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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1893
Page
2
The Post reports a nonstop throng at the Portfolio Department with 800 visitors between noon and one. Firemen bankers and messengers queued for weekly portfolios, each holding sixteen World’s Fair sights. Demand may force relocation as queues overflow and letters pile up.
Harry B. Stull, a Boston druggist who recently married Hattie Mattison of Rice's 1492 company, travels to North Dakota seeking a term of absence to end the marriage. The couple wed last August after a New York dinner party with Rev. Houghton at the Little Church Around the Corner. Stull had tried to obtain a New York divorce six weeks ago, claiming wine influenced the marriage, but the defense failed leading to his western move.
The Board of Street Commissioners orders a hearing on December 7 for abutters on the west side of Columbus avenue. The hearing concerns the act requiring a ten foot building line from the westerly property line from Dartmouth Street to West Newton as part of a broader plan to establish a ten foot building line along the entire avenue.
The Parisian gossip chair blends art and talk in one piece of furniture. Paine's Furniture Company features a charming version in their advertisement, noting it is affordable and highly desired for drawing room gatherings with guests.
Taunton reports the death of ex mayor George H. Babbitt aged 74. He served as mayor for three years starting in 1874 and was Bristol county's first sheriff appointed by a governor. He leaves one son who is the current Taunton mayor.
Hood's Sarsaparilla asserts unique curative power and a record of cures for scrofula salt rheum dyspepsia catarrh and rheumatism. Advertisement urges trials with price of $1 per bottle or six for $5. Hood's Pills claim to cure constipation by restoring peristaltic action.
Mrs. J P Sutherland hosted a reception for young novelist Gilbert Parker at 2% Commonwealth Avenue. Literary society figures and notable guests attended from 4 to 6 pm with music by Minna Wesselhoeft, Grace Joy White, Gem Baker, and Arthur Foote. Parker spoke about his work while guests and tea table attendants mingled, with readings by Courtney Thorpe and songs by Lillian Carll Smith. Parker plans to travel to Mexico for the winter after a stay at the Victoria.
New York November 23 A special committee report on the American Casualty Company shows a total loss of its capital and surplus totaling 1.5 million with an additional impairment near 200 thousand. Maryland receivers appointed The Mercantile Trust and Deposit Co of Baltimore and Edward Austen named receivers with possession taken.
Secretary Olin and Dr Harris present the fifty first annual Massachusetts births deaths and divorces census for 1892. The review notes 65 824 living births 22 507 marriages and 48 762 deaths with regional contrasts Suffolk County leads in births and shows divorce patterns. Also details on age at marriage and bachelor versus maid classifications.
Mr John C Paige once represented the American Casualty Company in Boston. He says mismanagement and alleged officer dishonesty caused its failure and notes outstanding unpaid claims in New England. He now acts as broker replacing risks with solvent firms and cites receiver Edward Austen.
A man about 38 years old checked into the Spingler House as Frederick Van Sickland of Boston, and was found dead next day with a bullet hole over the heart and a revolver in his hand. He appeared wan and consumptive, 6 feet 8 inches tall, brown hair and mustache, black eyes, wearing a black diagonal coat and striped trousers. No records match the name in Boston or police lists, and proprietor Hillen did not recognize him.
Captain Pierce ordered raids on pool rooms in the district. Two rooms, Turf Club at 16 Spring lane and multiple others on Province street and Fanueil Hall square, were visited. In one case two men named Charles Edwards and John Williams were arrested on gambling and betting charges and later bailed. Other clubs yielded no seizures. Pierce vowed ongoing raids until venues quit the area.
The fishing schooner Ethel B. Jacobs arrived with 240 barrels of mackerel for DeButts & Daggett in East Boston, the last mackerel landing of the season as the crew heads to Newfoundland for frozen herring. Rival races involve Maggie Sullivan Nellie Dixon Indiana and Powers. Magnolia suffers two broken hogs and a crewman injured. The steamer Charles A. Silliman, tied at Portsmouth, is released and returned to Albany, New York.
The bronze Theodore Parker statue is stored in a Boston warehouse awaiting placement. Assistant Treasurer M. P. Kennard says subscribers donated the statue and progress hinges on financial arrangements for the pedestal foundation and stone base. Site selection awaits those arrangements.
Warren F. Putnam former president of the Granite State Bank of Exeter New Hampshire posted bail of 96000 for his appearance before the United States District Court at Concord New Hampshire.
The Common Council assessed a 298870 settlement to widen Harrison avenue from Essex to Beach streets. W J Sullivan urged abolishing the Metropolitan Police Board, with council support leaning toward executive action by the Mayor. The council and Mayor discussed the nine hour law and overtime payments, confirming enforcement and directing reports from departments. A special committee was proposed to study placing Commonwealth avenue under the Park Commissioners as part of the park system.
Rockland Maine November 23 1929 thirty prisoners in Knox county jail were placed in county provided uniforms. Tomorrow twelve prisoners will march in a chain gang through city streets to the new walled enclosure on Crockett Point to break rock under Deputy Rivers as Knox county adopts new methods for tramps and other offenders.
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