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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1892
Page
8
A dramatic notice warns that lax enforcement of gambling operations endangers public order. The piece highlights gamblers boasting about status and the growth of gaming dens, urging officials and citizens to address the issue with new policies and stronger oversight.
A compiled list of individuals with addresses is given as arrested for maintaining a policy shop and gambling nuisances. Names include Parker Cameron Mack Hosford Poole Forster Smith Nickerson Wade Grossman Prang Rice Connor Field Irving Hamilton Alden Court Riley Golding Scallan Stetson Howard Stoddard Allen and others at various streets.
Fifteen men arrested at 415 Harrison Avenue were fined 10 dollars each for being present where gaming implements were found in a Crawford run premises. Griffin faced 100 dollar fine for conduct ing a policy shop at Kirkland street while Dick, Wilson, and others at War renton and Kneeland streets received 100 dollar penalties with appeals filed.
No. 11 Harrison avenue extension policy closed. No. 155 Court street brace fare bank. No. 126 Water street policy closed.
Scores of policy and lottery rooms listed by address reveal widespread operation. A businessman laments decline as police action follows The Post expose with writers arrested and told to vacate. The correspondence shows many similar cases and renewed enforcement efforts.
A gambler argues that despite published evidence on notorious gaming houses none have been shut and no arrests prove police sincerity. The gambler dismisses police willingness to raid poker clubs, implying inaction equals complicity and challenging authorities to explain.
A calm man with a brown beard sits behind a table in a back room at No 19 Province Street. The Postman arrives to discuss a few fancies though the writer refuses to accept plays without knowing the men, keeping evidence risk minimal as Captain Hemenway stands close by.
APostman finds a disturbing scene at 36 Charles street where two men, one white and one colored, play cards in a high room with a sign reading Disturbed. No sales room or storeroom evident. At 13 Province street a youth hints at a pool room behind a door as a private club prompts a courteous but evasive reply from a host.
Nearly two hundred Life Underwriters Association members dined at Parker's for the annual banquet. Gov Russell led a program praising Massachusetts life insurers and the concept of insurance while quipping over Deuteronomy. Major Merrill and Rev Lorimer delivered remarks on the industry’s role and scripture. Officers elected included President Sidney Heeges and Vice Presidents Warren and Woodman.
Treasurer J D W French of the St Marys Free Mission for Sailors reports subscriptions totaling seven thousand dollars toward the ten thousand dollar goal for completing the Sailors' Home in East Boston. It is hoped the remaining amount will be raised by month end so the building can be finished this spring.
An old notice advertises Bee charms for sale with travel tickets aboard the Colonial Express from Boston to Washington. L H Palmer, agent for Old Colony Railroad at 3 Old State House, offers a box of Bee hams Pills priced at a guinea with day train tickets.
Edward Atkinson and Chief Wade criticize Dunn escape as a poor option for Boston schoolhouses. Officials say outside stairways exist but funding is lacking to install safer designs. Tucker cites years of requests for money, urging Clark-style brick tower escapes if funded, prioritizing Winthrop and Brimmer schools.
Rapid Transit Commissioners held a hearing on a proposed elevated railroad route from Boston to Cambridge. Hospital representatives objected, citing potential harm to patients and land. Alternatives favored included routes via Green street and West Boston bridge. many residents urged different alignments and tree preservation.
The Boston art scene features Ross Turner with Bermuda coastal and New England views, including Bermudiana, plus Maine and New Hampshire scenes. The Screet gallery frames and lighting emphasize each piece, with a Feb 24 close, then MacKnight watercolors. A Bowloma Square interior by Albert Haberstroh earns high praise. Faith and Hope glass windows for Fair Haven Congregational Church show rich color and design. The Boston Architectural Club exhibition runs to the 17th, and Wunderlich & Co. showcases mezzo tint engravings tracing Von Siegen to Cousens.
An advertisement touts Gibson’s pure rye whiskey as superlatively fine and suitable for family and medicinal use, offered for sale by reliable dealers.
Miss Mary Hampton plays Polly Fletcher in The Lost Paradise at the Columbia Theatre and offers a rare glimpse of how she applies makeup using dry color and light touches. She explains removing makeup with cold cream, applying powder, eye line, rouge, and minimal lipstick, and finishing with cosmetic eyelashes to achieve a natural yet hourlit look.
A large crowd gathered yesterday at the Quincey House to learn about H. A. Wales of Bridgeport Conn. and his invention aimed at relief of deafness. With today the last day of his visit, many more are expected to attend.
In the Civil Courts the United States Circuit Court on Feb 16 heard Asa P. Potter vs Thomas P. Beal, receiver of the Maverick National Bank. Attorneys M F Dickinson Jr and E P Howe for plaintiff, E W Hutchins for receiver, F D Allen U S attorney for United States.
United States District Court record from February 16 details Nelson J William H Langley and four others filing a libel to recover 375 each as their share of profits from a Gloucester to lesland 1891 fishing voyage. The owner contends each plaintiff’s share is 265. Case unfinished. Attorneys T J Morrison for libellants J J Flaherty for libellee.
The Supreme Judicial Court on February 16 delivered several decisions. Fred J. Cushing versus Q A Towns et al sought a mandamus to compel Lynn Belt Line Street Railway Co. to recognize the petitioner as a board member and block Jones Toppan Beede from acting as directors. The case alleges illegal votes on January 4, 1892, and that legal votes for the petitioner were discarded. Other matters included overruling exemptions, decree for the defendant in a land sale dispute, and rulings on various petitions and contended wills questions.
Suffolk and Middlesex courts list numerous cases across sessions at Cambridge and Boston. Promissory note disputes, personal injury actions, contract matters, demurrers and trials populate the docket with names like Mackensie White, A C Mackensie, Michael Scanlan, Charles Linehan, and many others in a wide array of civil suits and probate entries.
On Washington's birthday the Perkins Institution will stage two charity entertainments at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The boys and girls departments prepared programs, including gymnasium exercises and a quartet of deaf and blind pupils. Tickets are 50 cents each, obtainable at the institution sales room, 37 Avon street.
The schooner G M Hopkins, whose papers were transferred at the Boston Custom House, has a remarkable record. Built in 1865 for Allen W Rich of Truro, she served as a mackerel fisher, never sailed without him aboard, never lost a man, never went ashore, and never changed her captain's papers from 1865 to 1892.
WasmincTon reports that payments on account of pensions for February totalled 8,011,000 dollars to date. The figure reflects ongoing monthly disbursements and the scale of pension outlays for the period.
The Board of Health served fourteen day notices to vacate over two hundred unfit North End tenements on Quiet alley Federal street Norman street Endicott street Everett court Middlesex Chapman street Secon street Grimes street Wendell and related sites. Inspectors found filth poor ventilation and overcrowding, with plans to demolish many buildings and erect new housing for about 1400 people. The board will coordinate with charities to aid poor tenants and prevent abuse in evictions. Landlords contested the orders but were ignored during the meeting at the health department.
Washington February 16 The House committee on invalid pensions moved to report favorably an amendment to the 1890 pension law. It would allow widows and heirs to receive pensions even when a soldier died in battle or circumstances prevented an honorable discharge from being shown.
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