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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1887

Page

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Ger Micide Endorsed by Medical Authorities

R Ogden Doremus, a physician and professor, praises Ger Micide for preventing sickness and death by reducing sewer gas exposure. He notes thousands of these instruments used in New York Chicago and Cincinnati, asserting broad public health benefit.

New York Chicago Cincinnati R. Ogden Doremus Bellevue Hospital Medical College College of the City of New York Medico-Legal Society

Circular to No.17 Mile St by Leonard & Co

Call on or send for circular to No 17 Mile Street by Leonard and Co real estate personal property Bromfield Street.

Leonard & CO Rical Estate Bromfield Street

Provident Savings Life Inn Masters & Emery Ad

Old Line Company announces annual hangings and embroideries with less than siz o information. Full details available from Masters and Emery at 78 Devonshire Street Boston.

Sizo Provident Savings Life Inn. Co Masters & Emery Devonshire St Boston

Governor Beaver Signs Prohibitory Amendment Resolution

Harriscure Pennsylvania February 10 Governor Beaver has signed the prohibitory amendment joint resolution.

Harriscure Penn Beaver

Boston Looks to Charles P. Clark for Interstate Commerce Post

News items note Charles P. Clark of Boston favored for appointment as interstate commerce commissioner and a favorable committee report on civil service salary increases. Others mention Lynn public building bill passage, Turpie election challenge, offshore mackerel ban, and various political and regional events of the period.

Charles P. Clark Boston Interstate Commerce Commissioner Civil Service Lovering Lynn Senate David Turpie Illinois State Board of Arbitration Francis W. Breed San Francisco Mme Patti Beaver M. M. Connor Fitchburg Grand Jury Eastern Base Ball League Bridgeport Conn Masonic Mutual Relief Associations Worcester Biddeford National Opera Company Newark N. J New York McGlynn St. Stephen’s Church Logan House Samuel Hopkins Northampton

Parnell Amendment Yorks Queen Speech Debate

Parnell pushes amendment to the Queen's speech in the House of Commons. The Budapester Journal urged Austria to attack Russia. French papers praise the Chamber for dignified war credits. General Boulanger gains mass popularity. The Berlin Post prints a Figaro extract likely to stir contention. Montreal carnival sports succeed.

Parnell House of Commons Budapester Austria Russia Chamber General Boulanger Berlin Post Figaro Montreal

Weather and local notes mingle with political and business items

Rain or snow and lower temperatures are forecast for today. Cambridge strikers intimidate applicants for work amid labor unrest. South Boston Railway offered to take back part of the men but they refused to move except as a group. Indignation meeting held. Four conspirators arraigned in a fraud case against Mutual Accident Company of New York. George Makepeace Towle spoke on The German Government at the Lowell Institute. Merchants Club dined at Parker's. David A. Wells addressed Manufacturing Interests of New England. General Francis A Walker spoke on Industrial Education in public schools at MIT. Visit to Home for Intemperate Women led by Mrs Chartriot. John Hanson arrested for several small forgeries. Republican House members confer on poll tax resolve. House reconsiders coast defense vote. Stock market active with West End Land, Mexicans, New York & New England and California Southern incomes leading. Union Pacific posts a near seven hundred thousand loss in 1886 net earnings.

Cambridge South Boston Railway Company New Old South Mutual Accident Company of New York George Makepeace Towle Lowell Institute Merchants’ Club Parker's David A. Wells New England Francis A. Walker Institute of ‘Technology West End New York California Union Pacific

Weather Outlook For New England And Eastern New York

For 24 hours starting 7 am Friday February 11, expect local rain or snow in New England and eastern New York, with lower temperatures and winds shifting to northerly.

Washington, D. C New England New York

Harnett Signs with Lowell Base Ball Club

Observations note yesterday's meteorological record to 10 p m and report Harnett, last year's first baseman of the Boston Blues, has signed with the Lowell Base Ball Club.

Harnett Boston Blues Lowell

Floods and Ice Gorges Hit Multiple Towns Across the North

Port Deposit Maryland reports eight feet above low water with Main street submerged and rail traffic halted. Lyons Michigan endures a four foot rise and a 400 acre ice gorge threatening further damage. Lockport New York and nearby areas flood with cellar and depot water. Additional reports from Clinton Ont and other towns describe rising rivers, damaged bridges, and stranded rail lines as ice and floodwaters move downstream.

Port Drerosir Port Deposit Main Street Rock Run McCall’s Ferry Cresswell Penn Columbia & Port Deposit Railroad Company Lyons Mich Grand Water Power Company Lansing Lockport N. Y Suspension Bridge West Lewiston Avenues Kellar-Hagger New York Central Michigan Central Clifton Ont Bridge Street Kallamazoo Comstock Lancaster Susquehanna Columbia & Port Deposit Railroad Sag Harbor Rusu Genessee Avon Cuiiaco MacCormick’s Honrour Fars Honeoye Creek Burton Sibleyville Richmond Mills

Masonic relief groups in Massachusetts discuss consolidation

Worcester February meeting of Massachusetts Masonic mutual relief associations considers consolidation under the Masonic Relief Association of Massachusetts. E P Chapin of Springfield presided, H L Shumway named secretary, a committee recommended state legislative authority, while a Davis minority report opposing consolidation was adopted.

Worcester Masonic Mutual Relief Associations E. P. Chapin Springfield H. L. Shumway Masonic Relief Association of Massachusetts Leland Newtonville

Eastern Base Ball League Holds Manager Meeting

A gathering of Eastern Base Ball League managers met at the Atlantic Hotel with delegates from Hartford Waterbury Anhet Bridgeport and others. Stamford reported no club organized while Kingston Poughkeepsie and How Eure indicated interest. Officers elected were Robert Webber Bridgeport president J H Taylor Waterbury vice president and Thomas Miner Waterbury secretary treasurer. A committee of Webber Shannon and Abbott was appointed to admit new clubs.

Bruo Gervort Conn Atlantic Hotel Charles Toby Charles Daniels Hartford Charles Fogg Waterbury J. W. Porter J. H. Taylor Charles Hurd Frederick Shears Kingston Poughkeepsie Eure Dpresident Robert Webber Bridgeport Thomas Miner Webber Shannon Abbott

Pike Stanton Found Dead in Brookfield Home

Pike Stanton, about seventy, longtime resident of Alton in Brookfield New Hampshire, was discovered dead in his house. The body lay on the floor beneath the bed, partially dressed and frozen, in a remote, thinly settled area.

Pike Stanton Alton Brookfield N. H

Dissatissfed Shoemakers Plunge Shops Into Strike Wave

In Worcester and surrounding towns workers walk out over Knights of Labor orders. Laster crews at Heywood and Stark shops quit with their kits, 250 strikers march at Brookfield to Burt’s boot shop, no trouble. At Cloutman’s in Dover 420 employees strike over a discharge and demand reinstatement.

Worcester Sprdau S. R. Heywood & Co Knights of Labor Order E. H. Stark Brookfield Burt South Wreymouth Fogg, Shaw, Thayer & Co Dover N. H Cloutman’s Shoe Factory Knights of Labor Charles Willey Willey Assembly Knights Cloutman

Testimony Grows In Central Vermont Accident Inquiry

Witnesses at Pease's Hotel in Hartford describe the Boston sleeper crash scene. Mrs Nutter Kastner testifies of fire and flames after the train left the bridge while others recall shocks, smoke, and cars on fire as crews escaped.

Waiter River Junction Central Vermont Pease Mr. Comet Lewis Combresont John Street New York Boston George Lowe Montreal Wellington Street Springfield

Obituary notices and death of several notable figures

Colonel Daniel P. Crocker of Springfield dies after brief illness at 47. He led Crocker Manufacturing in Holyoke and served on the Springfield board of aldermen. widowed with two daughters. Also listed are pianist Charles Wehle, novelist Ellen Price Wood, paymaster Henry C. Bixby, Malden resident P J Bowker, Providence City Auditor James M. Cross, Alfred Newman the English smithy founder, Rev Samuel Hopkins, Duke of Leinster Charles William Fitzgerald, and Journal employee Daniel Flanagan who died of pneumonia aged 41.

Daniel P. Crocker Springfield Fitchburg Holyoke Crocker Manufacturing Company Prague Mascheles Richter Kullak Ellen Price Wood England Scottish Temperance League Samuel Hopkins Northampton Erastus Hopkins Old Dominion Saco Lewis Hopkins Bridgewater Duke of Leinster Charles William Fitzgerald Daniel Flanagan Journal Sheafe Street Flanagan

Debate on Parnell amendment and plan of campaign in Commons

London reports the debate on Mr Parnell's amendment as Mr Redmond defends the plan of campaign stating it targets tenant protection not rent loss. Lord Hartington argues rent payments remain due and calls for EMployment and emigration remedies. He warns Parliament against supporting unrest and notes a strong anti dynamite sentiment amid home rule opposition.

London Redmond Parnell House of Commons John Dillon Marquis of Hartington Mr. Parnell Ireland Lord Hartington Gladstone

War talk across Europe sparks prewar planning

Budapester Journal urges Austria to strike Russia early to secure Servia and Bulgaria with 100000 extra troops. Paris reports calm on army credits while Germany braces for revanche. Berlin Post notes rising Boulanger power and German provocations. Mapnio notes Spain expanding defences as war fears rise.

Presta Budapester Journal Austria Russia Lower Danube Balkan Paris Chamber of Deputies France Germany Berlin Post Boulanger Post Scholl Mapnio Senor Castillo Interior Spain

Policeman Held for Grand Jury in Manslaughter Case

Firenpura February 10 Policeman M M Connor is held for the grand jury in 5000 bail for manslaughter in the shooting death of George S Howard at 1 a m January 18 Judge Ware states if Howard's last statements are true the crime would be murder and that Connor was not justified in using his pistol without the club The court says the eye of the community must be protected and holds him for the Superior Court.

Firenpura M. M. Connor George Howard Ware Michael M. Connor

National Express Dinner Honors Succeeding Superintendent

Two years after Merritt Seeley’s death in the Greenfield accident the National Express Company held a dinner for his successor George W. Slingerland at the Quincy House. Isaac Seeley presided with speakers H. Hendrick and R. H. W. Dwight of Buffalo and cashier J. J. Luis in attendance.

National Express Company Merritt Seeley Seeley Greenfield George W. Slingerland Quincy House Isaac Seeley Mr. Slingerland H. Hendrick R. H. W. Dwight Buffalo J. J. Luis

McGlynn Friends Plan Boycott Signatures In New York

A meeting in New York on February 11 aims to gather 1200 signatures pledging continued boycott of St Stephen's Church. Followers refuse marriage, infant baptism, or church support there. A petition for reinstatement may go to the Pope amid church finances show $142,000 of encumbrances paid off.

New York Dr. McGlynn

Strikes and Strikers Across Hudson River District

Report covers riverfront labor scenes on Feb 10 with no open trouble at New York piers and ongoing retail boycotts in South Amboy. Testimony before Hudson county investigators details wage disputes for Delaware, Lackawanna & Western workers and dock trimmers, with officers sworn in, Pinkerton guards, and concerns over living costs and working conditions.

New York City of Atlanta Clyde Line North River Brooklyn Marawan N. J South Amboy Pennsylvania Railroad Company District Assembly Doriswoods Hall Jersey City Hudson County Edwin Kehoe Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Meadow Thomas Egan Cleveland Pinkerton Reasoner New Jersey Central

Double Wedding at New Old South Church

Frank H. Atwood with Ernestine Farrar and Edward L. Farrar with Carrie Whitney wed at 2 p.m. in Boston. 800 guests attended the ceremony read by Rev George H. Young. Afterward couples hosted friends in the vestry and departed for New York and Washington before settling in Boston and Minneapolis respectively.

New Old South Church E.S. Farrar Frank H. Atwood Ernestine Farrar Edward L. Farrar Carrie J. Whitney Miss Whitney Miss Farrar Catherine Mermet Farrar Atwood New York Minneapolis

Fires Kill Woman in Lewiston Kitchen Tragedy

Record of fires reports a Lewiston blaze on Spring Street where Joseph Bacon's kitchen fire revealed Mrs. Catharine Higgins 60 dead on a lounge. Authorities say she likely suffocated by smoke while alone and the cause is unknown. A separate Dodgeville Mill fire loss is put at no more than $5000 by Superintendent Merrill.

Lewiston Joseph Bacon Spring Street Catharine Higgins Atreporo Merrill Dodgeville

Useless Conferences in South Boston Street Railway Strike

The South Boston Street Railway Company and a Knights of Labor committee held two meetings without a settlement. Master Workman Croy and other leaders sought full power to negotiate, while directors offered a timetable with Dover street line adjustments and job guarantees, but the strike leaders refused to return without unity.

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