04 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1893
Page
1
Health time and money saving claim sets advertise at Hamilton Place with mention of sales by all reliable dealers. The fragment emphasizes personal benefit and broad dealer network.
The British tank steamer Pear from Amsterdam to Philadelphia was abandoned in mid Atlantic after severe weather and hawser strain. The crew survived and were towed to port by the British steamer Aeon, which later left Bear Creek to sink while aiding the voyage.
Johnson City Tennessee January 3 A mob of about 300 armed men occupies Bakersville North Carolina forty miles away vowing to lynch Calvin Snipes jailed for Aaron Wiseman’s murder. Sheriff and fifty deputies guard the jail as clashes leave one dead and several fatally wounded amid hourly reinforcing forces.
In Farmington Missouri on January 3 a three year old child of Austin Currier of Chesterville fell into a pail of boiling suds and was scalded to death. The accident highlights household dangers and the tragic outcome underscores the need for child safety precautions in homes. The name of the deceased child and other details are provided in local police and hospital reports.
Fred Prince of Boston and Martin Van Buren Edgerly of this city and Oregon Improvement Company directors plan to abolish the sinking fund on first mortgage bonds. They aim to shake out points as a flyer while controlling Alaska steamships and Northwest improvements. Executive committee members act from New York with offices in the East. bondholders suggested changes at a recent meeting.
The Boston and Maine railroad plans a new passenger station to serve all divisions. It will sit south of Causeway street, replacing the Haymarket square brick building and abandoning the Causeway street grade crossing. The structure will be set back forty feet, expanding street space and providing a covered arcade for arriving and departing trains.
Six records were broken in Wiscon sin with E W Ballard pacing the half mile to 1 12 and John S Johnson lowering the mile to 2 26 W A Rhodes set new five mile mark 13 05 and added two three and four mile records Ballard Rhodes Steel and others paced each effort Bronchitis note appears as an ad.
The Boston & Maine board backed heroic measures to ease Haymarket and Causeway Street congestion. President McLeod, returning from Philadelphia, outlined a temporary station plan to remedy years of crowding while longer improvements are prepared, with directors voting unanimously.
Forecast for Wednesday shows fair conditions for New England and Eastern New York with cooler temperatures in Maine and Eastern Massachusetts. Winds shift from westerly to variable as conditions become unsettled.
In South End yesterday afternoon a 24 year old Chelsea soda fountain worker Louis Wagner shot his sweetheart Mrs Fanny Spiers 32 and killed himself. The crime occurred in a back room at 412 Tremont street second floor. Spiers, divorced from J P Spiers of Lowell, had moved to the city three years ago and had recently divorced. Wagner had followed her through Roxbury and Myxtle street storages before yesterday's tragedy.
Pennsylvania's high court upholds the 1794 blue law with cautious enforcement after ruling publisher Thomas Matthews violated the Sunday prohibition by printing the Pittsburg Sunday Leader on December 27, 1891. The decision notes newspapers' growth may have exempted them, urging restrained application to avoid repeal.
Lamb declares apple dumplings belong to the innocent and a good sideboard to the socially experienced. The text urges one season in society, dining under many roofs, to understand how the social world consumes food and appreciates refined dining.
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