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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1887
Page
1
An auction style ad promotes $4.50 rifles with 100 to 900 yard sights and 56 caliber cartridges. It promises rapid fulfillment, C O D options, a leather rifle sling, and adds that shooting suits leather jackets hunting shoes moccasins and boys men sizes will be sold in the same department.
Receiver Joslyn reports Stafford National Bank balance only 8395 dollars. A committee is appointed to study reviving the bank. Great Lamar Sparks controversy dominates page six coverage with presumed presidential support for Lamar.
London November 18 Trafalgar Square witnesses massive crowds led by Socialist Radical and Irish groups. Four thousand police secured the approaches while clashes ensued in surrounding streets. By 6 pm thousands remained as guards and Life Guards patrolled and rioters dispersed. Dozens injured including officers and civilians, with several arrests and a chaotic but quiet midnight.
Weather data from the Observer's Office Boston and U S Signal Service shows mean daily temperature 40 degrees with a maximum around 47 and minimum near 29. Relative humidity about 66 to 77 percent. Wind speeds reported with a mean velocity and total rainfall noted for the Northwest region.
The record provides yesterday's weather observations up to 10 p m taken simultaneously at all stations. It summarizes temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation across multiple locations for a coordinated meteorological snapshot.
District Deputy Exalted Grand Ruler George Howard Jones and suite installed officers of Boston Lodge of Elks led by Albert C. Smith exalted ruler and George M. Hosmer loyal knight with Charles P. Gleason Justin S. Keeler H. J. Hayward Lewis L. Jones James A. McLane Willard C. Van Derlip Frederick E. Att eau Joseph L. White as trustees in a last evening ceremony.
London dispatch lists sailing steamers Nevada Queens town Umbria Queenstown for New York today and arrivals Lord Gough Philadelphia City of Richmond off Row Head La Bretagne Havre Polynesian Montreal Moyilie Servia Queenstown for New York today.
The interview surveys tastes in celebrity photography in London and Dublin, noting dealers selling portraits of Ellen Terry Georgia Cayvan Mrs Potter and others. It details pricing schemes copyright deals, the lure of famous sitters, and the mix of American and British subjects in demand.
New York Nov 13 Judge Wallace of the United States Circuit Court ruled in a suit by Charles Francis Adams of Boston against Lawson Valentine of Boston. Adams sought to compel Valentine to buy land on Vernon street, Boston, but the court held Valentine may refuse to buy if the title is not clear.
A still alarm sounded at 4 40 yesterday after a kerosene lamp exploded in a building owned by W K Porter and occupied by Mrs Mary Vinly at 105 Green Street. Damage estimated at $10. Fire was extinguished by Steamer G6 and Station 3 officers.
Sv Peter Minnesota reports a major fire last night wiping out about thirty buildings including two hotels the First National Bank and several stores and restaurants. Estimated loss reaches $100000. In Arlington two unoccupied High street houses owned by Nightingale and Allen of Boston burned, likely incendiary, loss about $3000 with insurance. East Taunton two tenement house owned by Enoch Robinson burned, loss $1000 with $800 insured.
A man who signed the register as Byron HH Bird of Bridgeport Connecticut attempted suicide by poison at the Grand Union Hotel. He was removed to Bellevue Hospital and, after alternating claims of being a Bridgeport druggist and a resident of 239 East Eighty first street, his condition remained doubtful.
A dense listing details vessels and origins from Nov 5 to Nov 18 across ports including Baltimore Philadelphia New York Yokohama Havre Lisbon Barcelona and Antwerp. Entries name ships such as Caspian Nederland Trave Oceanic Helvetia Queen Scythia Scow etc with routes from Liverpool Antwerp New Orleans Boston Charleston and Montreal among others.
In Durury November 12 Mr OBrien jailed at Tullamore refuses prison uniform wearing his own clothes until yesterday. Guards replaced his attire with standard garb while he slept. Fifteen National League members were sentenced to one month hard labor at Kilrush for agitation. They left the courtroom singing God Save Ireland. Public unrest reports name Tully of Woodford as injured by stoning. A Dublin Queen s Bench judge grants a special jury in Longford murder case. Rumors say Dillon may be arrested after a Dublin meeting. Doughty the London delegate is jailed at Six Mile Bridge after a seditious speech charge.
A dispatch from San Remo reports the crown prince is not in immediate danger and may suffer a prolonged illness. His general health is good with improved swelling in the larynx and a good appetite. Dr. Mackenzie plans to depart and return in two weeks. Paris reports General Boulanger released from arrest and due in the city.
A Elkhart report says opera star Clara Louise Kellogg and manager Charles Strakosch married in Indianapolis last Tuesday. The minister was sworn to secrecy amid efforts to keep the union quiet.
Eugene Good of Hallowell Maine visiting Newton Centre, jumped from a boat on Crystal Lake Saturday. His body was recovered with a rope around his neck. He was 55, leaves a widow and one child. No cause for his death by own action is known.
The Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women reports a prosperous year with 90 students up from 73 and 40 institutions sending pupils. Receipts were 18 20075 dollars, expenditures 10 62357, balance 137718, endowment receipts 3500. President Mrs Louis Agassiz and Treasurer Miss Alice M Longfellow lead a distinguished instruction corps.
The Paint and Oil Club of New England held its thirty first annual dinner at the Hotel Vendome with Boston merchants predominant. William Rice presided as vice president and committee reports urged and debated on ship subsidies and refining practices while a planned address on restoring American merchant marine interests followed, highlighting historical shifts in shipbuilding and navigation laws and urging action by Congress.
Beverly November 13 A strike potential looms among the McKay stitchers as factories push to cut prices by five cents per case. The McKay Stitchers Union is a major force in the shoe trade and a pact is sought to avert a general walkout affecting related businesses.
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