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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1878

Page

3

Railroad accidents and strikes in the year reported

The report details 274 total railroad casualties in Massachusetts with nine passenger deaths and 165 injuries to passengers and employees, plus 146 trespasser and bystander incidents. It notes a national total of 947 accidents and outlines a proposed four-point plan for railroad labor relations. It covers the Boston Barre and Gardner line’s winter impacts, new cross connections, and financials, including a Windsor County inspection and Woodstock Vermont lines. It also lists local items on police, schools, post office, cat show, and other community notes.

Massachusetts United States Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad Princeton Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad Mechanicsville N. Y Troy Erie Railroad Schenectady Albany Concord and Claremont Railroad Hillsboro Bridge N. H Weterboro Boston and Albany Railroad Winchendon Winchendon Village

Venus in the western sky to greatest brilliancy this month

The Providence Journal notes Venus will dominate the western sky for the rest of February though the full moon reduces her light. She brightens to a peak around the 1éth, becomes visible at noonday as a tiny clouded point, and nears the sun until February 20 in an inferior conjunction.

Venus Providence Journal

Industrial School for Girls Annual Report Highlights

The twenty fourth annual report shows expenses of 557056 last year and income of 567.25 leaving a balance of 308.69. Nine girls admitted, ten discharged, twenty one in school and twenty four under guardianship outside. Fifty three applications investigated, eighteen refused as relatives or public funding not responsible. Admission Committee notes many applicants are well connected but lack training to earn a living. Officers for 1872: President Miss E S Parkman Vice President Mrs Theodore Lyman Treasurer Mr Arthur Lincoln Assistant Treasurer Miss kk Goodwin Secretary Miss M L Hall. The Great Barrington Savings Bank examined by Commissioner Gatebell with further remarks.

Industrial School For Girls E. S. Parkman Theodore Lyman Arthur Lincoln Kk Goodwin M. L. Hall

Major New York Bargains and Dated Sales Announced

JORDAN MARSH & Co promote dry goods inducements with new sale on ladies underwear corsets and infant wear. Brown & Pray announce an outsized carriage stock sale following Wood Brothers dissolution at 84 Fifth Ave New York. BS FRENCHs College offers commercial and nautical courses at 630 Washington St. C E Meyer & Co open new store at 429 Washington St with low prices on pictures frames and related goods.

Jordan, Marsh & Co Wood Brothers, Carriage Dealers New York Brown & Pray Fifth Avenue Messrs C. E. Meyer & Con Washington Street

Question on Salting Tracks and City Police from Boston Post

A letter asks the editor to publish when horse railroad companies stopped salting tracks despite a statute forbidding it and not enforced. It also questions the needed police force and a chief to keep sidewalks clean and safe, noting a dead-letter salute.

THE Boston Post

Cambridge Harvard SubMs Work on Library and Athletics

Harvard students prepare extensive library upgrades in March including new alcoves and study tables plus extended evening hours. Subscriptions for University crew rise to 2571 with costs projected at 320. Police matters report patrolman suspension and a fallen officer, while local crime notes include a robbery case and a ball fundraiser.

Harvard Peabody Union Hall Boston Young Men’s Christian Union Japan Athletic Association C. Smith Smith Middlesex South Homm C.H. Farnsworth East Cambridge C. H. Farnsworth M. D KE. P. Seales G. H. Hackett H. L. Chase New England Glass Company Cambridge Pittsburg Wheeling

Drowning Fear After Ice Breaks Near Quincy

Reports say a man seen venturing onto dangerous ice near the National Sailors Home disappeared after his sled and keg were spotted far out. Ice later broke up and the man is presumed drowned though his name remains unknown.

Citizens’ Gaslight Company E. H. Dewson S. Williams John 8. Williams

The Octoroon and Exiles at Boston Theatres

The Globe Theatre offers The Octoroon afternoon and evening while Boston Theatre presents The Exiles. Genev a Cross continues at the Museum and Emma Abbott's concert is announced for Music Hall with a full program.

Globe Theatre the Octoroon Boston Museum Boston Theatre Louis James The Exiles Howard Athen Horticultural Wall

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Gilmore Ashland Street Mary Devron Thomas Hart Hart John Tetlow Friends’ Academy Girls’ High School Tetlow New Bedford Standard New York and New England Railroad Company Piper's Wharf Marion Wellman Charles Street J. Hi. Courtney Sharon Street Warren Steamship Palestine Irving Liverpool Raards Tobey East Boston South Boston Station A Roxbury Charlestown Chelsea Cambridgeport Somerville Jamaica Plain Brighton Neponset Village Mattapan West Roxbury Roslindale Allston Winthrop Revere North Cambridge Mount Auburn Boston Highlands Highlands Bt. H City Old Or New Wards Great Barrington Savings Bank Gatebell W. A H. Parks J. Gatchell Great Barrington Thomas Hunter Richmond Ind Hunter City Point Ward Thirteen Broadway Dorchester Street Columbus Avenue Rutland Square Young’s Hotel Richard W. Robinson, Esq George G. Granger R. W. Robinson Geo. F. Moore F. A. Sawyer Herbert Radclyffe George C. Hodges Congress Roland Hazard Jesse Metcalf N. H. Slater Winchester Liverus Hull Timothy T. 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D Lyol St. Paul's Church Contents Littlejohn Peterborough Gibraltar Lord Plunket St. Paul H. C. Potter Wm. H. Hare Niobrara Bed of God Stopford Brooke K. J. Nevin D. D Daniel Webster George Ticknor Curtis Tessin COAL Cumberland, Sydney, and Lykens Valley Bosworth & Hamtin Lagkawahna Goal Depot Fier Kilby St Jos F. Dean Eopom Daniel H. Burdett Burdett & Dennis Burling Slip Yazoo Morgan Iron Works 9Th Street E. R Savannah H. Mallory & Co Mystic WM. L. James Miller & Conger South Street Patras Charles ¢. Warren GS Reade Street High Street Fall River Line Church Street Pearl Street Adam Curtis A.S. Richards & CO Reade Street Summer St Rf. G. Wolbert Townsend, Montant & CO St Leonard Street MO. Horton Market St Merchant St J. C. McCurdy Hich Street Hawes & Henshaw Brokers’ Board Shar Merchants’ Exchange Orner Guardian Clinton Mills Waumbeek Co Norway Plains Manufacturing Co Ane Sip Blackstone National Bank Merchants National Bank Traders National Bank Au&is National Daub Shoe and Leather National Bank Howard National Bank National Mount Wollaston Bank Nebraska Sumpit Boston Athenaum, Mechanics Mutual Insurance Co Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co Malachite Mining Co. of Colorado National Exchange Bank Eleventh Ward National Bank New Stock Metropolitan National Bank Mount Vernon National Bank National Bank of Republic Atlantic National Bank Manchester Mills Dwight Manufacturing Co Boston and Maine Railroad Boston and Lowell Railroad Worcester and Nashua Railroad Uu Borat Branes Jamaica Plain Gas Light Co City of Eastern Railroad Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad Highland Street Railway Co City of Toledo Cincinnati, Rockport and Southwestern Railroad Stanstead Sheffield and Chambly West Bostor Savings Bank Book Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad Council Bluffs Sr. Joseph Boston Wharf Co Exchange ST First Ward National Bank Faneuil Hall National Bank Monumental National Bank Massachusetts Loan and Truat Co Mercantile Savings Institution Union Market National Bank Newmarket Manufacturing Co Connecticut and McKay Sewing Machine Association Michigan Central Railroad Atlas National Bank Merimack Manufacturing Co Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Manufacturers National Bank Boston Gas Light Co National Bank of North America Dmeshtaiwre Railroad Cleveland Shire Railroad Nent Central and Vermont and Canada Railroad Waldoboro Damanscotta Newcastle Butchers Slaughtering and Abeegon West Boston Savings Bank City of Cleveland Horatio Harhis & CO State Street Brook Union Wharf James McCarthy Buenos Ayers Custom House Block Long Wharf Francis Sprague Central Street Fiske’s Commercial Street Ruth Robinson Genoa J. 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Lippincott & Co., Publishers Prof. Walker Bok ON Henry Holt & CO Copartnerships Samuel van Praag Try Tellocan Praag & CO Jail Daniel Sargent Curtis Geo. FE. Bullard Louis Curtis Brown Brothers & Coo Jotice Warren & Kelley Edward C. Graves David A. Roberts Suffelk Pemberton Square S. Lothrop Thorndike, Esq A. D Roland G. Usher U.S. Marshal Mass George P. Ryan Suffolk Ryan Feoston Elijah Drew Roston Elijah C. Drew Commonwealth Hotel Samuel K. Hamilton Frank W. Andrews San Jas W.R. McKey & CO Bedford Streets Rhodes & CO Cor. of High M. Frank Paige Henry & Hatch John J. Ihenry Boots & Shoes Chicago Johnson, Moody & CO A. S. Eaton Horse and Carriage Mart Northampton Street Robert Howe A. Howe Warren Avenue T. B. Moses, Jr. & Co Mart Cor East Federal Sts Peak Bros Soozrn Feat & Son Oconwdenatariers Friend Street Ald Ecopt Charles R. Howard George H. Long Stante C.£. Meyer & CO Frothingham & CQ Wall Street Ay Eop& Wy&prpiy John Street Henry Hoe Joseph Gillott & Sons Self Wemewyly Maverick Oil Geo. HH. Abbott Mortengee Edwin L. Gerrish David Collins Frank H. Nutter New York and New England Railroad B. Fuller Chas. H. Shepard Jas Court House Court Square Boseton John Pepper Thomas Jefferson Belmont Street E. Donovan Donovan Mary S. Thompson Edward Donovan Pepper Hugh Kelley Middlesex South District Jas Sir Benz F. Bayley Sheriff’s Sale Horace P. Chadbourne Weston Street Abraham G. Parker Phineas B. Smith, Jr Sain Patneas B. Smith,Jr Parker Chadbourne Phineas B Smith, Jr Pateageway Deeda Benj. F. Bayley Sherif Sunfolk Shemife Groen Sherifs Office William W. Allen William H. Allen Melrose Middlesex Fleet Street Haumond Hammond Elizabeth Bronsdon Bronsdon John Williams Mosea Miller William W. Aller South Fourth Street Samuel Leeds Silver Street Harris Samuel Leede William W B. Moses, JH. & CO Mart, Cor Federal and East Streets Portland Isbucrgh A&a Walker, Auctioneers Derrisee Depository East Street Morigagee Brownell Top Phaeton C. A. Tilton Ashland Westboro Moses Colman Loti Lot 2 Mart Brewster Brewster & Co Broome Street Goddard Sargent & Ham Surry Kimball Bros Cathcart & Co Smith & Co Woop Bros Fox Thomas Goddard J. Smith & Co Sudoury Street Marton Wheatland & Bird, General Auctioners
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