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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1881

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President's condition improves with favorable day at White House

Official bulletins from the Executive Mansion report the president comfortable and cheerful, with a healthy wound discharge and improving vitals. After a nap, he shows marked improvement, eats normally for fifteen hours, and rests well, with fever subsiding and pulse under 100. Surgeons call his condition satisfactory.

Washington Woodward Bliss Executive Mansion

Notable New England Residents and Guests in August Travel

Prof Hewitt of Dartmouth will travel to Europe in August. Mark Googins of Island Ward and family visit Biddeford. Mrs Charles P Roberts of Ashburton Place visits Bangor, her former home. Mrs Thomas F Plunkett of Pittsfield bought a city residence in New York. Rev E F Clark of New Bedford will occupy the Warren Rhode Island Methodist pulpit next Sunday. George H Niebuhr and wife, Bangor, treasurer of Princeton Theological Seminary, in town. George B Van Santgoord of Boston spending vacation at Kinderhook New York, old home. Atherton, Shrewsbury high school teacher, accepts senilar position in needam.

Hewitt Dartmouth College Europe Mark Googins Island Ward Biddeford Charles P. Roberts Ashburton Place Bangor Thomas F. Plunkett Pittsfield New York E. F. Clark New Bedford Warren, R. I George H. Niebuhr Princeton Theological Seminary George B. van Santgoord Boston Kinderbook N. Y Atherton Shrewsbert Mass Needam Richard Golden Bucksport United States James W. Bradbury Henry S. Bradbury Rye Charles Wilkinson Worcester Scotland William Seymour Museum Marblehead Kt. Stearns R. Stearns, Jr William Russell H. Kibbard Paris George 8. Loring United States Commissioner of Agriculture Rockford, Ill Edward F. Winslow Augusta St. Louis San Francisco Frank Rogers Maryi R. Baker Marshfield Duxbury E. B. Maglathlin W. C. Richmond Jefferson Street Baptist Church of Providence Naecees Conn Carrie A Nathan W. Kendall Mary E. Hight Saco Kendall White Mountains W. C. Winstow Vermont Green Hills J. W. White Church of the Advent Trinity Church Clifford Augusta New Age Judge Abbott Massachusetts A. P. Goule Maine United States Supreme Bench Albert W. Brooks Ellsworth G. Lancaster Amherst College May Alice Vars Newport R. I Boston Opera Company Miss Vars Dartmouth Medical College H. M. Fiela M. D Newton Brackett L. Greenough Abigail Ela Heman Rix Ziba Huntington Millie Colcord Lebanon N. H Green Hannibal Hamlin Charles Hamlin

Dartmouth Board Finds Some Errors of Management

The Dartmouth College board of trustees reports after investigating the New York alumni memorial. It notes errors in management but says finances, enrollment, scholarship, morals, and faculty relations show improvement under President Bartlett. The board urges mutual respect and outlines resolutions confirming careful, capable governance and hope for reconciliation.

Dartmouth College New York Bartlett Smith Chandler Scientific Department Agricultural College Shaji Bartletts Whey Chandler -Cientific New York Memorial Geo. W. Nesmith E. Spalding Alonzo H. Quist Concord

Capital in Biccerford firms reaches 2.5 million dollars

The Pepperell Laconia and Water Power companies of Biccerford total two and a half million in invested capital with the York company across the river in Seco adding over a million. Walter H. Barr of Brewer, 17, disappeared and was found dead in a hay mow with a pistol beside him, ruled likely self-inflicted. The Lake Maranacook weather remains unfavourable reducing temperance meeting attendance. A special train from Portland brought ex-Govs Perham and Dingrey, Mrs. Mason, and G. W. V. T., while George E. B. Sackett arrived on the regular eastbound train.

Pepperell, Laconia and Water Power Companies Biccerford York Company Seco Router Walter H. Barr Brewer Lake Maranacook Portland Perham and Dingrey Perham and Dingrey, Mrs. Mason, G. W. V. T., and Others. George E. B. Sackett

Rainstorm Drenches Warner Salisbury and Webster

A sharp Thursday night shower dropped three inches of rain in an hour across Warner, Salisbury and Webster. In Portsmouth, the city council reversed a prior ban on telegraph poles, allowing Mutual Aid Telegraph to set lines under restrictions, while new acts incorporate the New Hampshire chiropodists and the Portsmouth Electric Light Company, and a general lighting pole ordinance passes. Three hundred sixty five barrels of mackerel have been taken from Portsmouth harbor weirs so far this week.

Warner Salisbury Webster New Hampshire Association of Chiropodists Portsmouth Electric Light Company Portsmouth Mutual Asion Telegraph Company Portsmouth Harbor

Adolescent river body found at Newburyport in a paper box

The immature infant was recovered from the river at Newburyport on Friday. Medical Examiner Snow examined the body with no revealing findings. A woman who drowned herself in Pawtucket canal, Lowell, was later found. her name was Caroline Brand from Gardiner, Missouri, and the act was linked to an amour. In Fall River, a preliminary murder hearing for Thomas H. McMullen occurred. witnesses appeared but key testimony was absent, and he remains jailed awaiting grand jury action in September. At New Bedford, the sloop of war Constellation’s cabin was refitted in port with lavish fabrics, curtains, and brass and ebony fittings, described as among the finest ship outfits.

Newburyport Snow Wareham New Bedford Fall River New England Pawtucket Canal Lowell Commonwealth Messrs Cummings Lingane

Four young thieves rob elderly woman on Hester Street

In broad daylight on Hester street four unnamed boys aged 9 to 12 robbed Mrs. Hannah Davidock of $150 in American and Austrian money and fled. Police pursue the young bandits as the city reports a string of varied notices from telegraph lease deals to local business extensions.

New York Hannah Davidock Hester Street Register Western Union Telegraph Company Northwestern Telegraph Company States and Territories Dominion of Canada Fred Krobne Walker Charles A. Harriman Haverhill Dan O’leary Chicago William Tracy Cincinnati Christian Faber William Vaughan Chester Eng Manhattan Railway Company John W. Lovell

Gauge change completed on 550 mile line to standard gauge

New Orleans July 29. At 4 am gauge of the Chicago St Louis and New Orleans railroad was changed from 5 foot to four feet eight and a half inches. The 550 mile main line to Cairo and the 21 mile Kosciusko branch were finished and trains were running by 3 pm. Over 3000 men worked on the project, the largest gauge changing feat to date.

New Orleans Chicago, St. Louis and Cairo Staings Kosciusko

Paris doctor vanishes after aiding search for missing brother

CHICAGO July 29. C N Walls of Paris Illinois doctor came to Chicago to help locate his mysteriously disappeared brother. He carried 1150 dollars and has since vanished, leaving police puzzled and cooperating with his own inquiry in a baffling case.

Saratoga van Rensselaer Chicago Til C. N. Walls Paris

Trade With Brazil Brings New Minister to United States

Despatches from Brazil announce the appointment of Counsellor Felizzee Lopez Netto as minister to the United States, replacing Senor Carvalho Borges who is promoted to Vienna. Netto, famed for guiding Brazil to the centennial Philadelphia exhibit, is expected to boost US Brazil trade while Rio reports a settled Roach Steamship dispute and growing American flour sales. A Rio elevated railway concession and a Boston tied telephone company expansion are noted, with a suggestion for a direct steamship line to Boston to secure larger permanent trade.

Brazil Felizzee Lopez Netto United States Senor Carvalho Borges Court of Vienna Senor Netto Philadelphia Rio Thomas A. Osborn Osborn Roach Steamship Company Rio de Janeiro Telephone Company Boston Kio

Military Reunion Parade for Army Veterans in Boston

The thirtieth and fiftieth Massachusetts veterans and third cavalry and second battery veterans plan a parade and excursion on September 5 in honor of Gen. Dudley during his brief Boston visit. Committee members include Capt. Cunningham, Lieut. Dickey, D. M. Hammond, Frank G. Brown, George H. Blinn, W. W. Tuttle, S. Nelson, E. A. Fiske, and H. A. Davis. The excursion goes to Downer Landing for a clam bake, with reunions of the fiftieth and thirtieth at the same time.

Massachusetts Third Cavalry Second Battery Dudley Boston Capt. Cunningham Lieut Dickey D. M. Hammond Frank G. Brown George H. Blinn W. W. Tuttle S. Nelson Common Council Seer Gallop’s Island Gove Faneuil Ball Faneuil Hall Market East Boston Lunatic Hospital South Boston Commonwealth Board of Assessors Police Department Board of Commissioners Saratoga Marcella Street Haldeman and Breek Suffolk County Suffolk

Grand Exhibition Hall Nearly Finished on Huntington Avenue

The New England Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute edges toward completion with walls framed and roofing nearly done. The vast interior features a central soda fountain, multiple galleries, generous aisles, and dedicated spaces for stoves, textiles, hardware, rubber goods, carriages, mining, shoe machinery, printing, and art displays. Over two thousand exhibitors have shown interest. the Aug. 18 opening is planned with European and national consignments already arriving.

Huntington Avenue New England Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Institute New England Porter Allen Philadelphia Swampscott Machine Company Post Exeter Machine Company Fitchburg Steam Engine Company Europe Union

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