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.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1891
Page
5
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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