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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1878

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3

West Roxbury Water Celebration and Oil Painting Sale

Residents in West Roxbury celebrated water delivery with a Tuesday night fireworks display led by Councilman Perham. J. M. Watson & Co. held an oil painting sale at Tremont street rooms, continuing today at 1 o clock as many paintings found buyers. The Boston Beling Company elected directors including Henry F Durant and E S Converse with Durant likely to become president.

West Roxbury Perham J. M. Watson & Co Tremont Street Boston Beling Company Henry F. Durant Convere A. W. Stetson J. P. T. Edmands George A. Miner W.H. Furber C. C. Converse William H. Furber A. H. Herdy Herry F. Coe Durant

Tremont Temple program blends readings and charity

Last evening at Tremont Temple Lowell Mason presented prose selections while Gov. Rice offered remarks on South suffering and the need for a charity system. The event supported yellow fever relief with concerts by Weber Quartet and Bay State Lodge musicians, detailing tickets, printing, and donation efforts.

Tremont Temple Lowell Mason Gov. Rice Weber Quartette

Ninth annual assembly of the Cure of Inebriates group

The ninth annual assembly of the American Association for the Cure of Inebriates convened at Union Hall Boston with about thirty attendees. Dr T L Mason spoke on the society as a medical body treating addiction as disease, not crime, and a program of medical treatment and hospital access was outlined.

The American Association For the Cure of Union Hall Boylston Street T. L. Mason Brooklyn E. K. Hale America Daniel E. Dodze Boston Medical Library Association Massachusetts General and City Hospitals Danvers Insane Asylum England D. Coothers Hartford Conn Elisha Chenery Boston J. B. Matteson J. Willett Mewvers Washingtonian Waltham Street Mason B. N. Comings New Britain C. T. Widney St. Louis George T. Beard New York City Associaten Nahant Washingtonian Home

Pardon Granted to Augustus Sackett and Other Executive Actions

At a Tuesday Executive Council meeting a pardon was granted to Augustus Sackett who had been sentenced in 1878 to eighteen months in the Springfield House of Correction for assault and battery. The council also approved a contract with Ross & Lord of Ipswich for $47,700 to build platforms and fill the Commonwealth flats leased to the New York and New England Railroad. A proposal for a Greenfield union passenger station is under consideration. Henry L. Dawes was named Justice of the Peace and Quorum for all counties. Theband of Lewis G Holt was approved as Paymaster of the Sixth Regiment. The council plans to reconvene on the following Tuesday.

Executive Council Augustus Sackett House of Correction Springfield Sackett Land Commissioners Messrs Ross & Lord of Ipswich Commonwealth New York and New England Railroad Company Union Greenfield Henry L. Dawes Lewis G. Holt

Accidents Report in City Street Falls and Brick Ladder Incident

Mrs Mary Moore of 87 Old Harbor street fell on her door-step Monday and broke her wrist. James Dorrity of 70 Hanover street, carrying a load of bricks up a ladder at 80 Salem street, was knocked down twenty feet when the ladder fell and fractured a rib. He was taken to the City Hospital and later discharged home.

Mary Moore Old Harbor Street James Dorrity Hanover Street Salem Street City Hospital

Huckins soups aid nurses and convalescents in Boston shipments

Among early Boston shipments are Huckins soups praised for nutrition and ready to heat. The Fall River line will run two more trips to New York on Sept. 15 and 22 before seasonal pauses. Bristol and Providence steamers continue daily.

South Boston Fall River New York Bristol J’rovidence

Art Journal highlights and notices from Appletons catalogue

Appletons Art Journal September issue features Chase's Court Jester engraving from Centennial Exhibition, Pritchett's twentieth article on Norway with four illustrations, Alcock on Japanese Art with six illustrations, and a sketch of Boston portraitist Benjamin Curtis Porter in American Painters. Also includes Paris International Exhibition catalog with thirty nine illustrations and steel plates by Hallis Aubert and Balding from Gower statue. Published by D Appleton Co.

William M. Chase Appletons’ Art Journal R. T. Pritchett Norway Rutherford Alcock Benjamin Curtis Porter Boston Naxos Hallis J. E. Aubert Marie Antoinette H. Balding Lord Ronald Gower D. Appleton & Co

Two Mothers at Boston Theatre for yellow fever relief

The Boston Theatre presents The Two Mothers this afternoon to aid yellow fever sufferers. Tickets contribute to relief via Meesrs Tompkins Hill. Boston Museum offers Olivia the Vicar of Wakefield staging with Warren as the Vicar and Annie Clarke as Olivia, praised for strong acting and ensemble skill.

Boston Museum Olivia Boston Theatre Louis James Thomas Barry Howard Athenjeum Beethoven Hall Ernest Patrizio OLD South Church Mechanic's Exhibition Providence Depot Tompkins & Hill Warren Annie Clarke

Annexation debate in Cambridge stalls as signatures lag

Circulating petitions for annexing Cambridge to Boston meet discouragement with fewer signatures than expected. Key leaders including Mayor Montague and city officials oppose union, citing sewer, water, and park expense and uncertainty over shared systems.

Cambridge Boston Montague Board of Aldermen Boston Public Park Charles River Fresh Pond Mystic River Samuel W. Brown Charlestown Windsor Street George Norton William H. Knapp Clifton Street Unitarian Austin Street Michael Ahern Emmons Place

Veterans reunite and Camp Reynolds dedicated in Hyde Park

Lamoille veterans held a reunion on Tuesday dedicating Camp Reynolds with a national salute at noon and sundown. Gen G W Doty led a march through Hyde Park with a torchlight procession and fireworks to cap the evening.

Lamoille Camp Reynolds G. W. Doty Hyde Park Washington County T. P. Redfield Montpelier Redfield Montpelier Manufacturing Company Thomas Boynton East Hardwick George Belmont Belmont Vermont New England

Ladies of Lancaster raise funds for Southern fever districts

The ladies of Lancaster raised 300 dollars for fever-stricken districts in the South. The New England Fair receipts totaled 19,392 dollars with a small surplus after expenses. Local notices include train accident fatality near Westboro and multiple arrests in Worcester.

Lancaster Boston Albany John McGurn Westboro Arthur Pratt Shrewsbury Worcester Moody Northfield Congregational Church Christian Church Daniel Carr Lawrence Spencer Newburyport William Reed Ruth Ann Austin John Jackman George Moore Frank Sawyer Daniel Carter George Clark New England Fair Edward P. Eldridge Edwin B. Kelley Hyannis Sylvanus Jagger Centreville Mass Northampton Elisha Graves Daniel Wilcutt Edwards Church E. P. Gibbs C. F. Walcott James Oliver Athol W. H. Richardson W.S. Clark Dr Cutters Second Unitarian Quartette C. P. Remington Fitchburg A. 8. Grayton Paxton G. F. Thompson L. E. Stewart Gardner

New York detective Alice Trevylain dies in Newport asylum

A female detective from New York, Alice Trevylain, dies Tuesday in a Newport asylum. Other items report engineer Patrick McGurr injured on a Rhode Island shaft, a Providence grand jury indicting Sunday Telegram publishers for libel with bonds set at 590 dollars, a Narragansett Park race won by Penelope, the Bellerophon and other ships sailing to Halifax with many vessels observing, and Patrick Collins of Providence stabbed his brother on Connell Street in a drunken quarrel with both wounds serious.

Alice Trevylain New York Newport Patrick McGurr Rhode Island Providence Grand Jury Sunday Telegram Narragansett Park Penelope Aerulus Clifton Boy Bill Ed Bellerophon Sirius Argus Halifax Patrick Collins James Collins Connell Street James Patrick

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