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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1878

Page

3

Observance of Fast Day With Diverse City Services

Fasting and prayer observances to spread statewide with 11 A M union services in several churches. Noted sermons address religion, national politics, prosperity, and American character. Afternoon sports, yacht races, and a 100 mile walk challenge at Music Hall are planned, aiming to surpass O Leary’s record.

Dr Lorimer Tremont Temple America L. L. Wood Broadway Methodist Church South Boston James Freeman Clarke Young Men’s Christian Union E. K. Hale Bartel F. H. Underwood Old South Church Catholic Total Abstinence Union Archdiocese of Boston Boston College Hall Bostons Orient Lake Union Boat Club Albany Hotel Brighton Lakeman’s the Charles Boston Buckle Club Chestnut Hill Squantum C. A. Harriman Music Hall O’leary

South Boston Yacht Club Anniversary Supper and Ball

South Boston Yacht Club held its anniversary supper ball and reception at City Point last evening. About 240 members and guests attended from 8 to 12 with Thomas's orchestra providing music. Commodore Riley and Vice Commodore Pond spoke, A. F. Copeland catered, and literary exercises closed the night. The floor managers M J Kiley L S Pond Disbro O Donnell Lafield and Ribber were praised for promoting social fellowship among yachtsmen and guests.

South Boston Yerpsichore M. J. Kiley L. S. Pond Messrs Disbro O’donnell Lafield Ribber

Leather firms face bankruptcy at two Boston meetings

Creditor meetings report Ho bart and Dwyer liabilities at 74000 with 30000 direct debts and 44009 endorsements. assets about 40000. White Osborn and Co vote to enter bankruptcy. John Maxwell and Co liabilities tally 57000 with assets 23000, affairs placed under a committee.

Hobart & Dwyer, Hides and Leather Pearl Street White, Osborn & Co., Leather High Street Boston

Boston Buckle Club Heads to Quincy in April Run

Robins appear in unusual numbers on the Common this Spring. The Eastern Railroad employees wore new uniform caps. Proposals for extending the sewer system will be invited. The potter will work at the Old South on Fast Day afternoons. The Boston Theatre's The Exiles draws praise at McVicker's in Chicago. Judge Bigelow lies dangerously ill at Commonwealth Avenue residence. Chelsea seeks a Met track through Border Street or a double Chelsea Bridge line. Medical Examiner Harris links apoplexy to John W Snow’s Crawford House death. Judge Warren presides over Daniel Sullivan’s freight car inquest. Sixty Sir Knights of Coeur de Lion Commandery hosted by Haverhill Commandery. Over 100 coal-laden vessels now near Vineyard bound, some month at sea. Price lectures in Trinity Church continue with Rev Philip Brooks. Company G Ninth Battalion inspected by Lieut Col Strachan. fine appearance noted.

Boston Buckle Club Quincy Robins Eastern Railroad Old South Boston McVicker’s Chicago George T. Bigelow The Supreme Court Commonwealth Avenue Chelsea Metropolitan Company Border Street Chelsea Bridge Harris John W. Snow Crawford House Warren Daniel Sullivan Trinity Church Philip Brooks Col. Strachan Charlestown

Globe Theatre and Boston Opera Notes at Theaters Today

Boston listings show Globe Theatre presenting Our Boarding House with Grover, Boston Theatre offering The Danites with McKee Rankin and Kitty Blanchard, Mignon and Don Giovanni at Italian Opera, Enchanted Beauty at Boston Museum, and Kellogg in Mignon at the Italian Opera, plus Aida and Trovatore engagements, readings at Reading, and a benefit by Mr A. P. Peck.

Globe Theatre Leonard Grover Boston Theatre McKee Rankin Kitty Blanchard Boston Museum Musiccal Howard Athenaum Milton Nobles the Phoenix Boston Music Hall C. A. Harriman Boston Bostons OLD South Church Perck Benffit A. P. Peck Music Hall Clara Louise Kelloge Annie Louise Cary Mme Madeline Schiller Signor Tagliapietra Theodore Thomas Grover Boffin Bower Dickens Moses T. Brown Isabella Stone Clara Poole A. A. Wheelock H. K. White Grace Hocuston L Boston W. FE. Nowlan, Jr Mary Cary

City Council Acts on Sewer Abatement and Salaries

Cambridge city meetings last evening addressed sewer work on Binney street and Norton street layout. Licenses for junk sales were restricted to known residents. health and fire departments to share space. and a salary revision committee set to audit clerical roles. An explosion inquiry in Easton delayed with notes on boiler design and safety.

City Council Board of Aldermen East Cambridge Land Company Binney Street John A. Whipple Norton Street Cambridge Board of Health and Fire Department Board of Engineers Committee On Police Police Department Committee On Accounts Water Board Committee On Ano Board of Health Common Council Ladd George Miles Boston Cowartt Sarah J. Loud Tyngsboro John Legeatt Lowell Samuel Rand Roger Kiley Pauline D. Ball Woburn George Wright David R. Shepard, Jr Malden Dudley Emerson Chelmsford Joshua B. Varnum John J. Leland Sherborn Lemuel Sweetser Wakefield William J. Buckminster Jordan J. Goodwin Groton Tda M. Bates Alexander Foster Somerville Ruth Lethe Lucy D. Carter Woeschie P Littlefield Abby Littlefield Brookline William Aspinwall Robert Littell James S. Whitney George FE Everett A. F. Kendrick Joy Kent Colchester Monmouth St. Mary’s Streets Brookline Avenue St. Paul Street Babcock Freeman Cottage Harvard

Real Estate Transfers Across Middlesex and Nearby Towns

Middlesex County transfers list names and amounts including Joseph P. Smith to Sarah M. Kimball for $2 50 on Common street Stoneham and Vaughan to Gallison for $2500 on Norfolk street Cambridge. Woburn and Lexington entries, and Malden, Melrose, Marlboro deeds noted with street and acreage. Auction sales report two properties sold by mortgagees and by Samuel Hatch & Co for sums including 7350 and 3550 cash respectively.

Stoneham Joseph P. Smith Sarah M. Kimball Common Street Cambridge Patrick J.vaughan Et al Joseph H. Gallison Norfolk Street Nancy Crossman Edward L. Crossman Jay Street Woburn Mary Connell Michael Connell Erie Street R. Brooks Richardson John Winn Warren John Streets Lexington Thomas G. Hovey George A. Stearns Main Street East Lexington Malden Elisha S. Converse Erskine F. Bickford Green Street Thomas Dowling James B. Kimball Harvard Street Melrose John Q. A. Avery Alden A. Avery Eleventh Street Marlboro George H. Morse Georgiana T. Stevens Farm Road Warren Avenue Messrs Baldwin & Howard William Cotter Samuel Hatch & Co Oak Street Hudson Timothy Welch

Debates Over United States Bankrupt Law and State Interests

A letter to the Boston Post discusses widespread criticism of the national bankrupt law. It argues repeal is not a remedy, condemns legal complexity across states, and asserts debtors seek exemptions while creditors face local obstacles. The piece notes Congress, largely two-thirds lawyers, failed to harmonize laws with Massachusetts and English models and cites support from trade boards and New York chamber.

THE Boston Post United States England Massachusetts Thomas A. Jenckes Rhode Island Congress Boards of Trade New York Chamber of Commerce Eastern Middle States

Expensive Custom House Figures Questioned by Reader

A Boston reader condemns a article on Expensive Custom Houses, noting Gloucester Custom House totals cited as 589087 with expenses 15561. He urges checking the 1876 Finance Report showing different Gloucester credits and additional duties remitted under salt free fisher laws.

Boston Post Gloucester Custom House Gloucester Treasury Boston

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