Democratic Congr essional District Conventions Schedule
District conventions to elect delegates and alternates to the National Democratic Convention in Chicago on June 21, 1892. District meetings list city halls and halls with dates April 14 to April 19, names of presiding officers, and locations for each district. Per order Democratic State Committee Executive Committee.
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Chicago
City Hall
Holyoke
Fnday
George E. Whipple
Westfield
Northampton
J. H. Clune
Springfield
Continental Hall
Worcester
Eugene M. Moriarty
Fitchburg
Atila.m
James H. McMahon
Lawrence
John J. Hogan
Lowell
Lyceum Hall
Salem
George P. Messervy
Monument Hall
Charlestown
William B. de Las Casas
Maiden
Town Hall
Winchester
P. J. Daly
Boston
Old Court House
W. F. McClellan
East
Gray’s Hall
South Boston
John F. Dever
Meionnon
James F. Stratton
Milford
Red Men’s Hall
Brockton
Edward Avery
Braintree
Odd Fellows’ Hall
New Bedford
James H. Hoar
Fall River
Democratic State Committee
Haverhill Caucuses Name State Delegates for Cogswell
Haverhill Republicans held caucuses April 11 electing fifteen State delegates to support Congressman William Cogswell as a delegate at large to the Minneapolis convention. District delegates favor Hon. E P Dodge of Newburyport and split on Frank Cousens of Salem as the second district delegate.
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Haverhill
William Cogswell
Minneapolis
E. P. Dodge
Newburyport
Frank Cousens
Salem
Gloucester Caucuses Favor Harrison Delegates to Conventions
Republicans chose delegates to state and district conventions favorable to Harrison. In several wards, delegates were urged to use influence to elect General Cogswell as delegate-at-large.
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Gloucester
Harrison
General Cogswell
Enter PROPOSITION on Insurance Ties to Nat s Life
A fragmentary notice discusses a proposition related to insurance. It mentions NAT S LIFE and J T PHELPS as state agent in Boston. The readable text implies a consumer or policy angle aimed at children, with an unclear call to action or endorsement.
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Cullian Angel
Nat's Life Ins. CO
J. T. Phelps
State Agt
Dev
Boston
Boston Asylum crew tragedy capsized boat death toll rises
A Boston asylum school crew perished in a capsized boat off Thompson's Island as instructor Nordberg and ten sailors faced icy seas. Nine survived the three hour drift, with 11 drownings including Nordberg and youths aged 15 to 18. The lone rescues were 16-year-olds Ove Clemmenson and Charlie Lind as land appeared on Spectacle Island.
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Ove Clemmenson
Charlie Lind
Bat
Spectacle Island
Lind
Presentiment of tragedy on Thompson's Island voyage
Eight crew members and a passenger die after a sudden squall capsizes a boat carrying ten boys and their instructor from Beston Asylum and Farm School. Two survivors cling to the hull, later saved. superintendent Bradley discovers the remains and confirms nine dead after a harrowing night at Spectacle Island. The school, now with ninety six boys, traces its roots to a 1842 disaster that killed twenty seven aboard.
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Bradley
Beston Asylum
Thompson’s Island
South Boston Pier
Clemmenson
Lind
N. Ward Company
Spectacle Islan
Nordberg
Boston
Chicago
Boston Post Easter issue promises twelve pages for one cent
Tomorrow's Boston Post will publish a twelve page Easter number, the largest penny paper issued in Boston. The edition targets fashion minded readers with timely fashion cuts appealing to women.
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Boston Post
Boston
Raids Close Pool Rooms in Borao. 41 Held
Forty one men were arrested in a synchronized raid across five pool rooms in Borao New York on April 11. Police seized money tally sheets and tickets while evidence showed no bets transmitted to tracks. Bob Barr, a known pitcher, among those indicted, with owners claiming legality.
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N. Y
Common Council
Corporation Council
Guttenberg
City Hall
Bob Barr
Woman struck by electric car on Hanover Street saved by motorman
A Tesla-like electric car struck a Russian Jewish woman named Jarvis at the Blackstone Street junction yesterday at 10 am. The motorman applied the brake, preventing a fatality, and bystanders lifted her from danger. She was frightened but not seriously hurt.
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Hanover Street
Jarvis
Salem Street
Blackstone Street
Tremont Street
Chelsea Ferry
Shfe
The Peabody Delegation Elected by Republican Caucus
Prosopy April 11 reports the Peabody delegation elected by the Republican caucus. Elected members include Southwick Appleton Osborn Shaw Merrill Goldthwait Merrill Poor Preston Poor Rust Trask and others.
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H. £. Southwick
F. H. Appleton
Franklin Osborn
Warren Shaw
Frank
Merrill
Goldthwait
A. H. Merrill
Leverett Poor
F. G. Preston
Charles M. Poor
I/ldridge Rust
E. P. Trask
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup touted as remedy for coughs
An open secret labels Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the cure for coughs and colds, promoted as a universal remedy without presenting specific evidence or endorsements.
Died Grasping a Live Wire on West End Pole
James Hayes, a lineman for the Boston Electric Light Company, died at dawn after grabbing a heavily charged trolley wire atop a forty foot pole during a building blaze. He hung lifeless for minutes in a leather belt as frightened onlookers watched, believing a convulsive sway indicated further danger.
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Boston Electric Light Company
Hayes
Hayes’s fatal electrocution while repairing Dover street lamp
James Hayes, 25, a Boston Electric Light Company trimmer, climbed a Dover street pole at 59 to replace lamp carbons and was killed by a live wire. He fell after a brief agony, leaving a wife and three children. Firemen and witnesses described his gruesome end as a preventable outcome under safety agreements with the city.
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West End
Hayes
James Hayes
Boston Electric Light Company
No. 59
Dover Street
James Pepper
Sayes
Pepper
Clarke
Lieutenant McManus
Ladder 8
Fifth Street
the Light Company
Special Edition of The POSTill Brings News Three Hours Later
A special edition of The POSTill notes it contains every major news item three hours after it appears in other Boston morning papers. The notice emphasizes timeliness and exclusive coverage for local readers.
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Postill
Boston
A Long Look Ahead at a Louis XV Chamber Set
Wisdom favors future needs and a durable chamber set. The engraving depicts a Mexican Mahogany Louis XV style set with brass fittings and large mirrors. It promises twenty five year comfort and urges readers to mail five 2-cent stamps for the General Catalogue.
Trolley Wire Involved in Accidental Death Claim
General Manager Gilbert described a case where a trolley wire may have caused a fatal incident by contact with another current. He noted two depot circuits were active at the hour and tested showed a low voltage akin to trolley wire current. The company seeks the contact point, while the Dover street wire had been briefly live but shut off soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
Ventact
Dover Street
Post
West End
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Samuel W. Clifford
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Court Street
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MC Phail
Chickering
Josiah Quincy
Daniel F. Buckley
Cata Derayskilver
Causewaysee
Cosswell
Oie
Boston Asylum
A. F. Norprerg
William W. Curran
Grorcee F. Exuis
Cuartss H. Graves
Frank F. Hirchcock
Harry E. Loup
Tomas Phivulips
Homer F. Tharcuer
Adelbert H. Packard
Ove W. Clemmenson
Cuares A. Linn
Governors Island
Soyata
Sland
Thompson S—Sland
Belle
Buffalo Police
Peabody
Washington Street
Paines Umur
Canal ST. 'S
Knaine Depot
Tremont ST
W. W. Edgar
Huntington
Penn
Middle Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Janiata River
Union Furnace
Chicago Limited
Harrisburg
Bald Eagle Valley
Northern Central
Continental Brewery
Longwood Ave
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