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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1896
Page
2
The Metropolitan Water Board opened bids for Sections 2 and 3 at Clinton and Berlin. Bids were listed by firm city and amount, with contracts not awarded and bids kept under advisement.
A Monday evening gathering at 4 Wallace Court Charlestown honor Miss Mae Doherty. Guests in attendance include Celia and Rose Doherty Powers Hunter Quinlan Sullivan Jacobie Kelleher Stack Dever Crossend and others. A bountiful collation followed an array of solos recitations dances and duets by local performers.
Dallas Thomas wins a divorce from Nina Thomas claiming he was coerced into a 1895 marriage at Unionville Missouri and left for Oklahoma where he filed for divorce.
Evidence in the petition by Mrs. James against her husband Dr. Woodbury D. James for separate support was closed in Suffolk Probate Court before Judge McKim. The case was continued to March 11 for arguments. the couple resided in Savin Hill Dorchester.
The House passed the biennial elections resolves by 175 to 54 with GOP support and Democratic opposition. The Senate is expected to concur. Debates centered on accountability, with supporters arguing for progress and critics warning of power shifts and Wall Street influence.
The Speaker ruled no division could occur and the vote was taken with the result announced above.
The Massachusetts Senate debated restricting height requirements for firefighters and passed a resolution honoring General Hooker, the Lookout Mountain hero. Speakers urged honoring the soldier with a statue in Boston, while other bills on public institutions, insurance, and biennial elections advanced or were laid over for further action.
A nostalgic piece extols Gibson's XXXX whiskey as a long standing, consistently high quality Monongahela valley product. It attributes enduring success to merit, notes its origin at Gibsonton mills by John Gibson in 1887, and mentions Moore and Sinnott as successors maintaining the brand’s premier status.
The St Paul arrived from New York for dry dock assessment after ashore damage. Moonbeam grounded on Rowe's Shoal but was hauled off and continued to Philadelphia. Barnstable faced heavy gales with passengers aboard from Jamaica. Leyland line’s Cestrian nears sea trials and March maiden voyage Liverpool to Boston. Columbian may shift to Furness line. Allanwilde gains command of a New York bound barkentine. A large dredge was launched by William Melktie for New England Dredging. Yampa sails toward Bermuda and West Indies but waits in Nantasket Roads. Braunschweig brings Cunard Catalonia passengers to New York after Catalonia shaft loss. La Bourgogne and Tigre collide in Havre Roads but without serious damage. Captain Stanwood resumes command of Boston for Yarmouth trip. Captain Smith to sail Yarmouth gate this season.
New Haven Connecticut February 11 Rumors of Candee Rubber Company leaving the rubber trust are unfounded Henry L Hotchkiss Candee president says no plan to withdraw Banigan did not retire only expressed wish to resign after current year ends and relieve duties of trust president
Local ads advertise American Wringer Company 16 Broadway extension and 29nd street Boston selling wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers with repair services and prompt delivery available.
The ad claims many female ailments are cured by Warner's Safe Cure. It urges women to request a treatment blank and illustrated pamphlet from Warner's Safe Care Co. in Rochester New York for more information.
Philadelphia Feb 11 John W. Keely inventor of the Keely motor was hit by a runaway horse and injured about the head. Doctors expect a recovery within two weeks.
The Chickering Piano is praised as never before in its history, with pianos described as superb and exquisite in musical texture, earning universal approval wherever played according to a February 5 1890 Musical Courier opinion.
Walter J. Gillis and Margaret T. Daley married at St Josephs parochial residence Roxbury last evening by Rev Thomas Smith. Bridesmaid Louise Pieper and best man Thomas Haley attended. They will reside at 46 Walnut Park Roxbury after March 1.
Thomas Heathman of No. 7 North Moore Street describes eight years of worsening consumption after failed treatments in New York and England. Dr. Cyrus Edson plans a monitored trial under Journal oversight to test the new remedy, with Heathman detailing his long deteriorating condition and hospitals consulted.
A petition at the State House requests consolidation of all Boston lighting and gas companies. The measure aims to unify rival firms under a single management to improve accountability and pricing, noting the Brookline Gas Company as possibly separate. The accompanying bill will outline consolidation criteria and historical attempts, including a 1800s effort and Governor Brackett's veto.
William Prior aged 21 and Belle Vance aged 17 met Friday night and got engaged within an hour. By 11 30 they were in Milwaukee where they married. The elopement stirred two prominent families but they were forgiven and returned to Chicago yesterday.
Puritana is claimed to differ from other medicines as day from night by naturalizing and vitalizing the stomach, deemed the power producer of the human system. It is advertised to benefit men women and children who take it as directed, promising practical health gains.
In Concord New Hampshire today Warren F. Putnam filed a motion for rehearing in the U S Circuit Court seeking to overturn his five year sentence for wrecking Granite State National Bank of Exeter The move argues that justice was not served as the Supreme Court last week overruled trial exceptions.
A brisk dialogue compares capital to borrowed money and labor to repayment as a witty sample of political economy. The exchange treats the concepts plainly with a humorous twist, illustrating basic ideas through a simple barter analogy.
Details of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Old Colony system outline the expansion and linkage of regional lines. Reports indicate restructuring of routes and the integration of old colony tracks into a broader network.
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