23 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1893
Page
1
The notice states upholstery items feature two covers with outside figure Art Maslin designs. It warns against over six pillows to a customer and instructs sending orders by mail immediately if in-person service is unavailable. It reflects a sales or manufacturing scheduling公告 from a shop or firm.
Great markdown sale before semi-annual stock-taking. Boys' Ulsters guaranteed all wool in sizes 5 to 10 years marked down to $4.50. Boys' Fancy Tweed all wool suits valued at $8.00 and $9.00 will be closed today at.
Brockton Jan 22 a brewing labor war between Knights of Labor District Assembly 30 and organized shoemakers allied with the American Federation of Labor. The dispute centers on a boycott of Bouve Crawford shoes and the Lasters Union strike action. Local unions meet to discuss, with the Central Labor Union endorsing the Lasters, warning of bitter times at the upcoming General Assembly.
A large Harvard audience heard Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst discuss guiding public reform. He stressed human aid for divine work and warned that reform often targets government corruption, not merely disorderly venues. Parkhurst noted possible impact if New York crime legislation affects his investigative methods.
Washington forecast from January 22 indicates a fair and warmer day for New England and Eastern New York with variable winds shifting to southeast.
It is a fact that Gibson's Whiskies are strictly fine in every particular. Bottled under Moore and Sinnott's label. For sale by druggists, gravest and reliable liquor dealers.
Nantucket, January 22. Steamer Nantucket landed twelve days mails and five passengers, including one lady, at Quidnet eight miles from town. The embargo relief brought grain, meat, groceries, yeast cakes, flour, vegetables, and coal from New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard lines. Islanders suffer more from price gouging and scallop fishermen face zero catch while ice blocks the harbor and daily extras flood local papers. Residents hope for a southerly wind and a January thaw to end the siege.
Alonzo K. Florida and Jesse Cockrell, proprietors of the Bank of Arrow Rock in Missouri, assigned yesterday and the bank closed. Assets and liabilities are not yet known. It was one of the oldest banks in the state. Not excelled by any high priced liniment. Salvation Oil, twenty five cents a bottle.
Nantucket diary reports the steamer Nantucket after a five hour and twenty minute voyage, two hours longer than normal, reaching a point off Quidnet at the island’s east end after piercing an almost continuous ice field from Wood's Hall to Great Point, then proceeding to town with mails and transfers.
The Nantucket coast received mail and passengers as a whale boat moved a small cargo across a receding ice field. Freight was limited to groceries and about a dozen sacks of grain before the tide forced withdrawal. Post office work extended into the night with no delivery, amid optimism for a continued ice embargo and halted steamship communication for at least a week.
The Alton railroad wreck death tally reaches seventeen with bodies of Charles Utt William Manthe and W H Miller found near the wreck. Hospital deaths include William Shattuck Henry Penning Willie McCarty John Locke Edward Manchin Daniel Havers Charles Parris and John Wilkinson. Fourteen more of the injured are not expected to survive. Names of thirty one seriously hurt identified while others with lesser injuries remain unnamed.
A panic was narrowly avoided on ice near Bridgeport lighthouse as thousands of sightseers, estimated at 20,000, crossed the ice. A woman named Barrows fell into the water and was rescued with difficulty as the crowd’s movement caused the ice to crack. Cool heads prevented a disaster.
Luther L Lovett about 42 years old committed suicide Saturday afternoon at 2 Oxford Street Cambridge placing a revolver behind his right ear. The bullet lodged in the wall after exiting the head. Mrs Lucinda Lovett found him clutching the revolver. Cause listed as insanity. Lovett’s home was Lincoln Centre Maine.
Fisher Ayers aged 75 was found dead in the hut of George Colburn on Warren street at 10 o clock today a bad cut on his head Colburn says he knows nothing of the death Medical Examiner Hodgsdon viewed the body but gave no opinion for publication Special Offer George Wragg found on the premises a part of a club covered with blood and hair an investigation will be held
The curtain falls on Flora Walsh wife of Mrs. Charles H Hoyt and the Tremont Theatre star of The Texas Steer. She died yesterday after a rapid decline following a cold and fatigue while nursing her ailing husband.
Champion James J. Corbett, in Chicago with his theatrical company, defends his year’s rest from another world title bout and issues a sweeping challenge to fight anyone next fall for a purse, with Mitchell or Jackson preferred opponents.
New Haven Conn Jan 22 Yale gymnasium gains an oil painting from Chauncey M Depew of New York The eight by six foot work depicts Yale athletes along the old Yale fence painted by Howland of New York It will hang in the gymnasium main room with placement set for tomorrow.
Division 4 officers raided Chinatown last night with a search warrant. Twenty nine Mongolians were arrested for being present where gaming implements were found. Officers seized 400 markers six dice a dice box a book 00 counters a tunnel and twenty two dominoes. All detainees were bailed.
Jerry Harrington, the well known catcher, is spending the winter here and will soon begin training after receiving an offer to catch for the Boston club in the coming season.
In a dramatic decline a stage actress died after three operations and a rapid fall in health. Her husband Mr Hoyt and mother Mrs Walsh stood beside her as doctors from New York and three nurses consoled the grieving colleagues. The hospital suite hosted a vigil until the moment of death. Continued on page two.
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