18 Nov 1891
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1891
Page
1
Thanksgiving Dinner will be complete when the table is lighted by a Hollings Ban Banquet Lamp. An unusually fine line of these lamps in wrought iron brass and silver or mounted on onyx pedestals is displayed. They provide an absolutely perfect light for a dinner table.
A Grand Rapids & Indiana passenger train and a northbound freight collided at Gilbert on the Grand Rapids road at 7 30 this morning. Engineer Ames Smith of Grand Rapids died, his fireman was killed, and Dennis Murray the freight engineer was seriously hurt. Ten passengers were seriously injured.
Marvin drove Palo Alto in 2:08% at Stockton California breaking the world's stallion mile record for the Palo Alto stables. The run featured splits of 31% 1:08% 1:36% 2:08% with the final time after the finish.
Steamer movements include Bowden from Jamaica reaching Boston on Nov 17. Ethiopia and State of California arrive in New York from Glasgow on Nov 17. Virginian sails from Boston to Liverpool off Kinsale on Nov 17. Wyoming leaves New York for Liverpool off Fastnet on Nov 17. Pavonia at Queenstown 7am Nov 17 Boston to Liverpool proceeded.
All grocers will soon be obliged to keep Ayer's Hygienic Coffee Substitute. The notice directs retailers to carry the product, signaling a shift in available coffee alternatives for customers.
Plymouth deliberations wrap quicker than planned as State rests and defense poised for tomorrow. Crowd swarms the courtroom driving doors and benches to chaos while Judge Doe steers hearings. Almy sits with Burleigh and Story as deputies manage a packed, chaotic scene. Christie Wardens’ kin sit among witnesses as bustle disrupts proceedings.
Catalog line lists Brown and White Duck Sin gle and Double-Breasted barber coats priced at $1.50 with sizes from 3d to 48.
A courtroom scene unfolds with Judge Doe and Judge Allen presiding as County Solicitor Mitchell presents the case. The defense challenges admissibility while the reading of the case file reveals a gruesome confession and planned testimony from Frank C. Almy alongside rebuttal witnesses from the defense.
In Plymouth New Hampshire on November 17 spectators fill the crowded courtroom for the Almy case hearing. Almy sits with a wounded leg, eyes red, pleading for mercy as witnesses and crowd observe the proceedings. A display of elaborate hall stands appears in the same issue, described in the General Catalogue of 1891 92.
A grand Vendome banquet in Boston celebrated Wilfrid Laurier and stated Canada should seek reciprocity with the United States over annexation. Speakers included Governor Russell, Hon. Patrick A. Collins, Alderman Carruth, and delegates from St. Jean Baptiste Society amid a large Franco Canadian crowd. Laurier urged peaceful, gradual alignment of markets and a shared future, resisting imperial federation and stressing economic rather than political union.
The Liberal leader Wilfred Laurier advocates reciprocity as a central policy during a Boston visit. The interview covers Tory strategies in Quebec and Ottawa, suspected plots to topple Mercier, and the Ottawa scandals stirring calls for a homeward policy to curb depopulation and annexation.
Impressive funeral services were held yesterday for Ellen Isabel Boynton formerly Mrs Homer Wellington who died Friday at her North Cambridge home. Rev C W Biddle pastor of Third Universalist Church conducted the services. Burial was at Mt Auburn. You can’t make one arm with Salvation Oil but you can cure the bruises with it 250
Plymouth New Hampshire November 17 indictment charges Frank C Almy with the July 17 1891 murder of Christie C Warden near Lanover. Prosecutor Mitchell outlines premeditation questions and traces the suspect’s past from Vermont to Massachusetts including prison escapes and identity as George E Abbott, detailing the long history of breakings and alleged motive ahead of the trial continuation.
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