Obituary notices from Salem and beyond detail military and civic figures
Frederick Grant, auditor and disbursing clerk in the Boston Custom House, died in Salem after a lingering Bright's disease at 54. He served in the Civil War and led Phil Sheridan Post 34, G. A. R., in 1881. The report also notes deaths of Edward Farrar, Nathaniel Snow, L. L. Pierce, W. H. Kerr, and William Kelley, with brief biographical glimpses including Farrar’s mayoral tenure and Kelley’s Bessemer patent claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Grant
Boston
Salem
Bright
Second Heavy Cavalry
Leutenant
Phil Sheridan
George C. Russell
Baltimore
Russell
J. S. Russell
Hamilton Place
Rice
Keene
N. H
Nathaniel Snow
Tanners and Curriers
Snow & Redmond
L. L. Pierce
Barnum
Greenfield
Tom Thumb
England
W. H. Kerr
Queen’s Counsel
McGill University
Canada
William Kelley
Louisville
Bessemer
United States
Great Britain
Kelley
Pennsylvania
Discourse in Honor of Harvard Botanist Asa Gray
The Rev. Alexander McKenzie delivers an Appleton Chapel memorial for Harvard professor Asa Gray. The sermon praises Gray's life of scientific achievement and virtue, notes his friendships with Darwin and Longfellow, and reflects on justice, mercy, and humane punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. McKenzie
Appleton Chapel
Harvard
Harvard University
Boston
Cambridge
Alexander McKenne
Asa Gray
Jeffries Aman
McKenzie
Torrey
Europe
Henry W. Longfellow
James Walker
Joseph Quincy
Henry Ware
Joseph Story
Jacob Bigelow
Darwin
Gray
Paris
God
Father
Lord Jesus Christ
Holy Ghost
Capital Punishment Sermon on Hanging of Murderers
The Rev. C A Bartol preached at West Church on Capital Punishment its Way and Law. He cited Luke 23 41 arguing that execution does not reform criminals and questions whether public executions deter future murder. He contrasted societal protection with punishment aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Bartol
D.D
West Church
Daily Press
Lincoln Birthday Observed by National Republican League
A large Washington gathering at the National Republican League club house commemorated Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Senator Cullom of Illinois spoke on Lincoln's life, character, and enduring global impact, noting his early poverty, integrity, and abstinence from alcohol. Reformers Douglass, Wolf, and O Farrall also spoke, pledging dedication to liberty and self-government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Republican League
Abraham Lincoln
W. W. Danenhower
Newman
Lincoln
Cullom
Illinois
E. D. Baker
Ball’s Bluff
Messrs
Frederick Douglass
Simona Wolf
O’farrall
Labor World Sees Spring Energy in City Unions
Boston labor scene grows louder as spring campaigns begin. Central Trades and Labor Union elected officers. Reading strikers attend and seek aid. Amalgamated Building Trades Council sends a committee to meet master builders. Knights of Labor freight handlers donate to Reading strikers. Marble workers stay firm in their dispute with manufacturers amid ongoing cigar makers’ strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Street
Sons of Toil
Pennsylvania
Boston
Central Trades and Labor Union
Wadman Hall
F. F. Dougherty
Joseph J. Clinkard
John H. Mabury
Floyd
Thomas Secombe
M. F. O’brien
Reading
Amalgamated Building Trades Council
Devonshire Street
Knights of Labor
New Era Hall
Howard Street
Dedication of a Memorial Pulpit at St Marys Church Newton Lower Falls
A new oak memorial pulpit was dedicated at St Marys Church Newton Lower Falls during yesterday morning service. The Rev William G Wells preached a Lent eve sermon from Galatians stressing beauty in Gods house and the pulpit as a trusted memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Church
Newton Lower Falls
Caroline Livermore Abbott
William G. Wells
Mary
Paul
Aulhors
Reacer
Mrs. Robinson Convicted of First Degree Murder
Mrs. Sarah Jane Robinson found guilty of murder in the first degree for the death of Prince Arthur Freeman. The verdict caused a dramatic scene in East Cambridge court as she fainted after the foreman spoke. Defense may file exceptions by Feb 25, with arguments possibly to be heard in Boston at the March term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Jane Robinson
Prince Arthur Freeman
East Cambridge
Boston
Leading Colored Independent Calls for Merit Over Race in Politics
Recorder James M. Trotter urges colored citizens to view political affiliations as American, not racial. He argues that race should stay out of politics and that competence and policy mastery, including tariffs and labor reform, should propel leaders, citing Massachusetts as an example of minority representation built on merit rather than voters’ race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Ohio
Illinois
New York
Hinnom
Australia
Siberia
Botany Bay
Europe
Asia
James M. Trotter
Washington
Colored Independent Club
Congress
Auy
Democratic Party
Hors cans for all parts of the cit Revere House
The fragmentary line notes Hors cans for all parts of the cit Revere House. No further context or dates are readable to establish a full event or action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cit Revere House
Wage Increases for Spinners Dividing Knitters and Mills
New England reports that spinners at Acushnet Potomska Wamsutta and Grinnell mills face wage raises of 5 to 6 percent but oppose the pay by the pound system. A Knights of Labor committee will seek modifications to the wage scheme while accepting the offers for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Breprorp
Acushnet
Potomska
Wamsutta
Grinnell Mills
Onward Assembly
Knights of Labor
New York
Academy of Music
Reading
Austin Corbin
McGlynn
Henry George
Corbin
Lee
T. B. Maguire
Porrsville
Penn
Brookside
Knight of Labor
Tremont
Donaldson
Minersville
Calathampian
Otto
Shenandoah
Kehoe Run
Lewis
Rather McEnroe
Mahanoy City
Sons of Temperance Day at the People’s Church
A large audience heard music and speeches on Sons of Temperance day at the People’s Church. Mrs. A. J. Osborne sang The Inebriate's Lament and Consider the Lily. The Park sisters with cornets performed solos duets and quartets. J. H. Clapp and M. W. P. of the order spoke on its 1842 origins and growth to about 200 000 worldwide. George R. Scott editor of the New York Witness and Hon J F Alby of Salem gave brief addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Temperance
People’s Church
A. J. Osborne
George R. Scott
New York Witness
J. F. Alby
Salem
Atlantic City Pier Sale and Regional Political Notes
The Atlantic City pier of 1200 feet is to be purchased and moved to Old Orchard. Governor Wilson of West Virginia seeks twenty eight men from Governor Buckner of Kentucky for a Logan county W Va killing case on January 19. Prohibitionists in Portland nominate General Neal Dow for mayor. Teemer defeats Hamm and McKay in a five mile scale match at Punta Gorda Virginia for $800. The New York Philadelphia & Norfolk railroad posts 1887 annual statement: gross earnings 503146, net 95007, with increases in earnings and expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Old Orchard
Wilson
West Virginia
Buckner
Kentucky
William Dempsey
Logan County
W. Va
Portland
Neal Dow
Teemer
Hamm
McKay
Punta Gorda
Vla
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad
Eight Hour Movement Advocated At Central Labor Union Meeting
At New Era Hall the Central Labor Union outlined an eight hour system with speakers pledging unity across organizations. They cited higher wages and better work in cities already on eight hours and urged ending the contract system for public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Era Hall
Central Labor Union
Joseph G. Clinkard
Chicago
James H. Mellen
Worcester
House Committee On Labor
Labor Bureau
Corporation
Paris
McGill
Cigar Makers’ International Union of
Grand Rapids
Mich
Tariff Reform League dispute letter over Morse statement
In a Boston letter dated February 11 1883 Herbert Ravnd...vyffe denies a published claim that a prominent free trader donated 5000 dollars to a candidate’s campaign. He says the statement in the circular was erroneous and will not be repeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Market Club
Tariff Reform League
Heap
Vuarrens
Chan
Boston
Emerson W. Judd
Massachusetts Tariff Reform League
Leopold Morse
Morse
Herbert Ravdclyffe
Burglars Target Lumber Yard and Local Stores
About 2 45 Sunday morning a man in a dark hat and light coat forced entry at William Curtis & Co. lumber on Eustis street, failed to crack the safe, and left behind a pickaxe and wood turning tools from Davenport’s mill. The nearby Joseph Friedbure grocery on Oneida street was entered, with an overcoat and sardines stolen. John Devine was arrested for breaking into George Mugford’s shop and stealing cigars and 350 dollars. Thomas Cooper faces arrest for receiving jackets traded from L. K. Stone’s property on the night of the 4th. An officer pursuing a man with overcoats on the Common led to a chase toward Tremont and Warrenton streets. the overcoats were stolen from 133 Tremont street and valued at 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Curtis & Co
Eustis Street
Davenport
Curtis
Joseph Friedbure
Oneida Street
John Devine
George Mugford
Province Court
Thomas Cooper
Knapp Street
Charles Goff
King
L. K. Stone
Washington Street
Kennedy
Station 4
Tremont Street
Warrenton Street
T. J. O'Brien
Notes About The City Spark a Busy Local Scene
The item notes licensing bonds for street railway conductors, coal price pressures from ice embargo and freight rates, a Boston death toll with pneumonia counts, and a schedule of talks at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union and the Christian Union. It also covers Union Athletic Club events on Feb 27, speaker engagements, architectural moves by Shepley Rutan Coolidge, a street assault near Haymarket, a desertion arrest, a store damage from an open faucet, a Chapman Street gambling raid, and officers elected by the Postal Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Street Railway & Man
Boston
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Edwin D. Mead
Immanuel Kant
Davidson
Union Athletic Club
New England
George Parsons Gilman
Young Men’s Christian Union
The
Christian Union
F. G. Peabody
Cambridge
Kate Gannett Wells
Young Men’s Christia Union
Messrs. Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Brookline
H. H. Richardson
No. 13
Exchange Street
Haymarket Square
John Barr
City Hospital
John J. Collins
Marine Barracks
Cleveland, Brown & Co
Otis Street
Charlestown
Chapman Club
Chapman Street
Postal Club
Postal Service
Young's
Peter J. Hughes
Edward Barker
Horace F. Hill
Walter H. Safford
Multiple Richmond and New Hampshire Creditors See Settlements
George A. Lathrop & Co. assigns liabilities of 82,600 in Richmond. Pattee Bros. offer 50 cents on the dollar. sale of furniture and carpets for 6,000 by James H. Davis as assignee. W. Woodbury creditors offered 33 1/3 cents on dollar. The Commercial Printing Co of Chattanooga jets into court amid stockholder dispute and suspension. Twin City Instalment Co. of Allegheny City confesses judgment for 33,262 to William M. Price for 116 creditors. Robert Geddes in Philadelphia fails with 30,000 liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Lathrop
W. Woodbury
Ranklin, Beverly and
Upton
Commercial Printing Company
Commercial
Chattanooga
Tenn
Twin City
Allecany City
Penn
William M. Price
Robert ©. Geddes
Market Street
Philadelphia
Kansas Loan and Trust Company is a reliable Topeka lender
The Kansas Loan and Trust Company of Topeka formed in 1873, with George M. Stearns as Boston manager, sold over 2,000,000 dollars in first mortgage bonds last year. It focuses on mutually advantageous West to East business, limits expansion, and provides first mortgages on well located real estate up to one third of appraised value, with loans examined by salaried officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Loan and Trust Company of
Topeka
George M. Stearns
Boston
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspections and Insurance gains capital
The 1887 annual record shows capital doubled from 250000 to 500000. Total assets reach 1096515 with a net surplus of 112163 and a surplus to policy holders of 612168, marking a creditable year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Deafness device inventor to visit city
H A Wales of Bridgeport Conn will visit the city and dine at the Quincy House next Friday and Saturday. Wales is the inventor of the invisible device for deafness praised in tests across the country and Europe. The device is described as to the ears what glasses are to the eyes and regarded as a medical triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Wales
Bridgeport
Conn
Quincy
J. Wales
Europe
Long List of Cases From Early 1900s Court Dockets
A dense index of cases with numerous plaintiff defendant pairs across years 8848 to 3580. Names include Hendhen White Hath way Fay Isaac s Metropolitan Boers and many others. The list cites jurists Barker Hammond and various rail and insurance firms and city districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendhen
White
Might
Lothrop
Horgan
Barrett
Jordan
American L. & Tr. Co
Hathaway
Fay
Isaacs
Metropolitan Boers
Pulling
McLaughn
Sitewart
Ball
Balsam
Kenny
Notice of Attorney Admission in Massachusetts Circuit Court
Notice from the District of Massachusetts. Lawrence Bona of Newton applies for admission as an attorney and counsellor of the U S Circuit Court. Francis B. Fiske, Commissioner of the U S Circuit Court, signs the notice. The document dates to 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District OF Massachusetts
Looston
Neb
United States
Lawrence Bona
Newton
Francis 8. Fiske
U. S. Circuit Court
Park House proprietor returns home unexpectedly
Mr. William D. Park arrived home yesterday after a brief trip aboard the Etruria. He altered plans to shorten the stay and came back in good health and high spirits, reaching New York late Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Park
Park House
Etruria
New York
Park
Intercollegiate Athletic Association taps officers at Quincy House
At the annual meeting in Quincy House on Saturday the Intercollegiate Athletic Association elected officers: President I P Dartt Dartmouth first vice president J P Elton Trinity second vice president S D Warriner Amherst secretary G F Johnston Williams treasurer W I White Worcester and executive committee C I Stearns Amherst H J Willard Dartmouth W M Sudder Trinity A F Clark Williams E G Penniman Worcester It was voted to hold the annual games for the championship cups at Worcester near the end of May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Quincy House
I. P. Dartt
Dartmouth
J. P. Elton
Trinity
S. D. Warriner
Amherst
G. F. Johnston
Williams
W. ‘I. White
Worcester
C. I’. Stearns
H. J. Willard
W. M. Sudder
A. F. Clark
E. G. Penniman
South Boston Fight Leaves One Person Paralyzed
Matthew Hannan and Andrew Glover fought on Saturday night in South Boston. It is alleged Hannan stabbed Glover five or six times, paralyzing his left side. Hannan is under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Hannan
Andrew Glover
Boston
Glover
Hannan
Boots and Shoes Offered at Low Prices by Moseley & Co
A large sale of shop-worn boots and shoes including hand sewn ladies and gents footwear and many items for boys misses and children, is advertised by T. E. Moseley & Co at 409 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Moseley & Co
Washington Atreet
Boston Camera Club to donate photos to city hospitals
At its meeting on the 6th inst the Boston Camera Club agreed to donate surplus prints to public hospitals. Albums of views will be prepared with full descriptions to enhance the display and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Camera Club
Paintings at the Old South Church by Philippoteaux
The Old South Church hosts daily exhibitions of Paul Philippoteaux works. The Battle of Corinth shown 9 to 1 and The Banks of the Nile 4 to 7 attract many visitors. Admission is 25 cents, with a 50 cent rate for the full-series showings plus a grand lecture and music at 2 and 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old South Church
Paul Philippoteaux
Battle of
Corinth
Nile
Baby Pathfinder February issue on sale Tuesday
The Baby Pathfinder for February will be issued and placed on sale on Tuesday. It contains rail and steamboat timetable information and is designed to fit in a vest pocket for easy reference.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Professor Asa Gray
Dr. Bartol
OF Lincoln
Senator Cultom
New Bedford
St. Mary’s Church
Mrs. Robinson
Colored Independents
Recorder Trotter
Gover
H. Graves & Sons
Ora and Druccists
Kansas Loan and Trust Company
Boston Post
Bouworth
Ington
John W
Stevenson
Faneuli Hall Square
W. P. Balch
Live Stock Commission Agency
Peabody
Il Court Street
Geo. C. Goodwin & Co
Health Food CO
Tremont St
Petra
N. Porter Cleaves
Central Wharf
United States Circuit Court
Cout
J. Westinghouse Electric Company
Sun Electric Company Et al
C. Smith
T.B. Kerr
Taylor
J. E. Maynadier
Suffolk County
Mason, J
Murray
C. N. Nelson Lumber Co
Same
B. & Armstrong Co
O’ Hern
Dalton
Barnard
Puede Vy
Capello
Cornicho
Nickergon
Mahony
Lambert
Borchgrevink
Wheeler
Meeney
Bragg
Bradley
McDonald
Copeland
Moore
Dempsey
Mosely
Burkhardt
Seavey
Felonsky
Frankenstein
Babcock
Littlefield
Collins
Sampson
Wetherbee
Barwick
Boston & Maine RR
Mason
Morrison
Golding
Nelson
McCarthy
Butler
Briggs
Doe
French
Parker
Ehriein
Wolffsohn
Old South Society
Wainwright
Kimmel v. B. & P. RR. C . CO
Collins v. B. & P. RR. Co
Ingalls
McNuit
Barker
Young
Melefont
Dewey, J
Fitchburg RR. Co
Nichols
McPherson
Homans
Hastings
Hart
Tuxbury
Mass
Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Shute
Prindle
Hammond
Sullivan
MR. Park
Aew Associa
Pittsst
Very
OAK Grove Farm Bakery
Tuttles Elikir
Hyde Park
Cirewar
Merrims Street
Austin's Bog Bread
Austin & Graves
Commercial Street
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
W. 8. Bailey
East Hardwick
Warner, Pomfret
Wesley P. Balch
Flirt
B. m
William H. Allen
General Logan
Rysdyk’t Hambletonian
Fanny King
Stella
Star Lambert
Daniel Lambert
May Bird
Dazzle
Lexington
Patty
Gates Morgan
Hale
Green Mountain Morgan
Victor
Bailey
Ethan Allen
Cobden
Vermont
Black Hawk
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