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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1896

Page

5

Last Annual Dinner of Hotel and Railroad News staff

The Hotel and Railroad News Company staff held the second annual dinner at the Quincy House. Mr George Mann and colleagues organized a lavish banquet amid praise for loyal service across drivers and papers. President F M Stanwood thanked the group for a strong year with better prospects.

Hotel & Railroad News Company Quincy House Mutual Relief and Benefit Association George Mann News Company F. M. Stanwood Hotel and Railroad News Company

Worcester News Trade Leaders Reflect On Long Service

The gathering praised veteran press executive for shaping newspaper sales in Worcester. Speakers from the Journal Transcript and Hotel & Railroad News Company lauded his influence and humor filled the evening with poems and song.

Second annual dinner of the Hotel and Railroad News Company

President J E Low and fifty members attended a lavish banquet with a hand painted menu card inscribed for the Second annual dinner of the Hotel and Railroad News Company. Speakers praised loyalty charity and the press link while Adley's Orchestra provided music and Mr J A E Stewart delivered humorous stories amid four hours of speeches and toasts.

J. E. Low F. M. Stanwood H. G. Brown James Brown Joseph Warren H. & R. R. News Company Messrs. T. Downey The Globe W. A Grazier Post George W Michaelis Journal George E. Danforth Transcript Mr Ross the Traveller C. H. Adams Advertiser Fergus A. Easton Worcester J. A. E. Stewart C. E. Warren Co. W Hodge Taes Mutual Relief and Benefit Association Heist & Railroad News Company Adley Low Hugh G. Brown Hotel and Railroad News Company H. & A. R. N. Company Thomas Downey Eneral Taylor California Association B. C. Slocum Herald New York William A. Grazier the Post Boston Post H. and R. R. News Company

Banquets Highlight Massachusetts Fire Chiefs and Local Societies

The Massachusetts Association of Fire Chiefs held its monthly meeting and dinner at Clark's Hotel despite stormy attendance. A Lampertery banquet at Young's Hotel honored new Worcester East Agricultural Society officers with 28 participants and premium-list revisions for next year. Medford Common Council hosted its annual dinner at the Thorndike Hotel with city officials present. South Middlesex Unitarian Club met at Young's Hotel with Harvard professor Edward Cummings on religion and Robert E. Ely on Rochdale cooperation.

Massachusetts Associati Age of Fire Chiefs Clark's Hotel Worcester East Agricultural Society John H. Zero Young’s Hotel Thayer Medford City Messenger South Middlesex Unitarian Club Archibald M. Howe Edward Cummings Harvard Robert E. Ely The Prospect Union Rochdale America

Lowell Church Row Shoots Down Kenngett Split

The advisory council of Congregational churches met in Lowell on December 16 and voted 23 to 10 that the church worshipping at the First Congregational Church is the First Congregational Church and that it has never been incorporated. A reconciling committee of five was later appointed to bridge the dispute between factions led by Rev. George F Kenngett.

Lowell Advisory Council of Congregational Churches First Congregational Church George F. Kenngett

Helping Hand Fair Aids New England Society in Pembroke Street

A charity fair opened yesterday at 124 Pembroke Street to run through Friday. Proceeds benefit the New England Helping Hand Society which rents rooms for twenty one workers at under six dollars weekly. Key officers include President Mrs E Trask Hill and Secretary Miss Carolyn Frink Cottrell. Attendance lists and organizers are Mrs William B Smart and others, with several named ladies assisting.

New England Helping Hand Society Pembroke Street Helping Hand Society E. Trask Hill Carolyn Frink Cottrell William B

Boston Volunteers Rush To Cuba Amid Rising War Feeling

The city sees a surge of young men joining volunteers bound for Cuba. A new company departs from India Wharf under J. H. Alvarez with officers including R. D. Worcester and Edward McGowan. Recruitments surge nationwide, with many artillerymen and veterans among the ranks.

Boston Maceo India Metropolitan Line J. H. Alvarez R. D. Worcester Roxbury Horse Guards Edward McGowan Ninth Infantry Leutenant Claude Wyatt Charlestown Cadets J. McElligatt Charlestown High School George L. Covell Enterprise Ray Glandon Culberson Texas Junta New York Cuba Senor Alvarez Palma

Senate Cuba debate moves toward Cameron resolution

The Senate foreign relations committee discussed the Cuban question with Lodge, Daniel, and Gray absent. The panel adjourned to meet Friday and signals pointed to a potential Cameron style resolution recognizing Cuban independence and urging U S mediation to end the Spain Cuba war.

Washington Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Lodge Daniel Gray Morgan Mills Cameron Republic of Cuba United States Spain Cuba Friends of Cuba Gameron

Diario de la Marina Denounces US Reports on Maceo Death

Havana paper protests American press coverage of Maceo’s death as gross falsehoods and insults to Spanish chivalry and honor. It condemns the circulation of the reports as lies and denounces them in strong terms.

Havana Diario de la Marina New York United States Maceo Diario

Sympathy for Cuba Resolution by Sons of Veterans

Members of John F. Andrew Camp 96 Sons of Veterans adopt a resolution expressing sympathy for the Cuban struggle for liberty and urging the U S government to extend aid through honorable means to a distressed people.

John F. Andrew Camp 96, Sons of Veterans John F. Andrew Camp 96 Sons of Veterans United States

War spirit spreads as Texas vows swift troop mobilization

Mass meetings sweep north Texas in sympathy with Cuba. Colonel I. M. Standiford says Texas could mobilize 20,000 men in thirty days if war with Spain breaks out, reflecting a brisk war spirit across the state.

Texas Denison Tex Cuba I. M. Standiford Culberson Spain

Cuban War Feeling Grows in Colorado

In Denver on December 16 the Cuban war mood intensifies as Senate actions in Washington spark enlistment. Soldiers from Leadville express eagerness to serve and enrollments rise. Cuban sympathizers offer Winchesters and ammunition to equip the First Colorado Volunteers.

Denver Col Senate Washington Leadville Colorado

Kansas Medical College Students Offer Surgery Services

A dozen students at Kansas Medical College in Topeka notify the Cuban junta in New York they are ready to serve as surgeons for the Patriot cause at any time.

Topeka Kan Kansas Medical College New York

Politician Sees Strong Mayoral Prospects After Campaign

Report says the candidate demonstrated broad support in a major canvass andwill likely run for mayor. Allies view curtailing presidential plans as key, while Alderman Presho avoided commenting on a mayoral bid. Recounts planned for street commissioner School Board and Common Council in close wards.

Eid Aig Mahigne

Tea Party Anniversary Observed by Daughters in Old South Church

The Boston Tea Party anniversary was celebrated by the Daughters of the Revolution at Old South Church. A poem by Mrs. Nelson B. Titus described dumping tea into the harbor, followed by a performance of America with music by Mrs. Fitz. Mrs. Hunt spoke on colonial taxation and framed the event with Mr. Bedford's history of the American flag.

Boston Old South Church Nelson B. Titus America Eliabeth Porter Gould Fitz Hunt

Wakefield Daughters Celebrate Tea Party Anniversary

Faneuil Hall Chapter, Daughters of the Revolution, observed the Boston tea party anniversary at Flanders Hall in Wakefield tonight. Guests included Colonel Henry A. , the Rev. E. A. Horton of Boston and Elbridge H. Goss of Melrose.

Wakefield Faneuil Hall Daughters of the Revolution Boston Flanders Hall Henry A E. A. Horton Elbridge H. Goss Melrose

Bold Robbers Attack Kingston Man at North End Wharf

Henry W. Gammons of Kingston was attacked by Thomas McCullough alias Hea hey and William Hall near Commercial Wharf after 8 o'clock. They robbed him of a gold watch and allegedly tried to drown him. Patrolman McDevitt arrived, used his club, and subdued the assailants while Hall used pepper is believed to have blinded them.

Henry W. Gammons Kingston North End Gammons Thomas McCullough Heahey William Hall Gammon Commercial Wharf McDevitt Hanover Street Hall

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