This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 28 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1893
Page
6
Washington dispatch reports Chairman Wilson stating no action yet on whiskey tax changes and notes possible brief committee scrutiny. Rep McCall presses for delaying effect date to reduce business uncertainty and avoid sudden duty shifts and winter hardship.
Mrs. Martha Moore Avery spoke at Equity Union on how to move toward socialism. She argued socialism exists worldwide and would grow through municipal control of utilities and the use of referendum and proportional representation. She noted labor interests favor the shift and urged nonviolence while warning of monopolistic trends.
Contested charges of bribery in the 1887 Beverly division bill implicate Alderman Lee. Reported testimony reveals Lee used his press role to learn authorship of articles and accepted money for letters in the Brighton Item. Critics urge removal from public office, with editorials from Boston papers calling for his return to private life.
Cambridge reports over seventy five convictions for illegal liquor cases since January with many arrests in Division 3 including druggists and kitchen bars. Last night union noncense services were held across Cambridge churches with speakers from multiple faith groups and local officials.
A young man named John Donovan, age 25, arrested for intoxication on Filet street, died in police custody. He was taken to Emergency Hospital with apoplexy attributed to overindulgence in alcohol. Donovan had recently been released from Deer Island after a four months sentence and lived at 2 Salter Place, Prince Street area.
A four ton shaft fell at the Ponemah mill in Norwich at 11 30 injuring twenty one men on a staging. John Farrell 62 died at Backus Hospital from crushed ankle broken leg and internal injuries. Several workers were bruised but survived.
New London reports the brig W. R. Hutchins hauled off Cornfield Shoal after grounding. Tug Scott’s vessel towed her clear, arriving at port at six, with barrels filling the hold. Cargo includes beef, pork and flour, preventing more serious damage to the vessel.
From her late residence on Green Street this afternoon Mrs. Hiram Cooper was laid to rest at Mt. Aud Cemetery after a service conducted by Rev. B A Cpsn pastor of the First Baptist Church. Funeral services observed in Watertown.
A Boston Chronicle retrospective visits the Bradlee house at Hollis and Tremont, detailing its preserved interior, descendants of Major Melville and Captain May, the disguises of Injeuns, and local memory of the 1773 tea party. It notes the ongoing value as a patriotism monument and mentions figures linked to the Bradlees and other families.
The city faces a diminishing smallpox danger as the Morrison family at 9 Westminster Street is isolated. Morrison remained in stable condition at Canterbury Street hospital while his niece, now also ill, was moved to City Hospital. fumigation of the Morrison home proceeded and doctors report low spread risk though several days remain before all clear.
Horace K. Osborn responds to public accusations about William A. Bakers mayoral candidacy being a ploy to defeat rival William A. Banns. He denounces the alleged search of the Gumsbridge Directory and voting mats as evidence of incompetence and cowardice in the public discourse.
Horace K Osborn of Cambridgeport states that Baker should be mayoral candidate due to broad support from personal friends and neighbors who know him for years. He argues Baker would run the office more gentlemanly than the present incumbent and signs the nomination as a public endorsement dated December 9.
Thomas W. Flood was endorsed at a Monument Hall gathering yesterday afternoon. John Connolly introduced Flood who spoke on his City Council record and stance in the contest. Flood thanked Charlestown friends for the invitation and endorsement. Ex Alderman P J Donovan praised Flood’s record, followed by John J O Callahan Timothy J Brinnin and John Kinneally.
Labor groups report mixed actions with co op shop efforts at the Hebrew Bakers union bakery and new endorsements. Builders, carpenters, lathers and street laborers discuss mayoral and board candidates while the Practical Stone Masons rejoin the international union at Carroll Hall.
The Street Cleaning Department Union backed Mayor Matthews and Democratic Aldermen nominees at its meeting. The Coal Teamsters and Handlers' Union urged coal dealers to reduce worker hours, clarifying no support for E. B Hamlin & Co. The Waltham Central Labor Union was formed with eight affiliated bodies, D J Moynehan Jr of Boston Central Labor Union spoke, and a constitution was adopted. Seven Democrats were endorsed by Local Assembly 463 K of L for the Board of Aldermen.
A four masted steamer signalled fire in her cotton cargo while crossing the Irish Channel. It is believed to be the Assaye from New Orleans to Liverpool. Gale winds at Queenstown wrecked whale boats and toppled seas. The Aurania, en route Liverpool to New York, endured immense waves. three crew injured and one seaman, Richard Hore, lost a leg.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on December 10 the district will reopen all Lehigh Valley Coal Company mines delivering coal by the Lehigh Valley railroad. About fifteen to twenty mines idle due to the recent strike will restart, restoring employment for at least 15,000 men and boys.
John Anderson, a jobless man, halted at 69 Haverhill Street after attempting a forced entry to inspect goods. Officers in civilian clothes returned to the scene, ending his plan to start a hardware business. He selected revolvers and tools worth about 100 dollars before being restrained.
The funeral for Jacob Eberhardt a war veteran was held yesterday afternoon at 177 Windsor Street Cambridge Port. A large crowd attended with delegations from Post 30 G A R Amicable Lodge F and A M and Bunker Hill Lodge order of Harugari. The Rev I W Sneath pastor of Wood Memorial Church and W H Smart Post 30 G A R conducted services. The procession escorted the remains to Cambridge Cemetery where interment occurred. Pallbearers included R W Sutton C G H Bennink Charles J Collins Peter Kelley and two members of Bunker Hill lodge. At the grave Bunker Hill lodge order of Harugari held a service. Eberhardt age 73 served in Company D Seventy fourth New York Infantry.
Major Percival C. Pope, commander at Charlestown Navy Yard, received Washington orders Saturday evening detaching him and appointing him to Mare Island Station in San Francisco. Major H C Bartlett of Mare Island will assume command there. Pope has served at Charlestown since July 11, 1892, and has already left for Washington.
Hezekiah Bundy, aged 76, is described as the oldest Congress member in the House. A former Iron King of Ohio, he returns to Congress after a vacancy caused by General Enochs's death. Bundy is noted as a vigorous orator and famed storyteller, with ties to ex Govern or J B Foraker through marriage to his daughter.
In Provincetown a news race among Post Globe and Herald shows the Post leading. The Post sold 100 copies while Globe 47 and Herald 20, marking a strong rise in Post circulation during a Sunday scramble along the Cape and Plymouth route.
Rockland Maine December 10 Nathan A Farwell former Maine senator and U S senator died suddenly while reading a paper at 81 He was a leading Republican with several terms as Maine Senate president in the 1860s and a major Maine political figure and landowner.
A garbled editorial voice warns of a recurrent seasonal illness described as the grip. It urges prompt treatment to prevent complications and promotes a medical tonic described as the best and purest in the world. The text cites hospitals in New York and references public concern over outbreaks.
Reports describe the barge Florida captain and his wife sick with the disease. Mayflower from Grand Banks brought to Gloucester with crew including Harry Stark Charles Galagher and Albert Dun bar picked up exhausted after straying in the schooner Hustler. Other notes cover prison costs, fires in Taunton, resignations, suicides, and local deaths.
Aldermen Lomasney Dever Maguire and Lee Bordmen Hall Representative Toland and others attended a Ward 7 rally at the Democratic headquarters. Representative Patrick F. Brogan presided as several speakers including Representative-elect Murphy Frank J. McMann Michael Brick Daniel J. Kiley Patrick J. Carroll George Coleman and Bernard McMackin spoke.
At a Saturday night meeting of the South End Association, a group of fifty district leaders unanimously endorsed candidates for mayor and aldermen. The slate includes Mayor N Matthews Jr and aldermen nominees David F Barry John F Dever Bordman Hall John H Lee Martin Lomasney William McClellan John J Maguire along with Cornell candidates Thomas Uniacke Daniel S Fitzgerald and Andrew J Patterson.
In New Bedford on December 10 an elderly man named Daniel Lombard is detained by police after attempting to kill himself by hanging this morning. He had been drinking and the action was halted before harm.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.