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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1886
Page
5
Washington notes reveal Massachusetts lawmakers late to Congress as Dawes support grows and a police scandal exposes blackmail risk. Post office reforms and urban growth press discussion of organization, accountability, and rising land values amid a shifting moral climate in federal capital.
Graduating exercises at Dartmouth Medical College in Hanover NH featured Dean C P Frost and President Bartlett. Degrees of Doctor of Medicine conferred on E A Ballon Rhode Island EF Barrett Mason NH F L Brigham Pittsfield VT J Cochrane Massachusetts F E Colby Eaton E B Dunbar Manchester NH H Eldridge Toledo OH 6233.2. Billiott New York KE Frost Springvale ME F W cn Randolph MA E B Hallet Yarmouthport MA A I Hoyt Co F T Lougee Effingham A L D McKillop East Boston C T Meaker Pittston PA W H Presley Salem Jr W Scudder Proctor VT M F Sullivan Palmer MA W K Wadleigh Franklin
Among the Aurania's passengers last evening was Babu Mohini Mohun Chatterji a renowned young Hindu philosopher from Calcutta Brahmi. He has captivated London and Paris society with his metaphysical mind and extensive knowledge of philosophy. He visits America invited by friends in New York and Boston and may lecture on the present state of society as part of his Eastern ideas for Western minds.
Salem and Danvers street railway faces a general strike by District Assembly 30 Knights of Labor after pay talks. Eighteen of thirty one workers quit as cars ran all day with minor irregularities. Management offered $2. per day raise. arbitration and hiring options discussed to resume service.
A Washington Sentinel retraction absolves Colonel Mathews of unfounded accusations tied to plots against him. The piece credits Governor Porter and Consul Ingraham for clarifying truth, noting Mathews’ effective conduct in Tangier and the department’s praise for his services to merchants.
Advertisers claim Pearline helps many women perform cleaning tasks more efficiently than any other product. The copy asserts superior effectiveness in household chores and broad appeal to homemakers.
A critical essay contrasts Vinnie Ream and Edmonia Lewis, noting Ream’s Paris study with Bonnat and her Lincoln statue versus Lewis’s small group figures. It discusses gender bias, talent, and the place of American women in sculpture, calling for a serious appraisal of their contributions.
Amusements listings show McNish Johnson Slavin's refined minstrels at Boston theatres and Harbour Lights at Boston Museum. Rip Van Winkle at Globe Theatre Lotta in Bob at Park Theatre Adonis at Hollis Street Theatre Sam Devere's Double Company at Howard Athenaeum Across the Atlantic at Evans Theatre Music Hall presents Mme Adelina Patti.
Today at 11 50 a m R L Day Co reports stock activity while Francis Henshaw Co records noon trades. Albert Howe Co lists horse market movements with current valuations.
In this city on November 16, Noward W. Batchelder married Orissa D. Abbott by Rev. C. S. Frost. In Newburyport on November 18, Edmund M. Dow wed Martha B. Sanith by Rev. Charles P. Mills.
In this city on various dates, Frances I Comee wife of James T Comee died aged 41 years 10 months. George Dickinson aged 64. Mattie V Frost eldest daughter of Rev S T and Annie L Frost died. Emory B Sag aged 72. Eliza H Gaskill widow of Tyler B Gaskill died at Hotel Oxford aged 59 years 7 months. James Griggs of Dedham died aged 76. Paymaster Dennison Hurlbut U S Navy died in Havre France aged 38. Nancy D Kinsman wife of William Kinsman died aged 80 years 6 months in Ipswich. Walter E Lewis of Chicago died aged 46 in Hinsdale. Martha Louise Oakman aged 29 at Marshfield. Parkhurst younger son of Lews H and Anna D Parkhurst aged 6 years 10 months. Ann P Pearson of Woburn aged 76. Rev Charles C Sewall of Medfield died aged 84 6. Tarbox Benjamin Tarbox died Malden aged 65 3 months 22 days.
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