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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1894
Page
1
The grand annual May festival begins today in Cincinnati Ohio at the Music Hall. The programme runs through the 26th with seven performances and matinees on the 23rd and 26th. Today features Handel Elijah and tomorrow Parker Hora Novissima and Chadwick Columbian Ode.
The Semi-Annual Sacrifice Sale of accumulated misfits from our agencies started last week and continues this week until every garment is sold. Medium to extra tall sizes and odd shapes can order suits and garments at prices lower than ordinary ready mades. Oak Hall at 32 to 44 North J. is the destination.
Marblehead prepares for a grand Fourth of July with the cruiser Marblehead to be christened in the harbor and to receive the town’s flags. The ceremony will feature an Eighth Regiment and Folletts Battery presence, a parade, sports, and harbor illumination, led by chief marshal General Benjamin F. Peach and a large organizing committee.
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Vincenzo Cochidl stands trial for murder in a case dated January 7. The proceedings center on whether life imprisonment or a harsher outcome awaits, with the high-stakes nature of a life or death decision emphasized.
Augustus Sawyer a 70 year old farmer living alone near Monmouth was found dead in his barn with a bullet wound under the upper lip. Neighbors reported the farm work undone since Saturday and a search led to discovery. A coroner's inquest and jury were summoned as the case is investigated.
Classified want ad seeks an experienced floorwalker to manage a section with 25 to 30 employees. Apply with experience and salary expectations to E 1 Tse Post.
The court adjourned to allow the jury to view the murder scene after a break to analyze stains tied to a blade break. Proceedings paused until 9 o'clock this morning as the trial resumes.
Archibald McPherson, 36, of Moody street Lowell, was arrested on a charge of enticing young girls from St. Joseph's Parochial School to his house during his wife’s absence. The misconduct reportedly continued for weeks and involved about a dozen girls aged 6 to 11, first brought to light after a sister superior received a hint from a child.
The 400 ton Rockland schooner A. Crockett from Brunswick to New York with lumber and railroad ties ran aground at Harveys Cedars on the New Jersey coast. The crew is safe, but the vessel will probably be a total loss.
In Westfield on May 21 Willard Palmer a 23 year old street car driver was killed when his head was crushed by a brick pillar as he warned boys on the rear platform of a car run by compressed air.
Mary Cain aged 50 and her sister Elizabeth 40 of 70 Nashua Street were seriously injured on Friend Street yesterday afternoon when a frightened horse due to a stationary engine exhaust dashed onto the sidewalk. The women were struck and fell into a cellarway, suffering severe scalp wounds and were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
Heinrich Mehrmann is mauled by Nero the lion during Hagenbeck's circus act as two thousand spectators watch in horror. Willie Judge and Fritz Maas rush to help, stabbing the beast to free the trainer and prevent a worse panic. The crowd remains tense as the animal fight continues on.
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