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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1887

Page

8

Reciprocity debated at Oil Trade Association dinner

At Young's on Saturday Alden Speare presided over a discussion on reciprocity with Canada. E R Delong argued for a commercial union, citing Gloucester and New England trade gains, while others warned of political opposition and the need for safer crossings in East Boston. Memorials to Whittier and railway notes followed, plus reports from the Massachusetts Teachers' Association on education progress and governance.

Canada Oil Trade Association Young’s Alden Speare Whathey E. R. Delong Mr. Delong United States Maritime Provinces New England Great Britain West Indies Horace Greeley New York Massachusetts Frye Gloucester Delong Maritime South America R. H. Chamberlain Board of Commerce Upper Canada New Brunswick Beacon Society Parker's J. H. Benton, Jr Russia Germany Ireland Charles Hi. Taylor George H. Monroe Henry Watterson K. H. Clement Ooe Stephen O'Meara Boston Press Club Jonas H. French George A. Marden Benjamin P. Guild Essex Club Whittier Massachusetts Teachers’ Association Girls’ High School F. A. Hill Francis Harrington Eliza B. Woodward Mark Hopkins Eben Sperry Stearns George M. Bigelow A.M Daniel Mansfield R. G. Huling Committee On Education Huling Ira G. Hoitt Public Sacramento Cal National Education Association San Francisco Louisa P. Hopkins Boston A. G. Boyden State Normal School Bridgewater Eben Hyde Framingham State Normal School Ray Huling New Bedford A. P. Stone Springfield O. B. Bruce Lynn C. W. Parmenter Waltham Ww. c. Collar Roxbury B. Grace W. L. Eaton Concord L. L. Dame Medford C. J. Lincoln East Boston Walter 5. Park Association Henry C. Flardon Newton James §. Barrel Cambridge Tomas Emerson William W. Waterman Clinton William H. Lambert Fall River Joseph G. Edgerly Fitchburg Edwin P. Seaver Universalist Wesleyan Hall Bromfield Street J. M. Pullman D.D B. S. Tead Somerville Cumbrian Steamship Company Whitehaven Mme. Poté Alger Hoffman House Delsarte Chicago Fitchburg, Delaware & Hudson and Erie Hornellsville Albany Binghamton Troy Hoosac Tunnel

A Tale of Three Cities in Newton Politics

Citizens convention meets tonight in Chickering Hall ahead of adjourned Republican and Democratic gatherings to renominate Mayor O'Brien and other city officials. Key figures include Nathaniel J. Bradlee, Albert E. Pillsbury, Phineas Pierce, and Farlow. ward caucus results outline council candidates and mayoralty delegates, with strong bets on Farlow and opposition to Kimball’s renomination.

Citizens’ Convention Chickering Hall Union Hall Meionnon O’brien Gaston Nathaniel J. Bradlee Albert E. Pillsbury Farlow Massachusetts Reform Club Ewton Ile Newton Cemetery Corporation Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad KE. O. Childs N. H. Chadwick Common Council H. H. Powell A. 8. Rice H. E. Cobb E. W. Converse Ellis W. Beavers Joan A. Fenno J. W. Stover James Dunn Grant Dr. C. Heathe Charles E. Adams Otis E. Hunt Andrew J. Fiske Lawrence Bond Lucius G G. F. Richardson Samuel A. L. Rand C. C. Barton FE. H. Mason Aiden Speare Ward 7 J. ©. Kennedy Warren P. Tyler J. T. Burr G. Bullens Thomas Weston G. T. Coppins W. H. Emery M. V. B. Paine J. C. Chaitin

Champlin Nominated To Oppose Cambridge Mayor Russell

Cambridge convention nominates Edgar R. Champlin for mayor amid opposition to incumbent Russell. Champlin, 29, Harvard Law graduate and partner at Champlin Ryther Wentworth, spoke in acceptance and argues public officers must not be bound by pledges. He has long lived in Cambridge and has held city office.

Russell Cambridge Edgar R. Champlin Taxpayers’ Convention Temple Hall Cambridgeport Robert B. Bancroft John Kinnear John ©. Nichols Bancroft George C. Bent Jie Edward W. Hincks Samuel W. McDaniel Emory Bemis Alice Longfellow Pricion Joshua G. Gooch Charles Hunnewell P. Allen Lindsey Colin Chisholm John S. Paine William Isaac McLean Benjamin ¥. Atwood George A. Allison Andrew J. Jones M. Parsons Champlin Mr. Champlin Boston College City Harvard Law School Richard H. Dana, Jr Champlin, Ryther & Wentworth Rogers Building The Baptists Cambridge Common Council Frames

Colored men seek recognition through clerical appointments

At Twelfth Baptist Church Ward 9 Colored men held a large meeting urging official acknowledgment by Massachusetts Republicans. They pressed for a colored assistant clerk in the House of Representatives and cited colored clerks in Ohio Michigan and Kansas as precedent while promising another gathering next Wednesday.

Ward 9 Twelfth Baptist Church House of Representatives J. Gordon Street Edwin G. Walker John J. Smith Representative Armstrong Isaac 8. Mullen Nelson G. Garkins Samuel Fledges Massachusetts Ohio Michigan Kansas Senate State Department Commonwealths

Non Partisanship in Newton Nurtures City Reform

Newton moves toward non partisan municipal control amid high taxes and rising debt. Delegates from Republicans Democrats and Independents meet to back nominees who promise capable governance free of party labels prioritizing prudent fiscal policy and stable leadership.

Newton John 8. Farlow Sev

Whittier Day Observed by Middlesex Club Delegates Named

The Middlesex Club at Young's selects delegates for the Republican clubs convention in New York next month. John Haskell Butler Charles J. Noyes 5. O. Upham J. Q. A. Brackett E. M. McPherson and James L. Sargent are appointed to represent Massachusetts on Whittier day December 17 marking the poet’s eightieth birth anniversary.

Chusetts Ohn Whittier Middlesex Club Young’s New York John Haskell Butler Charles J. Noyes 5. O. Upham J. Q. A. Brackett E. M. McPherson James L. Sargent

New Liberty League forms in Boston for free speech and press

A meeting of residents in Codman Hall organized the Boston Liberty League to promote free speech free assemblage and a free press. The group will convene monthly with officers elected each meeting to prevent power concentration and begins with about seventy members.

Codman Hall Boston Liberty League League

Question of Race Sparks Philo Celtic Society Resolution

At a Cadman Hall meeting the Philo Celtic Society denounced a Massachusetts Teachers’ Association speech by Henry C. Harden as false. The speech argued that youth require manual industry and warned of foreign influence. The vote condemned the race based claims linked to Irish children, citing 1884 education statistics to debunk them.

Philo-Celtic Society Cadman Hall Henry C. Harden Shurtleff Newton Massachusetts Teachers’ Association Reland Commissioners of National Education

Laying the Corner Stone of St Andrew the Church

The corner stone of St Andrew's Church and parish house on Chambers street was laid with a ceremony led by Rev. Phillips Brooks assisted by Rev. Mr. Kidner. The event included prayers, a copper box contents list, and plans for a three story brick Romanesque building with a parish house and multiple rooms for church and mission work.

St. Andrew’s Church Chambers Street Phillips Brooks Trinity Church Kidner Brooks Mr. Kidner John H. Stover Boston God Protestant Episcopal Church United States of America Jesus Christ Reuben Kidner Church of the Evangelist North Charles Street Reformed Episcopal Church Dartmouth Street James M. Gray

Supreme Court Docket Lists Multiple Civil Cases In Three Sessions

The first session lists numerous cases led by Isburgh v Smith and many Boston area defendants and railroads with numbers from 664 to 18308. The second and third sessions continue the docket with dozens more from Stevens v Hughes to Park v Whitney and Thayer v Drisko. The record notes “highest number in order” for the end of each session.

Railroad Commissioners Beachmont Avenue Boston Boston, Winthrop & Shore Railroad Board of Street Commissioners Saratoga Street Citizens’ Trade Association East Boston and Revere Butler Avenue Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Winthrop Junction Beachmoont Avenue Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Europe Winthrop Shore Austin Avenue Bennington Street Elm Street Tne Oston, Winthrop & Shore Railroad Isburgh Smith Pierce Lawrence Cecconi Radden Stagdale Baker Shattuck Rand Lord Proctor Duddy Boston & Albany RR O' Dowd O'Dowd Merrihew Carty Kent Todd Haldeman Goff Greenburg Draper McLaughton Joyce Old South Society Wainwright Hug—Hawley Hilareth Wrights Lothrop Tenney Welch Hale Rowe Chadbourne Marston Bigelow Winters Brigham Quigglev—Blake Howard Ryan Sargent Stevens Thresher Roberts Washburn Dalton Barnardin Fay City of Boston Ford Soule Stein Preston Herbert City of Ten Broeck Va Fords Sears Dearborn GVTI Gene Goulding Highland Foundry Co A. F. Stearns Lumber Co Costello Heftier Cressey Murray Brooks Thompson Barlow Richards Drew Hartford Cold Sp. Co Learned Desha Lumber Co Sutherland Reed Burke Davis Phillips Nelson Whitney Roeth Kyle Holland Lynn Boston RR Bibber Herner Martin Harris Va Goddard Blackstone Nat. Bk Ribero Bates Ve Old Colony RR Atlas Nat. Bk Rogers Flint Sanborn Gugenheimer Molineaux Gouldberg Vuaski Deane Dunn Bray Hunt Same Lewis

Encouraging View of Moral Progress at Appleton Chapel

The Rev George A Gordon spoke at Appleton Chapel on moral obligation and the world’s move toward perfection. He cited Balaam’s defiance of temptation and the need for steadfast faith to sustain benevolent effort and Christian work amid sin. Also advertised are Scotch Axminsters and Oriental rugs at Joel Goldthwait & Co 160 Washington Street.

George A. Gordon Appleton Chapel Balaam Israel Joel Goldthwait & Co Washington Street

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

A catalog of footwear buyers and manufacturers listed by city and representative firms in Atlanta Baltimore Chicago Cleveland Denver and other locations. Names include Gramling Spaulding Brooks Rogers Adler Phelps Dodge Rosenthal Childs Butler Jd A Simkinson Kilbourne Cohn Nickelsburg Rosenstock Smith Frazer Baum Hamilton Brown and more with firm affiliations and cities.

Atlanta John R Gramling Gramling, Spaulding & Co Baltimore G Rogers Brooks, Rogers & Co H Adler Cohen, Adler & Co Chicago GEP Dodge Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Goldsmith Rosenthal Durland Durland, Torrey & Co Tndianapolis Ind Braham McKee & Braham Los Angeles Cal Jacoby Jacoby Bros Louisville Granman Louis G A Owen Suatcliffe & Owen Minneapolis Minn Kilbourne Kilbourne B&s Co Portsmouth Tre St Joseph A T Smith Smith-Frazer Boot and Shoe Company St Louis Joseph Baum J Bann & Co St Lows A D Brown Hamilton Brown Shoe Co

Hanlan Defeated Again in Nepean River Match

Edward Hanlan of Toronto and William Beach of Dapto, NSW, rowed on the Nepean River near Sydney. Beach, the favorite, won by two lengths in 19 minutes 55 48/100 seconds. This marks Hanlan’s third defeat to Beach in their series.

Edward Hanlan Yioronto William Beach Dapto Nepean River Sydney N.S. W Beach Hanlan

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