Senators Debate Election Bill Amid Tariff Hold, 1890s
In a crowded chamber between fish skatters and cigars, Senators debated the election bill and tariff policy. Hoar Frye and Edmunds led with reminders of party strategy while Paddock challenged pledges, as observers including James Boyce and Mrs Hitt watched from galleries.
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Enate Quay
Nga
Massachusetts
James Boyce
Johnson
Century Magazine
Robert R. Hitt
McDonald
Indiana
Hoar
Paddock
Nebraska
Frye
Senate
Hiscock
Spooner
Wisconsin
Committee On Rules
Edmunds
Vermont
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Cullom
Evarts
Tariff debate on tin plates and ad valorem duties in Senate
The Senate considers a partial tariff bill with a 45 percent ad valorem rate proposed for penknives erasers and razors and a separate plan to set tin plate duties at 1 cent a pound after July 1 1891 plus a bounty for U.S. tin plate production. Debates touch protectionism and the federal election bill.
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Hoar
Hhis
United States
Ophir
Spooner
Quay
Committee On Rules
Frye
Hiscock
Mr. Edmunds
Senate
Aldrich
Mr. McPherson
Messrs
McPherson
West
Gray
Carlisle
Daniel
Platt
Hawley
Mr. Daniel
Connecticut
Charles
England
Lee
Virginia
Paddock
Manderson
Plumb
Ingalls
Allison
House
Agricultural College
House Debates Meats Inspection and Lard Branding Bill
Washington action covers inspection of meats for export with amendments. Debate on lard branding ends in passage. officials caution against refined lard and price advantages for imitation products. House adjourns at 6 25 until tomorrow 11 o clock.
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Washington
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Thelouse
Russia
House
Senate
Morgan
Sayres
Texas
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Committee On Agriculture
Norwalk Creed tournament standings and grounds move
Norwich Conn Aug 20 The first division standings show Wambold Staten Island 1 0 0 leaders Ger mond Tarrytown 0 2 Johnson Philadelphia 2 0 Jacobus Springfield 2 0 Smith Martha's Vineyard 2 1 Baldwin Danbury 0 2 Spaulding Townsend Harbor 0 2 Nash Norwich 1 2 Strong New London 2 0 Greenslit leads second division with 3-0 Spaulding Town send Harbor leads third with 3-0 A committee to secure new grounds for the city Wooderck Perry of Newtonville Mass offers to deed land for twelve grounds if annual tournaments are held there.
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Norwich
Conn
National Creaner Association
Wambold
Staten Island
Germond
Tarrytown
Johnson
Philadelphia
Jacobus
Springfield
Smith
Martha’s Vineyard
Baldwin
Danbury
Spaulding
Townsend Harbor
Nash
Million Dollars Lost in Wilkesbarre Cyclone Strikes City
A devastating cyclone tore through Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on August 20 causing widespread destruction. Buildings were unroofed and bricks and debris blocked streets while fires and collapsed structures trapped residents. The storm killed several people including a boy and a man from local families, injured many, and left 400 buildings demolished or severely damaged. Troops assisted police to maintain order as Emergency crews and volunteers worked amid heavy debris and losses approaching one million dollars.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Plymouth
Lee Park
Cutlery
South Wilkesbarre
Academy Street
Franklin Street
Dana Place
Main
Franklin Streets
Ross and
Hazel Streets
Washington Street
Rose Street
St. Mary’s Church
Lehigh Valley
Jersey Central
Steemaier’s Brewery
Pearl Street
Baltimore
Hazard Wire Rope Works
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Scott Street
James McGinley
James Hanagan
Eliza McGinley
John McGinley
Mary J. McGinley
Barber Asphalt Company
SL. Brown & Co
Market Street
Murray
Bloss & White
City Hospital
Eddy Schmidt
George Fry
Frank
Alexander Macdlowitz
Fry
Schmidt
Young Fry
Macdowitz
Berlin KE. Vandermark
Edward Buell
Bunker Hill
Luzerne
B. W Brickell
Dallas
Harveyville
Tsaiah Newsbigel
Papyrus Club honors two members with memorial meeting
The Papyrus Club held a memorial meeting at the J Botolph Club for Henry Bernard Carpenter and John Boyle O Reilly. A committee was appointed to arrange a formal tribute and a memorial fund, while subscriptions reached about one thousand dollars. Lawrence mass meeting honored O Reilly with speakers, poems, and public praise. Autobiographical notices also record deaths of other local figures.
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Papyrus Club
Henry Bernard Carpenter
John Boyle O'Reilly
Arthur Macy
J. Botolph Club
J. Jeffrey Roche
Alexander Young
George Makepeace Towle
O'Reilly
Henry M. Stanley
George F. Babbitt
Benjamin. Kimball
John 7. Wheelwright
Francis A. Harris
Messrs
Rogers
Kimball and Hovey
Arthur Hooper Dodd
Robert Grant
Dublin
Bar Harbor
Joan Bove O’reilly
Dowth Castle
County Meath
Ireland
Hull
Mass
Benjamin Kimball
T. Russell Sullivan
George Babbitt
John Breen
C. A. eCourey
K. A. O'Keefe
Burglary at Swampscott Files Case for Detectives
Lynn police report burglars entered the Beach Bluffs residence of John Shepard Jr. last night while the sister was away. About 1500 dollars in valuables were stolen including a solitaire diamond ring, a gold watch marked J s, a diamond clasp and a hundred dollar bill. Silver plate was untouched. Detectives from Lynn and Boston pursue the case. the victims are linked to the Shepard firm in Boston.
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J. S
Lynn
Boston
Mr. Shepard
John Shepard
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Furnace Workers Union votes to join tin plate and sheet iron workers group
The Furnace Workers and Jobbers' Union met at Evans Hall and voted to join the International Association of Tin Plate and Sheet Iron Workers. A petition was drafted to limit work to nine hours per day for five days and eight hours on Saturdays due to current long hours.
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Furnace Workers and Jobbers’ Union
Evans Hall
International Association of Tin Plate and Sheet Iron Workers
Obituary notices from an 19th century local paper
The notice reports the deaths of several figures including The Rt. Hon. John Naish former Ireland attorney general and lord chancellor, alias Barry a Lynn resident who died at his son’s Nahant street home, Daniel Waldo Salisbury former Brookline Gas Light Company treasurer, Hon. John L. Moor Ellsworth legislator, French marine painter Charles La postolet, Professor David W. Sanborn of Fort Wayne, Dr George B. Ayres Omaha Medical College, Thomas J. Whittredge Lawrence merchant, Henry Stone Winchester fur and war trader connected to Boston, and George O Richardson former Boston police member, with brief biographical details.
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John Naish
England
Ireland
Gladstone
Irish Court of Appeal
Alias Barry
Lynn
Eugene Barry
Nahant Street
Barry
Haverhill
Daniel Waldo Salisbury
Brookline Gas Light Company
Leominster
Salisbury
Boston Latin School
John L. Moor
Ellsworth
M. Charlies Lapostolet
Leon Cogniet
Luxembourg
David W. Sanborn
Fort Wayne
New York
Richimona
Ind
George B. Ayres
Omaha Medical College
Thomas J. Whittredge
Lawrence
Forest L
Henry Stone
Winchester
Swansea
Boston
Joseph Stone & Co
Hatters
Court Street
Joseph A. Jackson
George O. Richardson
Beverly visit yields poet Oliver Wendell Holmes reply
A Savannah post presents Robert Anderson Post badge to Oliver Wendell Holmes at Beverly Farms. Holmes replies in prose letter dated August 18 1890 praising the visiting party and recalling history, gratitude for the honor, and cordial regard from Beverly.
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Leverly
Beverly
Winfield Scott Hancock
Savannah
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Beverly Farms
James QC. Ladd
Charleston
Robert Anderson
E. P. Sargent
Holmes
John H. Chipman
Beverly Fairms
Sir
Grand Army of the Republic
Edward P. Sargent
American Bar Association Opens Thirteenth Meeting at Saratoga
The American Bar Association meets at Putnam Music Hall with about 300 members from across the nation. President Henry Hitchcock delivers the annual address urging moral governance. Committees discuss uniformity of laws on marriage, divorce, insolvency, and notarial duties. Resolutions urge state commissions to promote uniform legislation and official action. Evening papers address commercial paper and land transfer reform.
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Saratoga
N. Y
American Bar Association
Putnam Music Hall
Henry Hitchcock
Missouri
Congress
General Council
Grand Union Hotel
Rufus King
Connecticut
Wiliam T. Snyder
New York
United States
Edward Otis Rinkley
Henry C. Tompkins
Alabama
Dwight J. Olmstead
Fire hits Richmond building injures none in Maine cloudburst
Fire at Front street Richmond owned by William T Hall damaged Richmond Laundry and Richmond newspaper with losses cited at about 2500 uninsured. Adjoining Haynes hardware store also damaged by smoke and water with losses around 2000. John Merrill Post G A R suffered smoke and water damage, insured none. fire likely started in laundry drying room. Also reports lightning strikes and fires in several New England towns including Danvers road barn, Andover housing, and additional minor blazes with varied insurance statuses.
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Richmond, Me
Front Street
William T. Hall
Richmond Laundry
Richmond
G. L. Kineaird
Richmond Bee
James Haynes
John Merrill Post G. A. R
Torssfield
Alden Peabody
Danvers Road
Merrimac Mutual
Andover
Lynn
Charles A. Collin
Broad Street
Dover
N. H
James Kent
Durham Point
Palmer
Dwight Shumway
Belchertown
Winsted
Conn
Patrick Lawler
Lakeville
Probate Court Licenses Sale of Deceased's Real Estate
Heirs and interested parties are cited in Suffolk Probate Court to appear on September 8, 1890 to show cause why Charles F. Whitcombe as administrator should be granted a license to sell the entire real estate of Lorania Shaw of Boston to pay debts and admin costs. Publication in the Boston Post, three consecutive weeks, final notice two days before court. Elija h George, Register.
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Massachussetts
Suffolk
Lorania &. Shaw
Boston
Said County
Charles FE. Whitcombe
Loston
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Middlesex
Mary
Livermore
Providence
Rhode Island
Jabez A. Sawyer
Cambridge
George M. Brooks
Charles H. Tyler
William Minot
Francis L. Higginson
George Higginson
Boston Fest
John HU. Paine
Massa
W. Setts
Middlesen
William I
Guardian
Boston Test
Witne
Joan W. Mekis
Catherine Kane
Ann Doherty
Lizzie Graham
Joan W. McKin
John H. Paine
Massachuusetts
Philander S. Briggs
Oliver L. Briggs
Alonzo J. Briggs
John W. McKim, Esquire
Ihia
Joan H. Paine
James C. Davis
Boston Poat
H. Folsom
Asst. Register
James A. Finn
Grorce M. Brooks
Massachuje Setts
Abigail Jenkins Coor
Waltham
Wuerens
James B. Thayer
Georch M. Brooks
Ss. Ll. Folsom
Asst
Commonwealth OF Massachus Septs
Joln B. Kettell
Edward H. Kestell
New York
Poston Post
Ss. H. Folsom
Tabez A. Sawyer
Moston
Charles J. Tyler
George L. Randidge
Said
Caroline R. Randidge
George E. Hale
Alfred D. Foster
Ioston
Oston
Thomas C. Armstrong
George C. Armstrong
Newton
Kempt
Hants County
Nova Scotia
Hants
Hipston
Sid Court
A. J. Lathrop
Mary Jd. A. O’reilly
Mary A.S. O'Reilly
Osion
John W. McKim
Massachuwu Setys
Supfolk
Nahum Packard
Hannale K. Packard
West Bridgewater
Plymouth
John SH. Paine
William Minot, Jr
Benjamin W. Crowninshield
Mary M. Gaillard
Isaston
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Hom H. Paine
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Nicholas M. Armstrong
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James Bowdoin Bradlee
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