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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1895
Page
8
Mrs. McClanahan, paralyzed for years, lives with sister in a dilapidated Norfolk street Cambridge house. She survives on city coal and groceries, has worn the same clothes for two years, lacks water, and endures filth and isolation while awaiting a possible move to a more decent home.
Store announces daily closing time at 5 PM starting Wednesday January 1 1896 and continuing until further notice.
ARMOR FOR RUSSIA, NEW YORK, Dec. 27. The Russian government contracted Bethlehem Iron Works for 1200 tons of Harveyized armor for the Russian navy to be delivered within twelve months. Lieutenant J. F. Meigs, retired US Navy gunnery expert, brought the order. Plates include three thicknesses, mainly fourteen and one half inches, with others ten and eight inches. This is the Bethlehem Works second such contract.
Four hungry men looted bread cake and candy in Cambridge port Inman square late Thursday. Police traced a report to Cambridge but only a few loaves and some cakes were missing as the suspects fled, leaving neighbors and a frightened crowd in the quiet night.
The Modern Language Association of America met at Yale with papers cited such as The Comparative Study of Literature by Harvard's Arthur P. Marsh. Professor Van Daell of MIT noted Parisian faculties urging the French government to widen student access, with Yale's Lang voicing strong American support.
The Rev. Harry R. Miles assistant pastor of New Haven United Church has been called to lead Windsor Avenue Congregational Church in Hartford. Miles a Harvard man studied theology at Yale Seminary and in Halle and Heidelberg Germany.
Crowds attend a ten day clearance at Yankee on Summer Street with 50 percent off retail costs and many items priced well below value. Prices include heavy wool coats, double breasted suits, overcoats, dress suits, and men's pants with substantial savings advertised for readers to visit. Car fare paid for distant buyers and extended evening hours.
At a Lynn meeting of the Lynn and Boston Street Railway Employees Union representing divisions in Lynn Salem Marblehead Wenham Beverly Chelsea and Maiden the group voted to press the company for nine hours in twelve or a raised wage from 2 to 2.25 for ten hours in twelve. They also seek Sunday time reductions and oppose 3 cent fares. A legislative committee was named to press Superintendent Foster for a Monday conference. hopes are high for approval.
Haverhill reports a new yearly shoe record with 366,910 cases shipped, up 18,107 from the prior year. If not for the strike, production would have risen toward 30,000 more cases, yielding about 14,676,400 pairs based on forty pairs per case, surpassing 13,912,120 the year before.
Salesmen describe huge demand as thousands rush to buy boys wool suits at 29c to 95c and heavy wool coats around $1.25 to $8, with men’s Ulsters overcoats 3.50 and dress suits 6.95. The shop advertises deep discounts against monopoly stores and mentions extended hours for workers at 873 Washington St.
The board of aldermen inspection committee visited city institutions including the Marcella Street Home in Roxbury Parental Frame in West Roxbury Pierce and Austin farms in Dorchester to observe operations. A further day will cover the Charles Street jail and the House of Reformation on Rainsford Island.
Edward Good known as the alleged hugger was arrested Thursday by Patrolman Lynch. He faces larceny charges for stealing an alarm clock from Dr. J. T. Sherman at 23 Virginia Street. Police identify him as the Mt Pleasant assailant and await further evidence. Good is held on $200 bond with the case continued to December 1.
The December 27 blaze destroyed Edward B. Bilime’s barn and, aided by high winds, endangered multiple stores and houses on the main thoroughfare. The town’s fire department and local citizens fought the flames, extinguishing several initial blazes before causing serious damage.
The gas and electric light commissioners denied the United States Electric Light Company of Springfield a $200,000 bond issue. The ruling settles questions concerning corporate rights raised by the petition.
In Baltimore at the Columbia Torpedo Works the United States government is funding a new submarine torpedo boat by John P Holland Torpedo Boat Co. The 80 foot craft aims for rapid launch, with full speed dives, 118.5 to 187.84 tons displacement, and cost under 140000 dollars. Armament includes automobile torpedoes and two expulsion air tubes.
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