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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1886
Page
5
Theodore Dwight Woolser described as professor administrator and publicist alongside John Greenleaf Whittier the poet. The brief notes emphasize their roles in academia and literature within the period.
The Harvard Memorial dinner faced delays but became a grand event with President Cleveland as chief guest. Speakers praised his public record, Governor Robinson’s tribute, and the university’s enduring role in education and liberty. The procession and seating drew vast crowds amid enthusiastic applause.
The address recalls Harvard's bond among brethren and the founders of New England. It extols public education, the role of schools, and the duty of government to fund learning, praising the foresight of early patriots and their lasting impact on Massachusetts and the nation.
The passage honors the founders spirit of self sacrifice and moral fortitude over wealth or status. It embraces their faith and duty guiding truth and elevates education as a lasting edifice built by scholars whose legacy should be repaired and renewed by future generations. It equates enduring monuments to enduring virtue against time.
A fragmentary line expresses reverence for the motherland and its enduring heritage with praise for past triumphs and moral guidance. The text ends with a note of hearty approval from the audience.
Judge Devens welcomes President Cleveland and praises education and civic duty. He urges active participation by educated citizens in public life and honors Harvard’s founders and benefactors as Robert C. Winthrop speaks of fifty years of alumni unity and memory.
The speaker praises Edward Everett and Harvard’s golden era, recalls Harrison Tarayus’s letter and two bereavements that altered a banquet. He honors Henry Vane and Milton, notes Cane’s university ties, and recalls Daniel Webster and other luminaries who graced a past pavilion as the audience applauds. CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE.
The notice lists performances at several venues with showtimes. Lady of Lyons at Boston Theatre, Harbor Lights at Boston Museum, The Little Detective at Park Theatre, Adonis at Hollis Street Theatre, and Carroll’s Society at Howard Athenaeum with evening performances.
Horatio Harris & Co. conducts sales on damaged steel and wire, damaged Egyptian cotton, and other items. Sullivan Bros. handles real estate, L. Day & Co. oversees stocks, Brancis Henshaw & Co. lists another stock sale. Evens & Son and Renegrate-Brice provide additional entries for Wednesday November 10.
Marriage notices list George A. Hibbard and Adelaide Ford wed in the city on October 27. Edwin L. Stephenson and Martha Whitney tie the knot in the city on November 3, with J P Samuel L. Moore performing the ceremony.
Death notices list multiple individuals with Nov 7 to Nov 6 dates including Nancy Brown of South Boston aged 63 11 months, Henry L Southworth 36, Alien Frye 7, Tan Belle Frothingham opposite New York, Mary J Hayes 69, Ida Frances Lombard a Chelses, Peacy Nason widow 85, Albert W Robbins 47, Sarah S Springall 70, Elizabeth Moorfield 6, Winthrop Willis 14, Edwin E Wiley 32, Seth Wilmarth 76, all reported in towns like Charlestown Weymouth Newtonville Maiden Brookline Somerville and Hartford.
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