Turkeys for the Great American Holiday Market
Accommodations and crates fill Boston markets as Thanksgiving nears with crowds, prices, and a rich array of fowl. Vendors tout birds from 12 to 25 cents per pound while urging shoppers to savor the festive prep. Amid brisk commerce, reports highlight destitute families needing charity and reflection on gratitude.
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Farneil Square
Blackstone
New England
Quincy Market
Jersey Bog
Post
Boston
Paris Court Rules in Deacon Custody Case
The First Chamber of the Court of Appeal ruled for Mrs. Deacon, ordering the child Gladys returned to a convent with access for both parents. Mr. Deacon must pay costs, and she may apply for divorce later. A potential Aix trial date looms as both sides trade claims of cruelty and attempted public harm.
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Paris
Court of Appeal
Deacon
Aix
Weacon
Associated Press
Mr. Deacon
Thanksgiving Prompt Sparks Fashion Gift Ideas
A festive prompt suggests shopping for coats, suits, cloaks, and fur sets as ideal Thanksgiving gifts. It notes people often have various ways to spend money and encourages considering a new wardrobe during the holiday season.
On Credit Suits and Coats Offered with Weekly Payments
A local ad offers a large stock of men's and boys' suits and overcoats with credit terms. Purchases can be made through leading dry goods and cloak stores, with settlement at the office in weekly or monthly payments. Open until 9 this evening.
President Cleveland seeks rest avoids office talks
President elect Cleveland leaves town for rest after election day flood of callers and letters. He says he cannot read all correspondence yet and will not discuss office applications before inauguration. He expects a two week vacation and may relocate home for a quieter winter unless he is overwhelmed with demands.
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New York
Cleveland
Associated Press
Washington
Knights endorse yellow label shoes push in St Louis
Labor groups approved a resolution by District Assembly No. 266 favoring the introduction and sale of shoes bearing the yellow label. The preamble condemned an overseas union granting a blue label, calling it an insult to organized labor and risking the standing of all trade labels.
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Str. Louis
Knights of Labor
Shoemakers
Segee International Organization of
Accidental Shot Wounds West Acton Tin Man
A L Holt a tinsmith of West Acton about 50 was fatally injured when a loaded shotgun discharged while he rode in an open wagon. The horse bolted throwing him to the road and he was found senseless. Holt had long operated a tinsmith business in West Acton.
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A. L. Holt
West Acton
Mr. Holt
Holt
Car Famine Stretches Roads in South Dakota
In Aberdeen on November 22 a severe car famine grips the state as elevators and grain houses overflow. Rail lines face record congestion with wheat in storage filling cars for months, while vast acreages remain to be threshed and shipped.
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Aberdeen
S. D
South Dakota
Comet Suspected Near Geneva Sparks Observatory Search
A telegram from W R Brooks of Geneva New York reports a possible comet found on November 19 and verified by Reed at Harvard College Observatory on November 20. On November 21 O C Wendell observed a slow southward motion with position given in Greenwich mean time and coordinates.
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W. R. Brooks
Geneva
N. Y
Harvard College Observatory
Navy
Reed
O.C. Wendell
Beer and the Bourse. Emperor Speech on Army Bill in Reichstag
Bert Nov 22. Germany’s Reichstag opening features the Emperor's address urging universal military service and defense expansion. He explains reduced service, extended training, and new revenue from higher taxes on beer, brandy, and stock transactions to fund the army.
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Bert
Germany
Royal Palace
French Republicans set Panama inquiry panel size
Paris nov 22 the chamber of deputies decided the Panama Canal inquiry panel would have twenty three Republicans nine Conservatives and one Boulangist. Defendants including m lesseps face charges of fraud to deceive investors. M lesseps is reported seriously ill as the session adjourned with the committee not yet formed.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Panama Canal Company
M. de Lesseps
M. Ribout
Progress in Railways in the World 1890 Mileage Figures
The census bulletin 1890 shows world railway mileage at 370,281 miles with the United States at 163,597 miles or 44.18 percent. The U S total surpasses Europe's 136,865 Asia 18,798 and Africa 3,992 miles combined by 3 498 miles. Growth since 1830 is noted from under forty miles to 163,597 in 1890.
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Washington
Census Office
United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
London Bridge Refitted Under Health Board Watch
The old ramshackle corner tenement known as London Bridge on Phillips and Anderson streets is being remodelled despite an adverse Board of Health ruling. The health board vacated the building and questions arise whether it will be torn down. An officer noted public pressure for demolition, while the owner funds refitting to meet regulations to allow occupancy.
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Anderson Streets
London Bridge
Post
Board of Health
City Health Department
Two Chrysanthemums Echo Adam and Eve Gardener Comment
A Boston chrysanthemum exhibit hears a gardener compare the flower varieties to Adam and Eve, noting no two specimens or people are exactly alike. The remark contrasts with a whiskey ad asserting G. O. Taylor Whiskey bottles are uniform in age purity and medicinal value.
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Boston
G. O. Taylor
C. H. Graves & Sons
Dixey Denies Quarrel With Nat Goodwin at Lambs Club
Baltimore dispatch reports Harry Dixey denying any truth to the quarrel with Nat Goodwin at the Lambs Club New York last week. Dixey says he last saw Goodwin on Thursday in New York and on Sunday in the Lambs Club. He refuses to reveal Goodwin’s resignation status and remains a Lambs member.
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the Post
Harry Dixey
Nat Goodwin
Lambs’ Club
New York
Goodwin
Dixey
Altamont
Adonis
Mr. Goodwin
the Lambs
The
Lambs
MURDERS CHARGED IN CHELSEA DRUG STORE CASE
Daniel O Leary died at his East Boston home after being found unconscious in the cellar of Brown s drug store in Chelsea. Abram Brown and W F Flander will be charged with murder and face a Saturday hearing. An autopsy is planned by Medical Examiner Harris. O Leary described a cellar fight before dying.
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Daniel O’leary
Brown
Chelsea
Maverick Street
Boston
Abram Brown
W. F. Flander
O’leary
Harris
Messrs
Barry & Blanchard
Mabel Fitzsimmons
Mabel Osgood
Central Avenue
Fiander
O’ Leary
Riverside Press
Forbes Lithograph Works
Democratic slate named for school committee race
At a meeting of twenty five members at party headquarters Hon. P. Maguire submitted the list of nominees for school committee. The slate includes Timothy C. Barden John J. Kennedy Dr Salome Merritt Timothy T. McDonough Bentley W. Warren William F. Murray William H. Dabney Henry C. Bispham for three years Thomas F. Keenan for one year and John J. Kennedy was the sole incumbent. John H. McDonough presided and Edward L. Quigley served as secretary.
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Committee of Twentyfive
Hon. P. Maguire
Timothy C. Barden
John J. Kennedy
Salome Merritt
Timothy T. McDonough
Bentley W. Warren
William F. Murray
William H. Dabney
Henry C. Bispham
Thomas F. Keenan
John H. McDonough
Edward L. Quigley
Plymouth Rock Pants Company Reunion At United States Hotel
Last evening the Plymouth Rock Pants Company held its annual employee reunion at the United States Hotel. Major King introduced E. F. Miller president C. S. Miller general manager T. C. Snow assistant general manager and W. N. Buffum secretary, with guests expressing best wishes for continued prosperity.
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Plymouth Rock Pants Company
United States
Major King
E. F. Miller
C. 5. Miller
T. C. Snow
W. N. Buffum
Lecture on Color at Chauncy Hall School
Henry T. Bailey will lecture on Color at 2:30 today for the kindergarten teachers training class. All interested in this subject are invited.
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Henry T. Bailey
Chauncy Hall School
Mellin's Food Company Distributes 600 Pounds of Turkeys
The Mellin's Food Company distributed today over six hundred pounds of turkeys to its employees for Thanksgiving, sharing a generous seasonal gift to workers.
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The
Mellin’s Food Company
Comet fears spark debate as public watches skies
The article weighs public mood about Biela's comet and its imagined threat. It notes astronomers split on risk, skeptics versus believers, and hints at political tensions as stockholders and the public await guidance. It ends with a light farewell to the comet.
Boston moves to abolish grade crossings on key streets
Boston files petitions in Suffolk County Superior Court seeking removal of grade crossings on twenty major streets across East Boston Charlestown Dorchester and South Boston. Railroads named include Boston & Albany Old Colony NY & New England Boston & Lowell Eastern Fitchburg and Boston & Maine. City to appoint crossings commissioners early in 1893 with cost sharing set at 10 percent by city 25 percent by Commonwealth and the remainder by railroads.
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Suffolk County Superior Court
Boston & Albany
Old Colony
New York & New England
Boston & Lowell
Eastern
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine
Clyde
Marginal
Webster
Sumner
Maverick
Prescott
Bennington
Saratoga
Curtis
Decatur
East Boston
Rutherford Avenue
Main
Chelsea Streets
Charlestown
Dudley Street
Dorchester
Congress
West First
Dorchester Avenue
Northern Avenue
South
New York
New England
West Fourth Street
Commonwealth
Loyal Women of American Liberty meet for public schools
About one hundred members gathered at Faneuil Hall for a Loyal Women of American Liberty meeting. Speakers included Rev James M Gray and Dr Addison P Foster outlining the group’s school board influence and the benefits of school campaigns for future generations. Virginia Cox, sharing Southwest experiences, discussed Mexican poverty and religious superstition. Additional speakers were H H Lincoln and Dr Foster.
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Loyal Women of American Liberty
Faneuil Hall
Association
Addison P. Foster
James M. Gray
Virginia Cox
Southwest
H. H. Lincoln
Secretary Noble Presents Interior Report on Cherokee Strip Opening
Interior Secretary Noble submitted an abstract of the department’s annual report to the President. He advocates ratifying the Cherokee strip opening to boost Oklahoma toward statehood. Noble plans to retire after March 4 and resume law practice in St Louis, freeing his cabinet lease.
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Washineton
Noble
Interior Department
Cherokee Strip
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Whole family perishes in Harrisburg fire
Harrisburg, Penn., Nov 22. A house fire this morning killed an entire family. Firemen made three rescue attempts without success. At 6:30 they reached the sleeping room where the bed and three charred remains lay on the floor, indicating the family may have suffocated before the flames.
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Shaarrsburg
Penn
Dannehower
Babs
Yale Harvard Debate Sets Cambridge Date and Topic
Yale and Harvard representatives met in Springfield to set the annual debate at Cambridge for January 13. Each side will present three speakers on the topic: That railroad corporations in the United States should be further limited by national legislation. Harvard chooses sides. Governor Russell of Massachusetts may preside.
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Nowavey
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Springfield
Cambridge
United States
Russell
Massachusetts
Guion Line Immigrant Traffic Blocked At Present
New York agent of the Guion Line warns the Treasury that steamers bound for New York from Liverpool this week next week and the week after have been withdrawn and their New York wharf will be sublet for three months, indicating immigration is halted for the time being.
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Wasneton
New York
Guion Line Steamship Company
Treasury Department
Liverpool
Havana tobacco shipment backs Waitt Bond Blackstone cigar
The last market crop yielded 140000 bales shipped to the United States and Canada. Of this total 3003 bales, or one forty seventh, were purchased by manufacturers of the waitt bond Blackstone cigar, underscoring its popularity.
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Havana
United States
Canada
Waitt & Bond Blackstone
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