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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1889

Page

8

Republican Opinions and New Officers Elected in Brookline

The Brookline Republican Club held a Washington's Birthday meeting at Parker House with 100 attendees. Accounts show new officers elected: President W. R. Chester. Vice Presidents Candler Towle Hall Burdett Whitman Graham Carpenter Hovey. Secretary Burdett. Treasurer Creesy. Statistician Baker. Finance and Executive committees named. Speakers urged political independence within the party, prohibition debates, civil service reform, and support for immigration controls.

Washington Brookline Republican Club Parker House Messrs W. H. Lincoln William Whitman Renen Thomas W. R. Chester J. W. Candler M. Towle H. 8. Burdett R. A. Cobb Wiliam H. Lincoln Renen ‘Thomas Dr. . Lincoln Chase Jacob P Theodore Pinkham Jacob P. Bates E. W. Baker W.I. Gross David Halil Rice W. W. Potter E. C. Hovey George H. Francis W. C. Webber G.F. Winch John F.cousens T. W. Clements Republican Party Party of Reform Iquor George N. Carpenter Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts New York George William Curtis Candler Eform England Navy Priniple David Hall Rice Free Trade Grover Cleveland Cines Rookline Red Men’s Club Quincy House Frederick Dobie Amesbury C. H. Russell F. Dobie W. M. Carey W. J. Dinsmore George F. Pratt J.C. Simmons New England Intercollegiate Press Association Young Samuel Abbott New _ land Abbott Harvard G.H. Hamlen Bates O. S. Warden Dartmouth E. G. Penniman Worcester Technology F. Davenport Wesleyan J. W. Spenser The Beacon Squires Brown A. B. MacNeill Bachellor H. A. Hathaway

Henry George Lectures in Boston on The Law of Wages

Henry George spoke at Tremont Temple under the Boston Typographical Union on wages and the single tax. He argued wages depend on land value, urged broader unions, and praised Massachusetts for adopting Australian voting. An audience of craftspeople heard questions answered in George’s emphatic style.

Henry George Tremont Temple Boston Typographical Union William Lloyd Garrison George Duke of Argyll George Thompson America Mr. Gladstone O’connell Theodore Parker Boston St. Theodore Poe Mies Australia Europe Germany France Italy Denmark Scandinavia Russia Tolstoi Whittier Massachusetts Mr. George

Massachusetts Chess Association Holds Fifth Meeting

The fifth meeting of the Massachusetts Chess Association took place at the Boston Chess Club with large attendance. A general forenoon tournament produced three handicap classes and top winners renown in major and minor events. Congratulatory messages came from Ohio New York and New Jersey chess bodies observing the day.

Massachusetts Chess Association Boston Chess Club F. P. Harlow J. D. Chase C. B. Shaw H. N. Stone M. J. Hill Wakefield J. ©. Allen M. J. Ill Ohio New York New Jersey

Appleton Street Chapel Children Celebrate Washington's Birthday

About 500 children and friends gathered at Berkeley Hall for a Washington's Birthday festival hosted by the Appleton Street Chapel. The event featured dances in fancy costumes directed by Miss Gertrude Levey, with performances by Hattie Hayden Annie Burke Bertie McNally Mary Dresser Maud Melville Lulu Morse Ella Philbrick Margie Ide Hattie Forsyth and twenty young dancers. The Boston Cadet Orchestra provided music and C. W. Cogswell served as manager with a social committee including Mrs. C N Gooch Mrs. T. Peterson and Mrs. F. T. Rose.

Appleton Street Chapel Berkeley Hall Washington W. G. Babcock Gertrude Levey Hattie Hayden Annie Burke Bertie McNally Mary Dresser Maud Melville Lulu Morse Lillie Parker Ella Philbrick Margie Ide Hattie Forsyth

In Memoriam Edward Southwick Philbrick Brookline Union Directors Remember

The Brookline Union directors issue a tribute to Edward Southwick Philbrick noting his role as treasurer and founder contributor to the reading room, his daily oversight of the building, his lecture plans and lecture materials, Civil War relief work, and his broad education and philanthropy reflected in a final tribute to his character.

Brookline Union Edward Southwick Philbrick Egypt East Union Hall Port Royal

Tobin Assigned to Revenue Districts in New New England

Captain John M. Tobin, formerly overseeing internal revenue districts in Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware West Virginia and the District of Columbia since May 1888, is assigned by Commissioner Joseph S. Miller to oversee districts in Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Vermont New Hampshire and Maine. His office will be in room 73 Postoffice Building Boston.

John M. Tobin Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware West Virginia District of Columbia Joseph S. Miller Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Vermont New Hampshire Maine Postoffice Building Boston

Eighth Annual Paint and Clay Club Exhibit Opens

The Paint and Clay Club unveils about fifty works at Williams and Everett's, led by C. E. Dallin's bust of James Russell Lowell. The show features portraits, landscapes, and genre pieces by young artists including Caliga, Tarbell, Lompkins, Bicknell, Enneking, Hassam, Elwell, Flagg, Pierce, Dean, Dow, Garret, Davis, Allen, Ordway, Lansi, Little, Richardson, Waterman, Tarbell, Parker, and Attwood.

Williams & Everett's C. E. Dallin James Russell Lowell Caliga Europe Miller Tarbell Lompkins Benson Dr. Tuckerman Stacey Tolman Mr. H J. Templeman Coolidge J. M. Stone Mr. Enneking Grundmann Adin Ballou Hopedale Childe Hassam Paris F. W. Rogers C. F. Pierce Halsall D. Jerome Elwell Crawford White Mountains Peabody Flagg Winthrop Pierce Walter Dean Arthur Dow E. H. Garrett Charles H. Davis Thomas Allen Lansi Venice Philip Little Richardson Concarneau Grez Mr. Waterman Mirador Dela Reina

Reverend Adams to Address Augusta Youth at Y M C A

The Rev. William Adams D D pastor of First Presbyterian Augusta Ga will speak to young men at the Boston Y M C A Sunday at 4 p m Dr Adams a leading southern minister who came from Bristol England where his church ran a 2500 pupil Sunday school George S Avery will lead a 5 15 p m meeting at Boylston and Berkeley and conduct nightly services next week at 8 30 with R F True the evangelistic singer performing at these services

William Adams First Presbyterian Church Augusta Boston Young Men’s Christian Association Adams South England Bristol George S. Avery Association Boylston Berkeley Streets Avery Massachusetts Rhode Island R. F. True Arlington Street B. Everett Hale D.D B. Herford Bowdoin Square M.R. Deming B. Y. M. Christian Wnron Union Hall Boylston Street Bb. F. Gilbert Edith W. Munroe Frank & Pratt A. Robinson Henry F. Gilbert Walter E. Forbes Byron A. Robinson George Mendall Taylor W Lram H. Baldwin W. B. Clarke Church OF the Disciples Brookline Street Warren Avenue Charles G. Ames Christadelphian Bible Chandler Hall Essex Street Emmanuel Cauron Newbury Street Leighton Parks Cource Spiritcal Temple H. S. Lake Harvard College R. Fred H. Willis Harvard University Apeak Berkeley Hall Berkeley Street Independent Club Music Hall Citizens’ Committee of One Hundred James B. Dane D.C Committee of One Hundred Rome America Park Street Church Total Abstinence Society R. S. Frost J. Anderson J. Ellen Foster Iowa Alice J. Osborne C. K. Shaw Annie Park G. M. Taylor Boston Copley Square Edward A. Horton St. Joun’s Cucrcu Boston Highlands Tremont Street Vernon Linden Park Streets South Congregational Church Exeter Street Hale Boston North End First Baptist Meeting House Commonwealth Avenue Clarendon Street Younkin Miss Fellows Mr. May Joseph Cook Irving O. Whiting Board of E. F. Randolph State Committee R. F. Trae West Church Cambridge and Lynde Streets Brooke Herford

Wellesley Receives Stetson Gift of Sixty Five Paintings

Mr Amos W Stetson of Boston donates a 65 piece art collection valued at about 30000 to Wellesley College. The works will be housed in a single room in the new Farnsworth Art Building awaiting its completion at a cost of 100000. The list includes works by Vernier Dupré Megrigny Lecun, Doyen and many other artists.

Wellesley College Amos W. Stetson Boston Stetson State National Bank Wellesley Farnsworth Art Mr. Stetson Emile Vernier Coast of Brittany Sala Dieterlet van Marcke Julien Dupré von Severdonck Sheepin F. Mezgrigny W. H. Hilliard Paul Vernon Théo Frere Cairo F. A. Bridgman Karlovsky Jealousy H. Bolton Jones Stolzner Martin Luther Auguste Bonheur E. L. Weeks Courtyard Tangier Peyrol Bonheur Max Vallé Vineyard Sound W. L. Sontag Cheat River Delobbe A. Rosierse L. Jimenez Attorney's Office M. F. H. de Haas Isles of Shoals G. Guarana Ao. Cardoizo H. P. Smith Hasbrouck Old Mill Wilmarth A. J. H. Way Ida _Bothe Tamburinui Irs. Kollock Scott Leighton W. H. Macy Professor Tommassi

Manners of Young Men Quelled by The Dictator

A reader titled The Dictator chides a young man who spoke with hands in pockets at a recent reception. He asks Tavernner to address the issue in his column and advise proper guest behavior, noting good breeding and gentlemanly conduct.

Taverner

Women Shopping For Women In The Fashion Era

A Boston letter from February 18, 1889 defends women who shop for other women noting fashion’s supremacy. The writer argues such shopping may influence trends and even educate daughters through collegiate possibilities, though comments satire on social burdens.

Street ethics and a colonel's calm rebuke

A religious Colonel in a dispute with a foulmouthed man remains patient and urges peace. The onlookers witness a tense encounter, ending with a warning to avoid further trouble and a remark on the danger of provoking violence.

Roxbury Latin School Athlectic Exhibition at MIT

The Roxbury Latin School Athletic Association held a winter meet at MIT on Exeter Street with 6500 spectators. Winners included W P Meehan in rope climbing, C K Cummings in high vault, G E Atherton in featherweight sparring, J E Morse in high jump, W J Batchelder in lightweight sparring, R M Atwater in middleweight sparring, T E Sherwin in pole vault, and the class of 90 tug of war champions. Officials were Referee Walter Soren, judges George S Mandell and Robert S Hale, clerk Russell B Beals.

Roxbury Latin School Athletic Association Massachusetts Institute of Technology Exeter Street W. P. Meehan C. K. Cummings G. E. Atherton Rann J. E. Morse Boston Young Men's Christian Union T. E. Sherwin Latin School Yein W. J. Batchelder H. C. Stickney Arvard Athletic Association R. M. Atwater Ft. Lin Walter Soren George S. Mandell Robert S. Hale Russell B. Beals

Sale of Fine Driving Horses From A W Davis Yard

A W Davis sold several fine driving horses over the past week including a steel roan cob to Dr Chamberlain a pair of steel roan Morgan cobs to Mr Connell of Newton a coal black cob and a dapple gray Morgan mare to Mr Cobb for his four in hand and a large coal black brougham horse to a Roxbury district gentleman He purchased the fast road horse Ed Mack with a near 2 20 record at a price of 2000

A. W. Davis Dr. Chamberlain Mr. Connell Newton Mr. Cobb Roxbury Ed Mack

Boiling Clothes Says Expert Warns of Hygienic Washing

Dr H M Lassing argues in American Analyst that boiling water is essential to remove dirt and destroy microbes embedded in fabrics. He claims constant agitation by boiling water cleanses interstices without harming material and cites Pearline washing directions on the packet.

H. M. Lassing Ames Pyle James Pyle New Yorks

Veteran Apprentices and Library Association Reunion at Parker House

The fifth annual reunion of the Veteran Apprentices and the sixty-ninth anniversary of the Mechanic Apprentices Library Association were held at Parker House with about 100 members. Ex Mayor F W Lincoln presided among attendees including James G Haynes Henry Guild Oscar Mellish and many others. The event featured reminiscences and fellowship.

Mechanic Apprentices’ Library Association Parker House F. W. Lincoln James G. Haynes Henry Guild Oscar Mellish Z. Mode W. F. J. Cassidy G. O. Anderson Elijah Ames J. M. L. Babcock Thomas F. Bailey Jonathan Butterfield J. B. Berry Robert Bishop Bowen Jesse D. Bates Butler Patrick Donohue W. B. Ellis O’brien Nims Battery Association Young’s O. F. Nims I. D. Billings Revere Southern Club Harvard E. ‘J. Sanford New South New England Plumbers’ Supply Association Revere House E. F. Southwick Eugene Tompkins Hoeger W. Anthony John H. Coggeshall C.M. Crombie J. M. Tallman Vermont Methodist Seminary Thorndike A. H. Powers M. D Everett Lodge Knights of Pythias Lynn Crawford House Ivanhoe Lodge Charlestown Young Robert Colgate Newart, R. L H.C. Fahnestock Newark

Businessman James H. Munson Faces Insolvency

East Somerville resident James H. Munson will file for insolvency to settle debts of $6731 with no undisposed assets.

James H. Munson East Somerville

Notable City Happenings At Bowdoin Square And Chelsea

The Bromfield Street Church choir will perform Stainers cantata The Daughter of Jairus at the Baptist Tabernacle Bowdoin square with Mme Dietrich Strong and Miss Rayner aiding. Turn Hall hosted a gymnastic exhibition by Boston Turnverein pupils. Convicts at Charles Town penitentiary observed Washingtons Birthday with a morning chapel service and no work. A new downward draught boiler test at Suffolk Cordage Works Chelsea was postponed. An illustrated Civil War lecture and a Wednesday evening novel entertainment are announced by local groups.

Bromfield Street A. W. Keene Neilie C. Wright Laurie M. Burnham James Beattie C. L. Farwell Stainer Jairus The Baptist Tabernacle Bowdoin Square Mme Dietrich Strong Mary E. Rayner Turn Hall Boston Turnverein Damm C. Stern M. R. Deming Charlestown Washington Suffolk Chelsea Young Men’s Christian Union

Sunday Notices from Arlington Street to West Church

Sunday notices list services at Arlington Street Church with Rev. Hale and others, Tabernacle Bowdoin Square, Mission Union Hall, and multiple congregations in Boston. Details cover worship times, sermons, baptisms, choir and meetings, with invitations to all, plus a Boston North End Mission report and Y M C A activities.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Brookline’s Ireland Alfour F. L. Creesy Young Men’s Democratic Club Quincy Burnett Andrew Russell Lodge Greenhalge Llewellyn Powers Mr. Garrison Appleton Street Paint and Clay Club Christian Association Notes Hull Hingham Halifax Pasquino Keoxbury Latin School Association Receast H. H. Aldrich Keene N. H J. M. Waterman Williamstown J. Edward Brown Edward Thomas R. M. Reynolds Monson Tremont Franklin Voorhees H. A. Tewksbury Montclair N. J J. W. Hinckly Eastport William Martin Dunkirk N. Y Parker Penn P. M. Maker Indianapolis Ind Charles Marsh Vieth’s Annie Rice Westboro J. W. Wells Misses Wells Portsmouth Charles F. Robinson Lowell C. E. Goodspeed Gardner O. P. Wilson Henry Lt. Bayley Newbury O. A. Toby Greenwich R. I John Gardner Lewiston Vendome E. W. Browne New Bedford G. W. White J. E W. T. Kingsley Philadelphia Brunswick D._ Goodwin William D. King Newport Wayne MacVeagh Portland Franklin Remington Cazenovia J. R. Carualan J. R. Davies Rochester James A. Bickford Northwood Burton-on-Trent John Fennell Devonshire Bostom
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