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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1902
Page
4
Dorchester real estate agent O. Fallow told Station 11 that a man came to his office yesterday posing as a prospective tenant. While showing tenements the intruder pounced, tried to chloroform him, but Fallow wrestled free and the attacker fled. The suspect is described as about 35, five feet ten inches, 160 pounds.
Quarrel in Ward 10 politics continues as the original Ward 10 Republican Club led by William Wood and W E Rice faces an effort to launch a new district club. The old group claims to have carried ward battles for years and says the peace gathering ignored them and usurped the old club name Ward 10 Republican Club at 3299 Columbus Avenue.
Governor Odell and staff depart Albany for Charleston on the Merchants' Association train leaving New York Monday. They will spend two days at the exposition with elaborate entertainment arranged. The governor will visit points of interest and be received with full military honors.
A Boston area streetcar change ends the eight cent check system for suburban travelers. Conductor orders prohibit issuing checks and riders must pay full or extra fares for stopovers. The change traces to updated Massachusetts statutes removing the prior eight cent check provision.
Yesterday Thomas W. Lawson scored multiple wins at the Horse Show. He claimed three blue ribbons two thirds and two firsts while copper king Eben D Jordan trailed closely with totals nearing par. The Mechanics' Building crowd overflowed as exhibitors from Boston’s prominent circles watched a parade of prize horses, drivers and ponies including Lawson’s Glorious Whirling Cloud and Glorious Flying Cloud and Jordan’s Plymouth Champion.
In a fashionable box party at yesterday afternoon's horse show Miss Anne Blake hosted a group including Miss Beatrice Blake Miss Alice Sargent Miss Rosamond Saltonstall and Miss Marjorie Cochrane. Attendees wore black and white ensembles blue and cream outfits and elaborate hats reflecting a refined social scene with Mrs J De Forest Danielson Mrs Gordon Prince Mrs Crowninshield and others noted for stylish dress.
William J. Williams of Watertown Wisconsin reports recovery from St Vitus dance and partial paralysis after eight doctors gave up. He credits six weeks of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring full use to his right side and improving appetite sleep and energy. The pills are sold nationwide at fifty cents per box with six for two dollars and a half.
Mrs. Lottie G Dimon, widow of Henry G Dimon killed in the Park Avenue tunnel accident on the New York Central railroad, was awarded $60,000 in White Plains New York today by a jury against the railroad company.
A letter from J L H in Boston praises Miths Pineapple and Butternut Pills for bladder trouble rheumatism and nervousness after more than a dozen boxes. The note claims improved health and urges others to try the remedy. Also discusses street car fare regulation eight cent transfers and five cent fares with transfer stations and a Scollay Square proposal.
When asked about a run for Congress, the individual said many people have urged candidacy but that no decision has been made and none will be announced for some time. The statement reflects careful consideration amid public interest.
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