Pension Bill Passed for Suffering Ex-Soldiers in Senate Debate
The House appropriated ten thousand dollars for Swords of General Shields while both houses work. A Senate petition against Utah statehood is noted. A joint centennial celebration plan is set, and debate on the dependent pension bill continues with votes on amendments. The bill to aid ex soldiers passes 44 to 16, detailing pensions for parents with no other support and setting start dates.
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Washrnaton
Senate
Utah
United States
Manderson
West
Missouri
Commissioner of Pensions
Mr. West
Hoar
Massachusetts
Hawley
Grand Army of the Republic
Slocum
General Grant
Capitol
Mr. Wilson
Yeas
Yiras
Allison
Bowen
Chace
Cullom
Dawes
Dolph
Hiseck
Ingalls
Mitchell
J’aimer
Platt
Nelier
Wilson
Iowa
aAldrich
Jiate
Berry
Blackburn
Hiair
Bladkett
Brown
Luter
Call
Cameron
Chandler
Cockreil
Coke
Colquitt
Daniel
Davis
Eustis
Farwell
George
Gibson
Gorman
Grey
Hampton
Harris
Jrawley
Hearst
Jones
Arkansas
Mesherson
Morrill
Paddock
Pasee
Ransom
Reagan
Saulsbury
Sawyer
Spooner
Stewart
Stockenridge
Vurpie
Vance
Walthall
Maryland
Teiler
Blair
Mr. Davis
Roger Sherman
Beck
Congress
Pensions Committee
Legislative Committee
The
Wesler
Mr. Plumb
Yvas
Aldrich
Blodgett
Culloi
Faulkner
Frye
Gorqan
Hale
Hiscock
Kenna
McPherson
Palmer
Wayne
Pugh
Riddleberger
Sherman
Stockbridge
Teller
Turpie
Voorhees
Bate
Jerry
Cockrell
Pasco
Sainsbury
Patis
Evarts
Morgan
Edmunds
Sabin
Nevada
Plumb
Pension Bill Expands Invalid Pensions and Widows’ Benefits
A bill outlines eligibility for invalid pensions at 12 dollars monthly, effective from filing if disability exists, with provisions for those already receiving pensions to transition. It covers widows, dependent children, and dependent parents after death, raises minor child pension to 5 dollars, and preserves existing pensions while allowing concurrent claims under other laws. It also references applying the eight hour law to letter carriers and schedules further actions in pensions and executive papers.
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Secretary of the Interior
United States
Pension Office
Commissioner of Pensions
Blair
Cockrell
Committee On Education and Labor
Allison
Sawyer
Senate
Swords for Shields Widows Bequest Passes in House
In Washington March 8, Tillman sought unanimous consent to consider a bill funding 10000 dollars for swords of General James Shields owned by his widow. Mansur lauded Shields’ battlefield valor while Baker recalled his diverse career. One sword was a gift from Illinois, the other from South Carolina, to be kept as national historic mementos in the Capitol. The bill passed, with remarks on interlaced state patriotism.
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Wasurxeron
Tillman
South Carolina
James Shields
Mansur
Cerro Gordo
Chapultepec
Illinois
Shields
Oates
Alabama
Committee On the Judiciary
House
Rayner
Maryland
Committee On Commerce
Blount
Georgia
Committee On
Hatch
Missouri
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
White Earth
Red Lake
Minnesota
Thoreau
Hancock
John Hancock
Canton Avenue
Bongnans 6 Pond
Milton
Milton Hill
Anthony Gulliver
Teele
Lemuel Gulliver
James M. Robbins
Algerine Corner
Ireland
de Lothrop
Joseph Angier
Chandler Robbins
Mr. Coolidge
John Weiss
Thomas Hutchinson
Edmund J. Baker
Shade of
Kitchmakin
Peter Thacher
Thacher
Jonathan Swift
Dr. Watts
Belcher
Foye
Great Whitefield
Nathaniel Robbins
Zion’s Hill
Boston
James I. T. Coolidge
George G. Channing
Francis Cunningham
8. K. Milton
Bradlee
Atherton
Billings
Hammatt Billings
Daniel Webster
Doty
Canton
Robbins
McKean
Gile
Huntoon Angier
Morison
Harvard College
J. M. Robbins
Columbian
A. D. Robbins
Captain Forbes
John M. Forbes
New England
Horse Thief Society
Ebenezer Tucker
Seople
Harvard
Yale
Amherst
Brown
Dartmouth
Williams
Benjamin Crehore
Temperance Women Convene in Suffolk County
The twelfth annual temperance convention of Suffolk county unions met at Second Congregational Church with 1050 members across 17 unions. Officers elected include Secretary Mrs H G Rice and Treasurer Mrs E Daniel, with plans for Miss Willard to lecture on Woman's Ballot as a Temperance Measure and remarks by Mrs Emily L McLaughlin on the Coming Crisis in Massachusetts.
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Temperance
Suffolk County
Second Congregational Church
Boston
Tobey
Tremont Temple
Ellen French
M. J. Means
Dorchester
K. 8. Cone
J. I. Gibson
Jamaica Plain
Harvey
Egleston Square
A. W. Deering
Field’s Corner
Howe
Emma Howe
The Marriage Laws Letter to the Editor
Lonia J Robinson denies misquoting her talk before the Women s Educational Union. She notes Blackstone cited for old English law and clarifies ages for marriage in Massachusetts, curtesy and dower changes, and a pending bill in probate and insolvency committee. March 8 1588 Boston.
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Women’s Educational Union
Blackstone
Massachusetts
Lonia J. Robinson
Pemberton Square
Boston
Against Berlin Beer The Senate Votes One Per Cent
The Springfield fire disaster prompts calls for safeguards. the Senate adopts a substitute bill deeming any liquid with 1 per cent alcohol as intoxicating. House debates the Cambridge water supply bill. other measures move through committees and to readings as legislators consider wages, licenses, and public works.
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Senate
Howe
Committee On Labor
Middle District
Hartwell
Berkshire Life Insurance Company
Crosby
Stockbridge
Gleason
Plymouth
Messrs
Manning
Haynes
Rogers
House
Boston
Berlin
Sullivan
Committee On
Liquor Law
Kimball
Dwyer
Hurley
Committee On Liquor Committee
Senator Pike
Worcester
Howland
Sleeper
Senator Kimball
Yeas
Clark
Berkshire
Fletcher
Glines
Hathorne
Keith
Cape
Kingsley
Ladd
Marble
Messinger
Palmer
Pike
Sprague
Stevens
Towne
Walker
Wheelock
Essex
Hathorne, Shea
McAlpine
Lawrence
Andover
Orestes W. Pratt
George E. Worthen
Charles Wilson
Charles F. Richardson
Martin H. Leighton
Frank E. Cleaveland
Committee On Public Health
Board of Health
Jeffries Club of
Newburyport & Amesbury Horse Railroad Company
Brookline
Boston Real Estate Association of Boston
United States
Charles A. DeCourcy
State Senate
Cambridge
Springfield
House votes on safeguards and town division petitions
The House suspended rules to admit Mr Barrett of Melrose to push greater fire safety for building occupants. The towns committee reported inexpedient to require that no town be divided without a petition to the Legislature by a majority of legal voters and to general legislation on town divisions.
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Barrett
Melrose
Committees Set Schedule for Reports Next Week
At a meeting in President Boardman’s room chairmen of standing and special committees announced report timelines. Each panel aims to complete work by specified dates with several groups due next Wednesday and others in two to three weeks. Clerk Clapp called this one of the best records in years.
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Boardman
Senate
State House
Clapp
Milton History Tribute Highlights Town’s Beauty and Pioneers
A review of Rev. A Keeles History of Milton praises its typography and detail. It traces Milton’s origins from Neponsets to Dorchester separation, names early landowners, notes settlers' resistance, and details Milton Hill’s notable figures and taverns. The piece lauds landscape, institutions, and notable families shaping Milton’s legacy.
Tenth annual report shows reduced net cost at reformatory for women
The report to the Legislature records a net cost drop of 481,948 with expenditures 55,756 18 and receipts 12,06131 leaving 43,69487. Prison population averaged 219, down from 245, with 193 commitments, mostly for drunkenness and public order offenses. Many were illiterate or under 21, many born abroad, and 76 born outside the U.S. The practice of placing prisoners with families prior to release continues with excellent results.
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Reformatory Prison For Women
Long Service Remembered at Boston Protective Dept
James Swords, president of the Boston Protective Department, was invited to reconsider declining a reflection. Superintendent Abbott and department leaders pledged esteem after presenting a two karat diamond stud as a token of appreciation for nine years of service, seven as president. The annual meeting is March 29.
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James Swords
Boston Protective Department
Exchange Place
Abbott
Protective 1
Hamilton Street
Swords
Mr. Swords
Boots and Shoes at G W Simmons Quality and Price
In early spring, shoppers seek value and quality. G W Simmons & Co at 582 North Street offers boots and shoes noted for high quality and low price, suggesting new customers should try a pair to compare.
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G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
The History of Milton Mass 1640 1887 reviewed
A 1888 Boston history of Milton by A K Teele is praised for its sympathetic natural history, detailed tree and plant notes, and strong woodcut illustrations. It highlights Paddock elms and Rev Peter Thacher journal as valuable components, with sales details from Clarke & Caruth.
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How
Pierce
Reed
Ruggles
Sumner
Tucker
Vose
Wadsworth
Nature
Milton
Peter Thacher
Sewall
Mass
A. K. Teele
Press of Rockwell & Churchill
Boston
Morocco
Clarke & Carruth
Shares and scrip notes from multiple rail and financial entities
A compact listing shows Bwlliance shares in Lyman Mills and scrips for Boston and Albany RR 7s dated 1492, Little Rock and Ft. Smith Ry 7s 1909, New Mexico and South Pacific RR 7s 1909, Atlantic Mutual Ins scrip 1900s, Sonora Ry 78 1910, New England Mortgage Securities 5s 1902, and Old Boston National Bank. The items reflect historic securities and railroad stock notes with varied dates and denominations.
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Kates Tremont
Nat'l Bk
Dwight Mfg. Co
Old Boston
Nat'l Bank Bank
New
Hyannis
Washington
Nat’l Bank
Everett Mills
Lowell
Lancaster Mills
Bates Mfg. Co
Boston Atheneu
Locomotive Mig. Co
Taunton
Boston
West End St. Ry. Co
Arkansas Valley Town Lot Co
Washington Mills
Lyman Mills
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Amoskeag Mig Co
Muscatine Mortgage and Trust Co
Brookline
Little Rock & Ft. Smith R. R
Cincinnati
Sandusky
Lowa Falls
Sioux City
Cleveland
Cleveland R. BR
Scrip
Kansas City
Boston & Albany RR
Little Rock & Ft. Smith Ry
New Mexico & So. Pacific RR
Atlantic Mutual Ins
Sonora Ry
New England
Mtg
Old Boston Nati. Bk
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Grand Army
General Shields
James F. Emerson
Joint Judiciary
Labor Committee
J. A. Bartol
Judiciary Committee
Keane
Holyoke
E. J. Donovan
Committee On Banks and Banking
Joseph S. Bradley
Joseph Jacobs, Jr
Committee On Election Laws
Commonwealth
Committee On Cities
Common Council
City of
Board of Aldermen
St. Francis de Sales Young Men’s Catholic
Committee On Public Service
Franklin Gray
Henry A. Thayer
Bristol
House of Correction
New Bedford
Worcester County
Fitchburg
Monson Water Company
Insurance Commissioner
Drake
Middlesex
Roads
Marblehead
Bailey
Nourse
Lancaster
A. Keele
Blue Hills
Boston Bay
J. Hammond Trumbull
Massa
Trumbull
Houghton’s Pond
Standish
Israel Stoughton
Badcock
Bourne
R. Collicot
W. Daniels
N. Ellen
J. Glover
J. Holman
W. Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson
I. Lewis
A. Newton
A. Pitcher
W. Salsbury
L. St
John Glover
Glover
England
William Stoughton
Dorchester Burying Ground Roads
General Court
Neponset
Braintree
Irumbull
Dorsetshire
John Milton
Milltown
Houghton's Pond
Hyde Park
Quincy
Teese
John Ruskin
Houghton’s
KE. G. Chamberlain
Maine
Florida
Chickataubut
Blue Hill
Shays
William Rimmer
Wendell Phillips
Mary Wyat
Adams
Blake
Crehore
Davenport
Forbes
Houghton
the Women’s Reformatory
Mr. Jaimes Swords
Holbrook & Fox
Post Office Square
Huntington Avenue, St. Botolph and
Follen Streets
Huntington Avenue
R. L. Day & Company
Brokers
No. Si
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Root
Gaston Stock Exchange
Natl
Ee Panvers
Franklin Co
Bank of
Greenfield
Boston & Bangor 5 Steamship Co
Hillsborough Co
N. H
Hares McKay & Big
Bank
Eagle Bank
Manchester & Lawrence
Detroit
Lans
Cheshire
Hamilton Mfg. Co
Hamilton Woollen Co
Citizens
Newport
West End St. Ry
Boston & Prov
American Ins. Co
Mercantile Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Pueblo & Arkansas Val
Middlesex Horse
So. Ry. Co
Chicago
Burl. & Quincy
Bank of Republic
Prescott
Appleton
Old Colony
Springfield & Cinn
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Bwlliance
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
New York
Richards & CO
Shloks
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Bwoguknr & CO
White Lst
Townsend & Rbontant
Leonard Street
Insurance
American Insurance Co
Ofice
George Croshaw & CO
London
Francis Peabody
J. W. Field
Henry S. Bean
Asat
Secv
New Register
A. Q Wendell
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