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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1898

Page

8

Bryan Reception Tickets Advance for Boston Event

The Bryan event at the American House includes a 12:30 to 2 pm reception a 2 to 5:30 pm dinner and a public meeting at Mechanics Hall with doors at 7 pm. Most dinner tickets sold, public seats free, with Bryan arriving Saturday morning and to speak in New Haven and Naugatuck.

William J. Bryan Mechanics’ Hall Democratic State Committee School Street American House Bryan New Massachusetts Ramesedell Lynn Chase Haverhill Ashley New Bedford Eldridge Chicopee Feeney Woburn Conners Clyoke Colonel Troup Connecticut John T. Amey Democratic State Committee of New Hampshire Maine Arthur Sewall Boston United States Spain Cuba

Distress in Ireland Drives Women to Stone Breaking for Food

A Ballina letter describes famine conditions in Ireland with scenes of poverty and hunger. Relieved by relief works, clergy distribute seed potatoes bread and clothing to schoolchildren while women as needed labor on roads to earn scarce Indian meat porridge and seeds. Mortality rises from starvation and disease across the island.

Ballina Ireland

First witness in Mildred Brewster trial details mood swings

E H Shattuck of Burlington testified Mildred Brewster, once a dining room girl in 1894, showed alternating jolly and morose moods and would lock herself in her room for days. Other witnesses described her head feeling bad and expressions she wished to die. Afternoon testimony covered further mental condition details.

Brewpe Jennie Clay Mildred Alexander Glemees Sorent

Police Salary Reforms Move Through Common Council

The council received a Board of Police communication detailing new pay grades for all ranks, from superintendent to patrolman, with increases and conditions. Separate items include Patriots Day funding, Dorchester Yacht Club race, and a $23,000 hospital building order laid over for a week. A payroll residency investigation committee was ordered to be appointed for next meeting.

Board of Police Shon E Erannum Committee On Police North End Dorchester Yacht Club Dorchester Bay Freeport Street City Hospital McI Isaacs Ward 15 Dorchester Street Broadway South Boston Harrington Ward 8 Common Council Boston

Governor and Society Attend Cyclorama Battery Drills

A society and military crowd packed the Cyclorama to watch Battery A drills, led by Governor Wolcott and Mrs. Peabody. Notable guests included Cadets from the First Corps, General Bancroft, and many prominent Boston figures enjoying the show and gun drill in support of equipment funds.

J. C. R. Peabody Wolcott Dalton Guild Suter Dexter Capelle General Bancroft Ancroft Glidden Atherton Beverly Rantoul Robert Hooper William Hooper Nathaniel Thayer Bayard Thayer F. R. Sears, Jr Eleanor Gray R. Hooper Hooper Fred Prince Henry Burnham Grant Walker Bryce Allan J. M. Codman, Jr C. W. Holmes W. R. Hallett Herbert Jaques L. L. Willentt Robert 8. Bradley David Crocker George Stoddard J. C. Phillips Richard Sears I. J. Alley Holker Abbott Neil Rantoul F. L. Jack Guy Norman Ethel Gibson Mary E. Blake Mary Sargent Marion Lawrence Wadsworth Longfellow

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