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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1881

Page

3

Towels Offer Units for Hotels and Restaurants

An unusual opportunity for housekeepers hotels and restaurants to restock. The listing includes 1000 doz extra sized Loom Huck Towels at 12 1 2c each and 1500 doz Loom Huck and Cream Damask Towels at 18c and 2 per doz along with 800 doz Bleached Damask Towels at 25c each and 600 doz extra size Huckabuck with borders at 25c each plus 75 doz Damask Towels at 37 1 2c each.

Fine Damask Towels Offered at Bargain Prices

These high quality German damask towels are advertised at 50 cents each, typically selling for 750 per dozen. A small lot of 60 dozen extra fine towels with borders and fringes is offered at 62 1 2 cents and 75 cents per towel, all guaranteed pure linen and of standard make.

Deaths by ward in Boston and Democratic meeting notes

Deaths in Boston last week totaled about 900 with leading causes such as consumption and lung inflammations. The Democratic state central committee met at 186 Washington street to discuss a Washington's Birthday dinner on the 22nd. The testimonial fund for John T. Dwight from the recent concert is reported to be five to six thousand dollars and will be turned over to Dwight.

Boston Democratic State Central Committee Washington Street Washington John T. Dwight Yonent Uery Aporto Club Fooma Dwight Cyrus W. Sturtevant North Street Suffolk County B. H. Dorman & Co Lynn A. Franks Alfred Fawcett Benjamin Callender George A. Jones Dorchester Avenue John K. Shortwell Somerville Benjamin F. Silsay Cambridge Street John H. Butler Dennis Bonner Norman Street James F. Farley Robert Hil Fulton Street Jacob N. Osgood Middlesex Club Young's A.W. Turner Raleigh N. C Boutwell James N. Buffum Massachusetts Totes Farmers Parker’s Papyrus Club Revere House Boston Draughtsmen and Artists’ Association Tremont Street Art Club Barrett Bartlett Miss Wainwright Vorpstance Archie Cowper B.G. Rogers Pierre Stevens Kate Meek Anna W. Story Addie Plunkett Olivette Park Theatre Marble Chas. Lang Wm. Davide, Jr Mary Conron Julia Polk Sara Lasselle Cenery Abbey’s Park Theatre New York Gaiety Boston Museum J. R. Vincent Boston Museum Company Norah Bartlett Globe Theatre Genevieve Ward Stephanie London Ward Frank Clements Cora Gustave Satter Tremont Temple Lon Mortis Lexington C. F. Emory Cleveland Shelby Chief Brignolli Mr. Morcis C. Peck Hurst Gul Vermont Shawmut Rowing Club Dover Street Bridge Wendell Phillips Music Hall Boston Yacht Club Regatta Committee Ripley County Carroll Massey William Tupton Risley County Arkansas Tennessee Legislative Investigating Committee Henry McLaughlin Davis Plummer Mountain Home Ala Robert Letson William Davidson Rev J. N. Pickens Letson Davidson Pickens Campbellite Greenback Burkeville Rice E. B. Anderson Richmond and Danville Anderson Addison Rowland Meadville John Gould F. R Cena Lyme Dorset Royal Gardens Windsor Himalaya Europe Australia America Charles W. Pierce Orford N. H Fairlie Snc David R. Lang Grafton County New Hampshire House of Representatives Thomas J. Melvin Chester Senate Congregational Church Mt. Holyoke Joseph McCarthy Woburn McCarthy Bristol England East Cambridge Episcopal Church Elihu Hyde Chelsea Mr. Hyde Lebanon General Assembly of the State Orange County First National Bank of Lydia Pierce Damon Scituate Thomas Beales John Pierce Roxbury Thomas Adams D.D Winslow Prsce

Badge Match Opens at Walnut Hill Range Amid Strong Attendance

Good turnout marked Saturday at Walnut Hill range for the second record match. The new Badge match opened with favorable weather and light wind. Participants included Rabbeth, Dodge, Gould, Griffing, Harris, Gray, Fellow, Day, Bennett, Fickiing, and Richardson with high scores noted.

Walnut Hill Range Creedmoor F. J. Rabbeth Kane K. L. Dodge A.C. Gould C. R. Griffing Harris F.J. Robbins Nein A. Gray Etve J.B

Critique of Clergy by Rev George Chainey in Music Hall

Rev George Chainey of Indiana delivered a Sunday lecture in Music Hall attacking the clergy as a class. He condemned theology as a false, fear driven system and urged replacing church with science and practical progress, noting the high costs of priesthood and urging cremation and secular alternatives.

George Chainey Indiana Music Hall United States Boston Ingersoll Heaven God Church Chainey

City Missionary Society Annual Meeting Highlights Growth

The City Missionary society gathered at Berkeley Street Congregational Church to hear Rev. William B. Wright and review a year of work. Receipts totaled 15,558.52 for general purposes with 11,985.03 for special charitable work and 2,000 from J. C. Howe estate, totaling 27,495.05 in contributions.

City Missionary Society Berkeley Street Congregational Shurch William B. Wright J.C. Howe Old Colony Shawmut Boston Congregational Baptist Methodist Episcopal J. L. Withrow Christ God Apostle Paul Gov. Lovg Commonwealth of Massachusetts Loeod

Town Reports Show School Funds and Debt. Fire and Vital Stats

The town reports itemize school appropriations of 32825 for teachers and staff, police arrests totaling 200, 185 men and 15 women, 60 diphtheria deaths, road budgets of 10000 for roads and 1000 for gravel, 112 marriages and 259 births, and fire department needs including 6500 in expenses and 1000 for hose, plus fire alarm expansion. Treasurer records show cash in treasury 31672.60 at end of 1879, receipts 223556.95 in 1880, expenditures 215974.35, with debts and resources totaling 52625.89 and net general debt 102374.61, water debt 350000 with net 314040.14, two debts combined 416414.75 down from 436758.53. Suburban notes report an incendiary Union street fire at 125 furniture loss, Foxboro industrial sewing machine venture with 75000 stock, and Somerville calls for Rev. C F Eaton to become pastor after resignation of Rev. Ralph.

Noyes Malden Hough Board of Engineers Maplewood A. F. Sargent Treasury Fund Union Street John Bessour Martha Pugh Foxboro First Universalist Society Somerville Mass C. F. Eaton Palmer Ralph

Police arrest two New York men for shoplifting and theft

Detectives Burke and Gallagher arrest Howard West and Frank Lawson, ages 20 and 21, for shoplifting and burglaries. They find opera glasses stolen from Charles A. Linley on Avon Street. Other arrests include William Hausman for larceny of various textiles, William McGuiness for theft from Boston Hotel Coach Co, and Robert B. Smith captured with pawn tickets evidencing stolen goods.

Burke and Gallagher Central Office Howard West Frank Lawson New York Charles A. Linley Avon Street Ofiers Gray and Bishop Station 3 William c. Hausman Masury and Glass Station 4 William McGuiness Boston Hotel Coach Company Robert RB. Smith Nathan Gould Dartmouth Street Gould Smith Downing

Iron Dog and Followers Reach Fort Buford with Escort

Iron Dog and fifty three followers arrived at Fort Buford, C. T., Saturday under escort. At Kendallville Ind John and Henry Nessell brothers began sport scuffling when John struck Henry with a stick and killed him instantly.

Iron Dog Fort Buford C. T A. P. Miller Toledo Jade New York Tribune Silver Reef Utah Cleveland Bar Association Stanley Matthews Supreme Court St. Louis Jockey Club Lnst Bibby Police Gazette New York Muldoon Kendallville Ind John Henry Nessell Henry Edward Kissam Newark N. J Joseph Burns Ohio

Carlyle’s life and works traced from youth to legend

A long obituary recounts Thomas Carlyle born in 1795 in Dumfrieshire. It covers his shift from ministry to literature, his struggle with dyspepsia, early teaching in Fife, years in Edinburgh and Craigenputtock, his American reception, major works like Sartor Resartus and The French Revolution, and his later London years, political boldness, and influence. It notes friendships with Goethe, Mill, Emerson, and his controversial stance on modern society.

London Carlyle Keclerechan Dumfries University of Edinburgh Leslie Edinburgh Fife Edward Irving Irving Christ Berry Conbolt England Jane Welch Germany Goethe Edinburgh Encyclopedia Edinburgh Review Legenare Wilhelm Meister Schiller Frazer Sartor Resartus Emerson Haid Cheyne Row Chelsea Betty John Stuart Mill Mr. Carlyle America Boston United States Poland Oliver Cromwell John Sterling Frederick the Great Norway Joan Knox Milburn Derbyshire Peaks Wesleyan Chapel

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