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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1895
Page
8
The William Miller Clo. Co. firm assets are assigned and the administrator sends the stock to 91 Summer St. for sale at 25 cents on the dollar. Prominent items include 6869 men’s wool suits and 11,940 all wool suits with big discounts and home inspection options.
Sanpal Hinttan dies from a gunshot wound after an attack on James A. Taylor by five Armenians at Taylor’s home. An autopsy cites a wound from throat to neck. coroner rules self defense and justifiable homicide. Police report Armenians attempted entry and threats were made as authorities barricaded the house.
The narrative details Saunders ambitious water power scheme on the Merrimac creating Lawrence. By 1845 the Essex Company and the town of Lawrence formed, naming the city for prominent Lawrence family figures. The family’s rise included Abbott and Abbott Lawrence shaping Harvard science and diplomacy, with Lawrence city and Lawrence University later benefiting from their gifts.
At Cambridge Massachusetts Avenue Unitarian Church the Reverend Dr. Frank O. Hall preached his first sermon. He urged building institutions on Jesus Christ as truth and righteousness, stressing that the inner life of individuals forms the foundation of homes churches and states.
C W White a 25 year old colored waiter at the Crawford House Goodwin and Rimbach disappeared after 11 pm last night taking fifty dollars of the cafe payroll. He was last seen at his lodging 17 Buckingham street packing his trunk saying he was bound for Hartford. He is 5 feet 6 inches, 145 pounds.
Alex B Melm also known as Nils a Swede and tailor of Rockland street Hingham died at Massachusetts General Hospital from injuries suffered last Thursday night after a brutal assault on a Swedish colony near Sagamore Hills. Dr Henry E Spaulding attended him and arranged his transfer to the hospital where he died.
Maurice C. Wheeler, a Cambridge student described as insane, was moved from Bellevue Hospital to Bloomingdale Asylum in New York. His father A W Wheeler of the Washington comptroller’s office accompanied him, and doctors hope rest will restore his reason after excessive studio study.
Tom Winder of Buffalo arrived in New Haven in his coastward trek to ride around the United States in 900 days. He has gained two days on his stated schedule by this evening.
An old classified style note promotes a pants sale at two ninety five with a prompt to call. It mentions The Yankee Clothing Co and an address on Oren Street. The fragment hints at a quick contact and storefront location.
A partial OCR fragment notes October happenings spanning a year 2000 with many leaving as winter approaches, suggesting migration or departure trends during the cold season.
Four boys aged 9 to 15 were found with cigars smallware and pins near Orient Heights. They claimed to have broken into a Canal street store and planned to sell items at Crescent Beach. Charles Rolfe is alleged leader and at large.
A Telegraph document claims a Vatican inspired plan would grant a tract of Italian territory and a free port to the Holy See in exchange for £200,000,000 raised by Catholic subscriptions. The author cites the Pope and Prime Minister Crispi overseeing the scheme to lift Italy from bankruptcy.
The listing offers 963 heavy-weight overcoats at 2.85 with money-back refund if unsatisfactory after home inspection. It also advertises 1972 long overcoats and ulsters at 6.85, 1250 Nobby dress coats at 90.85, in materials including Beavers ChinChill Montagnacs Kerseys Meltons Cheviots and Irish Frieze with styles in single double and long cuts and Poole coats.
Thos. W. Farnsworth presides as Yankee M 5. Co. promotes a large sale of fall and winter menswear including Nobby pants and all wool pants at steeply reduced prices. Buy early to avoid the rush and ensure satisfaction with guaranteed representations or money back.
The store at 91 Summer St Boston stays open every night until 9 pm and Saturdays until 11 pm. To help daytime customers the sale remains open nightly until 9 pm with a large electric sign at the right store.
Touches of frost from Concord to Bellows Falls report the first severe frost of the season. In Concord the temperature dropped to 30 above zero with heavy frost and damage to garden truck and unharvested crops. Bellows Falls saw 30 degrees but fog limited damage near the Connecticut River while corn across back farms suffered.
Secretary of State Richard Olney arrived in Washington after two months at Falmouth Massachusetts. He stayed at home with no interviews as officials await his return to address the Waller case Cuban insurrection recognition Mora claim funds and tensions with China over missionary outrages fallout.
London reports reveal four letters between Lord Dunraven and the New York Yacht Club over the America’s Cup races. Dunraven defends his stance on course clearance and insists a fair field governs terms, denying any backsliding on agreements.
The narrator recalls a house cat that resented sharing attention with a new kitten. After an attempt at peacemaking, the cat struck at the kitten’s eye, fled the house, and was never seen again.
A bus driver halts when a man with a valise urges to exit at a street named Diversey. The exchange appears tense but ends without further incident as the passenger disembarks at the requested stop.
On September 15 New York clubs faced a test of Sunday liquor sale rights. Teall's Girder Club planned a test case while many clubs closed bars or limited service. Arrests totaled twenty seven excise cases, with twenty three precincts reporting none.
A San Diego woman tied small cards to corn kernels with strong thread bearing the note Please keep your chickens at home. The kernels were eaten by the birds and delivered the message to their owners, proving a novel and effective gentler hint.
A boy explains his father’s method for catching big fish. He uses no special tackle, finds a shady spot, casts his line, rests with his hat over his eyes, and simply dreams.
At the New York Yacht Club house clerks said Lord Dunraven’s epistle to the Americans would not be made public until Wednesday next. Yachtsmen expect that America has seen the last of his lordship as a cup challenger.
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