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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1892

Page

5

Harvard Commencement Punch Debate Prompts Alumni Reform

A letter to the Post urges Harvard graduates to abandon class day punches and the LDKE club’s beer and branding. The writer cites Cambridge’s no license stance and notes undergraduates and authorities oppose liquor at Commencement. VERITAS-SINE VINO.

Sir Harvard LD. K. E. Society LD. K. E Ous Cambridge Holworthy Stoughton Hollis Thayer Memorial Hall

Street Beggars Punished in Municipal Court

In municipal court yesterday two street beggars charged with vagrancy were sentenced to a month on the island. A third beggar was released on his own recognizance.

Charity reform urged in Massachusetts juvenile aid meetings

C W Birtwell of the Children's Aid Society denounced current juvenile charity methods as outrageous and absurd at the annual conference in Boston. He urged thorough records, outcome comparisons, state reporting, and a business like approach to care, with wards tracked until age of maturity. Officers elected included George S Hale as president, with several vice presidents and committee chairs named.

Ginx Evelish C. W. Birtwell Children’s Aid Society Juvenile Charities of Massachusetts Conference of Child Helping Societies Young Men’s Christian Association Boylston Berkeley Streets Mr. Birtwell Commonwealth Bertha Jacobs Whitington Shurtliff F. B. Allan Corporation Committee George S. Hale Charles F. Donnelly Ouis K. Newell E. C. Putnam F. 8. Morse W. F. Kidder W. T. Piper

Morse and MacPhee Wed In City Ceremony

Morse and Rachel Alice MacPhee were married January 14 at the Chapel of the Ascension with Rev. W. E. C. Smith presiding. Judge Bushrod Morse is the groom, and the ceremony took place in this city.

Morse—Macphee Chapel of the Ascension W. E. C. Smith Bushrod Morse Rachel Alice MacPhee

Death notices from city record list many local obituaries

Deaths listed in a Boston area notices column include Mann Joseph Rockwood Mann aged 33 mourning, Bigelow Emily W widow of Horatio N. Bigelow 78, Bean Hon Alvah Bean 77, Butler Jane Douglas 81 6 months, Cobb Louisa Z. Cobb, Clark Charles Clark 86, Davis Walter E. 35, Foster Joan D. widow of Samuel Foster 80, Fox Belle Fox ? , Frey Mary A. Frey 46, Hall Susan F. Hall 75 6, Hill Henry Hill 97 . Ilsley Bennet Tyler Ilsley 59 4, Sessions Rev Alexander J. Sessions Beverly, Smith Ellen Frances Smith 53 3 26, Butler John Henry Butler 72, Dauphiney Sarah Ann 77, Grew Henry Grew, Holt Thomas Holt 80, Bates Deborah B. Bates , Crowningshield Benjamin W. Crowningshield 65? 4, Bowditch Elizabeth B. Bowditch 85, funeral Arlington Street Church Jan 19 11. Flowers not requested.

Jane Douglas Daniel Butler Ys. Cobb Roxbury Louisa Z. Cobb O. W. Cebb Clark Waltham Charles Clark Davis South Boston Walter E. Davis Foster Jamaica Benjamin and Harriet Smith Green Lodge Butler Marlborough Street John Henry Butler Dauphiney Jamaica Plain Sarah Ann John Edwar Dauphiney New York Brooklyn Chicago Henry Grew Hyde Park Holt West Springfield Street Thomas Holt Bates Hingham Deborah B Amos Bates Crow Ninshield Rome Italy Benjamin W. Crowningshield Bowditch Elizabeth B Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch Arlington Street

Spinning Exhibition on Boston Common Impresses Miss Sally

Miss Sally, a teen with dark hair and bright eyes, hosts a spinning display on Boston Common with her lover Thomas Fayerweather observing. The event, organized by her father to promote linen manufacturing, showcases female industry and unity for public good, culminating in a tender reconciliation as he praises her sacrifice for the country. The linen table linen marked T. S. F. remains as a relic of the summer day.

Miss Sally Summer Street UG. KF. Hovey & Co Thomas Fayerweather Boston England Holland Mr. Fayerweather Sally Phipps Boston Common Holmes History of Justin Winsor A. L A

Football League kickers and amateur clubs discussed

The piece outlines interest in a professional style football league using association rules, with Fall River support and possible cross play with baseball schedules. It notes Suffolk Athletic Club’s organizing efforts, potential releases from the B A A for Danny Long and Joe Finneran, and plans for new club colors and facilities.

Harvard Yale Fall River England Boston College Suffolk Athletic Club Suffolk Club Washington Street Danny Long Joe’ Finneran Fred Robertson Fred Union Athletic Club Tommy Connelly Martin Flaherty Connelly Tom Cook O’donnell Powers Nash Gay Kelly Upton John Paine Corbett Sumner Paine R. P. Russell Russell B.A. A Ninth Regiment A. A Suffolk A.C Osborn M. J. Carey C. H. Robinson Natick Dyar Tech Noblit

New Bedford A. C. Targets Connelly Flaherty in Open Meet

The club aims to sign Tommy Connelly and Martin Flaherty with a strong purse. Fred Lord plans future indoor hurdles and shows progress in leaps. Jim McCarthy trains by punching a bag when not running. Captain Connor, a new Tri-Mounter, promises a sleeper for Melrose cross country.

Fred Lord Jim McCarthy Captain Connor Melrose New Bedford A. C Tommy Connelly Martin Flaherty

Obituary Roll notes Harvard professors and prominent deaths

The obituary roll reports the death of Professor Joseph Lovering of Harvard University from chronic bronchitis aged 68. Other obituaries include Colonel Benjamin William Crowninshield of Boston died in Rome, Rev A L Stone formerly of Park Street Church, Archduke Charles Salvator of Vienna, Mrs Sarah Conway, and George E Kimball, a pharmacist of Everett.

Joseph Lovering Harvard University Harvard Francis Bowen George Edward Ellis R. T. F. Lowell James Russell Lowell H. W. Torrey Jeffries Wyman Merrill Wyman Lovering Hollis Ile American Academy of Art American Philosophical Society National Academy of Sciences Appleton Chapel B. W. Crowninshield Charles Salvator Vienna Leopold II Tuscany Sarah Conway James Conway Katharine Conway Pilot George E. Kimball Everett

Special election for First Middlesex district in Cambridge

Voters in Wards 1 and 5 Old Cambridge will go to the polls on Tuesday January 26 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative Elect Charles Almy who became a judge. Democrats nominate ex Representative Isaac McLean. Republican candidate is ex Alder John E Parry who has filed nomination papers.

Middlesex Old Cambridge Charles Almy F. Sanger Isaac McLean John E. Parry

Barnes and Irving Lead Opening Pro Billiards Match

Barnes defeated Irving 75 to 67 at the Washington Billiard Palace as the big professional tournament began. Irving opened with a break and two, Barnes answered with twelve points, Irving led briefly, then Barnes regained the lead to the end. Garnes made a high run of twelve and Irving’s best was eight. Mark Stone and John McMinan meet tonight.

Barnes Irving Washington Billiard Palace Whicharnes Garnes Mark Stone Massachusetts John McMinan

The Kings Jester Excerpt Shows Wit and Advertising Tips

Herbert Booth King of Boston and New York fills the piece with wit and brisk business hustle. It offers a concise one word text for a monthly sermon advertisement and clear guidance on how where and when to advertise for all classes of advertisers.

King Herbert Booth King Boston New York

Parental Home Association Set Meeting for Jan 20

The annual meeting of the Parental Home Association will be held Wednesday evening January 20 at 5 Park Street at 7 45 o clock. The friends of the association are urgently requested to be present as important business will be brought before the association.

Parental Home Association Park Street Friends of the Association

Prospects for New Mexico Statehood and Growth

A New Mexico editor outlines optimistic prospects for statehood this session, noting unity among parties, rich mineral wealth, vast grazing lands, and irrigation projects. He cites unsettled Spanish land grants as a major hurdle but highlights a new land court and growing irrigation ventures such as the Great Picas and Rio Grande systems. He foresees a California-like boom once titles settle and irrigation expands, with Boston-backed irrigation firms and large landholdings amid legal disputes.

P. P. Smith Albuquerque N. M Boston New Post Northwest California Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Hidalgo United States Congress Las Cruces Gila River Rio Grande Valley Rio Grande Irrigation and Colonization Company New Mexico

Bright's disease warning in New Orleans lecture ends in death

A medical professor in a New Orleans college demonstrates kidney disease using his own fluid and dies within a year. The piece warns Bright's disease as a mortal, hereditary threat and promotes Warner's SafeCure as a time sensitive remedy endorsed by physicians and scientists, cautioning buyers to obtain genuine product from trusted dealers.

New Orleans Bright Cis Warner SafeCure

Third annual benefit concert at the Y M C A hall

Tonight the North End Dispensary and Hospital charity holds its third annual entertainment at the Y M C A hall Boylston andbernh erne streets. Doors open all day and night. The program includes Tufts College Glee and Mandolin Clubs and other noted instrumentalists and readers. The event is described as a major musical and literary occasion for a noble cause.

North End Dispensary Y. M Tufts College Glee and

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