Must Yeast Bread Go Some Interesting Facts Found Out
Professor James F. Babcock, former State liquor assayer, criticizes a proposed 1 percent alcohol standard. He argues alcohol content, not label, should define intoxication, cites yeast bread showing alcohol traces, and warns against impractical prohibitions and officer overreach. He notes bread may contain about 0.8 percent alcohol after baking.
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Babcock
James F. Babcock
Gaston
Post
Berlin
Hayes
Liquor Committee
M. Bolas
Paris
New York State
New York State Temperance Society
Noah
Telegraphic connections restored to near normal
Telegraphic networks show rapid improvement as Western Union reports reaching all major centers. New York remains indirect via Albany Portland Montreal and Buffalo with a direct line expected today. Washington also accessed by roundabout circuits and cable lines remain reliable with ample service west and south.
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Western Union
Post
New York
Albany
Portland
Montreal
Buffalo
Washington
Telegraph links Boston and New York restored after snow damage
Direct telegraph communication between Boston and New York was restored this afternoon and Western Union now has six direct wires. Poles and cross arms were knocked down across the line, especially around Stamford where nearly half a mile of poles lay collapsed. Rebuilding will take several days, delaying minor stations east of New York from having wires.
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New Haven
Conn
Boston
New York
Western Union
Stamford
Army officers reassigned on temporary duty and transfer
Washington March 18 Colonel J H Baxter chief medical surveyor is sent to Augusta Georgia on temporary service Major Charles R Greenleaf surgeon goes to Cambridge Massachusetts for temporary duty Second Lieutenant Alexander K R Dade moves from the Thirteenth Infantry to the Tenth Cavalry Robert M O Reilley is ordered to York Pennsylvania to examine Captain Edward B Rheem of the Twenty first Infantry for mental condition
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Washington
Srrora
J. H. Baxter
Augusta
Charles R. Greenleaf
Cambridge
Mass
Alexander KR. Dade
Thirteenth Infantry
Tenth Cavalry
Robert M. O'Reilley
Gests
York
Penn
Edward B. Rheem
Twenty-first Infantry
Local clubs hold Saturday dinners at downtown hotels
The Middlesex Boston and Commercial clubs held their usual dinners at downtown hotels Saturday and entertained a number of guests at each event.
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Middlesex
Massachusetts
Boston
The Christian's Future Sermon on Immortality
The Rev Stopford Brooke preaches at First Church on immortality from Pauls first Epistle to the Thessalonians. He notes believers doubt life after death during grief yet seek an eternal life and stresses faith in Christ and the coming Messiah as central truths even without proof.
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Paul
Stopford Brooke
Strength of Religion sermon on scepticism by Rev Lyman Abbott
Brooklyn pastor Rev Lyman Abbott preached at Harvard Chapel on the Strength of Religion. He argued scepticism arose with Christianity, aids earnest faith, and drives truth through moral perception rather than deduction. Christianity, he said, is the common experience of countless people, not mere creed.
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Lyman Abbott
D.D
Brooklyn
Harvard Chapel
Paul
God
New England Club Guests Discuss Evacuation Day
The Rev George E Ellis Dr William Everett the Hon Charles V Whitten and others dined at Youngs Hotel Saturday afternoon. Evacuation day was the chief topic with Ellis opening an historical address on troop movements fortifications and Tory fate after the English departed. Everett praised Washington and the Boston works coup for forcing British departure.
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George E. Ellis
William Everett
Charles V. Whitten
Messrs
J. Mason Brooks
Albert N. Pailin
Robert W. Pratt
John L. Keyson
Thomas Gill
H. Warren Howe
McGowan
Albert ©. Smith
E. S. Tobey, Jr
Clarence P. Lovell
Joshua C. Dana
Leonard B. Nichols
W. F. Dusseault
Malden
Henry G. Stickney
J. T. Wogan
A. Q. Miller
William B. Hatch
New Bedford
Rollin Jones
B. F. Nichols
Edgar 2. Robinson
Archibald St. Claire
New England Club
Young's Hotel
George B. Ellis
Ellis
Washington
Boston
New England Manufacturers Attack Free Trade Tariff Plan
About 300 New England manufacturers sign a petition printed in the Journal and the Advertiser opposing free raw materials and demanding protection for home industries. The document lists named signers and argues tariff policy should benefit all sectors, with a history of tariff increases cited.
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Congress
New England
Journal
Advertiser
Messrs. S
Jefferson Coolidge
H. Dalton
William A. Russell
George F. Fabyan
Peder Olsen
Lucius M. Sargent
Harcourt Amory
William Whitman
Rufus
Frost
Percival Lowell
Frederick L. Ames
Charles S. Fairbanks
Robert H. Stevenson
Augustus Lowell
Peewee
Congress Against
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Dutlabis
Rie
The Signal No Passing on the Highway
Dr. Cyrus A. Bartol at West Church compares daily life to a signal no passing and urges walking the true way. He links moral guidance to biblical imagery, warning against private shortcuts and urging candor over cunning in public life.
Resignation of St. Paul's Rector Ends Long Boston Parish ties
Boston 1888 readers learn Rev. F Courtney resigns as rector of St. Paul's Church to accept bishopric of Nova Scotia. He requests to serve two Sundays before April 30 and notes six years of incumbency. Wardens and vestry respond with warm praise, blessing his new duties and urging his success in the episcopate.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
St. Mark's
St. Paul’s Church
United States
Lamhiunhan
Kingdom of God
F. Courtney
St. Paul's Church
Boston
Bostrox
Paul’s
Protestant Episcopal Church In
America
Diocese of
Church of God
Edmund H. Bennett
Joseph W. Woods Thayer
Mason G
N. Parker
John P. Reynolds
William T. Hart
Wallace H. Ham
George Emerson
Joseph Comer
Henry W. Daniell
Clement Hugh Hill
Jno
Tax on Personal Property Letter From Belfast Reader
A Belfast Maine reader argues against taxing personal property for Boston residents who own outside-property assets. He urges higher real estate taxes and equal personal property levies within Massachusetts to attract actual residents, citing his own desire to live in Boston while properties lie afar.
Freight collision near Newtonville injures passenger and crew
A freight brakeman's error on the Boston and Albany caused a collision near Newtonville on Saturday. Passengers were shaken. a boy passenger sustained a broken leg and a trainman was hurt.
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Newtonville
Boston & Albany
Annual Meeting of the Irish Charitable Society Parade and Dinner
The Irish Charitable Society held its annual slate of officers at Tremont Temple with John A. Daly as president and a parade followed by a Vendome dinner in the evening attracting over 200 members. A parade mishap left a marshal injured and the event featured remarks from dignitaries including Governor Ames and Rev. Dr. Duryea along with an original poem by James Jeffrey Roche.
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Ireland
Irish Charitable Society
Tremont Temple
John A. Daly
John H. Burke
Patrick F. Sullivan
Jeremiah W. Fogarty
Overseorner A. Connor
Michael I. Donohoe
James K. Cot
Vendome
Daly
A New Synagogue Beth Israel Planned for North Boston
The Hebrew community of Boston’s North and West Ends held meetings to finance and plan Beth Israel, a dedicated synagogue. They dedicated a Seipher Torah and awarded raffled prizes totaling about 500 to 600 dollars, with a silver emblem to remain property of the synagogue. Officials and guests were listed, and the society now counts about fifty members.
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North
West
Boston
Beth Israel
Ilse Portland — Street
Society of the Synagogue
I. S. Schocher
Erving A. Schenberg
H. Ber
D. Mensch
A. #. Belisky
S. Alexander
K. M. Hillson
D. Krokyn
M. Tichner
5. Markovich
M. Barnett
M. Burnstein
James Hillson
M. Lippi
J. Scharak
Desperate Children Remembered Benefit Concert
Boston Symphony Orchestra concert at the Boston Theatre raised funds for destitute Catholic children. The hall was full with reserved seats sold out and extra tickets used. Vocalists Signor G Camannit and Miss Gertrude Franklin performed along with Franz Ueisel on violin and Fritz Giese with Charles Mole in a cello and flute duet.
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Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Higginson
Signor G. Camannit
Gertrude Franklin
Franz Ueisel
Messrs
Fritz Giese
Charles Mole
Tailors Advertise Spring Suitings and Overcoatings
Massrs L P Horranper Company announce new spring and summer suitings trouserings and overcoatings in their spacious department for gentlemen at Nos 2 and 88 Boylston Street and Park Square. The goods are in the latest styles and best materials for gentlemen.
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L. P. Horranper & Co
Merchant Tailors
Boylston Street
Park Square
Postmaster Clerke Removal Tied to Corse Scheme
Article reports General Corse ordered the removal of South Boston postmaster Clerke after pressuring resignation and denies telling reporters he never wrote for Clerke to resign. Clerke refused to resign and was replaced by John H. Giblin on March 19. Note claims Collins and Maguire were unaware of the move.
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Mr. Clerke
South Boston
General Corse
Post Office
Clerke
W. J. Clerke
John H. Giblin
William J. Dale
Maguire Ring
P. A. Collins
Collins
Mr. Maguire
Notes on City Cultural and Civic Events in Boston
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes donated his medical library to the Medical Library at Boylston place expanding shelves for eighty feet of shelf room. A St Barnabas Nurses Guild lecture at St Paul’s Tremont on March 20 features Dr Samuel Eliot speaking on The Poet Wordsworth. Gettysburg painting draws crowds. An inductive telegraphy display postponed to March 26 at United States Hotel. A Tremont Temple concert for Working Boys’ Home featured Father Conaty of Worcester. New England Kennel Club entries are large for April 3–6 at Mechanics Building. Father Walsh’s talk at Music Hall drew a large audience, later quarreling over Roman Catholicism with Evangelist Leyden and Rev Kellaway. A Home for Intemperate Women fair at Music Hall netted about $7000 with Afghan, ship, and quilt given as prizes. Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company’s England visit included a smoking concert at the armory with Salem Cadet Band. Boston recorded 223 deaths last week with diphtheria eight, measles eleven, consumption eighty eight, heart disease twenty, pneumonia twenty nine. Harvard Class of 1873 adopted resolutions on the death of Professor Ernest Young. Pasture-land improvements were discussed at a Ploughman Building farmers’ meeting led by Warren Brown.
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Medical Library
Boylston Place
Guild of St. Barnabas For
St. Paul's Church
Tremont Street
United States
Tremont Temple
Father Conaty
Worcester
New England Kennel Club
Mechanics
Father Walsh
Mont
Evangelist Leyden
W. Kellaway
Ames
O’brien
Music Hall
William
Dedham
Heys
Tobey
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
England
Armory
Salem Cadet Band
Boston
Harvard College
Ernest Young
Harvard Class 1873 Mourns Professor Ernest Young
At a special Harvard College class meeting on March 16 1888 the members unanimously adopt resolutions mourning the death of Professor Ernest Young praising his learning and character. They express condolence to his wife and family and pledge to preserve his memory as a valued classmate and educator.
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Harvard College
Ernest Young
Navy
Fen
Guests at city inns list prominent travelers
The report lists numerous guests lodging at major Boston inns yesterday. Names include J. T. Whitney of Detroit C Lyons of New York G W Mullen and daughters of Ontario J Livingston of New York and others from Philadelphia Montreal Halifax Newport Vt Maine Richmond and more. The long roster also mentions locals and visitors staying at Tremont Parker s Young s and similar establishments.
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Revere House
J. T. Whitney
Detroit
Mich
C. Lyons
New York
G. W. Mullen and Daughters
Ontario
the Quincey
J. Livingston
S. W. McInnis
Philadelphia
J. Barclay
Montreal
J. W. Bigelow
Halifax
C. H. Bodwell
Newport
Wy. M. Vickery
Maine
Spring Flower Show Opens at Massachusetts Horticultural Society
The Spring Flower Show, a premier exhibition by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, opens Wednesday the 21st and runs through Friday night. Thousands of plants of diverse varieties will be on display in both halls, offering a spectacular showcase for flower lovers.
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society
New Carpet Cleaning Method Praised by Saylor & Friebe
The Hub Renovo process cleans carpets in place avoiding removal. Ladies who have seen the results at Saylor & Friebe 13 Harrison avenue extension Boston report strong enthusiasm and delight.
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Renovo
Saylor & Friebe
Harrison Avenue Extension
Boston
Huddersfield draping cloth advertised by City Mills Co
Huddersfield draping cloth marketed as the finest upholstering art work and embroidery fabric. A. Crocker & Co. 31 and 37 Avon street act as selling agents to the trade.
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Huddersfield
City Mills Company
A. Crocker & Co
Avon Street
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