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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1889

Page

2

London Opium Death Ends Boston Minister Hurd’s Struggles

The Rev. Charles Sidney Hurd of Parmenter Street Unitarian Chapel Boston died by opium in London. An inquest verdict declared insanity. A letter to Rev. Stopford Brooke pleaded for help and resignation to death. Brooke funded burial. Hurd, once a Boston missionary, faced financial and personal turmoil.

London Charles Sidney Hurd Parmenter Street Unitarian Chapel Boston Enston Hotel Hurd Stopford Brooke Brooke Maupen Charles Retter Malden Maplewood Parmenter Street Washington Territory Northern Pacific Railroad New York New Brunswick United States Burlington (la.) University Rochester University Den Post Little Frederick Chandler, Jr Charlestown Benevolent Fraternity of Churches Stopford W. Brooke Edward A. Horton Second Church First Church Horton Parmenter Street Chapel West North End

Reception to a Pastor on S H Winkley Birthday

An evening reception at Bulfinch Place Chapel honors Rev S H Winkley for his seventieth birthday and forty third year in the ministry. Boston Unitarian ministers attended including Rev Brooke Herford and Rev E E Hale. Highlights included welcome by H H Putnam, poems by Caleb D Bradley and Rev Herford, readings, vocal solos, and a served collation.

Bulfinch Place S. H. Winkley Unitarian Association of Boston Brooke Herford E. E. Hale H. H. Putnam Caleb D. Bradlee Emily Gardiner Mr. Herford Ames Church of the Disciples George FE. Howes Anna French Week Etta Knowles Nowles

Jumbo at Tufts College opens Barnum display

The Barnum Museum at Tufts College has placed Jumbo the mounted elephant skin inside the natural history building. To fit the mammoth specimen the portico doors were removed and the stone threshold altered. The move was supervised by Mr Barnum’s agent, placing Jumbo beside Bridgeport the small elephant.

Tufts College Barnum Museum Phineas T. Barnum Natural History Building Barnum Bridgeport United States

Prosperity of the South Sees Race Issue as Major Obstacle

Frederic Taylor reports from Baltimore that the South shows a music of progress and potential boom driven by hard work. He identifies the race problem as the key obstacle to political health and local autonomy, noting planters keep tax payers in power. He predicts cheaper pig iron only outside Cornwall, with iron and cotton-related industries driving future growth and immigration aiding prosperity.

Baltimore Frederic Taylor New York A. S. Hewitt Edward Cooper Taylor New South South Cornwall Penn

Multiple Western Fires Blaze Through Shops and Lumber Yards

Fire swept Sheriff & Sons foundry and machine shops in Pittsburg causing about 60 thousand dollars in losses with 35 thousand to the firm and 10 thousand on the building. Nearby Empire Lumber yards in Hannibal lost ten million feet of lumber and several homes in a major blaze. A Hogan barn near Manila Iowa burned fatally injuring Mr Hogan and injuring neighbors. Cambridge box alarm tested at Park Packing by John P Squire.

Pittspurg Penn Sheriff & Sons First Avenue Ferry Street Anchor Hannibal Empire Lumber Company Drs Moines Daniel Hogan Manila Cambridge Park John P. Squire Montreal Chamber of Commerce le Bourdais Joseph le Bourdais Gylfe Quebec Glasgow Portland Lake Superior Racine Wis Martin Rolland Abingdon Lake Marawaleonneie Council Bluffs Jake Gaudaur George Hosmer Charles E. Courtney John Teemer Dennis C. McCarthy Meriden Conn First Congregational Church Leicester State of Maine Simon Borg & Co Newark Concord N. H Charles H. Sanborn Hemnan Sanborn Jacob Hornung New Albany Brewer Brown’s Cross Road Nashville, Tenn Nashville & Decatur E. C. Greene M. L. Ely Albert Finch George Ward Elmira N. Y Ward Canada Maurice J. Crowley Collinsville St. Rose’s Church Thomas R. Crawford Tuxedo Park New York C. A. Blackman Ansonia Georgia Curtis Northfield Dublin John Jameson Fairfield County Sherman Findlay Samuel C. Moore Edward Spriggle Pioneer Coal Company Charleston D. &. Paytor Simeon Early Robert Cemmins, Jr J.H. Muginn A.J. Welch Hartford John J. W. White McLean County Covington Halifax Ritchie Henry Hardie D. 5 Billings Burleson A. J. Yarboro Yarboro Lucy Cahill Peter Paul Mahoney Brooklyn N.Y

Chess Tournament Round Results From New York

In the afternoon session Burille beat MacLeod, Gunsberg beat Showalter, Pollock beat Hanham, Lipschutz and Taubenhaus drew. Evening results had Burille over MacLeod, Weis drawing Bird, Thorin defeating Gossip, Gunsberg again over Showalter, Blackburne over Bird, Judd over Delmar, Pollock over Hanham, and Taubenhaus drawing with Lipschutz.

New York Burille MacLeod Gunsberg Showalter Pollock Hanham Lipschutz Taubenhaus Weis Bird Thiorin Gossip Blackburne D. G. Bird Judd Delmar

NOT A CLEAN SWEEP AT CHICAGO IN 1900s ELECTION

Chicago April 4 Today’s developments altered the local race scene as the city clerkship, a key post, did not go to the Democrats. Republican Franz Amberg defeats Democrat Michael J Bransfield by 89 votes, per police tally pending official results.

Chicago Chicaco Michael J. Bransfield Franz Amberg

Marshals Retreat Amid River Lands Evictions

United States marshals attempting evictions on Des Moines River lands faced armed resistance from a settler mob in Fort Copas Iowa on April 4. Settlers armed with Winchester rifles gathered at the evicted households, outnumbering officials who quietly withdrew. Additional help will be sought before further removals.

Fort Copas United States Des Moines

Letter to the Editor Defends Nova Scotia Climate

Yarmouth resident G E L refutes Gloucester weather claims about Nova Scotia. He cites mild winters with minimal snow, open lakes by February, blooming flowers in early spring, and navigable Bras d'Or. He argues readers were misled and urges recognition of Nova Scotia’s pleasant climate.

Nova Scotia Gloucester Yarmouth Shelburne Boston New England Bras d’Or Cape Breton Baddeck Charles Dudley Warner Boston and Araby Ceylon Alaska New Hernicutt Nova

Worker injured as earth caves in on State street

Michael Grady of 62 Beach street suffered a fractured skull when earth caved in in a cellar at a new building on State street yesterday afternoon. He was taken to City Hospital for treatment.

Michael Grady Beach Street State Street City Hospital

Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company Investor Notice

The Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company of Minneapolis announces new features for investors. It offers debenture bonds five years at 6 percent net with denominations of 60 100 200 and 500 and redeemable partials. Boston trustees hold security deposits including government bonds and bank stock. Full information and investigation solicited.

Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company Minneapolis American Loan and Trust Company Boston Rogers Vicinity New England Supreme Court

Cambridge rifle shoot yields varied prizes and scores

Scores from the Cambridge City Guard rifle shoot at Cider Mill Pond list top marksmen across First Second and Third Class All Comers with gold and silver medals awarded. Civilians also competed with prizes. Separate Union Fast Day services were held at Grace Methodist Church Shepard Memorial and St James Church with local ministers delivering sermons and talks on constitutional amendment.

M.V. M Cambridge A. R. Henderson N. C G. P. Cooley A. B. Hayden A. H. Whittekind S$. Tower Comany L. Marshall W. S. Getchell F. R. Blake K. Clark W.T. Bates R. Smith R. B. Edes Savory J. W. Blake Fifth Regiment F. Marshall R. H. Chittick 5. T. Sinclair C. H. Brigham W. J. Getchell C. 8S. Ryan J. E. Winslow F. J. Brennan Grace Methodist

Somerville Observes Fast Day with Services and Contests

Somerville marked Fast Day with union services at Prospect Hill and Franklin Street churches led by Rev. George S. Keene and Rev. FE R P Moulton. The East Somerville churches met for a prayerful session, while Winter Hill hosted a prohibitory amendment gathering. The Somerville Light Infantry held a shoot on Mystic avenue with Salem Eighth Regiment teams, 176 to 162. A Kramergold medal drill followed, Sergeant A W Furlong receiving the prize. Slant corps rifle shoot results at Somerville Rifle Club list scores from Kettell to Hastings. A carpenter, Mr. Quimby of Charlestown, fell from a staging on Perkins Street, East Somerville, possibly fatal. A new social club, Excelsior Council No 3, Royal Arcanum Social Club, formed in East Somerville.

Somerville Union Square Prospect Hill Congregational Church George S. Keene East Somerville Franklin Street Congregational Church FE. R P. Moulton Winter Hill Broadway M. E Somerville Light Infantry Eighth Regiment Mystic Avenue Salem Kramergold Potice A. W. Furlong Slant Corps First Brigade Somerville Rifle Club Kettell Fales Skinner Hills Bettingson White C. D. Lyford Tuttle Borghardt Twombly Whitney Robinson Fenn Wiswell Crosby Dunbar Wells Hastings Morgan Quimby Charlestown Perkins Street Excelsior Council Royal Arcanum

Swampscott Church of Christ Dedicated in Swampscott

The Burrill Street Church of Christ in Swampscott was dedicated with Rev. B B Tyler of New York delivering the opening sermon. The Romanesque wood church seats 450, features a 50 foot tower, stained memorial windows, a baptistry, and a 12000 dollar cost with over half funded.

Lynn Burrill Street Charles H. Till Edward E. Doane Freeman A. Baker Emily Porter Biba Eldridge Porter Milton D. Porter

Whittier Prose Works Reviewed in Riverside Edition

A critical overview of Whittier’s three volume Riverside edition, detailing the division of contents from past imaginative pieces to recent tributes and wartime writings. The piece highlights key items like The Heroine of Long Point and notes editorial judgments on Whittier’s critical stance, with reviews of related fiction releases and translations.

BROSE Whittier Mr. Whittier Riverside Margaret Smith Long Point Lowell Oliver Johnson William Lloyd Garrison Garrison Haverhill Boston Philadelphia American Anti-Slavery Society Leverett Street Washington Houghton, Mifflin & Co

Funeral of Essex Lodge secretary ends with order honors

E S P Phillips longtime secretary of Essex Lodge I O O F was buried today with full order honors. The service was conducted at Lafayete Street Church with a prayer by the Rev. S L.

Man Found Hanging in Montvale Woods

April 4 Montvale forestry area discovery of Theophilus Cote a Canadian and former Winchester farmworker found dead hanging from a tree. Police identified him and noted he appeared to have attempted to save himself after the self inflicted death.

Wosurn Montvale Theophilus Cote Canada Winchester

Man Killed by Train at Crescent Beach Accident

A man about 35, 130 pounds with a light sandy complexion was run over and killed instantly by the 9 15 train from Lynn on the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn railroad between Crescent Beach and the Revere House last evening.

Lynn Oston, Revere Beach & Lynn Crescent Beach Revere House

Dead Lemon translations offer Gautier Balzac Mérimée and others

Andrew Lang and Paul Sylvester present The Dead Lemon a collection of French contes including Gautier’s La Morte Amoureuse Balzac’s La Grande Brétéche Mérimée About and Tolstoi’s The Taper The Witness of the Sun by Amélie Rives draws attention for its provocative sensationalism while translations vary in precision and charm

London Messrs. Harper & Bros Mr. Besant St. Cuthbert’s Tower Florence Warden Marsh Mr. Daudet Daudet Dole Anna Karénina Tolstoi Leman Andrew Lang Paul Sylvester New York Scribner & Welford Amélie Rives Lippincott’s Walter Besant Harper & Bros Lovell Lady Bluebeard Théophile Gautier Balzac Mérimée Th. Bentzon Gautier Prosper Mérimée

Kindergarten for the Blind Endowment Seeks Public Aid

The Kindergarten for the Blind reports $76,930 18 raised toward a $100,000 endowment, leaving $23,069 82 needed. A long list of individual and local contributions from Feb 27 to March 25, 1889 amounts to 76,930 18 with associated annual subscriptions and receipts to Edward D Peters, treasurer.

E. C. Agassiz E. L. Andrew William Appleton C. T. Endicott 8. B. Fay J. U. Gardner Northboro G. 8. Cary Richard Cary A. M. Cheever M. E. Cheever Scotch Plains N. J Isabel Merry Newark N.J Moore Street Cambridgeport Mrs. Voorhees Miss Wiltze Marion Call Gertrude Velasco Alice Meehan Hattie Leming Washington Street Jamaica Rain George H. Ellis O. B. Frothingham Martha Hale Waldo Higginson John C. Inches C. E. Jenks Henry P. Kidder Anna C. Lowell Edith Rotch G. H. Shaw Eliza Sutton Peabody Mary A. Tappan J. Sullivan Warren Sarah W. Whitney H. Whitwell

Sale at the Working Girls Club in Back Bay

At 401 Shawmut avenue the Working Girls Club hosted a sale of hand carving and embroidery. The event featured three tables including one run by the King's Daughters, and raised about $300. The association runs an employment bureau for domestic staff and plans a fully equipped gymnasium by fall with solicited aid.

Working Girls’ Club Shawmut Avenue Back Bay Gmnasium

Body found in water near Berkeley Street

The decomposed body of an unidentified man was found yesterday morning at the foot of Berkeley street. He was about 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighed roughly 150 pounds, with a dark complexion. He wore dark trousers a blue coat and vest.

Berkeley Street

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