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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1897
Page
5
The piece urges readers to stop and assess health early, warning of warning signals and poor sleep, appetite, and energy. It touts Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy with testimonial claims from Miss Lada Marks of Reading and others and offers a free consultation at 34 Temple Place Boston.
Representatives failed to finalize an aldermanic slate after a 12:30 a m meeting. Key figures named include Conry Dixon O Toole Norton and Charles with seven of eight candidates on a possible list leaving out one. The dispute over who to drop stalled progress as Roxbury and South Boston factional aims surfaced.
Gloucester reports sighting the abandoned Gelbert thirty miles southeast of Canso after the ship left Lunenburg for Boston with a potato cargo. Six crewmen Peter Bachard Albert Mason Charles North Gabriel Heckman Lemuel Wright were aboard when storms drove the schooner off course and passengers deserted or perished. The Edward Grover stood by but found no signs of life.
The Young Men's Democratic Club of Ward 8 held a rally at the Hendricks Club Causeway Street corner Lowell for Hart Cuddy Sonnabend with Senator Tomasney as lead speaker and Sonnabend presiding. Lomasney denounced Berwin for political activity at Wall Street synagogue and at the Hebrew Educational Society HQ. Speakers urged club members to work at upcoming caucuses and campaign events.
The recount by the Board of Elections altered Democratic aldermanic seats in Wards 22 and 9. In Ward 22 Salem D. Charles regained two delegates, ousting Harry Lloyd and replacing Craft and Conig with two others. Ward 9 shifts move McCarthy and Murphy out for Moore and Doogue.
War to the teeth in Chelsea politics as Seth J. Littlefield declines Citizens' nomination after securing Republican and Citizens endorsements. A self-constituted Republican committee seeks Jabez K. Montgomery as a mayoral candidate, with Montgomery to announce decision today. No license Republicans oppose Littlefield, and his withdrawal may boost his standing with them.
Colonel Charles McCarthy will lead a parade of A O H divisions military units and Irish societies Sunday evening December 12 to escort John Daly to the Boston Theatre. The executive committee met at the American House with Colonel Thomas F. Doherty presiding and set another meeting at Parker House to finalize plans. Colonel McCarthy named Captain Michael McManus as chief of staff.
The new Connecticut State League may clash over polo cage rights. Frank Baker of Malden holds the cage royalty and has pressed the issue after finding the league uses cages without permission. His attorney plans action in Nutmeg State.
The article reports on Edwin U Curt’s mayoral campaign rhetoric criticizing Quincy and the town’s infrastructure plans. It cites alleged railroad deals, the cost of street and bridge projects, and opposition to a municipal junk plant, arguing the trade would burden Boston taxpayers with multi million dollar loans.
Curtis Guild Jr of Ward 11 moved to appoint a resolutions committee and was named chair as the meeting discussed equitable transfer systems and the need for more schools.
The convention applauded Mr Guild as he outlined a municipal reform platform. Leaders praised Josiah Quincy and warned against reform prejudice, citing Tammany Hall style politics as a warning and urging honest homegrown reform in Boston.
The piece argues the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad proposal to buy acres at its own price with the increasing net debt. It notes a $11,000,000 rise over ten years, attributing most of the 1896–1898 debt surge to Mayor Quincy’s two years in office and criticizing the last ten months’ $8,000,000 annual rise as not all due to the subway.
The speaker contrasts Wheeler and Wells, accusing Wells of incompetence and alleging civil service violations. He cites ash filled alleys, swill tubs, and overrun areas, claims $1.25 million in waste, and denounces contracts, bathhouse bids, and school funding as misused funds harming taxpayers and children.
A warning ad urges relief from a morning cough seen as a sign of consumption. It promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a cure with a testimonial from Simon Smasal of Chicago and states the price as 25 cents.
The speaker assails Mayor Quincy of Boston alleging political appointments and a costly print shop deal. He accuses misuse of funds, inferior work, and ties to railroad interests, claiming a Republican convention will demand honest, merit based governance and an end to city looting. Gallagher’s remarks drew laughter and loud applause.
The chair appointed Dr. Joseph Johnson Ward 12 John K. Berry Ward 20 Julius wenrist Ward 9 Henry N. Broadbridge Ward 25 and Joseph J. Dennison Ward 2 to the credentials committee. After a five minute recess the report showed 452 members in attendance, fewer than the convention was entitled to.
A Boston reform rally denounces municipal mismanagement and debt, endorses civil service enforcement, and calls for businesslike efficiency in City Hall. Speakers nominate Curtis, praising his proven, prudent administration and urging volunteers to back a nonpartisan, responsible city government.
Gilchrist & Co begin their opening sale of holiday goods offering a wide array of fancy items from around the world. The New England public is invited to a great unloading sale with bargains on silks dress goods gloves waists hosiery undergarments and neckwear at 5 to 11 Winter Street.
A fire at 9 30 tonight heavily damaged the Hyde Park Savings Bank building on a block owned by Charles Way of Boston. Losses include $2000 to the block, $700 to John Wetherbee, $1000 to Frank W Gleason, $200 to Dr E B Pendleton, with the bank sustaining a small own loss.
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