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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1882

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Lynchburg Bank Names John W. Daniel President

John W. Daniel is installed as bank president in Lynchburg reflecting prior personal column notes. The note warns that similar appointments may trigger scrutiny over the bank and its depositors.

John W. Daniel Lynchburg Mahone

Pennsylvania farmers ban Gen Beaver for governor

A Pennsylvania farmers club resolves that Gen. Beaver lacks state college management ability and cannot be supported for governor. They note some members voted for Horace Greeley and cite Beaver's Cameron ties as the stronger reason against his candidacy.

Farmers’ Club Pennsylvania Gen. Beaver State Agricultural College Commonwealth Horace Greeley Cameron

Pacific Bank Pace Cited In Last Evening’s Journal

The Journal reports slow assessments and tentative hopes for a Pacific bank resumption. Officials and supporters push for rapid stockholder payments while doubts linger about cash availability and check cashing versus drawing.

How many towns learn a lesson from Haverhill fire

The writer argues Haverhill’s conflagration shows the need for adequate water supply for fire fighting. It notes the aqueduct system's uneven pressure and suggests Bangor, Maine, suffered a large school fire with insufficient water force to break glass, implying lessons for New England towns.

New England Haverhill Bangor

Journal critiques its own footing and economic bias

The piece accuses the Journal of self serving defenses and ridiculed attacks on the Post by comparing Democratic and Republican spending. It cites figures claiming Democrats ran an average $11 million per year more frugally and notes Republicans pushed larger expenditures, linking to star route interests in Indiana and beyond.

Post Congress Journal Dorsey Indiana

New York Dartmouth Alumni Dinner Sparks Criticism

A New York alumnus defends Dartmouth NY alumni after a Feb 20 incident. He says resolutions at a business meeting preceded the dinner, and notes no death heads were used. The piece argues the NY group was well meaning but impulsive, aiming to boost esprit de corps.

New York Dartmouth College Dartmouth Bartlett

Post Office Bill Debates Over Mail Transportation Costs

Washington February 21 The house moved to consider the tariff commission bill while committee of the whole debated the post office appropriation with a 10 655 000 rail mail transport clause. Amendments sought to curb corrupt contracting and subletting practices amid tense testimony and a passing remark on a bonded sub contractor provision.

Frye New York House Naval Affairs Committee House Commerce Committee Wayne MacVeagh District of Columbia Internal Revenue Customs Allen Cope Tess Wheat Foundation National Bank Washington Kasson United States Holman Indiana Page California Post Office Hiscock Atkins Tennessee

Philadelphia Elections Show Citizens' Committee Gains Across City

Results from across Pennsylvania show the citizens' committee endorsed candidates winning in Philadelphia wards and city offices. In Philadelphia select council favors Democrats, with eight endorsed by the committee among twelve seats. common council sees Democrats leading but Republicans elected in some districts.

Philadelphia Citizens’ Committee Select Council Common Council Brown Allentown E. G. Martin Rock Eastern Lawrence Itus Burgess Bellefonte Powers Reading Williamsport Pottsville Jeremiah Leitzinger Citizens Chester J. Newton Harrisburg Board of Control

Partial Destruction of the Insane Asylum at Flatbush

Fire at the Kings County Insane Asylum in Flatbush L I destroys the fourth floor where two wards were burned. Thirty eight inmates in danger are moved by nurses, one patient Scoville dies and a paralytic dies or suffocates. Firemen suffer minor injuries as flames are brought under control in two hours. The building valued at thirty thousand dollars has no insurance and will be rebuilt. A second brief blaze in Chelsea causes five hundred dollars damage to a wooden dwelling and two hundred to furniture, with both homes insured.

Pacific Bank Weeks New England Briggsville Berkshire County Mass Alfred A. Lee North Lubec Washington County Er. C. Chatio South Brookville Hancock County Thomas G. Hunt Exeter Stevens Plains Cumberland County Deering Cox New Jersey Harris Commissioner of Agriculture United States Senate Joseph F. Swords District of Columbia Cadiz Clarence C. Ford Virginia Sagan Valleys New York San Juan de Los Remidios Wade and Clarke Georgia Aleck Stephens C. W. Seidel Savannah Congress Senator Lapham Senate Finance Committee Redemption Reserve Fund New York Harbor Tow Boat Company Bristol Relief East River Chinton H. Smith & Co William B. Maclay Madison Avenue Baptist Church Charles Bridgman Howard Crosby Thurlow Weed Bosworth Butler Wilson G. Hunt John Taylor Johnson John T. Hoffman Greenwood Frederick Dunnes Worcester Mass., Who Came To the Ely Harvard Wits Delmonico’s Francis M. Weld N.S. Smith T. Frank Brownell Arthur Lincoln Hawley Oliver Wendell Holmes Henry W. Longfellow J.G. Whittler Elliott Leverett Saltonstall J. 0. Sargent John C. Ropes Rose Leavitt Maine Post Bradley Black Hawk Bangor Bucksport James Emery David Pierce Belfast Dyer Capt. Pierce Kings County Insane Asylum Fiatbush L. I Brooklyn Fire Department Brooklyn Scoville T. J. Farren Chelsea Lash Street G. H. Waitt G. Dealbay Ephhraim Note, Jr Dealbay Liberty Lynchburg Bedford County O. P. Bolts Bedford Star Boston Lyman Street Providence RH. I R. J Henry Remington Pond Winter Streets Forest City Bach Shaw & Brother Cincinnati Ohio Mill Creek Budd & Core Mississippi Valley Here Vicksburg Osceola Ark St. Francis River Helena Mississippi Memphis Friar’s Point Miss Main Street West Helena Chicago Rock Island Great Government Bridge Vandalia Okaw Atjj Uarlinville Illinois Missouri Indiana Canada Springfield St. Louis Jacksonville Chicago and Atton Spring Creek Ohio and Mississippi Road South Fork Sangamon Pekin St. Lous Signal Service Cave Cliff Iron Mountain Macoupin Creek Chicago and Alton Road St. Laws Aston Burlington and Quincy Indianapolis Wood River Louisville Nashville Silver Creek Wabash Alton Missouri River St. Charles Missouri Pacific Keokuk Lawrenceburg Ind Ohio and Mississippi Miami River Court House Batavia Batavia Junction Supt Thompson Chicago and Alton Mississipp Cairo Marion Cape Town South Africa Trinity George Watson Bernard Kelly New London Terry Peru Chile Chil Trescott Blaine San Diago Dr. Tachmyntis Greece White House Garfield Dudley Long Island College Hospital Messrs. &. M. Pettingill & Co New Quarters Broadway New York State Senate Hoskins Orenburg Siberia Kanenhower Krasnoyerk P. H. Babbitt the Mutual Union Telegraph Company Geo. Wm. Ballou & Co United States Circuit Court Walter Shanly Montreal Revere House H. W. Howgate Adams R. S. Morrison Washington City Thomas Allen J.E. Chamberlain Newport News Fall River N. Y Frank O. Griffin Gloucester Cape Ann Fla Johna A. White Concord Pickering Phipps South Northamptonshire Bolivia Capt. Donaldson Halifax London W. HH. Neal Mrs. Matheson Lewis Hope Mr. McKay Sardin Ian Elizabethgrad Empire Zolotwenski Pelikoff Pelikoi Smielo Kiev Browary Berezowka Warsaw Russia Wasiliewo Odessa Liebenthal Gen Drudkoff M. Chigaryne America Washington Austria Philadelphia Pennsylvania West Philadelphia Morton Hamilton Disston Florida Moran Board of Supervisors Committee On Examinations Lawrence Comins Dearborn Mather, Bennett and Central Thayer Committee On Rules and Regulations Davis E Yens Blake Chapin Crowley Hobbs Miss Peabody Perkins Rust Tucker Winship Cutter Gallagher Hyde Plummer Reed Smalley Spalding

Haverhill Fire Aid Gathers Insurance Help and Debris Update

Over 160 adjusters met in Haverhill to discuss the situation. A subcommittee will coordinate with policyholders, systematize matters, and pay claims. The city council banned frame buildings among ruins, debris is being cleared, safes opened with few containing valuables, banks resume normal business, and a relief committee handles destitution while donors donate sizable sums.

Haverhill City Hall How J. A. Carleton H. A. Page New York City Meanie Haddock, Jr Philadelphia Chicago Board of Trade J. R. Nichols J. H. Carleton George A. Kimbell James E. Gaile J. O. Doherty St. Gregory’s K.J. Murphy Wilson & Tuck A. E. Fay Rev. J. Cargrain Clarence E. Keily Haverhil N. S. Howe Ashington D. C

Amoskeag Veterans Mark 28th Anniversary Ball in Manchester

Special Despatch from Manchester NH reports the Amoskeag Veterans held a grand ball at Smyth hall on February 21 celebrating their 28th anniversary and Washingtons birthday amid a severe storm. Attendees included Gov. Bell, ex governors, NH and Boston veterans, military officers, and civic leaders. a Germania orchestra provided music.

Boston Post Manchester N. H Amoskezgg Washington Smyth Hall Amoskeag F. W. Wellington Chas.a. Walt G. Herbert Harlow Boston A. P. Martin John L. Stevenson G. F. Temple W. H. Howard J. P. Frost H.G. Jorden Charlies W. Wilder, Jr Boston Light Infantry Veterans Corps Samuel Hobbs Digers Edwin Howard First Corps of Cadets Germania Orchestra H.C. Merrill H. K. Slaton W.G. Everett P. B. Putney J. H. Wiggie Frank E. McKean A. C. Wallace F. A. McKean EB. F. MccQuesten Z. Foster Campbell Ira A. Moore Wo. B. Patten D. A. Simons Frank H. Pierce Thos. Morgan B. H. Hobbs Langdon Simons F. S. Pushee Moses Wadleigh

Boston Gre department Ball Impresses with lavish Music Hall affair

The third annual ball of the Boston Fire department at Music hall drew large crowds despite poor weather. A Cadet band concert, grand march led by William ST Chesswell, and a lively floor filled with 100 couples highlighted the night. Proceeds go to the firemen’s relief fund. notable guests included Mayor Green and multiple fire officials from surrounding towns.

Boston Gre Music Hall Vuiding Galleres Balawin la Courouse Auber Strauss Heory F. Griffin Tremont Street Seiler Alieton Hall William A. Greene Joseph Dunbar John Bartlett William H. Cunningham William T. Chesswell John W. Regan G. A. Fuller George Brown George C., Fernald John Collingan James Munroe J. Foster Hewine James F. Rogers Brown S. Flanders Willam A. Greene William?. Chessnell G. C Fernald Brown Flanders Edward A. White Joan EK. Fitzgerald Henry W. Longley Fred W.smith,jr James Monroe Samuel Abbott, Jr The Protective Department George W. Frost William E. Delano Martin V. B. Kimball Robert E. Bartlett Louis P. Abbott A. W. Brown F. G. Burley G. W. Downes G.H. Bird George Getehell Daniel C. Beckford Louis P. Webber W. R J. R. Gilbert C. K.bullock T. H. Weltch J.T. Weston W. H. Godfrey Firemen’s Relief Fund Boston Fire and Protective Departments Mayor and Board of Fire Commissioners

National Guard officers meet in Manchester for instruction

Commissioned officers of the New Hampshire National Guard gather in Manchester for instruction and drill, remaining through Friday. The third annual NH National Guard Association meeting is held in Manchester with officers elected for the coming year including President Capt A Jacquith and Secretary Capt C Donovan.

Alexander Burt Sherman Taunton Lieut. Howe Bowdoin College Lieut Crawford Howes West Point Dakota Nashua N. H Oscar W. Siocomb Hunt Henry J. Manning John McCarton New Hampshire John Morris U. S M. C J.henry Stickney Esa Baltimore Pilgrim Hall Cole’s Hill Plymouth Pilgrim Society Leyden Stret Middle Leyden Street Cape Cod Peterboro New Hampshire National Guard Manchester Walsh New Hampshire National Guard Association A. Jacquith Peterpore A. W. Quinn S. 8. Piper K. D. Coffin Portsmouth C. B. Donovan Concord J. S. Abatt Dover H. Demerritt Albert Wheeler P. A. Devine

Notable Rhode Island crimes and civic notes from Kingston to Providence

Walter Winsor, murderer of Miss Potter, dies in state prison at 18. David B. Cushing of Providence commits suicide in East Greenwich at 32, leaving a wife. A Providence citizen purchases thirty acres around the old French camp for a public park, site the city’s highest land. In Kingston superior court a heating on Kate Chace Sprague’s divorce petition from ex Senator William Sprague leads to withdrawal of adultery charges. mother retains custody of three daughters, boy with father.

Walter Winsor Miss Potter David B. Cushing Providence East Greenwich Rhode Island Historical Society Kingston Kate Chace Sprague William Sprague Sprague

Refugees In Philadelphia Bring News Of Russian Jewish Persecution

This week the city will host Deo Valente with 300 Russian Jewish refugees destitute of money and clothing. The Post reprints shocking details of massacres and oppression in Russia, noting 3,500,000 Jews taxed, restricted, and drafted, living as pariahs under czarist rule.

Philadelphia Deo Valente Russia London Times Judenheize She Stoecker Godwin Smith

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