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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1890

Page

5

President Eliot Denies Harvard Club Speech Report

President Eliot of Harvard flatly denies the Philadelphia Harvard Club dinner despatch alleging reporters in Boston are drunkards thieves and dead beats He says portions are false and attributes the misreport to L Clarke Davis and a misinformed despatch, defending journalism training while criticizing newsroom hiring practices and shorthand reporting.

Eliot Harvard Harvard Club Philadelphia Boston Journal Huidekoper L. Clarke Davis Ledger Harvard College Massachusetts Medical Society Journal Reporter Brainerd Mr. Davis

Harvard Cricket Club challenges Yale for spring cricket match

Harvard University Cricket Club formally challenges Yale University to one or more cricket matches next spring with dates and venues to be arranged. The bid is sent to Mr Adee, Yale athletic committee chairman, amid Yale lacking a cricket club. Also notes H U C C editor J W Allen and Harvard Cooperative Society meeting details and Felton Hall reading room setup.

Harvard Cricket Club Yale Adee Yale Athletic Harvard University Cricket Club Yale University J. W. Ballen H. F. Hewes H.C. Wright Daily Crimson Harvard Cooperative Society Sever Hall Felton Hall C. R. Eastman G. Patillo F. 3. Uncanh

Funeral of Mrs Anna S Savage in Watertown

Funeral services for Mrs Anna S Savage mother of Rev M J Savage were held at her son Rev W H Savage residence Summer Street Watertown. Rev Francis Vittany led readings and prayers with no singing. Floral tributes appeared and neighbors and First Parish Unitarian Church members attended. Body placed in a receiving tomb and will be buried next spring in Maine.

Watertown Anna S. Savage M. J. Savage W. H. Savage Summer Street Francis Vittany First Parish Unitarian Church Maine

Poor Accommodation on Local Trains on Providence Division

A letter to the editor criticizes the Old Colony railroad for overcrowded trains on the Providence division. The writer details standing passengers on a 6:18 pm Canton Junction to Boston train, noting three passenger cars plus a smoker and baggage car, and mentions empty cars at stations. He calls for adding cars to meet demand, citing frequent fourteen mile standees. Boston, Feb. 24.

Sir Old Colony Providence Canton Junction Boston Hyde Park

Varnishing Day at the Paint and Clay Club Exhibit

The ninth annual Paint and Clay Club show opens with an intimate viewing before public access. Nearly one hundred works including oils watercolors and etchings line the galleries with notable pieces by Abbott Graves Caliga Greene Dow Hobart Bicknell Tolman Enneking Waterman Pierce Santry Selinger and Stone among others. The reviewer notes fresh bright tones and American spirit overpowering the dreary gray school of some recent works.

el Dorado W. H. W. Bicknell Abbott Graves Mr. Caliga Caliga Marcus Waterman C. E. L. Greene Arthur Dow Hobart Otto Grindmann Bicknell Tolman Boston Enneking Mr. Waterman

Jewels and Laces: A Woman's Health Restorer

In the face of fashionable society's trials women break down, lose health, and become wrecks. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, sold with a guaranteed refund, strengthens the whole system, calms nervous symptoms, and aids sleep. An illustrated 160 page book on woman’s diseases is offered for ten cents. Buffalo address provided.

Dr. Pierce Pierce Wary Wary’s Dispensary Main Street Buffalo

World Fair bill vote in national House shows

Market notes from New York and Chicago describe weakness in Tennessee Coal and Iron yet late buying supports. Atchison and Eastern rail shares see activity while railcar orders surge for several lines. Buckets shops and short interest discussed amid holiday sentiment as World’s Fair bill progresses in the House.

New York Tennessee Coal & Iron House of Representatives

Charles H Carroll Dies at 90 in West Newton

Charles H Carroll aged ninety died at his West Newton home yesterday. Born in Maryland in 1800 he was part of the Carrollton family and spent years in Baltimore mercantile trade. He retired twenty-five years ago to Newton where he built the Carroll homestead. He wrote essays on bi metals, lectured on finance, and contributed to the Post and other journals. He leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. Funeral tomorrow at 2:15 PM.

Charles H. Carroll West Newton Mr. Carroll Maryland Carroll Carrollton Baltimore Newton the Post Boston

Deaths in New England: Palmer Sampson Holmes

Mrs Sally Palmer of Hingham died on Washingtons Birthday at age 92 born April 13 1797 in Hingham known for local history and reading. John S Sampson of Cortland N Y aged 83 born Plymouth descended from Miles Standish and John Alden whose grandfather commanded a privateer in the Revolutionary War. Josiah Holmes Jr prominent Quaker and former Mattapoisett shipbuilder died suddenly at New Bedford of heart failure.

Sally Palmer Hingham Washington Chesapeake Shannon John 8S Sampson Cortland

Marriages of Jewett Dadman and Webster Cram in Roslindale and City

In Roslindale on February 20 Edgar H. Jewett wed Lily P. Dadman, with Rev. Merritt C. Beale officiating. In the city on February 22 Earnest A. Webster married Emily F. Cram, with Rev. Nelson B. Jones Jr. presiding.

Jewett—Dadman Roslindale Merritt C. Beale Edgar H. Jewett Lily P. Dadman Webster—Cram Nelson 8. Jones, Jr Earnest A. Webster Emily F. Cram

Obituaries of Several Residents and Their Ages

Notices from multiple Massachusetts towns list deaths and ages on Feb 20 23 24 28, including Frederick L Burden 43 West Newton Charles H Carroll 90 Arlington Elizabeth Clara 55 Lucinda R Dresser 60 Julia Fee 60 East Boston Horace Farrington 67 West Roxbury Annie S Gavin 23 Chelsea Albert D Henderson 51 Boston Caroline Willard Keith Feb 22 Eliza J Little 22 Jamaica Plain Julia A Myrick Feb 23 Swampscott Susan Y Maynard 59 East Boston Sally Palmer 92 Hingham Horatio Pollard 68 Harvard Bridget Ryan Somerset Dominick Self 50 Boston Mary Semple 65 South Boston Susan Jordan Vaughan 65 Louisville Ry Emma P Whitman 64 Newton.

Burden North Attleboro Frederick L. Burden Carroll West Newton Charles H. Carroll Clark Arlington Elizabeth William L. Clara Dresser Lucinda R Jacob A. Dresser Boston Jamaica Plain Eliza J John Little Myrick Swampscott Julia A Samuel Myrick Maynard Susan Y. Maynard Palmer Hingham Sally Palmer Benjamin &. Walier Pollard Harvard Mass Horatio Pollard Prescott Somerville Oscar W. Prescot Ryan South Boston Bridget David Ryan Self Boston Highlands Dominick Self Semple Mary Robert L. Semple Vaughan Louisville Susan Jordan Vaughan Whitman Newton Emma P. Whitman William D. A. Whitman

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