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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1894
Page
8
R G Dun & Co reports slow but clearer signs of improvement in the week, led by higher labor use and stronger demand for manufactured goods. Textile firms add a few factories, woollens demand rises, spring orders arrive, and heavy goods gain with colder weather.
London voters give Clericals a one seat gain in the London School Board elections. They will continue to hold the majority and direct school policy.
In Superior Criminal Court Judge Bishop ruled the prior ten year sentence for James G. Paul was based on a misapprehension of the law. The court revoked that sentence and reordered imprisonment for fifteen years one day, with solitary confinement for part and hard labor thereafter.
The scene at the Massachusetts State House features Thomas B. Reed seeking an audience with Governor Greenhalge while chronicling abbeylike statues and battle flags that echo his fame. Reed’s arrival follows the governor stepping out a side entrance as the czar of Massachusetts politics faces the press and the building’s storied memorials.
The fishing schooner Indiana arrived at the north side of a wharf with 70 000 pounds of mixed fish from Georges Bank. Captain Sewell Smith reported sailing through wreckage about 125 miles east-southeast of Boston Light on the return voyage. A peculiar twelve foot tin cylinder with a cogwheel, found among debris, may help name the vessel or shipper. Steamer Florida of the Plant system.
About 100 suits remain on counters as the store slashes last season stock to clear. Suits once priced 12.50 to 18 dollars now marked at five dollars, with overcoats 10 to 25 dollars. Union labor made in Boston is highlighted to attract customers.
The new ferry boat Netherlands struck the slip end on the New York side during the Hoboken 8:30 am run. More than 1000 passengers were aboard. Louis A. Robelet of Equitable Life was injured severely in the gentlemen's cabin. Two others were hospitalized and numerous others sustained injuries.
A Boston clothing dealer denounces widespread misrepresentation and poor quality goods sold at inflated prices. The letter condemns unscrupulous firms, urges common sense, and claims 24 years in the clothing trade with a commitment to first class goods and real savings for customers.
Invitations have been sent to prominent railroad officials for the tenth annual hall of the Boston Lodge 97 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen to be held on November 29 in Odd Fellows Hall.
In Washington on November 23 the cabinet meetings were postponed again due to President Cleveland's absence. Secretary Thurber said the President is better but hampered by rheumatic foot pain and must stay quiet, focusing on his upcoming message to Congress.
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