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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1896
Page
2
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female ailments and a path to healthier pregnancies and easier labor. It shares testimonial from Mrs. Etta E. Smith of Grenola Kansas and markets Pleasant Pellets as a gentle remedy for constipation with claims of safe, fast relief.
A late century political battle unfolds as silver advocates target farmers in the Mississippi valley while Tillman and other speakers rally Chicago crowds. Governor Altgeld and ministers join the push for free silver as Bryan plans multiple city speeches.
Martin Maherty of Lowell and Johnny Gorman of Long Island City fought fifteen pounds in Hartford in an exhibition. Referee Sam Austin scored a draw after close action with Flaherty edging the later rounds. Austin Rice beat Sammy Myers in ten rounds. About 800 spectators attended.
Boston Democratic leaders clash over peace talks with Williams allies. State committee members Paine Hobart Jaquith and Sullivan push for ratification rally while Williams resists, Corcoran’s resignation lingers, and Corcoran remains ill as power shifts within the party.
A Democratic reception for Hon. George Fred Williams will occur at Faneuil Hall this evening. The event begins inside at 8 oclock with speakers including C T Callahan Henry Lloyd J H Potts until Williams arrives at 9 05 by the Boston and Albany line. A city procession led by Alderman John J Mahoney will escort him from the station to the hall with Henrys Band inside and the John Boyle O Reilly Band outside. Alderman Mahoney invites organizations to join the parade.
This medicine claims to prevent pneumonia bronchitis and the grip by boosting health. It emphasizes strong immunity and overall wellness to keep you in good condition.
Fred Williams from the Boston and Albany station to Faneuil Hall will report to chief marshal John J. Mahoney at 8 30 p m Tuesday Oct 27 at the corner of Lincoln and Kneeland streets where the procession will be formed Heads of Democratic organizations who intend to escort George Fred Williams from the station to Faneuil Hall will please notify the chief marshal Tuesday Oct 27 at 10 o'clock a m at City Hall The Free Silver Club of the Boston University Law School will take part in the parade and will give the college yell for Williams
Edward Doherty, chairman of the Political and Tax Reform League, issues a public duel for Boston politics. He challenges Hon. Martin M. Lomasney to a debate on which candidate, John F. Fitzgerald or John A. Ryan, is more fit and democratic. Doherty offers to pay half the hall expenses.
Police investigate a gruesome discovery after James Kelly reports a skull and skeletons in dense woods near the North Reading line. Two missing teeth and clothing fragments suggest two men vanished roughly twenty years ago from John Jenkins sawmill property.
The steamer Alene arrived from Port Simon with Captain Charles F. Bunker and six crewmen rescued from the Boston schooner F. T. Drisko, wrecked in a recent hurricane. Drisko, 154 tons, bound Aux Cayes to Boston with logwood, was abandoned leaky and waterlogged after heavy seas.
Four thousand people attended a welcome meeting for Armenian refugees at Carnegie Hall in New York on October 26. The event, led by the WCTU and Armenian relief groups, featured addresses from Dr Grace Kimball Ira D Sankey and Armenian refugees. Resolutions urged U S government action to stop the slaughter of Armenians by the Turks.
John J. Keefe of 16 Gold Street South Boston was stabbed near Fourth and A streets at 1:40 this morning. An assailant, Effiendo Coco of 409 Harrison Avenue, is in custody at West Broadway station. Keefe was walking home when two men approached. one lashed out with a stilleto, piercing his lung and injuring his left arm.
Mrs Andre Berube of Fitchburg dies aged 109 in Massachusetts. Born in Quebec Providence she lived in Massachusetts since 1827 and left over fifty children and grandchildren. Her faculties remained keen. her oldest child is 87.
The advance guard of winter arrives with capes jackets and skirts for women from Gil christ & Co of Winter street. The firm offers a large line of ladies mackintoshes at line prices and wool vests on sale at half price. Men receive underclothes and fleece lined half hose touted as iron clad against cold.
Hon. R. R. Bowker of New York urges Massachusetts Democrats to back Palmer Buckner over Bryan while criticizing Bryan and endorsing future Democrats. G. S. Hamlin argues the party faces a crisis from reform plank at Chicago, defending Cleveland era policies and denouncing silver coinage.
Dr. William Everett faces applause as he urges Harvard Republicans to uphold national unity and vote according to conscience. He argues revolutions won t be settled by ballots alone, defends the Union cause, criticizes Bryan and class warfare, and warns against party fear guiding choices.
The Hon Henry F Hurlburt of Lynn urged that Music Hall saw Democrats pledging gold standard at Indianapolis but shifting at Chicago. He argued the true strength lies with wage earners and working men, condemning mass versus class rhetoric and praising local financiers who invest in banks. The meeting closed with praise for Charles Levi Woodbury despite poor health.
The New Haven to New York express saved from a likely wreck by automatic derail device at the drawbridge. The train with engine baggage smoker and three sleeping cars was diverted onto the automatic siding near Stamford and the engine tender and baggage car left the rails with the engine turning over. Engineer Harrison and his fireman escaped shaken, while all passengers were unhurt.
The American Wringer Company advertises wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers at 13 and 15 Broadway extension and 29 and 381 Cornhill Boston. Repairs are called for and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Tremont 764.
A quirky history of Tim Donoghue a lawyer once unknown who rises as independent Democratic secretary candidate after a long ballot fight. The piece tracks his quick fame and swift marginalization as Boston political currents shift between silver and gold factions and Tammany ties.
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