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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1896
Page
5
An advertisement offers a remarkable deal on library size editions of famous authors. Readers can obtain many works free postpaid upon sending a Hoxie Wrapper and three two-cent stamps to cover clerical and mailing costs. Titles include Hawthorne, Dickens, Scott, Ruskin, Longfellow, Poe, and Stowe among others.
Senator Maccabe leads a debate over a nine inch lobster bill as opponents warn it would destroy the lobster fishery. Maine is accused of flooding markets with small lobsters while Boston officials push for rail and harbor improvements amid a widening legislative clash.
A vintage advertisement offers a wall shelf for readers who finish 70 books with Hoxie Mineral Soap. It touts antiseptic cleansing, hospital use, and a medal from Mechanics in 1892. Readers are asked to mail name and address and claim a refund if not satisfied.
John Francoeur, 48, day watchman at Chace mill, died after being found unconscious in a barn on Saturday night. Police suspect a fall down a stairway caused fatal injuries, with autopsy planned to confirm. He leaves a wife and nine children. three young men were seen near the barn earlier.
The Everett Board of Aldermen discusses Mayor’s nomination of Captain Thom as chief of police and rejects T P Lennox for assessor after a tie vote. Minor positions are confirmed. Council accepts Beals resignation and reviews a $245,893.23 municipal budget detailing allocations for departments, schools, and infrastructure.
Havana reports no official U.S. House action on Cuban resolutions though private channels show sympathies split. News notes battles at La Palma with thirty nine patriot dead and high losses, plus several patriot camps destroyed at El Jobo and Santa Rosa. The American schooner George W. Whitford remains detained after seizure near Manzanilla.
At a large East Boston gathering in the court rooms last evening, citizens voted to host a complimentary banquet and reception for public school teachers in late May. They also formed the East Boston Education Society, with Dr Fisk F E Dimick W L Allen J A Conry E P Robbins and E M McPherson named to carry out plans. The society aims to broaden education knowledge improve teaching methods and promote home school cooperation.
General Order 344, issued by the Board of Police, names Pa trolman John K. Desmond of Division 12 to the honorary list for rescuing a person from drowning on December 26, 1895. The document also details transfers of several patrolmen among divisions and the effective date of the order.
Six year old Bishop Haggerty of Castle Court East Boston was killed when he fell beneath a Boston and Maine train at the Summer Street crossing around 2:30 PM while riding a train. His head arms and both legs were severed from the body. Remains were taken to Kelley's undertaking rooms Maverick Square.
At a meeting of the Haverhill Aldermen tonight Sergeant J. H. Phillbrick was appointed captain and Patrolman G. H. Foster sergeant, with nominations confirmed.
Fanny Davenport opened the Boston Theatre engagement with Sardous Cleopatra praised for its spectacle and strong Nile queen portrayal. Eleanora Duse performed Magda at the Boston Museum in Italian. critics noted vocal lapses yet found the performance increasingly engaging with notable supporting turns.
Hartford Connecticut April 7 The Ice Maidens a comic opera by D Parsons Goodrich member of the Hartford City Guard drew a brilliant audience at the new opera house last night and tonight with the Governor and staff in boxes. The State militia in uniform filled the house today praising its musical cleverness dash and freshness with a topical X Ray song a Russian melody and captivating ballet music. The composer a local architect studied in Boston and with N H Allen of Hartford. Conducted by Charles H Parsons president of Needham Plano Company New York. The City Guard earns high compliments for this production.
In Municipal Criminal Court Judge Hardy sentenced Stavros Casis and Constantine D Phasoulovics to four months in the House of Correction for keeping a noisy and disorderly Turkish smoking parlors at 1160 Washington street. Testimony by Sergeant Dally and patrolmen described demoralizing conditions with young girls smoking and dancing the Midway dance and officers hearing profanity. The defendants appealed after sentencing.
President Mahon of the Amalgamated Association of Railway Employees asks President Vreeland of the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company for a conference to settle the discharge of gripmen and conductors. Chief Conlin has police in reserve at station houses amid threats of a strike on the cable road.
Rome April 7 Count Mattei an eminent homeopathist died in Bologna today. He was renowned for his medical work and public health contributions across Italy. His passing leaves a notable gap in the medical community and public health circles.
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