27 Oct 1891
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1891
Page
1
Local council members face sharp questioning as a large blaze tests city response and fire department actions. Officials defend procedures while residents demand accountability and safety improvements. No fatalities reported. investigation continues into cause and response times.
In a rough confrontation led by Alderman Keenan, Boston officials attacked Court House Commissioners Solomon B. Stebbins Thomas J. Whidden and Godfrey Morse over unfinished plans and delays. Keenan accused the trio of evasive reporting while critics defended their public service amid calls for investigation and a vote to place the communication on file.
A Boston dispute over Republican tactics reveals alleged coercion of liquor dealers to fund campaigns for Colonel Allen. Senator George P Cooke recounts a conversation with Sprague and Lodge associates, detailing police and party leaders pressuring rum sellers, fundraising schemes, and accusations of debauched public office to secure votes.
In Columbia Tenn Oct 23 Direct defeated Hal Pointer three straight heats in a racing purse of 3000 with an extra 1000 for a world record. Geers urged Pointer as Starr cracked the whip and The Californian finished strong to outrun Pointer in times of 2 09, 2 08, 2 08 4, on a kite shaped downhill track.
The schooner Frank McDonnell, which left PriapELpHiA on September 29 bound for Lynn Massachusetts, has been reported lost and given up as missing.
Postmaster General Wanamaker opened proposals this afternoon to fund the proposed ocean mail service increase under the March 8 1891 act. Twelve bids were read with distinct routes and prices. One offer from Columbia Safety Steamship Co proposed Boston to Liverpool via Queenstown weekly at four dollars per mile. If fully adopted the subsidy would reach about one and a half million dollars for sixty American flag ships.
The Empire State Express on the New York Central line between New York and Buffalo began service with the fastest schedule in the world. A run into Burano at Union Depot showed a mile completed in fifty one seconds, marking a record pace.
The British steamer Boston, en route from Cardiff to London, collided with the bark Charlwood near the Eddystone Rocks, about fourteen miles from Plymouth. The Charlwood foundered with sixteen lives lost. three Boston crew members died and bow damage occurred on the Boston. The Boston arrived at Falmouth after the collision.
Hermann Oerlichs of New York has purchased the summer residence in Newport owned by the heirs of historian George Bancroft. The house, occupied by Bancroft for 25 years and un rented since his death, will be torn down and a modern villa built in its place.
General G T Beauregard of New Orleans visits friends in St Louis and declines to discuss North Dakota Legislature action on the lottery company claiming he has not been served with a writ from that or any other body.
The notice lists ships with origins and destinations from October ports, including La Gascogne Havre to New York and Mongolian Liverpool to Montreal, plus several Liverpool departures and arrivals such as Bostonian and Norseman. It also mentions a Boston residents' instruction to read circulars about a coffee substitute by mail.
Continual demand for The Hetherston Importing Co elite Kentucky whiskey in three sizes wired and sealed bottles across leading merchants shows no substitute when the best is desired. Co A Bartlett Tremont Sumner Huntington Exeter W C Mayo Tremont F H Martin Washington Edward Smith Warren Parker Tremont and other merchants sell it.
The great salesrooms on Canal Street display updated fall furniture with foreign models, gold pieces, Italian crafts, and a range of hall, dining, and chamber sets. Prices are at a six-year low, attracting many buyers as old pieces fetch high resale values. The magazine notes nationwide exhibitions in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
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