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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1895
Page
8
Haverhill reports rising tensions as Italian strikers confront non union workers from Chick Bros and W. W. Spaulding's factory. Officers scattered groups and promise protection while calls grow for doubled police on River street. Spaulding shipped 250 cases. weekly freight rose to 6853 cases.
The Monday Club of Boston University observed ladies night at the Brunswick last evening with Professor and Mrs. Daniel Dorchester as hosts. President Dean served as toastmaster, and after dinner attendees responded to toasts including Our Objective Ultimatum The Dictionary Recollections of Literature Woman Suffrage A Syllabus What Is It and A Prophecy with contributions by W G Chaffee Carl Taylor Ernest A Maynard Arthur O Pratt Ernest B Lavalette and Eugene Bosworth.
Fourteen members of Chauncy Hall school class of 1894 enjoyed their first annual dinner at Parker's last evening. President M G Sellers led the prandial exercises and introduced E Turner, Howard Clapp and T Sullivan. E F Russ, president class of 1893, was the special guest of the evening.
An old advertisement praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. It claims the product restores cheerfulness relieves despondency and leucorrhoea and helps womb health. A testimonial from Matilda Euanam of Columbia Lancaster Co Pa describes weight gain restored energy and pain relief after seven bottles.
A strong opposition to granting municipal suffrage to women is slated for a State House hearing Monday. Signers express concerns about constitutional change by steps, duties of voting, and fear of inactive voters, listing numerous women and men as supporters.
The Alliston Club hosted its first ladies night of the winter with a large crowd. Progressive whist with about fifteen tables, downstairs bowling, dancing, and refreshments in the reading room marked the evening. The next ladies night is set for the 15th, with two more in March on the 1st and 15th. The monthly club meeting is on the 8th.
The Suffolk Club of Chelsea held its sixth annual dancing party at Grand Army Hall last night led by President Grover N. Dodge and his wife. The grand march opened the event with eighty couples following. Floor director Samuel A. Munroe assisted by J. S. Souther and E. K. Wylie coordinated the dancing.
Officers and crew of the Crathie examined by the British consul in Rotterdam. They will leave the ship and return to Aberdeen. Witnesses Hofmann Vevera and Schlegel deny Crathie remained signaling near the collision site. Hofmann recalls lifebelts and crew neglect amid passenger peril. he laments loss of wife and child and questions crew conduct. Vevera reports green hands in lifeboats and reluctance to admit Miss Buecker. They attack Stollberg and Neussen.
A morning fire at 712 714 Centre Street Jamaica Plain likely exceeds 40000 dollars in damage and injures one man, with three and a half story wooden building housing Lewis & Co. bakers gutted. The blaze started from a boiling fat kettle in the doughnut process and led to evacuations and alarms.
The report lists New York and ten for England totaling 149, with 146 officers and crew plus three stewardesses and four mail clerks bringing 158. Two pilots are noted. The grand total is 54. Twenty were saved leaving 334 lost.
Provincetown resident Hiram Henry Hall, a mail clerk aboard the stranded ship, is presumed dead after the late voyage disaster. His wife, once praised as one of the town's fairest daughters, endures heartbreak while hope lingers for a possible rescue. The narrative notes multiple drowning deaths in Provincetown over the past year including sailors and local figures.
After the disaster Stollberg handed command to Boethen, a former French steamer cook, whose calm handling of the boat drew praise. Vevera and Schlegel are booked to sail Umbria to Liverpool, each receiving $16 following the loss. Smacks arrived with scant news. more are due. Hand bills offer £50 reward for Walter Schnell’s body. The Shipwrecked Mariners Society sent aid. Vienna report notes Guttman brothers fleeing forgery schemes. Dennis resident Ellie’s death deeply mourned by Prov incetown. Kr Hall, ex Old Colony employee, ment, links to Dennis and marriage to Grace Fielding.
The German consul in London collects depositions for the Marine Court inquiry into the Elbe disaster and will forward papers to the foreign office. Survivors Jan Vevera Carl Hofmann Hagen Schlegel and Miss Anna Buecker arrived in London from Lowestoft, reporting six nearby trawlers sighted no wreckage. The Queen expresses distress while unions in London discuss a wage settlement and working day changes, with polling late into the night and expected results in the morning.
Dr. Lewis J. Bryant Cambridge assistant city physician and ambulance superintendent publishes a statement denying Alderman Rady's accusations. He explains early Dec 29 1894 selections of Sinclair Dow and Sherman to prepare for a horse and start operations by January. sworn affidavits from all three employees accompany his refutation as the ambulance department abolition hearing resumes next Tuesday.
New York reports the Elbe disaster toll at 331 with final totals likely. Lloyd Company agents in Bremen received the figures showing 44 cabin passengers for New York, 6 for England, and 139 steerage passengers aboard the vessel when she left Bremen.
The office of the people s favorite route to the West has been moved to 366 Washington Street opposite Bromfield.
We have taken stock and until spring any garment left on our tables may be bought at exactly what they cost us. We prefer dollars to clothing. If you need clothing now is the place and time to get the best and save dollars.
Nearly a year after anonymous postal cards attacked David M. Oliver and wife of Nort Cambridge the motive tied to repairs at North Avenue Congregational Church is explored. Oliver employs detectives and post office inspectors while offering a $100 reward for proof. a Hill resident with hypocritical pretense at the North Avenue Congregational Church is named as a likely writer.
The Boston Curtain Cutters Association held its tenth annual dinner at the Revere House last evening. Vice-president James Gan led the table in place of President Wil B. Callagan. Guests included E W Hodgkins, president of the Boston Merchant Tablers Association, and secretary Samuel H. Spring, with others marking after dinner such as Mosc Ww. H. Harding, F. P. Allen, and C. Howe.
Joseph Coran age 49 of 70 Silver Street South Boston was arrested by Patrolman O Neill Division 2 for larceny of machinists tools valued at 159 dollars from George G McLaughlin of 187 Oliver Street. Coran, who worked at a tire shop, had access to the stolen property as investigators covered the plant.
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