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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1895
Page
2
Old Dorchester lost to Jamaica Plain in bowling and billiards but won at whist. Pool scores show Jamaica and Old Dorchester totals, with players like Androwe Edwards Hutchinson French Percy Loving Mayo Kelley Benson May contributing to the results.
Reading visited Everett and won in billiards with Glendon-Dillingham 150 Etheridge 150 for a 300 total while Reading led in other games. Scott 130 and Reeder 50 contributed to Reading Hunt totals, and Reading 321 plus appears in a final tally.
Dorchester Centrals defeated Jeffries Winter Club by 16 points in a home alley game last night. The score indicated a clear edge for Dorchester as the hosts maintained control throughout the match.
Lodgett Ordway Webber beat Bradford Thomas Co 22 186 at 2186. Dennison Manufacturing defeated Walker Stetson Sawyer 22 to 208 in a second game.
Mt Washington Club of Everett and Winnisimmet Cycle Club of Chelsea met last night for pool and whist. Scores show Mt Washington players like Foon and A W Nasa in close totals, with Winnisimmet Team 1 and 2 posting strong results alongside Cambridgeport Cycle Club matchups. The American Wringer Co advertising appears with product lines and mail order contact.
A crowded Concord Street Schoolhouse event featured Owen A. Galvin presiding and urging unity for Quincy in a Republican district. Speakers included Salem B. Charles John J. Mahoney Alfred Hayes James A. Galvin and ex Congressmen McEttrick and Creed praising Quincy and denouncing Curtis mob action.
A Democratic rally in Vine Street Church Ward 20 featured ex Congressman McAttrick Representatives Gallivan Quirk ex Representative Hayes and others. Speakers pressed civil service ideas criticizing mayoral accountability and an architect appointment while pledging reform and no political removals if Quincy is elected.
The crowded Cabot Street bath house in Ward 19 heard Ex-Representative Thomas M. Noonan and others press Mayor Curtis on his record. They questioned his promotion of Boston manufacturing and his Knights of Columbus banquet stance, while Ormar Barry and John B. Moran urged clearer positions and leadership.
Society column recounts financier Higginson described as a Boston broker with Harvard ties and a record of major deals including Bell Telephone stock and New England railroad bonds. It notes his confident style, club memberships, and a past link to Lee, Higginson & Co. Also referenced is Jethes Wheatland Smith, a Harvard alumnus with a checkered youth, athletic interests, and a Philadelphia to Boston social footprint.
Salem D. Charles urged voters to back the Democrats and resist contractor pressure. Ex-Representative Hayes and M. J. McEttrick spoke to support labor concerns and challenge Mayor Curtis. Thomas Wilson attacked labor treatment and appealed to workers to vote for Josiah Quincy.
Pigeons on exhibition gathers over 1400 birds in Boston with 37 classes and multiple premiums. Judges announced top prizes for the largest displays as birds take flight from Horticultural Hall to Park Street Church steeple. The show runs today and tomorrow with a silver cup for best dragoon and records set for speed and distance.
At Caledonia Hall last night residents protested failure to heat West End railroad cars. They urged full car heating and threatened a mass meeting in Faneuil Hall to push municipal action if ignored. A committee was appointed to organize the protest and future events.
In Beverly Massachusetts on December 4 the Company C basketball squad defeated Company K Danvers 11 to 1 in the opening Sanat game as Beverly dominated play. Salem polo score is noted and Lynn basketball results show Company I sweeping Company H 8 to 2. Waltham polo 4 to 3 over Chelsea with Clinton polo 4 to Stoneham and a Beverly bowling victory 2176 to 2049.
Representative Mercer of Nebraska recounts witnessing a British fleet salute the Declaration of Independence in Yokohama on the Fourth of July. He notes that such a gesture had not occurred before in Yokohama and recalls prior British fleet business with American warships there. A playful classroom joke about grade crossings closes the item.
In Salem the case of James Wheatland Smith, alias James Manning Smith, linked with Mrs. Higginson of Beverly Farms, sparks city talk. Reports say Smith borrowed money, traveled with the woman, and maintained a flashy social image despite limited funds. He attended Noble's School and Worcester College, faced expulsion over obscenity, and has been seen with several women while living with his aunt Miss Bemis.
Democrats attack Curtis allies over Dr Heath's proposed Boston Harbor House of Correction. Plans describe a five wing complex with 20 cells per wing and separate female quarters for 300 inmates, featuring central rotunda access and lighted baths.
The B'nai Zion Educational Society unanimously endorses Aaron Pinkofsky a Boston Republican Ward 6 candidate for City Council. The society expresses its trust in his integrity and ability and will urge support in the upcoming election. A copy of the resolutions goes to Boston newspapers and to Mr. Pinkofsky.
Last evening the Revere Board of Selectmen discharged Rudolf F. Moore from the police force. Formerly sergeant, he had been reduced to patrolman after a Crescent Beach Lowell House case inquiry. Chairman Frye moved for discharge, carried amid testimony Moore gave in court.
At St James Church Boston on Tuesday December 3 a formal wedding took place officiated by the Right Rev William Lawrence assisted by Rev Arthur Rogers Katharine Wetherill daughter of the Rev Percy Browne and Rev Lucian Watermin Rogers of Providence RI.
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