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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1896
Page
2
Showalter defeated Barry in the tenth game after 96 moves with a queen's gambit declined. Barry developed slowly but Showalter turned a slight midgame edge into an endgame win. The score stands Showalter 5, Barry 1, with 4 draws. next game scheduled Wednesday.
Frank Mayo famed actor dies on a Denver to Omaha train while en route to a four night engagement in Omaha Nebraska. Mayo suffered dyspepsia and died of heart paralysis near Grand Island as his Elks postmet Remains were received by fifty eight Elks. Mayo born Boston 1839 began career in California and San Francisco before joining Maguire's company and later Edwin Booth era. The report notes Mayo's long career and early missteps in theater.
In Boston residents report easier understanding of kidney issues and less misery through Doan's Kidney Pills. A South Boston resident, O. D. Perry of 278 Silver St, says back pain and frequent urination improved after using pills from Bradbury's drug store, 637 Washington St. Pills cost 50 cents a box. FosterMilburn Co. advertises as sole U. S. agents in Buffalo, N. Y.
A biographical sketch traces McKean Buchanan and his daughter Virginia through early San Francisco theatre to New York, then Boston. It recounts his repertoire from Shakespeare to popular drama, the shift to Badger as his “extra part,” and his later Rochester Davy Crockett premiere with enduring stage life. It notes his Rochester success and his daughter Eleanor marrying Col. James Elverson Jr.
A Nova Scotia woman Mrs. Brown, long unsettled with her husband and entangled with Almon Crowley, drank poison in the home of Frank and Mrs. Smith after a tense afternoon. They say she prepared two glasses to drug Mr. Smith, but she drank one herself and died afterward, with competing theories on motive and the roles of Crowley and family. The case ties to a missing father in Nova Scotia and a life of wandering between East Boston and New York via ship and sea journeys.
United States minister to Spain Hannis Taylor abruptly cut his London leave to rush back to Madrid after Washington curtailed his time away. He had been in London to see his family off for New York when orders from Washington changed his plans.
A premature blast at Nortons cement works in Binnewater near Kingston killed Aaron Terwillizer Thomas Rider and Fred Charles instantly. George Early suffered serious injuries. The incident occurred in the late afternoon and prompted an emergency response from local officials and workers.
A Georgetown belle, famed for temper, encounters a blonde bank clerk she once scolded. On a hot day she tries to cash a check, but the teller insists on identification before approving the cashing. The incident shows the estranged pair crossing paths at a nearby bank.
The American Wringer Company advertises wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers at 13 and 16 Broadway extension and 29 and 31 Corn Hill, Boston. Repairs are called for and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Tremont 764.
Free consultation offered today at the Massachusetts Dispensary No. 9 Dover Street. Cure of blood skin kidney bladder and related diseases promised with guarantee of permanent results. Hundreds in Boston have been cured, and the promise extends to all curable cases.
Senator Sullivan voices strong support for the free transfer bill, arguing Boston residents demand the measure and that it would not harm West End employees or railroad profits. Debate covers Senate rule on reintroduced measures, substitution proposals, and the balance between public interests and corporate influence.
State Normal School Salem Virginia will hold admission examinations in September 1896 on June 25 and 26 and September 8 and 9. For details contact Daniel B. Hagar, Principal.
Senator Sprague proposes a five miles limit, Sen Morse urges delay, and Sen Neill argues for swift action. Maccabe cites editorials and telegraphs showing transfers aid both companies and people. The Wellman substitute fails, the Senate adopts the amendment but kills the bill 12 to 20, and Sullivan moves reconsideration.
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