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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1892
Page
3
Landlord Whipple issues a beard and mustache removal order impacting his hotel staff. Attaches and clerks at Parker s and Young s comply or resist as fear and morale strain. Bells boys and cashiers shave or delay, while clerks await a written rule and face a new, jailbird look.
Sporting notes discuss placing a Boston team in the Eastern League with South End grounds use, names, and pricing. Death of John O’Brien surprises Tom Brown. Dorchester Athletic Club gains momentum with a big meeting and lacrosse plans. Amateur barge racing delegates set boat weights, regattas planned for Mystic River June 17 with city funding sought.
Boston merchants urged by the Anti-lentenent House League to expose firms making clothing under humane conditions. The offer covers investigations, physician scrutiny, and possible certificates for clean workshops. Lead by Emory J. Haynes and Jo. Crowey, dated March 12, 1892.
The notice warns that many suffer Grippe without realizing it and urges prompt action to fortify health. It promotes Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a scientifically endorsed, effective stimulant used during past outbreaks and cautions buyers against inferior whiskeys.
A ventriloquized portrait of the Old North Church in Salem Street Boston. The piece recalls Paul Revere’s signal lanterns, the eight historic bells, and the church’s 18th century treasures. It contrasts the ancient shrine with modern Boston life while noting rector William H. Munroe and about two hundred communicants.
Cincinnati reports on March 13 that Powers manager of the New York Base Ball Club has signed Reddy Mack to play second base for the team. The signing solidifies infield plans as Mack joins a prominent lineup.
Longshoremen and multiple unions protest a City Council order restricting freight cars on Charlestown and Warren bridges at peak hours. The assembly and allied groups pledge action, with talks of raised initiation fees, new schedules, and broader organizing as health and garment workers’ groups report benefits, injury claims, and upcoming conferences. Delegates from several towns attend a Knights of Labor alliance meeting as the labor movement expands.
Dr. W C Spencer, father of Majetta Spencer the school girl who died mysteriously in the South End, arrived home from Florida. A Warren dispensary doctor said the bottle found in her room contained prickly ash golden seal and simple syrup and might have caused a fit if taken, but no definite cause is known. The father, eighty miles away when told, is prostrated and funeral plans are believed to be today.
A Winchester blaze caused about 14000 in losses to the Welcome House and 9000 on the White block with 1200 for furnishings. Edmund Sanderson’s hardware store adjoining the Shattuck block lost 600 by water, while Miss F J Bowser’s dry goods floor sustained 1000. Healy’s paint shop burned 800. Winn and Kelley livery stable was scorched though horses were saved. All losses are insured.
Robert Eliot Clark married Florence Cottin at the bride’s parents residence 23 Pratt Street Allston on March 3 with Rev George D Latimer officiating. The ceremony united Clark and Florence Cottin in a churchless home setting.
Death notices from Boston area papers list Ellen Frances Hobart and numerous others with ages, dates, and funeral details. Entries include James Caswell 82, Anna Colburn 56, George Downes 51, Eugene App, Emily Sophia Gane 75, Maria Robbins, James Chubb Watson 76, Jennie Barrows 51, Mary Soule widow of Captain Josiah Soule, Caroline Sanborn 66, Dorothy Cutler infant, with service locations and dates across Roxbury Newton Cambridge Somerville and surrounding towns.
A 19th century advertisement offers Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weaknesses and disorders. It claims to improve digestion, blood quality, sleep, and strength, relieving period pains, inflammation, leucorrhea, and nervousness. It guarantees satisfaction or money back, with purchasable literature on women’s diseases sent for a nickel. World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N Y.
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