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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1896

Page

5

Brockton Man Regains Hearing After Surgery in Boston

A Brockton resident, 27 years old, deaf since scarlet fever left ear damaged, reports permanent hearing restoration after Dr. Wilson at Eye and Ear Infirmary Boston operated on October 11. He previously failed to improve under Massachusetts and European specialists and can now hear a watch tick and ordinary conversation.

Massachusetts Europe Eye & Ear Infirmary Boston Wilson WM. J. Perry Crescent Ave Brockton Mass

Home Congress Attracts Visitors And Talks On Social Reform

The Home Congress shows rising attendance as mothers and housekeepers attend lectures by Mrs. Richardson. Topics cover the college settlement, labor, diet therapeutics, and the role of ministers, with speakers from Boston, Roxbury, and beyond. The program features music by Miss Grace Thomas and Miss Louisa Osborne, and lectures by Tolman on home keeping and the lives of the other half.

Richardson Robert A. Woods Ashton Ben Adams House Roxbury Helen Campbell Woods England Rabbi Fleischer Clarence Ashenden Grace Thomas William H. Tolman Stereopticon Salem Louisa A. Osborne Mary A. Stowell Oxford Alice N. Lincoln EK. R. L. Gould Arthur W. Milbury Everett Congress Lucia Eames Ount Washington Jmilie H. J. Barker M. D Wellesley Mary HB. Richmond Baltimore Josiah ‘L. Strong Helen Haseltine Rome Italy Thought and ‘Work Club Anna Josephine Ingersoll St. Paul M. W. Currier WH. Rolfe Belfry Club Lexington Helen Leah Reed George Warren

Toronto City Council Seethes Over Tax and Boom Fallout

D A Wall of labor groups mobilizes a deputation in Toronto City Council expressing outrage over taxation and economic decline. He warns of four Rs rights reason rebellion rifles, insisting the public seeks redress as cheers erupt and officials confront the heated scene.

Toronto Ont D. A. Wall Canada

Daley on Trial for Manslaughter in Brighton Case

John Daley stood trial in the Superior Court before Judge Gaskill for the manslaughter of his wife who was found dead on September 26 in their Lincoln street Brighton home. Medical examiner Draper testified to blunt instrument wounds and Harvard Professor Wood confirmed blood stains on a hatchet found in the house. Trial resumes today.

John Daley Gaskill Lincoln Street Brighton Draper Wood Harvard College

Oak Hall Clothing firms up Harvard uniform orders

The Oak Hall Clothing Company this week took orders for nearly a thousand Harvard student uniforms. The firm, known for flags and campus goods, predicts a massive burst of business lasting about ten days.

Oak Hall Clothing Company Harvard

Senator Hoar Declares Silver Not Campaign Issue

Worcester reports Senator George Frisbie Hoar favors McKinley and says the real battle is to defeat Bryan. Hoar notes strong silver sentiment abroad but cautions against US free coinage without international cooperation. He predicts McKinley will win and stresses cautious bimetallism aims.

Worcester Massachusetts George Frisbie Hoar Post Bryan McKinley Middle States Hoar Europe Norfolk Club Mc Kinley Senate England Bank of England Germany United States

Witnesses in murder at sea cases before grand jury

Herbert Fuller Gase and co defendants in cases against Thomas Bram and Charles Brown charged with murder aboard the bark Herbert Fuller killed Captain Charles Nash his wife Laura and Second Mate Bandberg before the United States grand jury in the federal building yesterday. Lester H Monks a passenger on the Fuller appeared in the district attorney's office and Jonathan Spencer the cook was also present. They traveled from New York where Spencer had been living with his wife and new err since bailed out by Dr Dixwell. It will take days for the jury to hear all government evidence. Sailors confined in the Charles street jail were not called and likely not needed until today as Monks and Spencer have lengthy testimonies to give.

Thomas Bram Charles Brown High Seas Charles Nash Laura Bandberg Herbert Fuller United States Grand Jury Federal Building Lester H. Monks United States District Attorney's Office Jonathan Spencer New York Ballot Law Commission Ward 2 Cambridge Charles W. Conant William R. Davis Charles H. Titus William B. Durant Conant Clement G. Morgan Davis Thorndike Titus Edgar R. Champlin Wellington Fillmore Henry Wall Wall Fillmore Alphonso M. Lunt William J. Ward Ward and City Committee Thorndike Spaulding J. Henry Russell Alderman Conant Mr. Fillmore McKinley Hobart Tammany Club Durant Patrick J. Callan Thomas Stokes C. G. Morgan Lane Linwood S. Pratt Cottage City Francis Gross Lee Pratt Charles F. Lane Tisbury Bryan Dennison Francis 8 Frank Gross Mamie Gilroy John R. Rogers Miss Brown the Park Mr. Rogers Denman Thompson Boston Cleveland Haverly Joseph Humphreys Charles Frohman Europe St. Paul Daisy Humphreys George Edwardes Messrs. Frohman Edwardes London Richard Barker Frank Daniels the Tremont Cissy Fitzgerald Frederick Edward McKay Empire Theatre Stock Company Hollis Boston Museum Elmer Whickering Castle Square Ruddygore Yeoman of the Guard Utopia Limited Bill Barry Columbia Boney Keith’s Rice and Barton Trocadero Morton Mack Dolph Susie Levine Sam Kittie Morton Eddie O’dell Howard Atheneum Fanny Rice Tremont Max Freeman New Grand Grand Opera House Binns Kenny Welsh Jennie Yeamans The Howard Russell Brothers Austin & Stone’s New Grand Theatre Hank”’ Barnett Thomas Kelley Duncan Ross Niagara

Santa Fe California Limited resumes semi weekly service

Beginning Nov 4 the Santa Fe California Limited will run semi weekly from Chicago Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6 p m reaching Los Angeles in 72 hours and San Diego in 7612 hours. The train offers vestibuled Pullman palace sleepers buffet smoking car and dining car. A second express train leaves Chicago daily at 10 p m for Los Angeles San Diego and San Francisco. New England agency located at 382 Washington Street.

Santa Fe California Chicago Los Angeles San Diego

Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Digestion After Meals

An advertisement extols a natural cure for indigestion emphasizing stomach care over blood purifiers and tonics. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets made from vegetable essences, pure pepsin, Golden Seal and fruit salts, taken after meals to digest food promptly and strengthen the stomach. Sold by druggists for 50 cents. Stuart Co. of Marshall, Michigan offers a book on stomach diseases.

Stuart Stuart Co Marshall, Mich

Caucus Barred Votes in Cambridge Ward 2

A ballot law hearing opened over Charles W. Conant’s claim that about sixty Republicans were denied ballots at the Ward 2 caucus in Cambridge. Witnesses testified the caucus chair refused votes from non Republicans while marking and counting proceeded with objections noted.

C. W. Conant William Ward New Republicanism Lane

Versatile Mamie Gilroy Leads The Strange Adventures Show

Mamie Gilroy, star of John R. Rogers's troupe, headlines The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown at the Park. Her range spans soubrette to dramatic leads and boy parts, making Rogers fortunate in securing her talents.

Miss Brown Mats

Obituary of Timothy Hurley Boston settler buried at Cathedral

Obituary notes Timothy Hurley one of Boston’s oldest Irish settlers buried yesterday from the Cathedral after a solemn high mass. Interred at Calvary cemetery. He died Saturday at Cherry street home. earlier lived on Colonnade row and Tremont street as business grew uptown. One daughter in California, wife of Chris Buckley. His son Daniel Hurley was longtime treasurer of the Boston Theatre.

Timothy Hurley Boston Calvary Cemetery Mr. Hurley Cherry Street Colonnade Row Tremont Street Scollay Square Boylston Street California Chris’” Buckley Pacific Slope Daniel Hurley Boston Theatre

New England Happenings and Local Notes

The man who died by his own hand on a steamer deck Monday night is F. S. Penfield of West Traven Connecticut. Penfield married in August to a Miss Penfield of South Royalton Vermont. Bertram C. Griffin, missing from Haverhill, is rumored to have gone to Cuba and allegedly squandered 2700 dollars from his mother's life insurance.

F. S. Penfield West Traven Conn Penfield

Brown Bros Offers Black Kersey Overcoat at Low Price

Brown Bros clothiers of 877 and 379 Washington street advertise a fine black kersey overcoat with strap seams, pure worsted serge lining, and silk sleeve lining. Regularly $15, offered for $8.88 this week with a $10 guarantee if the buyer is dissatisfied.

Messrs. Brown Bros Washington Street Boston

Clothing on Credit. RAPHAEL & CO.

A brief advertisement for Raphael and Co at 6 Devonshire Street corner of Dock with emphasis on open evenings and credit arrangements for clothing purchases.

Raphael & CO Devonshire St Cor Dock

Ragged Island Club Postpones Dec. 2 Event After Death

Following the death of Joseph A. McEacheran the Ragged Island Club votes to indefinitely postpone its December party at Bethesda Hall in Bethes da Hall. Meanwhile St. Augustine's C. T. A. Society plans its annual ball at Bethesda Hall in South Boston on November 6 with a ball committee led by Alfred J. Hurley and including John J. Toland James F. Mulcahy and others.

Joseph A. McEacheran Ragged Island Club Bethesda Hall St. Augustine’s C T. A. Society South Boston Alfred J. Hurley John J. Toland James F. Mulcahy John J. Wilson William Ll. White Frank A. Stout John B Colpoys William J. Donovan Joseph D. Bowden John A. Curran

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