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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1895
Page
6
Comber McDonnell and Gray of South Lawrence doubled their orders and sold out. Py Flanagan on Hampshire Street more than doubled his usual posts. Drug stores selling Sunday papers report higher demand for the Sun Day Post due to the three cent price reduction.
The 38 cent Sunday Post wins wide reception in Fall River as its 24 page edition reaches about 1200 homes. James Duckett, Boston Post agent, reports rapid dealer uptake and rising orders from 25 to 225 copies. Street vendors call the 3 cent Post a strong seller.
Brockton on April 28 shows strong support for the 3 cent Sunday Post. Newsdealer Holmes boosted his sales significantly, E M Thompson sold fifty five, Thayer Bros Campello four times prior volume, Carl Mogren South Main town tripled orders, S I Beal Centreville tripled sales, Allyn Parmenter North Main doubled, A R Ewell up two percent.
Salem merchants report a strong boost in sales as price reductions drive consumer demand across the city. Newsboys sold out quickly with many vendors noting substantial increases, including Radford & Goldsmith selling 300 extra units.
The 8 cent Sunday Post price cut sparked brisk Lowell demand. Dealers including Carslin Bros at Central and Gorham, 6th Street, Mr Butler at Towers Corner, and Martin & Co. at Central and Merrimac reported selling their stock quickly and selling more than usual.
In Massachusetts towns near Cambridge, newsstands report strong early demand for the new 3-cent Sunday Post. Stand owners like F. Beunke, George J. French, S. A. Prince, Kennedy Bros., J. H. Leavitt, J. W. Grey, and others say sales surged, often selling out by noon and prompting plans for larger orders next Sunday.
Chelsea dealers cannot meet rising demand for Sunday Posts. F Blandford at the Chelsea ferry sold over 100 posts, Batchelder moved 63, Whitney 36, and Rice reported 60 percent higher sales, with plans to greatly increase orders next Sunday.
Mr. Rice predicts selling twice as many posts next Sunday and doubling his weekly order. The Post enjoyed strong appeal with news boys. John J. Johnson had sold 24 of 26 posts at noon yesterday and still carried many papers he could not sell or give away.
Boston newspapers report a strong Sunday Post sale surge in the Back Bay with dealers noting double digit gains. Pierce at the Vendome sold 60 copies, restocking at the Copley Square Hotel and other outlets saw rising orders and increasing demand for next Sunday.
Charlestown endorses the Sunday Post at 3 cents with strong sales surge across the district. Local merchants report rising demand and doubled or more weekly sales. Post buyers include J F Finley and others who praise its readability and value as the price drops.
East Boston shows strong demand for the Boston Sunday Post with sales booming across Maverick Square and surrounding streets. Newsboys report sellouts by 9 to 10 a.m. as readers flock to the 8 cent and 3 cent editions amid Democratic majorities and local crowds.
Fragmentary medical note references scalp itching and oily skin with a vague line about Year experience and four IOs of Louie, Chicas. No clear patient name, date, or causative diagnosis available in readable text.
Local newsagents report huge demand and fast sellouts for the new 3 cent Sunday Post. Dealers such as A H Gordon and Bendahan Bros say orders doubled or tripled against typical Sundays, with many copies sold out by early afternoon.
The 3-cent Sunday Post proved a big seller in the North End and West End with dealers reporting sharp rises. B. Lewis sold 24 Posts, Garreth 27, Mrs. McClain boosted 40 percent, and others nearly doubled or tripled sales. Dealers expect to double or triple orders next Sunday.
Reporters observe widespread speculation as word spreads that the Sunday Post has reduced price to 3 cents. Citizens anticipate a flood of readers and increased activity across shops and streets.
In South Boston, P J Reagan reports Sunday Post sales doubling with extras selling out, while A G Pike notes improved demand though his extras were insufficient. O F Hand says no extras were ordered and regular copies sold out. other dealers report similar results.
Railroad newsdealers report record demand for the Sunday Post as price drops to three cents. At Kneeland Street Old Colony station, 100 extras sold quickly with few left. Park Square Albany and Union stations also report high demand beyond supply. Clerks note the new Sunday paper at a popular price sparks strong sales.
Carl Harlan, a 35 year old Swede living at 17 Washington Court Lynn, wandered from a Cliftondale gathering proclaiming he was Christ. A crowd bound him with twenty feet of clothesline until police and ambulance arrived from Lynn. Despite restraint he struggled violently as officers removed him.
Zella Ruhmann also known as Mrs Rosa Ruhmann sues George J Gould in Hudson County Court Jersey City for 50000 claiming Gould refused to pay the balance on a 40000 check. She cites prior settlement and deception as the basis for the case and says she will seek vindication in court.
Winners of the Harvard Weld Boat Club double scull races are invited to enter the Harlem River races in New York this spring, extending Harvard rowing competition beyond campus events.
Peter A. Peterson of 17 Colby Place Lynn was found with a deep head wound and blood smeared on his person after claiming a stranger struck him with a long knife on North Street Boston about 10 pm. Police and a physician doubt the weapon and suspect a bottle caused the injury. Peterson maintains the knife attack story.
Tonight’s aldermanic session promises a lively debate over mayoral nominees. Expected moves include Kellough to ferries and Buckner to lamps, with Burke and Shea ousted and Wheeler kept as streets chief. Debates over Hardy for deputy sealer fuel intra party tension.
The cruiser New York and the battleship Columbia arrived in New York from Key West after a West Indies cruise. Officers praised the Columbia for beating the New York to Kingston Jamaica time by hours while running under half boiler power. They reported an average speed of fourteen knots with two of three screws on the return journey.
Medford April 28. It is established that the man killed near College Hill April 20 was Stephen O Day. This evening William Tuckley of 165 Everett Street East Boston identified him. O Day leaves three grown children living in Fall River.
Robert Lum comb ex-assistant city attorney shoots and kills Emil A. Sanger at the Luscomb residence in Milwaukee during a family feud linked to mining failures and alleged domestic abuse. Luscomb surrendered after firing through a plate glass door. friends expect acquittal.
At Kronstadt the ironclad Kaiser is reported to carry about 550 sailors and marines bound for China. The rumor that Emperor William sent the Czar a telegram placing the German Pacific squadron under Admiral Tyrtoff is denied as incredible amid swift foreign policy shifts.
Providence report details Saturday night vandalism at Mineral Spring Cemetery in Pawtucket. About seventy five gravestones were knocked down and many destroyed in the act, prompting investigations by local authorities.
Final arrangements for the Harvard Yale duplicate whist match have been set. The event will occur Saturday May 4 in Theta Delta Chi card rooms with teams of six and seventy two deals per player, estimated to last seven hours.
Saugus loses municipal fire protection as Hose 1 and the book and ladder company resign en masse. Chief Charles O. Thompson plans to disband the two remaining units in Saugus Centre and form two new companies to replace them, with East Saugus and Cliftondale distant from alarms.
Thousands witness the blessing ceremony conducted by Rev. Bishop Tierney of Hartford at St. Augustine's Church Bridgeport. A 4000 pound bell and a smaller bell are installed in the vestry tower as local clergy from multiple cities attend.
George W. Bostwick national secretary of the Naval Veterans of the United States died in Brooklyn from pneumonia. Born in New Haven in 1851 he enlisted in 1861 and served on the frigates Kine Niagara and Savannah until the war’s end. At his death he was rear admiral of the naval cadets port of New York and secretary of the Farragut Association of Naval Veterans in this city.
Reports from Epinal confirm a catastrophic flood after the Bouzy reservoir failure. About 130 deaths are known with many more missing amid ruin and ongoing searches for victims.
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