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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1888

Page

5

Difficulties in Civil Service Reforms Face Postal Exemption Debate

In Washington on July 6 experts debate civil service exemptions for postal workers. Postmasters push broader exemptions while others favor nearly full rules coverage. The commission weighs uniform office structures amid fragmented duties and nomenclature, and notes no actions yet on new rules as Postmaster-General Dickinson denies a protest letter about railway mail service under civil service. Bancroft, railway head, argues current exams are superior to civil service testing and that departmental examiners best judge postal clerk qualifications.

Washington Sprecran Postal Service Civil Service Commissioners Civil Service Dickinson Harrity Philadelphia Brown Baltimore Pearson New York General Corse Boston Postofice Department Bancroft Railway Mail Service Civil Service Commissioner S Post Office Civil Service Board Civil Service Commission United States Massachusetts

Railways Mail Clerks and Civil Service Examinations

A letter to the editor argues for open competitive exams for railway postal clerks, countering Postmaster General opposition. It cites current probation, card distribution tests, and handwriting reading as insufficient, urging tests reflecting physical and regulatory skills similar to police and laborer examinations, with broad citizen access and no political favoritism.

Civil Service Reform Aims At Entrance Examinations

Dana argues for pre entrance competitive exams for civil service to ensure health proof via physician certificate and six month probation. He says exams before entrance would weed out unfit clerks, curb political patronage, and improve railroad clerical quality, calling for reform by the Massachusetts Civil Service Reform League.

Civil Service Commission Dana Massachusetts Civil Service Reform League Boston

Harrison speech quote in money reward challenge

General Harrison is accused of saying a workingman should live on one dollar a day a claim denied by friends. The Journal offers 1000 reward for proof of the remark, aiming to disprove the charge amid widespread postal circulation.

Pianapouts Harrison

Straws From State Street on Bullish Market Turn

Markets showed renewed activity and confidence with bullish sentiment edging out prior weakness. Gould stocks led gains as short interest remained high, while corn crop prospects improved on drought recovery and frost recovery. Bond demand from institutions rose amid maturing notes. Cape Breton coal absorption and railroad expansion talks continued, with earnings comparisons and legal notes interwoven through the briefing.

Boston Arts and Theatre Showings Summary

The Boston Museum offers Monte Cristo Jr with 2 pm and 8 pm shows. Grand Opera House presents Professor D M Bristol's Equescurriculum with 2 pm and 7 45 pm shows. JakLand Garden airs Fun in a Boarding School at 7 45 pm. Cyclorama 541 Tremont Street features Battle of elenee with a 8 pm promenade concert at Music Hall. Pompeian Amphitheatre stages The Last Days of Pompeii at 7 45 pm.

Boston Museum

Local Market Notices From Monday Schedule

Readable fragments show a schedule of horse and fruit listings. Times include 10:30 a m for J C Richardson and 11 a m for Snow & Co with Horatio Harris at 10 m. Raw text is incomplete. likely a small market or auction notice with pending details.

J. C. Richardson Fruit—Snow & Co Horatio Harris Boston Winthrop Junction Beachmont Crescent Beach Llams Ryan Rt Winthrop Taft Cai Hammond John A, Fenno

Multiple July weddings noted in New England area

In this city on July 65 by Rev E E Hale D D Edwin B Cox and Mary L Stevenson. At Augusta Me July 4 First Baptist Church by Rev H W Tilden of Hyde Park assisted by Rev H uv White Rev Martin S Howes A K Water ville Me and Miss Adelie L Kennedy of Augusta. At Dorchester June 27 George Thomas Smallwood of Washington DC and Della Graham Robinson of Revere Mass. At Bridgewater Mass July 4 by Rev W Walcott Fay Mr Ephraim Wooa and Mrs Laura F Perkins both of Bridgewater.

Obituaries and funeral notices from several MA towns

The Portsmouth-like obituary list records deaths and funeral details across Brighton Malden South Boston Medford Dorchester Chelsea Onset Nottingham and surrounding areas. Entries include Adams Albert Abbott Bemis Bird Brennan Dacey Dowse Hersey Howe Richardson Scott Smith Symonds and Warden with ages and burial plans.

William Henry Vermont Bird Conway N. H Haile Lonsbery Helen Atherton John L Isa Bird Dorchester Brennan South Boston Margaret Brennan Bower Malden Annie Frank A Milford Kittie John A. Symonds Chelsea Nottingham Eng Elizabeth Beal Henry H. Warden Kingston Mass

Noted Guests Shape Afternoon as Helen Keller Delights Crowd

In a Boston Transcript account, Helen Keller sits among Rev. Dr. E. F. Hale Rev. Stopford W. Brooke Dr. Eliot Dr. Dwight Governor Ames and other eminent men as she unconsciously holds court through the afternoon, eclipsing both clergymen and state dignitaries.

E. FE. Hale Stopford W. Brooke Eliot Dwight Governor Ames Helen Keller Boston Transcript

Milkmaids Drill by Unitarian Society at Cohasset

Forty one young ladies led by Miss Emma Nichols performed a milk maids drill at the Unitarian Society in Cohasset Conasser. The event closed with several hours of dancing.

Conasser Unitarian Society Emma Nichols

Timothy Cleary Takes His Own Life in Lawrence

Timothy Cleary, a veteran of the late war and member of Company B, Fourth Infantry, cut his throat with a razor in Lawrence this afternoon after being wounded at Richmond. He served in Major Howe Post No. 47 of Haverhill and survived injuries to his hand and leg.

Lawrence Timothy Cleary Fourth Infantry Richmond Howe Haverhill

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