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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1888

Page

2

The Wool Tariff Debate and Reform in Illinois Policy

The article argues against tariffs on wheat beef and pork while praising wool tariffs as harmful to farmers. It critiques home market protection, questions price relief claims, and cites Henry Watterson and Frederic R Coudert on tariff reform. It highlights Ohio tariff sentiment and President Cleveland's push for reform as part of a broader pro reform political shift.

United States Congress England Marfa Durer Henry Watterson Louisville Courier- Journal Thorugh M. D. Harter Mansfield Ohio Frederic R. Coudert White House Andrew Jackson Cleveland Reform Club William R. Grace

Reformers Speak On Tariffs And Unity At Rally

Cleve land praised as a reformer leading the party toward progress with courage and sincerity. Jackson S. Schultz argues Republicans must drop protectionist planks to avoid Mugwump divergence. Everett P. Wheeler urges reformers to unite against a strong opposing coalition for a win.

Cleveland Jackson S. Schultz Republican Party Everett P. Wheeler

Will contest for Lyman estate and Rhode Island charities

The Providence note details Daniel Wanton Lyman's will leaving about 750000 to public institutions after modest bequests. Names include Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Swan Point Cemetery Proprietors, Rhode Island State Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Rhode Island Children’s Hospital and Nursery, Grace Memorial Home, St Mary’s Orphanage, and Brown University trustees. Dr W H Hammond of New York participates as regatee. Dr Carl Daniel Adolph Donal, editor of the New Yorker Volks Zeitung, dies in Williamsburg at 69. birth Altenburg 1819, career across Germany, Russia, Texas, Philadelphia, New York, and Newark. editor of several papers and academic posts. linked to socialistic and labor movements.

Provence R. J Daniel Wanton Lyman Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children Providence Rhode Island Society Brown University Swan Point Cemetery Corporation Swan Point Cemetery Rhode Island City of Providence Rhode Island State Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Rhode Island Children’s Hospital and Nursery of Grace Memorial Home Colored Shelter St. Mary’s Orphanage Corporation of B. U W. H. Hammond New York Lyman Carl Bd Bix Couvail Carl Daniel Adolph Donal New Yorker Volks-Zeitung Williamsburg N. Y Doual Altenburg Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg University of Germany Russia Landtag Duke of Altenberg San Antonio San Antonio Zeitung Philadelphia New Yorker Democrat Arbeiter Union Dr. Douat Newark N. J Volks-Zeitung Carl Marx Lassell Frederick Engel

Rescue in Swampscott Dory After 36 Hours at Sea

Henry Battan of Swampscott, drifting in Ipswich Bay after losing his schooner crew, was rescued by the schooner Percy thirty miles southeast of Thatcher's Island. Exposed to a gale and bitter cold, he kept one man seat in the iced dory and held on for life, having survived thirty six hours afloat before landing at Gloucester.

Gloucester Henry Battan Alice Hawkes of Eran Eee

Obituary of James Sturgis

The Hon. James Sturgis died at his St James avenue home from typhoid pneumonia after a two week illness. A Boston businessman and philanthropist, he was born August 21, 1822 in Boston. He served as a major era paymaster in the Civil War and was a longtime director of the Perkins Institute for the Blind and treasurer of the Boston Home for Incurables. He supported civil service and tariff reform and allied with reform politics. He leaves two sons and a daughter and was mourned as a generous, courteous, and honorable citizen of Boston. His funeral is at Trinity Church.

James Sturgis St. James Avenue Mr. Sturgis Boston Nathanael Russell Sturgis Susan Parkman Brook Farm Crocker & Sturgis East Indies H. P. Sturgis & Co Australia Cape of Good Hope Perkins Institute For the Blind Associated Charities Danvers Christian Union Provident Institution For Savings Rice Cleveland Andrew South Carolina Roxbury Jamaica Plain Europe California Mary Catharine Townsend Isaac P. Townsend George William Curtis Sturgis Francis J. Shaw Staten Island Henry Bigelow Williams Brunswick Victoria Hamilton Trinity Church Forest Hills Cemetery Elmer Fr. Capen D.D Rufus 5. Frost Alexander KR. Rice George HL. Quincy D. Webster King BH. Paddock Robert Treat Paine Hale Christopher R

Notable Names in a City Directory List

A historical fragment listing prominent figures including Eliot, Rev. Frederic Courtney, D.D., Hon. Jonathan A. Lane, Samuel Johnson, William H. Baldwin, Thomas N. Hart and Joseph H. Gray, indicating a roster of notable residents or officials in the period.

Walter Gibson Ex-Premier of Hawaii Dies in San Francisco

Walter Murray Gibson ex prime minister of the Hawaiian Islands under King Kalakua died in San Francisco Saturday evening of consumption aged about 60. His varied career included steamboat captaincy in Georgia and New York ventures. He settled in Hawaii in 1861, leased Lanai, built extensive land holdings, and later served as foreign affairs minister in Honolulu.

Walter Murray Gibson Hawaiian Islands Kalakua San Francisco Gibson Newcastle-on-Tyne Eny Cadiz Spain Walter Montreal P. Q College of St Augusta de Kosset New York Mexico General Walker Nicaragua Oaksmith Walker Pernambuco Orient Pelembang Sumatra Europe Mr. Gibson United States Pacific Buchanan Brigham Young Sandwich Islands New Guinea Young Utah Lanai Haalealea Honolulu

Mrs Eliza Garfield Mother of Garfield Dies in Mentor Ohio

Mrs Eliza Ballou Garfield aged 85 or 87 died at Mentor Ohio on a Saturday morning. Born in Cheshire New Hampshire Sept 21 1801 she was the mother of James A Garfield. She endured hardship at farming and helped her family with weaving and sewing, shaping the character of her son through a life of steadfast faith and fortitude.

Eliza Ballou Garfield President Garfield Mentor Garfield Monadnock Mountain Cheshire County N. H Ballons Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Hosea Ballou Boston New England Abram Garfield President Edward Garfield Watertown Winthrop Ohio Independence Newburg Cleveland Orange Township Cuyahoga County James A. Garfield Garfields James

Obituaries list multiple New England deaths

Mrs Jane Curry mother of Savings Bank Commissioner Curry of Boston died yesterday in Sharon aged 64. The wife of Professor Charles Northend of New Britain Conn she was a native of Newbury Mass and a niece of Paul Moody a Lowell manufacturer. A J Drake of Sharon died yesterday aged 75 a longtime selectman and former legislator. W P Fay retired liveryman of Weathersfield Conn died of heart disease during morning church service aged 79. William Arrington longtime Wakefield resident painter for 35 years died yesterday aged 80.

Jane Curry Curry Boston Sharon Charles Northend New Britain Weathersfield Conn William Arrington Wakefield

Rescue of Children Urges State Style Reform School for Juveniles

Boston readers are urged to expand state style reform for youth. The letter argues private charity cannot replace public duty and calls for relocating Deer Island truant and reform programs to a country farm style house of reformation, inspired by the Lyman school at Westboro.

Deer Island Children’s Aid Society Pine Farm Boston House of Reformation House of Industry O'Brien Westboro Lyman School Poite

Manhattan Life Insurance Company Reports Record Prosperity

In its thirty eighth annual report the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York is shown to be more prosperous than ever. See its statement in another column.

Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York

Railroad Talk and Through Trains Spark Bid for Speed

The Chicago and Alton line pursues passenger growth with high receipts and handsome commissions for agents while showcasing a fast through service. The Hummer train covers 488 miles Chicago to Kansas City in under sixteen hours with new chair cars, lunch in baggage cars, and on time arrivals.

Chicago & Alton Railroad Commercial Travellers Commission Chicago & Alton J.C. Chariton Fistru Alton Chicago Kansas City J. W. Donald Washinton Street Boston Hitchcock

Irving and Terry Arrive in Boston for Faust Opening

Mr Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry reached the Hotel Vendome shortly before 8 AM after four extra hours on a palace car due to slippery rails and bad weather. The pair, calm and cheerful, enjoyed a hot supper supervised by Chief Clerk Adams and planned a restful forenoon before their first Boston Faust performance.

MR. Irving Miss Terry Henry Irving Miss Ellen Terry Hotel Vendome Boston Adams Faust

Notice to Defendant in Suffolk Superior Court Action

Legal notice in 1888 Suffolk Superior Court requires Victor S. Wolf of New York and Patrick E. Campbell of Boston to appear. Plaintiff Philip M. Goodilart seeks five thousand dollars from October 13 1887. Defendant not resident in Commonwealth. order to publish in the Boston Post weekly for three weeks.

Yorimon Wealth OF Massachu Jsetys Suffolk Boston Boston Post Jos. A. Willard A. Wadleighs Melinda Berry Loston The Boston West Joan W. McKim, Esquire Elijah George Register

Ledger of Trustees and Corporate Names on January 25

The document lists numerous entities including Pepperell Mfg, Merchants' National Bank, Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RR, Berkshire RR, Ware River RR, Old Colony RR, Dwight Mfg Co, Lowell Mtg Co, Pacific Mills, Lewis Wharf Co, Boott Cotton Mills, American Insurance Co, Neptune Insurance Co, Washington Fire and Marine Insurance Co, Manufacturers' Fire and Marine Co, United States Hotel Co, and others, as part of a trustees order. It records the array of companies and institutions cited, reflecting a financial or corporate registry entry dated Wednesday, Jan 25.

Hares Pepperell Mfg Hares Boron Fier and Long Wharf Co Hares Merchants’ N. Bank Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Berkshire RR Ware River Providence Old Colony Dwight Mig. Co Lowell Mtg. Co Pacific Mill Ewis Wharf Co Tark Mills Boott American Ins. Co Neptune Ins Washington Fire and Marine Ins. Co Manufacturers’ Fire and Marine Ins. Co United States Hotel Co

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Danel Walter M. Gibson Mrs. Garfield Railroad Matters Charles P. Clark New York, New Hawen & Hartford Railroad New York & New England Air Line New York, New Haven & Hartford Southern Pacific Company Portland Union Pacific Oregon California & Oregon Transcontinental Association San Francisco Chronicle the Chronicle Lake Erie Western Eescerses Eas Milwaukee Northern Northern Pacific Mississipli Scveevacs Richmond Terminal Royal Aking Powder Co Wall St Massachussetts Parker H. Berry Said Totece Carolines Capen Brookline of Norfolk Peter Thacher Stephen Thacher Milk Street Mary i. Lans WM. Co. Williamson Admr Otece John C. Gray Martha A. Bruce Admx H. E. Herbert Leonard George G. Spurr Lawrence Bond Anson M. Lyman Gheorge M. Hatch Francis Henshaw & CO Nev State Street Merchants’ Exchange Building Boom L Boston Stock Exchange Telephone Chelsea Gas Light Co Glendon Iron Co Amory Mfg. Co Merrimack Mfg. Co Nat’ Eagle Bank Pacific Guano Co Enen aTadladits Mlule Unl. DM Merrimack N. Bank Haverhill, Mass Lowell Mfg. Co Do Boylston Ins. Co Dover B.R. L Sonora’Ry R.R Hamilton Mig Lyman Mills Androscoggin Mills Pacific Mills Lowell Oh Co Nashua Permaster Arch Street John Y. Furey U.S.A Schuylkill Arsenal Ealing New York Safety Steam Power Company Q. M M. I Ludington Custom House Mass L. Saltonstall Aaron R. Gay & CO C. F. Libbie & CO Wayward Flace Horatio Rogers C.fiske Harris Library R. I Ephrata Christopher Sanur Hemade Longfellow Browning Fielding Geer Eliot Mazlitt Leigh Hunt R. H. Horne Tom Hoo Lander Lamb Rossetti Shelley Swinburne Tenison 8. R. Knights & CO Washington St Main St Cambridgeport OF the Bay State South Bay State Iron Company S. R. Knights & Co Waskeere Ornton K Lothrop Thornton K Franklin Haven Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants Valencia Oranges Carthagenian Valencia Charlestown Michigan Albert Howe & Co Market Street Brighton Warren Avenue Hmortgagee Daniel W. Beckler John A. Stetson Third Streets N Street Third Street Stetson Keckler Deborah A. Sears Bosto Seckler John M. Vorter Charley Judkins Joan A, Stetson R. L. Day & Company State St Merchants’ Exchange Com Middlesex Mills Pass R. Rd Rutland Ra New Ling. Mort. Sec. Co Waltham Gas Light Co Cheshire RA Exchange Bank Salem Xnanumkeag Natl Old Boston Natl Westbrook Mfg. Co Showalter Mortgage Co Loan and Trust Co Topeka Kan Cabot Mfg McKay & Big Heel Machine Algo Union Teleg. & Tele. Co Pusell Trimmer Co. Merchants Richards & CO John C. Wilmerding Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO White St Townsend & Montant Eeoenard Street
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