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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1879

Page

3

Boat Our Boys narrowly saved after collision with steamer

About 6 p m Sunday the cat rigged boat Our Boys with several people aboard was struck by the steamer Dominion near Governor's Island. The craft quickly filled with water but occupants were rescued by nearby rower Bratthew Condon. The yacht floated again and was towed into the city with her passengers.

Our Boys Governor’s Island Dominion Elmwood Street Roxbury Eliza Hayes Meander Street City Hospital Julius Sweeney Harrison Avenue John Coughlin Fifth Street Boston

Forepaughs Crecus Opens Four Day Immense Show at Coliseum

The Noachian menagerie giant circus launches a four day run at the Coliseum grounds with six acres of pavilions. Nine elephants in one ring, a harnessed giraffe, a hippopotamus and fifty four dens of rare animals headline the massive spectacle led by Robert A. Stickney and Miss A. Carroll. A brand procession departs at 9:30 A.M. today through Huntington Avenue and the route listed to the exhibition grounds. Reformers and burlesque acts share the bustling schedule with the Rice Surprise Party at Park Theatre and a strong week of entertainments at Oakland Garden and Boston Museum. The Children’s Pinafore Company continues nightly at Boston Museum with three more weeks of juvenile performances.

Colliseum Robert A. Stickney A. Carroll Huntington Avenue Boylston Arlington Beacon Charles Cambridge Bowdoin Court Hanover New Washington Devonshire Summer Lincoln, Beach Harrison Avenue Dover Washington Newton Streets Exhibition Grounds Oakland Garden Hicks John Denier Denier McCormack Mitchell Mount Vesuvius Boston Children’s Howard Atheneum Tryon Fatinitza Ford & Zimmerman Pinafore Lowell Institute Chanfrau Boston Theatre Kit New York Laura Joyce Vladimir Fatinilza Philadelphia Carlyle Petersilen Jamestown N. Y Petersilen R. F. McClannin Museum Maggie Mitchell Gustavus Levick J. W. Cother Field Boston Museum Sara Bernhardt H. C. Jarrett Comedie Francaise Mlle Bernhardt Jarrett John T. Ford Fifth Avenue Theatre Messrs. Graw, Fora and Strakosch Sullivan & Gilbert Ada Cavendish Rosalind Miss Gwilt Wilkie Collins tArmadale Julia Hunchback J.K. Emmet Fritz Ireland Lotta

Sunday School Anniversary and Local Happenings

The Mt. Auburn Union Sunday School Society marked its sixth anniversary with 119 average attendance and 161 peak, adding 100 books to the library and noting two deaths while eleven members joined the church. A Charles River race and a single scull title event are announced, with police reports detailing arrests and licenses. Correspondence from Hawkinsville, Georgia describes town life, racial relations, schooling, churches, and local flora and fauna as a Northern reader observes postwar progress and daily life.

Mt. Auburn Charles Old Gas House Charles Harvey W. H. Lyon Charles River T. H. Wells B. O. Danforth Edward Halloran Thomas O’brien Cambridge Wibe C. H. Harvey F. G. Wallace R. Williams W.E. Wall

Ladies prepare amateur drama for Redwood Library benefit

The article notes several prominent figures gathering in Newport for a charity amateur entertainment at the opera house linked to local history. It describes Saratoga guest patterns at Congress Hall, a youthful crowd at Grand Union, and notable guests at Cozzen's Hotel West Point including Robert Goelet and Francis Kernan. A Newport dinner featured fifty cent peaches, white satin napkins, gold foil menus, and live entertainment by vocalists and a string band.

Newport Opera House Redwood Library Enterprise Saratoga Congress Hall Grand Union Cozzen’s West Point Robert Goelet

Notable Local Editor and Several Obituaries Recap

The Palmer Journal editor and state charity agent died July 25 at 55. Mr Fisk founded the Journal in Palmer after moving there thirty years ago and served as a state senator and charity inspector. Survived by wife and son Charles B. A.P. Hiram W. French of Andover died July 27 aged 58, once a teacher and leather merchant. Albert Jackson of Manchester died July 27 at 57, longtime dry goods dealer and politician. Richard H. Chamberlaine of Norfolk, Va., died July 23 aged 77, bank president and corporate director. Other deaths listed include Edward C. Merriam of Ware, Seth Tuttie of Hopkinton, Rev. J. F. Jones, Benjamin R. Winthrop, B. W. Reagan, Henry W. Trimble, Samuel Chamberlain, and European notes on Baron Von Gerolt and Duke William.

G. A. Somerby Concord Street South Framingham Boston Gustavus A. Semerby A. B. Butterfield Henry C. Davis A F. Chandler Mr. Somerby Walter N. Mason, Esq Natick St. Paul’s Masons of H. G. Safford Framingham Baptist Church Somerby W. G. Studley Tremont Street Methodist Church Mr. Safford Mt. Auburn Horace Gray Dwight Foster William S. Gardner Charles R. Train Gaston Charles A. Welch Grand Lodge of Masons of Massachusetts Suffolk Bar Robert D. Smith Charles Theodore Russell Seth J. Thomas Theodore H. Sweetser Daniel S. Richardson Causten Browne Isaac S. Morse A. W. Howes George P. Sanger George M. Brooks Jnudge John S. Keyes Middlesex District Court Concord Co. v. Esty Middlesex Theodore C. Hurd Middlesex County Ra B. Forbes Eben W. Fiske Col R. M. Pulsifer George Stevens Lowell Samuel N. Aldrich Marlboro Walter N. Mason William B. Gale A. J. Benyon Pacific National Bank Gardner J. H. Bradlee L. S. Dabney E. S. Mansfield New Sewer Carleton Street John Leasler Warren Street Columbia Street Blue Hill Avenue Thayer Tobias Make Kercher Station 9 Joseph McManus C. E. Masten Swett Street Bartholomew Donovan Station 5 Michael H. Donovan Harrison Avenue Glidden Edward B. Donnelly Alexander Sprague Chapman Street Timothy Keiley Harrington and Haggerty Station 8 William Kenney George W. Hastings Chelsea Street Palmer Journal Old State Board of Charities Fisk Ludlow Palmer Journal Savings Bank Tie Senate Monson State Board of Charities New England Charles B Andover Mass Fairhaven New Bedford Washington Manchester N. H Hardwick Trinity Commandery Masonic Relief Association Norfolk Chamberlaine Citizens Bank of Norfolk R. H. Chamberlaine & Son Boston Wharf and Warehouse Company Edward C. Merriam Ware George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Company Gilbertville Ware Standard Seth Tuttie Hopkinton Seth Tuttle J. F. Jones Westfield Reform Club

Attacks on Harper's Weekly Attaches in South Pueblo

Denver Tribune notes two Colorado writers Mr Hays and assistant insulted at South Pueblo depot. O Rourke grabbed a sketch, contested by attorney Irving W Stanton and judge Hugh Butler, who returned the drawing. No arrests made in Sheriff Price's county.

Irving W. Stanton Hon Hugh Butler O’rourke Gen. Palmer Dr. Stevenson Colorado Mr. Butler

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