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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1878

Page

3

Young Men's Christian Association Convention Opens in Boston

Delegates from the Eastern Massachusetts YMCA gathered for the thirty seventh Quarterly Convention in Boston yesterday. The session began at 10 with devotional exercises led by Benjamin Savory of Marblehead, followed by the convention call to order at 10 30. George A. Miner was elected President and A C Russell Vice President.

Young Men’s Christian Association of Eastern Massachusetts Boston Association Benjamin Savory Marblehead Association H. A. Staples George A. Miner A. C. Russell Natick Association Rockport Marblehead Somerville Nahant Lynn Charlestown Lowell Reading Bostion Newton Beverly Newton Centre Salem Wellesley Swampscott Chelsea Montreal Canada Concord N. H Russell Sturgis, Jr I. Bastow New York A.C. Jiuesell Thwing H. A. Payear Howard L. Porter Lynn Young Men’s Christian Association H. J. McCoy Lowell Association Newton Centre Association Tabernacle J. K. Porter Cornhill Porter St. Louis George W. Stokes Washington John H. Whicher Boston Abbott Loring C. T. Wood A. Loring William M. Carney A. Burney Leyi Abbott George A. Keene

African discovery lecture by Rev Dr Pinney in Boston

Rev Dr J B Pinney ex governor of Liberia and future president of Liberia College spoke at the Congregational building recounting African exploration. He showed a large map and discussed Monrovia, Abyssinia, Mungo Park, Livingstone, Stanley, and Lake Tanganyika with remarks on colonial education and river outlets.

J. B. Pinney Liberia Livingstone Stanley Boston Liberia College Friends of Colonization Congregational St. Paul's Pinney Cape Mensurado St. Paul’s Abyssinia James Bruce Scotland Africa Egypt Mungo Park Gambia Senegal Lake Tehad Moffitt Ethiopia Nyaesi Tanganyika Nyanza Nile Congo Congo River Lake Tanganyika

Annual Meeting of New England Woman's Foreign Missionary Society

The New England Branch met at Bromfield Street M E Church vestry for its annual session led by C P Taplin. Officers were elected, delegates named for Boston May meeting, and a large attendance heard talks by E J Humphrey and Clara A Swain on India missions, with 769 members in New Hampshire Conference and other reports.

New England Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society Bromfield Street M. E C. P. Taplin Groton Treasury Maine Vermont W.C. Warren Cambridgeport L. H. Daggett Charlestown E. J. Humphrey India Clara A.swain Swain J. G. Judkins

Unsuccessful break in on Leverett Street store thwarted

A burglary attempt targeted Moore Brothers at 147 Leverett street but only damaged a window on the Barton street side. Annie Duffee was arrested for February theft from Catharine Cannon at 60 Nashua street. Lews Tristall, Benjamin Bunting, Edward Murphy and others face assorted larceny charges as police report multiple cases. A lap robe was stolen from a carriage at 46 Monument square Charlestown.

Moore Brothers Leverett Street Barton Street Annie Duffee Foster Station Three Catharine Cannon Nashua Street Lews Tristall C. H. Grant Dennis Connors Book Benjamin Bunting United States Mint Blake Station One Edward Murphy Weeks & Co Fitchburg James Tobin James H. Hanlon Stillman Street Jellison C. P. Greeley Pemberton Square Monument Square Charlestown

Business Trombica and Shoe Makers Warn of Liabilities

Reported liabilities include Rufus Gibbs & Co. at about 40 600, H C Dean Cochimate at about 16 000 with much owed to Boston, Peletiah R Tripp leather at 9 000 with assets around 2 700, W H Thompson assets 6 000 liabilities 25 000, and Franklin Walter et al coal dealers 157 563 with 53 269 actual and 104 303 contingent assets. W J Dallas & Sons Evansville wholesale boots and shoes show 44 000 liabilities and 55 000 assets.

Boston Philadelphia W. J. Dallas & Sons Evansville Ind Massachusetts

Champagne and Oysters at Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre remains crowded with Champagne and Oysters as its entertaining vaudeville acts close. Boston venues feature Edwin Booth in Merchant of Venice and Katharine and Petruchio at the Boston Theatre with Hartley’s troupe, and Moody and Sankey at The Tabernacle.

Globe Theatre Boston Theatre Edwin Booth Katharine and Petruchio Boston Museum Lawrence Barrett Tabitha Tabernacle Moody and Sankey Boston Bulwer Mr Barrett Richelieu Miss Clarke Mr Warren Katharine Petruchio Plymouth Old Colony Road John Howard Payne Brutus Tarquin Mr Booth Richard II Thomas Combination Thomas Mathilde Wilde Mme. Schiller Tagliapietra New York Wilde Howard Tooley Miss Hall Miss Hughes Banker Mills Crossley Elder Richmond Keating Sands Rignold Ada Dyas Lady Clancarty Shylock Hamlet Richard Fit

Boston Harbor improvement docks should be designed for safety and efficiency

The Harbor Commissioners report prompts a call for docks and piers sized for future ships, with wide basins and ample space. The writer urges permanent, secure, cost effective plans, recommending expert input and time and money spent on robust design to rival world standards.

Boston Post Harbor Commissioners Boston Cunard Company South Boston

Wakefield arson trial continues in Cambridge court

William W. Bessey faces accessory to arson charges in Wakefield. Witness Edwin Russell testified of meetings and prior partnership with Bessey. Edward Reeves said Bessey warned of the fire and hired a man. defense rebutted. Police and city actions follow with council notes on police appointments, liquor license enforcement, and school and sewer matters. A church dispute at the African Methodist Church at Portland Street ends with debt settlement and possession restored to the original society. Probate notices and a Mount Auburn Street burglary report complete the day’s items.

Tabernacle Mr Moody Moody God Christ Jesus Christ Clarendon Street Berkeley Street Tabernacle Three Gospel Temperance Saukey Cambridge S.nz William W. Bessey Wakefield Pitman East Cambridge Edwin Russell Bessey Boston Russell Lasselle Edward D. Reeves Boston Highlands Robert Ingalls Edward Russell John N. Stumpson Edwin Morse Joshua E. Fabyan Dennis Brennan Russells Rnesell City Council Board of Aldermen Common Council Patrick Murphy C. W. Inzalls M. F. Cavenaugh Edward Scanlan Thomas Corcoran Henry Ostheus Mount Vernon Committee On Assessors Third Universalist Society Irachurch Allen Street Mellen Street Committee On Public Instruction Douglas James Davis Davis New Union Church Brooks Samuel Cole Stoneham Joseph Hoyt Mary A. Franklin Somerville Charles Vaughn Ziba Abbott Lowell Amherst A. Frazar Lexington Joshua Cratty Holliston Stephen Weeks Newton George H. Bartlett David H. Wood Arthur K. Hawkins Arlington Calvin Hastings Marlboro Ellen Lennon Martin Lennon Sarah Fay Elias Yemple Framingham Edwin Fuller Woburn Thomas Tonex Hopkinton Richard Long Syphoid Maxter John L. Hayes Mt. Auburn Street Elmwood Avenue

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