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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1886

Page

2

Boston Post on the Telephone Suit and Bell Patents

The Boston Post rebuts Bell Telephone Company advocates linking government action to public fraud claims. It notes the Interior Secretary’s push for suit, defends the Attorney General, and reports Dorsheimer’s resignation to focus on the New York Star, praising its Democratic leadership and lack of sensationalism.

Bell Telephone Company Bell Company Supreme Court New York Herald Secretary of the Interior Dorsheimer The New York Star Star New York K. E. Carrikk N. EB Washington Street Boston KE. Hawley General Eastern Broadway

Forests and timber outlook in the United States

The annual report of the chief of the division of forestry stresses the rapid timber depletion and the need for public awareness. It highlights state forest areas with Texas and Minnesota leading in size, notes rising forest percentages in the South, and cites Arbor Day as a positive step while urging faster public sentiment and protection.

Division of Forestry Texas Minnesota Maine North Carolina Nevada Dakota Virginia Kentucky Tennessee South Carolina Georgia Cvlorida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana United States Union Massachusetts Connecticut

Iowa Legislature considers three‑commissioner cities plan

The Iowa Legislature debates a model similar to Massachusetts police bills giving the Governor authority to appoint three city commissioners in towns over 4000 residents to curb liquor violations. Critics claim Prohibition increases liquor sales and drunkenness, while Massachusetts law faces charges of unfair local control.

Iowa Massachusetts

Lowell mill owners raise wages early with no pressure

Lowell mill owners voluntarily increase operative pay by 10 percent after March 1 without pressure, reflecting generally good employer worker relations. The move is viewed as mutually beneficial and likely to yield returns for the companies and workers alike.

Lowell Lowell Mills

Pensions Threaten Treasury With High Spending

The text argues that Congress is ready to spend 75 million dollars on pensions, undermining the pension list's decline. It criticizes rivalry among members over elaborate pension schemes and suggests this is political capital rather than improved care for defenders.

National Treasury Congress

Jokes and jests mix in a bustling late 19th century column

A medley of quips on moral puzzles, stage patter, and social satire fills a New York page. References range from Judge Thurman patents to Barnum elephants, traveling hats, and whiskey as snake bite remedy. The piece threads jokes about editors, politicians, and society figures with quick anecdotes and quotes from papers nationwide.

Dakota Lore and a Cold Day Cartoon

A Boston or Detroit Free Press style vignette mixes Dakota lore with a winter misadventure. A colonel probes a tale of Minnehaha and homesteads while a wheeled horse tale ends in a tongue stuck to a lamp post, a molasses prank, and a shattered street scene.

Dakota Minnehaha Minnie Red River Woollett Chicago News Fort Street Detroit Free Press Boston Halifax Prince Edward Island Linn Dee W. H. Bing Nickerson A. Dew. Sampson Washington Street

Eighth U S Marshal Picked for Maine Post

The report notes E. 8. Kimball of Thomaston is chosen as the next United States marshal for Maine, with the incumbent’s term ending soon. It also mentions Crosby’s illness, Tolman’s resignation, and various political and personal notes including veteran representation and early 20th century public figures.

E. 8. Kimball Thomaston Maine

Conference Adjourns as Downs Seeks Reassembly for Trial

Rev. W. W. Downs and two counsel entered the Baptist Ministers' conference after adjournment seeking a call back to present a communication. The motion failed. Downs plans to sue voting members for expulsion and demands names. Trial venue not yet fixed. defense awaits trial. Authorities probe for a missing witness, a woman linked to a prior divorce case.

W. W. Downs Baptist Ministers’ Conference Mr. Norton Downs Mr. Downs Pedro Superior Court Norton Keyes Stevens Binten

Deaths of Richard Madden and John Webster

Richard Robert Madden, born in Dublin in 1798, renowned traveler and author, died aged (death announced). He served in the foreign colonial service, was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and a member of the Royal Society and Lisbon’s Society of Medical Sciences. His notable work is The Lives and Times of United Irishmen. John G. Webster of W. Water & Co. leather dealers died Sunday at 188 Boylston Street. active in municipal politics 1856–1880 and treasurer of the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn railroads, member of the Law and Order League.

Richard Robert Madden Dublin Turkey Asia Egypt Royal College of Surgeons Foreign Colonial Service Royal Society Society of Medical Sciences Lisbon Johy G. Webster W. Water & Co Boyiston Street Boston Revere Beach Lynn Law and Order League

Dement incident and labor committee friction in Congress

Washington dispatch outlines the Dement affair with Utah surveyor generalship and a Senate hearing on public lands. It also reviews labor committee claims requests, pension disputes, and a stock market anecdote involving D. P. Morgan and Jay Gould, ending with Morgan’s profit swing against Gould.

Washington Dement Utah Territory Senate Congress Associated Press New York Associated Press York Chicago Senate Committee On Public Lands Utah Labor Committee of the House Committee On Labor Committees On Labor Committee House Stattle Plesse

Sleeper and express train schedules for New England routes

A dense listing shows multiple train times and routes from Boston to Worcester Millbury Newtonville Auburndale Framingham and beyond. It notes express services with Pullman sleeping cars to Syracuse Chicago and St Louis, and accommodations for New York Central Sleeping cars and westbound connections.

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Fragmented OCR Item Clings to Vague Details

Readable fragments mention a dated event with uncertain specifics and unclear names, leaving the main action and participants unidentified. The record summarizes the observable fragments without fabricating entities or outcomes.

Fragmentary Financial Notation from Ware River Area

A fragmented OCR excerpt shows scattered numbers and items including prices, percentages, and codes. The text references the Ware River area and various digits interspersed with brief letter groups, lacking coherent context or identifiable events.

Fragmentary stock chart notes from unidentified page

Sparse numeric fragments include values like 7.80 53 64 Prat 2 and 6.55 7 a 333 80 1.20 sw. No clear event, date, or named entities available.

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Fragmentary numeric ledger items and figures

A scattered OCR fragment presents a mix of numbers, prices, ratios, and codes with no coherent narrative. It reads like an incomplete financial or stock ledger entry with multiple monetary values, units, and symbols, lacking identifiable people, organizations, or events.

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