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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1891
Page
8
A wartime sermon by Dr Hale addressing G A R veterans honors home front work during the front line years. The piece also notes tributes to wives and mothers and references Phillips Brooks speaking to naval veterans.
After flagging graves at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, members of John A. Andrew Post 15 G A R gathered at headquarters then marched to South Congregational Church where Rev Haward Hale preached on home front work and patriotism. He praised women sewing for soldiers, recounted army aid efforts, and recalled Wendell Phillips and John Adams while stressing duty to church school militia and town meeting as pillars of the republic.
Dr. Brooks urged citizens and men to uphold the national sense of right and duty as veterans of the war reflect on their sacrifices. He said each day a soldier passes away, and the enduring impact of faith and patriotism remains. He praised wartime courage, urged purity of national life, and addressed Kearnsaw veterans about naval victories and strengthening the nation.
The Rev Dr Reven Thomas led memorial services at Harvard Church Brookline with C L Chandler Post 143 and Francis Washburn Post 92 in attendance along with veterans and the Woman's Relief Corps. He spoke of two great epochs the War of Independence and the War of the Rebellion noting independence and slavery questions, state secession, and the need to future battles under God. The address urged the younger generation to remember divine sovereignty and the Lord’s protection.
Dr. Brooks preached to Kearsarge veterans in a crowded church on the theme of St. Paul’s sea experience and the transmutation of forces. He urged balancing memory with present duty, warning against dwelling on the past or ignoring new national responsibilities as the nation grows more complex.
London May 24 Lord Romilly upset a varatine lamp in his drawing room and was found senseless as smoke filled the room. He died later at St George's Hospital. Housemaid Blanche Griffin and cook Emma Lovell were unconscious and died. Fireman George Kyne was seriously injured rescuing the victims. Fire was quickly put out.
The Union Pacific announces a July 1891 grand excursion from Omaha to Yellowstone National Park and western stops including Great Shoshone Falls and Denver. Six horse Concord coaches will traverse Beaver Canyon and Shoshone stations. three days to Yellowstone each way, eight days in the park. Tickets are 260 per passenger, covering rail, Pullman, stage, meals, and hotels for 30 days. 35 passengers only, no children. Applications and full itinerary available from Harry P. Deuel and E. L. Lomax in Omaha Neb.
The New Social Science Institute held its first public meeting at Horticultural Hall led by Col. J W Higginson. Elmer H Capen presided with vice presidents including Governor Russell Governor Brackett Mayor Matthews John D Long Julia Ward Howe and Mary A Livermore.
Typographical Union 18 delegates plan a June 7 Plymouth excursion with a banquet, concert at Bijou Theatre, clam bake at Nantasket, harbor trip, and a Deer Island visit. A Thursday American House banquet will include state officials, followed by a conference on Friday and Saturday to organize the session. Cigar Makers Union 97 endorsed the Franklin Park eight hour July Fourth plan and discussed forming a New England conference. Water Works Assembly 479 donated $10 to locked-out New York workers and approved Mayor Matthews’ Brackett replacement. Railroad Trainsmen formed a new union at Ancient Landmark Hall with officers named. Local unions weighed joint demonstrations but voted not to attend to avoid city-law conflicts. Local Assembly 1675 and 6572 Knights of Labor discussed home-based employment and district coordination.
The Woodlawn Cemetery monument on the soldiers burial lot was dedicated yesterday with more than 500 attendees. Theodore Winthrop Post 36 G A R led the event with East Boston Malden and Kevere posts in attendance. Speakers included C O Henry Cabot Lodge and Commander Rogers, as a naval anchor motif and three cannon form the design atop an eight foot base and nineteen foot height.
An afternoon in Dexter Hall included a donation of $25 to the locked-out New York housesmiths. A committee was appointed to arrange Labor Day activities.
A blind colored minstrel, roaming East New York, sang near a gas lamp hoping for patrons. A nearby resident told him there was no house on the block, only goats in a vacant lot, prompting him to curse Brooklyn and city officials who placed the lamp.
Vermont canvass identified 5660 residents willing to host summer boarders at 84 to 10 dollars weekly and 276 hotels. An illustrated book titled Summer Homes Among the Green Hills of Vermont and Along the Shores of Lake Champlain is available by request from T. H. Harvey in Boston or S. W. Cummings in St. Albans Vermont.
Citizens may secure real bronzes art silver and plated ware at a major auction sale to be held at Shreve Crump Low Company 432 Washington Street before removal to the new building at corner Tremont and West streets. Goods offered below actual value with an entire week remaining until Sunday May 29 as the last day.
An opinion by Judge Morton affirms a verdict against Henry S. Broan an agent of New England Despatch Express in Lowell for bringing intoxicating liquors into a no license town on Sept 8 1890. Evidence supported aiding and abetting though direct transport was not shown, with notes of markings and Bartlett in Lowell.
Be gging for work reported as the big coke strike collapses in ScorrioDALE Penn and Chicago reports say four Frick plants will open tomorrow leaving two idle. Miners in Illinois also end strike with Spring Valley Streator Braidwood Wilmington workers resuming. Lumber dealers firm as rock refuse any settlement and vow no lumber sales until strikeboard concessions are removed.
Forecast issued for Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and Eastern New York through 8 p.m. Monday. Generally fair and slightly warmer with south or southeast winds. Maine coast may see stationary temperatures.
Post's forecast outlines fair conditions across Northern and Southern New England with light variable winds and slightly higher interior temperatures. It notes an extensive anti cyclones and rising pressures west of the lakes, with clear skies in Maine, scattered cloudiness nationwide, showers in the West and South, and warm highs such as 92 in Montgomery and 70 in Northfield, Minnesota.
A fragmented OCR list details numerous docket entries and party names across sessions. It catalogs filings such as Goodrich v Hearn Adams v Herrick and McGuerry v Hale, with many others including Bennett v Wellman and Mackenzie v N E, interspersed with session notes and ordering phrases. The text resembles a court index or register of cases arranged by docket numbers and parties, not narrative reporting.
Superior Court case from Middlesex County in Cambridge. George H. Guttro files against Patrick Monahan seeking 3000 in damages for injuries from a vicious horse attack. Attorneys Coggan Schofield for plaintiff Stearns Butler for defendant. Other docket entries listed include multiple state civil actions and references to related cases. The record shows a docket heavy with cross references and prior case numbers.
Norfolk docket list details multiple Superior Court cases including Thompson v City, Norton v reach, McManus v Daniels, Rume v same, Shute v City of Quaincy, Canton Institute for Savinne v Murphy, O'Reilly v French, Gargan v City of Yna, Collins v County of Norfolk, Whiting v Laughy, Amild v Gill, Sullivan v Vachan Oil Co, Goodrich v Tracy, Salisbury v Salisbury, Whitman, Same v Smith et al, Bradley v Keetle, Loring Adie v City of Quincy, Murray v Knight et al.
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