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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1895
Page
1
The firm touts twenty years of steady business, low margins, and no underselling. It highlights a large stock, cash purchases, and being middleman free, with price reductions since July 1894 driven by the Wilson Bill. It notes Boston customs duties, cigar imports, and invites customers to request complete price lists.
The Lexow movement nears success with a plan to jointly probe the school committee and fire department. A single order may extend to the water department. Democrats and Republicans align, with Sears likely to introduce. House action in Massachusetts may follow with a general investigation by a Senate-House committee.
A great gathering listened to Lady Henry Somerset and Miss Frances Willard as speakers at a Purity mass meeting in Music Hall. The hall was full, with hundreds unable to enter. The event, organized by George H. Hood and James B. Hawkins, formed a women’s executive committee to help educate and employ girls. Officers include Orlando E. Lewis as president and Charles W. Perkins as treasurer. A “Home Rest” at the South End was praised for aiding girls out of work. Distinguished women from various cities attended to support the Rescue Board’s work.
Mrs Charles E McCarthy told a Post reporter she will devote her life to finding the criminal who murdered her husband Charles McCarthy whose body was found in the water near L Street, Boston, after he had been missing since Wednesday night. She rejects death by his own action, cites a bloody head wound, and recalls a quarrel with Mrs H Robbins on Tyler Street. The story continues on page 6.
In St John s Newfoundland officials and church leaders appeal for contributions after the mail steamer Virginia Lake delivered 600 barrels of flour for distressed northern coast families. Government and parish relief committees warn that resources will exhaust this week if citizens do not give money clothing or food before next April.
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