Terrifying Fire Tragedy At Springfield Union Building
Fire rips through a Springfield Union building trapping workers on upper floors. Hill and others rescue several, while many perish or are badly burned. Residents recount chaotic escape attempts as ladders break and smoke fills stairwells. total loss estimated around 50 000 with insured coverage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cally
Mr. Hill
Hill
Pill
Joseph Wittey
Mr. Wittey
Main Street
Foreman Goulding
Miss Thompson
Mr. Goulding
Springfeld Daily Union
Wittey
Worthington Street
F. Giddings
The
Union
Darcey
Taylor Street
Jie
W. A. Towne
Kinsman’s Block
Emerson Wight
R. H. Smith Rubber Stamp Company
R. H. Smith Company
C. W. Atwood
Baker & Co
Saddlery
Orient
Hartford
People’s of New York
Eliot of
Boston
Pacific of New York
British America of
Toronto
National of Hartford
Transatlantic of London
Fire Insurance Association of London
London
Lancashire
Edinburgh
Commercial Union of London
People’s of Pennsylvania
Westchester of
New_York
Citizens’ of
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Neptune
Debates on Navy Pay and Indian Treaty Ratifications
Senate and House actions include a naval pay bill for rear admirals acting as rear admirals, resolutions on arbitration treaties from Massachusetts, and broad Indian policy measures. Bills ratify cessions from Gros Ventres and Sioux tribes, create new reservations, allot lands, fund education and stock purchases, and grant railroad rights of way with default forfeiture deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chandler
Committee On Naval Affairs
Hoar
Massachusetts
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
House
Yeas
Hale
Treasury
Court of Claims
Paddock
Bill Extends Government Debt Payments for Union Pacific System
House committee reports favorably a bill to extend payment terms for U S government subsidies to Union Pacific and Central branch. It outlines present worth of unpaid debt, sinking fund credits, bond terms, interest and principal schedules, liens, and company obligations including mortgage pledges and possible penalties for noncompliance. The measure excludes Central Pacific and Western Pacific for a separate bill and mirrors reforms suggested by Wesant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Outhwaite
Ohio
Committee On Pacific Railroads
Union Pacific
House
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Central Branch
Union Pacific Railway Company
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Department of Justice
Treasury
Thurman
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Central and Western Pacific
Third Hearing On Common Speaking Law At Boston Council
A large crowd attended the third hearing on repealing the ordinance regulating public speaking on the Common. Rev H M Talbot urged permission for sermons and meetings, while Ex Alderman Haldeman recounted past efforts to clear peddlers and soldiers from the Common. Judge Emmons supported keeping limits, noting the mayoral and charter powers, as petitions spoke for various organizations and individuals. The session adjourned to next Wednesday at 7:50 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Boston Common
The
H. M. Talbot
St. Paul
Cyrus S. Haldeman
O’brien
Emmons
Faneuil Hall
A. J. Gordon
Edwin M. White
Anti-Poverty Society
Boston
Bostecek
Whitmore
Kean
William Kellaway
Kellaway
James Alder
Hoston
Tariff Reform Meeting Discusses Farm Interests and Wages
Concord March 7 Special A tariff reform meeting at Town Hall heard Hon Harvey N Shepard and Rev John G Brooks argue that protection raises costs for farmers and does not boost farm prices. Brooks diagrammed wage comparisons while asserting free trade would not flood the U S with pauper labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Harvey N. Shepard
John G. Brooks
Home Market Club
Frye
Europe
A. P. Chamberlin
Brooks
Germany
Black Forest
Vienna
America
India
United States
England
Russia
Canada
New Zealand
New South Wales
Victoria
Servia
Roumania
Spain
Republic
Edmunds
Boston
Liverpool
Egypt
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
New York
Congress
Bacon
The Funereal Month of March Observations on Consumption
An 1880s style notice promotes Warner's Log Cabin Cough and Consumption remedy as a cure for coughs and lung decay. It argues March signals consumption danger, cites a testimonial from J. W. Henson, and urges prompt use of the product to remove the disease’s cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson
Julius Cesar
Warner
J. W. Henson
Greensboro
Penn
The Boston Post Promotes Editorial Quality and Wide Coverage
The Boston Post outlines its rapid growth and status as a leading New England daily. It pledges fair frank and decent treatment of public questions while offering enhanced news reports money market coverage commercial records ship news and a weekly edition for a year at low cost with sample copies available nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
New England
United States
Associated Press
Sale of Warren Place property under Mansur mortgage
Julius Adams executes the sale of a Boston Roxbury area parcel on Warren Place by power of sale under Richard H. Hickey to Henry W. Mansur. The law-ordered auction covers the parcel with improvements, subject to two mortgages to the Institution for Savings and taxes. A $200 deposit is due at sale and the remainder when the deed is delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Hickey
Henry W. Mansur
Suffolk
Mansur
Warren Place
Boston
Roxbury
William A. Garbett
Elisha M. Davis
Daniel A. Cook
Sedelia
Wetherbee
Institution For
Sal Bank
Julius Adams
Appraisals Free at Auction Sales by Boston Stock Exchange
Telephone No 33 lists members of the Boston Stock Exchange with free appraisals. Auctions occur every Wednesday and Saturday at 11 50 A M. On March 10 1888 items include 2 shares First National Bank Danvers 6 percent notes from various banks and mills, railroad bonds, and several large lots in New England and Chicago markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natl. Bank
Danvers
McKay & Big
Fourth
Old
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Boston
Auction Sale List from Francis Henshaw & Co 1888
Auctioneers list extensive holdings including banks mills rail stocks and bonds from Boston brokers with items such as Tremont Nat Bank Old Boston Nat Bank Lowell Machine Shop Arkansas Valley Town Lot Co and various railroad and mortgage securities. Public sales set for Wednesday Saturday and a forthcoming date March 10 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diwitle Imir
Hoston Natl
New
First Nat’l Bank
Hyannis
Washington Nat'l Bank
Everett Mills
Lowell Machine Shop
Boott Cotton Mills
Lancaster Mills
Bates Mfg. Co
Boston Atheneum
Locomotive Mfg. Co
Taunton
Boston
Concord
Montreal
R. R. Co
West End St. Ry. Co
Arkansas Valley Town Lot Co
Washington Mills
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston Post
Anubead
Union Paeine
Sai
Attorney-General
Tarsney
Michigan
Committee On Commerce
Wallis Sands
N. H
Plum Island
Mass
Montana
Grosventre
Piegan, Blood
Black Feet
River Crow
Secretary of the Interior
Fort Peck
Fort Belknap
Great Sioux
Dakota Central Railroad Company
Great Reservation
Dakota
Pine Ridge
Rosebud
Standing Rock
Cheyenne River
Lower Brule
Crow Creek
Nebraska
Old Ponea Reservation
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and
American Island
Farm Island
Niobrara Island
Chamberlain
Pierre
Niobrara
Winnebago
Pacific Railroad
Haldeman
Abie
Pacific Railways
Ee West
Ecade
Shepard
Jerome
MacDonald
Washington St
R. L. Day & Company
Brokers & Appraiser Ve
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Moon 3
Boston Stock
Franklin Co
Nat'l Bank of Greenfield
Do Bangor Gg So Co
Hillsborough Co
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
First Proor
Froom I
Boston Stock Exchange
Tremont Nat'l Bk. We
Ald Mn
Lyman Wis
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Amoskeay Mtg Co
Muscatine Mortgage and Trust Co
Brookline
Little Rock
Ft. Smith R. R
Iowa Falls
Sioux City
Cincinnati
Sandusky
Cleveland
R. R
Kansas City
Ft. Scott & Gulf R. R
Lyman Mills
Ham
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Foratio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Richards
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerwing, Hoguet & CO
White St
BEY Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Medical
Blangard’s
Academy Or Medicine of
Paris
Blancard
Rue Bonaparte
E. Fougera & Co
N. Y
U.S
Gorham
Rogers & CO
Federal Street
Alwani Benson
Chighester
Jenny Royal
ASK
Chichester
Madison Sq.philaf
Ghibhesten En
Viks
Tevlimunials
GEO. C. Goodwin & Co., Sel
Siamond
Ichester
Rene Mail
Ezanover S
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!