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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1891

Page

5

Mrs Grimwood Story Of Mas sacre And German Dance Oddities

Mrs Grimwood recounts her perilous march to Cachar after her husband was slain in Manipur. She describes the cold, fatigue, and officers sharing coats as she learns of his death by telegram.

Ethel Ross Lerwich London la Cigale Mme. Bernhardt Mary Wells Youngstown State Board of Education State Normal School New Britain Carroll Germany Phillippine Overstolz St. Louis Grant White House Mound City Greece Louise Robins Paris

Prizes For Herbariums Postponed To December Display

The window gardening committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society announces that the exhibitions of herbariums is postponed two weeks to Dec. 26. A very interesting display of herbariums featuring flowering plants grasses and ferns will be made. All persons interested are invited to be present.

The Massachusetts Horticultural Society

Street Department Purchases Reorganized For City Supplies

Mayor's report outlines consolidation of street department purchases from paving sewer bridge and sanitary police. A purchasing agent and assistant ensure contracts for blocks sand gravel lumber and other items are awarded by public advertisement and district contracts. Prices and volumes show marked increases in 1891 over 1890 across blocks edgestone flagging bricks beach gravel and lumber.

Matthews Carter Newburyport Department of Public Institutions

Boston Press Club Dinner Acknowledges Club Legends

The sixth annual Boston Press Club dinner at the Abbotsford hotel honored Colonel Clapp of the Journal. Edwin B. Haskell presided and a wide set of journalists delivered papers and remarks on English versus American journalism, with poems and music enhancing the event.

Boston Press Club Joseph Lee Abbotsford Edwin B. Haskell Press Club Boston W. W. Clapp Boston Journal Colonel Clapp Edwin K. Haskell Herald H. Taylor Globe H. RB. Chamberlain Journal B. Leighton Beal Post W. D. Quint News American Reporter Stephen O’meara General Collins Boston Press Minot J. Savage William T. Adams Oliver Optic Frank J. Bonnelle Henry O'Meara John B. Whoriskey Daniel Ahearn Cecilia Orchestra J. P. Frost W. F. Murray D. 5 Knowlton Times

Violin Maker Comedietta Shines At Doll Show

At the Kindergarten for the Blind last evening the comedietta Violin Maker by Coquelin impressed audiences. Charles L. Fletcher led as Fillippo with Eugene Sweatland as Sandro and Charles H. Carter as the old violin maker Taddeo Ferrari. Miss Albertine Dobe played Guinniana. Tomorrow Edith Thomas, a deaf dumb and blind child, will host a reception and present her doll. An excellent musical program complemented the event.

Comedietta Coquelin Charles Leonard Fletcher Charles L. Fletcher Fillippo Eugene Sweatland Sandro Charles H. Carter Taddeo Ferrarri Albertine Dobe Guinniana Edith Thomas

Crawford Graves wed at Belmont in December ceremony

Ernest J. Crawford and Jessie H. Graves were married at Belmont on December 10 by Rev. Hilary Bygrave. The ceremony united the couple in a quiet, private setting as friends and family witnessed the vows.

Crawford-Graves Belmont Hilary Bygrave Ernest J. Crawford Jessie H. Graves

Obituary notices from Boston area readers list numerous deaths

A compilation of death notices and obituaries from Boston area cities and towns dated December. Individuals named include Betsey H Arey Charles R Foote Mary E Locke Rebecca C Morse Maria Louisa Neff Charles P Philbrick Belinda P Wells Frederick G Bollwig Charles W Carswell Bessie Tiffany William J Dilworth Mary J Safford Edwin H Earle Sarah E Foster Elbridge Harris Harris C Hartwell Joseph Johnson Anthony A Rich Charles A Vickery Mary W McIntyre Henry J Stevens with funeral details and locations across Dorchester Roxbury Woburn Quincy Melrose Fitchburg Porchester Clinton and other communities.

Neff Dorchester Maria Louisa William J. Neff Philbrick Charles P. Philbrick Simmons Roxbury Belinda P. Wells George A. Simmons Bollwig Louisville Frederick G. Bollwig Carswell Woburn Mass Charles W. Carswell Dilworth West Haven Conn Bessie Tiffany Charles R. Dilworth Pittsburg Penn William Shaw Elizabeth Howard Tiffany Boston Safford Tarpon Springs Fla Mary J. Safford D. Earle Lynn Edwin H. Earle Foster Quincy Sarah E. Brown Charles C. Foster Harris Porchester Elbridge Harris Hart Fitchburg Harris C. Hartwell Johnson West Springfield Street Joseph Johnson Melrose Anthony A Rich Vickery Clinton Charles A. Vickery Portland Pans McIntyre Mary W Peter McIntyre East Brookline Street Stevens Henry J. Stevens North Andover

President Harrison's Message Receives Mixed Press Critique

Boston Herald calls it a carefully prepared dignified state paper while Providence Journal finds it perfunctory and superficial. Springfield Republican labels it an able but bureaucratic document, noting room for reordering subjects and sharper expression.

Boston Herald Harrison Congress Springfield Republican

President Harrison Seen Through Three Papers

Manchester Union faults the President for flip in tariff reasoning and living cost claims. Lewiston Journal hails his message as thoughtful and prophetic, praising scholarship and statesmanship. Hartford Post calls the message a sign of mental acumen and firm grasp of public affairs.

The Manchester Union Lewiston Journal United States Harrison Atest Hartford Post

Harrison message praised for plain business tone

The Tribune notes President Harrison's annual message is free of partisanship and prejudice. It praises its simple, clear, businesslike presentation of public affairs and wise practical suggestions, offering a cooling contrast to Democratic factionalism.

N. Y. Tribune Harrison

Harrison's Message Gives a Clear Photo of Last Year

The New York Herald notes Mr. Harrison's Congress address is straightforward though not notably robust or deft. It provides a clear photographic view of events that have occupied national attention over the past year.

N. Y. Herald

President Harrison diplomacy praised and cautions noted

The Standard cites President Harrison’s message as heavy on foreign affairs while The Pall Mall Gazette urges magnanimity with Chili and conciliation over coercion. The Globe adds that U S control in Venezuela should seek debtor payment.

Harrison Blaine Pall Mall Gazette United States Globe Venezuela

New Music from Oliver Ditson Company Arrivals

Oliver Ditson introduces a potpourri of La Cigale Grasshopper Dance and Soldiers Songs together with Hepsibah Polonaise Minuet Bright and Gay March and Happy go Lucky Polka teaching pieces. New songs include Drifting Most Wondrous It Must Be Bird Raptures The Old Clock on the Stairs Your Presence and I Know That My Redeemer Lives by various composers.

I. Statham Carl Bohm William R. Chapman Franz Ries Frederic H. Cowen John W. Hutchinson Charles F. Webber Redeemer Fred L. Morey

The Old South Church in Boston Boston History and Pride

The Old South Church stands at Dartmouth and Boylston amid Newspaper Row as a museum of colonial antiquities and a landmark of old Boston. Rev George A Gordon leads a simple service with beautiful hymns and stained glass windows.

Old South Meeting House Boston Old Boston Dartmouth and Boylston Sts Old South Church Washington and Milk Streets Shepherds O Gallilee George A. Gordon Thomas Thatcher Samuel Williams Ebenezer Pemberton Joseph Sewall Thomas Prince Alexander Cuming Samuel Blair John Bacon John Hunt Joseph Eckley Joshua Huntington Benjamin B. Wisner Samuel H. Stearns George W. Blagden Jacob M. Manning

Only Two Buildings Left in Pinos Altos Fire

A vacant frame building caught fire at 9 30 this morning in Pinos Altos New Mexico and with no water available the town burned rapidly. Firefighters and residents rushed to fight the blaze but only two structures were saved. Estimated loss about 100000 with light insurance and suspected incendiary origin.

Pinos Altos, N. M Pinos Autos N. M

Major General Sir Lewis Pelly Dies in Hereford Ride

Londoon December 10 Major General Sir Lewis Pelly K C B K S L was thrown from his carriage while driving today at Hereford and died almost immediately. Born in 1825 he held numerous diplomatic and administrative posts in India and served as envoy for Afghan affairs in 1876 77. He was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Astronomical Society and authored several works.

Londoon Lewis Pelly

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