Spoils System Advances in Government Posts
Washington reports that under a Republican-leaning administration Democrats will be displaced as vacancies arise. Officials vow rapid action to replace Democrats with Republicans, with some merit-based retention. Blaine to reorganize consular service while Noble hints at selective GOP appointees. John F. Andrew to reside at Pendleton house next winter, with Randall of New Bedford taking seven-room suites on H and Fifteenth streets amid Republican social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sprcrar
Treasury Department
Treasury
Wharton
Blaine
Noble
Interior
John F. Andrew
Pendleton
Sixteenth Street
Ohio
Germany
Endicott
War Department
Andrew
Levi P. Morton
Scott Circle
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Randall
New Bedford
Levi
Morton
Fifteenth
Court and
Tremont Streets
Rjondy & Hobbs
Court Street
New Bedford Postmaster Named Gifford
Charles H. Gifford was appointed ostmaster at New Bedford Massachusetts replacing W Carpenter. The move followed a business-led petition and high level endorsements including Congressman Randall Senator Dawes ex Senator Chace and his Rhode Island connections. Carpenter’s term has almost two years left, critics say mismanagement grew under the prior Republican postmaster. Gifford born in New Bedford from an old Quaker family is about 45 and described as energetic and capable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Charles H. Gifford
Mass
W. Carpenter
Carpenter
Gifford
Randall
Dawes
Chace
Rhode Island
Department
Endicott and Fairchilds Leave City for New Journeys
Ex Secretary and Mrs Endicott and ex Secretary and Mrs Fairchild depart town. Endicotts head to Salem while Fairchilds go to Cazenovia New York. The couples pause in New York City for a few days. William C Endicott Jr stays to arrange household goods after a lunch given by Mrs Lilly Macalister Laughton in honor of Mrs Endicott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endicotts
Fairchilds
Endicott
Fairchild
Salem
Cazenovia
N.Y
New York City
William C. Endicott, Jr
Lilly Macalister Laughton
Canada Resident Seeks Free Entry for Jackets Machinery
The Secretary of the Treasury answered a Canadian resident seeking admission free of duty for machines used in jacket making. Free entry for tools of trade does not cover machinery for use in a manufacturing establishment. Machines could qualify free if manufactured domestically and exported in substantially the same condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Canada
United States
Postmasters Named in Massachusetts Appointments
The following postmasters were appointed today in Massachusetts Presidential H. K. Parsons postmaster at Florence Fourth class S A Bull Carlisle F A Veeder Cuttyhunk Noyes Billings Dodgeville H A Saverns North Scituate A C Tripp Westport These names reflect new appointments across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
H. K. Parsons
Florence
S. A. Bull
Carlisle
F. A. Veeder
Cuttyhunk
Noyes Billings
Dodgeville
H. A. Saverns
North Scituate
A. C. Tripp
Westport
Treasury grants draw back for art squares from Boston burlap
The Treasury Department rules that exported art squares made in Boston from imported burlaps qualify for a drawback equal to the duty paid on the imported material used, minus a 10 percent legal retention.
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Treasury Department
Boston
Acids Phosphate Remedy Praised By Dr. J. J. McWilliams
Dr J J McWilliams of Denison Indiana reports using Horsford's Acid Phosphate for nervousness dyspepsia and sleeplessness with high regard. He terms it unrivalled for such conditions and notes very gratifying results.
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Horsford
J. J. McWillliams
Denison, In
Overcoats in Warm Weather At Commonwealth Clothing House
The warm weather shifts shoppers toward lighter outerwear as the Commonwealth Clothing House at Washington and Kneeland streets showcases a large selection of ready-made overcoats and top coats. They are crafted from top foreign and domestic materials, well made and stylish, offered at reasonable prices for immediate use.
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Commonwealth Clothing House
Washington and
Kneeland Streets
Market activity and rate talk on Atchison and bonds
The New York market stayed active with a strong tone and a late rally. Atchison stock dominated local interest with sharp collateral trust demand and large borrowing premiums. Major traders like J J Morgan & Co and Robert L Ide were noted as heavy players. Bond sales in New Bedford drew high prices, signaling investor appetite for solid securities. Money market remained easy with call at 2 1 2 to 3 percent and time paper strong. The week ahead promises two holidays before May, with the centennial week forecast to be weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atchison
London
Commission
New Bedford
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Chicago
N. K. Fairbank
St. Paul Road
St. Paul
Chicago & Alton Company
Interstate Commissioners
Life Underwriters Dinner Highlights Education and Insurance Link
At Young's Hotel the Life Underwriters discussed Educational Forces with speakers from Harvard Tufts and Boston institutions. President Eliot and Capen of Tufts praised insurance as an educational force while Dorchester Kneeland Capen and others noted its role in funding and character education.
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Young’s Hotel
D. W. Kilburn
C. W. Eliot
Harvard College
E. H. Capen
Tufts College
David Gregg
W. E. Grifhs
A. E. Winship
The
Journal of Education
Daniel Dorchester
Boston University
John Kneeland
Board of Supervisors of Schools
Moses
Capen
Dorchester
Kneeland
Master Waterhouse
English High School
Moses Merrill
Byron Grace
Boston Latin School
Modern Greeks Explored at St Botolph Club Lecture
Rev H Bernard Carpenter spoke at the St Botolph Club on the Modern Religious Life of the Greeks. He linked the lack of Greek novels to their notion of love and described a Greek funeral custom of defacing graves to hasten the soul’s release, and noted the model of the modern academy from ancient ruins and the use of color in exterior decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Bernard Carpenter
St. Botolph Club
Modern Academy Balcine
Unitarian Club Eyes 100000 for General Fund Boost
At the Vendome a monthly Unitarian Club meeting and banquet debated raising 100000 for the American Unitarian Association. Speakers included George S. Hale and Rev. Grindall Reynolds urging gifts, with Mayor Hart detailing local needs and a seven member committee appointed to secure funds.
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Unitarian Club
American Unitarian Association
Vendome
Leverett Saltonstall
Arthur T. Lyman
George S. Hale
John Downer
Ll.d
James B. Thayer
A. P. Martin
Alexander S. Wheeler
Grinnall Reynolds
George Batchelor
Brooke Herford
A. F. Hervey
James B. Case
William H. Ladd
H. G. Spaulding
N. T. Allen
James W. Austin
Unitarian Church
London
Unitarian Society
Great West
Atchison & Topeka
Youn
Grindall Reynolds
Massachusetts
New England
Harvard
Alexander
Wheeler
Unitarian Association
Carrie
Hart
Sherman Hoar
Frank H. Brown
Jerome Jones
George L. Lovett
George Wigglesworth
William Howell Reed
Grenville H. Norcross
Colt Stakes Nominations for 1889 New England Trotting
The Colt Stakes nominations for 1889 list stakes 14 through 24 with entries, value, and eligibility. Stakes cover foals of 1887 to 1889 and include open world trotting classes with purses from 175 to 700 dollars and a futurity stake for produce of 1889 mares bred in New England trotting in 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Association of
New England
Meeting of Sons of the Revolution in Tremont Temple
Descendants of Revolutionary patriots meet at Tremont Temple on Friday April 19 at 12 o clock to organize a Society of Sons of the Revolution in Massachusetts. All who can prove lineal descent from a Revolutionary soldier or Navy service member are invited to attend.
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Tremont Temple
Society of Sons of the Revolution
Society of Massachusetts
Boston
Suffolk
Moritz C. Schutz
Court Square
Fred H. Seavey
Commonwealth OF Massachu Wess
Patrick E. Murray
Bentley W. Warren
Pemberton Sq
Easter Carols and School Music Selection Highlights
Send for our attractive list of Easter Carols and Songs. Music for Schools features Song Harmony at 60 ets for $6 a dozen and Song Manual for high schools with two books at varied ets and prices. Includes graded school music, social singing, college songs, banjo and guitar editions, plantation songs, and classic tunes with stated prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Halls
Rumford Medal Awarded to Albert A Michelson
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded the Rumford gold and silver medal to Albert A. Michelson of Cleveland for his research on the velocity of light. The honor places him among notable savants and honors his interferential refractometer for measuring light waves.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Boston Atheneum
Joseph Lovering
Rumford
Albert A. Michelson
Cleveland
America
France
England
Germany
Emcne
Corliss
Alvan Clark
Rowland
Johns. Hopkins University
Academy
Michelson
Foucault
Fizeau
Holbrook Weds Hatch at Newton in April
In Newton on April 9, Rev. Wolcott Calkins united Walter H. Holbrook and Katharine T. Hatch. Also on April 9 in the city at Hotel Victoria Rev. J B Seabury officiated as Dr. George K Swinburne of New York married Lena Woodward of Boston.
The Woes of Women and Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey
A promotional piece arguing women suffer from poor circulation causing sallow complexions. It touts Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a health remedy and urges buyers to choose the genuine product, citing endorsements from clergy and doctors and a testimonial from a woman who improved after use.
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Duffy
Deaths. Boston area list notes many local passings
A Boston notices page records April 8 to 10 deaths including George Vose Baker 91, Nancy Cole 72, Katie Cronin 13, William Gray 16, Anne Harman 84, Jane Hislop 74, Cyrus Hamlin 74, John B Lodge, Winfred Murray 54, Margaret Morrissey 69, John S Osman M D 72, Joseph E Phelps 72, George P Rogers 30, Caroline Sternler, Janet Salmon, Harriet Sturtevant 71, Sarah Witherle 53, plus numerous others in Dedham Roxbury Mattapan Chelsea Charlestown Cambridgeport Warren Castine and Boston Highlands.
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Baker
Brooklyn
N. Y
George Vose Baker
Francis
Lydia Baker
Cormerais
Dedham
Fred A. Cormerais
Cole
Roxbury
Nancy Cole
Cronin
Revere
Katie A
Cornelius
Ellen Cronin
Gray
Mattapan
William R. Gray
Harman
St. Botolph Street
Anne Stewart
Thomas L. Harman
Hislop
Brighton
Jane Hislop
Hamlin
Westford
Cyrus Hamlin
Haskell
Boston
Charles I
Solomon
Honora Haskell
Lodge
John B
Patrick
Mary A. Lodge
Murray
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
West Brookline Street
Winfred Murray
Morrissey
Mt. Vernon Street
Dorchester
Margaret
James Morrissey
Osman
Warren
John
M.D
Phelps
Worcester
Joseph E. Phelps
Pike
Chelsea
Phebe W. Pike
Rogers
Boston Highlands
George P. Rogers
Sternler
South Boston
Caroline
Martha C. Bean
Warner, N. H
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State Street
Robert L. Ide
J. J. Morgan & Co
Pacific Coast
California & Virginia Mining Company
California
Education and Insurance
the Life Underwriters
the Unitarian Club
Sons OF the Revolution
Gideon Beck & Son
Horatio Harris & Co
Music For Schools
Merry Company
New Flora
Voices of Nature
Deck Keebin
Pathy Muaid
Levis
Oliver Ditson Company
NEW Publications
Henry T. Ger
Chopin
W. F. Commercial Advertiser
Harrisburg Telegraph
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Insurance
E. W. Tyler
Tremont Street
Dr. von Rilow
NEW England Mutual
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk, As
Post Office
Benj. F. Stevens
Jos. M. Gibbens
Ss. F. Trull
WM. BB. Turner
Kilby St
Corner Water St
Silas Peirce
Eugene E. Patridge
Charles E. Macallar
Cook
Massachou
LNSOL
Paul Sears
Aaron H. Latham
Henry H. Sears
Tremont St
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
Melrose Street
Taunton
Girsch & CO
Charles W. Girsch
John F. Scherber
Clinton Gage
Calvert Street
Animal Oil
Itwation
John J. Murphy
North
Beverly
Chas. P. Prichard
Chester M. Perry
James H. Howard
William 8. Groutt
Masa
Hard Pine Lumber
Mackmatack
Huckins & CO
Kilby Street
East
Victoria
Hawthorne St
Somerville
FE. B. Blackwell
County of
Henry W. Folsom
Nonantum Hill
Waban
Newton Circuit Railroad
Newton Highlands
WM. C. Strong
Canal
Travers Streets
Friend Street
Canal and
Canal Street
Travers Street
Alex
Porter
Washington St
Thaxter & Brother, Opticians
Herbert L. Perry
Milk Street
T. D. Boardman
Boothbay Land
Spruce Point
Cape Cod Bay Land CO
Lincoln Street
Boston & Albany Railroad
Samull S. Shaw
Amos Binney
Dublin
N. H
Mt. Monadnock
Peterborough
Jamaica Pond
Perkins and
Prince Streets
Lochstead
W. S. Parker
Richmond Street
North Street
T. G. Hiler
Faneuil Hall Nat’]s Bank
A. Kicknell
Water St
Bristol
Rumney
New Found Lake
A. W. Carr
Harbor View
Park
Atlantic Street
Office of Post
Washington Street
High Street
Congress Street
Thomas E. Proctor
South Street
Boylston Street
Henry W. Savage
Court St
Cor
Cornhill
Mutual Life
Mile Street
Devonshire Street
Whitcomb & Bowker
Equitable Building
Ans Sen
Aga
Ceed
Tee
Premier Flour OF
Alan Dale
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
Joseph
Fielding
Joseph Andrews
Rosedale
Kate Field
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
California Opera CQ
Pasha
Rice & Dixey’s
Pearl OF
Hoyt
iProp
Robert Elsmere
Humphry Ward
Hollis St
Custer
Gettysburg
Music Hall
von Bulow
Hans von Bulow
Knabe
Edward Pick
Mimo Fea
Howard Atheneum
Leavitt
English Folly and Burlesque Company
Mary Walker
Tingwick
Nickelodeon
Austin
AL. Haynes
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Tremont Station
H. RK
Jacobs’ Company
Allie Akerstrom
Baer
E. van Noorden
Chester Park
Huntington Ave
Huntington Avenue
Back Bay
Lincoln
H. H. Carter & Karrick
Beacon Street
Eoret
NE. Gay & CO
Sai Street
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