Old Colony Not Sold to the Boston & Maine
Rumor claims the Boston & Maine gained control of the Old Colony stock. Officials including Choate and Jones deny any truth to the report, with McLeod and Benton stating no evidence supports the rumor.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1893
Page
8
Rumor claims the Boston & Maine gained control of the Old Colony stock. Officials including Choate and Jones deny any truth to the report, with McLeod and Benton stating no evidence supports the rumor.
Boston Cooks Alliance led by Thomas W. Pritchard promotes duty over drunken idleness. Aims to curb saloon loitering and support employment via an organized bureau. Houseroom at 994 Washington Street houses meetings and a reading room. Membership nears 1000. benevolent fund and social evenings planned. Frank Travers serves as treasurer and organizer.
The Lucania, Cunard line’s new steamer, was launched at Fairfield yard in Guascow. Measuring 625 feet in length, 65 feet breadth, 41 feet depth and about 18 000 tons, the ship is expected to lower the ocean record.
The Post presents exclusive stories on an $860,000 Newfound land firm failure, C. T. Simpson's state insurance bill, a Watchman McKenzie purse at Crawford House, Amy Robsart's Boston express messenger interview, insider stock tips vindicated by market swings, and Rob Roy’s sporting headlines.
In the House of Commons Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth pressed Home Secretary Asquith on Egan's release from Portland prison and the report behind it. Asquith said Egan was released on an ordinary license with no special conditions, eliciting Irish cheers. An Irish question followed about temporary judicial rent adjustments in Ireland. Morley denied preparing such a measure.
In Hanover Louisa T. Warden asks the Legislature to grant 2500 to her for the Governor's reward for murderer Alimy, and another petition seeks the same amount to be divided among twenty volunteers who aided officers by entering the barn where the killer hid on August 21, 1891.
Boston considering a Metropolitan Gas Company with 5 million capital to lay pipes, light streets free, and set prices at 1 dollar per thousand for 25 candle power gas. Competing gas interests resist, while several figures push major public works including Cap Cod Canal and city loans. Legislation also proposes a public holiday on April 19 and broader reforms to telephones and rail mileage laws.
The letter recounts long-time deputy S R Thorne praising Dr. Greene's Nervura remedy. It notes endorsements from Rev D R Meacham and H S Sherton and Thorne's own thirty-year battle with gout and rheumatism, claiming great relief from the medicine.
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