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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1897
Page
5
Lively Roxbury gathering at the Dudley Street Opera House features John A. Ryan A. Pillar and Barry Sullivan addressing Democrats. Riley and Quincy clash amid interruptions as crowds cheer hiss and eject disruptors during a three hour rally touching policy taxes and city governance.
A Dorchester rally backing the regular Democratic ticket drew a large audience in St. John Hall. Speakers praised Mayor Quincy’s administration, urged support for his re election, and attacked Curtis and the Republican slate over city spending and reforms.
Judge Charles Henry Kemp Sturgeon meets Colonel Maloney amid talk of a joint debate on Norris Park. Officials plan venue options from Faneuil Hall to Mechanics Hall with tickets for city leaders and press, while legal and political sparring hints at clashes over the tariff and civic issues.
Cambridge hosted four rallies last night with about 250 attendees at Temple Hall St Pauls Church. Speakers included Mayor Sortwell Alderman Clement G Morgan John J Ahern and Jeremiah F Donovan, both candidates for Alderman. Monday night two more Temple Hall rallies planned Cedar Hall North Cambridge and Institute Hall East Cambridge. Perkins sympathizers held two rallies North Cambridge Brattle Square ward room with P H Doncannon A B Johnson and E A Whitman. Tammany Club rally for Frank McLaughlin in East Cambridge featured J F Donovan J J Ahern and Freeman Hunt.
Boston paving department employees met in Dexter Hall to discuss three mayoral candidates. James Timilty of Union 671 presided as Superintendent Wells and Deputy Superintendent Kelly were praised for addressing grievances and securing steady work. Resolutions adopted by a standing vote endorsed Mayor Quincy and his administration.
In Ward 20 last night a Riley rally gathered about seventy five people in the ward room. Speakers who spoke at the Dudley Street Opera House delivered abridged versions of those addresses with Lawyer Joseph F. O Connell presiding.
East Boston will fire the first big gun of the Quincy campaign with a Monday night rally at Lyceum Hall. Speakers include prominent local figures and Congressman Fitzgerald. The Hon. John H. Sullivan will preside.
A rally in Ward 17 last evening supported Fawin A Curtis. Ignatius Worth presided as speakers included Charles J Kidney Joseph Lundy Captain James A Murphy Lewis Ortaen Amos J Gordon and Thomas F Moore.
William H. Donlon, running as an independent Democratic candidate for Ward 18 Common Council, states he has no ties to the Curtis Club at 228 Broadway South Boston and will support Mayor Quincy. A Curtis rally is set for Monument Hall Charlestown this evening at 8 with speakers Curtis Guild Jr Liam W Doherty Francis W Kittredge Charles R Saunders and John K Never John Swallow to preside.
At Copley Hall last night 400 to 600 deaf mutes from New England gathered to mark the 110th anniversary of Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet with speeches and a speechless program. George C. Sawyer welcomed the crowd using sign pantomime. Abel B. Clark acted as interpreter. W L Hill presided in pantomime and praised Gallaudet as a people’s tribute. The play depicted Gallaudet’s path to founding a school, with recitations by Mrs Bowdoin and Mrs Holmes. Dancing followed despite questions about hearing the music, and a banquet ended the evening with toasts from H C White, William Weeks, W L Hill, J C Crane, and John De Keefe.
Mt Bowdoin Council Knights of Columbus in Dorchester elected officers led by Grand Knight Manus J Fish and Deputy Maurice Varin Brien. Other posts include John Roche as Chancellor Charles Kelley as Financial Secretary Joseph Walsh as Recording Secretary George Mannon as Treasurer Michael OBrien as Lecturer Timothy Sullivan as Warden Thomas Gleavey as Inside Guard Michael Broderick as Outside Guard Dr Joseph Sullivan as Advocate Rev Cornelius Doherty as Chaplain Dr William Johnston as Trustees W C Fennessy George Shields Timothy Toomey.
It is settled that the United States steamship Lancaster will be 8 out of commission. Orders were received at the yard late yesterday afternoon. She may become a practice gun vessel or be used for the naval militia. The essential point is that the vessel will be repaired at the Charlestown yard.
Introduction of Salvation Oil reassures young bicyclists that minor falls pose no fear. The product, priced at 25 cents, appears to offer quick relief and smoother rides for riders of all ages.
Dr Agnews Catarrhal Powder offers rapid relief and a permanent cure for catarrh hay fever colds headaches sore throat tonsillitis and catarrhal deafness. One puff clears and cleanses nasal passages, painless and delightful to use. Sold by C K Woodward Co 52 Bromfield St Jaynes & Co Washington and Hanover Sts.
Democrats for the Boston Board of Aldermen plan an aggressive unified campaign to elect the entire ticket. Campaigners will urge every speaker to seek votes for all seven aldermen, with a pocket card showing seven names and the mayor and street commissioner as supporting figures. Some 200000 cards have been printed and distributed.
Congressman John F. Fitzgerald explains his remarks from the House debate on civil service reform. He recalls Grosvenor's attack and marblehead appointment concerns, notes scrambling to obtain his manuscript, and cites GOP silence and a家庭 telegram announcing a son’s birth.
The Organization of Young Businessmen of the South End, formed Oct 1 1896, invites members and guests to a social and literary grand ball at Odd Fellows Hall on Monday evening Dec 13. Officers include President Oliver J. Donovan and Vice President M C Gateley.
A meeting at Lincoln Hall Chelsea is planned for Sunday at 4 PM chaired by Mrs e the third vice president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society of America. Dr House will present a stereopticon lecture at 7 30 PM.
A wartime style ad asserts that hives are not life threatening but cause misery and profanity. It promotes Dean's Ointment as giving instant relief in severe hive cases and other skin diseases, claiming quick comfort.
Dr R C Flower and his assistants attracted large audiences at Horticultural Hall for a lecture series on health and manhood. The speaker emphasized exercise, avoidance of disease, and moral training, citing decades of successful practice with 200 patients daily at 729 Boylston Street and offering free consultations and prescriptions in December.
Republican executives counter a mayoral comparison by detailing actual main pipe mileage, Mystic and Chestnut Hill pumping work, Basin 5 charges, and salary rises. They accuse the opposition of misstatements, arguing Curtis era costs and staff increases show different fiscal patterns under Quincy.
Dorchester friends of ex-Alderman Sanford met ex-Mayor Curtis at a reception hosted by Senator Charles E. Folsom at 38 Romsey Street Savin Hill. About one hundred Sanford supporters attended without Sanford himself. Senator Folsom and Joseph B. Maccabe introduced Curtis and stressed uniting after the recent contest.
The New England Association of the Active Chapter of Alpha Tan Ameger met at Young's Hotel for its annual meeting and officer election. President Harwood of Tufts led the session with representation from Colby University of Maine University of Vermont Brown University and Atts University. Officers elected include G. W. Carpenter of Brown secretary Ernest C. Burton of Tufts and L. C. Abbott of Vermont among others.
The Soo Line announces weekly bulletins with new details routes steamships sailing and all developments. To join the mailing list send 5 cents in stamps toCanadian Pacific Railway 197 Washington street Bosolla.
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