featured a prank on President Bush, a band concert, and a steamer crew led by Captain Alfred Lundgren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ida M. Dalby
Dalby
Minot Light
Lee
Scituate
Joseph O'Sullivan
Edwin Clarke
Bush
Patrick Doherty
Rush
Alfred Lundgren
Pavonia
Trainmen's Brotherhood Marks Eleventh Anniversary in Baltimore
Baltimore hosts a two day celebration as thousands of railway workers from several unions gather for the eleventh anniversary. speakers include L S Coffin of Iowa, F P Sargent, M M Dolphin, and D E Everett. Coffin, a former Iowa railroad commissioner, addresses on Sunday rest and auto couplers law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association
S. E. Wilkinson
Brotherhood
F. P. Sargent
L. S. Coffin
White Button
M. M. Dolphin
Delois Everett
Grand Engineer Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Fr. M. Ingalls
Commissioners' Sale of Real Estate in South Boston
Probate Court of Suffolk orders commissioners to sell Henry Rothenberg and Frank Horgan property by public auction on October 2, 1894 at 3 PM. The parcels lie on West Second Street South Boston with shared 4 and 20 foot passage rights. Cash $200 at sale, balance due in ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wree
Second Street
South
Boston
County of
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Henry Rothenberg
Frank T. Horgan
Tuay
West Second Street
Said Street
Brophy
Benjamin Whitman
A. S. Penniman
John Briggs
G. H. Cunningham
Mortgagee's Sale of Roxbury Lot by North End Savings Bank
Public auction to foreclose a mortgage on a Roxbury parcel in Boston Suffolk described as lot 125 and part of 124 on a Granger plan. The sale, August 11 1894 notice, carries a 5-foot strip passage right and a ten-foot way to Worthington and Wiggleworth streets. Sale terms announced at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Holmes
Mary E. Holmes
North End Savings Bank
Suffolk
Boston
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Roxbury
David Granger
Worthington Street
George D. Cox
Richard Pope
Worthington
Wiggleaworth
Nortibend Savings Bank
Herbert C. Wells
WM. C. Williamson
Pembettm Square
Petition to quiet title in Wakefield land parcels
Jacob Hartshorne of Wakefield seeks a court order to quiet title in three lots 12 14 and 15 on Charles Street Wakefield. He alleges clouded title due to a possible third part claim by George W Swan heirs and requests summons to show cause and a decree estopping any adverse claims if not appearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massacchussetts
Middlesex
Supreme Judical Court
County of
Jacob C. H Tshorne
Wakefield
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Henry L. Eaton
Charles Street
Andor
Henry V. Buxton
Mary
Buxton
Middlesex Sc
George W. Swan
Boston
Suffolk
Commonwealth
California
Swan
George V. Swan
Cambridge
Jacob
Hartshorne
Notice to appear before Supreme Judicial Court in Cambridge
The court orders the petitioner to notify all interested persons to appear before the justices at Cambridge on the first Monday of February by publishing an attested copy of the petition and order in the Boston Post for three consecutive weeks, so they may show cause why the petition should not be granted. Attest: Theo. C. Hurd, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Supreme Judicial Court
A. D
Cambridge
Boston Post
Boston
Suffolk
Theo. C. Hurd
Wentworth files to reconstitute trust for Kansas company
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court action requests appointment of a new trustee after the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company resignation. Trustees seek court directions to renew overdue mortgages, sell properties to cover taxes, levy five percent bond assessments, and borrow against trust assets to pay unpaid dividends and coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusbhtts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
Ralph S. Wentworth
Commonwealth Loan and Trust Company of Kansas
William S. Hinman
George A. Washburn
Robert F. Raymond
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Notice to Appear Before Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court
The Suffolk county Supreme Judicial Court orders all interested parties to appear at Boston on the first Tuesday of October to show cause why the petition should not be granted. An attested abstract of the petition and this order must be published twice weekly in the Boston Post. Clerk John Noble dated September 4, 1894. Attest: H. Cooper, Asst. Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF
J. Woodbury
Boston
Woodbury
A. D
Liilla J. Woodbury
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
Boston Post
John Noble
H. Cooper
Notice to Defendant in Suffolk Superior Court Action
Suffolk Superior Court in Boston orders Clarence Staples to answer Charles B. Osgood Co. in a contract suit for two hundred dollars. Defendant previously not personally served. publication in the Boston Post required or personal service fourteen days before the November 1894 first Monday. Clerk Jos. A. Willard records the directive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Superior Court
A. D
Charles B. Osgood
C. B. Osgood & CO
Boston
Clarence Staples
Aples Brothers
Waltham
Boston Post
Jos. A. Willard
Milk Can Dealer Bemis Registration in Boston 1894
Description filed in Boston and Commonwealth offices under the 1893 act protects milk beverage sellers. Henry E Bemis of Chauncey Place Charlestown District Boston is identified as a milk dealer. Cans bear B or FE Bemis engravings and the word registered. Statement dated September 13, 1894.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
City of
Boston
Henry E. Bemis
Chauncey Place
Charlestown
Mass
H. E. Bemis
FE. Bemis
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Actors’ Union
Dead
Dorchester
ART and Religion
Mystic's Flyers
Weymouth Races
Dugdale
Kittredge
Griffith
Plimmer-Murphy
Dobbs
Hallock
Medical Institute and Museum of Anatomy
Court St
Ste
Fiallock
Museum of Anatomy
Dr. Hallock & Co
Thumim
Court Street
West End
Trainmen’s Brotherhood
Charles T. Gallagher
John J. Martin
Abraham Troeder
Alwah
Jos
A. Willard
Henry B. Bellew
Atlantic Works
East
Massy
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