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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1880

Page

3

Atlas Overdue Five Days at Port Amid Quiet Unease

The Cunard steamer Atlas is five days late at this port causing unease though her arrival would be welcomed. Col G M Atwood, auctioneer, sold a southeast corner D and Ninth streets estate a three story wooden house for 1610 to Annie Dever. The Commercial Manufacturing Co of New York sues Hewins Cochran here for oleomargarine patent infringement seeking 50000 in damages.

Cunard Atlas Col G. M. Atwood D and Ninth Streets Annie Dever The Commercial Manufacturing Company of New York Hewins &Cochran

After Dinner Speeches

A reflective piece praising nostalgia and loyalty to a bygone home. The speaker hopes listeners remain true to past bonds, faith, and virtue as they move forward through life’s trials, seeking strength and lasting harmony in an eternal home with loved ones.

Thanksgiving Dinner for Association Members

A Thanksgiving gathering for association members drew 130 young men from 15 states and several Canadian and other countries. The event featured a feast supplied by prominent Boston hotels, readings by speakers, and a poem, with remarks on family ties and letters from notable figures. The program included theatrical reviews in Boston venues and a lecture by Archibald Forbes, reflecting a broad cultural slate.

Association George A. Mme Parker House Hotel Brunswick Young’s Hotel Crawford House Brigham’s Restaurant Tufts M. R. Deming Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario England Scotland Ireland Germany St. Helena A. H. Rice J. L. Withrow

Marblehead Battalion advances in drills for Memorial Day 1881

Marblehead High School Battalion under Maj John W Richardson and drill master William H Green earns praise for discipline and instruction. Public debut expected Memorial Day 1881 escorting John Goodwin Jr Post 82 G A R. Also notes diphtheria deaths, pneumonia illnesses, temperance meetings at Lyceum Hall, Neptune Club anniversary dinner December 1, Story Grammar School new building ready spring. Suburban notes include Dowling death from tannery accident, Land League meeting December 2, Morse School marriage, Mrs Pray burns death, and Brackett Curran arrest for shoe swindling involving 960 pairs falsely stated.

Marblehead High School John W. Richardson William H. Green Marblehead Sutton Light Infantry John Goodwin, Jr G. A. R. Nores Lyceum Hall Charles H. Litchman Marblehead Glee Club Neptune Club James Dowling Uardy’s Peabody Branch Land League of Somerville Thomas Riley Boston J. J. Kelley Cambridge C. C. Hawkins Morse School Anna H. Townsend James F. Curran Rockaway Street Lynn L. & C. Wise New York Brackett

Death by own action at Washington street saloon

A man about 35 entered Rouillard’s saloon at 1039 Washington street about 7:30 AM on Thursday, drew a pistol, and killed himself. Officer Mitchell took him to City Hospital where he died. Papers identify him as Edward W. Wellington of Worcester. Medical Examiner Draper ordered the body to the Morgue.

Draper

Miscellany of odd facts and public notices

A collage of brief items notes Libby prison bricks listed at 31 apieee, the War Cry paper from England, US postal workforce, a road sign near Montreal about honey for coffins, Dickens on Robinson Crusoe, a Kansas woman’s marriages and fates, a 12 year old Unionville boy with a gun, Roman letters in Germany, Thaddeus Stevens estate, Victor Huge sighting, Indiana Governor-elect Porter, Chicago crime surge and reform call, Patty in Berlin, Mile. Jeanne Lamary marriage, Parisian wedding crowds, Kate Field on English vs American newspapers, a Paducah man’s thief goat, and a Frederick JP shooting over deed fees.

Libby Salvation Army England Postal Service United States Montreal Can Charles Dickens Robinson Crusoe Kansas Chris Taylor Unionville Cologne Gazette Germany Thaddeus Stevens Victor Huge Porter Indiana Chicago New York William Adelina Patti Berlin Mile Jeanne Lamary Theatre Francais Paris Kate Field London Times

Delia Quinn dies from clothes catching fire in Portland visit

In Winterport, eight year old Delia Quinn was fatally burned when her clothes caught fire on Wednesday afternoon. Also, Governor nominates H O Stanley as Fish Commissioner to replace Everett Smith. Colby fall term ends. winter session starts December 1. President Robbins to be wintering away for health.

Delia Quinn Portland Winterport H. O. Stanley Everett Smith Colby Robbins S. K. Smith D. D J. W. Smith Andover Mass Biddeford Pool Daniel Downey Winslow Bates Faucette Fossett Guilford Dover

Hale’s woods sold in Barrington after long family ownership

Hale’s woods in Barrington, belonging to the Hale family for over 125 years, were recently sold for $5,000. Diphtheria runs high in Portsmouth and nearby towns with ten cases on one street in under two weeks. Ellie State Board of Agriculture schedules meetings at Candia on Nov 20, Sandown on Dec 1, and Newington on Dec 2, with Governor elect Bell expected to attend. Lumber preparations are expanding in the northern part of the state and will begin once sufficient snow falls.

Hale Barrington Portsmouth Ellie State Board of Agriculture Candia Sandown Newington Bell

Vermont Faces Drought and Rain Shortage Ahead

Vermont struggles with low streams and dry wells as winter nears. The Poultney National Bank creditors receive a 15 percent dividend. A man believed to be Hatch of Norwich found frozen to death in a Tunbridge barn. Fairhaven water works near completion. Boston train to Burlington narrowly escapes over a burning cattle guard. Butter prices at St. Albans show varied rates. Legislature expenses near 40,000 with key business pending. Burlington Free Press criticizes House closing as discreditable. Rutland report: old Fairbanks lever employee now with Howe Scale. St. Johnsbury visitor notes a man’s comment about attending church and voting Democratic.

Vermont Poultney National Bank Norwich Tunbridge Fairhaven Boston Burlington St. Albans Burlington Free Press Rutland Montpelier Argus Fairbanks Lecure Company Howe Scale Company St. Johnsbury Episcopal Church

Freight Conductor Dies After Fall at Cranston

Daniel Seoville, a freight conductor on the New York and New England Railroad, fell between two cars at Cranston Thursday and died after being brought to the central station. He is believed from Willimantic. The Cape Cod Canal project faces possible failure for now as engineers say no insurmountable obstacles exist but question the cost and feasibility of a $10,000,000 expenditure.

John Newell Central Church Roxbury Newell Shakespeare Robert Burns Genms Beethoven Newton Ben Franklin Patrick Henry Rufus Choate Daniel Webster Edward Everett Webster Moses Seneca God Homer Minerva Vulcan Solomon Devine Mr. Newell Columbus America Whitney Morse Ohio Indiana Illinois New England Solid South South McCormick United States Dusiad Telegraph Franklin Thompson New York Daniel Seoville New York and New England Railroad Cranston Central Station Willimantic Cape Cod

Providence water works completion marked by collation and speeches

Fast Providence marked the water works completion with a Tuesday collation for guests, speeches, and a torchlight procession in the evening. Gov. Littlefield, Mayor Doyle and others took part in the speaking sessions that followed. John Kelly, 2d, surrendered to Newport police Thursday evening claiming desertion from Company C, Third United States Regiment, from Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1867, and was turned over to Fort Adams authorities.

Providence

Nine per cent Yale graduates become ministers

Diphtheria robs Plainville children with seven deaths and many seriously ill. Hartford resident Joseph Osborne survived a sixty foot elevator fall, severely if not fatally hurt. Huntington selectmen refuse licenses after a narrow vote, liquor dealers plan court challenge. Langshaw of East Lyme re-arrested, confesses to robbery of passengers from the Narra gansett with Daniel Loomis as accomplice. A Preston man wed in Ledyard by crossing boundary to legally marry. Rev. John Marsland’s disappearance sparks hunting by Penrose and outside detectives. Central Village church life disrupted as a clergyman’s fate unsettled. Leonard Stone severely injured in Laithfield. foul play suspected after a bank withdrawal.

Yale Plainville Joseph Osborne Hartford Huntington William Langshaw East Lyme Narragansett Daniel Loomis Preston Ledyard Woos John J. Penrose Windham John Marsland Central Village New York Boston Leonard Stone Laitchfield

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