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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1887

Page

2

Secret ballot bill killed as legislature acts

The session saw the secret ballot measure defeated while the Senate passed the Sunday bill to be enacted and the Stony Brook loan bill to engrossed. Debates covered illiteracy amendments, a measure on admission to places of amusement, and a plan to refer state house expansion to a governor-appointed commission alongside other routine motions and vetoes. The Shanly resolve advanced, and various bills related to taxes, public utilities, and education proceeded through readings with amendments or suspensions of rules.

Stony Brook Senate House Committee On Finance State House Committee On State House Special Commission On State Printing Durell O. Pease John K. Tarbox Philips Marcella Street Boston Newhall Jones Lynn Welch Patrick Corr Lowell Corr New York Carr Senate Board Colonel Mosby Morse Phillips Forbes Jordan House of Correction Northampton Pittsfield Berkshire State Board of Health Finance Committee Superior Court Carpenter Brookline Upham Salem West End Adams Messrs Quincy Haggerty Southbridge Taft Palmer Wadlin Reading Foote Westfield Ray Franklin Henry Fall River Hall Taunton Nies Messrs. Copeland General Court Committee On the Judiciary Wardwell Haverhill Taft of Mr. Wardwell Messrs. Wilde Malden and Teele Collison Noyes Milliken Malden Brigham Westboro Fiske Messrs. Darling Somerville Larabee Melrose Smith Dover

Ladies Day at Camp Brings Crowds and Drills

At Sourn Framingham on June 9 the First Brigade hosted a large crowd for ladies day with vigorous drills by cavalry artillery and infantry. Guards, guard mounts, and a street fight drill for the cavalry impressed visitors, followed by dress parades led by Major King. Tomorrow Governor Ames and staff are due to review the camp with escort, salute, and brigade parade.

Sourn FramingHam Clarke Signal Ambulance Corps Wales Jackson Cadets Marlboro General Wales Major King I. H. Kingsbury Pratt Worcester A. LB. R. Sprague Sam Leonard Pickett J. ?. Mason Governor Ames South Framingham Boston Harouches Fort Dalton

Fun At The Press Club With John Braham Orchestra

The Press Club hosted John Braham and his orchestra for a popular evening enjoyed by newspaper men. Ned Rice led the ensemble with piano pieces, George Howard delivered actor imitations, and his “Couldock Curse” reversed drew acclaim. George Thorne recited, Joseph White sang two songs, and Tom Henry with William Chambers played a cornet duet.

John Braham Ned Rice Traham George Howard George Thorne Joseph White Tom Henry William Chambers

Hosford's Acid Phosphate in Indigestion Use

Drs Marshall and Longacre of Olney NL report using Hosford's acid phosphate in indigestion cases with good results.

Hosford's Marshall Longacre Olney

Shoemakers Convention Forms New Craft Rules and Board

Brockton June 9 shoemakers convention frames a constitution pledging support to Worcester county strikers and to Athol and Brockton, discusses dispute resolution, boycott on Hasan & Son shoes, and elects midnight officers including H J Skeffington as National Master Workman and a 10-state executive board with representatives from Philadelphia Milwaukee and other cities.

Brockton Worcester County Athol and M. Lee & Co George E. Keith Barrett Skeffington Knights of Labor Charles McMorrow East Weymouth John Dolan Hudson Harry J. Skeffington Boston General Trades Assembly H. J. Skeffington Brockton, Mass John McGarr J. Louis Thomas Maloney Rochester N. Y William H. Barrett Philadelphia Louis Grotz Milwaukee Joseph L. Peacock Baltimore J. McFawn N. A John Lewis St. Louis

Temperance workers hold Suffolk County W C T U convention

The Suffolk County Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathered 90 delegates at Immanuel Congregational Church Roxbury for a two session convention. Mrs A J Gordon presided as Miss E P Gordon led devotional exercises and Miss E Tobey offered resolutions extending union support to allied pro temperance legislators. A county union picnic is planned at Oakland Garden in June for Loyal Temperance Legions children.

Suffolk County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Immanuel Congregational Church Roxbury A. J. Gordon E. P. Gordon E. W. Bumstead Roxbury Union Tobey Magennis Cone E. L. Campbell Charlotte M. Gray Emma 8. Howe Flower Mission J. M State Union Gray Emma S. Howe County Union Temperance Oakland Garden

First Woman Graduate at Columbia Hankey Receives Diploma

Miss Maury Parsons Hankey, about 20, daughter of lawyer James Hankey of Staten Island, becomes Columbia's first woman graduate. She studied at home except math, earned four chemistry prizes, and earned a bachelor of letters with the thesis The Literature of Greece. She wore white cashmere in Columbia colors, received her diploma from President Barnard amid applause.

Columbia Maury Parsons Hankey James Hankey Garrison's Station Staten Island Hankey Harvard Chandler Greece Barnard

Vita Nuova miracle cures Washington society inquiry

A prominent Washington society woman plans to attend a presidential banquet but falls ill with a severe headache stomach sinking and sleepless night. A chance encounter leads to Vita Nuova, promoted by Harriet Hubbard Ayer, restoring health rapidly. The ad promotes Recamier Cream Balm and Powder and Vita Nuova with dealer and pricing details.

Washington Harriet Hubbard Ayer Miss Ayer Vita Nuova America Union Square Park Place New York

Eastern Railroad Company Special Stockholders Meeting Notice

A special meeting of the Eastern Railroad Company stockholders is set for June 22 1887 at eleven o clock ante meridiem at the Eastern Railroad Station Boston to vote on leases of franchises and assets to Boston and Maine Railroad and on subscribing to York Harbor and Beach Railroad stock, with books closed June 18 to 22 1887. Francis I. Amory Clerk orders the directors.

Boston& Maine Railroad York Harbor & Beach Buston & Maine Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Lawrence Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation Manchester & Lawrence Railroad E. Wil Lawrence Manufacturing CO Lawrence Manufacturing Company State Street Boston Centralville Jlenry C. Richards York Manufacturing Company Saco Maine L. L. Milliken

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