Mayor Matthews Proclaims Boston Clean Streets
Mayor Matthews pledges clean streets in Boston, while Mayor Hart doubts the feat. The exchange highlights city leadership clashing over urban cleanliness goals and public improvement expectations.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1893
Page
5
George B Moore for Ward 11 Common Council
Ward 11 voters should elect George B Moore of 6 Chandler Street to the Common Council. A former newspaper man and government attorney, he brings public affairs experience and practical business knowledge, and he is a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
George B. Moore
Chandler Street
Common Council
Moore
Municipal tax clash on rate in city race
Mayor Matthews cut the tax rate while Mayor Hart pushed it to the legal limit and sought further increases, signaling a sharp fiscal dispute in local governance.
Iron trade allies push for tariff to free raw materials
The Pacific coast ironmasters align with New England representatives to back a tariff that would make iron ore and coal cheaper. Massachusetts manufacturers seek state relief as conditions shift after three years, with support from distant allies. The piece contrasts Boston debt growth under Mayor Hart with lower growth under Mayor Matthews.
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Pacific Coast
New England
Massachusetts
Machusetts
Boston Fruit Exchange President Urges Southward Rail Link
Mr J D Mead of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange protests the absorption of New England railroads by foreign interests. He argues Boston must maintain a competitive line to the South, favoring the New York and New England line as essential for Boston trade. He warns that without an independent southward route the city’s commerce hangs by a thread. A headline notes city laborers face a dollar and a half daily pay with no holidays, citing Mr Hart’s vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Mead
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
New England
Boston
New York
Post
Gladstone Illness Sparks Global Anxiety
The report of Mr Gladstone's illness stirs worry worldwide as his advanced age raises concern for possible serious outcomes. He will be &% years old in three weeks, a remarkable age that heightens fears of a fatal termination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
New School Houses Under Mayors Hart and Matthews
The article notes plans for new school buildings as political figures Gladstone and the liberal reform agenda loom. It contrasts potential leadership with the need for active public life and reform guidance. It lists school projects under Mayor Hart and Mayor Matthews, indicating numerous new facilities to be established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Matthews
Citizens Association Exposure of Hart Figures in Boston Mayoral Race
The Citizens Association committee led by Causten Browne Charles C. Jackson and Herbert L. Harding rebukes Hart for false debt claims about city finances. It declares the challenge exposed as either incompetence or intentional falsification, leaving Hart in a discredited campaign position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Association
Hart
Causten Browne
Charles C. Jackson
Herbert L. Harding
Boston
Mayor Hart's winter labor provisions on city works questioned
A report questions when Mayor Hart arranged labor for city projects during the winter, seeking clarity on staffing and funding across city works programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Matthews Re-Election Seen Certain as Boston Backing Grows
The public has united behind Mayor Matthews, dismissing Hart’s claims as groundless. Citizens from business, labor, and professional groups rally in support, recognizing Matthews as effective, connected, and able to meet city demands. Hart’s influence wanes as Boston moves toward a second term for Matthews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews
Hart
Boston
Mr. Hart
Citizens' Association Exposes Hart as Financier
The Citizens' Association labels Hart a financier linked to the campaign as they publish details on his backing amidst local political contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Association
Hart
Marblehead Cruiser Shows Boston Craftsmanship on Trial
The Marblehead, a Boston built cruiser, impressed on trial with nearly two knots over contract speed. It beat its sister Detroit, signaling progress in shipbuilding by New England mills. The shipyard, Harrison Loring, ties to Civil War monitors, now suffers from tariff discrimination favoring Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Detroit
Harrison Loring
Loring
Pennsylvania
New England
Observant Citizen Captain Little Shows Dogs Posts
Captain Little of Salem, former candidate for colonel of the Eighth, loves dogs and recently gave the police station a bull pup. He tours visitors with the pup. Charley the East Boston and Chelsea night car conductor returns to work after a brief absence and a wedding. An American story by a Boston writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little
Salem
Charley
Boston and Chelsea
Boston
Kin Against Kin and the Romance of Sea and War
The article previews a new Boy's Own volume titled Kin Against Kin focusing on the Underground Railroad and Abolitionist tactics, plus a Rhode Island regiment during Burnside's North Carolina expedition and the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts Colored Volunteers. It also notes The Voyage of the Boadicea benefiting Boston readers and a Boston charity lunchroom scene with a food mission near the post office.
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London
aPbanke
Reyétition
Rhode Island
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Charlestown
Fort Wagner
Courge
Liverpool
Boston
Professor Reynolds New President of Royal College of Physicians
Professor J Russell Reynolds M D was elected Thursday to succeed Sir Andrew Clark as president of the Royal College of Physicians. He received 75 votes while Dr Samuel Wilks of Guy’s Hospital had 72. A Wilmington dispatcher notes other items including the illness of Hon Watson R Sperry in Dresden and a Montreal requiem for Marshal MacMahon. A local ad promotes the Washburn Credit House at 465 Washington Street for Xmas purchases on credit.
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J. Russell Reynolds
Andrew Clark
Royal College of Physicians
Samuel Wilks
Guy’s Hospital
seeeeFfsett
Wilmington
Del
Watson RR. Sperry
Persia
Dresden
Germany
Washburn Credit House
Washington Street
Crowded East Cambridge Cars Draw Public Complaint
A Boston reader decries over crowded East Cambridge to Boston electric cars on the line from Inman Square. Ninety two passengers plus crew ride a 7 30 morning car with standing passengers and jostling. Residents blame poor car service for harming real estate and seek remedy and public meeting.
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East Cambridge
West End
Boston
Inman Square
Cambridge
Artemys
Ward
East Canbridge
Death of Captain Charles F. E. Bowers
Captain Charles F. E. Bowers veteran journalist and nationalist died yesterday at 2 am at his Arlington home after a two week illness. Malaria fever and blood poisoning from old war wounds caused his death. He was brother to the late William Bowers of the Herald. Funeral from Lake Street Arlington Sunday afternoon. interment Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord.
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Charles FE. Bowers
Arlington
Bowers
William Bowers
The
Herald
Lake Street
Ariington
Sleepy Hollow
Concord
Missing Chinatown man believed in Havana planning debts
Chin Ching, a Chinatown missing man, is thought to be in Havana after signals from Florida. He reportedly intends to travel to the West Indies to secure a new set of creditors, with plans already underway.
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Chin Ching
Chinatown
Havana
Florida
West Indies
Bread Shortage Strikes Carpenters in Citywide Unemployment
The Post reports thousands of carpenters idle with families starving. Ten weeks without work for men like Jy Miller of Hebrew Local Union 56. About 2000 names across eleven unions, only 800 workers at jobs, 1200 jobless and seeking work. Pawnshops swarm with pledged tools as bread becomes critical.
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Post
Washington Street
North Margin Street
Jy. Miller
Carpenters
Conrad
Kersten
Seventh Street
Boston
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Washington and
Kneeland Streets
Ezra Lavine
Crescent Place
Australian Answers to American Problems lecture in Boston
Miss Catherine H Spence Australian ballet reformer spoke at Association Hall answering a Boston invitation. William Lloyd Garrison introduced her outlining voting in Australia and the proxy ballot system. The audience voted on Grover Cleveland Edward Atkinson Edward Bellamy McKinley Henry George and Grumland based on counted preferences.
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Catherine H. Spence
Association Hall
William Lloyd Garrison
Spence
Miss Spence
Australia
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Edward Atkinson
Edward Bellamy
McKinley
Henry George
Grumland
Boston Equity Union Hear review on labor movement
James I. Cary of Haverhill spoke before the Boston Equity Union on what workingmen intend to do with the labor movement. He argued that the strongest groups should merge and called soup a bowl that guards civilization. Cary, a shoemaker, also discussed conditions in his craft and answered questions. Morrison L. Swift will address Sunday on unemployment relief abroad.
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James I’. Cary
Haverhill
Boston Equity Union
Cary
Morrison L. Swift
Mass meeting of Hebrews at Old Christian Church
A mass meeting for Hebrews is set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the Old Christian Church corner of Kneeland and Tyler streets. A Gabelein of New York will address the gathering. The event, led by the Hebrew Messianic Association, invites all to attend with questions allowed after the discourse.
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Old Christian Church
Kneeland and
Tyler Streets
A. Gabelein
New York
Gabelein
Hebrew Messianic Association
Unnamed Men Injured Jumping From Train at Jamaica Plain
Andrew Reichel 63 of West Roxbury and Joseph Anthony 70 of Rockland Street Jamaica Plain district leaped from a 7:35 pm Boston train at Jamaica Plain station. Reichel suffered a fractured shoulder and bruises, sent to City Hospital. Anthony had scalp wounds and bruises, returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Reichel
German Street
West Roxbury
Joseph Anthony
Rockland Street
Boston
Jamaica Plain
Derry
Reichel
Anthony
Hazaribagh at East Armory Draws Crowds with Decorights
The Hazaribagh display at the East Armory proves a great success as visitors increase each night. Decorations attract attention and praise for beauty and artistic effect.
Mrs. Grants Future Home in San Diego Reported
The purchase by Mr. U S Grant Jr of a large San Diego property and the plan for Mrs. Grant to reside there mark a long cherished family aim. Mrs. Grant has long favored California and this move follows her son’s establishment in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Grant, Jr
San Diego
Cal
Grant's San Diego residence on Pacific slope
The piece describes a new San Diego residence purchased by Mr Grant. The tract spans ten to twelve acres on a gentle slope in a desirable city area. It is surrounded by sub-tropical fruit trees and features a brick and granite house, valued at over $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Grant
California
Wealthy Nashua Woman Mrs Spaulding Dies at 96
Mrs Isaac Spaulding, who donated the site for the First Congregational church edifice costing 23000, died this morning of pneumonia. She would have been 97 next Thursday and was one of Nashua’s wealthiest residents with an estimated fortune of 700000. A native of Amherst she had lived in the city over seventy years and was noted for charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Isaac Spaulding
First Congregational Society
Spaulding
Amherst
Idle in Danbury Acknowledges No Effective Aid Measure
Danbury Selectmen declare the December town meeting resolution to grant 50 000 to the poor has no effect as it lacks funding details and an extra tax vote. They note the board already has authority to aid the needy and that the meeting likely amounted to little. The lockout situation remains unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury, Conn
Bankless lodger loses $113 in trunk robbery
John Lundrenon of East Boston kept savings in a trunk, not in banks. A thief broke the trunk and stole $113 and a silver watch. A fellow lodger who disappeared is suspected in the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lundrenon
Haynes Street
Boston
John
Helping Hand Fair Closes With Music Readings and Supper
This evening the fair at Horticultural Hall closes in aid of the Working Girls' Home after a program of music and readings. A New England supper of the old style will be served. Tables still hold many useful and ornamental articles for purchase at reasonable prices.
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Horticultural Hall
Next Week at Boston Theaters and Grand Opera House
Boston night life features Warde and James at the Museum M elodrama, Barrett closes at the Globe Theatre with Virginius, Primrose and West at the Globe, Mansfield presents The Merchant of Venice, Nana lions at Austin Stone's Museum, The Black Crook at the Boston Theatre, Jefferson Rip Van Winkle January at the Boston Theatre, Private Secretary in Hollis, Venus at Park Theatre, Crane’s Brother John at Tremont, Bowdoin Square Theatre ends Capt Herne U S A, The Bottom of the Sea on Bowdoin week with Dempsey in a boxing act, She at Grand Opera House, Mae Shawburlesque at Lyceum, Girl I Left Behind Me at Columbia, Francesca da Rimini by Warde and James, Palace Theatre vaudeville by Williams with Nada Reyval, Tony Pastor troupe at Boston Theatre, Reeves’s Band and box office seats 25 60 75 cents.
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Wilson Barrett
Globe Theatre
Virginius
Primrose and
West
Globe
Richard Mansfield
Minstrels
New York
Boston
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Herne
U.S. A
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Jules Verne
Bottom of the Sea
Jack Dempsey
Tony Pastor
New York Theatre
J. W. Kelly
Florrie West
Will Fox
Graham
Boston Theatre
Reeves
American Band of Providence
Carrie Tutein
Hafford
Mantell
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