Death of Major Poore Buried in West Newbury Remains to Boston
Major Ben Perley Poore, famed Washington journalist and former Massachusetts officer, died suddenly at his home after a brief decline. His body will travel to Boston for burial near Indian Hill, with a modest funeral turnout and floral tributes from Loyal Legion and editors. Poore, born 1820 in Newbury, built a long career as a journalist and author, served as a major in the Eighth Massachusetts, and contributed widely to newspapers and political writings.
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West Newbury
Wasmington
Sprcrau
Major Ben
Perley Poore
Major Poore
Baltimore & Potomac
Loyal Legion
Masonic Fraternity
Poore
Ellen Poore
Dodge
Rhode Island
Appleton
Indian Hill
Friends of the
Ben
Washington
Newburyah
Europe
West Point
Worcester
Soares
Athens
Henry W. Hilliard
United States
Belgium
Africa
Asia
Atlantic
Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston Atlas
America
Atlas
American Sentinel
The
Daily Bee
Journal
Massachusetts
Eighth Massachusetts
Butler
Senate Committee On
Congressional Directory
Congress
American Forestry Association
Georgetown
Blaine and
Lovan
H. J. Msdell
The Hon John K Tarbox Dies in Boston
The Hon John K Tarbox Massachusetts insurance commissioner died in Boston early Saturday from spinal troubles and Brights disease. Born May 6 1838 in Methuen now Lawrence he endured poverty and orphanhood before child like guardianship under Rev Gailey Loring. His early schooling included Lawrence public schools and Franklin Academy North Andover before health issues halted his college plans.
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John K. Tarbox
Massachusetts
Bright
John Kembley Tarbox
Methuen
Mass
Lawrence
Gailey Loring
Garth Andover
George B. Loring
Franklin Academy
North Andover
Earthquake in Mexico A Violent Oscillation Lasted Thirty Nine Seconds
A heavy quake struck this city at 2 50 am followed by a low roar and a violent east west oscillation lasting 39 seconds. Houses swayed like ships, bells rang, doors opened, crockery broke and pictures fell. After further tremors, confusion spread as people dressed and moved to the streets. No fatalities reported at the School of Mines. later shocks were noted in Rome and Ancona.
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Mexico
Ceballos
Federal District
School of Mines
Ugald
Sagrario
London Bank
Rome
Tesi
Ancona
President Cleveland Fishes At Saranac Inn In May Weather
President Cleveland endured a dismal fishing day at Prospect Harbor New York with Mrs Cleveland and Colonel Lamont. He and his party tried twice on the lake with a pine boat built for him but wind and luck kept them fishless. The day ended with a hopeful forecast for better sport tomorrow as Mrs Cleveland and guests attended a chapel service at the inn.
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Prospect Hovsr
N. Y
Saranac Inn
The Art Museum Expansion Drive Appeals for Funds
Trustees issue a circular detailing a private $218000 subscription from fifty eight donors and seek $300000 total to extend the building add casts and photographs and expand current exhibits. They note 119227 visitors admitted free on year ending May 1 1887 and urge liberal support through John L. Gardner treasurer 22 Congress street.
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Museum of Fine Arts
John L. Gardner
Congress Street
Martin Brimmer
William Endicott
Alexander H. Rice
Samuel D. Warren
Samuel Eliot
Henry J. Bigelow
Henry Lee
William W. Greenough
Oe G. Loring
Edward W. Hooper
Stanton Ake
Butler Admirers Form Social Club Aimed at General Butler
A Boston group led by Col. Noah A. Plympton proposes a Butler Club for social and personal pleasure and old political ties. Invitations target Democratic figures while some Republicans fear a political hook, though Democrats insist the club is non political and merely social. General Collins said invitations are a free expression with no implied aims.
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Butler Club
Noah A. Plympton
Revere House
Commonwealth
Butler
Boston
Collins
Art for the Village in Ashfield Memorial
The Ashfield Massachusetts town prepares a Field Memorial building for paintings books and art objects funded by a Philadelphia widow in memory of John W Field a Quaker who wintered in Washington and summers in Ashfield A summer art school may grow from the project Patronage by Professor Charles Eliot Norton is noted The piece highlights rural cultural growth and republicanism in philanthropy and contrasts central city arts with small town benefaction
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N. ¥. Times
Ashfield
Mass
John W. Field
Philadelphia
Washington
Charles Eliot Norton
Field
Catherine Wolfe
City of
New York
Messrs. Seney
Vanderbilt
Schaus
Hilton
Field Memorial
Lena
United States
Boston
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Worcester
Albany
Mr. Field
Grand Army Day dinner honors veterans at Young's
The New England Club at Young's hosted a Grand Army Day dinner with many veterans including Corporal James Tanner of Brooklyn and Major George Merrill. Speakers from the Grand Army of the Republic celebrated fraternity, loyalty, and the cause of freedom, praising home front support and the Soldiers' legacy.
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New England Club
Young’s
Grand Army of the Republic
James Tanner
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alonzo Williams
Providence
R. I
E. A. Horton
A. A. Folsom
Henry Walker
William Cogswell
George 5. Merrill
J. C. Linehan
George H. Patch
Tobin
Adams
Nicholas van Slyck
Weber Quartet
Waltham Band
Harvey N. Shepard
Army of the Potomac
Army of the West
Grand Army of the
Republic
Xerxes
Persia
Marathon
Saragossa
Church Green
Lexington
Concord
Bunker Hill
Napoleon
Massachusetts
Greece
Russia
Ireland
America
New York
Grand Army
United States
Williams
Brown University
Patch
Class Day Exercises for Institute of Technology Seniors
The class of 87 bids farewell with a 2 30 p m program in Huntington Hall including songs, an ode, addresses by George O Draper and W S Hadaway, history by UH Spaulding, poetry by Giles Taintor, statistics by G W Patterson Jr, and a glee club song. A class reception follows at the Hotel Vendome with J Howard Richardson’s Orchestra for dancing. tickets required for all events.
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Huntington Hall
The
Glee Club
George O. Draper
W. S. Hadaway
Spaulding
Giles Taintor
G. W. Patterson, Jr
H. C. Spaulding
Quintard Peters
Hotel Vendome
J. Howard Richardson
City of Boston
City Hall
Boston Water Board
Boston Water Works
Accomney Eee
City Engineer
Boston
Water Board
City of
William B. Smart
Boston News in a New York Paper Sparks Corrections
The Beacon quotes a Tribune paragraph on Daly's Boston engagement at the Museum and Dickens readings. It notes errors about Boston's largest theatre, Dickens's arrival, and publisher arrangements, offering corrections about Ticknor & Fields and Chapman & Hall. The piece argues the Tribune misstates facts and overstates Boston theatre size and Dickens’ capture by an American manager.
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New York Tribune
Boston
Daly
Boston Museum
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Messrs. Wields
United States
Fields, Osgood & Co
Ticknor & Fields
Dolby
Messrs
London
Messrs. Chapman & Hall
the Tribune
Theatres and Showings Across Boston Area
The Hollis Street Theatre presents Evangeline with 2 pm and 8 pm shows. Globe Theatre schedules Ruddigore with matinee and 7 forty for evening. Boston Museum Keller shows The World at 2 pm and evening. Park Theatre runs Little Jack Sheppard with 2 pm and 8 pm performances. Atheneum shows Lost in New York on daily matinee and evening slots. The Beacon? Pop is listed at Modern Theatre with 2 pm and 8 pm daily. Banjo tournament noted at Music Hall.
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Evangeline
Shed ‘ Globe
Eos
Ruddigore
Boston
Museum—Kellar
Evenin
Park the
Little Jack Sheppard
New York
BOUT
Pop
Music Hall
Sales by auction Tuesday at Land-S Knights Co and Harris sale
Land Sales Tuesday schedule lists auctions by Knights & Co at 5 p.m. and Horatio Harris at noon. The notices indicate fruit for sale and a general auction timeline. The piece emphasizes timings and auctioneers for the day.
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Land—S. R. KnIghts & Co
Horatio Harris
Marriages in Norwood and Boston May 18 25 23
Notices report several Boston area nuptials with couples including Heman C. Babcock and Nellie May Howard in Norwood at the bride's mother's home, Louis Bigelow and Mary J Whitehill in Boston, Finlay McKenzie and Elizabeth McKay in Boston, and James J Prentiss to Susie E Crane in Hanover on May 23.
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C. E. Davis
Finlay McKenzie
Elizabeth McKay
Boston
Prentiss—Crane
Hanover
T. H. Goodwin
James J. Prentiss
Susie E. Crane
Deaths in the Boston Area and Nearby Towns May 27 28
Death notices from Hyde Park Quincy Brookline Lowell Lowell St Anne’s Church Belmont Chelsea Joy Me Waltham Cambridgeport Milton and other areas announce Edith J Brown Taine Schmister Brown Emma F bumpus James M Burgess William A Burke Lucy D Hall Susan S Marsh Jane Francesky Oscar W Paine Harriet Seavey Lucy A Steele George Vose May dates and ages listed with funeral details where provided.
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Hyde Park
Edith J
Taine Schmister Brown
Isaac C. Looper
Bumpus
Quincy
Emma F
Everett C. Bumpus
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Brookline
James M. Burgess
Auburn Street
Burke
Lowell
William A. Burke
St. Anne’s Church
Hall
Boston Highlands
Lucy D. Hall
Charles G. Hall
Marsh
Belmont
Susan
Murphy
Chelsea
Mass
Jane Francesky
Paine
Joy
Oscar W. Paine
Boston
Seavey
Waltham
Harriet Seavey
Vate
Cambridgeport
Lucy A. Steele
Vose
Milton
George Vose
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John Stetsom
Gilbert & Sullivan
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R. M. Field
Kellar
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Portland
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Edward T. Merrihew
Eastern Railroad Co
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Charlestown
Essex RR
N. G. Chapin
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John Jeff Fries& Son
Devonshire Street
Corporation Notices
Everett Mills
New England Mutual Life
Postoffice Square
Henry H. Edes
Aaron I, Gay & CO
State Street
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