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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1887

Page

2

Inauguration of Governor Ames and Ex-Governor Robinson

The ceremony marked by Ames's nervous but brief message and the ex governor's parting duties. Robinson sought appointment while Ames received congratulations and the state prepared for further fiscal and civil service reforms. The speech addressed savings banks loans rules, arbitration, militia, courts, and labor relations with calls for improvements.

New York Commonwealth Board of Arbitration and Civil Service Civil Service Act

Massachusetts Governor Ames and Brackett assume office amid ceremonial joint session

The 11 o clock assembly conducted routine business as Rev. D W Waldron of Boston was elected chaplain. A joint convention notified Governor-elect Ames and Lt Governor-elect Brackett. The ceremony featured the Supreme Court, Governor’s staff, and oaths administered by President Boardman with Governor Ames delivering a financial overview.

D. W. Waldron Boston Senate Messrs. Ames and Brackett Noyes Messrs. Fisk Pousland Amesbury Woodward Wakefield Dexter Lowell Taylor Taunton Fossitt Supreme Court Adama O’brien Suffolk Morton Field Devens William Allen Charles Allen Holmes Gardner Superior Court Oliver Ames John Q. A. Brackett Robinson Boardman Ames Peirce House of Representatives Commonwealth

Inauguration Ceremonies and Senate Schedule Adopted

A committee led by Major adopted actions to notify Governor Gould and the Lieutenant Governor-elect of their election. Senators guided inauguration ceremonies and then qualified the newly elected council. Reports on vote counting were accepted. An order set weekly Senate adjournment to Monday 2 p.m. and daily meetings at that hour.

United States General Court Philadelphia Massachusetts States and Territories Commonwealth Senate Senator Jenkins Smilar Boston Common Council Senate Journal Major Gould House Howard Fall River

Council Committees Named By Executive Council

The newly qualified executive council announced committee assignments. Pardons include the Lieutenant-Governor with Bourne Allen Johnson and McPherson. Finance with Bourne Locke Powers Johnson. Railroads and Hoosac tunnel with the Lieutenant-Governor Bourne Allen Powers Logan. Harbors and public lands with Bourne Logan Allen McPherson Jowett. Charitable institutions with the Lieutenant-Governor Allen Logan Powers Johnson. Prisons with the Lieutenant-Governor Locke Allen Jewett McPherson. Military affairs with the Lieutenant-Governor Locke Powers Logan McPherson. Accounts with Logan Johnson Jewett. Warrants with Locke Allen Jewett.

Bourne Allen Johnson McPherson Locke Powers Hoosac Tunnel Logan Jowett Jewett Allen and Jewett

Boston Post Office Mail Volume Grows Since 1881

The Boston Post Office reports a sharp rise in mailed newspapers over five years. Quarterly weights show 7 262 140 pounds for Dec 51 1881 and 2 049 516 pounds for Dec 31 1886. Rates dropped from 2 cents to 1 cent per pound, boosting receipts to about 81 500. The office staff has not grown since 1851.

Boston Boston Post Ofice Bay State Chemical Company Certa Bay Star Chemical Company Maine Augustus Russ Dudley A. Dorr Suffolk ‘Dee's Farnhant and Gerard Streets Mass Sai Hate Street Gerard Street Gerard Globe Chemical Company Suffolk County of York State of South Carolina John White Frank B. White Register’s Office York County William White Thomas Gul Martin Amery Thomas Whisenant Boston Lead Company Boston Lead Company By Deed Dated May 4, 1871, and By Said Lead Company Said and State Chemical Company Balanc Pemberton Square

Funeral for Cambridge City Clerk Jacobs Held Privately

The funeral for Justin A. Jacobs late city clerk of Cambridge was held at his private residence 149 Austin Street Cambridgeport though announced private. Rev. E M Gushee and Rev George W Briggs officiated with floral tributes including one from the Massachusetts Association of City Clerks. City officials’ committee attended.

Jacobs Justin A. Jacobs Cambridge Austin Street Cambridgeport E. M. Gushee St. Peter's Episcopal Church George W. Briggs

Fragmentary 19th Century Financial List With Shares and Banks

A fragmented OCR style list items numerous railway, mill, and bank names with quantities like 80 shares Norwich & Worcester RR Co dividend off 40 de Middlesex Mulls, 700 National Car Co, 68 5 shares South Boston RR Co, 2000 Rutland RR dating 1898, 1000 Boston Concord & Montreal RR, plus multiple national banks and insurance firms. No coherent narrative, just scattered holdings and collateral references.

Bedota Shawmut Natl Newburyport Cambridge Rd. Co de Pall. Pal. Car Co American Ins. Co Eliot Ins. Co Lowell Miz. Co Otttawa Oswego Fox River Val Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co. Scrip Cedar Rap. & No Essex Rd Old Colony Steamboat Co Burl Guar Top St. Fe West Rd Union Pac Monadnock Mills Do Eastern Ra d. N. H Do Lowell M’fg Co Do National Car Cos Plymouth Cordage Co Do National Bank of Commerce Do Merchandise National Bank City of Toledo Water Board of Education R’d of Vermont Rutland Norwich & Worcester RR Middlesex National Car Co South Boston RR Electric Mfg Rutland RR Boston, Concord & Montreal Manchester Mills Vt. & Mass Chicago Rolling Mills Newton & Watertown Gas Co Mercantile Edwards Mfg. Co Cons. RR. of Essex Co Igre Dixon Peoria & Hannibal Blackstone National Bank Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Scott Eastern & Memphis Milwaukee & St. Paul Dubuque Eastern & Memphis RR Memphis Equip. Co Boott Cotton Co Merchants’ National Bank Salem First National Bank

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Frank P. Tyler Deelan D. Corcoran Jacob Jacobs John L. Bates Devonshire Street Commonwealth of Masachusetts William A. Travis County of Suffolk F. J. Hutchinson Copartnership Notices William Hilton Henry C. Weston Henry Whitman Federal Street Weston, Whitman & CO William Farnsworth Thomas C. Thacher H. C. Thacher & CO It. N Stone J. M. Forbes & Company J. M. Forbes & CO Horton L. Foster Morse Warren Street Malden Clifton Summer Bartlett Cedar Streets Rockland Avenue Brackenbury Street Bell Rock Station Malden Centre Clifton Street Cedar Clifton Streets Cedar Street Erastus Bartlett Joseph E. Burtt Thomas H. Lord Warren R. Houdlette Council Governor Ames Boston Common Hamilton Andrew State House Chicopee Menard Troy & Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Fitchburg Railroad Agriculture State Normal Art School Military Department Supreme Judicial Court Supreme Judicial Supreme Ee Court Coast Defence and Bounty Salata THE Eliza W. Whyte James E. Martyn William G Waitt Boston Post Joan W. McKim Elijah George Commonwealth of Massachusetts Harriet Minot George. R. Minot William Minot A. J Cornelia TA Image Thomas Dean Esquire Register David Sears Frederick R. Sears Nahant Essex Charles D. Kk. Slevens Lizzie Hooper Admx Elinor W. Sparks John A. Sparks Rostow Dee Rebecca W. Stackpole Anna W. Lancaster Totece Reuben MM. Stackpole Nomie E Mary J. Howland Terbert L. Howland Adm Jan William H. Barnes Circuit Court of the United States Eastern District of Arkansas John H. Reed Ezra H. Winchester Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Railway Elisha Atkins F. Gordon Dexter Eastern District of Arkansas Charles P. Redmund Aera United States Court House and Post Office Little Rock Ark Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Little Rock, Pine Bluff & New Orleans Railroad Mississippi, Ouachita & Red River Railroad Pulaski State of Arkansas Terkana Lafayette Arkansas City Warren Bradley County Charles P. Redmond Albert Howe & CO Market Street Brighton Warren Avenue Aheriye Sheriff’s Office Court House Court Square Lillian B. Wood Somerville Revere Sunnyside Pavilion Station Revere Beach Revere Beach Land Company Garfield Avenue Fred H. Seavey Nathaniel J. Bradley Arnold A. Rand Richards & CO Reade St Goode John Wilmerding Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO White St Townsend & Montant Auctioneers Leonard Street Samuel Bunting's Ecnecks R. &. Day & Company State St Merchants’ Exchange Building Boston Stock Exchange Kidder Press Mfg. Co Lby Webster National Bank Do North National Bank Howard National Bank Suffolk Matoney Bank Cabot Mfg. Co Firemen’s Ins. Co Boylston Mutual Ins. Co Boylston Natl. Bank Webster Bank Hill Mfg. Co City Bank North Chicago Roll. Mills Lb. & T. Fairbanks & Co State Natl. Bank Vesav Francis Henshaw & CO Sate Street Merchants’ Exchange Shoe & Leather N. Bk Welrose Oston, Concord & Montreal RR Ane VAC Will Everett Freeman’s Atlas Natl Exchange Bank Bank of Commerce Boston & Providence Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Burton Stock Car. Co McLeod Air RR. Signal Co State National Bank Horatio Harris & CO State Street Samuel Hatch & CO Congress Street Carver, Bedford Kingston Milk Streets Carver Street Boylston Street Kingston Street Bedford Street Milk St W. W. Vaughan Harriet Louisa Atkins R. Knights & CO Washington Street Main St Boston & Bangor Steamship Co Penobscot Rockland Camden Belfast Searsport Bucksport Winterport North Haven Green’s Landing Swans’ Island Bass Harbor Southwest Harbor Bar Harbor South Gouldsboro Sullivan Dwi William H. Hill, Jr Portland India Wharf C. F. Williams Gloucester City of Eastport Calais ST. John International S. S. CO Commercial Wharf W. H. Kilby N.B Digby Annapolis M.S John Forve Rednes Nova Scotia Allan Line Glasgow Siberian Liverpool Charles V. Casey Broad Street H. & A. Allan Anchor U.small Londonderry Henderson Brothers Bowling Green Cunard Line Queenstown Cork Harbor Low Kates Palmyra Catalonia Samarla Cephalonia Great Britain and Ireland Cunard Steamship Co Warren Line Norseman Palestine Kansas Iowa Warren & CO Postoffice Square Hansa S. S. CO Antwerp Hamburg Ss. S. Baumwall Rasbrook Amsterdam Rotterdam Bremen Havre Continental E. A. Adams & CO Doreh Avery St Hote Tod P. N Henry Virth George E. Browne
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