Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

We have 4,454,244 pages in Massachusetts

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1887

Page

8

Boston and New York spark close baseball clash at city game

May 6 reports a tight contest between the Boston and New York clubs with young Madden dazzling hitters and Keefe also on form. The Philadelphia club defeated Washington amid disputed calls by Umpire Wilson, Whitney hitting a fair over the fence. Chicago lost to Pittsburgh. Detroit crushed Indianapolis. Portland defeated Lynn in a rain delayed game.

New York Bostons New Yorks Madden Keefe Richardson Deasley Kelly Sutton Rourke Morrill Gillespie Oburdeck Dorgan Johnston Jeasley Tate Wilson Washingtons Phillies Philadelphias Nash Bells O'Rouke Gore Ewing O’rouke Connor O'Rourke Waril Burdock O’rourke Powers Washington Philadelphia Club Whitney Ferguson Fre O Mack Tevhue'n Hines Wood Farrell Irwin Kreiz McCarthy Mulvey Schork Farrar Myers McGuire Donnelly Lalis Ilines Schock Arrora Thilelphias Carroll Mack Krels Pogety Nivey Amypire Wison Chicagco Chicagos Pittsburgs Pye Daly Ryan William Ben Dalrymple Compana Ray Pettee Hamilton Earle Murphy Roy Wise Hendershott Montel Lawrences Salems My Montel Umphres Mahoney Marsden Donovan McDonald Portuano Portland Sprague Henry Lynnann Lutherry Dickerson Houck Terrien Walsh Portlands Lynns. Rt PO. A. E BULPO Andr Honek Dickers Hatf Murray Thayer Davin Spill Schoeni’k O Cook Luiberry Spreguep Small Lynns Shoenick Andrus Hatfield Barber Lynn Corcoran Tune Weeden

Doyle Stars in Narrow Lowell Win Over Blues

Pitcher Doyle went nine innings with a puzzling delivery as the Lowell club defeated the Blues four hits. In the seventh the infield misplayed but Doyle and a strong outfield steadied the game keeping Burnham’s lineup at bay. Kennedy made two Hornung catches, Cudworth flashed a running one-handed grab, and Gardner and Sheehan anchored the middle infield as Burke stayed cool and effective in a finest New England series display at the South End grounds.

Doyle Lowells Blues Burnham Gardner Hornung Kennedy Cudworth Sheehan Burke South End

Harvard Seniors Defeat Sophomores In Five Inning Game

The Harvard seniors won 20 to 5 over the sophomores in a five inning affair. Manley pitched effectively for the winners and got solid support. The sophomores fielding was poor and the nine collapsed mentally as 87 produced strong batting throughout.

Harvard Esterday Manley Springfield Williams College Wiliamstown Dartmouths Philadelphia Baltimores Athletics St. Louis Louisvilles Manchester Manchesters Haverhills

Kerrison Wins Libel Suit For One Dollar

John H. Kerrison, Herald reporter, won a libel suit against the Advertiser with a verdict of one dollar and costs. The trial before Judge Blodgett in Superior Civil Court focused on a 1900 article depicting Kerrison as opposing a Herald leadership demand, with testimony on newspaper make up and the article’s sportive nature.

John H. Kerrison Herald Advertiser Blodgett Superior Civil Court Evening Record Kerrison Arry Kerrison Brotherhood of Reporters The Brotherhood Thomas J. Gargan Blackmar Sheldon Arry Gargan London John Wright the Herald J. E. Chamberlin Evening Transcript Record Knights of 1900 Mr. Kerrison

Harvard Next Week Calendar Highlights Lectures and Meetings

The calendar lists events from May 8 to May 14 at Harvard including prayers at Appleton Chapel and weekdays at Wadsworth House, talks by Prof. Clarke and Prof. Allen, Harvard Union Debate with specified speakers, Diversity of meetings in Divinity School and University facilities, and deadlines for Tyndall and Morgan fellowships.

Harvard University Appleton Chapel William S. Rainsford New York City Brooks Wadsworth House Harvard Natural History Society New England Samuel FP Clarke Williams College Upper Boylston Aristopha Mes Allen Sevel Tyndall Fielding Hill Sever A.m. College University Harvard Union Ireland Charles Warren W. C. Green A. P. Butterworth Walter Coulson Wennesday Divinity School Massachusetts Spidera James H. Emerton Lawrence Scientific School Lovering Jefferson Physical Laboratory Sanders Theatre Academic Council Sanders

Fashionable Skeleton Dunlap Derby At Tremont Street

Young men will visit Jackson at 19 Tremont Street next week to inspect the new black skeleton Dunlap Derby, described as the proper summer hat. New goods in all the latest spring styles are on display.

Jackson Tremont Street

Legislature Debates on Sunday Law and Police Funds

Reports from Beverly investigating committees are laid before the Legislature. The House debated printing the evidence and delayed final action while the Senate delayed a decision on the Sunday bill. Mr. Jenkins failed to raise Boston police signal funds, and an order to hold Friday sessions was introduced.

Beverly House Senate Jenkins Boston

Senate Adopts Weekly Adjournment to Friday 11 A.M.

The Senate approved a motion to adjourn Thursdays and reconvene Fridays at 11 o'clock. It also directed joint committees to report on matters remaining at the close of Friday, May 20, with other orders postponed or laid on the table as the Beverly investigation report was readied for Tuesday. The body debated public health bills, urban signals funding, and various engrossed measures.

Senator Milliken Senate Milliken Morse Tisbury Clark Glines Committee On Public Health Boston Jenkins Wilbur Dwyer Srong Loston Clapp Beverly Senator Reads Kimball Roads Table Chelsea Mystic River Chelsea Creek Chelsea Bridge Meridian Street Bridge Additon Sharon Water Company Cohasset Harbor Garnet Bridge Company Wridge Powder Point Salter's Beach Duxbury Plum Fall River Committee On Public Service Henry B. Little Newburyport Commonwealth Committee On Railroads Committee On the Judiciary District Court of Hampshire Belchertown Easthampton

Boston Legislators Delay on Joint Committee Report

Mr Hathorne of Boston moved an order laid over at the request of Mr Parkman of Boston directing joint committees to report reference to the next Gen.

State House Debates on Liquor Law Bills and Beverly Inquiry

Reports from the Massachusetts House cover liquor license proposals for druggists and apothecaries, a sixth class license scheme with purchaser certificates, and required sale records. Debate centers on printing the Beverly investigation evidence, with votes to print the report without the evidence and approval of related calendar actions.

Eral Court Senate Brockton House Crosby Pittsfield Beverly Kent Worcester Upham Salem Wardwell Fisk Boston McDonough Walker Post Brigham Westboro E. J. Donovan Haverhill Dodge Wharton Parkman Pinkerton Lenox Dexter Lowell Bigelow Watertown Messrs. Provin Westfield Boyden Foxboro Donovan Legisature Messrs. Walker Hersey Hingham Commissioners of Prisona Massachusetts Reformatory State Board of Lunacy and Charity Theodore C. Davis

The Country Week Annual Report Promotes Rural Vacations

The Boston Young Men's Christian Union releases its twelfth yearly summary of The Country Week. Since 1875 the program has sent 17 614 people to countryside vacations, with 2 484 children and 258 adults this past year. The board approves continuing the program with a special ladies committee led by Miss Ellen H. Bailey. Donations are requested to fund this season, sent to W. H. Baldwin at 18 Boylston Street, Boston, marked The Country Week.

Boston Young Men's Christian Union Ita Bako Board of Government of the Union Committee On Benevolent Action Ellen H. Bailey W. H. Baldwin B. Y. M.C. Union Boylston Street Boston M. Christian Union Union Hall J. W. F. Barnes Mussachusetts State Prison Moses Tine Brown Kyron A. Robinson Jabez L. Robinson Jivors Association Haut Ligeneget Berkeley Streets Louis Albert Banks E. Humphrey-Allen Charles N. Allen Mission Curzen St. Joan, Evangelist Bowdoin Street Horticultural Hall Tremont Street Swsdays

Norfolk County Teachers Open Fourteenth Annual Meeting

The Norfolk County Teachers Association opened its fourteenth annual meeting in Brookline Town Hall with welcome remarks by William H. A. Lincoln and a reply from Edgar R. Downs. Papers discussed included An Outline of a Lesson in Physiology and The Cultivation of the Moral Sense, with an evening address on The True Education of an American Citizen by Rev. Howard Everett Hale.

Norfolk County ‘Teachers’ Association Brookline William HA. Lincoln Edgar R. Downs Weymouth E. J. McKenzie EK. M. Kingsbury H. ¥. Howard Hyde Fork Howard Everett Hale

WHEAT AND CHAFF GLEANER NOTES ON BOSTON LIFE

A Boston article admires a voyage letter bag and artist’s family ties while commenting on actors, writers, and Mme Gréville. It reflects on postal quirks, autographs, cat stories, and dog taxation, then laments rising shore taxes and Boston social season fatigue.

Courts Hear Appeal In Ohio Partner Case At Supreme Court

The Supreme Judicial Court hears a post and co. case against the Toledo Cincinnati & St Louis Railroad Co detailing a dispute over Ohio stockholder liability and discovery of directors. The demurrer is overruled and hearings in divorce cases resume May 11 as the full court meets.

Supreme Judicial Court Post & Co Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Co Ohio Corporation Boston Ohio Myers & Warner Russell & Putnam Justice Devens

The New Court House Masonry Strike

Contractor Cram reports the masonry strike on the new court house ended quickly with new workers proving reliable. He would not rehire the strikers and says the job proceeded with minimal delay, while union claims about attracting skilled labor were unfounded.

New Court House Mr. Cram

Legal docket list of may 19 cases and parties

Court filings outline multiple cases with plaintiff defenses and defendant responses. The document lists parties such as Abbott, Bigelow, Boston, Taunton Locomotive Works, Nicholson, Foxwell, and various rail and company names, along with monetary figures and docket numbers indicating a schedule of actions and judgments.

Fry H.N. Shedon George R. Swasey N. W Abbott Bigelow Bosto Block Erie & N- 3 Despatch Co Lockard Kern Mason Manly Hoxie Penn R.R. Co Marshall O'Hern

Knowlton Case and List of Civil Actions

Case entries include Knowlton Mary E Sanders vs Isaac H Crie for tort of horse value and injuries with defense general denial and contributory negligence. Other docket items: Braman executor vs Moore 1469. Milford and W R R vs Stone et al 2181. Taylor vs Lewis and trustee 2127. Gibson administrator vs same et al 2128. Plus Burnham et al assignees 2042 and 2043. Holland et al vs Town of Winchester 1367. Manson vs Stimson 1599. Gillette rep vs Donnelly 2148. Dobson vs Smith 2320. Hayes vs Bullard et al 2076. Judkins vs Coffee 1782. Hutchinson vs City of Cambridge 439. Grishaver vs City of Boston 1601. Henry et al vs Holmes et al 2324. McGrath vs Town of Woburn 2290.

Mary E. Sanders Isaac H. Crie M. Coggan Braman Moore Milford W. R.R

City Notes From June Exhibits and Local Events

City updates cover a Commercial Club visit to Chicago and tours of St. Paul Minneapolis Omaha and Kansas City. Boston reminders note a Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society meeting May 11 and a Cambridge Teele estate sale to Frank Henderson with 100 houses planned. Also a Hebrew marriage certificate issue in Municipal Court, Rev Frederick Campbell’s Roxbury call, a Lee Shepard anniversary dinner with New England Club guests, Queen Kapiolani reception changes, stamps dealer Aden Taylor's counterfeiting arrest, and New England Railroad Club May 11 meeting.

Chicago Commercial Club Boston St. Paul Minneapolis Omaha Kansas City Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society Bromfield Street Teele North Avenue Cambridge Frank Henderson Frederick Campbell Boonville N. Y Roxbury Presbyterian Church Highland Hall Warren Lee Lee & Shepard New England Club Shepard Yong’s Queen Kapiolani Governor Ames Parker House S. Aden Taylor Congress Street United States Marshal Snow Hallett The New England Railroad Club Boston & Albany

Also Mentioned on This Page

Gotham Pittsburg Detroits Pittsburga PO. Ale K. Bil. PO. A McKin Carrill Sulivan Barkley Anam Coleman Pfeifer Miller Williaws Osburns Smith Morris Wittanorgs L'Yle Dvalls Ler Whiney Morrin Anson Pouble Williamson Pfeffer Sullivan Detroit Healy Hame Weidman Seery Hanlon Indianapolis Thompson White Rowe Dunlap Stouthers Weinman Glasscock Brouthers Boston Blues H. BM Manning Hartnett O. Kennedy Foolie TeMing Bradley Shinnick Jordan Turke Guinasso Clare Jorda Burns Colie Lawrence Saleme Lynch Poneyss Caskins,se Leighton Ilsweeney Guinarso Youd Wawrentes Balems Sharp Beverly Investigations Mr. Jenkins Board of Police Norfolk County Teachers Atlantic America Switzerland Clara Morris Henry Gréville Mme. Gréville Gréville France Uncle Sam United States Postal Service Literary Guild Mistress Puss Puss Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals Massachusetts Seaboard Beverly Farms Massachusetts Voyally Newport Strenth Gleaner Superior Court Bacon, J Peter Timony City of Boston Sterling Street No. 36 B.C. Moulton F. A. Loring R. W. Nason Allessander Morton Et al City of Summer Street O. A. Marden Hall Silverstone Dower Morrison Lowell B. Co Apt Richards Builer Dorr Maher Eaton Cavanagh Durgin Marcellus S. Ayer George Putnam J. Fox J. B. Warner Charles H. Greenwood Boston Cooperative Building Company Joseph P. B. Carleton Same Dorchester New York & New England Railroad Harvard Street B. Allen J. F. Wheeler Russell Gray H. W. Swift John Henry Kerrison Boston Daily Advertiser Company the Brotherhood of Reporters and ‘Typographical Union T. J. Gargan H. N. Sheldon Atwood Wheeler Harley Va O'Leary Faulkner Boston & Albany RR Pirman Alexander Stowell George E. Allen Winter Street E. M. Johnson M. R. Thomas J. P. Treadwell Lloyd F. Abbott Christopher Look George C. Abbott William B. French Henry Hunt William Brown Elijah Russell Erastus M. Nash Gilman Osgood W.J. Hunt Russell Havin A. m Goddard Sudbury Street
Search Courier

Search the Boston Post Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Boston Post?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication