19 Jun 1893
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1893
Page
1
A local retailer contrasts ad claims of selling under cost with offering high quality, well fitting men’s suits at the lowest possible price. It highlights current selections priced at ten and fifteen dollars and urges customers to compare quality and fit.
Somerville Mayor Hodgkins eased enforcement of blue laws after druggists opened Sundays to sell soda and cigars. Citizens enjoyed access and the mayor faced political pushback before permitting continued Sunday business. Ice cream dealers were told to stop deliveries but later allowed unloading. crime and enforcement details remain unclear.
Boston man John J Mulrennin jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge last night, killing himself after a week of reported drunken brutality toward his wife who died days earlier. Neighbors recall hardship, neglect, and a cruel home life ending in tragedy and abandonment for two small children.
Prosecution says Lizie burned a flood stained dress in Miss Russell and Emma’s presence as officers stood nearby. The brief notes the alleged act occurred under police supervision during the incident.
Jefferson is very comfortable today and arrangements were completed to take him in a parlor car to Buzzard's Bay on Tuesday.
Dr H A Chaput died at St John’s Hospital in Lowell at 11 55 pm following a fatal shooting. He had talked in French with his brother and cousin earlier with details unknown. Youth Leclerc held since Saturday night faced hospital intake as Chaput declined to swear to identity or give deposition.
In Minneapolis Kansas on June 18 a rain-making cannon exploded during a demonstration, killing eight people instantly. Captain F Redmond of the State militia was among the dead and Rufus Preston was fatally injured.
Clarence Horgan, four, son of Charles H. Horgan, fell from the North Salem old laboratory wharf this afternoon and drowned. The body was recovered soon after.
A Saturday afternoon blaze in the six story Heywood block at Causeway and Portland streets started in the Indianapolis Desk Company office. Firemen feared holiday conflagrations as smoke filled the area and Captain Ryan of Engine 26 narrowly escaped suffocation amid the danger.
New Bedford June 18 Special to the Post. The defense relies on failing prosecution proofs during the trial’s second week. The prussic acid testimony is excluded along with other evidence. motive and timing claims are disputed, while several witnesses were rejected or contradicted. The note and ring details remain unsettled as the defense pursues priority of death and other alibi questions. Continued on Page 2.
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