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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1888

Page

3

Legislature study on child labor and compulsory schooling

The 1887 joint committee presented a report on child employment under 14 and schooling. It toured factories and held ten public hearings, recommending private school registration, annual examinations by school committees, and teacher qualification certificates after 1889. The report, signed by most members, includes two bills. one member dissented on private school provisions.

Charles A. Gleason Asa T. Newhall William F. Ray Samuel R. Moseley Josiah Quincy George F. Morey Michael J. McEittrick Messrs. Gleason Quincy Morey McEttrick State House Lowell Lawrence Fall River Worcester Holyoke State Board of Education McKttrick Boston

Committee Recommends Tightening Child Labor Laws

The report outlines aims to protect children from early or excessive work and to ensure minimum education. It calls for banning employment under age 12 in factories or shops, tight certifying, and extended schooling, with safeguards to aid families while denying relief as a motive for lax enforcement.

Ius Solar

Attorney General's Report to Legislature Details 188? Year

The annual report outlines department activity up to Oct 1 by Sherman and to Jan 18 by Waterman. It shows higher annual volume than any prior year with 513 inquiries, 114 criminal cases (murder excepted), and two murder trials with mixed outcomes in Middlesex.

Attorney-General Sherman Waterman Middlesex County Nowlin Piper Goodwin Western Union Telegraph Company Supreme Court of the United States Southern Vermont Railroad Supreme Superior Court

Legislature Reports and Orders in 1885 Session

The committee on insurance reports a bill authorizing the Royal Arcanum to hold annual meetings in Washington DC and Canada. Military committee reports no legislation. audit on Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers clothing. Various orders and petitions address stenography for towns, street railway boards, intoxicating liquor sale law changes, deputy sheriff uniforms, Australian voting system, Soldiers Home funding, and railroad note investments.

Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum District of Columbia Dominion of Canada Massachusetts Volunteers Ladd Worcester Towns Dwyer Suffolk Board of Street Railway Commissioners Marble Southworth Suffolk County Israel Charlton Soldiers’ Home Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad Company

Legislative actions outline on estate, taxation and foreclosure rules

The attorney general and special committee on child labor reports were received and ordered printed. Members McKattrick Hall Griswold Smith Qua urged written views and a set of orders and petitions covering foreclosure notices land regulation tax on collateral inheritances real property recording liquor license conditions and estate rights. Brockton drainage, Chicopee burial site use, and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy charter changes also proposed.

McKattrick Hall Taunton Saie Griswold Greenfield Smith Athol Mr. Qua Lowell Brockton Clara D. Lufkin Chicopee Massachusetts College of Pharmacy

Executive council oaths mark start of terms

Department heads sworn in excluding Attorney-General Waterman as Governor appoints D Webster King to the State board of lunacy and charity replacing Dr Dean. Republican caucus to decide on prohibitory amendment. Avon town division petition heard for East Stoughton to form Avon with access concerns cited.

Waterman D. Webster King Boston State Board of Lunacy and Charity Dr. Dean Gifford East Stoughton Stoughton Avon Messrs D. C. G. Field KE. M. Monck Old Town

Brooklyn Tragedy: Frault Kills Wife Then Himself

In Brooklyn yesterday Frank Frault zer aged 21 shot his wife Addie aged 20 inflicting three head wounds. He then shot himself in the head and died instantly. The incident occurred at the residence of Mrs Baultzer's mother 130 Secund vin ce.

Brooklyn Frank Fraultzer Addie

Blizzard Toll Grows Across Plains in Heavy Winter Storm

Nebraska and nearby states report hundreds of deaths from the blizzard with missing persons likely not found until spring. Dozens of schools and farms suffer, including a noted Ord Neb teacher guiding thirteen pupils through snow to safety.

St. Pawn Minn Pioneer Press Chamberlain Dak Aberdeen Lincoln Neb O'Neill Custer County Yankton Bonhomme County South Dakota Springfield Omanaa Ord Minnie Freeman Myra Valley District School Louise Royce Plainview Miss Royce Royce Neligh Sickle

Passenger train derails at Seales Mound causes injuries

The Illinois Central passenger train from Dubuque to the east left the track at Seales Mound twenty five miles east, with several cars rolling down an embankment. Initial reports say multiple deaths and serious injuries including Mail Agent Comstock, while a later dispatch cites a broken rail as the cause and lists five passengers badly bruised but not fatally injured.

Dunveur Dubuque Seales Mound Comstock Cuicano Ilinois Central Railroad

Ship News Notice to Captains at Boston Signal Station

Observations recorded June 18 at the United States Signal Station Boston at 7 am noon Greenwich time note wind and barometer readings. Mariners are advised to seal barometers daily to correct error adding one hundredth inch per ten feet above sea level. Miniature almanac lists Thursday June 19 high water and other data.

United States Signal Station Boston

Port of Boston Update Arrivals and Weather Conditions

The Port of Boston reports arrivals including the Palmyra from Liverpool with cargo for Alexander Martin and the Lake Superior from Liverpool with passengers. Steamer City of Richmond sighted near Sable Island en route to Liverpool. other vessels and crews listed. Weather shows heavy northwesterly gales and seas, with brisk to north northwest winds and cloudy skies.

Palmyra Hewitson Liverpool Moise Alexander Martin Nsw Lake Superior Stewart Moise Toj Brighan& Co Sable Island City of Richmond New York State of Maine Hilyard St John Lastport Portland Wil Kilby City of Gloucester Young Gloucester Ocean Ring Atlas Hoboken Hippomenes Goodwin Montegue Pei

Freight and Charter Notices From Portland Listings

Portland January 18 charter notices list vessels and routes including Burk Hancock Portland to Point a Pitre for shooks and heads at 17 cents per unit, Edith from Sene cal to St Louis at 1900 total, Lillian M Warren Rockland to New York lime ship, Benj Cromwell Portland to Cardenas empty hogsheads at 75 cents, City of Augusta Clark's Cove to Norfolk private terms, Dolin Proctor Portland to Glen Cove syrup barrels private terms, Appleha Amelia Portland to Woods Mall bone block lump sum 400 and back to Portland guano 140 per ton. Also Richard Wagner chartered from San Francisco to Liverpool at 21s.

Portland Burk Hancock Point-a-Pitre Edith Poland St Louis Lillian M Warren Rockland New York Benj Cromwell Cardenas City of Dolin Proctor Glen Cove Appleha & Amelia Woods’ Mall San Francisco Richard Wagner Liverpool Astoria Thomas Stowe Newcastle Nsw Annie Johnson Baltimore Fidelia Blake Mary E Morse Crocker Boston Jose Esterbrook Davis New Bedford BU Burt Johnson Providence Daylight Hodgdon Rebecca J Moulton Studley Katie J Barrett McLeod Portsmouth James B Pace Thrasher Somerset Seir Lizzie Heyer Hattie G McFarland Matanzas Zaccheus Sherman Tilton Hoboken Bermuda Adeline Townsend Sears Ff Havens Curtis Cave Henry Kenilworth Port Antonio Charleston Newcomen Hansen Langois Antigua Luther Garretson Crawford Philadelphia Hanteman Whyte Reval Falmouth Mass Sela William Sterrick Haror Galveston Comai Risk Evie B Hall Duchess Newport Comal Sif Nordram Cork Jessie Lena Rose Pascagoula Hyannis Lassed William L Burroughs Wilkesbarre Cates Sehisalah Hart Sprol Gem John Lubec Lucy Wentworth Portland Packet Gardner Venus Brown Mobile Northumbria Freia Averdeen Symphen Sunderland New Orleans Australian Peters Aspinwall Morgan Staples Havana Louisana Ibger Ji Monte Hawthorne Izvor Brunswick Port Eads Stroma Truxillo Erl King Bremen Norfolk Springfield Robinson Armanda Parker Wall River Speedwell Newport News Empress Rigdon O Dame Sparier Cephas Starrett Simmons C A White Tripp Eva B Douglass Josephine Barber Narragansett Pier Schs St Thomas Kelly Annie E Moore New Haven N H Skinner Nickerson Deer Island Race Lorse Henshaw PD Mangam Keiley New London Willian Hollenzel Charles Woolsey Low Imma S. Briggs Gray Wiscasset Lawrence Iaynes Lewis Howard Bertha Ahrens Padang Jane Harvey Brazil la Gascogne Havre City of Washington Mexico Donati Rio Janeiro Morning Light Fries Demerara Jose Ey More Leonard Natal Bertha Icis Drury Oho St John Mangam Henry Rovidence River Garry Scott Vance India Jameson Bristol Egypt Sumner Caroline Miller Miller Bucksport Winthrop Bragg Alps Macknight Carthagena State of Indiana Campbell Glasgow Suevia Ludwig Namburg Adorna Rashagen Amsterdam Richard Hutchison Nash Limerick Luigia Ruaifo Zerena Batavia Favorite Haman Panoke Young P P Lindsey Baker Sailor Adriatic Brooklyn City Werra Pieter de Coninck Antwerp Hondo Belize Odin Cinda Boliver Bergensen Port de Paix Servia London Calcutta Iroquois Barks de Morris Sharpness Unanima Dublin John Hickmen Privateer St Louis du Rhone Ilamnat Sunlight Curlew Montevideo Harry Stewart Nellie Woodbury Cayenne May Cory St Johns Elias Hawes Apalachicola Hell Gate Carlew Dakin Kurt Island Roads James B. Lowell Reed de Castro Caroline Ricketson Bristol Ferry Crowley Boothbay Cavalier Robbins Camilla Zachariasen Trouville Atalanta Pedersen Buenos Ayres Confiance Martin Bordeaux Pensacola Magnificent Laurensen Barbados Rebecca F Lamiin Higgins Venezuela Perry Fliezer Abramsen Greenock Arianne Colby Port Royal Icis I & J Blenderman Stephen Bennett Aurea Hossack United Kingom Provincetown Dennison Watras Piraeus Spartan Crowell Elektra Lpring Venice John F Kranz Pitcher Ohio Pernambuco Lindasnaes Ripon City Barrow Delaware Howard Williams Foster Fall River Charles E Smith Bowen William B Steelman Port Ballona T W Lucas Coos Bay Perth Amboy Pulaski Adams Georgie L Drake Goldthwaite Portsmounl Anita Cleveland Clifton McLain Vulcan Rockport Red Beach Gardiner Wm H Macy Amesbury Sydney Greatacre Carleton Crown of Italy Greenbank Nanaimo Barkentines Amelia Newhall Honolulu Webfoot Acapulco Panama Arenhilda Queenstown Occidental Banner San Diego Persian Empire Memnon Tacoma Savannah Kate Annie Bliss Tleaner Georgetown Susan N Pickering Darien Wilming Ton NC Louise Wichards Ehmeke St Vincent Swis Milford Haskell Julia Elizabeth Ingraham Nassau West Point Port Adelaide Wood's Holl Nellie V Rokes Gould 5 Mart Chaney

Maritime traffic notes and wreck report from Gloucester

Shipping news lists vessels sailing and in tow from Boston New York and Nantucket toward Philadelphia and Bass River with ships like Storm King and Josephine. A wreck report describes the Sylvester ashore in a heavy snow storm near Gloucester with crew safe after losing 7000 pounds haddock and ship broken up.

Vineyard Haven Boston Josephine New York Storm King Lass River Annie T Bailey Kerris Hiladelpha Mary Jane Lee Murray Rockland Wm L Burroughs Harding Boston Forde Jane M Brainerd Nantucket New London Ocean King Atlas Oston Bass River Sarah Doe Isaiah Hart Hill O Nettleton Enterprise Canning Frank & Willie Brown Frank L V Lawson Port William Ethel Granville Peneiriy Carrie Easter Easter Gloucester Sch Sylvester Haddock Templeage Chelsea Edward Continsion Koylston Insurance Company Jennie Scaverns Belle A Nauss Senator Sanlsbury Fortune Bay

Shipping Notices From Bremen and Beachy Head

Sailed January 15 from Bremen on the bark Tordenskjola under Vilertsen bound for New York. Passed Beachy Head January 17 the ship Racehorse under Jensen en route from New York to Hambura.

Bremen Tordenskjola Nor Vilertsen New York Beachy Head Racehorse Jensen New York Hambura

Fire at Sea Sinks Ship J I Berry and Crew Missing

A Sydney telegram reports the American ship J I Berry burned at sea west of 34 S 164 E. Fourteen saved, eleven missing in a boat. part of crew and passengers landed at Nambeneere Head. Vessel from Philadelphia for Hirgo carried refined petroleum and was built in Thomaston Maine. Captain Watts commanded.

Boston Sydney Nsw J I Berry Nambneere Head ST Berry Thomaston Watts Philadelphia Hirgo Repen Lewes Del John D Williams Absecom Tamesi London Ange Roberts Annie Lloyd Wis Lasi Plymouth Harbor Grace Connaught Ranger Tanique Ark Welbank Bilbao New York Teneriffe Lark Paragon Doané Willameton Liverpool Crookhaven E Wsterson Hammond Perth Amboy Halifax Abbie T Morris Gloucester Peterson St Pierre Mary Honivet Portsmouth Sir Proctor Bros Pierre Valparaiso Cambridge Tquique Hamburg Lake Leman Antofagasta Antwerp Toronto Portland Skerries Freidis Larsen Savannah Oronto American Lloyds Netley Abby Mediterranean Bermuda Sir Henry Souther New Orleans Woods Hall Hatteras Eastern Star Demerara Dee House la Gascogne Havre Trust Milbao St George’s Harbor Norfolk Willoughb Spit A H Howe Newport News Providence Tig Bain Sir Win Lorman Roberts Bray Nampton Roads

Shipping movements and arrivals across world ports

Maritime notices list ships sailing and in port from Aspinwall to Valparaiso, naming vessels such as City of Para, Dee, Lorenzo, James 5 Stone, Kingsport, Zio Battista, Belle Wooster, Shakspere, Andrea, and Celeste Burrill with origins including New York, Pensacola, Manila, and San Francisco. Multiple bark, brig, steamer, and ship entries indicate departures, arrivals, and cargoes like hemp and nitrate, across January and November periods.

Aspinwall City New York Para Bulnos Ayres Dee John Mesa Lorenzo Olsen Fr Smith Larsen Fortuna Christiansen Sapare Ea Saliestrom Ziba Knudsen United States Channel Unda Do Do John Borate Higgins Cleneurgoss Santiago Allen Jago Cape Verde Annie i Rogers Palmer Hamburg Shakspere Cheister Oe Nespere Maller Avana Citre Reynolds Canute Frazer Sirocco Cahoon Cimeraria Ilollo Anglo-Ameree Ee Sa Homas la Port Hickla Snow Unirin Dom Continent Kinger Ee Canada Love Burgeo Verpool Ardan Hercules Kendall Manila Downbiair White Sanaan Kisina Glover San Francisco Loch The Queen Moedinge 17Th Pennsylvania Thomas Damarins’ Gersee Ton St Ronans Lord Qglive Philadelphia London Titania Dunn Victoria Manila Jabez Howes Menry Fred Is Taylor Tiley Abed Baxter Colby Disg Strathmuir Fleming Saigon Matanzas Ardian Bu Chas Purves Small Maggie Cain Merves Cardenas Bird Merrill Ernestine Whittier Nassal John C Sweeney Shi Galveston Sarah E Douglass Cameron Wilmington Puerto Olilva Conquest Bearse Panama San Juan Pitts Champerico City of Panama Pernambuco Port Dee Andreas Riis Jensen Uertha Nielson TroteGue Christine Elizabeth Casket Cutch Parahyba Britilof Petersen Lena Richards Io Grande Do Norte Plymouth Cromwell Jacobsen Rotterdam Minden Smith Singapore Jennie Parker Parker Hroston Sourabaya Morning Light Ladd Cambusdoon Bishop ST Jago Dan Thomas Brooks Johnson Guantanamo Valparaiso Celeste Burrill, Robertson, Calebquena Willard Mudgett Squiare

Maritime News Updates From Astoria To Newport News

Sailed or cleared vessels include the bark Thomas Stowe from Newcastle and the brig Fidelia to Portland and Baltimore. Ports listed span Bermuda to New York with arrivals and sailings for numerous schooners, steamers, and brigs, detailing names, destinations, and conditions such as fog and northeast gales.

Liverpool by Beaver steamer Lake Superior

Passenger counts aboard the Lake Superior voyage include Edward Newson and THA Albert with Jessie Bevis among cabin and intermediate cabins. The ship carries 49 steerage passengers, totaling 61 aboard.

Liverpool Lake Superior Edward Newson Tha Albert Jessie Bevis

Shipping Notices From Milan to Liverpool and Beyond

A compiled list shows numerous ships with origins from Milanese and London agents bound for ports including Liverpool Athens and Hamburg. Entries include various ships such as C Furness Michigan Thayer Line Carthagenian Allan DUE FRIDAY JAN 2 and City of Macon with dates in January. merchants like Warren & Co and P Wright & Sons cited.

Carthagenian Glasgow H & A Allan Liverpool Boston Michigan Dan Palestine Roman Kansas Feo Warren & CO Postoffice Square Bostomn London Stockholm Furness Michigan Thayer & Line Allan Due Antwerp Oats & Lootz Pavonia Livre Alex Martin Borderer Foenen C Furness _ Dominion Xarmouth jJan G Hall & Co City of Macon Savannah iJdam Kich’n&Barna Toman Melvetia Westernland P Wright & Sons Slavonia Stettin Unhardt & Co Hamburg Eunhardt & Co Christia’ia Fun’h Edge Phelps Bros&Co Celtic Ismay City Berlin P Wright & Sons Tong de Cre Ee iRremen Oelrichs & Co la Bourgogne Havre Louis de Bebian Servia VH Brown & Co

Ship and passenger listings for January 21 schedule

Destinations and sailings include Stockholm to Istrian routes with Gale City Palmyra Spartan and London departures. Agents listed are DH Miller Worcester and Thayer Lincoln with sailings from Liverpool and Savannah to Philadelphia Baltimore and Philadelphia at various 3.00 PM 2.00 PM and 12.00 PM times.

London Furness Liverpool Thayer & Linc’n Savannah Rich’n & Barn Alex Martin Phila Ip'a EB Sampson Baltimore Geo FE Smalley Ilerrison Loring Eer

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