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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1903
Page
8
An advertisement warns thousands in the city suffer from colds and grip and may soon be prostrated. It touts a Cold or Grip Cure to stop nasal discharges sneezing throat and lung inflammation and fever and promises sleep and strength recovery. It also claims cures for rheumatism indigestion kidney ailments and other disorders with various cures sold by druggists.
New York reports the eighth annual match between the United States and Great Britain. After day one the Americans held a large lead 21 to 12 and 1 to 2 in favor, with several games favorable to U S players. British threats remained on a few boards but most American positions looked strong as play would resume tomorrow.
April 3 crowd at Cannon Street Hotel for the eighth annual America vs Britain Newnes challenge trophy match. Pillsbury and Marshall faced Lawrence and Atkins with a large audience. Atkins blundered on adjournment, giving England prospects a setback while Pillsbury drew and Trenchard resigned.
New York reports Cash Sloan brother of Tod gains fame at Bennings. In the first ten days he rode many long shots and stirred bookmakers by winning with Tommy Foster a 100 to 1 horse. A planned coup by Cash and friends allegedly drove down the odds and netted about 10,000.
A warrant for Miss Kidson's arrest followed chemical analysis of coffee at Mrs. Perkins's home where Christina Kidson and two others suffered arsenic like symptoms after consuming coffee. Mrs Perkins and her maid, residing at 392 Blue Hill Avenue, are likewise ill. Dr Jones treated all three and police acted on the case, while officials question the haste of Division 9.
The New England Methodist Conference in Brookline refused Rev. William A. Thurston a preaching location pending review by the conference relations committee. Thurston, Jamaica Plain clergyman retiring to business, defended his ministry and urged ministers to support him. Five students were admitted. temperance observance and women’s work reviews filled sessions.
In Brockton on April 3 the third day of the New England southern session proceeded with hearings and remarks from local officials. Officials outlined upcoming meetings and noted progress on regional issues affecting the nine-state area.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society held its anniversary at 3 o'clock with Mrs. J. F. Wadsworth of Brockton presiding and Miss Mary I. Holt of Boston delivering the address. A reception to missionary workers followed in the church parlor, then at 5 30 the Boston University men of the conference held their annual banquet in Epworth League Hall.
The speaker attacks President Roosevelt and Harvard President Eliot for their views on marriage and social status. He argues the capitalist system harms family life, causes economic dependence for women, and advocates socialism to empower women and curb temperance burdens. He cites divorce rates and wage instability in Boston factories as evidence.
A mass of rock on the Central Vermont tracks one mile south of Northfield caused the northbound express from Boston to Montreal to crash at 3 40 am. The locomotive and three cars tumbled 40 feet into an embankment. One man died fireman Timothy O Neil of Northfield. Others were shaken but not seriously harmed.
Yale will implement a general athletic constitution and a formal athletic committee similar to Harvard. A mass meeting ratified the plan, creating a board including team captains and managers, the Yale Field treasurer and president, plus three graduate members chosen annually by the captains and managers. Eligibility rules follow the Yale Harvard dual agreement framework set at Springfield.
The Post notes Thursday morning response to the Eberhardt family of 73 Boylston Street Jamaica Plain. Neighbors and charitable citizens have started to lend aid as the family regains hope. Eberhardt needs work more than alms.
Lowell April 2 Today was pay day in three of the cotton mills shut down by the strike and paid with no excitement. Police were on duty at mill counting rooms drawing criticism from strikers. Merchants report brisk business in some cases, while others expect a falloff and early vacations for clerks. Council debates strike measures and a possible $50,000 pauper aid allocation, with a conference likely within 48 hours to frame action. Tremont Suffolk mills may reopen when enough operatives resume work. 3500 workers were paid $24,000 today.
Peter Curran, owner of two provisions shops at Dudley and Hampden and 487 Dudley Street, vanished after weeks of profits seeming normal. Clerks and creditors find the stores shut with curtained windows and no word from Curran since.
A. C. Burrage's Aztec, the region's largest steam yacht near Boston, is hauled into Simpson's drydock East Boston for a general overhaul. A skeg will be added to its keel to support the rudder against heavy seas ahead of a planned European cruise from Boston to Marseilles via Corsica Sardinia Tunis Algiers Oran and Gibraltar with Burrage aboard.
A Boston Y M C U A A cross country run from the Symna sium on Boylston to Massachusetts Avenue via Arlington and Beacon Streets and back determined track team contenders. Fred Lane beat George Yavner by a few feet, with F N Stone Charles Hausman and J M Seymour close behind in that order.
Governor Bates is closely following the Lowell strike as no delegation arrived at the State House by 5 p m. The Board of Arbitration handles other matters and remains ready to intervene if needed.
Tom Jenkins of Cleveland regained the American heavyweight wrestling title by defeating Dan McLeod of Hamilton Ontario in Buffalo. Jenkins won two straight falls, the first in 1 hour 17 minutes and the second in 14 minutes 30 seconds, with McLeod weighing 185 pounds and Jenkins 198.
Interclub class crew races at Harvard decide which crews advance to the final class championships. Races will be rowed next Tuesday and Wednesday over the regular course from the Union Boat House to the Longwood Bridge.
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