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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1896
Page
8
Thomas O Morris of Winchester fell ten feet after tying a leather cord around his neck as a joke for H N Chamberlin. The cord caught in an elevator shaft, tearing his ear and wounding his neck. Doctors expect recovery though the case is serious.
The Fall River agent reports sales growth for the Daily Post from 700 to 2400 copies weekly and Sunday Post from 200 to 1000 copies per Sunday. Last Saturday 1400 copies were sold with no extras left by 9 30 am, forcing a refusal of newsboys and dealers. A telegram from the circulation manager about supply limits disappointed but praise for Fall River followed.
The Boston and Albany railroad offers ninety day excursion tickets to Hot Springs Arkansas with through sleeping car service from Boston via St. Louis Union Station. Hot Springs is government endorsed as a health resort with climate like Italy and many hotels available. The waters are praised for rheumatism skin and stomach related ailments among others. Full details available from ticket agents or A S Hanson in Boston.
A meeting of Company G Eighth Regiment M V M at the armory elected Edward J Horton captain after Richard P O Reilly and Frank C Noyes were discharged. Major E W M Bailey of Amesbury presided. First Lieutenant William J Crawley sought election but received 21 votes against 29 for Horton. For second lieutenant Corporal John P McInnis led with 37 quotes. Sergeant Alonzo T Wonson had 11.
The itinerary lists a $63.15 round trip to Hot Springs Ark via the Fitchburg line with a 3 pm Union Station departure. It includes a through sleeping car to St Louis via Niagara Falls, with one required change at St Louis Union Station. Passengers reach Hot Springs by breakfast on the third morning.
Washington Feb 24 Colonel Charles M Terrell assistant paymaster general United States Army aged 64 today and placed on the retired list on account of age He is stationed at San Antonio Texas and is a brother of A W Terrell United States Minister to Turkey
Colonel Robert M. Littler and other prominent figures endorse Paine's celery compound as a spring remedy and health restorer. The advertisement urges busy professionals to try the product, claiming it benefits women with ill health and fatigue by improving blood and nerve strength.
Marisa W Richardson, 50, who had been ill, left her bed in night clothes and a waterproof and vanished. The river and nearby towns were searched but no trace was found.
Hundreds visit the Pope company poster display in Hartford area galleries to view large panels and varied designs. Notable works include Horace Fleming The Largest Plant in the World and pieces by Dawson Watson Fred Lates and A K Moe. Admission fees support charity today.
Reports from Haverhill say Caspar Cronk died in Holland in 1796 and his will delays effect for 100 years. Winslow Cronk, a local painter and fourth generation heir, may receive about 75 million dollars. His sons Frank Arthur Harry and George live in Haverhill and Bradford, while relatives in Canada are involved in the inquiry.
Funeral held at 2 p m at the son Rev F A Warfield's house for Mrs Sarah Walker mother of the local minister She lived with him in Brockton six years Born Reading Mass April 19 1819 She was among the first female physicians in Massachusetts as a member of the first graduating class of the New England Female Medical College Boston
Second trial over Dr. Henry J. Bigelow will dispute featured Dr Arthur T Cabot testimony on brain injury in 1887 and the 1890 last illness. Witnesses included Sturgis Bigelow son and Harvard official E W Hooper detailing income trusts and alleged reliance on letters and a journal for a large bequest. The jury was dismissed as counts halved and the court considered the contract’s status under fraud law.
New York February 24 Louis Herman found guilty of murdering his wife in a July 16 shooting. He was remanded for sentence until Friday.
William Channing Russell died this morning in Yonkers from a stroke after a lingering illness. He was eight years old and a Columbia College graduate who studied at Harvard Law School. He practiced law in New York for thirty years and served as Cornell University professor and vice president. He acted as Cornell president during White’s absence and later taught at Brown University for two years.
In the Senate today a bill granting a widow’s pension of 200 dollars monthly to the widow of the late Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham was passed with an amendment from the pensions committee reducing the amount to 100 dollars per month.
A man about 30 named H. J. Gunn registered at the Imperial Hotel in Jersey City. He was found with his throat cut, dead for hours, a razor beside him. Gunn, once sentenced for patricide in Bridgewater, was pardoned about a year ago and reportedly worked in a shoe shop before vanishing from Abington or Whitman.
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