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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1891

Page

5

Public Debt Payments Figures Explode Their Story

Analysis rejects circulating figures on debt payments under Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. It compares bonded debt and net debt from 1885 to 1891, noting Cleveland reduced total debt more when cash balances are counted, while arguing changes in bookkeeping inflated apparent reductions. The piece highlights surpluses, transfers, and shifts in the debt statement method affecting perceived progress.

WashineTon Streran Cleveland Harrison Treasury Bank

Silver Profit Fund Limits Treasury Notes Under Silver Law

Treasury officers ruled that notes cannot be issued on profits from coinage under the new silver law. The issue is strictly limited to bullion cost. No further treasury notes will be issued now. certificates may be issued later if demand exists, using the remaining silver profit fund.

Treasury Department Treasury Reeve The Taft Nuston Whelpley Leech

A Tax Not a License An Official Liquor Stamp Notice

Washington March 22 General Nettleton acting Secretary of the Treasury issues a circular clarifying that the United States does not grant a license for liquor sales. It explains a $26 annual revenue stamp on retail liquor dealers and notes that local laws govern permission to operate. The new form stamp takes effect July 1 and notes payment for the special tax on the liquor business.

Washington Nettleton Secretary of the Treasury United States Congress Commissioner of Internal Revenue Internal Revenue

Remedy for the grippe promotes Kemp's Balsam use

A remedy recommended for grippe patients is Kemp's Balsam, suited to throat and lung diseases. Do not wait for first symptoms, keep a bottle on hand for immediate use. If neglected grippe may lead to pneumonia. All druggists sell the Balsam.

Obituary of General Joseph E Johnston in Washington

General Joseph E Johnston died in Washington on a heart illness after a three week decline. Born 1807 in Prince Edward County he rose from West Point class of 1829 to command roles in the Confederate Army. He leaves a legacy as one of the Confederacy’s last full generals and a figure in postwar reconstruction.

Joseph E. Johnston Washington Connecticut Avenue General Sherman New York St. John’s Episcopal Church Greenwood Cemetery Baltimore Johnston Beauregard Cherry Grove Prince Edward County West Point Robert E. Lee Fourth Artillery Winfield Scott Topographical Bureau Government Coast Survey General Scott Utah Stonewall Jackson Harper’s Ferry Bull Run Jackson Canton Brage Chattanooga Dalton Sherman Reseca Altoona Pass Kenesaw Mountain Atlanta Richmond Hood Savannah South Carolina Army of Tennessee Georgia Florida Bentonville D. C Some Pat Breckenridge Davis Lincoln Grant Lee Jahnston South Arkansas National Express Company Virginia New York, London, Liverpool & Globe Insurance Companies Congress Cleveland United States Lydia McLane Louis McLane

Levi C Wade railroad leader dies in Newton

The Honorable Levi C Wade president of the Mexican Central railroad died at his Newton home after a lingering illness of pneumonia. Born January 16 1843 in Allegheny City Pa he studied at Yale and became a prominent railroad attorney director and executive. He served Newton as a state legislator and speaker of the house and was a force behind Tampico harbor concession and the Mexican Central railroad. He leaves his wife Margaret Rogers Wade.

Levi C. Wade Mexican Central Railroad Newton Allegheny City Penn Levi Wade Woburn Mass Yale The Theological Seminary John Q. A. Brackett Wade & Brackett Wade General Court Tampico Harbor Gulf of Mexico

Deaths mark city elder and noted chiropodist memories

Mrs Eliza Smith widow of Nathan Smith died at 93 on Lincoln street leaving four children Mrs Jonas Wiles and Nathan Everett and Arthur P Smith. Nehamiah Kenison longtime Boston chiropodist died in Chelsea of heart failure at his home and funeral is planned at the Kenison homestead in Allenstown New Hampshire.

Eliza Nathan Smith Lincoln Street Jonas Wiles Nathan, Everett Arthur P. Smith X. Nehamiah Kenison Chelsea Washington Street Bosto Temple Place Winter Street St. Louis Philadelphia Washington Kenison Allenstown N. H

The Trial of Rev Howard MacQueary Ends in Suspension

The Rev Minot J Savage denounces orthodoxy at the Church of the Unity while recounting the Ohio episcopal trial of Rev Howard MacQueary who denied the virgin birth and the physical resurrection. Savage argues dogma should not trump truth and urges open discussion and evolving beliefs beyond fixed creeds.

Minot J. Savage Church of the Unity Howard MacQueary Episcopal Church Savage Jesus Swing Presbyterian Church Thomas Methodist Church MacQueary Unitarianism Ohio Appletons Man Christ Heaven Potter New York St. Paul Paul Joseph Episcopal Church of Ohio Episcopal Church of America So Qweaty the Herald Eaton Episcopal of York God Herald Leonard

The Spirit of the Bible in The Just for the Unjust

The Arlington Street Church sermon titled The Spirit of the Bible argues Christ suffered for the unjust as a universal law. It contrasts natural, philosophical, and Christian responses to suffering for others, urging acceptance of the law as part of moral unity and love. The speaker rejects substitutionism and emphasizes bearing others’ burdens as essential to spiritual life.

Brooke Herford Arlington Street Christ Spieres Shere

Spring Health Advice and Whiskey Promotion Card

The piece warns against early warmth changes and urges keeping winter garments until safer. It notes coughs may linger into summer and promotes Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the sole medicinal drink to prevent seasonal illnesses, claiming scientific endorsement and moral messaging about sin and personal improvement.

Dudley Hall & Co Insolvent. Creditors Approve Action

An adjourned creditors meeting for tea importers Dudley Hall & Co at 146 State Street adopted the creditors committee’s recommendation to enter insolvency. The Manufacturers Bank claimed 30,000 in tea stock and 40,000 acres of Maine land. ex-Governor Gaston was retained as counsel by the bank. The vote, backed by Andover National Bank, appointed assignees and continued committee services pending legal appointment.

Dudley Hall & Co State Street Eleazer Boynton N. Boynton & Co William B. French Manufacturers’ Bank New York Maine Gaston French John H. Flint Andover National Bank

Alterations and new build plans for vessels and life abroad

The notice covers Alterations on Volunteer A including potential schooner conversion or lengthening to ninety feet, a 90-foot keel steel schooner contract by Gardner of New York for Charles Clark of St. Louis, to be built in Wilmington Delaware. It also notes a possible owner on this side of the Atlantic, Admiral Tweed of New York, with naval changes discussed by General Paine and Mr. Burgess. In contrast University Life Abroad features Dr Helen L Webster describing German university devotion to science and a call for study abroad. A list of marriages and obituaries follows with multiple names and dates across Boston area communities.

Fife Farlie-on-the-Clyde Atlantic Charles H. Tweed New York General Paine Mr. Burgess Naval Gardner Charles Clark St. Louis Wilmington Del Helen L. Webster Massachusetts Society For the University Education of Women Claflin Boston University Webster

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