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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1892
Page
8
Governor Russell visited the Charlestown Navy Yard for a private preview of a partially completed furniture display built for the World’s Fair. The set includes an ornamental sofa and chairs, bed, wardrobe, chiffoniere, and specialized desks and book cases, with a monogrammed roll top desk bearing his insignia.
Richly carved tables and furnishings adorned with cross cannons stars and rank insignia were built for the exhibition ship Illinois, prototype of the Massachusetts. The secret project at Charlestown Navy Yard includes a twenty four foot wardroom table and elaborate officers chambers with velvet linings, monograms, and French style beds.
The text describes white ash benches and richly carved furniture for the captain’s quarters. It highlights a solid extension table, a substantial sideboard, and a carved eagle head support, with Grecian rims, an American shield motif, and cannon flanking the base. Sofas for the captain’s quarters, after-cabin, and wardroom share the same design.
Officials at Boston resisted initial ridicule as they backed construction at the Boston navy yard for a proto type ship named after the Old Bay State. George W. Burroughs of Charlestown designed furniture in quartered sycamore with eight-drawer chiffoniere and a dining room sideboard featuring cable carved pillars, monograms, and a cannon rail.
In Superior Court Judge Braley heard Michael McAndrew charged with attempting to poison his wife by adding arsenic to beef tea at their Dorchester home on July 31. The jury, including Charles Johnson as foreman, heard testimony from Margaret Clark, daughter of the defendant, about the adulterated tea causing illness before the judge adjourned for the day.
A Christmas gift pitch extols the Dunlap Pen Company at 7 Milk Street opposite Old South Church. The Dunlap double-feed pen uses non corrosive metals, two feeds for steady ink flow, and writes instantly under all conditions. It touts eighteen years of development, forty eight styles, and reduced prices through January 1.
R and J Gilchrist operate at 5 and 7 Winter Street reporting operations and location detail. The entry notes their business address without additional context or events.
Over eight hundred attended the Congregational Club gathering at Music Hall with Lt Gov Haile, Rev Dr Donald, Henry Cabot Lodge and others. Lodge urged personal responsibility for the nation’s future, calling for steady effort and warning against easy fixes while praising 1620 era virtue and national progress.
The Young Men's Christian Union announces a five talk course for young men on Daily Duties starting this Thursday evening. Dr. F C Shattuck will give the Health talk, with President William H Baldwin leading each session. The talks run on the fourth Thursday evenings of January February March and April, featuring invited speakers and Baldwin, with Q A for attendees. All young men are invited to attend the full series.
R and Gilchrist advertise a wide selection of fur goods including monkey, martens, marten, mink, bear, astrachan, opossum, raccoon, electric seal, coney and hare. Muffs priced from 60 cents to ten dollars, with sets and capes listed as low as five dollars and up to thirty five dollars. Large stock to clear before Christmas with prices cut to move.
A paper quotes police and store staff on Christmas season theft. Officials say petty pilferers from poorer classes dominate shoplifting, with slow overall activity this year. Detectives describe kleptomania as a seasonal illness triggered by lights and wealth, noting many are not professionals but unsophisticated thieves caught in crowds.
Local retailer advertises discounts on all Book Shelvas and music cabinets with a push to clear stock by Saturday night. Limited quantities, first come first served, store hours and contact details along with price points unspecified in the fragment.
The Election Laws League of Massachusetts proposes a conference with Republican and Democratic state committees to promote compliance with the Corrupt Practices Act. A designated examiner would review all statements filed in the Secretary of State’s office, report deficiencies, and urge filing of missing returns, with notices to treasurers and clerks and potential action by a three member committee.
Waite and Bond return from Havana with 100 tons from the 1892 stock, boosting purchases to 4500 bales in thirteen months. They continue producing about a quarter million Blackstone cigars weekly, using clear Havana filler that drives the cigar’s popularity.
Great Barredton, Dec 21. James Hasson of Housatonia was struck by a train while walking on the track last night and instantly killed.
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