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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1891
Page
1
Forecast from Washington on December 17 at 8 p m calling for fair skies in New England with north winds turning variable. Temperatures to rise and become warmer by Saturday morning, indicating a mild end to the week.
New York reports strong hopes J A Hartwell will accept Yale University crew captaincy after Gould's resignation. He had planned not to row but is urged by undergraduates and graduates to lead the squad this season.
The New York and New England Railroad Company will, by special request, delay the 10 o clock Sunday train next Dec 20 to 10:30 pm to accommodate attendees of the Messiah oratorio in Music Hall.
The Pacific House at Nantasket Beach has been sold to L. E. Bow. The new owner plans private terms and a May 1 1892 opening on both American and European plans with many improvements to be made.
Special notice announces stock taking sales in December with many men's clothing and boys wear at bargain prices. Winter goods and spring weights on special tables, custom department coats at 10 dollars trousers 5 dollars vests 3 dollars, often about one third of original prices. Some winter overcoats and woolens included, must be bought early as sales may end month. Parents urged to check Boys Department bargains. Sale begins Friday morning December 18.
A Southern Kansas passenger train derailed two miles north of Cherry Vale due to decayed ties, dumping cars down a high embankment. Twenty six injured, three believed to die, fire erupted in each coach, passengers aided by rescuers and taken to Sherman House for care. Names listed include Conductor Eli Parsons and Mayor C C Kilcaid among others.
Rapid Transit Commission prepares a report backing an underground tunnel from Warrenton street under Boylston place to Cornhill, tying to surface roads. It urges widening Tremont and Boylston streets, rejects elevated rails, and anticipates West End control with a long franchise. Higginson likely to dissent. Opposition to carving the Common grows.
A Stockholm dispatch reports King of Sweden and Queen both ill with influenza. Berlin notes Princess Charlotte of Saxe Meiningen not improving. Deaths rise from the disease in Eltham workhouse. Archduke Ernst and other European nobles also fall ill, signaling a widespread outbreak.
Winchendon Dec 17 John Burnell the supposed murderer of John Wheeler of Rindge N H was captured at North Ashburnham today by J Doolan Burnell offered no resistance but said it was a bad job He was taken to the county jail at Keene tonight.
John Greenleaf Whittier, aged 54, marked his birthday in Newburyport with a visit from the Whittier Club of Haverhill and a flood of tributes from friends. Members delivered eighty four pink and rose tributes, flowers and paintings, while Whittier himself appeared well and briefly tired. Notables and relatives from Boston, Portland, Auburndale, and other towns sent congratulations.
An announcement states Kris Kringle will give every child a lovely dressed doll valued at five dollars. The gifting is connected to a purchase of a New Home Sewing Machine at 160 Tremont, suggesting a charitable or promotional event hosted by the shop.
A dramatic report outlines Elkins's reaction to a controversial appointment in the War Office amid political maneuvering to counter Blaine. It chronicles Elkins's two decades of influence, the Plumed Knight's allies, and tied factions affecting seal fisheries and star routes amid high policy tensions.
Washington reports President Harrison nominated Stephen B. Elkins for Secretary of War. Elkins, born 1841 in Ohio, built wealth through mining ventures in the Southwest and West Virginia, and held positions in law and politics, including U S district attorney and congressman. The biography notes alliance with Blaine and later notoriety linked to Dorsey and Brady.
The individual combines business with politics in an audacious manner to press for his company to secure the Alaska seal fishery monopoly, using political influence as a key element in multiple schemes.
Polling voices critique Stephen Elkins as a political pick for secretary of war tied to Harrison Blaine dynamics. Editors and officials say the move signals renomination aims, coalition tactics, and a machine-aligned administration strategy amid controversy and skepticism.
At a Neponset meeting the Neperset Single Tax League unanimously adopts a resolution praising the Boston Post for refusing to sell itself to the West End railroad at $100 a column. Q A. Lothrop, Secretary, Neponset, Dec 16.
A White Oak colonial writing desk offers a large lid auto brass sliders, extensive interior compartments, shelves for 40 to 50 volumes, an outside drawer, and movable castors. Priced at ten dollars, the ad promises broad usefulness for any room and family. Desks in various styles appear in the 1892 catalogue, mailed for 10 cents postage.
Lone Island City fires blaze destroys Hab beman's viggin factory near Laurel Hill causing about 75000 dollars in damage. Several firemen were burned when an oil tank exploded during the blaze.
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