Governors and governorship debates color party conventions
On the eve of both parties holding State conventions next week, Democratic and Republican leaders gathered at political headquarters. Notables such as Congressman Lovering and Mayor Russell discussed preferred nominees and strategy, with Brackett and Haile camps rallying for lieutenant governor while denying splits. Strong lines of support and cautious optimism marked both sides as campaigning intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Ffty
Congressman Lovering
Charles Levi Woodbury
Russell
Edward Avery
John M. Corse
John E. Russel
Jonas A H. French
John W. Bart
Lawson Sibley
Springfield
William M. Hoar
Lowell
Cambridge
John E. Russell
Grinnell
Greenfield
John F. Andrew
Worcester
Speakerrackett
Haile
Brackett
Tremont House
Ost
Young’s
City of Homes
John L. Knight
Republican City Committee
E. P. Kendrick
Bruce
Burden
Gilmore
Moulton
Level
Kimball
Enfield
Framingham District GOP allocates ten-year reps
The Republican town committees of Holliston Sherborn Framingham and Wayland met in South Framingham to allocate the 20 representatives for the next decade. Framingham gets 11 seats Holliston 4 Wayland 3 and Sherborn 2. A convention to nominate candidates will be held in South Framingham on Oct 26 at 5 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Town Committee
Twenty
Middlesex
Holliston
Sherborn
Framingham
Wayland
South Framingham
S. B. Bird
Essex county DA trouble shakes Salem Democratic committee
District attorneyship troubles in Essex County disrupt Salem Democrats as secretary William J Sullivan resigns and Richard Hines fills the post. Haggerty of Ward 4 and O'Brien of Ward 1 also resign from the committee. Andrew E Story named a Beverly Republican candidate for the Legislature with possible Knights of Labor support. Wenham Republicans pick W E Trout for Cogswell’s delegate. Sudbury Republicans announce delegates including Gerry and Bent. Senator Douglas reportedly urged for second Democratic ticket slot. Lynn Republicans seek ex Senator Bennett in Essex Senate district. Ipswich Ipswich Sayward up Republican D A nomination. Prohibition rally in North Belknap. Congressional and local delegates named for upcoming conventions. Episodes abroad note police protection in Ireland and mixed royal reactions in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex County
Democratic
Salem
William J. Sullivan
Richard Hines
Daniel T. Haggerty
Ward 4
D. J. O’brien
Ward 1
Andrew E. Story
Beverly
C. L. Dodge
Story
Knights of Labor
Wenham
Josiah C. Bennett
Essex
Charles A. Sayward
Ipswich
North Beltnate
George W. Penniman
Horticultural Hall
Worcester
Governor appoints Erskine Warden as state school trustee
The Waltham Tribune notes Governor Robinson selecting Hon. Erskine Warden of this city as a trustee for the state school for feeble-minded youth, while Worcester Times mocks rival candidates. Haverhill Laborer calls for new blood and party unity, urging Democrats to allow a fresh chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham Tribune
Robinson
Erskine Warden
Commonwealth
Medford Woman Burned to Death Lighting Stove Fire
Miss Hiannah B. Roach aged 76, nearly blind, lit a kitchen stove fire at her Highstreet home and was burned to death. Her clothes mostly burned away, evidence of a fierce struggle with flames. Discovered around noon by neighbor C. B. Johnson. she lived alone.
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Hiannah B. Roach
Highstreet
Medford
C. B. Johnson
Yachting as a Figure of Human Life by Dr Bartol
The Rev. C A Bartol preached at West Church on a ship metaphor from James 4 Behold the Ships He urged making and molding character like a ship launched sailed and steered He warned that wind discipline and prayer guide moral voyage and culminated in the prize of virtue over worldly success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Bartol
D.D
West Church
James
Byron
England
America
Bariel
Newport
David
Garrison
Farragut
Boston
New York Mayoralty: Tammany and Republicans Plot Masters
A Philadelphia Record letter analyzes New York politics with Tammany aiming to seize the mayoralty at any cost while Republicans seek Assembly control to ensure a U S Senator. It forecasts a deal for spoils, a likely separate Tammany mayoral nomination, and a swing of support from Republican votes, with Mayor Grace retirement and Henry George attacks shaping the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Tammany
Assembly
United States
State Committee
Hugh Grant
Grace
Henry George
Colonel Charles G. Greene in critical condition at hotel
Colonel Charles G. Greene founder of the Post lies gravely ill at the Commonwealth Hotel. Once in good health, he has suffered heart trouble for weeks and his doctor fears he may not recover, predicting he could die at any time or linger for days or weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Greene
The
Post
Commonwealth Hotel
Pearline Washing Compound Promise of Pure Harmless Use
A brief advertisement touts Pearline as a pure and harmless washing compound that saves time and reduces labor for household cleaning.
Boston Press Rifle Association Meets at Walnut Hill Range
The Boston Press Rifle Association holds annual events at Walnut Hill Range Woburn on Monday October 11 featuring five matches cross wide team and individual contests at 200 yards with class divisions and bull's eye pool prizes. Trains from Lowell depart 7:30 9:00 12:00 and 3:10 a m with range waterborne access and return times 1:55 5:05 5:52 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Press Rifle Association
Walnut Hill Range
Woburn
J. D. Whitcomb
Transcript
Lowell
Walnut Hill
New Books and Serial Plans From Leading Publishers
A roundup of upcoming works and serials from Harper’s, Scribner’s, Ticknor & Co., Houghton Mifflin, and Macmillan. Projects include Frank Stockton’s The Hundredth Man in The Century, Stevenson’s The Merry Men and Other Fables, and a Stevenson life of Wellington. Also listed are Abbey’s She Stoops to Conquer edition, Thackeray leftovers, Browning Sonnets deluxe, and Henry James Casamassima among forthcoming titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stockton
Robert Louis Stevenson
Charles Scribner's Sons
Stevenson
Duke of Wellington
Andrew Lang
Harper & Bros
Franklin Square
Hugh J. Hastings
New York Commercial Advertiser
Edwin A. Abbey
Goldsmith
Mr. Abbey
Harper’s Magazine
New York
Alfred Parsons
Austin Dobson
George Redway
London
Thackeray
House of Ticknor & Co
E. P. Whipple
Bartel
Julian Hawthorne
Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Far Interior
Malcolm Kerr
Africa
William Burnet Wright
Omar Kaggam
Celia Thaxter
Macmillan & Co
Thomas Carlyle
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard University
Edward A. Freeman
M. Lanfrey
Greenland
Baron von Nordenskiold
Roger de Coverley
Hugh Thomson
Washington _Irving
Bracebridge Hall
Randolph Caldecott
Molesworth
Walter Crane
Ex-policeman charged with murder in Oxford Street killing
James W. Drury an ex policeman was arrested on suspicion of murdering Mary B Sharpe the owner of a house on Oxford street. She died after severe bruising and kicks and a post mortem was ordered. Drury allegedly faced jealousy and prior abuse claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Sharpe
Oxford Street
James W. Drury
Hanly and Fernald
Drury
Turnbull
Draper
Maine
Sharpe
New Post Office At Malden Opens In Yerxa Block
The Malden post office moves tonight to Yerxa's block on Pleasant street with steam heat and two large electric lights. Ash woodwork and 1580 call boxes plus 410 lock boxes mark a gain of about 500 boxes. A general delivery window fronts the main entrance with four side windows for service. A rear room will handle office work and money orders. Space on both sides allows large crowds to move easily. Postmaster Ball aims to keep all staff but two assistants are discharged due to Washington budget limits. Removal work should take about eight hours.
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Malden
Yerxa’s
Pleasant Street
Ball
Washington
Patent design easel case heard in United States Circuit Court
Eugene B. Crocker brings suit against Cutter Tower Company alleging infringement of design patent No. 16,312 issued Oct 6, 1885 for an easel with upright standards crossing near the top depicting cat tail plant stems and flowers. Defendants admit patent grant and sale of an easel like the design but claim the matching parts were old prior art. Hearing held with counsel Drew Durant for complainant and Morgan Shaw for defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Drew
William B. Durant
Charles C. Morgan
Otis M. Shaw
Salem finds 1652 pine shilling and historic relics
In the old house on Turner street Salem workers uncover a 1652 pine shilling a Coffee Turner psalter and old-fashioned leaded diamond windows. The city council grants the Sons of Veterans permission to erect a bronze zinc soldiers monument at Winter and Newbury streets to be ready for dedication November 1.
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Turner Street
Salem
Sons of Veterans
Winter
Newbury Streets
Suspension of John M. Moore & Co. Bankers in New York
The New York firm at 78 Broadway suspends business after a 21 year old clerks short selling without knowledge of the house. Examination shows nearly 100000 dollars in losses from the clerk's hedging scheme. The clerk left the city and is at large. The firm plans to resume business in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John M. Moore & Co
Broadway
Funeral for Charles O. Currier in Newburyport
The funeral for Charles O. Currier, who collapsed in Boston’s Odd Fellows' procession last Wednesday, was held at his Newburyport home with Rev. D. W. Moorhouse presiding. A large guard of honor from multiple lodges and cantons joined the service, followed by a 300-strong funeral procession. Interment was in Oak Hill cemetery with lodge burial rites observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Charles O. Currier
Odd Fellows
Boston
D. W. Moorhouse
Unitarian Church
Quassicuiquin Lodge
Grand Canton Washington
Somerville
Grand Canton Mascot
Canton Harmony
Chevaliers
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Oak Hill Cemetery
Barbers Meet in 1936 Knights of Labor Assembly
The Barbers Assembly met yesterday at Shawmut Hall with Master Workman Remley Seidlinger presiding. By-law adoption for the benevolent society was postponed to next Sunday to ensure full attendance. Resolutions on the barber branch of the Knights of Labor were prepared for the general assembly in Richmond next week. Regular meetings move to Sunday afternoons.
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Barbers’ Assembly
Knights of Labor
Shawmut Hall
Remley Seidlinger
Benevolent Society
Barbers
General Assembly
Richmond
Knights of Labor Temperance Organizes Meeting
The Knights of Labor Temperance Organization held its second meeting last evening in Evans Hall at 16 Howard Street. Remley Seidlinger chaired, James Livingstone was secretary, with strong attendance and notable interest. Speakers included Pickett Carter Winston Simonds Ford and Fancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor Temperance Organization
Evans Hall
Howard Street
Remley Seidlinger
James Livingstone
Messrs. Pickett
Carter
Winston
Simonds
Ford
Fancy
Boston Theatre Benefit Tests Deep Charities Fund
The Boston Theatre audience packed the house last night, raising over 2700 dollars for Charleston relief. The Boston Ideal Opera Company performed with Mlle. Zeke de Lussan, Miss Marie Stone, Mile. Lablache, and others, while Mr. Ivan Morawski's basso drew the loudest acclaim for a powerful, even voice and polished phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Theatre
Charleston Relief Fund
Boston Ideal Opera Company
Mlle
Zeke de Lussan
Marie Stone
Mile. Lablache
Tom Karl
W. H. Lawton
H. C. Barnabee
Ivan Morawski
W. H. Macdonald
Clement Bainbridge
W. H. Clark
S. L. Studley
Music Hall
J. C. Mullaly
R. Shuebruk
E. M. Heindl
Mile
de Lussan
Mr. Lawton
Hessler
Boston
Rossini
Mr. Morawski
Mlle. de Lussan
Lavillee
Lablache
Mr. Barnabee
Mesars. Giese and Heindl
Thomas
Hamlet
Miss Stone
Mr. Macdonald
Dr. Shuebruk
Mr. Karl
Mr. Marquadt
Mr. Clark
Worcester Ideal Musical course announces six concerts this season
The Worcester Ideal Musical course will present six entertainments starting Oct 25 with Emma Juch Cornelia Zaute n Charles Bassett and William Ludwig of the American Opera Company. Nov 4 features the New York Philharmonic Club with Mme Annie Louise Tanner and others. A Nov 18 concert stars Mme Fanny Kellogg and Theodore J Toedt. Dec 16 features Emily Winant Rafael Joseffly and Ovide Musin with Mrr B D Allen. Jan 3 brings the Boston Symphony Orchestral Club led by Bernhard Listemann with Teresa Carreno and Signor G Tagliapietra. Jan 17 closes with the American Opera Company and Thomas orchestra under Theodore Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Emma Juch
Cornelia Zauten
Charles Bassett
William Ludwig
American Opera Company
New York Philharmonic Club
Mme Annie Louise Tanner
Meigs Sisters
Fedora Willimek
Thomas Orchestra
Theodore Thomas
Dramatic and Musical Notes Entertain Week Listings
Weekly theatre attractions include Miss Helen Daugray in One of Our Girls at Park Miss Myra Goodwin opens in Sis in Port Chester Oct 4 under J J Ryan’s management The Bijou misprint corrected Mr Charles Bassett arrives from Liverpool on the America The O Reagans to open Oct 4 Harrigan appears as a hot headed Irishman at Fenian risk Metropolitan Opera House busy with new season scenery costumes and properties The chorus sails from Germany on Fulda artists on Eider and Saale Oct 6 and 13 Nigmann sails Oct 25 Palmer revisits a favored dramatic idea.
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Park
Helen Daugray
Globe
Museum
Harbor Lights
Boston
World
Hollis Street
Olias Howard
Rentz-Sandy Company
Bijou
The
Rajah
Myra Goodwin
Sis
Port Chester
N. Y
J. J. Ryan
Charles Bassett
American Opera Company
Liverpool
America
Harrigan
O’reagans
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Germany
Fulda
Eider
Saale
Herr Nilmann
Mr. Palmer
New Plays Tested at Madison Square Theatre
The program proposes extra performances in the afternoon at Madison Square Theatre to test merit of American plays. The first trial is planned for November featuring a new work by W. D. Howells. Rice and Dixey reportedly brought from London a short piece by Campbell Rae-Brown titled A Sixpenny Wire, a Telegraphic Farcial Melodrama in One Flash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Theatre
W. D. Howells
Messrs. Rice
Dixey
London
Campbell Rae- Brown
City Notes items from Brighton brawl to suffrage talks
Henry Morgan was arrested after a fight with James Galligan in Brighton in which Galligan was bitten on the ear. A noonday prayer meeting at Boston Young Men's Christian Association at Tremont row lists a week of speakers. The city logged 191 deaths for the week ending Saturday, rate 25. A grand council session of Home Circle of Massachusetts is set for tomorrow at Memphis Hall. United States letter carriers contract awarded to G. W. Simmons & Co. Weekly union prayer meetings continue at Dartmouth street church. Charleston relief fund pennies box totals show generous daily receipts. Patrick J. Devine, 20, was arrested for stabbing Patrick Sheehan on Foundry street, with Sheehan hospitalized but not in danger. Discourse on women’s suffrage given at Church of the Disciples in Brookline street by several speakers.
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Henry Morgan
James Galligan
Brighton
Galligan
Jones
Station 14
Morgan
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Tremont Row
C. P. Spalding
Andrew Burrows
Martin
A. MeElham
J. L. Viallie
Nickerson
Grand Council of
Home Circle
Massachusetts
Memphis Hall
Essex Street
United States
G. W. Simmons & Co
Boston
South End
Reformed Episcopal Church
Dartmouth Street
Messrs. A. Shuman & Co
Charleston
Saturday Evening Gazette
Patrick J. Devine
Third Street
South Boston
Inspector Skelton
Patrick Sheehan
Foundry Street
Church of the Disciples
Brookline Street
Charles E. Endicott
Annie O. H. Shaw
Louis A. Banks
Cora A. Pond
Preaching on the Common Draws Small Sunday Crowd
The Sunday preaching on the Common drew perhaps the smallest attendance of the season, likely due to threatening weather. P Ambier, D W Fales, D McGill and others spoke earnestly, delivering blunt direct sermons in the spirit of early Methodists.
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P. Ambier
D. W. Fales
D. McGill
Aztec Fair At Horticultural Hall Draws Large Crowds
The Aztec fair in Horticultural Hall runs daily drawing big audiences. The exhibit showcases Mexican craftsmanship and customs with an emphasis on mummy displays as the season's major attraction. Attendance grows daily, and management celebrates a unique and fascinating show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horticultural Hall
Ship Letters at Boston Post Office September List
A detailed list of letters remaining at the Boston Post Office on Saturday September 25 compiled by Alonzo F. Johnson. The notice explains retention until called for or forwarded and directs readers to consult previously published lists. many ship, brig, schooner, and steamship names appear alongside individual recipients and owners.
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Boston Post
Boston Pest
Alonzo F. Johnson
Lst
Wm Anderson
Vega
A N_ Ames
Jennie A. Cheney
B Anderson
Sarah Carlin
FA Allen
S L Simmons
Edgar
Avery
Emma W Day
Adams
Helen A Chase
Abbie
James Kitchin
John Armstrong
Curlew
Allamanier
Cadman
John F Brown
Blanche
Emily F Whitney
Walter Zarker
Minnie
William J Banks
Emima
Middleton
G L Powman
Addie
H Benneke
Syren
John H Bowen
Anna L Mulford
Wallace C Bearse
Harry Messer
V J Buckmaster
Sch
Exchange
William Clark
S B Wheeler
Cranmer
Tena
Cotton
C H Cobb
Lanie Cobb
Alexander Chisholm
McDougate
NH Card
Addie M Bird
Curtis
H Fabens
Leander Cooke
Effie Sweet
Low Cohen
Amepuky
Charles d Carter
Lizzie Carter
Thomas Douglas
Schr
Mulford
Charles W Delon
Sehr
St Thomas
Davidson
Leisenring
Andrew W Day
Fortuna
J H Drew
Seawitch
Wesley Dennis
Katie G Robinson
Warren M Eaton
Jennie Pillsbury
William E Eagan
Gertrude Abbott
Rufus Godfrey
S KB Wheeler
William Gabriel
I Morrison
Cmi Havener
Charles Sachs
Levi Hall
David N Hunt
Ole Halversen
Margaret A May
D H Hutchinson
Mindoro
Soren Hansen
F Hewett
Bark
George W Sweeney
Fred Haley
EB Leisenring
Abell Haley
John D Paige
O Jorgensen
Rusper
N C Janson
Sarah D J
Ole C Johanson
Alp
Johanson
S Droluk
D. Kitechin
George F Kelley
DPD
Sawyer
David Kennedy
Susan
William Lent
Emma Potter
David Leighton
Clear
FE H
Goldsmith
James Nolan
Virgin Rock
Anders M Olafsen
Alf
Fred Noss
Angeli Green
Pinkham
Sarah Godfrey
Thomas P Phelan
Walter J Massey
Benjamin Phillips
Pythia
M BR Preston
Marietta Smith
Samuel Poked
Flora Rogers
H Powers
Eldora
Katie L Rementer
Maggie Andrews
John Slocomb
George W Fenimore
William F .Terry
Thomas Thomason
S Truitt
Emma © Middleton
W_F Terry
J Torrey
Morris W Child
Edar A True
Grace Cushing
Alfred Trask
D M French
E H Wood
EH Harriman
Nellie E Wood
H Harriman
Edward Walsh
John Bird
Sallie E Wheaton
Bessie Morris
John Williams
Jane Adeline
Thomas Walsh
Grace
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Judge Lawson
Oxford
Frank Joyce
Lord Clanriearnde
Miss de Vere
Prince Alexander
Lord Palmerston
Prince of Wales
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Duke of Edinburgh
Beatrice
Bolton
Manchester
Syllogos
Constantinople
Athenaeum
Times
Marshal Moltke
Cirque d
Russia
iSaturday Review
Biarritz
Pyrenees
Los Montes
Femme du Monde
Telegraph
Beaconsfield
Messrs. Blackwood
Edinburgh
Earl of Beaconsfield
Liverpool Post
the State Press
Worcester Times
Billy’ Russell
Camridge
Johnny” Andrew
Haverhill
Bourbon Democracy
DR. Bartol
Post Sick
United States Circuit Court
Colt and Carpenter, Jr
Eugene B. Crocker
Cutter Tower
Salem Notes
Labor Temperance Movement
the Theatres
Relief Fund
City Notes
the Weekly Post
Post Publishing Company
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