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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1891

Page

2

Labor union meetings and activities across the city

The State Knights of Labor met at 565 Washington street and planned a mass officer meeting. Extra pay was approved for common laborers and mechanics. Debates at the Boston Single Tax League discussed Horr and Shearman. Building Laborers Union No. 6 heard from Canadian delegate Beals and discussed joint conferences. Typographical Union No. 13 ratified the newspaper scale. Cigar Makers Union No. 97 elected Shakespeare to the Central Labor Union. Turn Hall ball planning reported 2200 tickets sold.

Forristall The Knights of Labor Washington Street Charles H. Litchman Messrs. O’brien Buckley Quinn Oar Messrs O'Brien Mellen Cahill Merrifield Boston Single Tax League Grand Army Hall Hamlin Garland G. K.anderson Horr Thomas G. Shearman Cigar Makers’ Union No William Shakespere Central Labor Union Turn Hall

Ten Hour Day For Women And Children In France

The French Chamber of Deputies passed a bill restricting factory work for women and children, mandating a ten hour workday and a weekly day of rest. English dockers strike in Sligo with riotous scenes, while Limerick dock laborers are defeated and resume work.

France French Chamber of Deputies Sligo Limerick

Exhibition of Paintings by Miss Ellen Hale and Philip Hale

A brief note on the Phillips Building show at 3 Hamilton Place room 28 features Ellen Day Hale and her brother Philip Hale. It lauds Ellen’s grasp of subject matter strong color and outdoor sympathy with works like Sewing Lesson Under the Pear Trees and Rhode Island Garden. Philip Hale is represented by Bird Fancier Little Girl with Chrysanthemums and Rhode Island landscapes. The exhibition remains open for a few days and invites all who admire strong individual talent.

Phillips Hamilton Place Ellen Day Hale Philip Hale Paris W. M. Hunt Julian School Rhode Island Narragansett Isis Hale Joseph Tuckerman Damien Mount &Jene Chartres

Tributes to Devens as Bar Adopts Resolutions on Death

A Suffolk Bar Association meeting in the Supreme Court honored Judge Devens. Judge John Lowell opened with memories dating back fifty one years, noting Devens’s duties as United States marshal under the fugitive slave law and his rise to the bench. Resolutions praised his justice, courtesy, industry, and public service, invoking praise from Chief Justice Fiela and other speakers who lauded his intellect, fairness, and lifelong dedication to the law.

Suffolk Bar Association Supreme Court Devens John Lowell Bar Association Justice Devens Judge Devens Cambridge Ander United States William C. Endicott Suffolk Bar Franklin Worcester Superior Court Suffolk Commonwealth School of Oratory Everett Bunker Hill Harvard College Fiela Brethren of the Bar Bar Charles Theodore Russell George 8 Hale Attorneyie A Albert E. Pillsbury Horatio Garker

Chinese Matinees at Chinese Theatre Eyed by Folk Lore Society

The Boston Association of the American Folk Lore Society schedules Thursday and Friday matinees at the Chinese Theatre for the pleasure of the public. Tickets and programs are collectibles with red and yellow papers and a painted Chinese character by Dr. Prescott Baker. Notables including Dr. Francis Parkman, Oliver W. Holmes, Col. Higginson, Professor Bergen, Miss Alger, and others, with a Providence party chaperoned by Mrs. T. Harrison Bliss, are listed among attendees.

Boston Association of the American Folk Lore Society Prescott Francis Parkman Oliver Werdell Holmes T. W. Higginson Professor Bergen Francis Blake C. C. Everett Miss Alger John L. Gardner Walter Channing Prescott Baker Sylvester Baxter George Abbott James Charles G. Loring Dana Estes Albert Matthews W. W. Greenough G. H. Mackaye Edmund Dwight William D. Howells Miss Howells J. H. Hall Elizabeth Andrews J. B. Lang Providence T. Harrison Bliss

Boston Art Scholar Chanler Seeks Five Year Abroad Fund

Mr John Armstrong Chanler of New York outlined plans at the St Botolph Club to establish a Boston Foreign Art Scholarship. The goal is $18,000 to fund a five year program sending a Boston art student to Paris with annual subsidies of $900. Local donors include Arthur Rotch and Martin Brimmer among others, with contributions pledged and a target completion by August 1895.

John Armstrong Chanler New York St. Botolph Club Chanler Boston New York City Paris Massachusetts Gay Trench Capital Charles G. Loring Museum of Fine Arts Martin Brimmer Francis A. Walker Institute of Technology J. Foxcroft Cole I. P. Vinton Arthur Lyman Arthur Rotch Rotch Arthur Dodd Judge Bumpus Art Department Harvard University Boston Art Club State Normal Art School Mr. Chanler Gratis Grieu Toust Arthur Roteh Arthur Astor Carey Norton Harvard Frederick P. Vinton John L. Gardner Henry Whitman Julia Ward Howe George Tyson

Potter Embezzlement Case Heard in Municipal Court

Proceedings over the Walter Potter embezzlement charge for a $3881 Slingluff Disney note, dated Aug 15 1890, were heard before Judge Hardy. Defense argued lack of possession and knowledge. prosecution claimed deliberate act and urged transfer to the Superior Court. Decision reserved until Monday. Potter held in custody.

Walter Potter Potter, Lovell & Co Slingluff, Disney & Co Baltimore Hardy Municipal Court Dickinson Potter Slinglaff Disney Slinglaff, Disney & Co Moorfield Storey Boston Mr. Storey Superior Court Mon- Gay

January Contributions to the Coffee House Fund

January receipts total 245.41 with St Johns Church Jamaica Plain contributing 30.41 and individuals including W Lawrence 6 and Merville 50. Additional gifts through Miss M Hilliard for Charles Street Coffee Room list Cornelia Warren 25 Pratt 10 Storey Fay 25 Sweetser 25 Cotting 2 and H Bradley 30. Cumulative totals show previously acknowledged 2096.67 and overall 2340.98.

St. John’s Church Jamaica Plain W. Lawrence Merville Robert Burnett McM. Brimmer Charles Street M. Hilliard Cornelia Warren G. L. Pratt J. Storey Fay J. Sweetser Cotting H. Bradley

Cracks of the country rules for figure skating

The article covers a large indoor handicap meet in Boston with many entries across running and field events, listing officials, prize details, and venue plans. It also notes figures skating rules agreed by national associations, a new scoring scale, and a 22-point program for events, plus various sports notes and transfers.

Irvington Street Boston Athletic Association First Regiment Association Boston E. ©. Carter Thayer Parker House J. E. Sullivan F. Watling GS. Garrett F. D. Fisk P. Manchester W. B. Curtis H. McMillan A. C K. Sanford G. B. Morrison J. G. Tighe W. B.C M. A. Cuming John Graham F. W. Janssen T. F. Meany A. A.jordan N. Y C.A. C G. W. Beals P. W. Pent Lieut O. D. Green Timekeepers C. ©. Hughes F. M. Wood J. G. Lathrop Harvard R. D. Sears F. L. Merrill H. §. Cornish S. J. Cornell H. G. Otis CG. O. Perry P. T. Lowell L. Tucker J. A. Shaw Eugene Buckley F. W. Burns E. C. Carter O. H. Marion Dseer C. L. Hovey Henry Parkman W. W. Kellett F. Mood B.A. A Salford Harriers Philadelphia Joe Donoghue Newburg National Skating Association Elmer Simpson Simpson Winslow Dean Harvard Nine Hemenway Gymnasium Billy Nash Red Stocking Cleveland Radford Stricker Childs Syracuse John M. Ward New York Umbria

Professor Townsend Lectures on Mexico and Catholicism

Professor L J Townsend delivered a long lecture on Mexico and Catholicism in Music Hall. He drew a thick manuscript from a morocco case, caused the audience to smile as it collapsed, and asserted unflattering views of Mexicans and the Catholic Church based on a Southern republic visit.

L. J. Townsend Mexico Music Hall

Massachusetts Club Elects Officers at Dinner Meeting

At Young s restaurant the Massachusetts Club held its annual officer election. Officers named include President the Hon William Claflin and Vice Presidents the Hon A W Beard the Hon Geo L Dawes the Hon Geo F Hoar the Hon Edward L Pierce the Hon Joseph H Walker the Hon Robert O Fuller the Hon Charles Carleton Coffin the Hon Thomas N Hart the Rev Elmer H Capen. Executive Committee members include the Hon William Claflin A W Beard George A O Ernst W W Doherty Albert C Burrage and secretary treasurer Albert C Burrage. The club also passed a resolution praising Vice President Joseph H Walker for his stand for honest money against silver.

Young’s Massachusetts Club William Claflin A. W. Beard Eury L. Dawes George F. Hoar Edward L. Pierce Joseph H. Walker Robert O. Fuller Charles Carleton Coffin Thomas N. Hart Elmer H. Capen William _Claflin George A. O. Ernst W. W. Doherty Albert C. Burrage Albert C. Burrage

Dublin-born worker dies after fall at Roxbury rope walk

Richard Hoey, 35, unmarried and recently arrived from Ireland, employed at Pearson's Rope Walk in Roxbury, fell down stairs at 102 George Street at 1 15 this morning. He broke his neck and died almost instantly.

Richard Hoey Dublin Pearson's Roxbury George Street

Weather Forecast Highlights Severe Northwest Storm Threat

The Weather Indications report warns of a developing low pressure system from the Gulf into the Mississippi Valley bringing blizzards and heavy snow from the Northwest to the Lakes, with a shift to warmer Southern New England by Monday and stormy conditions across New England by Tuesday, plus a detailed synopsis of current pressures and regional temperatures. It notes heavy snow in parts of the Northwest and light snow in New England, with cold waves in the Northwest and varied temperatures across the East Coast.

Washington Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York Gulf Mississippi Valley Iowa Illinois Missouri Northwest Lakes POST New England Des Moines Canada Pennsylvania Nantucket Eastport Atlantic Gulf of Mexico Mississippi Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin Boston Kansas North Dakota Montana Dodge City Kan Lake New Orleans Louisiana Block Island

Boston Press Club Entertainment Planned at Globe Theatre

The Boston Press Club announces its February 26 afternoon program at the Globe Theatre. George Wilson's Minstrels with a military band open the show, Sol Smith Russell and company perform A Poor Relation, and Mr and Mrs Kendall present My Uncle's Will. Howard Atheneum acts and other features follow, with a sixty page souvenir programme including autographs and club portraits. Seats are selling fast. unsold tickets go on sale at the box office.

Boston Press Club Globe Theatre George Wilson Sol Smith Russell and Company

Adventures on the Mosquito Shore appears as a girls magazine

The Worthington company of New York announces a new monthly for girls titled The Doll's Dressmaker under the pseudonym Jennie Wren. Editor E G Squier, famed explorer and author, presents doll fashion patterns, dressmaking hints, indoor games, candy recipes, and doll life content illustrated throughout.

Jennie Wren

A Question of Health and Home Comfort

A health note argues forethought beats medicine for sickness, stressing even temperature and the need for open fireplaces in certain months. It advises purchasing a Wood Mantel for the fireplace from Paine's Furniture Warerooms on Canal street as a low-cost health essential.

Paine Canal Street

Social notes and fund drive for Boston temperance rooms

A collection of society items records Minister Lincoln in London after bereavement, Ulysses S. Grant Jr in New Orleans with plans to tour California, and Mme Patti's Berlin arrest over singing contract. It also covers a Boston reception for Edward Glover Niles, Bradlaugh’s Cromwell lecture anecdote, and an editor’s letter urging support to keep four temperance coffee rooms open with detailed expense breakdowns and appeals to benefactors.

Lincoln London Ulysses S. Grant, Jr New Orleans Mexico California Mme Patti Berlin St. Petersburg Edward Glover Niles Boston Russell Matthews Beacon Street Niles Cesar Bradlaugh Cros Street Pynchon Street Charles Street Broadway J. D State Street S. H. Hinurarp C. T Gainsborough Street

Notes to Tavernen on the word lady in society discourse

A letter from Auburndale urges Mr. Taverner to define what constitutes a true lady amid social shifts. It cites Eliot and Hamerton, laments foreign influence, and requests guidance on civil behavior, hoping the Mentor column can educate readers. Additional notes recount a schoolboy’s quip about seeing a cop arresting a lady fighter and cite an 1794 reference in Peter Pindar.

Mr. Taverner Eliot Philip G. Hamerton Darkies Lis Auburndale Dear Taverner Peter Pindar John Walker London Boston

Winter Wisdom Warns Against Drifts and Cold

Winter wisdom advises cautious exposure to fresh air, layered underclothes, and removing an overcoat after entering warmth. It warns against chilly visits and promotes whiskey as a remedy for coughs, endorsing Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the only standard medicinal whiskey.

Duffy

Air Ventilators for Mills and Factories Ad

Pure air solution from E Van Noorden and Co offers metal ventilators that admit fresh air and exhaust foul air. Described as storm-proof and suitable for mills and factories. Catalogue available from 383 Morrison Ave Boston.

E. van Noorden & CO Morrison Ave Boston

Auction Sale of Undivided Third in South Boston Real Estate

Executors sell by public auction on Monday February 9 at 11 in the forenoon the undivided one third of lots at No 61 B Street South Boston comprising a vacant lot on the southerly side of Fifth Street about 134 feet from B Street with 76 feet frontage and 15 683 square feet and a second parcel with buildings fronting Gold Street 93 feet and Fifth Street 79 and 47 feet respectively with about 7169 square feet. cash 800. conveyance by executors deed. sale by R Knights & Co Auctioneers 226 Washington Boston and 5931 Main Cambridgeport.

R. Knights & CO Washington St Boston Main St Cambridgeport South Boston B Street Fifth Street Gold Street Josian Dunham, Jr Washington Street

Street Car Manners Demand No Spitting On Floors

A reader laments filth aboard street cars and urges a new rule and placard to ban spitting. She recalls railroad signs banning spit and asks if public sentiment can enforce cleaner conduct, noting how a conductor felt powerless to intervene.

Taverner

Shades of Vidocq and a police chase tale

A reader criticizes yesterday's Advertiser for claiming a man named Pullen performed a "nice piece of detective work" after witnessing a coat theft and helping corner the thief. The letter references Vidocq in comparing police methods to detective fiction. Boston comments dated January 30.

Boston

Palestine for the Jews petition seeks international conference

A city petition urges President Harrison to convene an international conference for Russian Jewish relief. Clergymen, professionals, business people, and the press join a broad humanitarian effort citing the 1878 Berlin conference precedent. The goal is to favor Zionist resettlement in Palestine as a solution to the Eastern Question. Prisoners poisoned by alcholene at Concord Reformatory claim two deaths and two recoveries.

Palestine Harrison William KE. Blackstone Chicago Berlin Bulgaria Servia Thomas Hardiman Concord Reformatory Hardiman Eugene Powers Cambridge John McAvoy Frank Sullivan Boston

Park Commissioner Waldo Hutchins Dies in New York

Waldo Hutchins, New York Park Commissioner, died yesterday of pneumonia at the Park Avenue Hotel in New York. John McKeown, a wealthy oil producer from Washington, Pennsylvania, died at his home aged 53. He came to the United States 26 years ago as a driller, later invested in a successful oil well, and at death his wealth was estimated at 0 million.

Waldo Hutchins New York Park Avenue John McKeown Washington, Penn

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