Captain Berry Removed From South Boston Prison
Stormy Boston board meeting votes Captain Berry out as master of the house of correction by 5 to 4. Colonel John C. Whiton is named new superintendent. James R. Gerrish and Chandler Eastman receive senior posts. Berry petitions for hearing but is denied. supporters decry lack of due process and call for public inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors For
Public Institutions
Beacon Street
M. T. Donohue
Captain Berry
House of Correction
John C. Whiton
Deer Island
Berry
James R. Gerrish
Charlestown
Whiton
Chandler Eastman
Gerrish
South
Boston
Kerry
South Boston
M. V. B. Berry
City of
M. W. B. Berry
John G. B. Adams
Clement K. Fay
Ellen C. Johnson
Eustace C. Fitz
Eliza L. Homans
H. W. Chaplin
Gardiner ‘Sufts
Fred G. Pettigrove
E. F. Hamlin
William L. Peavey
Rufus R. Wade
John W. J. Barnes
Henry G. Cushing
John M. Fisk
Theodore Hurd
J. Henry Reed
Samuel O
J.C. Latto
Isaac I. Campbell
Beneharles H. Whiting
A. A. Reed
Ae . Wilson
James Nash
Oxnard Bros
P. F. Fitzgerald
H. G. Everett
M.D
John Harrison Jones
C. E. Pease
George W. Kingman
John Disney
Edwin H. Gill
Martin
Massachusetts
Directory Board
Beautiful Souvenir at Commercial Lodge Reading Night
The Knights of Pythias lodge presents a second reading by W H H Murray for widows and orphans, with a crayon engraving of him. The program includes Murray’s lecture Deacons, two additional readings, a violin performance by Carl Peirce and vocal numbers by Mme Hitch and Miss M Adele Crossette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
W. H. H. Murray
Funa
Berthany
Deacon Tubman
Parson Whitney
Carl Peirce
Mme. Hitch
M. Adele Crossette
Bufford's Sons Lithographic Company Suspends Payments
Bufford's Sons Lithographic Company suspended payments and called a stockholders meeting for March 18. President Bufford claimed assets would cover liabilities while workers struck for back wages, as recent losses and shifting designs pressured profits and forced restructuring since 1830 origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bufford
Dorchester
R. Hoe & Co
Franklin Savings Bank
Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Company
Secretary of the Commonwealth
J. Henry Bufford
Frank G. Bufford
William O. Grover
George H. Davis
B. W. Thayer
R. A
Louis P. Griffith
J. K. Wright & Co
A. M. Bufford
Charles §. Lincoln
Oliver Ditson & Co
A. Forbes Conant
Bufford’s Sons Lithographic Company
Massachusetts
F. G. Bufford
J. H. Bufford
J. H. Bufford the Elder
New York
Chicago
Business failures in past week across regions
United States 241, Canada 40. Thomas C. Cooper of Albany NY a wholesale flour dealer assigned yesterday to Fred S Worth his book keeper. Liabilities exceed 100000 with preferences totaling 6500. C K Cobb assignee of H A Gould & Co said creditors meeting may not be called. unclear if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Thomas C. Cooper
Albany
N. Y
Fred S. Worth
C. K. Cobb
H. A. Gould & Co
Lecture by E H Garrett on illustrating at Dartmouth street
An audience of students and artists gathered to hear Edmund H Garrett discuss advances in illustration over the past decade. He highlighted shifts from wood to photographic processes and varied media, urged accepting constructive criticism, and showcased drawings by Howard Pyle and Garrett himself before tea, biscuits, and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Drawing and Painting
Dartmouth Street
Edmund H. Garrett
Garrett
Howard Pyle
Golden Gate Special Passengers Laud Comfort On Fast Train
A Feb 26 1889 telegram from Omaha to J A Fillmore commends the Golden Gate Special for exceptional vestibule car service on the San Francisco to Omaha run. Passengers praise polite officers, attentive staff, and excellent meals, urging continued operation and Pullman facilities. Named signers include Lloyd Tevis H F Bartine P Mish J B Haggin Mrs Dr Dreker Simeon Wenban Mrs Ivers C Fenban Amy Bartine James Knowland B A Haggin E A Phillips and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Gate
Omaha
J. A. Fillmore
Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco
Southern
Union Pacific
Lloyd Tevis
H. F. Bartine
P. Mish
J. B. Haggin
Dr. Dreker
Simeon Wenban
Richard Ivers
Fenban
Eva J. Dean
Marie Naglee
M. Bacher
Wendell Easton
Amy B. Bartine
Thomas K. Addie
James Knowland
B. A. Haggin
David Hawes
E. A. Phillips
J. Liebes
Henry Mason
H. Gradle
Harry Gradle
C. A. Degerskorff
H. Wominall
Ailene Ivers
Boots and Shoes Advertised Across U S Cities
A long list of buyers and firms from Allentown to Zanesville showing agents and companies dealing in boots and shoes. Names include L Krause Lester & Co Lawrence Berry & Co MacLauchlan Henderson Hills Rosenthal Hapgood McElrath Bell Graff Kellogg Smith Nettleton Rogers Taylor Green Werner with locations in Kentucky Ohio New York Pennsylvania Maryland Florida Texas and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Penn
Uo. Aren Ky
McElrath
McElrath & Graham
McMinnville
Tenn
H. Ross
New York City
Thomas E Greacen
I H Fisher
N Fisher & Co
Nashville
O C Smith
Smith, Simmons & Peabody
Pelada
J S Rodgers
Dewey, Rodgers & Co
Toledo
H © Taylor
American Hand Sewed Shoe
Overhead Wires Debate Moves Transit Forward in Cambridge
Hearings before the legislative committee on street railways feature ex mayor Bussell General Hincks and William E Russell urging overhead electric lines for Cambridge transit. Witnesses cite safety records, high voltages up to 3000, claims of few injuries, and argue against underground conduit legislation as impractical and harmful to progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Committee
Elihu Thomson
Thomson-Houston Company
Thomson
Charles J. H. Woodbury
William D. MacQuesten
West End
Brookline
Brighton
Mr. Edison
Charles B. Worcester
Carlo Arzzani
Benjamin W. Porter
Ansonia Conn
John McTwiggin
William Gowen
Cambridge
Crescent
E. W. Burdett
Boston
William E. Russell
Cambridge Electric Light Company
Russell
Bennett
Cambridge Company
Represent
Cambridge Committee On Roads and Bridges
Harvard Square
Bowdoin Square
Aind Gambridge
Judge Baldwin
Allston
Seth J. Chomas
Western Union Telegraph Company
Philadelphia
Franklin Leonard Pope
Pope
Westinghouse Company
Switzerland
Massachusetts
West End Street Railway Company
Julien
New York City
Frank J. Sprague
Sprague
Abbott
Fourth Avenue
Richmond
Alleghany
Onatee
Bentley-Knight Company
Boylston Street
Hincks
Baldwin
Thomas
F. H. Monks
East Middlesex Stree Railway Company
Burdett
Eugene Griffin
Thomson- Houston Company
Doctoring in the Dark Warns Against Medical Ignorance
An article argues against medical incompetence and urges proper lighting and examination for diagnoses. It promotes Warner's Safe Cure for kidney disease, claiming it can halt illness progression and relieve associated lung decay symptoms. The piece cites cases linking kidney issues to broader organ problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Classical and school music books in demand for spring
A selection of cantatas and song collections from Oliver Ditson & Co. highlights Thayer Herbert and Elsa, Buck, Anderton, and Emerson titles, with grades and prices. The notice also announces a Middlesex insolvency case against Daniels & Critchett and a creditors meeting in Cambridge on March 28, 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Herbert and
Elsa
Perez
Anderton
Buck
Don Munro
Trowbridge
Heroes
Hodges
Rebecca
Andrews
Ruth
Boaz
Emerson
United Voices
Chilren
Oliver Ditson & Co
Boston
Middlesex
Jerome
Daniels
Somerville
Herbert L. Critchett
Suffolk
Daniels & Critchett
Cambridge
Saia
John R. Fairbairn
Messencer
American Steamship Haytian Republic at Public Auction
At public auction on Tuesday April 2 1889 at 11 in the forenoon the American steamship Haytian Republic will be offered at the National Dock and Warehouse Company Wharf East Boston. The 780 ton net 1089 ton gross ship built 1885 at Bath Maine by New England Ship Building Co with two boilers compound engines speed about 10 knots coal consumption 10 12 tons per 24 hours cargo capacity about 9000 barrels 26 first class passengers accommodations. Open for inspection until sale. Terms require 5000 at sale balance on delivery of bill of sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Dock and Warehouse Company
Boston
Bath
Maine
New England Ship Building Co
O K
Hackmatack
Yellow Pine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capt. Berry
THE
Directors For Public IN
E. H. Garrett
Ad. Frankfort
McClure
McClure & Bro
Knoxville
Wheeling
W Va
P J Green
J H Locke & Co
Zanesville, O
Bussell
Whitney
Henry M. Whitney
Franklin L. Pope
Reading
New Yorks
Commonwealth OF Massachoosetts
Commonwealth OF Massaomussetts
Court OF Insolerisay
Emery & Hughes
Geo J. Plerce
Milk Street
Massachus
George W. Thayer
William H. Preble
Court St
Granville A. Lombard
George W. Hodsdon
Commonwealth OF Massachly
Court OF Insolswwnae Ee
Josn Hoch
Chas. F. Light
Holbrook & Fox
No. 12
Post Office Sq
Haytian Republic
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Florida Oranges
Gate City
Venetian
Iowa
Snow & CO
North Market St
Falton St
Valencia
Venetian and Low
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Warren Avenue
Knights & CO
Washington St
Baster
Main St
County of
John Samson
S. R. Knights & Co
Washington Street
A. D
George W. Rawson
John G. Morrison
Cambridge Bridge
John J. Horgan
Said
West Cambridge Bridge
Elipalet S
Eliza M. Wetherbee
Lexington
Rawson
Morrison
Horgan
Wetherbee
Jabez A. Sawyer
John Stimson
Nantucket
Surf Side
Vincent
Coffin
Myrick
Pochick Avenue
Orangé¢ Street
Clay Street
Nantucket Railroad
Peter Macy
Nobadger
Elisha M. Hinckley
J. 8. Barney
A.I. Mowry
South Shore Road
Galen Orr
Orr
Macy
Pochick
Weneeder Pulpi
the Insurance Company
Mass
Henry Coffin
John H. Norton
Charles F. Coffin
Trustees
Moumbetgagle
Frank Sefrino
Frank Satrin
Edward J. Wildes
Antonio Francisco
Greenough Alley
Henry McDonald
Jland of Carey
Joseph Greenough
Frank Setrino
Frank Safrin
Wa. C. Williamson
Pemberton Square
Richards & CO
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