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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1894
Page
1
The retailer promotes a sale on 200 plus Spring and Summer Suits including 54 Frock Suits in sizes 34 35 and 36 at seven dollars ninety seven cents. The piece stresses strong business and customer appreciation.
A large crowd at Carnegie Music Hall heard Evan Thomas of the New York Produce Exchange oppose the income tax as un-American and harmful to tariff reform. Letters from Senators Hill and Murphy and several congressmen expressed regret. Resolutions urged New York’s senators to oppose the tax and called for wider action.
Boston clergyman Rev. Isaac J. Lansing accuses police of taking bribes from immoral-house keepers and vows to present evidence to a tribunal and police officials. Board and captains urge formal investigation, while Lansing’s motives and methods draw mixed reactions from city authorities.
An impartial canvass shows the Boston Post leads in newspaper sales with higher morning readers than any other daily. A ten-train survey across ten railroad lines around Boston records suburban and country sales, with canvassing set for 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. on random train segments.
Boston May 24 1894 Joseph M Deely and H S Crosskill sworn to the foregoing statement regarding trains numbered 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 in the western division of the B and M railroad and the totals for each train. Justice of the peace B Leighton Beal presiding.
Forecast for Saturday shows Fort Maine New Hampshire and Vermont cloudy with afternoon showers and southwest winds turning to crtnsones. Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York have occasional showers but generally fair skies with southwest winds turning northwest.
Benjamin D. Hill longtime Custom House attache and journalist from Essex County died at his Peabody home after weeks of illness. Born February 8, 1827 in Danvers, he worked in a drug store, learned painting at Charlestown Navy Yard, later joined Niagara Engine Company and the volunteer fire service. He contributed to the Boston Firemen's Advocate before his death, leaving a widow, a son, and a daughter.
The Democratic city committee for 1894 to 1899 organized last night at Horticultural Hall with Patrick Maguire presiding. The retiring board recommended admitting wards 15 and 19 delegates and sending Ward 18 back to voters for settlement. The convention elected Maguire as chairman and named temporary secretaries Donovan and Sullivan. Credentials committee reported 260 delegates with three wards in contests.
The ad touts a compact seven inch shelf styled Occasional Table in Oak at $9. It folds flat yet remains rigid when open, rides on light castors, suitable for sewing, drafting, study, games, bedside use, or dining serving. It claims lifetime durability and offers five 2 cent stamps for a 288 page general catalogue.
The obituary notes a reporter who worked two to three years up to 1841 before turning to printing for pecuniary reasons. In 1865 he joined the Custom House as a clerk while also working for the Boston Traveller. He spent fifteen years at the Custom House until 1880, then remained with the Traveller and became Salem correspondent for the Globe. He left the Globe in 1888 and, two years later, ceased his Traveller role. He belonged to Holton Lodge I O F and Masecenmo Tribe of Red Men among other fraternal groups.
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