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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1897
Page
2
Mr Paine who ran a small Roxbury drug store at 1181 Tremont for decades was robbed of about 300 in cash mostly in single dollars and change. The thief fled after a brutal strike, leaving Paine with injuries and five stitches to the forehead though not life threatening. Police lack a lead.
Albert J. Kane, named in a death threat letter and linked to Miss Jennie McDonald, denies authoring the note and faces questions over a claimed marriage and larceny charge. Police search the West End for Kane, who previously worked for the Boston Rubber Company and may be connected to Miss McDonald and Mrs Kane of Chelsea.
About 250 people gathered at Friendship Hall Roxbury for a joint event featuring Coakley and Riley. The crowd favored Quincy with chants and interruptions. Coakley attacked the machine and trusts while pledging to fight for democracy and reform.
The Riley rally in Spelman Hall Ward 13 South Boston drew about 300 residents with strong crowd support for Quincy. Speakers included Colonel Thomas F. Doherty William J. Burke John A. Ryan and Timothy W. Coakley. Riley denied race or religious issue charges and claimed he can defeat Curtis and Quincy.
The Canada of Dominion line ships today from Warren dock Charlestown at 10 o'clock. About 150 Scandinavian passengers arrived yesterday via Fitchburg rail and gathered at the docks for the sendoff. Agents of the line filled the saloon with toasts to Ms. Truse, praising the New England crew. Captain James McAuley spoke of the crew’s hospitality and pride in the vessel. The Canada will touch Queenstown by December 16.
A long-running municipal campaign features Moran and Coakley in a crossfire of claims and alliances. The proposed joint debate spans from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., with voices for Quincy and Riley, a forged challenge, park venue debates, and involvement from Col M. V. Maloney and Judge Sturgeon.
Edwin A. Jones aged 70 collapsed while shovelling snow outside his Brimfield origin home in Westfield this morning. Michael Kane aged 68 died suddenly in a hack en route to a funeral, authorities report.
A gas main leak caused an explosion at the New England Conservatory last evening. A statue of Hermes was damaged including head and limb loss, a window blown out, and about $000 in damage. A Boston policeman on scene caused initial confusion while fire crews extinguished a two and a half inch gas flare. The Ensemble Club musicale proceeded as planned.
Fire alarm from Box 42 Cambridge last night reported a blaze at the Riverside Press building on Blackstone Street. The four story plant and outbuildings housed shelves of books and a bindery in the east wing. Loss is estimated at 10 000 to 20 000 dollars with heavy water and smoke damage. fire brigade and Cambridge departments prevented a larger disaster.
Bridget Maloney of Brookline 72 took a large dose of horse medicine misbelieved to be cure all. Doctors treated her for hours and saved her life after she collapsed at home on Pearl Street. Her sighted sons kept the potent bottle, and the dose could have killed ten horses.
The Rev. John Galligan. assistant priest at St. James's Church Harrison avenue. after three weeks of serious illness has recovered enough to take a short vacation south. He will visit Norfolk Virginia and Savannah. Friends wish him a speedy recovery.
Harry West aged 13 of East Bucksport died after drowning on thin ice at Hancock Lake in Bucksport Maine. His body was recovered today.
An executive session of the American Trotting Association board of appeals granted reinstatement to E. T. Kneebs who had been imprisoned in Germany in 185 for starting a ringer. The decision followed discussion and was issued as an act of clemency.
Captain G T Woolbury, owner in the Chicago Varnish Company, died in Amesbury after years of illness. He was six years old and had once sailed as a youth on a New Bedford whaler in Arctic seas.
Brockton city officials begin a veterecount of votes cast yesterday on mayoral race and liquor license issue. A petition campaign forms to challenge or restore a no license outcome as the process moves forward.
The Governor reappointed Henry Splaine of Boston inspectors department and William H. Proctor of the detective department to three more years on the district police.
The American Wringer Company at 77 and 7 Franklin Street and Arch Street offers clothes wringers man gies and carpet sweepers. Wringers and sweepers repaired. Orders by mail or telephone receive prompt attention.
Sneak thieves swept Boston with a day of rapid burglaries across multiple districts. Police note professional behavior and speculate an organized gang at work. Notable breaks include Mrs W E Farrington 29 Wabon Suite 3 entry for watches rings chains and trinkets, Thomas McCormack 17 Laconia suit stolen, Orlando W Flynn suit taken, Frederick Olsen 34 dollars vanished from his West Seventh room, William Timlin 71 Appleton lead pipe and brass faucets missing, James E Nelson 22 Woodville overcoat stolen near Boylston Street.
Three arrests were reported for larceny and robbery tied to incidents on the 6th inst. John Doherty, 19, of 7 Scott Court, is charged with stealing a watch and chain from John T. Manning of Ferrin Street. Edward Leonard, 22, of 12 Leverett Street, and Michael T. Driscoll, 26, of 149 Court Street, are accused of robbing Louis Barnickel of 13 Dodge Street, Cambridge, of a watch and chain worth $20 on Lynde Street around 9 p.m. They hint at further arrests as investigators pursue multiple breaks and note several targets are studied before rounds.
A major blaze at the Beacon Fibre Company plant on 300 North Beacon Street in Brighton destroyed the second floor where cotton waste and oil fueled the fire. Firemen fought the flames for about two hours as bricks and wooden sections burned, threatening nearby structures.
A 1900s marketing note touts Pyramid Pile Cure as the sole safe, prompt remedy for piles outside surgery. It claims wide physician support, urges readers to contact Pyramid Co. of Marshall Michigan for a booklet and testimonials, and offers a full sized package for 50 cents.
A collection of short memories and quips. An officer of the day is startled by a German guard shout. Carlyle is labeled a wreck by a visitor. The Duke of York settles a debt with an Irish pun. James Payn recalls a sunrise misjudgment on Helvellyn and a dean’s rebuke about morning chapel.
A Staten Island hostess trains Bridget, a green Irish waitress, for a month and invites two dignitaries to dinner. Bridget performs well for two courses but trips on a stair, causing a fall. The guests stay still as Bridget calls from below that she fell down the stairs landing on her fat like a burrd.
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