Furniture sales notice heavy with furnishings and rugs
An items list describes sofas, touches, chairs in silk tapestries, mohair plushes, velours and cretonne, praperies and portieres, dining furniture with cherry sides, leather chairs, chamber sets in mahogany, bedding, imported English carpets, special design imports, oriental rugs, English chime clock, paintings and china sets, with a note to leave Back Bay cars at Fairfield St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cretonne
Madras
Torrey, Hberight
Dresden
Fairfield St
Whittier Visits Portland and Various International Notes
John G. Whittier visits Portland for a Friends meeting as the Pope readies an encyclical for Ss. Peter and Paul Day delaying Vatican audiences. Genoa archives describe Lady Jane Grey as short and slim with auburn hair and light hazel eyes. Oxford to award Dr. J. S. Billings a DCL for his Civil War medical leadership and world-reaching medical library work. London Truth hints at royal funeral reforms and embalming ban, while Pall Mall Gazette lauds Hubert Herkomer as a multi talent figure in arts and theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Whittier
Portland
Vatican
Genoa
Jane Grey
University of Oxford
D.C.L
J. S. Billings
United States Army
Surgeon-General
Washington
Medical Library
United States
London
Collins
Pall Mall Gazette
Hubert Herkomer
Crichton
Prohibition Opponents Dispute Liquor Funds Claim
The Providence Journal contends that General Clinton B. Fisk and other Prohibition advocates misrepresent the money sent to the state by liquor dealers’ associations for repealing the prohibitory amendment. It argues that spending at the recent election was less than in a typical state campaign, whether legitimate or illegitimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton B. Fisk
Providence Journal
Advice to Pensioners on Grand Army Pension Measure
The Philadelphia Times urges pensioners to study the Grand Army pension measure, calculate its cost using Revolutionary War and War of 1812 pension experience, and decide if one thousand million in additional funds would be needed. It warns the proposal could bankrupt the Treasury in the first year and asks voters to oppose what it calls profligacy without reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Philadelphia Times
Independent party doomed by relying on ignorant vote
The Springfield Republican faults Dudley and backers for counting on a bloc of ignorant Black voters and the national Republican committee for recognition. It warns that any plan depending on white and colored office appointments and an inferior school system could doom the new movement and politics in South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent” Party
Dudley
Independent Party
National Republican Committee
South Carolina
Springfeld
Ind
The Calendar Reference Book by T. O. Metcalf & Co
The publisher at 48 Oliver street offers a feather-board bound pocket book titled The Calendar Reference Book. It includes a complete yearly calendar and memoranda section, postal laws, interest table, an Emergencies chapter, a Massachusetts town list with populations and routes, and locations of national banks money order offices and telegraph offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. O. Metcalf & Co
Oliver Street
Massachusetts
Ston
Seidl at Brighton Beach Elevates New York Musical Scene
Anton Seidl’s Brighton Beach concerts impress with a powerful orchestra and a diverse program embracing French, German, Russian, Italian works. The Seidl Society, led by Mrs. Laura C. Holloway, grows, aiding poor seaside visitors. The American Fine Arts Society plans a new building for artists and leagues. Revival of Twelfth Night with Miss Wainwright promises major seasonal interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Seidl
Brighton Beach
Anton Seidi
New York
Theodore Thomas
Damrosch
Wagner
Metropolitan Opera House
Seidl
Walter Damrosch
Stanton
Leil
Coney Island
Brighton
Strauss
von der Stucken
Buck
Paine
Pratt
Ritter
Gleason
McDowell
Seidi
Anna Dickinson
American Fine Arts Society
Society of American Artists
Architectural League
Art Students’ League
Society of Painters In Pastel
New Society
Howard Russell Butler
The
Society
Miss Wainwright
Louis James
Charles Graham
Harper’s
Hamilton Bell
Barton Hill
Malvolio
Dorchester School Committee Faces Repairs and Staffing Shifts
Last evening the Dorchester school committee met before summer break and approved budget requests for 20 000 to repair schoolhouses, 50 000 for fire protection, and 100 000 for ventilation. They accepted resignations, reassigned principals, elected new leaders for East Boston and Dorchester high schools, and empowered a hygiene instruction committee to review methods. The board also planned printing of the 250th anniversary school celebration record and welcomed a training offer for 100 teachers to learn Ling gymnastics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbridge Smith
Dorchester High School
Charles, Lincoln
East Boston High School
Ray Greene Huling
Lincoln
Messrs. Mowry
Emery
Blake
McDonald
Fifield
Dorchester
Mary Hemenway
Amy M. Homans
Alice L. Williams
Dudley
Rose J. Conaty
Sherwin
al Temery
Samuel F. Tower
English High
Rosanna Folan
Ourth
Agassiz
Julian G. L. Morse
Bowdoin
Edith Hovey
Catherine J. Cunningham
Eliot
Emily L. Clark
West Roxbury High
Martha S. Hussey
Helen WD. Baright
Hobart Moore
H. Dakin
Evena
Evening
Isaac I. Paul
Bigelow
George Oak
Comins
Augustine L. Rafter
Dearborn
Henry B. Hall
Harvey L. Boutwell
Franklin
William H. Martin
Hancock
Julius A. Weigmann
Alonzo G. Ham
Neponset
Charles C. Haines
Phillips
John Kt. Morse
Quincy
Seth P. Smith
Siesel Berger
Warren
George D. Pratt
Warrenton Street
Eber K. Butler
Wells
Charles E. Hussey
Summer Carriages at French & Co Limited
No buyer should neglect inspecting the fine stock of victorias phaetons surreys and wagons carried by French & Co Limited 155 Remonte Pen and 14 to 22 Sudbury Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phaetons
Aegek
French & Co. (Limited
Remone Pen
Sudbury Street
Samoan Treaty Delivered to Blaine at White House
Washington reports William Walter Phelps delivered the Samoan treaty in type to Secretary Blaine, to be reviewed by President and stored in the State Department before Senate ratification next winter. Phelps enjoys abroad ties. Count Herbert Bismarck praised. Phelps plans summer in New Jersey and possible autumn abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sorcian
William Walter Phelys
New York
Phelps
State Department
Blaine
Mr. Phelps
Mr. Blaine
Berlin
Blaime
White House
Senate
Post
Count Herbert Bismarck
Germany
United States
New Jersey
Horn Blows RS Reward General Coulter Dismisses Democrats
General Coulter of Ohio, the new sixth auditor, sacks his deputy, chief clerk, and nine division chiefs for political reasons. He states Republicans will fill the vacancies after July 1, 1889, citing salaries from two thousand dollars annually and noting civil service reform does not apply. Appointments to the vacancies await Treasury Secretary action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Coulter
Ohio
Webster Flannagan
Texas
Coulter
Secretary of the Treasury
Will Ohio Go Democratic in the 1892 Fight
Congressman Martin Foran of Ohio forecasts Democratic success in next autumns governorship and Legislature. He cites moneyed contenders for the Senate and notes Democrats unite while Republicans split. Foran predicts Foraker’s nomination and argues tariffs and Cleveland’s standing shape presidential sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Martin Foran
Hhe
Calvin O. Brice
New York
John R. McLean
The
Cincinnati Inquirer
Washington
L . Holden
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mr. Foran
Thurman
Pendleton
Payne
Foraker
Columbus
Cleveland
Hill
Medical Association Opens 40th Annual Meeting in Newport
The American Medical Association opened its 40th annual meeting at Music Hall Newport with hundreds of members and about fifty exhibitors. Delegates from foreign societies attended on the platform. letters of regret were read from notable figures. deaths of two doctors were announced. Governor Ladd and Rhode Island officials welcomed attendees. the president’s address reviewed medical progress and education. ten sections held papers in the afternoon. a complimentary excursion for medical editors featured a Rhodesland elam bake and Crescent Park cruise with music and toasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R.I
American Medical Association
Music Hall
H. R. Storer
Bishop Harkins
Rhode Island
Storer
Boston
James
James H. Eldredge
Rhode Island Medieval Society
Dawson
J. A. Larabee
Louisville
Humphrey Storer
Henry Bowditch
Association
Association of Medical Editors
New England Monthly
Bay
Crescent Park
Providence
M. Love
St. Louis
Noah. Davis
Chicago
Byron J. Hall
J. M. Bailey
Danbury
Conn
D. R. Ballou
W. F. Hutchins
F. H. Harcourt
Wisdom of medical men at sixth annual climatology meeting
On the second day of the sixth annual meeting of the American Climatological Association in Boston delegates presented papers on open air travel as a cure for consumption and rest and exercise in heart disease. Discussions covered pulmonary conditions, asthma, bronchial treatment, and mountain region health notes. A luncheon for Bowditch and a banquet at the Hotel Vendome closed the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Climatological Association
Boston Medical Library Association
Boylston Place
New England
Henry I. Bowditch
Boston
A. Loomis
New York
Vincent Y. Bowditch
Boylston Street
Bowditch
Beverly Robinson
F. & Knight
P. H. Kretzschmar
Brooklyn
Colorado
Charles Dennison
New Mexico
K. M. Longwell
Santa Fe
5. H. Chapman
New Haven
Mississippi Valley
W. C. Glasgow
St. Louis
Hotel Vendome
Sugar Trust profits and beet crop drive prices
A letter to the editor argues sugar trust profits, overvalued assets, and stock certificates sustain high refined sugar prices. It cites Willett & Hamlen forecasts, past frauds, and rising European beet yields. urges Congress to pass a duty to curb trust power and aid consumers. Boston June 17, 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Willett
New York
Europe
Congress
Boston
Yale Penn freshmen boat race ends with Penn win on Thames
New London Conn June 25 Pennsylvania wins the Yale University freshmen boat race by three quarters of a length on the Thames. Official times show Pennsylvania 10m 8 44s Yale 10m 11%s. A Yale crab hindered their charge after the third quarter mile as Penn pressed to the finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Yale
University of Pennsylvania
Thames River
Pennsylvania
Ryle
R. C. Watson
Boston
McDow Murder Trial Resume in Clarveston South Carolina
The McDow murder trial resumed with J C Lubs recounting that McDow bought apples and candles shortly after the shooting. Evidence includes blood in the closet, a light cane, and footprints as the state ties McDow to the killing and attempted burial of Dawson. Helene the French governess testified of daily meetings and McDow’s brief kissing, notes and a gold watch given to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarveston
S. C
McDow
J. C. Lubs
Labs
Mike Horgan
Dawson
J. H. Devereaux
Helene
Captain Dawson
Maine Historical Society Meeting Votes to Publish Proceedings
The Maine Historical Society in Brunswick elected new officers led by President James Baxter of Portland. A tribute committee was formed for Cyrus Woodman. New resident and corresponding members were named from Portland, Bangor, Saco, and other Maine towns, with notes on publications to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Maine Historical Society
Cleveland
Massachusetts Hall
James W. Bradbury
James Baxter
Portland
Rufus K. Sewall
Wiscasset
Lewis Pierce
Joseph Williamson
Belfast
Hubbard W. Bryant
William Bb. Lapham
Mr. Gould
Windham
Edward H. Elwell
H. L. Chapman
F. Emery
Waterville
Brown Thurston
John 5. Locke
Saco
Horace H. Burbank
John F. Hill
Augusta
John L. Crosby
Bangor
Albert J. Phelps
Damariscotta
Henry W. Wheeler
L. G. Philbrook
Castine
Henry A. Goodenow
Franklin M. Drew
Lewiston
Galen C. Moses
Bath
Frederick
President's Service Praised By Society Members
In a brief note members commend the able courteous and acceptable manner in which he has served for so long as president of the society praising his leadership and dedication to the group.
One Hundred Years Old Mrs Lydia Ferrin Celebrates
Mrs Lydia Ferrin widow of Samuel Ferrin turned 100 yesterday. The celebration occurred at her home at Ferrin and Jackson streets and at the First Baptist Church where she has been a member for 75 years. She received many presents including flowers and a reclining chair. Three of her four children attended. the fourth was in another state. She and her residence were photographed with a surrounding group. An old friend recalled her kiss “just like a young girl.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Ferrin
Samuel Ferrin
Ferrin
Jackson Streets
First Baptist Church
Errin
Dorchester Grocer Robbery Suspects Arrested in High Street Case
Thomas Powers and Thomas Maguire both 23 of South Boston were arrested yesterday on charges of garroting W B Mendum the Cottage Street Dorchester grocer last Saturday. Mendum identified Powers, and a knee land street pawnbroker named Benjamin linked Powers to a pawn of a watch tied to the theft. Maguire’s involvement appears less clear though seen near Cottage Street and previously noted by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Powers
Thomas Maguire
Boston
W. B. Mendum
Cottage Street
Dorchester
Mr. Mendum
Powers
Kneeland Street
Benjamin
Meacham
Maguire
SurMER Carriages Price Cut to Close Stock by July 1
S A Stewart & Co of Sudbury Street announce sweeping price reductions to clear remaining stock by July 1. They offer beach wagons, extension-top carryalls, victorias, depot wagons, Kensington and Democrat wagons, buckboards, surreys, dog-carts, village carts, and many good second-hand carriages. Elastic Starch is praised as superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Stewart & Co
Sudbury Street
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Leonard & CO
Bromfield Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Davenport
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Congressman Foran
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Gallatin
Atlantic
Henry Ji. Lawrence
San Francisco
Michael E. Smith
Denver
James E. Fitch
District of Columbia
Reform School
American Association
Climatological Association
the Sugar Trust
Quaker City
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Ryse
Hazlitt
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