Harmony in the Ranks the Theme at Last Night's Love Feast
A Boston Republican report describes a community event titled Love Feast focusing on unity within factional groups, highlighting shared values and cooperative spirit among attendees.
15 Mar 1899
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1899
Page
1
A Boston Republican report describes a community event titled Love Feast focusing on unity within factional groups, highlighting shared values and cooperative spirit among attendees.
A Boston Municipal Club harmony dinner brought together rival Republican figures including ex-Mayors Hart and Curtis, Lt. Governor Crane, and Collector Gill to back a unified campaign for a Republican mayor in Boston City Hall. Speakers urged party cohesion, criticized civil service reform, and debated debt and governance ahead of January elections.
Harrison P. Clement aged 53, bookkeeper for E Noyes Whitcomb of Wareham Street, is arrested in Milton on a warrant charging embezzlement of 3000 dollars. Inspector McCausland of Boston and Milton Chief Pierce nabbed Clement after investigators found falsified woodworkers shop accounts.
President McKinley and party reached Thomasville from Washington at 2 30 p m and were greeted by Senator Hanna and local officials. Children from the town presented violets and welcomed the President and Mrs McKinley, who hosted them indoors as demonstrations were avoided for the rest day.
A Bryan invite to a Thomas Jefferson birthday banquet in New York prompts Perry Belmont to ask, via telegraph from Lincoln, whether Bryan has publicly repented the Democratic platform. Belmont replies that invitations reflect club policy, not individual views.
In Washington on March 14 the Post previews a statement that Secretary Long would resign before Congress reopens or in summer. He is said to seek Hoar’s seat, but Long stated there is no foundation to the rumor.
Twelve year old Joseph Higgins of 484 Bennington Street East Boston is at Massachusetts General Hospital after a freight train wheel mauled his right arm at the Saratoga Street crossing. Surgeons planned amputation but postponed due to the boy's weakness. doctors fear he may not survive.
An old advertisement urges using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day and promises a refund if it fails. The language resembles early 20th century drug promotions with price and guarantee claims.
United States Secret Service and local police captured ten members of a counterfeit ring nine arrested in Boston included two women and a 12 year old girl Angela and Mary Massauchi among those rounded up. The group distributed bogus five dollar bills across New England with origins traced to New York. Desalvo almost escaped on the New York express but was caught with a 10 inch stiletto.
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