27 Dec 1898
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1898
Page
1
The text discusses a bank safe burglary labeled an inside job with an attache suspected for the combination access. Police and bank officials dispute involvement by bank staff, suggesting an external expert on safes who works methodically to crack the combination. It notes such work requires time burglars often lack and cites skilled burglars and legitimate safekeepers as capable.
The advertisement touts BOSTON BLEND as a premium coffee combining the finest Central and South American beans in unique proportions. It promises a drink unmatched by any other coffee on the market.
The text asserts Mocha and Java cannot be sold at 25 cents per pound, noting no appeal is made under that name and implying informed consumers recognize the claim as incorrect or misleading.
Boston port data for 1898 shows phenomenal growth with eleven months totals across cereals, meats, dairy, wool, and farm products. Shipping lines add large steamers like the Bay State and Altonia while new routes to Europe and Jamaica expand trade. The article notes deeper winter load lines, new docks, grain elevators, and anticipated 1899 growth, including Cunard and Merchants & Miners expansions.
The advertisement describes aromatic coffee with a fine delicate flavor and strong, thoroughly cleaned, evenly granulated beans. It notes use by those who suffer headaches from Mocha or Java and offers one and two pound canister options with free delivery in New England on payment of $1.00 for four pounds or $2.00 for eight pounds.
An old advertisement promotes Boston Blend coffee as a economical choice for a fine brew. It urges readers to try a two-pound can at a price of 50 cents, with an offer to send one dollar for two-pound cans or a larger quantity on receipt.
Quincy officers theorize a dead Savin Hill youth, later identified as Hanson of Gloucester, may be the associate of a burglar killed earlier. The fugitive, fleeing in fog, died by his own hand near Christmas in a Dorchester cow pasture, as authorities compare faces at the morgue and with a detained Quincy suspect.
In Rock Springs Alabama at Alexandria two men Jim Mitchell and Doc Mac Clelland quarreled over cards. They drew pistols and fired with fatal outcome. MacClelland killed Mitchell with a forehead shot. Mitchell’s bullet struck MacClelland and deflected off a pocketknife.
In Woonsocket Rhode Island two youths Herman Kisco aged 12 and Arthur Leedham aged 9 drowned while skating on Harris Pond this afternoon. Their deaths come after a day of winter thaw and fading light as rescue crews searched the area.
The American evacuation commissioners prepare a proclamation for Cuba’s inhabitants promising U S authority to arrange evacuation. Riotings on the Isthmus in Havana are noted as part of the ongoing situation.
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