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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1895
Page
9
Gilchrist & Co advertises a seasonal stock of dolls cups and saucers and other fancy holiday goods now available for purchase at reduced prices. The notice emphasizes a wide selection for holiday shoppers seeking attractive memorabilia and gifts this season.
A notice proclaims big reductions to close out with handkerchiefs aprons ties gloves and related items sold by 9 o'clock Tuesday evening. It also notes a large shipment of flannelette night gowns arrived Saturday noon and recommends robes as a suitable gift for many patrons lacking supply.
Dr. William Hammond, a famed con man active since the 1880s, is under arrest in New Orleans. Described as a doctor, lawyer, minister, thief and bigamist, he has posed as Catholic priest and Baptist preacher in a long string of disguises across Canada, the United States, and Australia. Inspector Coulter has traced a life of fraud, forgery, arson, and faked marriages, with multiple escapes and deadly outcomes for several spouses.
Dr S M Landis delivered a Sunday talk at 1371 Washington Street on legitimizing children born out of wedlock to prevent criminal malpractice. He questioned labeling such children illegitimate and urged equal protection under laws, arguing marriage today often values wealth over love.
A humorous survey profiles top police giants from seven cities. Boston’s Rufe Fessenden stands 6 feet 4 inches, 260 pounds, a college graduate and night duty sergeant famed for calm, cold-water hobbies. New York’s Martin T. Kelly weighs 330 pounds, 6 feet 4 inches, 39 years old, with a 46 inch chest and 62 inch stomach, a steady and genial officer. Chicago’s John Duffing at 6 feet 7 1/4 inches and 240 pounds dominates parades, while San Francisco’s Virgil Bakulich, 6 feet 8 3/4 inches tall and 230 pounds, earns island-wide regard for strength and a dramatic rescue. New Orleans’ John H. Schumaker, 328 pounds, 5 feet 11 inches, once outgrew doors of gamblers’ parlors, and St. Louis’ William King, 6 feet 1/2 inches, 51 inch chest, rouses pride as the city’s largest officer. Washington’s Thomas Halsey, 6 feet 6 inches and 255 pounds, wears the biggest shoes and is the city’s notable giant on duty.
Rain began at midnight and ended by noon as mountain streams rose rapidly. A large crew had been extracting logs for winter from the river when ice and water pressure broke the boom this afternoon, sending about 203000 feet of logs downstream. The Connecticut River remains unmoved.
Boston musician Lawrence B. O Connor dedicates The Barbecue March to Reverend John F Cummins of Roslindale, the organizer credited with Boston s first barbecue as the piece salutes a local civic moment.
The Columbia Grand Orchestra of twenty five pieces under Theodore Bendix from Park Theatre will give its first public presentation at Father Cummins Christmas concerts in Bastor Theatre on Friday afternoon and evening December 29. Barbecue music is popular now and Braham has written a Barbecue song sung nightly in Hoyt's A Condented Woman at the Park Theatre.
The Philo Celtic Society held a full house meeting at 694 Washington street with strong Irish language interest. Superintendent Mulray praised pupil progress as Professor M C O Shea of Cambridge read an Irish poem and delivered a patriotic Irish oration. Patrick Casey and Denis Cashman recited, and Coyne and Mulroy sang in Irish before adjournment.
Haverhill December 22 Ex-Alderman George O Tilton remains in Salem jail as bondsmen post the extra bail required by Judge Sherman. He is expected to be released Monday morning once all sureties are confirmed.
The completed census of Germany reports an empire population of 51,758,364, an increase of 2,829,834 since 1890. All states show gains across the empire.
An advertisement claims Salvacea provides a remedy in every case and type of hemorrhoids or piles at fifty cents, with pricing noted as frown and 50 cents. The contact appears as Tun Buaxvaen 06 and B74 Cawar Sr. XY.
The Building Trades Council debated eight hour strikes in May 1896, praising education and member interest. Support grew, with no local opposition. Plumbers on strike under Mr Hussey were endorsed, and saloon keeper Daly was condemned for breaking agreements. New delegates from plasterers endorsed a factory law amendment on night work for women on typesetting machines. Dues proposal set at 1 percent of earnings to be voted by chapels next Thursday. Ten new members joined. twenty-five propositions read.
Labor notes list officer slates from several unions. Carriage and wagon workers name Charles W. Goodwin as president and Charles W. Wooster and Neil McInnis among officers. Freight Handlers No 6527 elect James Day as president with Cornelius Buckley and Jeremiah Murray in key posts. National Association of Stage Employees No 11 picks P Maloney for president and W P Pickering as secretary among others.
Crowds attend a ten day bankruptcy sale offering heavily discounted winter clothing at 91 Summer Street. Items include suits, overcoats, ulsters, and pants with prices from about 1.49 to 10.50, advertised as 60 percent off or more of retail, with all stock to be cleared. Open evenings, cash-only, with fare paid to shoppers.
A fourth blaze at Brighton Stock Yards yesterday afternoon damaged two barns and livestock including twenty sheep ten calves and three hogs. Loss estimated around seven thousand dollars with barns worth about three thousand each. Police suspect arson aimed at closing the yards, already a point of local complaint.
Fire at 41 Dorr Street Roxbury caused by an overheated furnace. owners listed as Henry Westling with residents Potter N A Ponto and Walter Lancaster. Damages estimated at $2000. A horse and buggy were struck by an electric car at 2302 Washington Street. no injuries. Seven men arrested at 11 Parkman Street for gambling. cards seized. Mary Fish, 50, exposed to illuminating gas at 43 Corning Street. taken to City Hospital. John Kane, 35, Athens Street, arrested for assault with an iron wedge on John Burke of Athens Street. Burke hospitalized.
Three 14 year old boys from Malden, Ethan White, Herbert Rogers, and Bernard Rymers, ran away yesterday with little money. They stole a freight train to Portland, Missouri. Ethan Waite and Herbert Rogere were captured in Portland and will be returned home. Bernard Rymers escaped and remains at large.
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