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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1892
Page
8
A large store highlights durable school attire for boys aged five to fifteen. The YRONCLAD double breasted wool suit is offered at $5, with other low and high priced options displayed. A guaranteed value promise accompanies every purchase, stressing quality and satisfaction.
A concise directive urging papers to count their morning vehicles whether horse car electric car or ferryboat. It stresses stating time trip and distance and insists on absolute fairness to other papers in such statements. The note reflects competitive vigilant guidance for accurate reporting and equity.
Harvard political letter shows Richard C. Humphreys accepting an independent bid for Congress in the tenth district. He pledges commitment to pure politics, civil service reform, sound currency, and tariff policy, urging voters to cast thoughtful ballots without party debts or favors.
The abolition of the poll tax drives a big registration surge in a Presidential year. Democrats lead in outside registration with 1032 counted by Tuesday night, surpassing last year. Ward tallies show strong gains, aided by the Young Men's Democratic Club which ships 125000 pamphlets daily and plans a Tremont Temple rally with Grover Cleveland and Senator Carlisle. James J. Hagan of Ward 13 announces a bid for the Legislature while Benjamin Butler Barney legs for re-election in New Bedford. Democratic rallies scheduled tonight.
NortHampton Oct 12 The Hampshire Democratic convention named J E Clark of Northampton for sheriff after a contest with John H Storrs of Ware as commissioner George W Hendrick of East Hampton and Willian H Bridgman of Belchertown as special commissioners John M Crosby of Greenfield William Godfrey of Northampton and D W Wells of Hatfield as commissioners of insolvency
The Democrats of the second Worcester senatorial district met at South Framingham and unanimously nominated Dr. George P. Cook of Milford for the Senate. Robert M. Burnett was elected a member of the State central committee, and district town committee chairs formed the district committee.
Quincy voters watch as Timothy A. Ford receives the Democratic nomination to represent the fifth Norfolk district at the convention held in Quincy on October 12 with broad support from party members.
In Emmanuel church Miss Ellen C Strong of Boston wed Prof. William B Clarke of Baltimore. Florence Clark stood as bridesmaid and Williston Walker of Hartford served as best man. A Roxbury ceremony united Miss Grace Dunham and Mr. Charles Restarick. The Church of Our Saviour in Longwood saw Dr. Augustus Thorndike wed Miss Alice Amory with a notable clergyman lineup. Genevieve Donahoe married Dr. Nicholas Drummey at Holy Cross Cathedral, then to seek a southern tour and home at 545 Shawmut avenue.
The next Boston Theosophical Society meeting is set for October 13 at 8 p.m. in room 186 Boylston Street. Mrs Mary H Wade will read What is Theosophy followed by a discussion. Public invitation extended.
Washington reports state that the Civil Service Commission sent a Roosevelt report to the Attorney General detailing attempts by the South Dakota Republican campaign chair to levy political assessments on Indian bureau employees at Pine Ridge and other agencies. Similar charges involve Kansas teachers at Haskell Institute.
The Rhode Island Democratic State convention opened with Franklin P. Owen as chair and Mayor Samuel R. Honey among speakers. Delegates from Warwick and Lincoln were seated after a dispute over delegations. A platform endorsing Cleveland and Stevenson was adopted. Electors Rowland Hazard Joseph Banigan Nathaniel B. Church Olney Arnold chosen. District conventions followed with Oscar Lapham nominated for Congress in the first district and Charles H. Page for Congress in the second.
At midnight burglars entered Collum Bros store near La Ports Ind two men were found in the act of stealing goods. The proprietors armed with a shotgun ordered surrender but one burglar was shot and the other escaped. The wounded man was brought to jail this morning.
The Waban nursery property at Newton has been sold by long-time proprietor W. Strong to the Shady Hill Nursery Company of Cambridge. Shady Hill controls the largest plant in the East with its Bedford nursery near Lexington on the Lowell railroad, spanning about 200 acres. The Cambridge firm highlights the nationwide boom in ornamental planting and extensive acreage devoted to rare trees and related plantings.
Readers across New England react to the Boston Globe's claimed Lizzie Borden story. Critics from Springfield to Fall River condemn the Globe for publishing unverified allegations and accuse Detective McHenry and Henry G. Trickey of duplicitous conduct and sensationalism.
Lynn October 12. M P Longley the Lynn grocer who has battled the Sugar Trust received a Washington inquiry dated October 11. A Senate mail asks if a report that the trust is boycotting Longley for proposing five cent sugar is true and requests further particulars for Senate use.
Bangor Maine October 12 Frank G Carpenter of 64 Federal street Boston treasurer of the Westbrook Paper Company is the only Boston stockholder in the Orono Pulp Mill here. Massachusetts owners will meet Friday to decide the fate of the wrecked plant. An $80 000 accident policy in a Hartford company leaves a net loss of $70 000 besides lost business. No more bronze metal will be used in digesters reducing the mills productive power. The coroner s jury adjourned to Saturday.
Boston police collar William Lufkin alias John Harris alias Billy Harris for bold thefts around liquor stores. He robbed an intoxicated man of his overcoat on Federal street, was arrested by Officer Pendergast of Station 4 and jailed on Lagrange street. Lufkin, about 35, known from rogues gallery, has a long record of bold larcenies and lighter sentences. recent court time includes a two month term. The notice closes with a hopeful Home Rule letter from Boston leaders to Edward Blake requesting an address to aid the movement.
The Brighton Allston committee heard residents of Ward 25 on site choices for a new Brighton High School. Debate centered on the city pumping station lot versus the Nevins lot, with opinions split by area. The Nevins lot costs about $18,000 more than the city land and is half the size, raising concerns about placement on a street corner and potential noise.
The City Council of Three Rivers Quebec petitions Governor General andSecretary of State to demand the recall of Nicholas Smith U S consular agent over alleged false statements about the city sanitary conditions. The issue will be referred to the U S State Department by imperial authorities.
Little Rock city collector L. B. Sides is $20,000 short in his accounts. An investigation of his books is under way and further shortages are feared. Sides has served as collector for several years.
At Chelsea on October 3 John Hogan and Hannah Cullinton of Chelsea were married by Justice of the Peace Charles F H Pratt. Elwood A Brown of Boston wed Louise N Stevens of New York at North Conway on October 10 at Christ Church with Rev William Greer officiating. George H Crowell of Boston and Alice J Purinton were married at Sunapee on October 11 by Rev R T Wolcott. Fred C Long and Amelia F Morgan, both of Boston, married in Somerville on October 10 by Rev J C Honigh. Edward Billings Sullivan of Boston, son of the late James Pratt Sullivan of New Orleans, and Marcia Frances Cummings of West Medford were married in West Medford on October 11 assisted by Rev H W Stebbins.
Obituaries from Bartlett to Grover record deaths across cities and towns including Boston area and nearby states. Notable entries include Gustavus Bartlett 45, Annie R Cornell 53, George A Doane, Madeline Imogene Horton 6 11 21, Victoria Mazina 58, George Collins Pillsbury 3 months, Jesse Smith 72, Samuel F Allen 70 5 16, Lizzie V Adams, Victoria Goward 51 8, John M Graves 61, Dorothea Heileman 55, Isabel Homer Pegham not specified age, George Wise 81 6 in Kennebunk, Alexander W Wright typhoid pneumonia, Simeon Grover 87 1 3. The list cites dates and locations such as Oct 9 3 10 11 12 in cities including Dorchester Brighton East Cambridge Cambridgeport Macson Needham Des Moines and Kennebunk.
Edward Coakley and Mary Young, YP. A. Massa and Teresa Lacoyte. Thomas Hulcatt and Jenne M. Dicks. John Kaernan and Maggie Pickering. John B. Butler and Jessie McLeod. Michael Echleter and Wilhelmina Schroeder. William McGaw and Emm B. Campbell. Henry Jeffrey and Catherine Foster. Bernard Hethline and Sofie A. Bjorkland. John Welsh and Mary Murphy. Patrick McGerry and Annie Crowley. Ludwig Dresser and Bertha Kahle. William Penn and Edith Morrison.
Nathan B. Osborne and Annie G. Kellam registered their marriage after a ceremony on Oct 11 conducted by the Rev. W. W. Ramsey.
In this city Oct 10 John J Fallon 26 years and 4 months died. Oct 10 Timothy Ford 50 years. Oct 11 Truemann K Oliver 21 years. Oct 10 Margaret Keyes 52 years. Oct 10 Axel M Ryden 38 years. Records list several deaths reported to the registrar.
No 4 Old State House, under Mr L I Palmer, became a popular Boston transportation hub. Tickets for Sh Line express trains or the Coloni express between Boston and Washington could always be secured here.
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