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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1901
Page
3
A Boston notice advertises a free week with Dr Liverpool at 3 Tremont Street offering diagnosis without questions. It claims extensive cures across many diseases and promises free medicine during treatment with hours listed for 10 am to 4 pm and 7 to 8 pm for gentlemen, including Sunday hours.
Boston park chief Doogue held an exam for twelve gardener and six nurseryman posts. Five passed amid a tough test spelling technical terms and selecting plants. thirteen positions remain open with no city residents among the five hires. Foreman Galagher to oversee today’s word list.
Worcester defeated Boston 1 to 0 as Carney and Smoot doubled for the lone run in the seventh off Brown. Unglaub Noyes and Rickert starred in sharp fielding plays.
Harvard baseball arrives at Hotel Carolina Durham for spring trip with vigorous morning drills. The team schedules a batting session with Trinity College on Wednesday while Colburne returns. Rand cannot attend to coach the outfielders and efforts are made to recruit Raddie from the 1898 squad in New York for a brief visit.
Enterprise boys and Milton High School aimed for a tie in a junior baseball game played Thursday afternoon at Milton and East Milton. The score remained undecided as both teams kept pace throughout the matchup.
A Friday field day features a second Boston team versus the second New England team at the American case. George W. Dearborn of Lowell delivers the 10 a.m. address. Events include exhibitions by G W Dearborn A J Heffner and Samuel Grover and a 20 per side team match with Grover captaining Boston and W G Hill leading the visitors. The Kirkwood gold medal goes to the winning team.
About two thirds of the deck plates are laid with workmen expecting completion in two days. Seven sixteen foot plates for the steel mast were rolled yesterday and mast finishing is planned for the week. The boom and rudders are under construction as visitors ponder the forked rudder frame.
New York racing opens at Aqueduct with a cold rainy day and a crowd setting a record. Motley owned by William Lakeland led from the stretch to win by half a length over Robert Waddell with Pupil Outlander and Sidney Lucas close for third as the Carter handicap highlighted the crowd pleasing program.
A serious collision on a Chelsea bound route near Winthrop avenue injured two boys and wrecked a wagon. Thomas Rooks, 13, of Chelsea, is feared dead. Michael Murphy, also of Chelsea, and Royke, with him, were hurt. Murphy suffered head injuries and Royke was seriously injured. One horse was severely injured and likely to be killed. The accident occurred when a dark street prevented the motorman from stopping as Murphy turned onto the tracks.
Alterations on the Canadian cup defender were completed yesterday and preparations to ship the boat to Chicago proceed. Lawley's agent did not confirm a second trial yet but it's probable it will be ordered to emphasize the strongest points. The special car for transport to Culeage has not arrived but is expected tonight or tomorrow morning.
Yale begins spring practice with about seventy players reporting to Captain Charles Gould. The backs, centre and ends drill for a month on the varsity gridiron, focusing on punting, drop kicking and catching punts while centres, rushers and quarterbacks work team plays.
Porto Rico faces widespread distress as valuations rise under Hollander taxes and emigration continues. Officials say excise taxes fall short, prompting property reassessments. In Washington, Santiago Iglesias and Frank Morrison press for relief funds for road building. the President pledges to look into the matter.
The Howard wrestling carnival opened at the Old Howard with two strong afternoon and evening shows. Robert Butler of Brockton defeated John Gibbons of Lawrence in 9 minutes 20 seconds. Roeber Reagan of Marlboro beat Sawyer in five minutes. Reagan also downed James Gilligan of Lawrence in four minutes. The final match between Reakes of Buffalo and the Flying Dutchman ended in nine minutes with Reakes victorious. Parker and Reakes will wrestle in Brockton on the 20th instead of the 2th.
A letter from the Oxford Cambridge track team management asks to add a meeting with McGill and Toronto Universities alongside Yale and Harvard in September. The Canadians expect a modest showing but aim to help with training for the English team.
The All Massachusetts bowling team, from the Massachusetts Amateur League, defeated a picked team 933 904 809 for 2646 to 906 849 836 for 2590 with a large crowd in attendance. The league voted to hold the annual banquet on Ages 19 to take place at the change Club. Calumet defeated Charlestown in Charlestown 430 420 382 to 418 414 395 1227.
University of Virginia notes soggy field after rain. Collins’s team completed a fifteen mile cross country run despite wet conditions. Pitchers Kane Connor Kellum and Outfielder Jones led the group with strong times. Cupley shed seven pounds while others followed. A game with Virginia nine is planned Thursday. Hugh Jennings coaches Cornell’s squad.
A meeting of managers from New England tracks will set up a soon schedule with Worcester hosting the circuit. Riders including Victor Ekberg, Harry Elkes, Oscar Babcock, and Jimmy Moran train on roads and pacing work as rookies and veterans join the effort.
A large Dudley Street Opera House audience enjoyed a Knights of Columbus minstrel show with racy humor and song. John H. Allen led in whiteface while cast members like Cul len and others delivered jokes dances and musical numbers plus a feisty sword drill and comic skits.
In Hot Springs on April 15, Al Weinig defeated Jimmy Scanlan in seven rounds. Scanlan appeared to lead early, but Weinig demonstrated reach and weight advantage with precise straight jabs to secure the win.
The Badische Verein ball marked the group's tenth anniversary at Conant Hall Roxbury. Founded in 1889 by August Oschwald Ernst Kussmaul August Wittenauer and Josef Maier the society now has over 200 male members and about 5000 dollars in assets. Officers include Xaver Kraemer president Frank Protz vice president Louis Schumb secretary and August Oschwald financial secretary. Notable attendees and their families joined the celebration.
The Rev Geo L Perin of this city raised four thousand dollars at a church service at the Church of the Divine Paternity in New York last Sunday. He preached there and represented the Universalist general convention. He serves as financial secretary of the twentieth century fund subscription and made a special appeal for that fund. He is expected home today.
Alderman George H. Tinkham addressed about forty members of the North Dorchester Republican Club at its headquarters on Dorchester Avenue, speaking last evening on the subject of government.
Police from Station 1 report that Joshua W. Mahoney of 588 Hanover street missed grain from his stable since last October valued at over 50 dollars. Michael McCormack, a 60 year old resident of 43 Maverick Street East Boston, was arrested yesterday on charges of purloining the grain.
The annual ball of the Tammany Associates in Bethesda Hall Broadway draws many state and city officials to South Boston event.
The Cabot Club and Newfoundland friends held a banquet at the American House in honor of Hon. E. P. Morris member of Parliament from St. John s N F The event featured presiding officials A Moult on and John P McCormack with Morris delivering remarks despite letters of regret from James J Grace and John C Dutler
The speaker notes improved ballot safety in Newfoundland and a shift from emigration to the United States rather than Europe or Canada due to better conditions. He cites Newfoundland's dependence on sea products as a past risk now mitigated by diversification, railways, and rising tourism revenues under the Whiteway administration.
The text notes a railway between May and October valued at $600,000, claims a broader industry value than the seal fishery, and cites heavy mineral potential. An iron mine on Belle Isle is valued at ten million dollars with part sold to the Whitney syndicate for $1,000,000. It highlights coal asbestos iron lead copper prospects and government open development policy plus shifting regional imports and a Morris-Bond mission to England.
A historical note describes tensions over the Bond Blaine treaty linking Newfoundland trade and American fishing access. Canada’s blocking stance is cited as delaying an agreement, with the imperial government hinting it could sanction the treaty for Newfoundland if Canada does not cooperate. It mentions the Reid railroad as a potential benefit to Newfoundland.
Mrs. H. N. Wheeler of Lynn Mississippi writes that Swamp-Root healed her after an 18 month illness with severe back pain and kidney distress. She describes relief within days and full recovery after a second bottle with renewed strength for daily work.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a universal cure for kidney bladder and related ailments. It claims many diseases begin with kidney disorders and urges readers to test urine for signs while noting hospitals doctors and patients use the remedy. A free sample bottle and book offer is advertised with a reference to the Boston Daily Post.
Prominent attendees including E. P. Morris and J. P. McCormack joined a citizenship ceremony recalling Newfoundland ties. Speakers discussed freedom and equality in England and the US as the railway’s questionable land deals and fifty year no-cost operation clauses were noted alongside honoring the nation’s institutions.
In a fragmented reminiscence, a man recalls meeting Alice Dawson a cloak model near Broadway and Forty third street. He falls for her as Princeton student Voorhees courts her, she admits love for Voorhees, and after a long break he returns, and she asks him to marry.
Jim Innes relates his life of crime and romance, marrying Alice in an Episcopal church, then drifting from city to city. After money from Alice fades and she gambles away funds, she leaves him. He pursues her, while Voorhees triggers a police search. legal action looms as McNally presses a suit and Frank Voorhees hires lawyers. The story ties to Senator Voorhees of New Jersey.
Mary Norton Bradford known by M N B, longtime newspaper poet, died at her home in Roxbury after a week with pneumonia. Fifteen years earlier her husband Joseph Bradford died. funeral set for 2 PM tomorrow at 67 Lambert Avenue Roxbury with Forest Hills burial by his side.
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