American growth and liberty ideals in an after-dinner address
A speaker reflects on rapid American growth, the Americanization of citizens, and the principles of liberty. He cites Burke, Blackstone, Magna Charta links, and warns that leadership and courage in legislators matter more than sheer population gains. He cautions about urban class growth and political integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
American
America
England
Happ
Wirt Dexter
Dexter
Blackstone
Cooper
Lionel Lincoln
Bunker Hill
New England
Chicago
London
Boston
United States
Edo
Lowell Speech Headlines Harvard Club Banquet In Chicago
At the Harvard Club of Chicago James Russell Lowell delivered the featured address. His strongest reaction came from a line condemning party loyalty when it betrays country and conscience, urging responsibility beyond faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harvard Club
James Russell Lowell
Salem rioters sentenced in Essex court
In Essex Superior Criminal Court John Welch of Peabody received twenty months in the house of correction for assault with a dangerous weapon on Chief of Police Peaslee during labor unrest. John Hanson was sentenced to nine months for an assault in the Thanksgiving riot. James Kelleher of Peabody was fined twenty dollars for throwing stones at a horse. The session also covered various legislative committee actions and bills on state finances, education, sanitation, and railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
SpeciAu
Superior Criminal Court
Essex County
John Welch
Peabody
Peaslee
Hammone
House of Correction
John Hanson
James Kelleher
Advertised patent remedies and beauty products list
A fragmented advertisement lists Hale's Honey cough cure at 26, 50c and 1 dollar, Glenn's Sulphur Soap at 26c, German Corn Remover at 25c, Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye in black or brown at 50c, Pike's Toothache Drops at 25c, and Bean's Rheumatic Pills as a claimed sure cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Glenn
Hill
Pike
Bean
A Dull Day on the Hill in Statehouse Proceedings
The Boston Public Library bill advanced to engrossment while the poll tax resolve stalled. Senate committee reports and a protest against free ferries to East Boston appeared as the day’s notable items, with a busy docket of local measures and votes shaping the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Public Library
State House
House
Senate
Boston
Public Service Committee Recommends Higher Court Stenographers Pay
The committee on public service reported a bill to set Superior Court official stenographers’ salaries at 9 dollars a day and raise copy note charges to 10 cents per 100 words. Leave to withdraw was reported on West End Street Railway petition for lease buy and consolidation authority with a public hearing ordered. The public health committee reported the order relative to is inexpedient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Currier
Clark
Committee On the Judiciary
Gleason
Samuel Tilden
Malden
Keith
Cape
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Parmenter Crayon Company
Milliken
Committee On
Springfield Street Railroad Company
West Springfield
Springfield
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Phillips
Fitchburg & Hoosac Tunnel
Troy & Greenfield
Howard
Committee On Labor
Cook
Perkins Institution For the Blind
Committee On Fish and Game
Boston Executive Business Men’s Association
Boston
Committee On Public Service
Superior Court
Committee On Street Railways
West End Street Railway Company
Committee On Public Health
Boston seeks loan to pay land judgments amid debt limits
The Boston committee considers a petition to borrow funds to pay lands purchased or taken by the park board. City Solicitor Bailey cites judgments totaling about 400000 and debt limits, proposing use of prior unexpended balances or park construction funds rather than new borrowing. General Hazard Stevens notes judgments must be taxed. petitions also discussed for real estate reallocation for public use and aldermanic district population equality with no opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Cities
City of
Boston
Board of Park Commissioners
Bailey
Henry W. Putnam
General Hazard Stevens
Senator Slattery Pushes Child Labor Bill Before Committee
Senator Slattery testified for a bill restricting child labor in manufacturing, mechanical, and mercantile establishments. It bans employment of anyone under 18, and under 15 during school sessions, with fines of 25 to 100 dollars per offense. Funds go to public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slattery
Committee of Labor
Committee On Manufactures
Bay State Gas Company
W. EF. L. Dillaway
Lion
George A. Bruce
C. P. Greenough
Boston Gas Light Company
Committee On Roads and Bridges
O' Hearn
Lawrence
Clemens Herschel
Cape Cod Ship Canal
Sandwich
Insolvency Actions Hit Firms Across Several States
Several businesses face insolvency or assignments. The Standard Carpet Lining Co of Boston and East Cambridge has assigned to Henry T. Hall of Munroe Felt and Paper. Fitchburg Gold and Silver Mining Co. faces a warrant in insolvency. Bergman & Wagener of Memphis have assigned with liabilities $5200 and assets $4000. Creditors’ meetings set for Charles Winchester of Ashburnham and C. D. Loomis Jr. in New Britain. Weiss Bros. of Galveston buys insolvent Block Oppenheimer & Co. stock to continue operations. Woodley of Quebec assigned with $40,000 in liabilities. Attachments listed for Terhune & Belcher, G R Andrews, Jacob B Morrell, I L Burns. Other assignments include Mathews Bros Savannah, ELS W Fowler Chicago, C H Kay Alliance, F E Bacon Northfield, W Clark & Co New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Carpet Lining Company
Congress Street
Boston
East Cambridge
Mass
Henry T. Hall
Munroe Felt and Paper Company
William H. Pray
John C. Mayall
Fitchburg Gold and Silver Mining Company
Franklin Lyon
Bergman & Wagener
Tobacco and Cigars
Memphis
Tenn
Charles Winchester
Ashburnham
Worcester
D. Loomis, Jr
New Britain
Comn
Block, Oppenheimer & Co
Weiss B Bros
Galveston
Tex
Albert Weiss
Weiss Bros
Messrs
Woodley
Quebec
Terhune & Belcher
Brockton
G. R. Andrews
Miller
Northfield
Jacob B. Morrell
Windham
I. L. Burns
Stoves
Milford
Conn
Mathews Bros
Savannah
ELS
Business Failures Dwindle Across Nation Based on Reports
Reports compiled by R. G. Dun & Co. and E. Russell & Co. show 200 business failures in the United States and Canada last week, down from 261 the prior week. New York City recorded three assignments, and Canada plus Southern and New England states saw light casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Canada
New England
Suppressed Letter from Mayor Hewitt to Brooklyn Club
The 1887 letter from Abram Hewitt to Frederick Lee for the Brooklyn Young Men’s Democratic Club explains his illness preventing attendance at the dinner and warns the party to confront and denounce secret organizations coercing workers. Hewitt urges the party to disown such groups and uphold the law and free citizen action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hewitt
New York
Brooklyn Young Men’s Democratic Club
Frederick RK. Lee
Park Row
New York City
Young Men’s Democratic Club of
Brooklyn
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Federal Party
United States
Loptee
Boe
Washington
Abram S. Hewirr
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Offered Against Blood Poison
An advertising prose extols alcoholic stimulants as a medical advance and cites Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a pure stimulant to drive germs from blood. It quotes physicians praising its purity and usefulness against wasting diseases and urges widespread home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Flint
Bellevue Hospital College
New York
J. P. Gilbert
Lyons
N. Y
Duffy
Rocky Mountains
Wiochester
Fragmented Investment List: Railroads Banks Mfg Co Stocks
A dense catalog of securities with shares in multiple firms and bonds. Entries include Michigan Central Railroad, Old Colony Railroad, Kansas City Topeka Western lines, Essex Railroad bonds, First National Bank of St Johnsbury, Salmon Falls Manufacturing, Clinton Mills, Boston Library Association, and more. The list shows varying quantities, older bond issues, and gold notes with dates like 1890 1908 1920, reflecting a fragmented investment ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hares Saratoga Victory Millis
Continental Mills
Old Boston National Bank
First National Bank of St
E City
Lawrence & Southern
R. R
Houghton & Ontonagon
Jackson
Lansing & Saginaw
Burlington & Missouri
Kansas City
Topeka & Western
Lansing & Saginaw R
Cowley
Sumner & Ft. Smith RR
Gt. Falls Mfg. Co
State National Bank
Third National Bank
Portsmouth
Falls & Conway R. R
Do National Tube Works Co
Boston & Albany
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co
Saratoga Victory Mfg. Co
Bocott Cotton Mills
Pittfield
No. Adams
City of
Charlestown
M. L
Lake Champlain
Mansfield & Framingham Rd
Burl. & Mo. River RR
Neb
Evansville & St. Louis Rd
Boston Marinerrs. Co
Burton Stock Car Co
First Natl
Bank
Yarmouth
Mass
Nath Rock
Im Louisville Evansville St Louis bond scrip and stock sale
5000 Louisville Evansville St. Louis im bonds and scrip offered for sale. Also 21 000 Louisville Evansville St. Louis 2m 6 per cent notes. 4 Merrimac Mfg Co items listed. Day & Company stock auctioneers brokers appraisers at 51 State St Merchants' Exchange Building room 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis
Louisville, Evansville
St. Louis
SY MR. LL. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Appraisals Begun Free of Charge on Estate Assets
On Saturday February 26 at 11 50 a m bids and appraisals will be made free of charge for a mixed estate of Susan T F Eastburn and David A Simmons trustees, including municipal bonds city of Keene New Hampshire stocks Boston stock exchange listed items and various company shares with guaranties and endorsements. The property includes City of Charlestown bonds great Falls Mfg Co Boston & Maine Railroad and several other named securities with trustees executors and administrator orders governing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vergennes
W. L
City of
Keene
N. H
Cook Co
Susan TF
Eastburn
David A. Simmons
Maria W. Harrington
Said Simmons
Suffolk
Catawes IL
M. L
New York
Boston Atheneum
St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain
Atchison, Colo. & Pac
Also Mentioned on This Page
Duke of Wellington
Jack Horner
Sam
American Republic
Salemz
Hammond
THE
Nathan Keith
Plymouth
Housatonic Water Company
Concord
City Library Association of
Maine Road
Committee On Railroads
Richard Olney
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Railroad
Crosby
Olney
Eastern Railroad Company
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Taft
Palmer
Collison
Messrs. Boyden
Foxboro
Boyden
Central Library
Messrs. Boyden, Fisk and Parkman
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Carpenter
Brookline
Committee On Agriculture
Board of Agriculture
Committee On Taxation
Bristol
New Bedford
Second Baptist Church
District Court of
Berkshire
Annie J. Welch
James Burke
Muskegat
Gravelly Islands
Nantucket County
Boston Petitions
Mayor Hewitt
Albert Howe & Co
Real State and General Auctioneers
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Tshall
B. & A. Stock Yards
Sunday Herald
J. P. Dunsmore
Sheriff’s Sale
SorroLn
Franklin Street
Poston
Remington
Fred H. Seavey
Richards & CO
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
Aucioneers
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Boston Stock Exchange
Lyman Mills
Fire & Marine Insurance Co
Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RR
California Southern RR
Tremont N. Bk
N. Bk
Eagle N. Bk
Globe N. Bk
Toledo
Merrimac Mfg. Co
Fea
Newmarket Disa. Co
Bocce
Montreal
Bodo
Emigen Asset Valley
Great Falls
Town Ry. Co
Lawrence Gaslight Co
New Eng. Glass Co
Boston & Maine
Mfg. Co
Atchison Op
Santa Fe Rd
Fitchburg Ra
de Blackstone
Third Natl Bank
Shoe and Leather
de Lincoln
Freeman's Nath Bank
City Bank
City of Bostons
Middlesex Horse
Boston Horse Rd
Top. & So. West
Atch
Top
St. Feguar
So. West
Union Pac. Reg
Guar
Cheshire Rd
Revere Beach
Lynn
Old Boston Natl. Bank
Pepperell Mtg. Co
Pfa
Fitchburg
Spr
Kans
Western
Raisi
Vermont
Wakefield Water Co
Be ‘ Massachusetts Title Insurance Co
Mile ST
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
Horatio Harris & Coo., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Cushman Bros. & Go
Hawley Street
P.O
P.O. Box
Massacht
Supreme Judicial Court
George KE. Bullard
Edward L. Potter
Mary D. Whitney
Seth Chandler
Shirley
Middlesex
Harrietts. Winslow
William C. Winslow
Catherine D. Savage
Samnel H. Savage
Samuel H. Savage
Josephine H. Hullard
Georsek. Bullard
George G. Hayward
Roland Hayward
Mary M. Haywar
Milton
Norfolk
Harrie Frothingham
Etheldred N. Frothingham
Province of
Dominion of Canada
John Frothingham Moat
Mary Mount
Edgar J. Sherman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Rebecca W. Watson
Albany
State of New York
Anne M. White
J. Jacob Moore
Jacob J. Moore
Southboro
Martha B. Wight
Wayland
Newton
Mid- Glesex
Mary G. Fuller
Carrie W. Fuller
Etta G. Dorr
Henrietta G. Dorr
Henry G. Dorr
Henryg. Dorr
Sarah
E.— Cotting
Sid
Louisa B. Canfield
Charles T. Canfield
Cambridge
L. Jane Parker
Helen Smith
Helen R. Smith
Helen R. Poor
Jane Poor
Jane C. Poor
Ipswich
Essex
First Congregational Society
Harriet
Winelow
Josephine H. Bullard
Mary M. Hayward
Isaac D. Hayward
Harriet Frothingham
Etheldred N. Fro'tingham
Louisa B. Frothingham
Testatrix
Mary Moat
Mary Louisa Frothingham Moat
Robert Moat
Louisa D. Frothingham
Caterer
Albany, N. Y
Roxbury
Sarah E. Cotting
Sarah Cecilia Rafter
Kate Rafter
Née Poor
Dane Poor
Isaac Db. Hayward
James and George
Bill
Halifax
Province
Nova Scotia
Bewdley
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Mary DD. Whitney
Mary
Whitney
Boston Post
John Noble
Henry A. Clapp
Agst
Faneuil Hall
J. H. Ashton
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