Claims of the Clerks Push for $60,000 Post Office Aid
The Boston Post Office faces overwork and low pay. Officials seek a supplementary $60,000 for six months to relieve postmasters in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. If approved, money order and salary funds would be covered. otherwise postmasters risk covering costs or bondsmen. Lamar's Senate confirmation looms amid partisan maneuvering and debates over secrecy rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Congress
Committee On Appropriations
United States
Randall and Holman
Lamar
Senate
Interior
Lam
Pudding Industry Protected Delights Irvings at Palmer House
Fourteen members of Henry Irving's company waited four hours for Christmas dinner in Cuicano. They imported a 27 pound plum pudding taxed $5 by the U S customs, steamed it seven hours at the Palmer House, and ate it with reflections on protected industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
Mr. Henry Irving
United States
Mr. Irving
Custom House
Consignee
Palmer House
Prominent Boston Foreman Fred Ostergren Dies at 49
Fred Ostergren a North End resident and longtime foreman of the Metropolitan stefknship line at the Boston wharf died of heart disease at 2 Hanover Place. He was 49, survived by a widow and four children. Augustus J. H. Newhall of Washington died after months of illness. Newhall served in local government and several terms in the State Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ostergren
North End
Stefknship
Boston
Scandia Lodge No. 6
Hanover Place
RockiAnp
Augustus J. H. Newhall
Washington
Guatemalan Rebels Defeated After Bloody Mountain Battle
Guatemalan revolutionists led by ex-President Castano clashed with General Barillas forces near Guatemala City. The battle left a field strewn with dead. several rebel generals were captured and shot. Authorities declare the bloody war ended and peace restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nueaces
Ari
Castano
Barillas
Guatemala
Elder telegrapher Kendricks falls to death from bridge
Edward H. Kendricks, 62, a veteran telegrapher, leaped from the Sixth Street Bridge in Prrrspuna in a bout of despondency linked to ill health and drinking and drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn
Edward H. Kendricks
Sixth Street
Early Government Run Postal Telegraph Study
The Postal Telegraph article details an 1844 to 1846 government experiment with Morse’s telegraph. It notes Morse and staff as government employees, initial Treasury control, then Post Office management, and fixed tolls. Revenues rose after initial losses, ending with Morse running it for profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuieron
Professor Morse
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Case Johnson
Johnson
Washington
Baltimore
Morse
Sailor Survives Gale After Rescue Attempt At Sea
Captain Torrey of the schooner M. C. Moseley saved Seaman Borden Manchester after the Mary G. Collins foundered in a hurricane gale off Norfolk. The event left five crew lost, including the captain, as the Mary G. Collins sank taking on coal and cargo. Manchester drifted on a plank until rescued by Moseley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Torrey
M. C. Moseley
Boston
Gonaives
Hayti
Stonington
Mary G. Collins
Manchester
Moseley
Norfolk
Somerset
Hampton Roads
Missing Eva Waterbury in South Norwalk Conn
Eva Waterbury a young woman employed at Trowbridge's box shop in South Norwalk Conn is missing. She was last seen at 2 o clock last Tuesday leaving the shop and is about 18 years old. Her family fears foul play due to her respectable background and good reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Norwaix
Conn
Eva Waterbury
Trowbridge
Paris Plaques Honor Great Lives Amid Modern Comforts
The London Telegraph notes plaques on Paris walls commemorating historic residents, while urban change erases old birthplaces. Readers glimpse a contrast between preserved memory and new amenities like lifts water and electric light on every floor in modern buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Paris
d’Enfer
Hell Street
Denfert-Rochereau
Metropolis
Corneille
Butte-des-Moulins
Avenue de Vopéra
Business Methods at the Bon Marche
Mme Boucicaut turned the Bon Marche into a joint stock system with 800 shareholders and 300 senior staff receiving stock. The company operates as a self governing republic with a managing director and thirteen member executive committee. Employees gain shares through seniority, while Boucicaut endowed funds for pensions and temporary relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. S
Mme. Boucicaut
Bon Marché
Mme. Boucicant
M. Plassard
Bon Marché Joint Stock Company
Escape of Jack Krauz from Brooklyn jail
Jack Krauz, held at Raymond Street jail as a witness in Greenwall's murder case, escaped last night by bending window bars, tying towels as a rope, and dropping from the third story. Authorities fear he may be implicated as an accessory and has not been recaptured. Greenwall is awaiting execution and witnesses against him could be released after court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooktlyn
N. Y
Jack Krauz
Raymond Street
Greenwall
Lyman Weeks
Court of Appeals
Krauz
Possible Cardinal Appointment for Boston Archbishop Williams
The piece explains how cardinals are appointed by the college at Rome and publicly announced in Le Moniteur de Rome. It notes that rumors about Archbishop Williams being named a cardinal lack confirmed evidence and would only be knowable after official Rome announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Williams
Rome
Holy City
College of Cardinals At
Cardinal Simeoni
le Moniteur de Rome
Reed of Maine Leads Republicans in the House
Washington Letter portrays Congressman Reed of Maine as the brainiest Republican in the House, free from rivals after Keifer and Robeson exit. It notes his quiet, effective leadership, literary flair, peculiar appearance, and habit of travel, with Alaska speech cited as his sharpest wartime effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
Reed
Maine
House
Garfield
Senate
Carlisle
Keifer
Hiscock
Robeson
Long
McKinley
Cannon
Dingley
Burrows
Colby University
Hamilton
Franklin Square
Frye
Boutelle
New
Tariff Reform Dinner Draws Massachusetts Notables
Invitations to the Massachu setts Tariff Reform League dinner at the Hotel Brunswick list speakers and attendees including Leopold Morse James Freeman Clarke Henry L. Pierce John F E Fitzgerald Harvard President Eliot George M Stearns Dr William Everett Mayor Russell Frank K Foster Charles R Codman William H Clifford Joseph H Walker Spencer Borden Edward Russell George L Gould Jerome Jones Joseph Burnett and other prominent business leaders Tickets cost 250 each and are available until Wednesday noon from the dinner committee at specified Boston addresses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Tariff Reform League
Brunswick
Congress
James Russell Lowell
Leopold Morse
James Freeman Clarke
Henry L. Pierce
John FE. Fitzgerald
Eliot
Harvard University
George M. Stearns
William Everett
Russell
Cambridge
Frank K. Foster
Charles R. Cod
Lincoln Street
Harvey N. Shepard
Tremont Street
Hazard Stevens
Devonshire Street
Winslow Warren
Court Street
Peacedale Mills Face Tariff Debate and Industrial Protection
Rowland G Hazard 2d argues in the N S Times that the Peacedale Woolen Mill would close without new profits from other ventures. He blames the tariff for high costs, noting foreign wool and labor undercut American production. He supports limited protection for infant industries but rejects perpetual burdens, contending free trade remains unlikely and political claims misstate Cleveland’s policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peacedale
N. S. Times
Rowland G. Hazard
Times
Peacedale Manufacturing
Hazard
Jarif
United States
Europe
South America
America
Cleveland
The Danger of Despotism in Russia
A Times note argues secretive governance in Russia dangers freedom and rule of law. It imagines Americans under centralized brutal power, with mass arrests and mines, to explain why Russia unsettles European peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. S. Times
Russia
St. Petersburg
New York
Alaska
Europe
Auction Sales Schedule From Local Firms
Today sales include Fruit Horatio Harris at 1 pm and 12 pm sessions for Harris, Henshaw, and Howe. R L Day & Co and Francis Henshaw & Co also hold morning stock sales with Brighton carriage items listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio Harris
R. L. Day & Co
Francis Henshaw & Co
Albert Howe & Co
Brighton
Theatres and showtimes in Boston area listings
The schedule lists performances at multiple venues including Park Theatre, Boston Theatre, Boston Museum, Hollis Street Theatre, Globe Theatre and Howard Athenaeum. Parlor and variety acts appear with evening starts from 7 45 to 8. The Old Homestead The Loggart and My Brothers Sister are among the titles shown tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Denman Thompson
Old Homestead
Hilton Child William Hilton Funeral at Qld South Church
In this city on Jan 25 William Hilton age 7% years died suddenly. Funeral to be held at Qld South Church located at Boylston and Dartmouth streets on Wednesday Dec 28 at 12 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton
William Hilton
Qld South Church
Boylston and
Dartmouth Streets
Vow for the WV Oanned Items Offered for Quick Sale
Fragmentary lines indicate a store clearing sale with a vow to sell items cheaply. The note mentions first come, first pick and a plan to move stock quickly, but details on items, location, dates, or organizers are unreadable. The text suggests an informal ad or notice of a closing sale with urgent emphasis on rapid turnover.
Old Colony Railroad Plans 500000 Registered Bonds
The Old Colony railroad will issue five hundred thousand dollars in registered bonds on January 1, 1888 due January 1, 1938. They bear four percent interest payable semi annually and will be issued at par, with the company reserving the right to raise the price without notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stedman & Kellocq
Congress
Boston
Mass
N. B
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
Wisconsin Central Company
Boston Sate Deposit and Trust
Old Colony Railroad
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Postoffice Department
The
Henry Irving
the Postal Telegraph
Moree
Congressman Reed
Reinancial
Safe Investments
Minnesota
Incorporated
State Auditor of
Minneapolis
St. Paul
James M. Keith
Grand Opera
National Opera Company
Rubinstein
Goldmark
Wagner
Fannhauser
Gounod
Faust
Verdi
Minnie Palmer
Evans
Hoey
Hoyt
GLOBE
John Stetson
Frank Daniels
Little Pack
James Brown Potter
Boston Museum
Howard Athen
AUM
Music Hall
Hofmann
Cese
Henry EY
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Josef Hofmann
Mme
Helene Hastreiter
Conatralto
Big
de Apne
Sacconi
Mas
D. Lothrop Company
Franklin Street
David A. Wells
Popular Science Monthly
D. Appleton & Co., Publishers
Boston Almanac
A Complete
Sampson, Murdock & CO
Branklin Street
Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
T. Merrihew
State &T
Charles K. Colby
Edwin H. Abbot
Colgate Hoyt
Kansas Loan and
TR Trust CO
Kansas
N. H
R.I
John Jeffries & Sons
American Surety CO
Henry P. Corrin
Water St
Gopreey Morse
Tremont
Cor
H. Sargent
Devonshire St
Caswell, Livermore & CO
Atlantic Avenue
Insurance
Boylston
Kilby Street
W. Balch
W. Glover
American Magazine
Illustrated
Hamilton Place
NEW Publications
Appletons
C. Appleton & Co., Publishers
Cape Breton Island
F. WM. Indlich
Olivia Delaplaine
Edgar Fawcett
F. H. Ropes
Nazareth
Joaquin Miller
Hamlin Garland
Memue Jack Burns
Lillie Devereux Blake
Ottilie
Gulf Coast
Laura F. Hinsdale
Lone Island
Melrose Hall
Perine
Reston
William HW
Rideing
Alice Wellington Robins
Bohemia
Patience Stapleton
Zitella Cocke
Bessie Chandler
Julian Trawthorne
Jenny June
William F. Hutchinson
M.D
Belle C. Greene
Will Philip Hooper
Mary Stewart
Price
All Newsdealers
American Insurance Co
State Street
Pfessrs
George Croshaw & CO
London
Francis Peabody
W. Field
Henry S. Bean
E. W. Tyler
the American Magazine 60
Broadway
Jess Street
Miller Hall
Louis Maas
Messrs
Kneisel and
Giesh
Miller Piano
Steinert Hall
Carlyle Petersilea
Louis C. Elson
Mrs. Carlyle Petersilea
Milo Benedict
Steinert & Sons
New England Conservatory Music
Steinway
Boston Music Hall
Constantinople
Co. V and Dock
E. Street
Kist
Wwokins & CO
Border Street
Kay Boston
State St
Reem
Baeder, Adamson & CQ
Bussew Farm
D. T. Hinckley
Roslindale P
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!