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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1891
Page
8
The Pearl of the Pacific column highlights Pearl City on the Pearl River as a growing hub for commerce. It outlines favorable trade conditions, proximity to shipping routes, and opportunities for new enterprises seeking regional access and economic growth.
A long prose piece extols Oahu and Honolulu as a thriving hub. It highlights Pearl Harbor’s coaling station plans, Pearl River’s landlocked harbor advantages, railroad expansion, and rapid Pearl City growth under Oahu Railroad influence. It lauds sugar, rice, and plantation progress, with a fervent call to national pride and future prosperity.
Harvard College faced the Boston nine in a tight South End game. The Bostons struck early with a two run first inning and added a third in the third, while Harvard rallied with two in the second and two more in the fourth. Clarkson started for the Leaguers, Nichols followed, Bates and Upton led Harvard at the plate, Howe and Cobb closed for Boston as Long hit a left field homer and the game featured sharp fielding and a crowd-pleasing base running sequence.
Mrs Erving Winslow presents Ibsens Pillars of Society at Chickering Hall tomorrow evening drawing a cultivated audience. Miss Annie Haydn Webster opens a three lecture series on The Aesthetics of Music at Mason and Hamlin Hall on April 16. Union Hall hosts New Church Societies Boston Roxbury with One of You Must Marry and A Fool for Luck. Marie Herbert Frohman performs The Witch at Chelsea Academy of Music Friday in a vivid Salem colonial era production.
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt visited Baltimore to question officeholders about participation in last week's Republican primaries and related small contributions. A post office clerk refused to accept extra change for sandwiches on government property, prompting laughter from Roosevelt and Bonaparte.
The steamer Kennebec will start the season with a first trip leaving Boston on Wednesday night April 8 at 6 oclock and will thereafter sail every Monday Wednesday and Friday in the early hours for landings on the Kennebec.
The Mule Spinners National Union met in Lowell with delegates from New York New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island Maine and New Hampshire and major Massachusetts cities. They reported Newark Clark mills strike support totaling 14000 and vowed to continue the stoppage if needed to compel terms.
The Boston painters and decorators held a meeting at 34 Essex street to demand 334% cents an hour and a nine hour day with eight on Saturday. A circular was sent to city employers requesting replies by next Saturday. Brookline sewer contractors face unrest as workers seek nine hours with full pay, with about fifteen men striking at Driscoll Sons and others at O Hearn Brigham Riverdale Park and P S Allen offices resisting the old system.
At last night’s Cambridge Board meetings officials were elected including Edgar H. Reed as street superintendent B O Danforth lamps city engineer L M Hastings city solicitor J A Holmes and A J Lovell as sinking fund commissioners In joint session E J Brandon was chosen assistant city clerk and Charles Walker overseer of the poor for five years A sixth class liquor license resolution was referred to Licenses Committee An order to seek pensioning of worthy old police officers was tabled A mayoral fire department nominations were tabled John McDuffie was elected clerk of committees and F L Pratt city messenger Memorial Day funds were reduced from 1200 to 1000 by Common Council over Aldermen opposition.
A noon ceremony at the Mission Church of St John the Evangelist joined Miss Gertrude Meade Stevens and Mr George O Kunhardt in Episcopal rites. Miss Mary S Stevens served as maid of honor with a bridal party including Margret Jewell and Kuphardt. attendants included W B Kunhardt and others.
Mr Henry C Spaulding spoke to the Chamber of Commerce about a tunnel system for rapid transit in Boston. The same proposal was presented at the Boot and Shoe Club dinner. The talk emphasized a continuous network to speed travel across the city.
A large number of dinner parties were hosted by Our Social Club of Somerville with about twenty members attending. The evening featured a postprandial call on The Senator W S Crane at Hollis Street Theatre and varied society reunions at Young's Hotel and Hotel Brunswick. Notables included J. Rolfe presiding over a Browning Society reception for Professor Morton and the Vermont Association of Boston. The week saw many arrivals and hotel assemblies, with 12 000 shares of Sherber Mining Company stock subscribed and numerous notable attendees listed from Boston and surrounding cities.
A gala dinner at the Parker House celebrated Captain Charles FE Russ of the Boston Can Company on his sixtieth birthday. About twenty five friends attended, with a unique portrait menu and a festive mood as the captain appeared far younger than his years. Guests included James F. Drummond, Colonel Whytai of New York, James H. Ellison of Waltham, Moses Ellis of Framingham and his brother, the Hon. Augustus Russ, Henry D. Dupee, and Eben Bton of Boston.
The Varsity nine's game in Cambridge with the Boston National League nine has been postponed until Thursday. Interest remains high after yesterday afternoon's close contest with the professionals, and a large crowd is expected for the rescheduled game.
Mrs Kimball Farmer, mother of ex Alder man F H Holton of Cambridge, was thrown from a carriage on Main street Cambridge port yesterday afternoon. She sustains severe cuts and bruises and is feared fatally injured at over 70 years old.
Supreme Judicial Court heard exceptions to a master’s report in the case of Harry C. Thatcher et al. vs Theophilus King et al. The bill seeks to enforce personal liability of Bay State Felt Boot and Shoe Company directors for debts exceeding capital by $20,009 as of January 1889. Bryant & King and the New England Leather Company figures, and various motions include Institute of Technology seeking party status. Several equity cases, and action related to Barnum and Bailey exhibition nuisance were discussed, with some not set for hearing.
The April sitting of this court opened with Judge Hopkins’ commission read and prayer by Rev. Leigh ton Parks. Docket lists numerous cases including McCue vs Whitwell to enforce a mechanics lien for 646 on a cellar at Exeter and Huntington. defenses claim noncompliance and overpayment, with unfinished work. The second and fourth sessions feature Winslow v Page for goods worth 352 and Linniban v Whit ney et al a tort claim after a funeral procession collision near Boston Point Bridge.
The document lists numerous civil cases and parties in a Municipal Court session, including names like Mahoney, Tracy, Hart, Baderschneider, McKenzie, Ackers, Coward, Cranda, and others. It notes defendants denying liability, with attorneys Wink and Lund representing plaintiffs and defendants respectively, and references to Chelsea and Maine Railroad contexts. The list appears as an index of case numbers, parties, and docket notes from a court's first and second sessions.
In Middlesex county April 7, courts hear actions of tort by Alice G Clarke against Francis Chamberlin administrator for $2009 and a contract claim for $5000 for nurse services. The cases proceed together with representation by G F Richardson, Jeremias Crowley for plaintiff and George R K Wheelock for defendant. Probate court calendar lists numerous wills presented for probate from Lowell, Cambridge, Newton, Woburn, and surrounding towns with numerous named decedents and estates.
In Essex county insolvency court on April 7 in Salem, composition meetings were held for George C. Evans, Davis and Litch, E H Dixey and Co, and Hersey and Collins. A first meeting was held for Ed Gott of Rockport with assignee George G Creamer. A warrant was ordered for J F Lavery, a shoe dexler of Salem.
The father Michael Donovan reunited with his son at a farmhouse near Commock nine miles inland from Bayshore after a dramatic recovery with lawyer Daly and Miss Leete. The grandmother Lydia Rankin contested possession. the boy said he had been roughly treated and ill fed during the abduction from Wooster School, New Haven.
Providence R I April 7 At the bye election in Cumperland today a Republican Representative was elected In Newport the bye election yielded a Republican Senator and two Republican Representatives with one Newport seat remaining undecided where a Democrat holds over Postponed elections are set in Providence and South Kingstown Providence will elect a Senator and twelve Representatives while South Kingstown will choose a Senator and one Representative Current tallies show Republicans holding 64 votes to Democrats 29 in grand committee
In Dover New Hampshire on April 7 Daniel Dixon and his Eliot based grandson perished when their boat capsized near the Dover Point bridge while returning from a driftwood trip to Great Bay.
The New England Methodist conference opened at First M E Church Lynn with class examinations and an Epworth League annual meeting. Jesse Lee Chapter 1718 hosted about 600 leaguers as Rev J F Berry traced league growth from the alliance and Oxford League.
The paper announces a new feature to run a popular column enabling advertisers to reach the public at low cost. The POST states entertainers and merchants may submit notices for publication under this affordable advertising channel.
Classified item notes rooms and properties available for sale or rental. Mentions real estate listings and requests for rooms to rent or buy, reflecting typical small ad phrasing from a historical newspaper page.
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