Matthews Defeats Hart Rally Notes From Lyceum Halls
The Sunday Post canvassed the mayoral race showing Matthews poised for re election. Dem leader James Donovan coordinated 25 chieftains steering turnout. Hart trails amid park system opposition and bond criticism as Lee delivers influential speeches.
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Lyceum Hall
BEAST
Boston
John H. .Lee
John F. Dever
John ¥. Fitzgerald
John J. Maguire
Bordman Hall
William F. McClellan
Michael B. Gilbride
David F. Barry
William Taylor
John H. Sullivan
Ward Room
North Bennett Street
John H. Lee
Martin M. Lomasney
Thomas A. Mullen
John F. Fitzgerald
C. F. O’brien
Daniel D. Rourke
John F. Sullivan
Thomas McCullough
UNION
Knights’ Hall
Frank F. Proctor
P. Weeks
Joseph B. Gould
George E. Jones
Patrick M. Keating
George
Hart
James Donovan
Democratic City Committee
Committee
Washington Street
Donovan
Matthews
Sven Hart
Patrick
Ana’ Michael Meehan
Matthews Criticised for Opposition to Essick Telegraphs
To the editor, a 1889 Boston controversy recounts Essick printing telegraph instruments and bids to expand plain letter telegraphy. Nathan Matthews Jr as Boston mayor challenged erecting poles, sought company books, and pressed aldermen to revoke prior approvals amid Western Union opposition.
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Post
Sir
Pittsburg
Penn
New York
Elliot F. Shepard
New York Mail and Express
John Wanamaker
Moses G. Farmer
Essick
House Committee of Post Office and Post Roads
Western Union Telegraph Company
New England Printing Telegraph Company
Boston
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Board of Aldermen
Law Department
Attorney-General’s Department
Hood's Sarsaparilla Tested As Cure For Dyspepsia
A Vermont woman, Mrs Susrt C Rum BILL of Royalton, says six bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla restored her health. She reports improved appetite, weight, breathing, and sleep, credits the medicine with saving her life. Hood's Pills are praised for liver and bowels action. Separately, reports from Charlestown describe political posters for Edward W Presho and anticipated strong Republican counter-moves in the alderman election.
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Hood
Mayor Matthews faced over Boston telegraph pole rights
Co O Billings, president, notes failed to revoke charter and asks Mayor Matthews to explain opposition to the New England Printing Telegraph Company and alleged inducement to block pole rights. Claims a contradictory sequence: board order Oct 12 1891, approved Oct 14 1891, after revocation, nine months later. Requests direct public explanation to clarify interests and actions.
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Usetts Company
New England
Boston
City Press Association
Board of Aldermen
Matthews
New England Printing Telegraph Company
Co. O. Billings
Hart Reaffirms Challenge to Mayor Matthews in Debt Figures
The Boston figure clash centers on Hart's signed challenge to Matthews. Hart defends every fact and figure, stating Matthews’s terms and debt changes are misrepresented and that his two-year service compares favorably. The published data cover net funded debt, cash on hand, and increases from 1889 to 1891.
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Thomas N. Hart
Citizens of
Boston
Matthews
Gentlemen of
Citizens’ Association
Dr Tildens Candidacy for Ward 10 Council Seat
Dr A K Tilden, a longtime Democrat, seeks the Ward 10 Common Council seat. He has served on the Democratic State central committee and Ward 10 committee, helped found the Young Men’s Democratic Club, and supported multiple Democratic nominees including Hugh O’Brien for mayor and James Donovan for governor.
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A. K. Tilden
Common Council
Ward
Democratic State Central Committee
Ward 10
Young Men's Democratic Club
William D. Park
Dr. Tilden
Hugh O'Brien
Russell
Worcester
Sheriff O'Brien
James Donovan
Patrick Maguire
Draper Defends Labor Record Amid Circular Attack
Councilman Edward F. Draper the labor candidate for Alderman refutes a circulating attack as false and confirms his two year voting record in support of labor measures. He explains a city cleanup move against vagrants was aimed at nonworking individuals and asserts he has always backed working men.
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Edward F. Draper
Draper
Common Council
Hebrew newspaper in New England edited by Belkovitsch
The Jewish Eagle is the only Hebrew language newspaper printed in New England. Edited by Professor G Belkovitsch and published by A and P Pinkofsky at 1% Hanover street, it targets Hebrew readers and business advertisers alike.
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Jewish Eagle
New England
G. Belkovitsch
A. & P. Pinkofsky
Hanover Street
G. Selikovitsch
A. and
P. Pinkofsky
Hanover St
Boston
Professor Collins Discusses Prison Reform at Yale-like Talk
Cornell professor Charles H. Collins addressed the Massachusetts Prison Association anniversary at First Baptist Church Back Bay. He argued criminals are human and deserving of reform, not mere enemies, urging parole with post release support and structured work to rebuild lives.
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Charles H. Collins
Cornell University
First Baptist Church
Back Bay
Collins
Massachusetts Prison Association
Moxom
J. Barrows
J. M. Pullman
Lynn
Joseph G. Thorpe
Can Early- 10 Avoid the Crowd
Portfolios Nos 1 and 2 are ready for distribution at the office of the Post or by mail as advertised. No. 3 stock is exhausted but another instalment has been ordered and is expected in a few days. Portfolio 4 will not be ready for delivery before Wednesday due to publisher delays from St Louis. The first instalment has left St Louis and further shipments are expected within days.
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Hart
Mike Meehan
Matthews
City Hall
Lee
Ned” Presho
Charlestown
Edward W. Presho
Presho
the Post
St. Louis
Post
Anarchist Bomb Explosion Shocks French Chamber
Reports detail Vaillant and accomplices amid the Dec 10 Paris attack. The bomb, a large saucepan device, wounded Vaillant and others, with authorities planning international action. Spain and Italy condemn the act as police braces for stricter measures and sympathy motions in Rome.
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Spain
Rome
Rampoldi
Chamber of Deputies
Vaillant Bombing Suspect Under Inquiries In Paris
Victim Vaillant, 32, lacerated neck and chest, remains in pain as police pursue inquiries after the Paris explosion. Doubts rise on whether Vaillant was the bomber or only an accomplice. Deputies injured, others treated and discharged. Anarchists praise Vaillant and vow more acts against the bourgeoisie.
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Garnet
Gulletier
Lenoire
Petit Republique
Levallois- Perret
Vaillant
Chicago Aids Unemployed With Million Dollar Relief Drive
Chicago faces about 117000 jobless as the Illinois Conference of Charities and Corrections forms a 100 person committee to raise 1 million dollars for relief. Ministers and millionaires are urged to respond. City Hall shelters exceed capacity as 1119 men sleep there and others on stone floors. Actors Joseph Jefferson and Stuart Robson plan a charity performance next Friday.
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Chicago
Illinois Conference of Charities and Corrections
Stead
W. P. Read
Citizens’ Committee
City Hall
Joseph Jefferson
Stuart Robson
Cambridge janitor Andrew J Ayers dies at 60
Andrew J Ayers died at his home 4112 Kinnaird street Cambridgeport yesterday. He was the Cambridge Public Library janitor and born in Charleston New Hampshire sixty years ago. He served in the Union navy aboard the South Carolina and was a member of W H Smart Post 20 G A R. He leaves a widow.
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Andrew J. Ayers
Kinnaird Street
Cambridgeport
Cambridge Public Library
Charleston
N. H
Union
Naval Service
South Carolina
W.H. Smart
Shipwrecked crew reaches Mt Desert Rock after near freezing
Captain Co D Dykeman and four crew members from the Lu cerene spent Sunday in Bar Harbor after a week at Mt. Desert Rock. They abandoned the St John schooner on Baker's Island, lost their oars, and drifted in an open boat for twenty four hours, arriving in a partly frozen condition to reach St. John by train.
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Bar Harbor
Co. D. Dykeman
St. John
Mt. Desert Rock
Baker's Island
Whitman Mass Meeting Forms Associated Charities
A large turnout at Village Hall witnessed Colonel F P Harlow preside over a mass meeting to create the Associated Charities to aid the worthy poor. A seven member committee recommended a permanent organization with officers led by President Harlow and a full roster of relief committee members.
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Maurice Kane
George A. Dorr
Frank M. Smith
David B. Gurney
C. D. Nash
B. 8. Atwood
George .C.jenkins
Charles F. Reed
George W. Soule
Timothy Meany
Obed H. Ellis
Daniel, Maloney
Orlas Millett
BE. Warren Clift
William H
BAD CAMBRIDGE BOYS ARRESTED FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING
Three Cambridge youths were arrested yesterday morning for breaking and entering a fruit store at Windsor and Main. Timothy Murphy 16, Robert Jones 17, and George McConnell 16 were involved. Murphy and Jones were bailed. Murphy and Jones had prior theft charges from a cigar store.
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Cambridge
Windsor
Main Streets
Murphy
W. H. Rowe
Butcher
Neileon
Timothy Murphy
Robert Jones
George McConnell
Jones
I. Newman
New England Cloud Reports On NY & New England Railroad Strikes
Rumors of a pending strike among New York and New England railroad employees surface but officials stay silent. A local meeting at Templar Hall yielded no official word, while a committee said another wage scale conference is planned and no report is due until then.
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New York & New England Railroad
Templar Hall
Workers Face Hunger as Evictions Loom in City
Several thousand garment workers in the city see only about 15 percent at work with many families behind on rent. At a mass meeting in Columbus Hall Patrick O Neill Daniel Lynch and other labor leaders spoke on relief. Resolutions urged the city to provide work food and shelter.
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Columbus Hall
Patrick O'Neill
Socialistic
Daniel Lynch
The
Painters’ Union
Theatrical Mechanics annual benefit at Pythian Hall
Theatrical Mechanics Association held its annual benefit at Pythian Hall Essex and Chauncy streets with about 500 guests. Bennett's Marine Band performed orchestral music. William Callaghan presided as president of the Grand Lodge MTA and committee chair. Members included Hinkon Murray Pike and others. Performers featured include Callaghan, Ormond, Curtis, Bryant, Childs, Martin, Kelly, Warde, Willard and Lamb with songs, impersonations, stories and recitations. A gold watch was presented to retiring president M. P. Pickering.
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the Theatrical Mechanics’, Association
Pythian Hall
Essex and
Chauncy Streets
Bennett
Marine Band
Navy Yard
William Callaghan
Grand Lodge
H. O. Hinkon
James A. Murray
E. C. Pike
G. W. Bennett
F. O. Robinson
Charles F. Sanborn
John H. Reid
William H. McCarthy
Barry and Fay
Joseph Jefferson
Fiske
Boston Museum
Henry Ormond
Venus” Company
M. P. Pickering
United States
Canada
Newton and Dixon
Daniel J. Curtis
Manhattan Quartet
Thomas Bryant
Nat Childs
Tremont Theatre
Thomas Martin
John W. Kelly
Frederick Warde
John Willard
Grand Opera House
Charles
Lamb
Gladstone’s illness linked to regimen lapse and speech stress
London Dec 10 Mr Gladstone’s illness is attributed to abandoning the strict regimen he followed under Sir Andrew Clarke. Doctors say digestive-system weakness makes him vulnerable. He improved after the attack, then traveled to Brighton, amid political tensions from an Opposition clash and a late dinner speech.
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London
Mr. Gladstone
Sir Andrew Clarke
Foul play feared as Charlestown man found dead at North End hall
John McKenna aged 38 of 48 Lexington Street Charlestown was found dead in a hall at North Margin Street North End at seven last night after a day of drinking with companions. Dr. Elliott could not confirm foul play and the body was sent to the morgue pending Medical Examiner Harris inquiry. Police seek details of McKenna’s companions and where he was left.
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John McKenna
Lexington Street
Charlestown
North Margin Street
North End
McKenna
Elliott
North Grove Street
Harris
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A. W. Tilden
Boston Post
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Sunday Post
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M. Dupuy
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Lemire
Whitman
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Wheeler
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Daston
Cambridge Boys
Syreae Duavion
God Pin Owen
Tynes
Gladstone
Sma Posit
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Bowers
Arlington
Charles E. Bowers
Massachuset
Unitarian Church
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