Prize Fruits and Vegetables Exhibition Prizes
Chief prizes from the winter fruits and vegetables exhibition list numerous winners by name and item. Cucumbers to par, John L. Gardner. cabbage, Savoy, and other vegetables awarded to Buxton, Gardner, Teele, Knowlton, and others with multiple second and third places. Apples feature many varieties with extensive placements for individuals including Baldwin, Hubbardston, Danvers sweet, Northern spy, and more, across several exhibitors. Additional prizes cover pears, gratures, and persimmons awarded to multiple bidders, with names such as W. Fenno, J. T. Foster, A. Clement, and W. H. Hunt recording multiple entries.
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John L. Gardner
S. P. Buxton
George Jacobs
Savoy
J. L. Gardner
W. H. Teele
A. M. Knowlton
W. Neustis & Son
Paris Golden
Boston
Veitch
H. R. Kinney
W. Heustis
G. P. Ware
Calvin Terry
C. E. Grant
P. G. Hanson
Warren Heustis & Son
Walter Russell
Baldwin
A. W. Blake
Hubbardston
M. W. Chadbourne
W. W. Palmer
William F. Hall
Dudley C. Littlefield
Rhode Island Greening
W. P. Plimpton
George *. Fletcher
W. Fenno
Roxbury
J.T. Foster
Asa Clement
Tomkins
King
W. C. Eustis
George V. Fletcher
John Parker
S. Hartwell
Gloria Mundi
E. A. Smith
White
Angouleme
S. G. Damon
T. M. Davis
S. F
I. L. Weston
Columbia
E. A. Hall
Duchess of
Bordeaux
Charles Whittier
Persimmons
Don’t give your husband an oatmeal that injures his system
Physicians prescribe Roasted Oats as a safer alternative to common oatmeal. The ad-like note warns against unsuitable breakfast choices and promotes the product as a healthier option for digestive comfort.
Double murder shocks Chicago as Siegler kills family
In a northwest Chicago cottage, Herman Siegler killed his wife and mother-in-law and wounded his father-in-law and wife before being wounded and captured by officers. A mob of about 1500 onlookers gathered outside as the chase ended at West Chicago Avenue station.
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Curiaco
Chicago
Herman Siegler
Henry
Caroline Siles
North
Paulina Street
Siegler
Siles
Mr. Siles
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bethlehem
Simonson
Seigler
Donahue
Foley
McCarthy
Chicago Avenue
A New Diamond For Baseball Met With Debate At Chicago Meet
A conference of baseball managers in Chicago debated pitching distances and proposed a revised diamond layout. Proposals include moving the pitcher’s box back and adding a fourth base to increase hitting, with a diagram showing a square diamond variant and altered field lines to reduce fouls and improve base stealing opportunities.
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Conference of
Chicago
Clifford Spencer
Robin, Mo
Fire Gut the Kirkland Street House Overnight
A blaze at No. 40 Kirkland Street, home of John Carroll who runs a Shawmut avenue restaurant, started by a lamp tipping in the parlor. Mrs. Jacobson, a boarder, was rescued from near suffocation as the interior burned out and contents were ruined. Loss tallies to 3800 with 1600 borne by Carroll. building owner George RK. Sneider confirms full insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkland Street
John Carroll
Shawmut Avenue
Jacobson
Carroll
George RK. Sneider
Vincent Laforme Dies After Local Politics Controversy
Vincent Laforme longtime South Boston resident died at his K street home after a stroke. Once active in Boston politics his public life ended following unproven bribery accusations against an alderman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Laforme
Boston
K Street
Mr. Laforme
Laforme
RUSK S YEAR S WORK REPORTS FARM EXPORT SURPLUS GAINS
Washington reports the Secretary of Agriculture notes over 80 percent of a one billion dollar export total are agricultural goods, creating a world credit of over 200 million and easing domestic price pressures. Cattle exports rise from 1889 to 1892 while cotton area is urged to diversify. Rainmaking experiments are questioned by Secretary Rusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Rusk
Congress
Quincy Democrats to Nominate City Leaders in Monday Caucus
The Democratic convention in Quincy will nominate a mayoral candidate, one at large school committee member, and five councilmen. Rumors say Editor Fred F. Green may lead the young faction, while veteran William S. Hodges is tipped by old guards. Democrats draw optimism from recent national and state results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Fred F. Green
Quincy Advertiser
William S. Hodges
Hodges
Fairbanks
Shirtmakers Reach Union Contract After Wage Cut
The dispute between Weil, Dreyfus & Co. shirtmakers and their workers ended with the firm signing a Shirt Makers' Protective Union agreement meeting workers demands. Over eighty girls faced salary reductions Wednesday, a committee from unions investigated. Weil offered a compromise, was refused, then signed the contract Saturday, reinstating old wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weil, Dreyfus & Co
Shirt Makers’ Protective Union
President Fitzgerald leads meeting in Type Hall yesterday
General Organizer Easton spoke for the union while Park Commissioner Livermore faced an attack and Mayor Mathews asked to appoint a replacement. Granite Cutters delegates said strikes were settling and $68,000 has been paid so far. West End street railway faced sharp criticism for poor patron treatment and failing to run cars suitably or warm them in cold weather.
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Fitzgerald
Type Hall
Easton
Livermore
Matthews
Granite Cutters’ Union
West End Street Railway
Walter Chuck A Garment Workers Leader Deadlock Delegate
Walter Chuck born in London in 1867 led the labor crusade in this city since 1885 as a charter member and longtime officer of United Garment Workers Local 12. He served as secretary of the joint executive board during the recent lockout and aided General Secretary Reichters and Local Secretary Felz. He now holds pivotal duties at union meetings and is a delegate at the national convention in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Chuck
Labor Committee
United Garment Workers’ Union No. 12
London
England
United Garment Workers’ Union
Reichters
A. J. Felz
Chuck
Philadelphia
United Garment Workers of America
Water Works Assembly 479 Admits Three New Members
Water Works Assembly 479 held a meeting yesterday afternoon approving three new members. The group discussed permanent status and appointed a committee to consult with Mayor Matthews, who will address the issue promptly. A highlight was presenting a solid gold badge to Treasurer C. J. Parks by Master Workman White for his tireless union service. Parks spoke briefly in reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Works Assembly
Matthews
C. J. Parks
Workman White
Parks
Cooks of Boston Seek Fair Pay in Letter to Editor
A Boston letter to the editor from a cook praises the Post for recognizing Boston cooks as hard-working and underpaid. The writer notes ten-hour days, late shifts paid no extra, and calls for leadership to organize efforts to improve conditions and visibility of cooks’ services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooks’ Alliance
Post
Boston
Union Organizer Easton Plans Two Mass Meetings
General Organizer Easton of the International Machinists Association will stay in Massachusetts for two months to organize local lodges. On Tuesday evening he will address a mass meeting in East Boston and on Wednesday another in Wells Memorial Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McLaren
Pacific Coast Seamen’s Union
Harry E. Easton
The
Machinists’ International Association
Charles A. Walker
Atlantic Coast Seamen’s Union
Weil
Girll
Easton
International Machinists’ Association
Massachusetts
Boston
Wells Memorial Hall
Union Leaders Plan Maine Trip and Merger News
Organizer Bisburg of the Cigarmakers Union heads toward major Maine cities as the Atlantic Coast Seamen Union merges with the national body. The Journeymen Tailors Protective and Benevolent Union pushes to end sweating system while considering a plan to make December 13 a statewide observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisburg
Cigarmakers’ Union
Maine
Atlantic Coast Seamen’s Union
National Union
Journeymen Tailors’ Protective and Benevolent Union
The Post Bends Advertising to Aid Moderate Advertisers
Some large advertisers employ artists of their own while more moderate advertisers cannot afford this expense. Therefore the Post, mindful of its friends, will hereafter an application.
Homestead Day Backed by Nearly All Labor Unions
Fort Wayne The atre proprietor James Geary telegraphs Secretary Evans of the American Federation of Labor promising to open receipts on Homestead Day for the defence fund. Journeymen Plumbers Union plans their nineteenth annual ball for January 5 at Blatchford Hall. Park Assembly in Chickering Hall hears N. J. Quinn. United Garment Workers approve year round bath houses at 994 Washington. Carpenters State Council notes new unions in Brookline and Fuithh tore. Public meeting set for Waltham December 6. Lasters Protective Union votes to push blue label. Boiler Makers Union elects a delegate to organize Providence this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Geary
Fort Wayne
Evans
American Federation of Labor
Defence Fund
United Garment Workers
Washington Street
Carpenters’ State Council
Brookline
Fuithhtore
Waltham Dee
Lasters’ Protective Union
Eliot Street
Boiler Makers’ Union
Providence
Harvard Builds Two New Structures Next Spring
Harvard authorities plan two new buildings next spring the Fogg Museum of Fine Arts funded by a $200000 gift from Mrs Elizabeth Fogg of New York and a dormitory named Conant Hall with site selection underway. Professor Norton favors holding the gift for doubling but the $150000 building will be erected leaving $50000 for support. Aimed for completion by next year the dormitory site remains undecided and a separate $90000 gift funds another new building to house more students.
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Harvard
Fogg Museum of Fine Arts
Elizabeth Fogg
New York
Conant Hall
Charles Eliot Norton
College Yard
Next Iali
Fire proves Morris safes best yet in Camden blaze
The Camden Me fire showed seventeen Morris & Co safes with valuables inside endured extreme heat and all remained intact. Despite falling several stories the safes retained their contents, prompting Camden residents to declare Morris safes the best ever. The Morris office is at 64 Sudbury street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Messrs. E. C. Morris & Co
Sudbury Street
Republican nominations for school board by ward names
The Republican nominations for members of the school board were agreed upon last Saturday night. Candidates are Frederick G. Pettigrove Ward 4 Dr. Caroline Hastings Ward 11 Dr. Elizabeth C. Keiler Ward 23 Benjamin B. Whittemore Ward 24 Willard S. Allen Ward 1 Isaac F. Paul Ward 18 J. C. P. Winslow Ward 25 William F. Eaton Ward 14 and A. L. Williams Ward 14 for one year to fill the term of the deceased Dr. Barton.
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Frederick G. Pettigrove
Caroline 3. Hastings
Elizabeth C. Keiler
Benjamin B. Whittemore
Willard S. Allen
Isaac F. Paul
J. C. P. Winship
William F. Eaton
A. L. Williams
Barton
Registration report on births marriages and deaths 1891
The fiftieth report prepared by the Commonwealth Secretary and edited by Medical Examiner Francis A Harris notes a reduced format with essential figures. It records 63 004 births 21 675 marriages and 45 185 deaths in 1891 plus increases over 1890, daily averages, sex ratios, plural births, and the breakdown of divorces and causes. It also cites 73 medical examiners and 1 840 deaths investigated with causes including natural, homicide, self harm, and accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Cleveland Eyes Harrity for Cabinet Role in New Era
President-elect Cleveland has held informal talks with several Democrats about Cabinet positions over two days. He has reportedly urged Mr Harrity to join the Cabinet, while mentions of Congressman Cabbie and Hensel as possible candidates were noted if Harrity declines. Hensel aided Cleveland in securing victory in the key Pennsylvania bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Harrity
Cabie
Hensel
Pennsylvania
Exorcism Case Settled in Eichstadt Courts
In Berwin Bavarian court Hern a Protestant accused Father Aurelian a Catholic priest of slander claiming witchcraft exorcism imbued her boy with the devil. The priest and several clergymen testified to exorcism. The boy denied knowledge of the alleged exorcism. The plaintiff received small damages.
Burglary Suspect Nabbed at Malden Shoe Store
Malden November 20. Henry J Cox and Co shoe store on Pleasant street reported missing goods and cash totaling hundreds of dollars over weeks. A night watchman confronted a man entering the side door, and after a brief struggle captured Harry Edgett, about 25, a former clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Henry J. Cox & Co
Pleasant Street
Harry Edgett
Man Arrested After Break In At Sumner Street Liquor Store
Isaac Dixon, 32, was arrested about 7 am by a Division 7 officer for breaking and entering the John E. Bennett liquor store at 258 Sumner Street East Boston. He was nabbed while leaving, cigars worth about $7 recovered on him.
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Isaac Dixon
Division 7
John E. Bennett
Sumner Street
Boston
Dixon
Factory Fire Ends Political Plant in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana last night a plate mill burned to the ground in what authorities call an incendiary blaze. The plant operated by Clark & Allerton was owned by S. H. Orvis and saturated with coal oil. Total loss exceeds 22 thousand dollars, with partial insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson, Ind
Clark & Allerton
8S. H. Orvis
Monongahela Sets Sail on Winter Cruise from Newport
United States training ship Monongahela departed Newport at seven this morning for a winter cruise to Europe and the Azores. The vessel will visit several ports before returning for the Columbian celebration in New York.
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Newport
R. I
United States
Europe
Azores
New York
Schooner Vandalia Lost Crew Rescued Near Watch Hill
The schooner Vandalia under Captain Betts of Ellsworth Maine bound from New York to Rockland ran ashore outside the Far buoy off Watch Hill at 1 p.m. today. Watch Hill life-saving crew saved the crew and baggage while the vessel fills with water. Wrecker Scott of New London has been dispatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Vandalia
Betts
Ellsworth
New York
Rockland
Watch Hill
Scott
New London
Paresis, a Modern Threat to Overworked Brains
A sensational 19th century warning on paresis as a brain wasting disease. It recounts victims like Bartley Campbell and Charlie Johnes, traces stages from initial overactivity to final decline, and promotes Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy as a preventive cure available from his Boston office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartley Campbell
Charlie Johnes
New York Stock Exchange
Campbell
Wall Street
John McCullough
Tony Uari
Bloomingdale
George Knight
Hart
William Scanlan
Harry Kernel
Scanlan
Bright
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Guy de Maupassant
Dr. Greene
Greene
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Gloucester Sailors Reported Lost at Sea
Schooner Edith M. Prior reached Portland with news of six Gloucester men lost while trawling off Matinicus. Names listed are William Delano Ames Simmons Martin Butler Joseph Ianion William Goodwin and David Merrow. Two other mates survived, later found on Matinicus Island.
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Portland
Edith M. Prior
Matinicus
William Delano
Ames Simmons
Martin Butler
Joseph Ilanion
William Goodwin
David Merrow
Gloucester
Mass
Steamer Thomas Anderson Ashore at Nieuwe Diep
London reports the British steamer Thomas Anderson en route from New Orleans and Norfolk to Bremen is ashore at Nieuwe Diep Holland. A salvage steamer has been dispatched to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thomas Anderson
New Orleans
Norfolk
Bremen
Nieuwe Diep
Holland
Tramp Refuses Bath Dies On Pine Board
William Eldredge a tramp in Brince Erort Connecticut was found insensible at Southard Park avenues with heart trouble and dropsy. An ambulance took him to the emergency hospital where he refused a bath saying he would rather die. He slept on a pine board in the tramp quarters while very ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Siegler
North Horne Avenue
Brince Erort
Conn
William Eldredge
Southard Park Avenues
Fatal Belt Line crash near Archer avenue crossing
Curiaco Nov 20 two heavily laden freight trains collided on the Belt line railway near Archer avenue crossing of the Ailton this morning. Killed were John Beau champ conductor Belt Line train Richard A Otto brakeman and Louis Obitz fireman. Thomas Garland engineer and John Best brakeman were perhaps fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Belt Line
Archer Avenue
Ailton
John Beauchamp
Richard A. Otto
Louis Obitz
Thomas Garland
John Best
Black Rock Cottage Burns in Incendiary Fire
Early today a summer residence at Black Rock in Bridgeport, owned by George F. Gilman and occupied by Captain H. B Howes, burned to the ground. The unoccupied house, loss estimated at 25 000 dollars and covered by insurance, was of incendiary origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Black Rock
H. B Howes
George F. Gilman
Rice gains 100 votes after recount in council race
The Board of Aldermen yesterday recounted the ballots in the second councillor district and reported a net gain of 100 votes for William B. Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Rice
William B. Rice
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Ayer
J. C. Ayer
Liverpool
Cephalonia
Pavonia
Scythia
Catalonia
Etruria
Dag
Common Council
Chamber of Commerce
Stock Exchange
Board of Trade
Cunard
Geddam and
Albany Sts
Boston Veterinary Hospital
Edward C. Beckett
Daniel D. Lee
Wilbert Souis
Tremont
W.P. B. Brooks & CO
Ranover St
Sasa
Spencer’s
A. W. Wheeler & CO
Young Democrats OF
West End Railway
Central Labor Union
Post Advertisers
School Commission
Mr. Wm. Wade
Lowell
Hood
Wm. Wade
Merrimack St
Wan
Wade
Tony Hart
Balzac
Dickens
the American Tool & Machine CO
Kingston St
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