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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
8
Reports allege Captain Orelly Tels and witnesses say the colonel then major violated armory law during a Gloucester drinking incident. Prosecution details are unclear and investigations continue.
Ex Senator Richard Sullivan questions Captain O'Reilly of Gloucester as hearings reveal a history of discipline problems under Major Pew. Evidence shows liquor in the armory and repeated complaints of gambling and drunkenness at armory events amid shifting regimental leadership.
The Somerville Board debated Sunday street watering with Alderman Ball proposing seven day watering bids. Alderman Huntley opposed Sunday watering and his view prevailed, so streets will not be wet on Sundays. Nominations were confirmed for city posts including George Green, Michael Kennedy, William Trefran, Hose Company 6, Frederick Jones driver, Jesse Lippett operator, Cromwell Rowell registrar.
Secretary Kong asks Governor Wolcott to delay the battleship Massachusetts visit to Boston from April 18 to June 17 the Battle of Bunker Hill anniversary. New plan would allow docking in New York and adding bilge keels with possible accompanying ships from the North Atlantic squadron.
New goods arrive daily on our street floor. The main event is the magnificent exhibits of colored and black dress silks, the most wonderful silk and wool.
A full page ad touts the Colonial bicycle with a $100 price and claims it matches high grade wheels. It emphasizes mass purchase benefits and urges buyers to act at season start, noting cyclometers saddles bells and sundries at low prices.
Due to the present dullness of the rubber market manufacturers are eager to move stock of Ladies' Mackintoshes. Two special lots have been secured and offered for inspection, providing a quick bargain for buyers.
An advertisement extols Old Brick School Shoes with styles such as Dull Dongola and Rain-proof Goat. It lists Misses Children and Boys shoe ranges with sizes AA to E, notes prices from 1.50 to 2.50, and promises warrant with every pair.
After years of hardship as an illustrator and china painter, Clara De Forest stands to inherit $600,000 from her deceased sister Agnes. The will names Clara as heir to jewels bonds and a West Forty-fifth Street house, while a search for Clara’s missing self winds through Manhattan courthouses and storage boxes.
Walter Carter alias William H Horton, 6, was arrested by Inspectors Gaddis and Wise on theft charges. He allegedly stole doormats from homes in the Back Bay and on Massachusetts Avenue. Police note multiple prior offenses and that Horton once held a city job with good family standing in Boston.
In New York a man named Salvidio killed himself after a woman he loved rejected him and wed another. His brother attempted suicide. a barber Molinari later delivered a letter to Salvidio’s grave from the woman, revealing she never loved the other and planned to marry him.
In New York on March 24 George Michaud a printer living at 14 Monroe Street was stabbed above the heart by Maggie Reardon after an insult and quarrel in a Bowery room. Reardon and Annie Mulligan waitresses in the same house were questioned as Michaud lay bleeding at Gouverneur Hospital.
The Master Builders' Association of Boston writes to Mayor Hart urging careful treatment of bid awards and arguing against requiring unions to set wage scales without representative agreement. The letter cites prior cases including the H. L. Pierce schoolhouse contract and endorses joint employer worker associations as the basis for any wage scale.
Louis Bastian aged fourteen from Grand Street Brooklyn and Lizzie Cronan aged fourteen from Erasmus Street Brooklyn have vanished. Parents of both children reported to Captain Buckholz at Flatbush police station after failing to return. The friends were closely attached and often seen together, avoiding other playmates.
Turkish efforts to deliver provisions to the Ma laxa fort fail as insurgents drive them off near Suda. Gunfire from Turkish warships forces a retreat. Tonight another supply attempt is planned amid reports of a looming attack on Kissamo. An Austrian ironclad blocks a Greek steamer and a sailing vessel from the blockade.
The Ephemeris reports King George will not join powers pressuring Crete for autonomy and Ottoman suzerainty. Cretans reject autonomy and seek a solution aligned with the nation. Any pressure from foreign powers will meet a counter stroke on the frontier and beyond.
At the Wheaton Female Seminary annual trustees meeting in Norton Rev. Samuel W. Cole of Taunton accepted the president post. His inaugural address is set for June 23. Annie M. Kilham of Beverly and Mrs. A. A. Lincoln of Wollaston were elected trustees. The institute highlights renewed support from 87 year old benefactor Mrs. Eliza B. Wheaton, with Mary Lyon having aided the founder Judge Wheaton in 1835.
In Wellington last evening a breach of promise suit for $50,000, Juliet Catch-On v Romeo Ask-All, drew top legal talent in a mock trial before Chief Justice Scorer. The burlesque featured actors impersonating lawyers and witnesses, with the outcome a moot decision and funds raised for a needy family.
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