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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1897
Page
8
An inquiry resumes after a policeman pressed his pistol to a boy’s face and fired several shots, wounding Cornelius Phair. Investigators pursue new leads and testimonies in the ongoing case.
Harvard night at the Pops featured the Glee Club and orchestra performing Fait Harvard to a packed Music Hall. The event honored Harvard students with red decor and a celebratory atmosphere as Mr. Comee coordinated arrangements.
Preparations intensify for a new town hall to replace the fire‑destroyed historic building in Vere. The old structure was auctioned, fetching 4 percent, with Gerard T. Segee buying. New site acreage plus two adjoining estates on Broadway and Pleasant street have also been purchased. nearby houses were sold at auction, Lavin house at 33 dollars to A. B. Curtis and Staniela house at 170 dollars to G. W. Wilkinson.
Mrs Annie Beeman of 66 Salem street fell from a Grove Hall car on Harrison avenue near Oneida street about 8 pm yesterday harming her right side. Conductor 138 signaled the car to start before she stepped off. Car number 1871.
Alderman Dean seeks feasibility and cost of laying a three foot asphalt gutter on all paved streets and a gutter strip in granite block roadways. Alderman Barry pushes a Labor Day parade closure plan with police control and ropes. Mayor offers a $600,000 sewerage loan plan for Moon Island basins, pumping, Lyons Street station, Dorchester West Roxbury Brighton drainage, and new connections. The report goes to the Common Council.
The board confirmed appointments of Joseph Cometon Frank H Dowell and Alvar L Stintson as constables for the term ending April 1898. Also named as measurer of wood and bark Frank B P Sullivan and weighers of coal John F Nelson Alfred Doane Charles W W Furlong and Alfred.
Dr Francis J Keany, a young physician and son of the late Mathew Keany, was appointed by Mayor Quincy to the City Hospital board of trustees. The image shows him during his medical studies in Germany.
The new revenue cutter Manning conducted a 3 hour test from the Atlantic Works dock at 8 45 AM. The ship reached 14 4 knots on a favorable down harbor run and against it on the return. Engines are 2300 horsepower with large boilers and massive slabs from Paxton Mills. An official trial is planned for late next month.
Bacchante and her infant arrived from Boston and moved into seclusion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Protests from the American Purity Alliance accuse the exhibit of corrupting youth, while museum leaders affirm but await executive committee ratification in autumn.
Michael Burke a night watchman for coal dealer Daniel Doherty of Freeport Street was found floating in the water near Clark's wharf Dorchester by Fred H Walker and Edward Halloran who slept on a tow boat at the wharf Burke in charge of the premises at night for over two years left his duties Monday and his hat and pipe were found on the wharf Police believe he fell into the water Burke was unmarried and resided at 369 Freeport Street.
Advertising blurb for men's fine imported French lisle hose in black with double heels and toes advertised as worth 19 dollars eight cents per pair now discounted. Dress goods section note accompanies sale.
Sample department offers ladies coaching parasols trimmed with bows and handles in assorted colors. New shapes, perfect condition, never sold under 3 dollars 4 cents each, your choice a bargain.
A royal parade escorts Queen Victoria through a glittering display of imperial power. Nobles from Europe, Indian cavalry, and a famed eight Hanoverian horses line the route as the Queen rides in No. 1 Plain Posting Landau with the Princess of Wales nearby.
The pageant features Marshals Lintorn Simmons Haines Stew art and Lord Roberts of Kandahar with the Kaiser's Own Troops. It highlights officer escorts from the Prince of Wales attendance and a distinguished group of imperial service troops from India in vibrant attire with turbans, tunics, and gold adornments. The envoys travel in ornate two horse landaus from the Royal Mews and are followed by five road landaus carrying noteworthy occupants.
Carriages carried a long list of princesses and princes from Britain and continental houses. The Empress Frederick led a vast royal escort of nobles, with the Second Life Guards ahead as familiar faces drew loud greetings from onlookers.
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