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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1894
Page
4
Democrats Nominate Charles A. Conant for Eighth District
The eighth congressional district Democrats nominated Charles A. Conant yesterday praising his practical scholarly knowledge of public affairs and his Washington experience as a former Post special correspondent. They say he would be an active able representative and a credit to Massachusetts if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Congress
Charles A. Conant
Conant
Washington
Post
Eighth District
Massachusetts
Memorial note on Sir John Astley and six day walking
It questions America’s duty to honor Sir John Astley who died in London and who largely popularized the six day walking matches led by Edward Payson Weston and Charles Rowell. The Astley belt was the era’s trophy. The piece laments the sport’s distressing exhibitions and notes they sparked interest in more sensible athletics, though the era is not recalled fondly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
John Astley
London
Edward Payson Weston
Charles Rowell
Astley
Campaign lines harden in New York elections
The NY political scene shows a broad field with Republican versus Democrat as the core issue in state races while an independent movement concentrates on a personal fault line. In the city race Tammany and anti Tammany clash, with Nathan Straus as a notable outsider nominee challenging the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tammany
Nathan Straus
City Reform Battle Starts With Opponent Divide
A New York citizen faces a tough municipal reform puzzle as two sides pursue strategic division to gain early advantage before any fight begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
End of the Strike in New Bedford and Fall River
The article notes the end of the cotton mill strike and lockout in New Bedford and Fall River. It says mill owners acted only after destitution became visible, criticizing delays and urging earlier action to spare workers reliance on charity. It treats the episode as a harsh lesson on industrial stoppages and timely remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Fall River
Jubilee at Home Market Club Sparks Confusion
The Home Market Club plans a Jubilee next month near Thanksgiving but faces uncertainty about the reason. The piece notes the club’s stance after the end of high protection, its vague connection to national prosperity, and a failed Alabama political campaign, leaving the purpose of the jubilee unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Market Club
Rome
South
Alabama
The Danger of Football from Yale Williams Incident
The author warns that captain Hinkey kicking a player in the Yale versus Williams game signals a deeper threat. Beyond injuries in play and practice, a growing brutality could ruin football's public standing. The sport remains rough but should not equate roughness with anger or neglect of courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinkey
Yale
Ward 19 Ballot Box Dispute Stirring City Clerk Defense
The Ward 19 ballot box controversy centers on insinuations that City Clerk Galvin altered the box register during a hearing to hide evidence against caucus officers. The piece argues Galvin acted in duty, notes registers aren’t fully reliable, and cites better evidence via check lists and ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward 19
Galvin
Dreamland Promise From a Mother's Embrace
A lyrical poem in which a speaker invites a mother to escape with a child to a dreamland beyond moonlit fields. The verses promise a land free of labor and worry, where sleep comes easily and only the loved one and child remain. The speaker longs for quiet, gentle nights and shared dreams, away through starlight to a serene, unnamed home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Field
Observant Citizen Reports Mixed Outlook On Business and Politics
The column notes a rising tone in the newspaper trade with heavy advertising gains and strong postings from firms like R. H. White & Co and Mason & Hamlin. It also recounts political quirks in Hampshire County, yacht club concerns over insecure moorings, and a large Knights of Pythias silver anniversary in Boston despite rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Post
R. H. White & Co
Shepard, Norwell & Co
B. F. Larrabee
Mason & Hamlin
Atkinson Furnishing Company
Continental Clothing Company
A. Shuman & Co
Co. E. Osgood & Co
Charles Green & Co
Yankee Manufacturing Company
Order of the Knights of Pythias
Boston
Washington Street
Faneuil Hall
Music Hall
Tender Hearted Doctor Dies After Lifelong Charity
Dr Charles Main physician and philanthropist dies at 47 Union Park Street at 7 30 am aged 79. He loved children and treated the poorest with kindness, distributing candy to youngsters in Jamaica Plain days before his death. Funeral planned for Saturday afternoon. Registration closes next Wednesday at 10 pm. wards hold daily registration drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Park Street
Charles Main
Post
Daryl
Jamaica Plain
Theatrical Matters and Next Week Attractions
A roundup of theater news and upcoming shows including Cyrene at the Palace, the Fogian Black Birds in Prince Pro Tem at the Museum, Miss Olga Nethersole in The Transgressor at Palmer’s, and Little Christopher Columbus in New York. Also notes on The Cotton King success at Bowdoin Square, and Marion Manola’s health return with a Bowdoin Square Theatre appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Nethersole
Palmer’s Theatre
New York
Christopher Columbus
the Garden
Bowdoin Square
Marion Manola
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Jack Osborne
Eliza Proctor Otis
Palmer’s
Miss Otis
Literary Gossip and Upcoming Works in Paris and Boston
Emile Zola seeks a Pope interview during his Rome visit this month while the Pontiff rebuffs a writer seen as an uncompromising foe of religion. Daniel Deronda’s fame is matched by Trilby and a portrait of George Du Maurier. Oct Book News dazu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Zola
Rome
Daniel Deronda
Trilby
George du Maurier
Ibsen
James T. Fields
Charles Street
Boston
Stopford Brooke
Brooke
God
Christ
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Irvington
Hudson
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Japan
India
Ponkapoag
Perth
Mission Conference in Madison Showcase Opens Strong
The Mission Conference in Madison Wisconsin draws larger attendance as Rev Judson Smith of Boston delivers the central address urging fullest intellectual preparation for missionary work. Leaders including President Angell of Ann Arbor and Dr Washington Gladden of Columbus discuss broader fellowship for women and funding targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Congregational Missionary Meeting
Judson Smith
Boston
D. R. Angell
Ann Arbor
Washington Gladden
Columbus
Smith
C. C. Creegan
New York
American Board
A. N. Hitchcock
Chicago
Interior
H. Jessup
Syria
Atlantic Quincy Methodist Episcopal church dedicated
The new Methodist Episcopal church at Atlantic Quincy was formally dedicated with Rev. Edward W. Virgin and colleagues leading afternoon and evening exercises. The granite and wood structure sits at the junction of Squantum street Newbury avenue and Hunt street and seats 250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
New Methodist Episcopal Church
Atlantic
Edward W. Virgin
Charles F. Rice
George A. Phinney
John Ramsdell
William Nast Brodbeck
D. D
Herbert D. Deetz
William Full
Joseph H. Mansfield
Charles Parkhurst
David H. Bla
John W. Hamilton
Mansfield
George S. Chadbourne
Squantum Street
Newbury Avenue
Hunt Street
Holmes Will Names Heir Carlo and Executors
The will of Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes filed in probate yesterday leaves the residue of his estate to his son Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr and names him executor Edward Jackson Holmes the grandson receives five thousand dollars dated June 1 1889
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Edward Jackson Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
Holmes
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