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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1879

Page

3

Burial Proposals At City Cemeteries Opposed By Health Board

A city health board communication argues against burying bodies beneath St Pauls Church and within crowded city cemeteries. It urges legislation to prohibit further burials in such areas and cites 1029 city cemetery burials from 1875 to 1878. Alderman OBrien reports on public lands charges. W Eliot Woodward accusations fail. Robert W Hall elected superintendent in non concurrence.

Committee On Public Charitable Institutions C. A. Bartol Samuel E. Sewell Commonwealth Massachusetts State McLean South Boston J. A. Switchell Mary A. Brigham of Lowell Worcester Hospital F. B. Sanborn James A. Sturgis McLean Asylum Danvers Asylum Alderman Kelly Alderman Breck Harris Board of Health St. Paul’s Church Boas St. Paul’s O’brien Committee On Public Lands W. Eliot Woodward Department of Public Lands Hall Robert W. Hall Jerome Macdonald Une Boston Post Boston Suffolk Henry A. Clapp

Massachusetts Board Hammers School Fund and Education Reform

The annual Board of Education report urges stronger supervision and revised funding. It cites a stagnant school fund, calls for a tax of a fraction of a mill, and seeks uniform statewide educational excellence. Secretary Dickinson provides key statistics on enrollments, expenditures, and wages.

Board of Education Just Out Boston Massachusetts Maine Back Bay United States John W. Dickinson

United Workmen Lodge Installs Officers at Chickering Hall

Metropolitan Lodge No 10 Ancient Order of United Workmen held an installation Saturday evening at Chickering Hall. Rev H A Shorey presided with Dr D Wilson assisting. Officers installed include Chauncey C Dean as Past Master Workman and William H Locke as Master Workman along with ten other appointed positions and Grand Lodge representatives.

United Workmen Metropolitan Lodge Ancient Order of United Workmen Chickering Hall H. A. Shorey M. W D. Wilson Chauncey C. Dean William H. Locke E. M. Crawford Frederick Mills George W. Ro

Pleasant Rock Candy Rye Remedy Sold At Market Street

One of the simplest remedies for colds and sore throat is Rock Candy and pure old Rye Whiskey prepared by C. B. Barrett & Co. at 45 North Market street. Sold for one dollar a bottle and already popular with druggists and grocers.

Messrs C. B. Barrett & Co North Market Street

Funeral and local notices from Malden and Cambridge

The funeral of J. B. Severance was held at his Highland avenue home with Rev. Wellman and others officiating. remains resting at Woodlawn Cemetery Everett. An accident on Linden street left Albert J. Whipple with a broken arm and elbow injury. Harvard Medical School mourns Leopold Lobsitz and plans a floral tribute. A Cambridge fire near Cameron street caused by locomotive sparks. Lynn reports a break in at Leavitt’s billiard hall and forged checks by a well dressed stranger operating locally. Suburban short notes follow.

Superior Supreme Judicial Court Westfield Mystic River Medford Committee On Insurance Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Cambridge Committee On Claims George A. Monroe Committee On Jane Meaney Treasury of The Commonwealth Benjamin Clough Gosnold H. R. Perkins Eastham Thayer Academy Roxbury High School Association A. P. Calder H. K. White, Jr Minnie Murdock Katie A. Nason A. van Raalte George S. Stockwell Harry P. Dennie Carter Association Medway Mass Metcalf Luther Day’s Academy Wrentham John Blackburn Samuel Slater Patrick T. Jackson Francis C. Lowell Waltham Lowell Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company Dedham Bank House of Representatives Senate Whig Fremont Republican Party Lincoln Boston Blackstone Welcome Farnum Dr Bailon Willis Cook Latimer W. Ballou Edward Harris New York and New England Railroad Charles River Railroad David Sanford J. B. Severance Highland Avenue Mr Wellman Malden Congregational Church RE. Edmunds W. H. Ryder Malden J. W. Fletcher Henry Farnum A. R Berton Ira Highland Faneuil Hall Market Ape S. Haley Woodlawn Everett Albert J. Whipple Linden Street Whipple Glenwood Harvard Medical School Harvard University Medical School Leopold Lobsitz Springfield Massachusetts General Hospital Lexington and Arlington Railroad Cameron Street Joseph E. Leavitt Market Street J. F. Rowley Exchange Street Lynn William F. Johnson Pearl Street

Fires Strike Multiple 19th Century Businesses Across States

A series of fires causes substantial losses: William K. Pennell’s store in Maine sustained $800 in damage. E. Z. Stearns’s spool factory in Lowell, Massachusetts burned with $6000 loss. Gowdey’s tannery in Lowville, New York suffered $7000. Elmira clothing and Garling’s restaurant burned in New York with $12,000 loss. a Richmond Island house owned by Augustus Cummings in Maine burned for $4000. Parks & Best flouring mill in Litchfield, Illinois faced $50,000 in damage. Hess coal sheds and stables in Philadelphia burned with $12,000 loss. Continuous reports list insured amounts and specific localities.

Anna Phenix Roger Williams New York Foxb Gowdey Lowville N. Y Frankenstein’s Clothing

Hancock Town Face Five Percent Gratuity Case Suit

A jury tries whether Hancock must pay the Manchester and Keene Railroad five percent of 16 460 90 as a gratuity voted in 1875 amid road completion disputes. The matter will go to the full bench. Separately 6625 was raised to fund a new Hanover Street Congregational Society church, bringing total to 27 533 with lot sales. Crimes docket faces liquor sentences tomorrow.

Manchester N. H Hancock Manchester and Keene Railroad Corporation Hanover Street Congregational Society Supreme Court

Bennington Mother dies after bed fire tragedy

The mother of Michael Coffee and her daughter were severely burned when a coal fire in a night dress ignited the bed. Mrs Coffee died the next morning and her daughter, badly burned, was not expected to survive.

Bennington Michael Coffee Coffee Suffolk Frank D. Smith Boston Louisa M. Smith Warren Drew Warren F. Drew Ellen Drew Warren Abbott Louise M. Smith

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