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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1893
Page
2
Mrs Claud Clary credits Paine s celery compound with relieving nervousness irritability and low spirits after trying other remedies She reports improved vitality clearer brain and stronger nerves after one and then two bottles and recommends it to friends as a cure for nervous complaints across many women.
The Chelsea Review Club held a Harvest Reception for members and ladies with about two hundred attendees. Daggett's Orchestra played as Maud Getchell entertained with recitations, and dancing, whist, pool, and bowling followed in a festively decorated room. Notables present included Alderman James Gould, Hon. Frank Kimball, ex Mayor George E. Mitchell, and City Clerk George B. Gurney among others.
A mass meeting of the Knights of Labour of Boston and vicinity will be held at Wells Memorial Hall Sunday afternoon to take definite action upon the American Brewery complication.
The union held a regular meeting last evening and voted to pay strike benefits to members affected by current trouble. The Tinsmiths Sheet Iron and Cornice Makers Union and the Pavers Union endorsed the Central Labor Union stance in the American Brewery dispute. A special Knights of Labor meeting is called for tonight at Al any and Hampden streets.
The Reston gathering on Washington street brought together about 52 colored waiters and others from Bos to form a single union. After three preliminaries the group abandoned separate locals and concluded that one organization for all waiters, white and colored, serves best interests.
Six Italians boarded the same car as Antonio Sacco, the man charged with killing James Squires. Captain Cain and Sergeant Rosetta escorted Sacco from Springfield to Boston, facing threats from Italian accomplices aboard the train. Sacco was booked at Fitchburg station around 10 30 pm and awaits a preliminary hearing.
The ship prepared for a test voyage as engineers and naval officers surveyed the vessel. Guards in oilskins watched the immense machinery in the engine rooms while the conning tower and flying bridge rose above the deck. The dolphins, stake boats, and buoys marked the course as the Columbia surged through a frothy sea in a 23 knot speed estimate amid rising winds and roiling spray.
Ward committees across Boston endorse candidates for alderman and council seats. McClellan leads East Boston in Ward 1 while O'Brien garners Charlestown support. Lomasney favored in Wards 6 7 8, Barry backed by Wards 9 10 11, Maguire in Ward 14, Maguire also urged by Water Commissioner McNary. Dever and Proctor receive key committee backing in multiple wards as partisan negotiations continue.
Ira Bemis, a 34 year old salesman for Shepard Norwell in Boston, leaves his Medford home after personal troubles and drinking issues. Mabel Cribbey, 19, from Somerville, vanishes after a hotel stop with Bemis. Parents seek word as Bemis faces potential confrontation with Cribbey’s father Ira Bemis is a local figure living at 13 William Street Medford. Cribbey is a Somerville girl with a respectable family. The couple remain missing a week later, with Bemis’s wife waiting at home and Bemis’s friend describing him as generous yet troubled.
The vessel is built of thin steel plates not to resist heavy missiles. It is a commerce destroyer meant to sweep rival merchant ships in wartime. It is described as a grey hound with fangs, its inner bulkhead revealing grated passages and ladders to vital areas, while the port propeller shaft and engine indicators gleam in oil.
The Tremont House meeting shows Thomas N. Hart remains unwilling to accept the mayoral nomination unless campaign funds are pledged and the slate of aldermen pleases him. Hart’s stance leaves Republicans short on money as factions debate resuming the City Hall bid amid state election gains and Democratic rifts.
A Boston reader praises Munyon's Rheumatism Cure after swift relief for himself and his wife. The ad touts Munyon’s remedies for many diseases, free medical advice, and offices in Boston with call and mail options for examination and guidance.
The piece notes both major parties will nominate about seven candidates for alderman railroading strong men from scattered districts. Republicans name a long list including Wesley A. Gove Charles B Witt Edward W Presho William H Oakes Jacob Fottler Charles W Hallstram Seth Smith Alpheus Sanford A C Ratshesky Charles T Gallagher George H Bond Osgood Blaney Charles E Folsom Jr Otis Eddy W H West Charles H Allen Horace G Allen A C Burrage Sidney Cushing BH Draper Homer Rogers among others from Dorchester Roxbury South End Back Bay and Brighton.
Col John T Wheelwright met Gov Russell at the State House and qualified as gas commissioner, paving a path to possibly succeeding Abe James W McDonald as chairman. Prohibitionist Rev Dr Miner accepts mayoral nomination while several council candidates file notices and seek party or independent nominations ahead of the election.
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