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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1887

Page

5

Annual Encampment Opens for Massachusetts Grand Army

The Massachusetts department Grand Army of the Republic met at Tremont Temple for its seventeenth annual encampment with Commander Richard F. Tobin presiding. Delegates noted growth in posts and members, discussed service pensions and rules changes, and adopted memorial resolutions on General Logan’s death.

Tobin Logan Department of Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic Meionnon Tremont Temple Richard F. Tobin Merrill Adams Creasey Patch Evans Billings Hersey E. A. Horton Department John A. Logan Cambridge San Francisco Comrades of California Congress of the United States Union Woman’s Relief Corps Veterans’ Rights Union Monroe John H. O'Donnell John A. Keefe Council of Administration Veterans’ Rights Union and Employment Bureau Congress Committee Frey Post 5 O'Donnell Weale Grand Army Committee On Resolutions Horace Binney Sargent

Courtroom clash over Mrs Emmons affair ends in scuffle

In Washington on January 27 a heated courtroom scene erupted as Professor Emmons confronted Conway Robinson after an insult about Mrs Emmons. Robinson denied the accusation, and professor Emmons was restrained as officers stepped in. The incident follows prior tension between the parties.

Washington Professor Emmons Conway Robinson Mr. Robinson Mr. Kent Professor Mmons Best Robinson Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Supreme Judicial Court George W. Marshall Everett Isabella L. Marshall Isabella L. Scobles Boston Suffolk Commonwealth Hyde Park A. D Geo. W. Marshall

Shoe Firm Chooses To Reopen After Loss In Lynn

In Lynn on January 27 the shoe maker E. H. Newhall & Co. plans a rapid return to work after settling a seven thousand pound insurance claim. Labor unrest and factory moves loom as Amos F. Breed may relocate operations to Strafford New Hampshire.

David F. Clark Manchester New Hampshire Boston Suffolk Boston Post Joan W. McKim Esquire

Rev Brooke Herford on Old Testament Stories in Chan ning Hall

The Rev Brooke Herford spoke on studies in the Old Testament stories. He argued these tales are not literal inspired records and criticized wholesale belief in the Bible. He used Moses and Midianite accounts to warn against treating all Biblical text as exact truth.

Brooke Herford Sam Jones Channing Hall Samuel Jones Jonah Whale Faneuil Hall Brother Jones Moses Egypt Colonel Ingersoll Israel Mr. Herford Isaac Jacob Joseph

Labor tensions flare in Salem factory strike

Savem Jan 27 report says McKean & Appleton's strikers refuse to yield as the firm advertises for non union help. Foreman Bridges had defeated the Lasters Union at Dodge's in Newburyport. At Norwood & Co Beverly stitching room opened with 21 of 57 girls returning. Beverly Knights losing members, but a general strike this year not expected.

Beverly Knights

Band of child robbers uncovered in Wilkes-Barre

Police in Wilkes barre Pennsylvania uncover a regularly organized band of robbers aged eleven to five. The group has robbed at least forty merchants with known losses around five thousand dollars.

Wilkesbarre Penn

Scribner's Magazine February issue review

The February issue features a frontispiece by W B Closson and multiple illustrated pieces including Julius Caesar as Pontifex Maximus and The Resid uary Legatee. Essays cover Paris life, New York houses, naval policy, and fiction. the review says Scribner’s has settled firmly in the market and pleased a broad public.

Julius Cesar W. B. Closson Joan C. Rooks John Austin Dale OcTavk Thanet Charles Henry Gouverneur Morries Paris Annie Cary Morris New York Scribner’s Magazine Scripner N.Y. Times

Republican State Committee Holds Private Monthly Meeting

The Republican State committee began a new routine of monthly gatherings at the Tremont House with a dinner yesterday afternoon. The session was private and Colonel Robert Southworth said the discussions were confidential and not for public disclosure. Monthly meetings will continue.

Republican State Committee Tremont House Robert Southworth

Weddings Fill City Churches With Joyful Unions

Multiple marriages take place across the region. Miss Arabel Morton wed Joseph H. Goodspeed at Unity Church with a large entourage, while Miss Rose Cunnis and Thomas Gaffney wed at Cathedral of the Holy Cross and plan a European tour. Melrose and Malden nuptials follow with Adelbert Claflin and Kate Green, and Frank Bowker and Ella Hersey celebrate vows in Malden.

Church of the Unity John D. Morton Arabel Morton Joseph H. Goodspeed Henry E. Russell Francis F. Emery, Jr Henry C. Meserve Edgar G. Scripture George C. Morton Edwin Howland Unitarian Church Minot J. Savage Mendelsgohn Rockville Park Mexican Central Railroad Company Milk Street Cathedral of the Holy Cross Thomas Gaffney Rose Cunnis M. F. McDonnell Woburn Dors Bodfish M. M. Cunniff Gaffney New York Paris Europe Melrose Levi N. Frost Haverhill Nellie A. Pace Joel A. Page J. D. Pickles Lynn Samuel Jackson Adelbert E. Claffin Kate Ayres Green Daniel P. Green Pleasant Street

Thoroughness Lecture at Boston Y M C A

Rev C F Dole discussed thoroughness as completeness and genuineness in a lecture at the Boston Young Men's Christian Union. He compared temporary constructs to pyramids, stressing that true thoroughness equals quality both seen and unseen and distinguishes success from failure.

C. W. Ernst C. F. Dole Boston Young Men’s Christian Union

Nantasket Beach Railroad Faces Seasonal Service Policy

Portside commissioners rule the Nantasket railroad must operate a train twice daily in each direction or substitute a coach or barge. J B Moore, president, says the company runs an omnibus from North Cohasset to Hull this winter and will resume trains in summer.

Nantasket Beach Railroad Nantasket Railroad J. B. Moore North Cohasset Hull

Boston Theatres Show Sallee Roe of Plays and Stars

Lawrence Barrett stars in Rienzi at the Boston Theatre with evening shows at 7 45. Boucicault presents The Jit at Hollis Street Theatre at 7 45. Held by the Enemy screens at Boston Museum also 7 45. Louis James stars Virginius at Globe Theatre. Salsbury's Troubadours perform The Humming Bird at Park Theatre at 8. Never Say Die at Athenaum. Confusion at Allon Theatre with matinee 2 and evening 8.

Boston Lawrence Barrett Rienzi Hollis Street Boucicault Boston Museum Globe Theatre Louis James Virginius Park Theatre Salsbury Troubadours Bonate Athenaum

Friday and Saturday Auction Highlights

Today features Leonard & Co. offering carpets at 3 p.m. and Horatio Harris selling fruit 12 miles away. Saturday lists Stocks ft L. pay Co. at 11:30 a.m. and Stocks Francis Henshaw & Co. at 12, with Horatio Harris at 10 a.m.

Leonard & Co Horatio Harris Ft. L. Pay & Co Francis Henshaw & Co

Local Marriages Listed In Boston Area Notices

Murdock and Shankland wed in Boston. Moore and Short join in Needham. Claflin and Green wed at Arlington. Frost and Page unite in Melrose. Gaffney and Cunniff wed at Cathedral Holy Cross.

Adelbert EF. Claflin Kate Ayres Green Rost—Page Melrose J. PD. Pickles Lynn Samuel Jackson Levi N. Frost Nellie A. Page Gaffney—Cunniff Cathedral of the Holy Cross M. F. McDonnell Thomas Gaffney Rose Cunniff

Subscribe from the first January issue notice

Remittance instructions indicate payment is to accompany a subscription order for the magazine. Payment should be sent by post money order or registered letter to the address provided.

Middlesex Supreme Judicial Court A. D Cambridge Boston Post Boston Suffolk Theo. C. Hurd Jheo C. Hurd Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sunfolk James P. Sullivan John Noble Henry A. Clapp Chas. F. Kittredge Libellant

Boston Public Park Construction Loan proposals invited

The City of Boston Treasurer Alfred Turner invites sealed proposals by January 31 1887 for the 8500 000 Public Park Construction Loan bonds. Bonds are registered certificates 1000 each due January 1 1937 bearing 3 percent interest semiannually. Proposals opened with Mayor and City Auditor. Loan secured by sinking fund.

Boston City of Alfred T. Turner Mass

Multiple Deaths Tally in January Across Several Cities

Death notices list Jane Dixon and John Emerson among those age 75 and 87, with numerous others including Roswell Gleason age 87 9 months and Captain Thomas Winsor age 77 7 months. Obituaries span Dorchester Roslindale Roxbury Chelsea and more with ages from six months to 87. Funeral details note Elizabeth Carlton Farwell's service at 101 Trowbridge Street in Cambridge.

Plummer Leonard Plummer Sylvester Roxbury Angelina H Nathaniel Sylvester Winsor Dorchester Captain Thomas Winsor Duxbury Abboty Somerville J. Harold Palmer Frankfort N. J Mary Agnes Palmer Sidwin A. Palmer Boston Woodberry Ipswich Lucy Woodberry Farwell Cambridge Elizabeth Carlton Farwell Stephen Thurston Farwell Trowbridge Street

Blair's Pitle Great English Gout Remedy Pill Box Ad

Advertisement for Blair's Pitle remedy described as Great English Gout and Rheumatic Remedy in an oval 34 by 14 pill box sold at all druggists. The brief item highlights the product and availability without further details.

Blair Queen Elizabethe New Dickens Peter the Great Egypt Burditt & North

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