02 Mar 1892
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1892
Page
1
An old soldier tale is used to reject current furniture comfort. The engraving shows how true comfort requires body and blood, contrasting with modern pieces lacking in practical design. The text highlights bevelled mirrors, subdivided drawers, jewelry compartments, double closets, and decorative bed headboard panels. A catalogue offer follows with five two cent stamps for a single copy.
A Newfoundland storm traps 220 seiners in Trinity Bay with zero temperatures and ice. At least forty men die or perish from cold and exposure, some in boats and others on ice. Seventeen rescued frost bitten reach Heart's Content. thirteen corpses found frozen in boats. Ice steamers search for missing while Legislature adjourns in sympathy.
A large steamer is reported wrecked between Sandy Hook and Seabright New Jersey on March 1 with loss of life. High tides flooded roads and meadows while wreckage littered the beach. A rail road stretch into the bay washed away and a steam pile driver at the end of the wharf capsized and sunk. Distanced! All others by Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup. Price 25 cts.
A Boston storm disrupts streets and harbor as gale winds and snow grip the city. Ships ride out the storm while electric cars stall and trains lag. The Post tests public opinion by a candle countdown, with crowds watching wax burn toward a Chicago World’s Fair estimate.
Mrs J Montgomery Sears hosted a grand musicale headlined by Paderewski after cross country travel. He shared top billing with a selected Symphony ensemble under Arthur Nikisch and guest artists Myron Whitney and Margaret Reid. The piece notes shift from intimate gatherings to high society professional musicales.
Charles S. Fairchild said he had not yet named the executive committee of seven but would in a few days. The provisional group has rented offices at 52 William Street and will take possession tomorrow, led by Robert Graham Monroe on Governor Flower’s staff. Enrollment of Democrats statewide moves forward quickly.
Washington forecasts for March 1 as of 8 P M show colder northeast winds and snow in southern Maine and New Hampshire, with fair conditions in the north. Vermont to have fair weather and colder start, warming later with northeast winds. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut face threatening weather, snow and colder winds, clearing west portions of Connecticut and Massachusetts by day, warmer and fair Thursday. Signals are displayed from Hatteras to Eastport.
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