Boston in the Days of the Emancipation
A Boston lawyer William Whiting shaped early war policy with his pamphlet The War Powers of the President and the Legislative Powers of Congress in Relation to Rebellion Treason and Slavery. The article recalls his influence on Lincoln and the emancipation proclamation and notes Forbes Endicott and others who backed Union policy and public education campaigns.
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William Whiting
Court Street
Harvard
Lincoln
Whiting
Alexander Hamilton
Congress
Union
Senate
Loase
Scott
Fort Sumter
Eliot
Massachusetts
President Lincoln
United States
Hunter
Army
Navy
Mr. Whiting
Gideon Welles
Seward
Stanton
I. D. Barbour
Boston
Washington
War Department
Sleepy Hollow
Concord
Emerson, Thoreau and Alcott
Incoln
Wilson
Mr. Lincoln
Senator Sumner
Sumner
John M
Forbes
Andrew
New England Royal Publication Society
K. Norton
Norton
Harvard University
J. B. Thayer
Thayer
Starvard Law School
J. M. Forbes
William Endicott, Jr
J. HK. Thayer
C. E. Norton
Edward Atkinson
Martin Brimmer
I. J. Hale
Henry B. Rogers
W. B. Rogers
G. Ward
South
Emancipation Proclamation printing and Forbes associates
The article recalls E D Barbour and John M Forbes era, noting a mission involving Mr Chase Mr Welles and Mr Aspinwall to England funded by 14 100 000 of 520 government bonds and a 590 000 pound loan from Baring Brothers. The effort aimed to block Confederate gains and avert war with England, while Barbour recounts Forbes's constructive, railroad minded business philosophy and public spirited ties.
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Mr. Forbes
Europe
Singland
Alabama
Lairds
Liverpool
England
United States
Forbes
Salmon P. Chase
the Treasury
New York
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Mr. Chase
Mr. Welles
Navy
Mr. Aspinwall
Fonbes
Baring Brothers
Confederacy
E. D. Barbour
Forbes Lithographic
Tse
China
House of Russell & Co
John M. Forbes & Co
Barbour
Vorkes
Emancipation Day Reminiscences Draw Boston Interest
Events of Emancipation Days in Boston lend peculiar interest and value to local reminiscences, highlighting historical memory and civic reflections in the city.
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Boston
Lincoln Day Observances Include Governor Coolidge Speeches
Governor Coolidge proclaims Lincoln Day and urges observances in schools and places of worship. Middlesex Club hosts Lincoln Night with Lowden, Cadman and Coolidge as speakers. Boston groups and clubs stage related events as part of Lincoln Day commemorations. States listing Lincoln Day holidays span California to Wyoming.
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Parkes Cadman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Coolidge
Charles Russell Lowell
Washington Street
South End
Boston Shoe Trades Club
High Street
Robert Lincoln O’brien
Lincoln Day
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Boston City Club
William J. Graham
Illinois
Trafton Club
New England
Copley Plaza Hotel
Ausonia Council
K. of C
Paul Revere Hall
Mechanics’ Building
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
New Mexico
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
Dowd Wins Holyoke Seat in Massachusetts House
Lawrence I F Dowd, a Democrat, won the 10th Hampden district seat in the Massachusetts House to fill the vacancy from Jeremiah Connor’s death. Dowd defeated Republican Frederick W Mckenzie 532 to 423, leading in all but one precinct.
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Holyoke
Lawrence IF. Dowd
Massachusetts
Hhouse of Representatives
Frederick W. Melenzie
Tampden
Jeremiah Connor
Dowd
Mckenzie
Mexico Looms Up Once Again
Washington Feb 1 Inquiry to decide action to protect American lives and property in Mexico was proposed by Senator Lewis of Illinois and sent to foreign relations committee. The resolution cites murders of Americans and confiscation of their property by Carranza era Mexican officials.
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Washington
Mexico
Lewis of
Ilinois
Foreign Relations Committee
Carranza
Hospital ships to Portland bring Canadian wounded
A wireless message reports the steamship Uraguaya as the first hospital ship to reach Portland from overseas. It will dock at the Grand Trunk wharves on Thursday with 771 Canadian wounded. Additional hospital ships will arrive about every two weeks, eventually disembarking about 50 000 invalided Canadians at this port.
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Portland
Grand Trunk
Canadian Army Officers Arrive With Emergency Hospital at Docks
A staff of Canadian army officers arrives with a corps of 60 purses and attendants and an emergency hospital built at the Grand Trunk docks. Special hospital cars and 40 tourist sleeping couches are ready at the Grand Trunk terminal yards to rush wounded men to Canada. Major H B Jeffs leads the medical service in charge. Wounded soldiers receive $5 pocket money on arrival and a $50 check at Canadian destinations, with six months extra pay on discharge.
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Grand Trunk Docks
Grand Trunk Terminal
Canada
Montreal
H. B. Jeffs
M. C
Canadian Medical Service
Arriva
Woman Bitten by Nail in Candy Awarded 1000 Dollars
Anna IT Shine aged about 22 received 1000 dollars after biting chocolate candy bought from Page Shaw Inc on Oct 5 1917 and finding a metal nail. Two side teeth were damaged and had to be extracted. Jury trial.
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Anna IT. Shine
Page & Shaw, Inc
Harkness Will Leaves Estate to Widow in New York
The will of Harry S. Harkness filed in New York on Feb 11 leaves his entire estate to his widow. The will assigns a nominal value to the estate, while the inheritance from his father Lamen V. Starkness, a Standard Oil magnate, has been unofficially valued at 10 million seven thousand dollars.
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New York
Harry S. Harkness
Lamen V. Starkness
Standard Oil
Brush Fire Burns Mile in East Lexington
A major brush fire in East Lexington covered over a mile by half a mile yesterday afternoon. The blaze injured several firefighters, damaged multiple buildings, and threatened more than 40 houses before a four hour battle ended it.
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Lexington
Gains Six Pounds In Fourteen Days
Anemia and thin blood are described with symptoms of weakness, pale complexion, and fatigue. The ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a blood building remedy, citing a Woonsocket library employee who gained six pounds in two weeks. It mentions price and contact for more information.
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Fe. S. Southwick
Woonsocket
R. L
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Sr. Williams
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Tremont Street
WE. T. Slattery CO
Beeghams Pills
Beecham
NEW Edison
Diamond Bee Phonograph
Edison
F. H. Thomas CO
Boylston ST
Cor
Exeter
D. Watson & CO
Mr. Barbour
KK. D. Barbour
Abraham Lincoln
Rolyoke
Harkness
Rhode Island
Jordan Marsh Company
W. & A. Bacon Co
Peter Thompson
Dres Mode
Chambray
Percale
Metal & Novelty
Bach
Capaco
Morocco
Children’s Union
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