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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1896
Page
5
Unprecedented Bargains In City Store Sale
Announcement touts unprecedented bargains and a major expansion to handle a surge of customers during an upcoming sale. The notice highlights doubled floor space and staffing to improve service and urges patronage for garment deals and quoted prices.
Ex-President criticizes subway lease as premature
Bad for road Ex-President Henry M. Whitney of the West End argues against the subway lease calling for premature commitment. He says the city forced travel into a new channel and that value should be demonstrated by actual use before any lease. He warns of dampness ventilation and structural risks and urges city to bear some responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Whitney
West End
Dr. Osgood Resigns from State Cattle Board
Dr. F. H. Osgood, chairman of the State Board of Cattle Commissioners, resigns and Governor Wolcott accepts. He cites lengthy reasons, chiefly the 1896 legislation restricting actions to exterminate tuberculosis, making board work impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Osgood
State Board of Cattle Commissioners
Wolcott
Osgood
Pboard
Man Killed On Drawbridge By Train Near Boston
Thomas W. Bowes aged 60 of Everett was killed instantly at 6 30 am yesterday when a train on the Eastern division of the Boston and Maine railroad struck him as he walked on the Mystic River drawbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Bowes
Everett
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mystic River
Black Persian Cloth Storm Collar Coat for Sale
Classified notice for a black Persian cloth silk lined coat with a high storm collar. Originally valued at 12 dollars, reduced to 698? indicating a pricing or OCR error but implying a marked down item for sale.
Boston Merchants Meet Adopts Tariff and Commerce Plans
The December Boston Merchants Association meeting at Young's Hotel elected leaders and adopted resolutions backing tariff schedule analysis and insolvent debtors laws. It approved a permanent tariff commission and supported Frye’s department of commerce bill. Attendees included Bourke Cochran and Horace Porter. banquet planned for January. New members: Hecht Liebmann & Co., Shawmut Bank, Cushing & Bliss, William Read & Sons, J Otis Wetherbee, Buswell Hubbard & Harrison, New England Dredging Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Merchants’ Association
Young’s Hotel
Leeson
Wolcott
Hersey B. Goodwin
Frye
Department of Commerce and Manufactures
Bourke Cochran
New York
Horace Porter
J. R. Leeson
Jonathan A. Lane
National Board of Trade
Andrew G. Webster
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
Hecht, Liebmann & Co
Shawmut National Bank
Cushing & Bliss
William Read & Sons
J. Otis Wetherbee
Buswell, Hubbard & Harrison
New England Dredging Company
Honors for Dr. Z B Shea in city health board picks
The Boston Board of Health appointed Dr Thomas B Shea to fill the vacancy left by Dr William G Macdonald. Dr Shea earned a strong local reputation for diagnosing the first leprosy case in the port and for identifying diphtheria on the training ship Enterprise. The board also sent nominations for port physician Dr Paul Carson and assistant port physician Dr William H Greene, pending mayoral confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durgin
Board of Health
Brough
Quincy
Frank J. Keany
Matthew Keany
William G. Macdonald
Thomas B. Shea
Roxbury
New Masonic Temple Discussed at Quarterly Grand Lodge
The Grand Lodge of Masons opened its quarterly communication in Masonic Hall. Directors reported failure to sell the old building and recommended retaining and occupying it. Proposals to add stories or build up from the roof were discussed but no decision made. Grand Master Holmes presided. Plans for a new temple site on Tremont Street were roughed out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of Masons
Masonic Hall
Holmes
Masonic Temple
Tremont Street
Wall Street
Sam Keller & Co
Broadway
New York
Denounce the Lease by Central Labor Union
The executive committee of the Central Labor Union condemns the Rapid Transit Commission for granting the West End Railroad Company a twenty year subway lease. It argues a short ten year term serves the public, and calls for citizen cooperation to seek lease modification in the interest of travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Huot Street
Central Labor Union of
Boston and Vicinity
Rapid Transit Commission
West End
Boston
Friends of Municipal Reform
Civil Service Report details exams and appointments
The civil service commissioners released their annual report for the year ending Oct 1. Of 183 examinations in the first division 99 general competitive, 3 special competitive, 81 non competitive. Sixty three non competitive were promotions. Examinations produced 1677 passers and 647 appointments from the eligible list, including 25 men and 122 women, with 116 veterans appointed under the soldier exemption law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commissioners
Dickens Booths At Shuman Corner Spark Seasonal Spirit
Quoted passages from Charles Dickens decorate the first floor of A. Shuman & Co as Dickens booths display dainty crimson and white bunting electric lights and a host of useful attractive gifts for the 1896 Christmas season. The displays merge festive trade with merriment reflecting the store’s shopfront charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Dickens
A. Shuman & Co
Shuman Corner
Incoming Events At Quincy House And Trinity Church
A Friday 8 p.m. reception at the Quincy House honors Brother Sir Knight W H Marshall of Portsmouth and wife by Knights of Pythias staff. A Sunday 8 p.m. public meeting at Trinity Church supports Tuskegee Institute with performances by Tuskegee students and speeches by notable figures. Boston Ice Company employees host their thirtieth annual ball at Music Hall, with proceeds aiding local charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy House
Knight W. H. Marshall
Portsmouth
N. H
Second Massachusetts Regiment
Knights of Pythias
Tuskegee Institute
Trinity Church
Tuskegee
HE. Winchester Donald
D. D
Blanch K. Bruce
Mississippi
Register
United States Treasury
Booker T. Washington
Boston Ice Company
Music Hall
Boston
Wheezing in Children Promised Cure by Dr Bull's Syrup
An advertisement-style notice claims Wheezing in children will be cured by the famous Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. The language promotes a medical remedy with a notable physician figure associated with the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
Tobacco Trust on Trial in New Jersey Chancery
The Attorney General of New Jersey seeks to annul the American Tobacco Company's charter alleging monopoly in cigarette manufacture. The suit, filed in Jersey City before Vice-Chancellor Reed, names John R. Miller and Franklin Miller of Newark as plaintiffs. Attorneys McCarter Gur erman Einstein appear for the complainants and Choate Lindabury Fuller for the defense. Trial expected to last about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Tobacco Company
Erman
Edwin Einstein
Joseph H. Choate
R. D. Lindabury
W. W. Fuller
Health and wealth hinge on a sound body
Ill health is a danger to busy workers, a thread that threatens both health and success. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is touted as strengthening digestion, blood, nerves, and vitality, with testimonials from Urban Howell of Tallmanville. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser is praised, and a promotional offer for the 1,008 page book is extended with stamp payment details to Buffalo, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damocles
Dr. Pierce
Urban Howell
Tallmanville
Wayne Co
Common Sense
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Suffalo
N. Y
Washington Club Formed In East Boston With Sick Benefit
Fifty East Boston gentlemen formed the Washington Club at Maverick House to provide a sick and death benefit. Officers include John J. Kenefick president and Thomas J. Giblin vice president, with William J. Watson secretary and David Splaine treasurer. The group endorsed William J. Donovan for alderman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
Maverick House
Washington Club
John J. Kenefick
Thomas J. Giblin
William J. Watson
David Splaine
David Jameson
John Campbell
Richard J. Hogan
Richard Donahue
Edward Tierney
William J. Donovan
Boston Theater Scene Shines With Musical and Varied Acts
Broad report of Boston entertainment, listing Miner & Brooks musical comedy Lost Strayed or Stolen at Park Theatre and Joe Haworth Annie Russell successes. Also notes Monte Cristo at Boston Theatre, Under the Red Robe New York debut, The Heart of Maryland crowds, Maurice Barrymore roving roles, Olivette revival, Papinta fire dance at Keiths, The Bells of Shandon at Columbia, The Oct rodeo at Howard Atheneum, Stoddard Yellowstone lectures at Music Hall, Shaughraun and Danites at Grand Opera House, Huberman Boston debut details, and other vaudeville and exhibition highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Park Theatre
Miner & Brooks Company
Sue
Joseph Haworth
Annie Russell
James O'Neill
Monte Cristo
Empire Theatre
New York
John L. Stoddard
Boston Music Hall
Sortwell on No-License in Cambridge Campaign Letter
Alvin F. Sortwell declares Cambridge should maintain its no license policy and vows to enforce liquor laws if elected mayor. He states he has no current interest in the distilling business and has severed all ties with liquor ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Hall Party
Library Hall Association
Alvin F. Sortweil
Sortwell
Chester W. Kingsley
Temple Hall Committee
Boston
Mass
Kingsley
Cambridge
Cambridge Street
Alvin F. Sortwell
T. F. Wright
Mr. Kingsley
Dean Wright
Mr. Sortwell
Quincy Street
A. F. Sortwell
Temple Hall
Jabez Fox
Private Ownership of Land Highlighted At Science Conference
At the Everyday Church science meeting William Lloyd Garrison gave the leading address on private land ownership with a five minute discussion to follow. Dr. Perin and J. W. Samuel presented a stereopticon show of Japanese views for forty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lloyd Garrison
Mr. Garrison
Dr. Perin
J. W. Samuel
F. B. Sleeper
Marblehead
Grand Council Royal
Masonic
Washington
Boyl Step Streets
D. Albert Blake
Malden
Samuel C. Lyman
Edward M. Woodward
Worcester
William Martin
Chelsea
Sejanus Bowen
Boston
Charles W. Romney
J. Alber Blake
Charles A. Skinner
North Cambridge
Augustus Ridgeway
Leroy J. French
Hyde Park
Samuel R. Davis
Lawrence
George B. Miller
Springfield
Charles E. Baker
Fall River
John T. Kimball
Dorchester
Joseph Zwinge
Suffolk Brewery
Joe
Christian Union
Pierian Sodality of
Harvard College
E. 8. Terhune
Gertrude Rogers
Margaret House
Re-elected executive member at State Grange session
Acgus Barton of Dalton was re-elected to the State Grange executive committee at Springfield. A telegram from the national Grange committee asked President-elect McKinley to nominate Colonel J. H. Brigham of Delta Ohio for the chair of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
State Grange
Acgus Barton
Dalton
The
National Grange
McKinley
J. H. Brigham
Delta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington St
Thos. O'Callaghan & CO
Adams
Bradstreet
FURS
DR. Osgood
D’hote Deaux
Burgundy
Dreyfus
Hayward
Meltons
Children’s and
Alaska
Ana
Goodwin
Mao
Z. B. Shea
NEW Masonic Temple
Grand Lodge
Civil Service Report
Dickens and Shuman
Tobacco Trust
East Boston Club
Liliputians
Tremont Theatre
Thomas Q. Seabrooke
Castle Square Theatre
Papinta
Keith’s
Columbia Theatre
James W. Reagan
Lillian Kennedy
New Grand Theatre
Lothrop
Howard Atheneum
Mamie Flower
Fred Piper
Mallory Brothers
Irving Jones
the King
Sisters
Black Crook
Hope Booth
Mr. Ellis
Bronislaw Huberman
Mme. Szumowska
Katherine Ruth Heyman
Master Huberman
Huberman
Airline Express
Brunswick
Tremont
Huberman Perc
Mendelssohn
Bach
Wagner
Sarasate
Chopin
Liszt
Charlies Wehle
Fraulein Minerva
Austin & Stone’s
Minerva
May Wood
Girard’s International
Trocadero
Nickelodeon
Spiritual Temple
Crystal Maze
Cense
Pillis Beecham
Handel
B. J. Lang
the Messiah
Elijah
Hora Novissima
Charles W. Stone
Chestnut Street
Stoddard
Burditt & North
Castle Rutiine
Faust
Gounod
Dore
Copley Hall
Clarendon
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau Co.Ltd
Seabrooke
Geo. H. Broadhurs
Mr. Wright
VER. James
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
O’neill
Monte Gristo
Eve’gsats
Ween Roaring Dick & CO
Park 8PsTon
Pian
Bright Music
Clover
Howard
John W.isham
Haina
Lillian Keenn
Cor
Washington and
Dover Sts
Medieine
Model Playhouse
Danseuse
Amann
Sidmans
Falke and Lemon
Fen
Halle
Bronislaw
Katherine R. Heyman
Hollis TA Tetea
Isaac B. Rich
Herald
David Belasco
Matinee
Boston Museum
Bret Harte
SU E
Ats
Crand Opera House
Popular Stock Co
Shauchraun
Danites
Vandeville
Ustin
BOY Opera House
Bristol's Horses
Horticultural Hall
Tremont _ street
Henry F Miller
Elizabeth Abbott Carleton
Rocadero— Formerly
PALA
Scollay SQ
Girard’i
Interocean
Watson & Hutchings
Portland
Bay State
India Wharf
F Willdams
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