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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1894
Page
1
Thousands view the electric windmill display as My Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets marks a massive markdown sale. Suits, overcoats, and pants drop to 7.97 to 12.50 with hundreds of items previously priced higher. Stop in for discounts on 465 suits, 500 pants, and more as the store touts years of trust and value.
The former wife of Gideon W. Lattimer Jr. claims years of cruelty and threats led to their separation and divorce on principal cause. She would testify to jealousy and abuse, while Lattimer’s mother rejects the accusations. Annie Maud Brewer faces manslaughter charges. a Salem jail remand to Dec 22 follows his death from a revolver incident. The funeral for Lattimer is set for tomorrow afternoon in Newburyport.
Judge Cruax today ruled against the deed of gift in the long contested Fairweather will case. The decision directs that the money previously allotted by the will be distributed to the twenty colleges originally named.
In Fall River on December 17, the Board of Aldermen refused a grant for track location on specified city streets. The Fall River Street Railway Company petition was referred to next year. Peter McManus elected registrar of voters to fill vacancy from John H. Carroll’s resignation as deputy collector.
A bold attempt to wreck a passenger train on the Boston and Maine western division near Lynnfield was foiled when James Ramsdell found iron plates wedged between rails near the quarry switch. Trains bound for Salem and from Salem to Boston had passed safely before the obstructions were removed, with officials suspecting tramp involvement.
Sale of the Yankee offers free gifts to every boy bringing a parent, with no purchase needed. Advertises heavy Ulsters, capes, suits, overcoats, and boys and men’s winter wear at marked-down prices, plus a full money-back guarantee on overcoats or Ulsters after home inspection before Christmas.
The Sunday concert hearing at police headquarters ended with no decision as petitioners seek revocation of Sunday licenses. Commissioners Whiting Clark and General Martin presided while lawyer Darling pressed the case. Ella Caldwell sang Ave Maria solo with no instruments, drawing smiles as the hearing concluded for the day.
A two horse milk wagon carrying a man and a boy was struck by a Boston & Albany train at Cordaville crossing in Ashland at 4 40 p m. The man and horses were killed and the boy was fatally injured.
John Wanamaker has received petitions from Boston and New York urging him to accept the Reading presidency. He is considering the matter but strongly intimated today he would not accept. A reply will come in a few days.
The Hon George Fred Williams spoke at the Young Men’s Democratic Club of Massachusetts dinner attacking traitors and urging the purge of Hill ism and Germanism. He analyzed 1892 to 1894 voting shifts, blamed party failures on unkept promises, and called for bringing back 33 000 loyal Democrats to restore confidence.
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