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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1896
Page
6
Bradstreet reports no major trade upturn yet mild improvement overall. Dry goods and boot and shoe industries show stronger demand in leather goods, with Pittsburg and Baltimore merchants optimistic for spring. Exports of wheat rise, while cotton prices ease and coffee and sugar push ahead.
In Plymouth Superior Court Judge Mason presiding Charles F. Hannig of Wareham was convicted of being a railer and brawler. The Feb. 21 session delivered the verdict in the public disturbance case.
Boston readers receive a long list of church services and lectures across the city. Notable events include Tremont Temple Baptist Church with Rev. George C. Lorimer and President William R. Harper. Old South, Second Church in Boston, Christ Church, St. Paul’s, and more preaching on Washington’s Birthday themes. Gypsy Smith joins Catholic and Protestant congregations for sermons and songs with multiple meetings scheduled at People’s Temple and Parker Memorial among others. The piece also notes Dun & Co weekly trade reviews and market shifts in metals, leather, boots, and rail traffic.
A crowded Highland avenue electric car struck a lumber wagon on its outward run about 6:30 last evening. Car 177 was demolished in front as the wagon swung onto the track from Cambridge firm George W. Gale Lumber Co. No serious injuries occurred. a few scratches were reported and the motorman escaped danger. The damaged car was moved to a West Somerville house, delaying subsequent service.
The Junior prize drill at Waverly Hall drew a large audience as Private O. S. Andrews and J. M. Lockwood won gold and silver medals. Mr. R. M. Johnson, with Misses Nona Sturtevant and Emma Newell, presented the awards. A bayonet drill battalion parade and drum corps music preceded dancing.
The twelfth annual concert and bar masque of Puritan Lodge No. 97 Odd Fellows was held in the Town Hall with 100 couples in attendance. Porter's Orchestra of Brockton provided the music as committee members C W Woodworth C G Richards and George W Stevens oversaw arrangements.
The house of Michael T. McNamara in Gardiner Maine burned to the ground tonight with contents. Loss set at 2500 dollars and insured. The fire is attributed to a defective chimney.
John Hare and company will present The Notorious Mrs. Ebbesmith at the Tremont theater next week. The production features a full cast and runs through the opening performances, promising a lively stage experience.
The city’s stages load next week with premieres and returns. Stuart Robson begins a Boston engagement with Mrs Penderbury's Past at the Tremont while Sothern bids farewell at the Museum. The Grand Opera House reopens with My Partner and Nat Farnum, and Julia Marlowe Taber with Robert Taber wrap a two week Boston run.
Sir J. Ross Underwood of Liverpool halted at Youngs Hotel and did not register on arrival. He is a former member of Parliament.
A persuasive pitch argues that choosing the right investment matters, comparing health remedies to financial choices. It touts Warner’s Safe Cure as superior for female weaknesses, rheumatism, kidney and liver troubles, and even Bright’s disease, claiming wide medical endorsements across Europe, America, Australia, and India.
A posse raided John Nelsons saloon in Jackson City Virginia for stolen property and gambling paraphernalia. Nelson and his bartender opened fire. Deputy Hines was killed and Deputies Johnson Dementon and Charles Oneil wounded. The injured were taken for treatment.
A blaze at White Horse Beach Manomet destroyed four large farm buildings on the summer place of H. B. Taylor of 274 Commonwealth Avenue Boston. The loss is estimated at 8000 dollars due to a defective flue.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Seecham's pills for constipation and to consult the druggist for the book guidance. It claims annual sales of more than 6,000,000 bottles.
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