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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1895
Page
1
Thousands cheer as Charles Murphy shatters the world mark in the open mile at Waltham during the 2014 15 parade. Spectators surge when he crosses first, amid bicycle races and road events across Massachusetts. Greenhill wins the 15 mile Lynn race as cyclists compete nearby.
At Waltham MA a mile world record was set by Charles Murphy in 2 01 4 5 as 10,000 spectators watched cyclists race in the cycle track. Lon Peck led a dramatic sprint in the B class while Zimmerman drew applause for a slower mile.
Local store advertises a well stocked hat department with straw hats priced from 50 cents to 3 dollars. Highlights include a stylish Dolar and a half white Milan with a tall crown, narrow band, and soft brim touted as the best value for money.
Spectators packed the Waltham grand stand as the mile novice race opened on time. Fenton led the first lap for Readville, then Miller of Brockton surged ahead on the back stretch, pulling a wide gap before realizing he still had two laps to go. Litchfield ultimately won as the field finished amid lively crowd noise and race-day tension.
The ad urges customers to trust the bottle label for assurance of a pure delicious tonic beer. It promotes ordering via grocer, expressman, or telephone and offers delivery to the expressman at his downtown Roxbury office or stand, via Bottling Works phone number 265.
A memorial service at the People's Temple drew over 1000 attendees last evening. Dr Hershey blamed Governor Greenhalge and Satolli for undermining American institutions, prompting loud cries of no voting support. Reverends Brady Miner Bradbury Fulton offered patriotic remarks and hailed General Grant's faith in Christ.
4A Washington reports a Friday forecast with partly cloudy skies for Maine and generally fair conditions for Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut. New Hampshire Vermont face threatening weather with possible showers in the north and cooler southerly winds turning northerly. Eastern New York expects fair weather with variable winds. The Providence Line Boston to New York passenger service resumes Monday June 3 for the 18% season. steamboat train departs Park Square Station Boston at 6 30 P M daily except Sundays.
Memorial Day observances celebrated across Boston and towns with Grand Army posts, public gatherings, parades, and separable events. Citizens and veterans joined in flowers and prayers for departed soldiers amid ideal May weather and festive attractions.
An advertisement from J. R. Hersey of Spencer Massachusetts urges immediate attention to liver function, claiming the liver is the great blood cleanser and that inactivity leads to misery and serious sickness from unfiltered poisons. The notice appears in a historical newspaper context.
An advertisement touts Dana’s sarsaparilia as a cure for an inactive liver and severe sickness. It claims the product cleanses the blood, restores appetite, strengthens digestion, and brings back natural flesh color after a period of decline.
General Miles is praised by Col Albert A Pope who recalls the speaker’s early promise. Pope recounts a humble rural upbringing, schooling in a country academy, and a Boston business start. A vendor’s remark about calmness under fire foreshadowed Miles future battlefield steadiness.
The celebration opened as the pathway of pleasure for thousands and expanded through balls, dances, parties, and small events at night. High officials from the state, including John D. Long at Dalton, Francis A. Walker at Abington, and Curtis Guild Jr. at Lynn, helped electrify rural crowds as Boston centered the nationwide observance at a historic height.
The Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113 honored Memorial Day with ceremonies at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a parade by the First Regiment to the Boston Theatre, and speeches by Post Commander William Carlton Ireland and Comrades Parker Goodrich and Sampson on the post’s guiding principles.
John Forrester Andrew son of the war governor was found dead in his bed at 32 Hereford street Memorial Day death due to apoplexy. Park Commissioner Hodges and ex congressman were to tour the parks that morning. The body lay undiscovered until the faithful butler and medical examiner confirmed the cause after a post mortem. The story recalls his Harvard days and services on the Park Commission.
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