Phillips Academy Visitors Remove Smyth From Professorship
A 1887 Phillips Academy meeting records the visitors’ findings that the Bible is fallible and that individuals cannot repent without knowledge of God in Christ. They remove Egbert Co. Smyth from Brown professor of ecclesiastical history and declare the office vacant, and deny Frank E. Woodruff’s election to sacred literature.
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Christ
Egbert
Frank E. Woodruff
Phillips Academy
Andover
W. T. Eustis
Concetsus
National Council
Chicago
Smyth
Boston Journal
Hincks
Woods
Opinion of the Trustees on Professors Smyth Tucker Churchill Harres Hincks
The board of trustees delivers a verdict disfavoring removal actions, arguing visitors lack original jurisdiction and that the creed should be interpreted with liberty. It surveys charges about biblical inspiration, moral ability, and the atonement, concluding the professors’ teachings align with the creed and founders’ intent.
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Board of Trustees
Smyth
Tucker
Churchill
Harres
Hincks
Board of Visitors
Jones
Massachusetts
Samuel Farrar
Leonard Woods
Uhe Farrar
Heman Humphrey
D.D
John Codman
Seth Terry
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Contested Atonement Teachings at Seminary Provokes Review
A detailed critique discusses theology on atonement, probation after death, and the views of professors within a seminary. It contrasts historic creedal positions with modern departures, defending academic inquiry while urging harmony with the creed and avoiding broad accusations. The piece cites educators, church confessions, and historical lines of thought, urging support for scholarly exploration.
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Bibliotheca Sacra
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Grotius
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Congregational Club of
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Boston Journal
Andover Defence
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Jesus Christ
Eve
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Presbyterian Church
Emmons
Board of Trustees
Daniel T. Fiske
D.D
Edward Taylor
C. F. P. Bancroft
Thomas Hiaasll
Josephs. Ropes
Alexander McKenzie
William H. Wilcox
Robert R. Bishop
Franklin Carter
Alpheus H. Hardy
James G. Vose
Faculty Crisis Deepens As Smyth Stays, Court Likely
Lawrence June 17. Professor Smyth says the dismissal is not end of matter. He expects Supreme Court review. the board stays with Smyth, and no election for a successor. Trustees control the process, visitors vindicate findings, and Eustis’s vote abstention is seen as aiding their cause.
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Eustis
Weekly Trade Review highlights US and Canada failures rise
The Weekly Trade Review reports 193 US and 20 Canada failures this week, total 213, up from last week due to Chicago wheat excitement. It notes two major speculations ended without wider disaster, wheat exports rise, coffee and cotton markets adjust, and wool imports pressuring West manufacturers amid stagnant foreign trade and steady railroad earnings.
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Weekly Trade Review
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Canada
Chicago
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London
May
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Ito
Paying War Claims. New England and nearby states list
Washington June 17. Pensions granted to residents of New England and nearby states. Maine includes Christina widow of Joseph T. Record and many others with original increase and reissue designations. New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island list numerous individuals with original increase and reissue. Names include William J. Talbot Alexander B. Dwyer Stephen P. Faulkner Mary A. widow etc.
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Christina
Joseph T. Record
Oxford
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Columbia Falls
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East Brook
George A. Walker
Brunswick
Isaac Richardson, Jr
Jason C. Cole
Harrington
George W. Brown
Warren
James W. White
Augusta
Marshall A. Grant
Simpson’s Corners
Increase
Nathaniel Gardner
Dennysville
William McKinney
Westport
Cyrus K. Witham
Gardiner
Eldridge Wright
East Otisfield
Rostman T. Strickland
North New Portland
Charles H. Keith
Columbia
Hollis Turner
Peru
Charles Janine
Bangor
New Hampshire
Mary A
Orlando Taber
Hanover
Ann
Havilah F. Dowling
Portsmouth
Stephen P. Faulkner
Chesterfield
Patrick H. Bowen
Laconia
Ephraim Plimpton
Manchester
George W. Russell
Boscawen
William A. Robinson
Nashua
Vermont
Bishop
George W. Comstock
Hydeville
Arthur F. Morey
West Derby
Henry 8
Willy
Walden
William R. Johnson Pittsford
Samuel A. Hinckley
Rockingham
George W. Nichols
Barre
Cyprian Dubois
Burlington
William N. West
Peacham
George Hy Ceburn
Weston
Massachusetts
Angelia M
Albert E. Manning
Boston
Caleb E. Tilton
Haverhill
Oscar D. Lovejoy
Chelsea
Michael Collins
West Warren
Israel H. Smith
Worcester
James Cullen
Hyde Park
Philander W.thayer
Roxbury
Eleazor Bryant
Florence
Charles F. Ray
Nantucket
David Bowen
Lewis W. Thompson
Charlestown
Henry B. Smith
Northampton
John Murphy
Rhode Island
Charles W. Griffin
Block Island
Joseph Dorr
Woonsocket
Sunday Concert on the Common by Germania Band
The first concert of the season will be held Sunday afternoon June 1 at 4 o'clock on the common by the Germania Band under conductors J. B. Claus and W. Reitzel. The program includes Mendelssohn overture Magic Flute Mozart Siege of Rochelle Donizetti Anges and more with soloists and clarinet pieces.
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J. B. Claus
Mendelssohn
Rochelle
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R. Shuebrack
G. Overture
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M. J. B. Claus
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Bunker Hill Association Holds Annual Meeting at Historic-Genealogical Building
The Bunker Hill Association met at 11 o clock in the Historic Genealogical building on Somerset Street with Judge Devens presiding. The 54th meeting marked the 112th anniversary of the battle. plans were outlined for a granite lodge near the monument and an exhibition of relics.
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Somerset Street
Judge Devens
Osmyn Brewster
Uriel Crocker
Joshua P. Bodfish
Bunker Hill
Francis Boylston Austin
Charlestown
Charles D. Homans
Bar Harbor
Amos Lawrence
Nahant
Thomas F. Bayard
John Sherman
Frederick the Great
Washington
Madison
Hamilton
Pitt
Philadelphia
Europe
Devens
Crocker
Bunker Hill Monument Association
United States
F. W. Lincoln
Charles Allen
Charles H. Bell
John L. Bremer
Joseph H. Brown
Joseph Burnett
Edward Channing
James F. Clark
John M. Corse
William J. Dale, Jr
Joseph A. Davis
Alfred E. Muller
Goong F. Pesham
Andrew Preston Peabody
Francis Parker
Arnold A. Rand
Spencer W. Richardson
William G. Russell
Oscar I. Sampson
George O. Shattuck
Horace H. Stevens
Eben Sutton
Edwin A. Stone
George Thacher
Nathaniel Thayer
Frederick A. Walker
Samuel Wells
Henry Wheatland
Moses B. Wilds
William P. Upham
George Young
Boston Police Board notices license bids for numerous inns
The June 17 1887 Boston notices list applicants including Pierce O Connell John A Sullivan James Carroll Maurice Farrell William Orr Andrew F Quigley Michael Dolan Henry Robinson Edward Praney Co and others seeking licenses to sell intoxicating liquors as wholesale dealers victuallers grocers and in several classes at addresses across Boston. Clerk F C Irving oversees the public record with probate notices following for multiple estates and executors.
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Western Avenue
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Poulter
John A. Sullian
Main Street
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Fotice
John A. Sullivan
James Carroll
Chapman Street
C. D
Board of Porter
Maurice Farrell
Last Sixth Street
Thorp
Pouce
William Orr
Preble Street
Andrew F. Qu Gley
Washington Street
Saia Puilding
Michael Dolan
Hyde Park Avenue
Henry HH. Roinson
Ponce
Edward Praney & CO
Suston
Sa ‘ . C. Irving
Othe HK
Robert Ambrose
Sunffolk
MinirakYy
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
O’co
Harne
Hhe
Pacific Canat
Bny
James W. Pope
U. S. Army
New England Woman's Press Association Hosts Croly Talk
At Parker House a reception honors Mrs. Jennie C. Croly of New York. She will read Thirty Years in Journalism from 7 to 8 PM, with a social reception afterward from 8 to 10. Tickets via committee chair Kate Tannatt Woods and other organizers.
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Woman's Press Association
New England Woman’s Press Association
Parker House
Jennie C. Croly
Jennie June
New York
Croly
Sallie Joy White
Elizabeth Merritt Gosse
Misa Estelle M. Hatch
Catherine A. Conway
Kate Tannatt Woods
Insolvency Notices for Boston Debtors Bradley and Carroll
Insolvency notices for Bernard E Bradley of Boston and Charles E Carroll of Boston announce meetings of creditors. Bradley’s third general meeting is September 23 1887 at 10 am at the Court of Suffolk Insolvency. Carroll’s second meeting is July 1 1887 at 10 am at the Court of Insolvency in Boston.
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Bernard E. Bradley
Boston
Suffolk
Gev. R. Fowler
Summer Street
Charles E. Carroll
John E. McKenna
Proposals for Coal and Purchase of Naval Vessels
Navy Department announces sealed proposals for purchase of several stricken vessels including Tennessee Powhatan Ticonderoga Shenandoah Lackawanna Wachusett and others. Bids require 20 percent cash deposit or certified check and a bond for 80 percent. awards by lot. Vessels viewed at designated yards. removal times set by department. William C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy.
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New York
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Wachusett
Navy Yard
Mare Island
California
Secretary of the Navy
U. S
Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
Lot
William C. Whitney
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