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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1895

Page

2

Eviction Sparks Tug of War in East End Home

Sheriff Thompson arrived to eject Abraham Squires and his wife and four children for non payment of rent. The family, ill with grip and consumption, faced eviction with neighbors in an uproar. Superintendent Bunnell intervened directing care, and the family was to be sent to the almshouse with Bunnell overseeing the furniture.

Bridgeport Conn Thompson Abraham Squires Jefferson Street East End Bunnell

Real Estate Covics Sellings and Purchases

Mary A Boynton sells to Godfrey Morse a dwelling on 19 Gaston street Roxbury with 5000 square feet of land assessed at 7500 Dollars. F G Dexter sells to George A Nickerson a lot on Commonwealth avenue front 32 feet depth 124 feet. Christian Science Publishing Society buys brick dwelling on Falmouth street from Maryann Marcus assessed 8900. The Norris estate on Essex street and Belmont place Salem sold to Benjamin W Currier and Z A Gallupe for Naumkeag Clothing Co of Salem and Standard Clothing Co of Boston, frontage 60 feet depth 180 feet total 10800 square feet, plan to build a three story brick block once plans are completed.

Mary A. Boynton Godfrey ‘Morse Gaston Street Roxbury F. G. Dexter George A. Nickerson Commonwealth Avenue Christian Science Publishing Society Falmouth Maryann Marcus Norris Essex Street Belmont Place Salem Benjamin W. Currier Z. A. Gallupe Naumkeag Clothing Company Standard Clothing Company Boston

Suspected counterfeit money duo arrested in West Roxbury

Edward Gardiner aged 28 and Benjamin Newcomb 26 were arrested by Dedham police on suspicion of handling counterfeit coins in West Roxbury after passing a $10 bill and a $5 bill at local stores. Found on them were $17.45 and $5.15 respectively. They claimed innocence and were later released on suspicion.

Edward Gardiner Benjamin Newcomb Dedham West Roxbury Newcomb Concord Street Boston Gardiner Green Street Manchester N. Y New York, New Haven & Hartford Spring Street Brack Edham Deditara Cosmopolitan New York Mason & Hamlin Organ Willie McNeil’s Merrimac Street Somerville Cambridge Barrett Dedham Majcional Bank

Hood’s Sarsaparilla Praised by Kennebunk Baggage Master

R A Waterhouse, baggage master at Kennebunk Maine for 13 years, speaks of relief from rheumatism after using Hood’s Sarsaparilla. He describes hip and knee pain, multiple remedies tried without relief, and three bottles leading to no pain since. He emphasizes Hood’s cures.

R. A. Waterhouse Kennebunk Hood

Five Years for Constenio in Superior Court

Antonio Constenio was sentenced by Judge Richardson to five years in State Prison for assault and battery with intent to murder Mrs. Theresa Olivia and for assault and battery with a knife on her husband Giuseppe Olivia. The crimes occurred December 9 on Harrison avenue near Oneida street. Constenio, a boarder, quarreled with Giuseppe over a card game before stabbing Giuseppe in the abdomen and then stabbing Mrs. Olivia who tried to aid her husband.

Antonio Constenio Superior Criminal Court Richardson Theresa Olivia Guiseppe Olivia Harrison Avenue Oneida Street Constenzo Olivia Genesee Street Constenio

Yesterday oh the hill meagre attendance and adjournment

Yesterday the two branches met in the morning with little business and a meagre attendance. Three bills and a general-interest petition were presented by Boston members including measures on liquor licenses, streetcar heating, insurance contracts, steam engineering licensing, public records, counterfeit labels, and raising the age of consent. In the Senate Durant introduced time extensions for exceptions and prima facie judgments on appeals. The railroad committee heard Worcester Nashua Rochester petition for $200000 mortgage bonds amid sensational charges against Charles A Sinclair, later retracted in part. executive session followed.

Tem Te Fmet Uv I Boston S. H. Mitchell Brighton Ward 25 Boston James B. Gallivan South Bostom W. J. Donnovan East Boston Mulvey Hayes Aowell Young Springfield Quincy Durant Middlesex Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts Senate Railroad Committee Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad Company Nashua Rochester Frederick Bance Reading Charles A. Sinclair Sinclair

Labor unions hold meetings and elect officers

The Labor World reports last evening sessions at Pressmen's Hall and Wells Memorial Hall. Five new members joined the Carriage and Wagon Workers' International Union while Piano Polishers and Varnishers' Union planned a future strike action to end the contract system. Lithographers' Union No. 3 scheduled a social and literary event for February 1. Drivers Conductors and Motormen's Union 3873 awaits response on a new 1895 agreement and possible conference with West End Street Railway Company amid Brooklyn strike news.

Carriage and Wagon Workers’ International Union Pressmen’s Hall Eliot Street Charles W. Goodwin John H. McDonald M. J. McDevitt George E. Rogers John C. Jacobson Henry Gibson George Wooster Guardian C& Ss Piano Polishers’ and Varnishers Wells Memorial Hall Union No. 3 Foresters’ Hall Caledonia Hall Motormen’s Union 3873 West End Street Railway Company Brooklyn

Ice Harvest Moves Ahead as Ice Houses Rush Cuttings

IGE CUTTERS ANXIETY Kingston New York January 18 With cold weather holding steady ice cutters rush harvesting along the river beginning as soon as eight inches of ice form. Today crews worked north of Kingston tapping flooding and scraping ice while new nine inch stock is reported at Stuyvesant Castleton Coxsackie Athens and Hudson with several firms storing thick ice for future use.

Kingston N. Y Jersey City Ice Company Stuyvesant Staats Brothers Castleton Greene County Ice Company Coxsackie Channel McCabe Athens Hudson

Westboro Woollen Company leader Hubbard Willson dies

Hubbard Willson senior member of Cordaville Woollen Company died of heart disease at his home in Westboro. He long chaired Woollen operations and served as selectman and school committee member in Southboro. A director of Westboro’s First National Bank, his charity extended across Westboro and Southboro. He leaves a widow, three children and two sisters.

Westboro Southboro Massachusetts

Tenth annual Tele graphers Mutual Aid Hall social

The telegraphers mutual aid association held its tenth annual event at Odd Fellows Hall last evening. An 8 to 9 promenade concert preceded a grand march led by John Gatins and Katie Gatins with assistants Flynn, Mary Flynn, Melville and wife. Attendees included Postal Telegraph Superintendent Pettinghamill, Western Union manager C W Henderson, E W Prescott Newport RI, W H Hawes, and T J Lawler of Western Union.

the Telegraphers’ Mutual Aid Association Odd Fellows’ Hall John B. Gatins Katie G. Gatins Frank J. Flynn Mary A. Flynn Thomas R. Melville Pettinghill Postal Telegraph Company C. W

Defence Opens in Powers Divorce Case Evidence and Letters Read

The defense in the Powers divorce trial presented testimony from Mrs. Rene Howland about the Mt. Vernon Street lodging house and Mrs. Powers. Cross witnesses included Mina Mott and Louis Sharpe detailing visits and alleged improprieties with Thornton Simmons and Sig. Randegger. Letters between Leland Powers and Louisa Powers from 1892 were read. witnesses described rooms, a closet, and interactions at the boarding house and nearby locations.

Leland T. Powers Louisa Briley Powers James A. Stinson Thornton A. Simmons Sig. Randegger Rene I. Howland Mt. Vernon Street Miss Russell Simmons Mr. Robie Mina L. Mott Mr. Powers Mrs. Powers Miss Mott Thorndike Louis Sharpe Walter S. Sherman London Randegger Lower Seymour Street Paris

Montreal's Unemployed Hear Mayor on Job Aid

Several hundred unemployed men gathered at City Hall in Montreal and spoke peacefully but were kept from entry by police. The Mayor met a deputation from the Central Trades and Labor Council, promising to seek work for the unemployed. He said $1100 had been subscribed for the needy and would be distributed promptly.

Montreal Central Trades and Labor Council

Agnes Cross Dies After Coal Stove Fire Accident

In Eastport Maine this afternoon three year old Agnes daughter of Spring Cross lit paper near an open coal stove. Her clothes caught fire. aid arrived too late and her clothing was burned away with extensive burns to her body. She is not expected to survive.

Eastport Agnes Spring Cross

Massachusetts Kings Daughters and Sons move offices

The Massachusetts branch of the international order of the Kings Daughters and Sons relocated from 3 Somerset Street Boston to 7 Temple Place in the Bradlee Building The office operates daily from 9 30 am to 4 pm for all order business and affairs.

Massachusetts International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons Somerset Street Boston Temple Place Bradiee

Rerioval H Mais Opens Salon at Temple Place

Rerioval H Mais, noted hair dresser, has moved to 46 Temple Place on a single flight.

H. Mais Temple Place

Orisa wreck remembered and other coast shipping notes

A 1858 shipwreck on Cape Cod involving Captain Cyrus Sears is recalled, with a 1894 recovery of timbers made into a cane. The Levi Hart, sunk near Colt's Head Ledge, is raised and repaired for reloading. Vesuvius designated to hunt floating derelicts. Ill Cunard official at Beachmont. Yampa heads for the Med. Enterprise shifts moorings at Charlestown. Alfred Brabrook set for repairs. The Landsman.

Cyrus Sears Baltimore Storage and Lighterage Company Boston Cape Cod Calcutta Sears Nausett Levi Hart Colt’s Head Ledge Penobscot Bay Mt. Desert Philadelphia Boston Towboat Company Mike Sullivan Belfast Vesuvius Harry Knox Newport C. F. Perry Cunard Steamship Company Beachmont Ed Sherlock Mediterranean New York Erastus Baldwin R. S. Palmer Gibraltar Enterprise Charlestown Navy Yard Alfred Brabrook Monroe & Murch

Along the Tracks Exoduses and New Lines Stir Rail Offices

Local railroad agents complain of district congestion as Boston and Albany relocate to a new Washington street office at 366 Washington. A NYNH&H office may move from the Old State House when lease ends. Newton Street Railway advances an electric Crescent Park line. A mass passenger traffic agents meeting is planned in Atlanta. Trunk lines urge ending clerical orders by March 31 amid cross railroad pass policy disputes.

Washington Street Boston & Albany N. Y N. H Atlanta Northern Southern Pacific Western Railroads

Sailor Dispatched From West Africa In Irons On Mutiny

J B Roker, cook aboard the D A Brayton under Captain Datow, became insolent in Africa and threatened the captain. To remove him, he was sent home in irons aboard the brig Lucy W Snow, which reached East Boston with the prisoner after a 55 day voyage. He awaits arraignment in the U S District Court on mutiny charges.

D. A. Brayton Datow Africa Cook J. B. Roker John F. Brooks Boston Roker Catow United States Elmina Lucy W. Snow Thestrup National Dock

Pennsylvania Limited Adds Sleeping Car Service to St Louis

The Pennsylvania Railroad will start through sleeping car service on the Pennsylvania Limited between New York and St Louis from Sunday Jan 20. The train will arrive in St Louis at 3 PM and depart at 1 PM with the fastest East to West and West to East service. Tickets and information available at 205 Washington Street Boston MA.

St. Louis Pennsylvania Railroad Pennsylvania Limited New York Pennsylvania Railroad Company Washington Street Boston Mass

Reorganization Plan Delays Await London Committee Action

New York January 18 The Atchison general reorganization committee met to day to consider the plan prepared by the joint executive committee. No word has yet been received from the London committee and the joint executive committee cannot act further until London approves or rejects the plan submitted.

New York Atchison General Reorganization Committee Joint Executive Committee London Committee

Greece Insurrection Report Claimed But Unconfirmed

London dispatches report no confirmation of a Greek insurrection. The Greek legation authorities here discredit the rumor and say there is no news to support it.

London Greece

Free Medical Services Offered by Dewey Medical Co

Free medical care for all diseases advertised by Dewey Medical Co located at 74 Boylston Street Rooms 7 and ?. The offer promises examinations and treatments at no charge with office hours 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 p m on weekdays and Sundays 10 to 4.

Dewey Medical Co Boylston Street

Trade Outlook Reports Mixed Signals for 1895

Bradstreet's notes limited improvements across trade with firmer demand for Bessemer pig iron steel billets woollens rubber goods and leaves tobacco while prints fall and cotton goods struggle. Southern mills show dividends but general prices remain near historic lows with wares across the US and Canada facing slow mercantile collections and cautious purchasing as wage levels stay depressed.

New York Bradstreet Bessemer London Central Middle States South Carolina Georgia South Baltimore St. Louis Chicago Kansas City St. Paul Missouri Omaha Minneapolis United States San Francisco Portland Ore Toronto Montreal Quebec Nova Scotia Newfoundland Winnipeg Hamilton Halifax Dominion of Canada DUN

Newton man dies suddenly in Boston office

Thomas G. Davis aged 67 of Newton collapsed and died yesterday afternoon at his Boston office 111 Commercial Street. A physician attributed the death to heart disease. The body was taken to his home by friends.

Thomas Davis Newton Thomas G. Davis Commercial Street Boston

Are You One There Are Scores Of Our Readers

Readers with the means to enjoy life are urged to consider Paine's Furniture Company with a focus on leather covered furniture. The ad touts finely made pieces as a luxury and notes unusually low prices during a sale period.

Moxie Nerve Food Paine

Captain Huntington Dead in Sudden Heart Failure

CAPTAIN Huntington from Wollaston Massachusetts a retired captain of the United States army died suddenly Wednesday of heart failure in Truro N S He was 53 a nephew of Bishop Huntington He married the daughter of Senator Pratt of Indiana and leaves a wife and son CG Huntington

Truro N. S E. S. Huntington Wollaston Mass United States Army

American Wringer Co. Catalog of Home Laundry Equipment

The American Wringer Co. at 13 and 15 Broadway Extension offers wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers with repairs for all kinds. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 764.

The American Wringer Co Broadway Extension Tremont

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