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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1886

Page

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Boston Dost Circulation Soars in Six Weeks

Boston Dost reports its circulation has more than doubled in the last six weeks, noting strong reader demand and growing popularity of the independent local paper.

The POST

Pugh Replies to Edmunds Highlights Mootness of Question

The reply by Senator Pugh to Senator Edmunds underscored the moot nature of the issue and exposed Edmunds’ partial truth. Pugh argued the Senate wastefully pursues party capital while Edmunds delayed full disclosure. The piece notes the President’s stance of no surrender and predicts growing public sympathy if the fight endures.

Senator Pugh Edmunds Vermort Vermont Judge Thurman Pugh Senate

Southern literary stride gains fresh credibility in debate

The Atlanta Constitution defends Southern literature against Walter Page and argues the South has produced national reputations in fiction drama poetry and science. It notes figures like Harris Cable Murfree Lanier Hayne Le Conte and others, praising renewed vigor and the region's growing contribution to American letters. North Carolina is singled out for timely recognition.

The Atlanta Constitution Walter A. Page North Carolina Post South Poe Joel Chandler Harris George W. Cable Miss Murfree Richard M. Johnson Augusta Evans Wilson Bartley Campbell Guy Carleton Mark Terrain Mary Anderson Valentine Paul Hayne Joseph le Conte Sidney Lanier Ireland Wage

Hearing on bond sale opens with protest over petitioners' rights

The initial proceedings at the State House reveal Republicans aiming to bar indemnification petitioners from hearing. The committee on claims may affect evidence and must grant a full fair hearing, or risk violating public trust and betraying their duty. Witnesses appeared with private counsel.

New York New England State House Committee On Claims

Parade of seamen shows empty merchant marine plight

The piece argues that a pro free trade parade by American seamen is unlikely due to the nation’s lack of sailors. It notes a diverse foreign presence aboard ships and warns Congress must act to revive the U S merchant marine, suggesting bounties to recruit American seamen.

Congress

Evarts Criticized for Refusing to Represent New York

The New York Commercial Advertiser denounces Mr Evarts for lacking a clear stance on a crucial issue, arguing the state must know his position. It says indifference is worse than opposition and calls for a decisive attitude or protective actions by voters.

New York Mugwumpian Evarts Boston Oregon Gallia Bothnia Scythiapril Liverpool P. H. DU Vernet State St Loston

Liquor Club Bill Aims to Curb Wholesale Sale to Members

The liquor laws committee plans to report Senator Phillips's bill which treats club liquor rooms as common nuisances with fines or imprisonment. It allows towns voting for licenses to grant clubs a special license for member sales upon a $2 fee.

Liquor Laws Committee Phillips

Travel plans shock city as Adonis Dixey to depart

The metropolis reacts to Adonis Dixey announcing travel around the Fourth of July. Yet Mr. Skating-Rink Goodwin will take charge and promises a show likely to rival Dixey with a chorus of scantily dressed women.

Adonis Dixey Goodwin Adonis

Sagacity and satire pass in a bustling urban column

A mixed bag of humorous notices and stray curiosities spans culture, politics, and daily life. It mentions Edmunds discovering a precedent and a President, Oscar Wilde’s non lecture visit condition, chaff about tax collectors and municipal schemes, and light quips from Chicago and Boston papers.

Mr. Edmunds

Notable Figures and Events Blink Across World News

A sprawling Boston pageant of names and deeds spans politics, philanthropy, arts, and science. Figures include Judge Percival Barney, Justin McCarthy, Susan B. Anthony, Breckinridge, Robinson, O'Brien, King Humbert, Samuel J. Tilden, Captain Healey, and many others. The items touch a Glasgow meeting, suffrage, consignments of wine, rich collectors, education milestones, bankruptcies, and cultural transfers.

Mystery robbery puzzles Fort Worth family and town

A 12 year old reports a house robbery where 25 dollars in a china vase vanished. Police find no forced entry or visitors. The lad explains his family suspects everyone, while he muses on who will come out on top in the case.

Dad Chicago Marm Detroit Free Press

Archbishop Williams Marks Twentieth Anniversary of Consecration

The report notes the twentieth anniversary of Most Rev John J Williams's consecration as bishop of Boston. Born 1822, he was ordained at 23, later serving as rector of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and vicar general. He became bishop of Boston in 1866 and was archbishop in 1875, with a grand pallium ceremony. A solemn high mass at Holy Cross Cathedral honored the milestone with a large congregation.

John J. Williams Boston Williams Eld Cardinal McCloskey New England Cathedral of the Holy Cross O'Toole L. Pr. Boland L. M. Corcoran

Silvan Lodge Concert and Ball Honors Sixty Third Anniversary

Silvan lodge No. 2 1 C O F held a concert and ball at Odd Fellows Hall last evening for its sixty third anniversary. About 150 couples attended. Performers included the Boston quartet George Barker G L Lansing AH W Harris H W Potter Achille Quariette Edith K E Andrews Kiama Hl Bailey Lillian N Frizsell Minnie J Rugley K H Frye and humorist. The reception committee consisted of W G Whitney W L Cattins W B Goodwin A W Walkup J J W F Wilson F M Baldwin J M Brown Herman Dose and CU F Frovgell.

K. H. Frye W. G. Whitney W. L. Cattins W. B. Goodwin A. W. Walkup J. J. W. F. Wilson F. M. Baldwin J. M. Brown Herman Dose F. Frovgell

Plague of Platonic Attachments Ends in Fall from Grace

The article recounts the rise and fall of Pastor Downs once linked to the Tabor divorce case. A former Central Park Baptist Church member, Downs married Charles S. Glover’s daughter and used family ties to build a flourishing Bazaar business. Mortgage debts and betrayal followed, leading to disappearance for two years and a return to ministry in New Jersey before fading from the city. Glover, once wealthy, declined and never forgave his son-in-law.

New York Journal Downs Tabor Boston Lst Central Park Baptist Church East Eighty-third Street Southwest New York Young Downs H. B. Claflin & Co Custom House Department Wallie Glover Wallace Charles S. Glover East Eighty-fourth Street Miss Glover Charles C. Norton Thomas Vandyke H. B. Cisflin & Co Customs Department Thepv Downs Third Avenue Eighty-third Street Vincent D. Bogart George O. Brown Avenue A Eighy-seventh Street Board of Trustees Fiftyifth Street Baptist Church Florida Fifty-fifth Street Church Orange N.J Judson Mt. Vernon Westchester County

Syndicate Tactics and Postal Office Foes

In Boston, Hon H D Hadioceck of Portland and the Downs Syndicate defend their stance amid reporters as they deny circus ties. A Post reader asks who runs the post office, blasting the railway mail bureau chief as extravagant and detached from accountability.

H.d.hadioceck Portland Downs Syndicate Post Norton Downs Parker House Messrs Octley and Keyes Muci¢é Hall Parson Downs Bowdoin Squire Gaplist Tim Dillenback Snd Herodotus Boston Post Office Department Railway Mail Bureau Washington Mauils Citzen Imperio Postoffice Department Xenophaon March Il

Will validity case of John Nickerson revisits probate

A hearing before Judge Harriman in Barnstable addresses reopening the Nickerson will dispute after the Supreme Court affirmed the probate decree. Relatives claim the will was signed under influence and that Nickerson was wealthier than shown. The decision may go to the Supreme Court.

John Nickerson Provincetown Harriman Barnstable Superior Civil Court Boston Nickerson Seth Nickerson Supreme Court Probate Court of R. M. Morse, Jr Marcus P. Norton H. D. Haddock Portland Morse N. F. Griffin Probate Court Mesers. Norton Hadlock

Boston Theatres Spotlight As The Mikado Ends And New Bills Open

Entertainment notes detail Mr H A M Glenen benefit at the Boston Theatre next Monday and the McCaull company presenting The Black Hussar for the first time in the city. Seats are in high demand with many sold out though Connelly at Adams House still has balcony seats.

Henry Irving Mgr Benjamin Johnson Mallen The New England Grocer United States Jacksonville Fla New Orleans San Francisco Phelps Windsor Castle John van Buren Prince John New York Frank Oak .Grove Seminary Maine Frank Modoc H. A. M’glenen Boston Millocker Black Hussar McCaull Opera Company Connelly Adams House Camille Rijou Lydia Thompson Oxygen Koston Margaret Mather Leah Museum Dion Boucicault Howard Louis Aldach Partner Music Hall Lili Lehmann Fred Rommel Ovide Musin Econcert Windsor Hollis Street Globe Joseph Murphy Kerry Gow Shaun Anne Park Tasky Lest Bijou Princess Toto the Black Hussar Winsor Colleen Bawn

Death of Mrs Anagnos Daughter of Howe and Ward Howe

Mrs Julia Romana Anagnos wife of Michael Anagnos and eldest daughter of the late Dr Samuel G and Julia Ward Howe died yesterday morning. Born in Rome in 1844 she came to Boston and aided her father in the Perkins Institute for the Blind in South Boston. She married her father's assistant, Mr Anagnos, around 1871.

Julia Romana Anagnos Michael Anagnos Samuel G Julia Ward Howe Rome Boston Perkins Institute For the Blind Wee Misa Howe Miss Rowe Anag

Mrs. Anagnos and Her Intellectual Labor Highlighted

The text notes the 1877 appointment of Mrs. Anagnos as superintendent following Dr. Howe’s death. It praises her lifelong literary work including Stray Chords (1883) with poems on Goethe and others, her opera libretto Glenera, the Metaphysical Club she founded, and mentions her death from inflammatory rheumatism leading to typhoid fever.

Goethe Jeanne d’Arc Marie Antoinette Ole Bull Glenera Strachhauer Anagnos Metaphysical Club

Brockton Loses Moriarty Pitcher Saddens City

A Plymouth county wail in the South Abington Times mourns Moriarty the Brockton pitcher lost to the South. The piece recounts civic grief from Brockton and nearby towns as the celebrated hurler heads south, with a humorous nod to Savannah and a tone of dramatic lament.

Plymouth County South Brockton Moriarty Savannah Hanson Helifax Pembroke Schuite Kingston Bridgewater Hingham Hull Abington Rockland Plymouth Locust Moura Standisiana Hobart Grandon Brainard Danber Andrew Plunket Fair City Stockton Central Station North Heaston Stoughton Handelph Randolph North Easton Stoughton Ranaolph Middleboro Duxbury Seabury South Abington Cohasset and Hingham Cohasset Brainstree Ams Quincy Harrison Square West Quincy Miltom Neponset Cottage City Woods Hall Nantucket Cape Cod D Vision Provincetown Yarmouth Hyannis Sandwich Bourne Nzct Rey Myannis Eods Hell Falmouth Monument Beach

Sewer Work Underway at Glover's Corner Junction

The sewer department reports the current job at Glover's Corner is the long awaited line lay. Construction starts at the East and Commercial streets junction and proceeds amid typical urban disruption.

Glover's Corner

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