Canvass gains from fisheries treaty rejection cited
Frye backs House committee view that Canada infringed the twenty-ninth article of the Washington treaty, justifying retaliation. Wilkins returns from New York to assist the campaign. Brice praised for leadership as Tremiocraic literature floods the organ. Greely to study Mt Washington signal station's viability. a plan to abandon it gains support. Senate confirms several consuls and expands fortification funding and gun research. First silver dollar shipment to the new Treasury vault arrives, with further shipments planned. Public building bids opened for Springfield with five bidders and a recent lowest bid for Long Meatow brownstone.
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House Committee
Washington
Wilkins
New York
General Corse
Colonel Brice
Brice
Treasury
Department
Philadelphia
Express
New Orleans
San Francisco
Springfield
Mass
Supervising Architect
McCarthy & Baldwin
D. J. Curtis
Patrick Boston
Dearborn Bros. & Co
Lynn
Vermont Marble Company
Mearthy & Baldwin
Beston
Ohio
The Pumping Station Case at City Hall
The petitioners’ side closed in the pumping station hearing as Mr Adams noted another witness absent. Mr Gargan opened for the defense claiming first quality freestone from Carlisle quarry, examined by a water board agent, with expert stone cutters affirming high standards and uniform color. Carew testified as the defendant’s witness detailing quarry selection, stone quality, sand holes, and adherence to the city architect’s plans. cross examination left intact. The committee adjourned to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept 5.
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City Hall
Adams
Morris
Gargan
Boston
Colot
Carew
Water Board
Freestone Cutters’ Association
Carlisle
Freestone
Ap Lutherty
Vinal
America
Liverpool
Cork
Irc
Dr Holmes Birthday Celebrated At Beverly Home
A Boston Post visit to Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes at Beverly Farms marks his seventy ninth birthday. The Autocrat greeted a reporter with humor and kindness, noting many flowers from friends and a quiet family celebration. He spoke of health, visitors, and letters, offering brief, pointed replies and a standard note for distant correspondents.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Parnassus
Plautus
Beverly Farms
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Beverly-by-the-Depot
The
Post
Bar Harbor
Dorr
Roger Wolcott
Pratt
Bell
Whitman
Shattuck
Charles Jackson
Curtis
Dow & Larcom
Turner Sargent
Anita Calef
Frederick Shattuck
Susie Jackson
Phil Sheridan
Phil
Charlote Fiske Bates
Franklin Haven
Cosgrove
Robert C. Winthrop
Tennyson
Gladstone
Darwin
Cavour
Lord Haughton
Lincoln
Winthrop
Dr. Holmes
Boston
Sailors Suspected in Boston Young Woman Assault
A Boston clerk from Tremont street was attacked by two men, forced into a cut-under and chloroformed on School street. Detectives hired as officials pledge to pursue sailors from harbor yachts, with a fundraising subscription opened for the victim.
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School Street
Mt. Desert Street
Strawberry Hill
Brewer
Brewer House
Spofford Family Reunion at Georgetown Estate Anniversary
A large Spofford family gathering at the 160 year old Spofford estate in Georgetown marked a 250th anniversary of the Spofford lineage. Attendees from across the U S and from England celebrated with addresses by Ainsworth Spofford and Paul Nelson Spofford, historic lore, and a moonlit banquet.
Trade goods advertised by Bowdlear at Central Wharf
Original packages from W H Bowdlear & Co at 36 Central Wharf Boston offer beeswax ceresine osokerite paraffine carnauba and other items. Heat evade and quality emphasized in marketing for these commodities.
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W H. Bowdlear & Co
Central Wharf
Boston
Obituary for Henry Richard M P and Dr William H Page
Henry Richard M P dies suddenly at Bangor Wales Aug 20 after thirty years as secretary of the London Peace Society and a close friend of Gladstone. He led national peace efforts, was repeatedly elected to a Welsh Parliament seat, and will be missed at the Paris peace congress of 1889. Dr William H Page of Boston and New York dies in Los Angeles after a long medical career from Exeter to Harvard Medical School and service in the Civil War. Survived by five children.
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Grorcetown
Weathermore
John Spofford
Spofford
Georgetown
California
Arizona
Michigan
New England
Daniel Spofford
Charles T. Spofford
John ©. Spotford
Eighth Regiment
Fe.a. Foster
Albany
N.Y
John E. Bailey
Selectmen
Ainsworth R. Spofford
Librarian of
Congress
Spofford Association
America
Rip van Winkle
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Bench
Earth
Richard 5. Spofford
Newburyport
England
Spofford Castle
Yorkshire
Spottord Lake
Chesterfield
New Hampshire
Jeremiah Spottord
Aphia
Paul Nelson Spofford
New York
Jeremiah Snofford
Groveland
Silkeston
John
Robert J. Spofforth
Royal Army
Robert
Anne
Maflin
Ann Nixon
Spofford’s Hill
Spofford Lake
Spafford Landing
Spafford
Spafford Hollow
New York City
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Venango County
Pennsylvania
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Texas
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Canada
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Spoffora
Henry Richard
Bangor
Wales
London Peace Society
Gladstone
Welch
Paris
William H. Page
Boston
Kingman
Page
Los Angeles
Cal
Rochester
N. H
Phillips Exeter Academy
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Andrew
Las Vegas
N. M
New Mexico Medeal Society
Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Pension rolls grow by 60,252 new names in year
Washington reports the Pension Bureau’s annual results: 60,252 new names added to the rolls, total pensioners reaching 452,557, with 46,550 net increase after deaths and removals. Pensions paid rose to $78,775,862. total outlay $82,038,386.
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Washington
Black
Bureau
United States
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
Pension Bureau
Boards of
Opera Night Opens Promenade Season at Music Hall
The first opera night of the promenade season drew a large audience last evening with Georgine von Januschowsky and Sig nor Campanari delivering vigorous performances. They excelled in selections from Rigoletto Traviata and Huguenots and received multiple encores. Tonight features a miscellaneous orchestral programme and a Sullivan night is planned for Friday.
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Music Hall
Georgine von Januschowsky
Signor Campanari
Echo
Swindler Poses at Cheney Cigar Store
A stranger called at J. W. Cheney’s cigar shop at 117 Pleasant Street yesterday afternoon during Cheney’s absence and presented a promissory note for 10 500 dollars, claiming Mrs. Cheney’s husband sent it. Lacking change, the man took a box of cigars and promised to return for the balance. he is described as a swindler.
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J. W. Cheney
Pleasant Street
Cheney
Parent
Judge rules Mooney death not due to police fault
Municipal Court Judge Curtis yesterday ruled that Thomas Mooney died from injuries received on Deer Island on July 24 in an unknown manner. He found no person connected with Mooney’s arrest for drunkenness at Hanover street station to blame for the fatal injuries.
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Curtis
Thomas Mooney
Deer Island
Harvey
Hanover Street
Pair Charged in Larceny Ring Including Couple Curran
James Curran known as Blue Skin and wife Sarah Curran were arrested for stealing 45 dollars from E. J. Hartford of Brockton while riding together last week. Curran held at 27 Melrose Street. Maud Smith jailed after Saturday arrest for the same crime. John Rifus seized for 25 bottles of liquor from Wood Penance Co. Frank Hamilton held for embezzling 10 dollars from the same firm.
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James Curran
Blueskin
Garrity
Sarah
Mary Curran
E. J. Hartford
Brockton
Curran
Melrose Street
Maud Smith
John Rifus
Weenty
Wood, Penance & Co
Kilby
Water Streets
Frank Hamilton
Cricket Match Postponed Due to Club Absence
The game between Manhattan Cricket Club and Longwood eleven, scheduled for yesterday, has been indefinitely postponed because the Manhattan club could not be present.
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Manhattan Cricket Club
Longwood
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Lowe
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Said County
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Iseston
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