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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1889

Page

2

Unitarian Club Banquet Honors Japan Mission At Vendome

A large Unitarian Club banquet in the Vendome state apartments featured Hon. Leverett Saltonstall and many distinguished members. Speakers praised the Philadelphia national conference, urged support for home and foreign missions, and highlighted the Japan mission and the Meadville Clarke professorship.

Unitarian Club the Vendome Leverett Saltonstall John Lowell Brooke Herford Horace L. Wheeler Newtonville Andrew P. Peabody D.D John Snyder St. Louis James B. Thayer George Batchelor George 5 N. H. Henchman Horace G. Wadlin Martin Peabody Saltonstall Philadelphia Henry H. Edes Edes Council National Conference Boston Francis J. Brown M.D Sherman Hoar Dr. Brown Academy of Music Dr. Hale George William Curtis George 5. Hale Herford Saratoga Pacific Slope New York City Paul Damascus Japan Conference Council Hale Minot Savage F. E. Hale Rudius Foreign Board of Missions Japan Mission James Freeman Clarke Meadville Unite

Teachers in the Church Religious Training of Children Discussed

About 2000 Sunday school workers from multiple denominations gathered at Tremont Temple Massachusetts for a state convention. Dr John Hall urged training the rising generation in Bible truths and moral law to resist modern evils while emphasizing parental and societal roles under divine guidance.

Massachusetts Tremont Temple A. E. Dunning D.D John Hall Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church New York City Hall Europe Boston New England United States New York Suburbs Masachusetts Chicago London Pans Rome God Father of Light Bpapeey School Emory J. Haynes F. A. Peloubet Bellamy B. F. Jacobs Christ Luther Jesus jAlmost Church of Christ A. F. Schaufner Growler Father Huntington Gotham Court Baxter Street Ludlow Street Pell Street Mulberry Street Metropolis Children’s Aid Society Washington, D. C W. H. Hartshorn Tremont Temple John Wanamaker

Bible workers sent to their divine mission vow

Gratitude from Kansas City Missouri dated November 13 1889. Bishop John H. Vincent thanks well wishers and urges that all Bible workers be called converted consecrated and endowed for their holy mission.

Kansas City, Mo John H. Vincent

Galvin Nominated by Democratic City Committee for Mayor

The Democratic City Committee moved to nominate Owen A. Galvin for mayor after ballots showed him with a clear majority on the informal vote. John B. Martin declined candidacy, urging unity to defeat the Republican ring. The convention also discussed street-commission reforms and named Burrill as street commissioner candidate. The squadron roster for Boston visitors was listed in a separate section.

Carberry Mr. Maguire Mr. Kennedy Mr. Corbett Mr. Creed Mr. Burke G. R. Swasey Ward 12 Martin Owen A. Galvin S.seeeseee Leopold Morse John B. Martin John B. Martin Rose Democratic City Committee Democratic Convention Democratic Committee Boston Galvin P. A. Collins Dudley Street Opera House Nan City Hall City Mall Falvin Democratic Party Cunniff Maguire Ward 18 Isaac 8. Burrill Board of Street Commissioners Charlestown Roxbury Dorchester Street Commission Ward 21 Burrill

Herbert Ward lecture at Music Hall to feature curiosities

Purchasers of tickets for Herbert Ward's talk on the Congo Cannibals of Central Africa may inspect Ward's African curiosities upon arrival in a few days. Mr. Glave will contribute African melodies during the lecture at Music Hall next Tuesday evening.

Herbert Ward Music Hall Congo Central Africa Mr. Ward Mr. Glave

Mason & Hamlin Open New Boston Piano Showroom

Mason and Hamlin open a large piano and organ showroom at 154 and 155 Tremont Street Boston. The staircase front and seven large glass doors showcase a broad stock. the firm has operated in Boston for twenty three years and expanded to street and basement floors to meet growing trade.

Mason & Hamlin Tremont Street Boston

Horsford's Acid Phosphate Relieves Exhaustion

An advertisement proclaims Horsford's Acid Phosphate relieves mental and physical exhaustion. The claim targets readers seeking tonic relief and energy restoration, emphasizing vigor and well being without medical endorsement.

Horsford

Raymond and Whitcomb California Winter Tour Excursions

A Boston Raymond and Whitcomb winter tour train departs with new vestibuled cars and luxury transit. The route passes Fitchburg station at 4 pm with multiple connections to Chicago and Pasadena arrival on the 23rd. The party lists hundreds of travelers from Boston and New York, with attendants and baggage, heading toward La Junta and then California. additional departures are planned in December and January.

Messrs. Raymond & Whitcomb California Pullman Company Boston Fitchburg West Shore Chicago Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Kansas City Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Pasadena Raymond New England New York Philadelphia Rotterdam Junction Messrs Carroll Hutchins Fredrk. Ayer Henry Lyon George H. Smiley Lake Minnewaska N. Y M. A. Albee Boulder Col M. Pp. Anderson Bath Alice Bacon Mass Francis Bacon Susan Bacon John F. Barry George W. Bird F. M. Blanchard John Bley Penn Laura A. Bowles Washington, Vt Mary L. Burnham Farmington Mary Burnham Arthur P. Butler W. A. Butler Stony Creek Conn Louise Chapman West Medford E. F. Coe M. R. Coombs Charlestown Mary A. Cornell Mohonk Lake Clara Creighton Thomaston Ira B. Cushing Brookline Dabney Maid Dabney, Jr Grace J. Edwin Davis Mary F. Dennison East Cairnbridge C. O. Doane FE. A. Ford Pittsburg Agnes M. Frame Hyde Park Exama B. Fry Troy A. O. Fuller Wakefield L. B. Fuller Frances B. Garrett Logan Philip C. Garrett Edith M. Hadley Goffstown N. HL H. W. Hadley Abbie B. Hill Dorchester E. J. Hill Jane R. Hill L. M. Hill L. B. Huntington Montpelier A. Huntting East Hampton Gussie C. Ives Brooklyn W. B. Jones Newburyport Clara M Jordan Louise Kennedy Aeey T. B. Kerr N.Y Charles E. Kimball J. W. Lindsey Fall River Gustavus Lucke Sherbrooke Helen Mather Watertown M. H. Mathes Weymouth McHugh Albany L. A. Morse Genn L. J. Moses Martha H. Munroe H. J. Park N._Y Main Maude J. Park Frederick G. Perry A. E. Pratt Natick Priscilla Pratt Sarah A. Rice Waverly C. J. Rowland F. A. Sanford Westfield Edward Seaver Roxbury Martha Seaver William Seaver Mary L. Seavey M. L. Y. Seffens Conway Annie M. Seffens R. F. Simmons Attleboro Falls Phebe K. Dlocum Abby E. Smiley Alfred H. Smiley Fannie R. Smiley Sarah Snow San Francisco Cal M. E. W. Sparhawk Jennie Stillman Arthur Taylor C. &. Thomas Aaron Thomas, Jr William H. Webb E. J. Wescott H. E. Wescott Edith L. Wilde Melrose J. D. Wilde Anna Yarnall Ellis H. Yarnall la Junta

Letter to the Editor on Palfrey and a Clerkship Claim

Joseph A Brown of Boston defends remarks about Mr Palfrey postmaster of Boston during the war. He recalls urging a Union party loyalist for a clerkship and Palfrey’s pledge to resign his own post to support a family dependent on him before removing an officeholder. Also notes a diphtheria death and two new cases in Dover New Hampshire.

Palfrey Post Boston Union Party Joseph A. Brown

Reader Corrects Catholic Congress Platform Claim

In a letter to the editor Thomas Dwight denies a Post report that the platform favors secret societies. He argues the text praises benevolent groups like St Vincent de Paul and rejects any ban on non secret Catholic groups, calling the notion of endorsement of secret societies absurd.

Catholic Congress St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Sun Thomas

Fraternal Congress Adjourns After Debating Insurance Roles

The National Fraternal Congress closes its session with recommendations to exempt fraternal societies from general insurance laws. It calls for a Kansas misgiving over Commissioner Wilder, proposes census data for fraternal groups, and selects Pittsburg as next meeting site with officers and plans for subsidiary rules.

National Fraternal Congress John Haskell Butler Butler New York Insurance Commissioner Department of the Kansas Gilbert Wilder Committee On Statistics and Good of the Order Shields Biggs Committee On Laws Pittsburg Penn Committee On Finance Acker D. H. Shields Hannibal Ancient Order of United _ Workmen Lewiston Knights of Honor O. M. Shedd West Poughkeepsie N. Y George Hawkes Philadelphia Ancient Order of United Workmen Young’s Hotel Congress

Major Nathan Weston Obituary Highlights Maine Ties and Service

Major Nathan Weston died at his Dorchester residence. A Bowdoin graduate and lawyer, he practiced in Maine and Massachusetts. He served as a Mexican War paymaster under General Taylor, fought at Monterrey and Buena Vista, and was active in Democratic politics. Uncle of Chief Justice Fuller, he valued intellect and integrity. He left a widow and several sons.

Nathan Weston Dorchester Maine Supreme Court Bowdoin College Taylor Monterey Buena Vista Ist Democratic Party Fuller United States Supreme Court Suffolk Club

James H. Blake Dies by Self-Inflicted Wound at Beacon Street

James H. Blake, 45, died at his home 193 Beacon Street from a self-inflicted bullet wound. A Boston native, he suffered Bright's disease for years and lost his reason. He served as secretary to Nathaniel Thayer and trustee of the estate, and earlier held a 1862 lieutenant’s post in the Forty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers.

James H. Blake Beacon Street Bright Blake Nathaniel Thayer Boston James Blake Forty-fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers Francis L. Lee North Carolina Thomas G. Stevenson

Hon J Warren Merrill Former Cambridge Mayor Dies at 70

The Hon J Warren Merrill ex mayor of Cambridge died Tuesday evening aged seventy. Born in 1819 in South Hampton New Hampshire he moved to Boston and joined a firm with Joshua P Preston later earning legislative seat and two mayoral terms during the Civil War. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Old Cambridge Baptist Church.

J. Warren Merrill Cambridge South Hampton N. H Boston Joshua P. Preston Merrill Old Cambridge Baptist Church

Settlement reached in Cunard Francklyn suit at New York

The $3,000,000 lawsuit by Sir Bace Cunard against Charles G. Francklyn settles out of court. Miners in Spring Valley Illinois accept terms used in the district. A dam near Alou Ontario bursts destroying mills bridges and homes with heavy damage. An aged couple drowns and others escape. Sheriff Flack’s case adjourned due to Judge Monell’s illness. James Keenan alias Blind Jimmy jailed for four years for a Brockton theft. Holyoke paper mills plan to shut to reduce surplus writing stock.

Sir Bace Cunard Charles G. Francklyn New York Spring Valley Alou Ont Flack Ambrose Monell James Keenan Jimmy Plymouth Brockton Keenan New Hampshire Holyoke

Andover Stock Farm Built From Snow Legacy

An old Boston magnate David Snow planned a premium stock farm near Andover. Since May, J H Richardson owns the 125 acre site with three light-filled barns, a half mile track, paddock and meadow for hay. He has organized a strong stable with Thorndale Chief and promising progeny, plus noted mares and two-year-olds, all tended by foreman Mr Sullivan.

Andover Srecrau David Snow Boston North Andover J. H. Richardson Snow Merrimac River City of Lawrence Richardson Thorndale Chief Thorndelia Thorndale F Jessie Bessie Thorn Little Thorn Thorndale Jim Big Thorn Nelson, Jr Nelson Young Rolf Sre Albert Wilkes Keyser George Wilkes Aleryon Rolf Carrie ‘I Brighton Road Norah Oweenee Daisy C Sullivan

The Oolah Comic Opera to Open Next Week

Francis Wilson leads The Oolah a three act Persian farce about a law curbing remarriage. The ensemble includes Marie Jansen Laura Moore Nettie Lyford and others with Goathher and Young scenery. Box office sales begin Thursday morning Nov 14.

Francis Wilson Persia Oplah Marie Jansen Cadi Laura Moore Nettie Lyford Hubert Witke Charles Plunkett Harry Macdonough Benjamin F. Joslyn New York Goathher Young Richard Barker Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy Theatre London

Notes About Women and Public Life in the Era

A compilation of updates on women in society and profession. Topics include Kate Field's new political arts paper, Russian high school girls seeking apprenticeships, Lizzie Banks as a diplomat’s secretary to Peru, American women cycling in France, carpet knotting as a trade, Juliet Carson editing Household Monthly, East London women workers forming a union, Baltimore Women's College fitness program led by Matilda Wallin, and forthcoming prison statistics monograph by Falkner and James.

Kate Field St. Petersburg Lizzie Banks St. Paul Paris Juliet Carson London Baltimore Women’s College Matilda Wallin

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City Democrats John G. Walker H. B. Robeson Sidney A. Staunton M. R. S. Mackenzie R. P. Rodgers K. Rohrer J. A. H. Nickels John Hubbard W. H. Shuetze A. M. Knight A. P. Niblack G R. Evans G. F. Hawk Fe.t. Witherspoon I. C. Walton Atlanta John A. Howell A. R. Conden N. E. Niles G.A. Calhoun G._H._ Peters H. S. Rey A. L. Key J. M._ Poyer M. ©. Drennan W. F. Worthington A. McAllister Samuel Mercer James O’kane Harry Knox Wainright Kellogg Hamilton Hutchins W. KR. Rush Lloyd F. J. Haeseler M. K. Eyre W. S. Dixon G. P. Lumsden H. T. B. Harris H. D. McEwan A. F. Dixon B. ©. Sampson Marines L. J. Gulick Yorktown F. E. Chadwick H. G. O. Colby C. A. Bradbury J. ©. Colwell W. F. Fullam A. G. Winterhalter R. ©. Smith RK. Stocker F. M. Russell John C. Boyd W. Battlefield Andrade State Senate Suffolk House Senate Superior Criminal Court Willard George M. Stearns Mr. Galvin Stearns Boston Schools Boston University Law Raymond & Whitcomb Tourists Dover the Catholic Congress and Secret Societies the Fraternal Congress E. J. James University of Pennsylvania Roland ¥. Falkner
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