Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

We have 4,454,244 pages in Massachusetts

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1878

Page

3

Multiple Businesses Face Heavy Debts and Sparse Assets

A bankruptcy roundup lists Anthony Crosby and Benjamin F. Robinson with large unsecured liabilities and minimal unencumbered assets. Dozens of debtors including Howard A. Doe and Samuel F. Rugg show mostly secured debt and little cash. A. J. Dreas meeting notes substantial defaults. Postings reveal numerous voluntary petitions in Boston district court from traders and manufacturers across several cities.

Anthony Crosby Hanover Street Benjamin F. Robinson Pemberton Square Howard A. Doe East Fifth Street Mather E. Hawes Somerville William H. Arey Arey Brothers Commercial Street N. A. Moses & Co Boots and Shoes Washington Street Thomas Beless Needham Judson D. Harris Cornhill Lalance Augustus Stevens & Co Border Street Samuel F. Rugg Court Street A. J. Dreas St. Louis Dreas Boston Lamoureux & Dreas Lawrence William A. Brown Joseph G. Brown Copartners Lynn George W. West J. L. Miller Nathaniel A. Moses Medford Malden Joseph R. Miller Taunton John F. Bispham Ormond F. Nims R.S. D. Symonds Peabody Nehemiah Gilpatrick Lowell Newton Frederick A. F. Adams Southboro Henry F. Willard Cambridge Hervey IH. Murdock Oscar J. Slocomb John Bell William H. Bell Augustus H. Rankin Blackstone Henry A. Wood Charles Cooper Worcester Horace R. Wetherell Uxbridge Edwin H. Hayward Ayer

Caledonian Club Festival Draws 8000 in Cambridge

The Boston Caledonian Club held its twenty fifth annual festival at Fresh Pond Grove Cambridge drawing about eight thousand attendees. Spectators watched athletic feats by prize winners including E W Johnson D C Ross and A F E Donaldson while regimental detail from New York Seventy ninth Highland Regiment attended and police on duty reported pocket picking thefts and fights.

Robbie Burns Fresh Pond Grove Cambridge Boston Caledonian Club Bowdoin Square Grove Fitchburg the Grove Caledonian Club New York Seventy Ninth Highland Regiment Joseph Laing William Robertson Providence Caledonians Adams House Philibeg Scotch American New York L. D. Robertson Scotchman William Thompson Istrian Marathon Charles O’ Rourk Pennsylvania E. W. Johnson Hamilton Ont D. C. Ross A. W. Marshall James Melrose Thomas Buchan Lewis Pettis A. C. Reed John McGilvray James Faulkner Robert Grant William Cameron John Pratt A. F E. Donaldson Fall River J. McGilvray Alexander Ivell K. W. Johnson William Robinson Alexander Donaldson L. D. Robinson James Kennedy Donald McBain A. Marshall John McCloud A. Mekachen Kop Kk. W. Johnson A. E. Donaldson P. Sullivan Charles Collins Waltham T. D. Evans John Cochran Charles P. Daniels Boston Frank Fessenden R. Nelligan Alexander Ronald Charles Owler James McLearn Newark N.J J. W. Wightman Andrew Hislop George B. Grassie Worcester John Adams George A. Stewart Schenectady N. Y R. C. Hannah Camee Chief Nicholson T. D. Ducy Eston C. H. Stebbins South Boston

Philo Celtic Society Plans Citywide Honorary Member Drive

A Boston Philo Celtic Society delegation met to canvass the city for honorary members and associates. They provided two autograph albums to record supporters in their own handwriting. The society details honorary and life memberships with set fees and emphasizes revival and cultivation of the Irish language.

Philo-Celtic Society of Boston Philo-Celtic Society

Poll Tax Notice and Local Elections Update

A Boston poll tax notice issued by Collector Thomas Sherwin outlines payment options at City Hall and a deputy serving at Sharp Primary School during October. The item also covers political caucuses for state convention delegates, party actions, and local criminal reports across Revere Lynn Hyde Park and surrounding areas.

Sharp Anderson Street Thomas Sherwin Butler Worcester State Central Committee Revere William T. Hall Charles Bird Democrats of Newton Amesbury Tremont Street H. H. Bryant

The Late Lyman Nichols Dies

The Directors of the Boston National Bank adopted resolutions praising Lyman Nichols late president for seventeen years of service. They noted his enterprise, honesty, and influence on New England commerce and manufacturing, expressed sympathy to his family, and announced plans to attend his funeral and record the resolutions.

Boston National Bank Lyman Nichols New England

Sporting Notes on Races and Challenges

A series of rowing events is listed for the Mystic river and surrounding venues. Matches include single and pair oared races with stakes of 50 and 25 dollars, a ten mile windward return trial off City Point for 100 dollars, and a noon September 11 event from Malden to Chelsea bridges for amateur single scullers and four oared boats. Prizes include a 75 dollar silver fruit dish and a 25 dollar medal. Additionally Charles A Booth challenges John Keen to crown world champion status in cycling.

Rowe’s Wharf W. F O. J. Ells R. Stormont D. Wilder Chelsea Mystic River Gael Sunbeam City Point Malden Bridge Chelsea Bridge Charles A. Booth America John Keen England

Coal team collision injures news boy on Williams court

Daniel Doherty's coal team driven by John Campbell struck Abraham Gompertz a news boy at 9 Williams court Thursday forenoon inflicting a severe flesh wound on the right knee. The wound was dressed at the Second Police Station and the boy taken to his home at 5 Clifton place. Curtis Never on Copeland street Boston Highlands was badly bitten by a dog while playing on Mount Pleasant road Thursday afternoon. Frank Pesky of Dorchester avenue South Boston was pushed against a horse at Jones's stable 227 Dorchester avenue sustaining a dislocated right ankle and a fractured tibia he was taken to City Hospital.

Daniel Doherty John Campbell Abraham Gompertz Williams Court Clifton Place Curtis Never Copeland Street Boston Highlands Mount Pleasantry Frank Pesky Dorchester Avenue Boston Jones City Hospital

American Rifle Team selections and top scores

The American Rifle Team will mainly comprise riflemen from this state including W H Jackson J 8 Sumner J F Brown William Gerrish H Tyler and G W Davidson The top scores listed include Jackson 1260 Rathburn 1257 Sumner 1225 Brown 1229 Clark 1227 Gerrish 1201 Tyler 1182 and Davidson 1150 Dwight of West Virginia posted 1246 but did not shoot Creedmoor on August 7 and 3 if voted he would be the third man

Messrs W. H. Jackson Sumner J. F. Brown William Gerrish H. Tyler G. W. Davidson Jackson Rathburn Brown Clark Gerrish Tyler Davidson Dwight West Virginia Creedmoor

Liquor Licenses Granted and Rejections in City

Licenses granted to James Wilkie 21 North Square John Devine 1751 Tremont Street William K Thompson 155 37 Blackstone Street John King 25 Federal Street John M Schell 47 Eliot Street Vietuallers Dennis A Carey 2 Rochester Street grocer R K Gordon Warren and Dudley Streets druggist Annie M Barry 117 Chelsea Street retail dealer Applications rejected for Francis Monahan and Thomas J McGraul

James Wilkie North Square John Devine Tremont Street William Or K. Thompson Blackstone Street John King Federal Street John M. Schell Eliot Street Vietuallers Dennis A. Carey Rochester Street R. K. Gordon Warren Dudley Streets Annie M. Barry Chelsea Street Francis Monahan Thomas J. McGraul

Public Stock Exchange opens at No 22 Congress Square

A new stock exchange venue on Congress Square No 22 opens to the public allowing anyone to speculate without prior association membership. A large crowd gathered with some attendees becoming investors as arrangements to bulletin New York market fluctuations are set to begin soon.

Congress New York

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Boston Statesman Weekly Post Lord Maine Elmhurst Mount Washington Newport Gloucester Vermont Austria Yellow Reaper Barus Sherman New England News Mechanics Ocean Sprey Bits of Boston News Labor Inquiry Loston P.O. Ati Phineas E.gay Cottage Farm Newton Upper Falls Woburn Dedham Thomas Savage George Hosmer Oliver L. Briggs Ango State Street Ol&t WM. C. Codman J.G. Freeman Kilby Street Congress Street Wm.c Codman OLD Boston Brewery Isaac Cook & CO Central ST McCormick Uus S. Dana Bayes Massachusetts Kt&zianly Rueter&alley Heath and Parker Streets Devonshire Street American Institute of New York City Depot LOU & LOS _evomamnre Sgrmost Frank Jones Portsmouth Bass’s Bass Younger Guinness Dublin Washington ST N. H K&2tawly Jaz Burton Alley & Nichols Corner Heath Foston Highlands A. J. Houghton & CO EWERS Vienna Halleck Station Streets Haffenreffer & CO Dole Brothers Milwaukee Water Street Boston Post Hobah Lodge of Odd Fellows Chauncey Hall School Third Battery Cedar Point R. 1 Young Men’s Christian Union Lexington A. H. Lewis Esa East Boston Advocate West Twelfth Webster Massachusetts Regiment Rockland Cafe Nantasket Beach Juan Liverpool Imbros West Newton Street East Boston Charles Own Highland Lake Hingham George Cushing Louisville Arkansas Texas Memphis Memphis and Little Rock Neptune Avenue Alexander Stowell Edward H. Welch Church of the Immaculate Conception Georgetown D. C South Fund Young Men's Hebrew Union Eli Meinrath Samuel L. Hirshfield Bernard Ayneman Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Rifle Association FE. E. Rice Evangeline Combination Col W. E. Sinn Brooklyn Park Theatre Park Rice Shiel Literary Association J. P.J. Ward H. E. Brady E. J. Dowd Charles Keveney John Macksey John Judge J. F. O’brien J. E. McKenna N. J. McNeil E. J. Butler Isoard P. H. Shea A. Crowell Albany Old Colony Eastern Messrs McClellan & Knights Old State House Charlotte Con General Relief Committee James J. Flynn J. B. Kendall Empire State Sisters OF ST Mary A.C. A. Hall Boston Postr Sisters of St. Mary Anon Eaglenest Grenada Howards Sisters’ General Nursing Fund Arthur C. A. Hall Mission House of St. John Evy Stamford Street Yellow Fever Relief Fund Mary Pratt A. Hobart P.S. Crowell Charles Merrin J. van Praag Bennett, Broo Ediannd Davis S. R. Tolman C.s Trown, Durell & Co Aw” Bose Samaritan Charles S. Storrow John Co. Phillips Anna C. Lowell James M. Beebe E. Pierson Beebe Henry B. Rogers Abby W. May Henry Whitman Bemis Peabony Piland Springs Ees Ee Company Hathaway & Pond F. Gordon Dexter Sescincantecee Joseph Sivais A Temple of Honor of Massachusetts Brother Templars Tenn Means Benjamin Thaxter Upham, Tucker & Co Danforth, Clark & Co Wheelock, Jones & Co Wi. Gould Cacces S BBS Sven Ghsamnes Shaseravwensy Ee Shreve, Crump & Low John A. Burnham Steamer Curiser Cpic Cissietetene Pranklin Iesnee Kendall Willng Rockport Pigeon Cove Beverly Manchester Marblehead Swampscott Nahant Eye Rock Boston Amateur Scientific Society Edwin F. Sawyer Charles Stodder Teller George H. Elton Henry Schmidt Roxbury Medical and Surgical Journal Army Navy Woodworth United States Mail Service Mississippi Board of Health Veche Washington Christian Harmes New Orleans Fredericksburg Washington, D. C Post Townsend Providence Hospital Reeset Ear and Surgical Journal Miss Fisher Dalton Vincent Schayer Luther M. Harris Connecticut River Globe National Bank Road J. H. Butler Northampton Ezra Lincoln William Conner, Jr D. L. Harris Springfield South Vernon Commonwealth Clara T. Fisher Vogl J. B. Treadwell William E. Quimby Detroit Free Press Charles Follen Adams Yawcob Strauss Detroit Nantucket Samuel F. Miller James M. Harlan Supreme Court of the United States Gray State House Gov. Rice Peirce Amos F. Learned New England Associated Press Brown’s Brigade Fruhlingsgruss Beyer Rossini ATC Riargs Concerneevss Cornet H.C. Brown Faust Gounod Galop—“ Vergnugunzug Seeeseeees Strauss Selter Frank Kaula Blues and Grays Missud Wilhelmj Europe Maurice Strakosch Steinway Hall Germany France Italy Russia Ocean Steamers White Star Line C. L. Bartlett & Co Broadstreet Old South Treasury of the Preservation Committee Oak Bluffs Tollows Pope Station Eleven Savin Hill Colter Haley, Nealon and Thompson Station One McEllany William Carney William W. Hawes Lake Walden Concord Catherine Jackson Station Three Patrick Brown Bowker Street Woman’s Reformatory Prison Gallagher and Haley C. K. Jones John Lynch Caledonian Fresh Pond Nellie Carr Etta Farrington Sawyer Street Albert Fellows Harrison Avenue Gerraughty and Harding Ellis Station Seven Frank Spriggs Patrick McLaughlin Grand Junction Wharf Centre Street Newton Centre Schooloy J. F. Edmands J. F.C. Hyde Z. A. Mudge Marshall S. Rice G. A. Somerby Esq Alderman Edmands F. Smith Seth Davis Edmands Pettie Hovey Seth Davis Esq D. L. Furber S. F. Smith Robert Hal Columbus Ohio W. N. Clarke Salem MelIntire Raymond Northend and Cogswell Mechanic Light Infantry N. D. Pierce C. A. Carlton Thomas Kittredge Holbrook NEW Congregational Church Winthrop Congregational Society of Messrs Hartwell & Tilden of Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers Oak Island Revere Beach J. K. Chadwick Ben. Perley Poore J.G. B. Adams Young Men’s Christian Association Third Ward Huse Tapley Hyde Park New York and New England Railroad Company Neponset River Jeremiah Wright Readville Melrose M. A. Livermore Samuel E. Sewall D. W. Gooch J.W. Farwell Livermore G. N. Boardman Bellingham Manning Frank Osborne John Osborne Michael Welch Cochituate Street Greenbackers T. A. B. Norris Framingham State Normal School Cc. O. Storrs F. D. Klemen Workingmen’s Club East Dedham Arthur Becon Philip Leonard Motherbrook Trinity Commandery Knights Templars Abington Plymouth William Holtham Engine Company No.2 Stuart McKenzie Nantasket Belmont Street Naugus Head Grove Ladies’ Christian Temperance Union Stillman Emerson Main Street Wakefield Pavilion Hotel Edmands’s Land Assabet Manufacturing Company Maynard Charles B. Lancaster Sporting Notes Public Stock Exchange Clarendon Hotel Business College Oak Hall North Street Niles Brothers Spy Pond Chassette State Board of Health Inman Square Thayer Grand Army Hall East Cambridge John A. Gaughn John A. Brogan A. Delaporte Patrick Gayton J.J. Kelley Charles Whitters Broadway Broad Canal Fire Department Mary Melsop Union Railway Company Dunster Street Eng Rice Mansion Entertainments Boston Museum Boston Theatre Louis James Thomas Barry Old South Church Barry Noah James Price Bostoon MusEt Burnett Joseph Burnett & Co Maria Parlor S. S. Pierce & CO John Gilbert & CO J. Burnett & Co Harvey D. Parker Prop Parker House Furl Schools G. W. Simmons & Son Poward Mena GU Faneuil Hall Square J. G. Freeman M. Rhodes & CO Pearl Street Hienry & Hatch Boots & Shoes Devonshire Charles €. Warren Reade Street High Street Fall River Line F.G. Wolbert Townsend & Fahrgis Leonard Street Philadelphia Bunting Fiis Market Street Beaton Moses Colman & SO National Horse and Carriage Rt Portland Friend Streets Noart Mart Odd Fellows’ Hall Cor Berkeley N.B J. Pickering Draper Mount Prospect House N. Hi Depot Mt. Prospect Rogers & Chester Wauwinet Nantecket Mass Squam Kenney & Small, Prop Jez East Gloucester D. C. Voss White Mountain House White Mountains R.D Mounantain Fabyan’s Bethlehem Hiouse Tehem Pod Veryeiniande Senaneh N. W. Cheney Starr King Mountain House Jefferson Buildeer Lancaster Preble M.S Gibson Casaceus Thayer’s Union Street F. I A. Alger Wentworth Newcastle Eastern Railroad JOE Jenness & Son Bellevue House Lake Memphremazog F. L.ine Bean Horace Bean Uit Auit Bay View Klnsman Jefferson, Fae R. H Waumbek Hotel CO J. KR. Crocker Ocean House Old Orchard Beach John Lindsey Fabyan Causeway ST F. Clark Senter Centre Harbor J. L. Huntress Hotel Bellevue Beacon Street Fiske Atlantic C. H. Fiske Aut Eoptiel Tower’s Hotel Falmouth Heights, Mass W. H. Wis Forbes Times George Tower Lincoln House Narragansett Bay, R. I Warwick Park Itoul Ps LU Ho Presay Harrison Baker D. W. Morey BG Carriages Rocky Point Richardson, Hill & CO Bankers Belfast U. S Congress St Congress Square Chicago Anton Ratlada S (O Brewster, Basset & CO LEE, Higginson & CO Richardom Hill & CO Sydney Coal Sydney Bonnie Lass Bosworth & Hamlin Federa Albert How A H Brighton A. Howe Warren Avenue Canada Mammoth Sales Portland Street Henry C. Bird & CO U. Ss. Very Worcester St Pitts Street Phe Revere House TuFly Samuel Hatch & CO Beach Street Kingston Suffolk Glass Company Ttade Aussi L Hodgdon Horticultural Hil Leneies Thos Furnival & Son J. U. Pierce & Robertson Sullivan & Macdonaly School Street South Charles W. Drake N Street Henry B. Stratton Calvin Swallow Suffolk Franklin Savings Bank OF City OF Loston Henry Whittemore McClellan & Knights N. A. Thompson & CO Omce Cambridgeport Benjamin F. Bean Home Savings Bank Cedar Street Bean Samuel Crosby Crosby Charles Hurtbert Jewell & Gaton Henry Smith Thomas Carleton Albert Brigham Aljland Charlestown Irving Place Lowell L. Hinds George R. Baldwin Baldwin Hinds G. Phipps A. W. Pratt Stover and Hovey Augustus W. Pratt Moses Emery Middlesex Carleton Brigham Michael McLaughlin Alexander F. Wadsworth North End Savings Bank County of Commonwealth of Massachusetts Quincy Street Medford Street C. W. Wellington McLaughlin John P. Nichols Middlesex South District Josiah A. McGaw Geo. C. Trumbull WM CC Williamson Bostes Hawes & Henshaw Stock Auctioneers and Brokers Merchants’ Exchange Building Brokers’ Board State Etreet A Exchange Building Tfowa and Nebraska Railroad Cambridge Gas Light Co Nahant Steamboat Express Co Wabrefiald Rattan Pfost FuUupiusoly Vu Pacific Guano Co Appleton Manufacturing Co Lowell Manufacturing Co Bates Manufacturing Co Market National Bank Jamaica Plain Gas Light Co Hill Manufacturing Co Continental Mills Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co Androscoggin Mills East Boston Gas Light Co Shawmut National Bank North National Bank Boston, Revere Beach Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Merchants and Miners Transportation Co National Pack and Warehouse Co State National Bank American Watce Co Waltham, Boston and Lowell Worcester and Nashua Middlesex Horse Railroad Ractoan and Lowell Railroad Manufacturers National Bank Emigrant Savings Bank Book Franklin Savings Bank Book Robert Moore & Son Cincinnati R. L. Day & CO Merchants’ Exchange Exchange Place Ini Stacia Douglass Axe Co National Hide and Leather Bans Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Metropolitan Railroad Bartlett Blackstone National Bank Worcester and Nashua Cedar Rapids and Missouri Iowa Railroad Land Co Andaracenecia Mills Do Metropolitan Horse Railroad State of Massachusetts Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad Mercantile Savings Institution Mercantile — Institution Chaiv Mansfield and Framingham Railroad Home Savings Bank Book Town of St. Albans Horatio Harris N. M. Hatch Maddox & Son Dover Stamping Co Isburgh & Walker S. 10 East Street Oaton Victoria Goddard Wm. P. Sargent & Co Constable's Sale Geo. B. Proctor Constable A. S. Eaton Northampton Street T. B. Moses, Jr., & CO Federal East Streets NGS Mary Connelly Tate Ann Flanagan COMMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS/ MIDDLESEX John W. Trull Elizabeth. Eldredge John T. Heard Edward D. Sohier George M. Brooks J. H. Tyler John S. Lamprey George L. Huntress Equitable Building Daniel P. Wise Commercial Row George Ferr S. Lothrop Thorndike, Esq A. D Roland G. Usher Edward R. Humphreys Exchange Street F. W. Palfrey, Esq United States C. Morris Bennett F. W. Palfrey Edward Dexter Ditrict Court OF the United States—District OF Ag Ae Ohn E. Maynard E.J. Sherman U.S. Court House Ee Istrict Court S. L. Thorndike Isofton J Gorham Rogers & CO Dundee Goods Anvas Beatrice Coe Tanklig
Search Courier

Search the Boston Post Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Boston Post?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication