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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1898
Page
5
Hanover reports a morning explosion collapses a store and injures many as four volunteers die and others are rescued. Rescue teams battle flames through the day with crews searching for more victims amid burning debris.
A gas and kerosene fueled blast wrecked Stearns grocery and Phenix Lodge hall in Hanover Four Corners. Volunteers battled flames as rescuers freed buried workers including Harvey McLaughlin and J Fred Flavelle, with several killed and many injured and a town stunned by the disaster.
A large Tremont Temple crowd welcomed James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet, for a reading under the Woman's Club House Corporation of Massachusetts. The program blended poetry with music from Foote Hopekirk Beach and Chadwick, with Mrs. Howe introducing Riley and praising the project to fund a new women’s building.
The Tremont Theatre hosts Hall Caine introducing a new form of encrainment described as storytelling entertainment. The amusements-loving public seek novelties, and audiences follow this innovative act in the 19th century entertainment scene.
D T Sample of Washington Ta asserts Dr Agnews Catarrhal Powder cured his chronic catarrh after years of specialist treatments. He says it gave almost instant relief and proved the one remedy in his case. Sold by C E Woodard & Co 52 Bromfield St and Sheppard & Co 1120 Washington Rho
A letter to the Boston Elevated Railway asks Dorchester Avenue line patrons to report their citybound and homeward travel times, especially for those crossing Broadway extension or Dover Street near Dorchester Street transfer station. Signed by W F O Neill of Dorchester, the request seeks factual data with names and addresses. A second excerpt shows a lively exchange about a corrida and bulls.
In Roxbury, plasterer William Black 50, after a drunken spree funded by a Plasterers Protective Union benefit, stabbed himself in Bangor's Queen City Hotel. He had recent head injuries and barroom quarrels, and his family, destitute, awaits remains to be sent to Boston.
The Courier Journal reports Cockran at Carnegie Hall denouncing Croker’s influence and judiciary intimidation while hinting support for the Democratic governor candidate. It notes Henry Watterson’s shifting stance from denouncing Democratic harmony to backing a congressman pledge to Chicago platform demands.
A gun factory in Vienna completed the costliest bicycle at 500,000 gulden about $275,090. Bought by a wealthy South African diamond king, the frame cost 1800 gulden and the machine was jeweled with diamonds for his wife’s upcoming birthday. San Francisco Examiner.
Princess Titana Marama heiress to Tahiti’s throne died in England at 54 after marrying a Scottish baillie at Anstruther and living quietly. She was admired by locals in the town and district for her former royal heritage and marriage.
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