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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1891
Page
1
Neighbors report a man fleeing after midnight in the neighborhood. Witnesses describe a hurried exit and nearby lights showing a quick departure from the area. Police urged residents to stay vigilant and report suspicious activity.
Hedwig Nitsche was found dead in Holz market Gasse with throat cut and abdomen mutilated. An unknown assailant, seen entering with a stranger at 1 am, fled ten minutes later. Police have detained suspects and offered 300 marks for the killer.
A large crowd gathers at Paine Memorial Hall for a Socialist Labor party rally with Daniel De Leon and Harry W. Robinson as speakers. The event denounces capitalists, demands workers’ control, and condemns Boston Aldermen for rejecting use of Faneuil Hall.
A Washington dispatch notes that many mail frauds involve sending prohibited items with printed matter. Most cases appear as gifts among distant relatives, not as overt speculative schemes, and only a few items reach the dead letter office.
At the Cincinnati stock yard Connor Hughes Co reports Spanish fever spreading among cattle. Seventeen animals have died and many are sick. A novel treatment saws off horns. Cattle that had not eaten began eating within an hour after the operation.
The Post forecasts fair to partly cloudy skies across Southern New England with warmer temperatures and southerly to southwesterly winds. Northern New England sees light local showers possible but generally fair and warmer, with light southerly winds. Tuesday brings fair conditions and rising temperatures. Thursday likely cooler.
Norwich Connecticut October 25 The Hon Henry B Norton prominent business man of Eastern Connecticut dies at age 94 He led Attawangan Manufacturing Company served as president of Norwich Free Academy and held director roles at People's Steamboat Line Norwich Bleaching Company Richmond Stove Works and Bulletin Company among others
Berry notes an epidemic of forged notes and coins in Germany with daily police reports of counterfeit currency. A servant found 47 thalers in her master's garden, confirmed as counterfeit, highlighting the breadth of the issue.
A fragmented note discusses whether to insure or delay life insurance decisions. The text references INS CO and J. T. Phelps in Boston, urging readers to take time to decide and consider costs.
Agustus Crowell 54, jobless and heart sick, slit his throat with a pocket knife in a hotel room. Chambermaids alerted by moaning found him. he was taken to City Hospital where doctors stated he has a good chance to recover. He registered under the name C A Cahoon, with ties to East Harwich and 11 Asylum Street.
An argument at Stein's Hotel in Sparksburg ends in a fatal gunfire. Jerry Buckley dies from a head wound while Henry Stein and Henry Akens suffer injuries. Two Black workers, Akens and George Morris, are held after a crowd feared lynching. Police escort suspects to Pittsburg jail.
Detectives uncovered the headquarters of the Green Goods operation in New York with cipher code, ledgers, lists of names and 6000 purchase letters from across the United States. Leaders Frank Brooks and Terrence Murphy were arrested as the scheme expanded to 500000 circulated notices. Inspector Byrnes holds the names of recipients.
London authorities conducted a police raid on an east end gambling den where baccarat was popular. Thirty arrests were made, mostly of minor figures not known to the Prince of Wales, prompting quiet commentary on royal privileges and aristocratic immunity.
A package with one thousand dollars in currency from Milan Tennessee was carried on a wrecked train near Steubenville Ohio and recovered intact after the crash. At Tufts College Miner Hall a dedication service and gift of forty thousand dollars marked the new Romanesque building with lectures and recitals to follow.
Roswell Murch of Moody street Waltham was arrested yesterday afternoon on a breaking and entering charge linked to a cider mill burglary. He was transported to Waltham for processing.
A Tupi New Hall report outlines items filed in the box for Boston's new library building project. The Russell sermon is noted among the articles, with references to the construction timeline and policy discussions.
Vienna reports a barge carrying 3,000 hundredweight of sugar cane sank after colliding with another barge on an Austrian river. Local salvage and inquiry are expected as crews assess the loss and impact.
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