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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1889

Page

5

China Mission Favors Hoar over Grant in President's Choice

Washington reports the President leans toward Senator Hoar of Massachusetts for the China ministry, with many favoring his diplomatic calm and Mongolian policy stance. Senate colleagues, including most Massachusetts delegation, reportedly back Hoar, while Depew and others circle potential vacancies and torpedo boat progress at Herreshoff Rhode Island.

Wasnixcton Sordan Fred Grant China Congress Friends of China Senator Hoar Massachusetts Pekin Senate Davis

Tremont School of Music Elocution Night at Chickering Hall

Tremont school of music presented an elocution program at Chickering Hall before a large audience. Teachers Miss Mary A. Blood Mr Silas A Alden and Mrs Henrietta Clark Bemis with pianist Ferdinand Dewey offered readings from varied authors and musical numbers by Bemis Alden and others, praised as thoroughly enjoyed by the crowd.

Tremont School of Music Chickering Hall Mary A. Blood Silas A. Alden Henrietta Clark-Bemis Ferdinand Dewey Grieg Gottschalk Witeweg de Valley de Shadder Edwards Miss Brood Bogus

Spring Weather and Overcoats Prompt Buying

The piece notes springlike weather and thoughts of overcoats, mentions shopping at 622 Washington Street in an ad for R. T. Almy & Co. It cites medical cautions about Bright's disease from William Roberts M D, urging Warner's Safe Cure as a warning before kidney issues advance.

R. T. Almy & Co Washington Street William Roberts Manchester Infirmary and Lunatic Hospital Owen’s College Bright Warner

Market gloom on Paris liquidation sparks New York weakness

The New York market was unsettled as Paris liquidation rumors depressed security prices. Copper and mining shares fell while large holders held firm, and money lenders showed a firmer tone with banks short on reserves. Richmond observers note cash and bond movements tied to London gas bond sales and Pacific National Bank obligations.

New York Paris Comptoir d’Escompte London Cammack St. Paul New Boston

Crop yields and outlook for state harvest rise past averages

In the past sixty days the state reports a crop outlook above average with yields per acre near the 1884 peak of 34 million bushels. Acreage is slightly down, while many correspondents say last year's crop was marketed more closely than usual and local millers compete for remaining supply.

Reception to Sheldon Jackson to Speak on Alaska Education

Governor Ames and a group of Boston figures invite all interested to a 2 p.m. gathering at the Unitarian building Beacon street to hear Rev. Sheldon Jackson D D United States commissioner for education in Alaska. Jackson will discuss Metlakahtl on Annette Island and William Duncan aiding 800 followers fleeing persecution. He will also speak at several Union meetings in Jamaica Plain Cambridge and Trinity Chapel in Boston with scheduled dates and times.

Governor Ames John D. Long Frederick O. Prince H. O. Houghton George S. Hale E. J. Thomas Johns. Lockwood Boston Indian Citizenship Committee Sheldon Jackson D.D United States Alaska Unitarian Building Beacon Street Dr. Jackson Boston William Duncan British Columbia Earl of Dufferin Duncan Annette Island Baptist Church Jamaica Plain Sanders Theatre Cambridge Chapel of Trinity

Boston Mayor rejects proposed Boston monuments plan

Mayor Thomas Hart replies to F M Schmidt stating Boston lacks funds for new monuments and that a committee will study designs honoring Generals Grant Sheridan and Admiral Farragut. He warns against shams and gimcracks and urges true art or none. The letter is dated March 16 1889 from Boston Massachusetts.

Hart F. M. Schmidt New York Boston Mass A. 8. Grant Philip H. Sheridan Farragut Homer Rogers Board of Aldermen Wendell Phillips Thomas Hart

Fall River Stock Market Dull as Labor Trouble Looms

Fall River March 15 The local stock market shows broad dullness with few inquiries and limited offers as traders expect the outcome of ongoing labor troubles. G M Hastards Co furnishes a list of par and bid prices for multiple mills including American Linen, Crescent Mill, Globe Yarn, and Wampanoag among others, with scattered asked prices and small sales.

Foll River G. M. Hastards & Co Corporation American Linen Co St Barnard Mfg. Co Border City Barnaby Mfg. Co Chace Mills Crescent oAprawal Mila Fail River Manufactory Flint Mills Metacomet Mfg. Co Sarace Ils Deavertoo Osborny Mills Pocasset Richard Tian Ats Sagamore Mfg. Co Shore Mills Slade Stafford Mills Seaconnet Mills Tecumseh Mills Troy Cotton and Woolien Mig Cnn Estes Vieseeves Union Cotton Mix Co. i Wampanoag Weetamoe

Puritan Ready for Newport to New York Service

The steamer Puritan will soon resume regular trips between Newport and New York. She has been refurnished with carpets and is in perfect order, more elegant than ever. The royal Wiltons cover her saloons and Brussels in her galleries and state rooms come from Joel Goldthwait & Co. of Boston, noted for furnishing steamers, hotels, and public buildings.

Newport New York Brussels Joel Goldthwait & Co Boston

Harvard Overseers Nomination List Seeks Suggestions

Special notices ask alumni to propose Overseer candidates by March 26. Submissions should be sent to A Lawrence Lowell, Secretary of the Committee, Harvard College.

Harvard College A. Lawrence Lowell

Dr Greene’s Nervura Invigorant Advertisement

An 19th century advertisement touts Dr Greene’s Nervura as a sure and positive cure for nerve, brain and blood vitality. The copy claims it strengthens nerves and restores health through tonic tonic ingredients and medicinal properties.

Lost in the Storm and a Warning on Kidney Disease

A clipping uses a Western blizzard scene to sell Warner's Safe Cure, warning readers that kidney trouble progresses from mild symptoms to Bright's disease and death. The tale links the peril of the storm to the misdiagnosis of kidney ailments and urges treatment.

H. H. Warner & Co Warner’s Safe Cure Bricht Bright Warner

An Antidote to Robert Elsner by Alan Thorne

A sharply original tale addresses the same burning questions with stronger moral clarity. The story engages interest through earnest narrative and aims to offer a pure and beautiful moral influence. Readable in bookstores or via mail order from the publishers.

Gladstone Robert Elsmere Alan Thorne

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