18 Dec 1893
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1893
Page
1
Arrangements are being made with several restaurants to accept cost tickets for meals. Great grocery houses Cobb Bates Yerxa and Cobb Aldrich Co approve the plan to furnish groceries in exchange for signed tickets at low prices. A coal company will provide coal at cost for quantities from a bushel to a ton in exchange for proper tickets.
The plan proposes meal tickets costing 15 to 20 cents each to provide a square meal. It aims to replace handing money to applicants on the street with tickets or convert large donations into meal tickets for personal or general distribution. The Post will oversee proper disbursement if money is not personally handled.
Ellen Kane, 73, lies on the dangerous list at City Hospital after allegedly being given Paris green inside a whiskey by her daughter in law, Margaret Kane, 40. The elder Kane’s grandchildren and neighbors recall a dinner at 437 Commercial Street when the tablet of poison was allegedly consumed. Margaret Kane is jailed, while police investigate motive tied to a reported theft of $2. James Kane, her husband, sails weekly as a fisherman.
George D. Robinson of Lexington, uncle of Massachusetts ex governor of the same name, died at 33. Former Boston West Indian trade businessman, he rebuilt wealth and later served as president of the Lexington Savings Bank, which remained strong during the 1873 financial crash. He took pride in the bank’s resilience and leadership.
A city famed for footwear reports a wave of disappearances that unsettles residents. Police urge caution as several individuals vanish without trace, prompting renewed patrols and public warnings across districts known for shopping and factories.
William J. Anderson says his daughter Lizzie has been missing for over seven weeks and suspects Jennie Wedger, a table girl at Charles Mullen’s Market Street restaurant, where Lizzie sometimes helped. Maggie Wedger is Lizzie’s sister and worked as a cook at the same place. The father notes Lizzie was well behaved and not prone to late outings.
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