President acts to widen meat import protection in Europe
The President directs Secretary Blaine to push German and French ministers on American meat access, signaling use of meat inspection rules to bar imports if needed. Phelps and Reid have pressed the issue, aided by new sanitary grounds from the March 4 1891 meat inspection act and Aug 30 1890 livestock acts, with increased funding to enforce them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasprxeror
Streran
Blaine
Germany
France
Phelps and
Reid
Mr. Phelps
Mr. Reid
United States
Europe
Bureau of Animal Industry
Agricultural Department
America
Pension agencies to shift payment dates on quarterly schedule
The Interior Department will redate pension payments after a June change to distribute funds more evenly. Eighteen agencies will be grouped into three payment days January April July and October. February April and March. and May August November and February for the three groups respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Noble
Congress
Columbus
Washington
D. C
Boston
Mass
Detroit
Mich
Augusta
San Francisco
Cal
Indianapolis
Ind
Des Moines
Concord
N. H
Treasury Department
Fifteen New Postmasters Announced as Democrats Cleared
The government acts to purge Democratic influence with fifteen fresh presidential postmaster appointments. Only one replaces a resigning official, seven arise from expired commissions, and seven are removals. The move yields over forty five percent removals with no reappointments.
Purge of Democrat postmasters under Cleveland list
Postmaster General Wanamaker prepared a list of in office postmasters appointed by Cleveland. The aim was to purge Democrats from the public service. New England offices change hands as Fisher replaces Chrash er in Walpole Massachusetts and Blake replaces Reynolds in Swanton Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker
Congress
Cleveland
Public Service
New England
Nathan W. Fisher
Walpole
Mass
Moses B.chrasher
Hotels Echo Diverse Society Meetings and Arrivals
At the Thorndike and nearby venues the New England Wheaton Seminary Club discussed "Our Women" with 150 attendees, featuring stereopticon portraits of past and present seminary figures. Visitors included Mrs. William Barrows and Miss L. J. Holbrook. Numerous guests attended dinners and social events as arrivals at Boston hotels remain high with names such as Carl Schurtz Jr and J. Sanderson among prominent arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Wheaton Seminary Club
Thornaike
Thayer
Wheaton
Jordan
Messrs
Stewart
Tringley
Clements
Gore
Buffum
Sawyer
Clark
District Deputies’ Association
Henry Danver
Salem
Young
C. C. Rhodes
Mr. Denver
R. W. Faber
New Bedford
A. L Pinkerton
Worcester
E. H. Kavanagh
Lynn
J. M. Pierce
East Cambridge
Henry Denver
Pinkerton
Kavanagh
Faber
Millett
Young’s
L. P. Howard
F. H Ripley
Bigelow School
W. E. C. Rich
Mount Vernon School
R. H. Monn
Union Endowment Association
Crawford House
Carl Schurtz
H. Carl Schurtz, Jr
New York
Schurtz
Fall River
Frank G. Stine
J. H. Cummings
Orlean
W. H. Plummer
San Francisco
R. M. Simmons
Erie
Penn
Leroy
F. O. Russell
F. A. Gallagher
Dana B. Brigham
F. H. Morrison
Vray
F. R. Claflin
Philadelphia
E. R. Pierce
Portland
R. C. Reynolds
Lewiston
A. Carter
Concord
N. H
C. B. Walker
Braddon
J. L. Hutchinson
Baltimore
J. RB. Worth
Richmond
J.J. Springer
Crawford
L. W. Shedd
Montpelier
W. F. Perry
Brighton
T.B. Washington
Staunton
W. J. Lamb
Gould Memorial Home in Rome Aid Seeks Boston Support
The Boston Association in aid of the Gould Memorial Home and Industrial Schools at Rome held its thirteenth annual meeting at Finity Church. Edward L. Pierce presided as officers were announced, with several speakers praising benefactors and noting a $1363.07 total receipts, $1100 sent to Rome, and a $218.67 balance.
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Boston Association
Gould
Rome
Italy
Edward G. Porter
Association
George J. Fiske
Walter Baker
Alice Freeman Palmer
G. W. Hammond
Edward L. Fierce
John A.kson
Graduation Recital at Emerson College of Oratory
The Emerson College of Oratory held a graduation recital in Wesleyan Hall on Wednesday for Misses Cora Dean Nichols, Carolyn Knight Piper, and Ethel De Vivier Tassin. Piper impressed with The Pretty Sister of Jose, showcasing strong dramatic sense and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson College OF Oratory
Cora Dean Nichols
Carolyn Knight Piper
Ethel de Vivier Tassin
Wesleyan Hall
Newport Historical Society Elects Officers at 38th Annual Meeting
Newport Illinois March 19. The Newport Historical Society held its thirty eighth annual meeting yesterday and elected officers including President Lt. Henry E Turner, vice presidents George Gordon King and John C Congdon, treasurer Daniel B Fearing, secretary Daniel B Boring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
K.il
Newport Historical Society
Henry E. Turner
George Gordon King
John C. Congdon
Daniel B. Fearing
Daniel B Boring
Debated liquor license limits and tax exemptions in legislature
Massachusetts House debated amending Chapter 340 to cap liquor licenses at one per 500 residents, with supporters arguing enforcement and revenue benefits and opponents warning of no-license issues. The substitute bill failed 129 to 2. committee report accepted. Also discussed tax-exemption limits for educational and charitable institutions, reapportionment maps, poll tax repeal election, cattle tuberculosis funding, and police tenure and suburban railroad bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Bullock
Fall River
Monk
Brockton
Moriarty
Worcester
O’brien
Lawrence
Day of
Hoston
Buckley
Holyoke
Parkhurst
Clinton
Davis
Dewey
Boston
Gale
Haverhill
Handley
Acton
Harriman
Northbridge
Carter
Wakefield
Hemenway
Canton
Herrod
Hewey
Woburn
Howe
Cambridge
Ldd
South Hedley
Kemp
Pepperell
Leslie
Amesbury
McLean
Quincy
Reid
Reading
Stearns
Salem
Tilden
Turner
Middleboro
Warren
Townsend
Moreau
Spencer
House
Day
Medford
Wellesley
Bennett
Sobier
Beverly
Tie House
Meade
Committee On
Alabama
Arkansas
Illinois
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Senate
State Board of Health
Clark
Board of Cattle Commissioners
Reade
Gilman
Southwick
Massachusetts Society For the Promotion of Agriculture
Bowdoin College asset, state aid, and rail proposals
Massachusetts Senate discusses Bowdoin College charter amendment repealing property limits, Bowdoin may proceed with Bowdoin Bowdoin College. The public charitable institutions committee recommends a $10,000 appropriation to Carney Hospital for a new building. A rail bill authorizes Boston & Lowell to raise up to $1,000,000 by stock sale and authorizes lease to New York & New England Railroad. Other measures touch arsenic safety, ward division, and charter reform. The House schedules several adjournments and adverse reports on entertainment of officials by interested parties.
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Cook Street
Newton
Brookline
Boston
New York & New England Railroad
Mt. Bowdoin Station
Carney Hospital
Committee On Public Charitable Institutions
Senate
The
Commonwealth
Bowdoin
Committee On the Judiciary
Bowdoin College
Maine
Massachusetts
Alanson Abbé
Committee On Public Health
Committee On Railroads
Boston & Lowell Railroad
General Court
Old Colony
Great Barrington Gaslight Company
Great Barrington Electric Light Company
Nationalist League of Massachusetts
Garrett K.B. Larkey
M.D
Reserve College of Physicians and Surgeons
J. W. Pettengill
Eastern Middlesex
New Bedford
la Nening
Worcester County
John S. Nicholson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State House
Hoston
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
State Almshouse
State Farm
Massachusetts School For
Baldwinsville
L. Sawyer
Risteen
Autographs Bring Mixed Bids at Libbie's Auction
Second half of the Leffingwell collection sold at Libbie's with varied prices. Items included letters by Benjamin Lincoln, Samuel Pepys to James II, and copies connected to the Susquehanna Company. Notables: Zebulon Pike’s note to General Dearborn and an Edgar Allan Poe letter with the poem Eulalie fetched high sums. Prices ranged from modest to hundreds, highlighting strong interest in Revolutionary era manuscripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leffingwell
Libbie
Benjamin Lincoln
Boston
Massachusetts
Samuel Pepys
James II
England
Wadsworth
Susquehanna Company
Franklin
Timothy Pickering
Sir Robert Pigott
Zebanon M. Pike
Henry Dearborn
Hester Lynch Piozzi
Mr. Johnson
Edgar Allan Poe
Eulalie
R. Carter
Pioneer
Alexander Pope
Selectmen
Providence
New York
New Go Sign
Samuel Provoost
Njaps Moore
BR. R. Livingston
Williamamuel Johnson
Alexander Hamilton
Morgan Lewis
Abraham Leach
Joseph Pilmore
Rufus Putnam
Simon Beaman
John Pynchon
Springfield
Moxon
Mary Parsons
Joseph Parsons
Hannah Smith
Goodwife Warrenor
Marriages and Obituaries from Local Era
A Boston area notice lists multiple marriages and deaths with dates in March. Notables include Fred A. Wright marrying Lotta M. Lockhart in Mattapan, and several bereavements such as Bertha Ferry in Dorchester and Ellen Bees in Malden. Other entries note funeral arrangements and locations across Newton Center, Reading, East Cambridge, and more.
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Wright—Lockhart
Mattapan
J. Lewis
Broadway_Universalist Church
South Boston
Fred A. Wright
Waterman W. Wright
Lotta M. Lockhart
James A. Lockhart
Waltham
William A. Greenwood
Page
Westchester Park
Timothy R. Page
Pattee
Elizabeth
Charles J. Pattee
Alex. McDonald
Powers
Reading
Gideon Powers
Rindge
East Cambridge
Mary Jane Rindge
Thaxter
Newton Center
Susan Hammond
Ann D
Edward Thaxter
Upham
Charlestown
Ezekiel Upham
Holland
Terre Haute
Ind
John Holland
Samuel May
Laura P. Holland
White
Santa Barbara
Cal
Abby
A. White
William A. White
Josiah
Munro
Newport
R. L
Frothingham
Mullon
Frederick Frothingham
Milton
Buffalo
N.Y
Kimball
New York
CG. P. Kimball
Chicago
Portland
Massachusetts Senate Judiciary hearing notices 1891
Commonwealth of Massachusetts sets hearings in 1891 on criminal procedure, penalties, and court rules. Topics include that failure to prove a fact need not describe an offence, penalties for armed robbery, crimes by married women, exceptions in criminal cases, frivolous appeals, jury trials in inferior courts, and records for lodger registration and monthly Superior Court terms. Meetings list state house dates and chair Alfred Pinkerton with clerk Marvin Fernald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State House
Boston
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Supreme Judicial
Alfred
Pinkerton
I. Marvin Fernald
Kiepig
Barnstable County
Superior Court
William Stearns
Alfred. Pinkerton
B. Marvin Fernald
Artistic Homes by Fuller and Wheeler revised edition
A priced architectural volume describes ALBERT W. FULLER and Wm. ARTHUR WHEELER as architects. Fifth Revised Edition offers 70 full-page illustrations from original drawings and photographs. One volume oblong quarto priced at $6.00, promoted as enlarged and improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Fuller
Wm. Arthur Wheeler
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Dorchester
Daniel Dorchester
Sioux Country
Dakotas
Charles River
Northeastern Water Company
George Dutton
Independent School of Medicine
Boston Public Library
George H. Brown
Herbert W. Taylor
I. A. Walker
Treasury
Salvation Oil
Dr. Bull
House Committee On
Louis M. Clark
Charles 8
Ensign
City Notices
City OF
Ferdinand Street
City Engineer
City Hall
City Haut
Basin 5
Council Chamber
iCity Hall
John H. Lee
Boston Highlands
Copeland St
Copeland Terrace
Merrill Street
Grooms and Bath
John M. Way
Washington St
Messrs. Charles Head & Co
Devonshire St
WM. C. Codman & J. G. Freeman
Kilby Street
Court ST. Bright
Roundy & Hobbs
Court Street
J. Autrep Gorton
F. R
Thomas Tresham
W. Talbot Brown
Ticknor & Company
Ticknor & CO
Boston, Mass
Socialism
Popular Science Monthly
Herbert SpeNcer
Exmons Clark
Huxley
Duke of
Charles B. Warenne
Hent Manton
California
Duartes Howard Lamy
D. G. Baryton
D. Appleton & Co., Publishers
Bony St
New Yours
the New Weekly Journal
New As
Newbury Street
J. M. Meredith
Congress Street
Telephone
Milk Street
Oliver Street
SEARS
Washington Street
J. B. Barnaby Company
Lincoln Street
Lincoln Building
C. W. Whittier
Beacon Street
Corey Hill
Brice S. Evans & Son
Equitable Building
Joan Jeffries
8048, Ao
Real Esuile and
Neguimaiors OF
Mortgges
Vicuity
Meyourhire St
Hollis
Isaac B. Rich
Joseph Arthur
Bluejeans
New Englands
ASBUM
Globe Theatre
John Stetson
Joseph Murphy
Belle Melville
Shaun Rhurf
Kerry Gov. Fest
Jack
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Primrose & West's Minstrels
Hoyt
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Nikisch
Mixa Lena Little
Otto Ruth
Anacreon
Cherubini
Orfeo
Ginek
Spohr
Dvorak
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
Bill
Garden Theatre
N. Y
Grand Opera House
Eroctor & Mansfield
Kee & Rankin
Peck
Howard Atheneum
St. Patrick's
Lilly Clay
Cyclorama
Gettysburg
Holy City
Palestine
Causeway
Arch
Tremont
Kingston
Summer
Milk
Chambers
Beacon
BRICE
Evans & Son
Ames Building
T. Dennie Boardman Ames Building
South
Joseph A. Campbell
Chool Street
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
State Street
Devyon Shire
Franklin Sts
J. M. Sears
Sears Building
Albany
Wareham
Plympton
W. F. Badghiy
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