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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1904
Page
2
An explosion at Sampson Lech and Co. near 16:30 yesterday in a gas appliance room injured two men, clerk Mr. McConnell and another unnamed man, who were cut by flying glass and taken to City Hospital. Three young women present escaped with only shock.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce is urged to spearhead an agitation for reciprocal trade treaties with Canada and Newfoundland. Henry Lee Higginson sent the petition on behalf of 35,140 Massachusetts merchants and 9,000 outside Boston to President Henry M. Whitney, calling for a public meeting to organize broad cooperation.
A physician promises a risk free trial of Dr Shoop Restorative offered by mail. Send a postal with a name in need and receive six bottles with a money back if it fails. The offer notes past success and urges selecting from listed books on health topics.
A birthday gathering for George A. Smith at Smith's Tavern Centre Hill featured a gift of a fine office safe from Vincent Crowley of Boston. Deslauries orchestra provided music with Ed A Maloney readings and John H O'Brien comedy. Guests included Thomas Martin Max Hein Thomas Toomie Frank Harrington and many others.
A C Grainger was installed captain of the Minute Men of Tremont Temple by E B Mason retired at Chipman Hall last evening. The installation was witnessed by Rev P B Henson Postmaster George A Hibbard Deacons O M Wentworth A H Rhodes and over 100 others connected with Tremont Temple Baptist Church. Remarks were made by Dr Henson E B Mason the retiring captain and A C Grainger.
The Cambridge Club held its annual ladies night at the Hotel Brunswick last evening. About 50 members attended with President William M Richardson presiding.
Miss Anna Hanley gave a dinner at her Roxbury home on Tremont street to honor Miss Esperalda Gaulin of Woonsocket. Both are accomplished violinists and performed solos and duets after the meal. Gaulin is sister of Woonsocket's Mayor Gaulin and has been notable during her Boston visit.
President W. T. A. Fitzgerald of the Democratic city committee led a campaign against the police listing bill in East Boston at a Ward 2 Democratic Club gathering. Officials present included Vire Commissioner P. J. Kennedy and Ferries Superintendent William J. Donovan with about 75 members. Fitzgerald claimed the police plan aims to intimidate households by padding lists and urged members to prepare and present lists to the police, noting a broader distribution of 50,000 circulars from ward chairmen later that day.
At the West End Theatre New York the Weber and Fields partnership ends with business tied to property and touring plans. Weber will control Broadway Music Hall and run familiar entertainment while Fields will yield the lease and take real estate holdings. Fields and partners plan a new Broadway theatre and vaudeville project with Julian Mitchell and Fred Hamlin. The all star company including Lillian Russell and Pete Dalley will resign their claims after May 16 to avoid trouble for actors.
The long-threatened dissolution between Weber and Fields, famed German dialect comedians, reached a head in New York yesterday morning. They met with attorney Emmanuel Friend and agreed to separate, ending a partnership that began April 19, 1876. A formal break follows on May 16.
A vintage medical promotion touts Radam's Microbe Killer as the sole safe cure for all germ diseases. It claims internal use destroys blood germs without tissue harm and urges readers to buy the 40 ounce bottle for $1.00 from local druggists or via mail order. It cites offices in Boston and New York.
The school committee meets tonight to elect a successor to resigned supervisor George H. Martin. The race has pitted Augustine L. Rafter against Jeremiah E. Burke with strong support from George W. Evans, master of the English High School. Democratic city leadership claims no stake, urging nonpartisan selection.
The St. Alphonsus Association staged its annual minstrel show last evening in the spacious theater on Smith street. A circle segment wore show girl disguises while others depicted colonial attire. tambos and bones drew hearty laughter from the crowd. Edward McCarthy served as interlocutor. The tambos were Neil J Sullivan, Robert Noonan, Richard H. Baker and William Egan. The bones were handled by Frank P. McCarthy, William L. Coonan, Joseph G. Connors and Clifton W. Brownell.
The Maguire Club of Ward 21 entertained many of the citys leading Democrats at the Dudley Street Opera House last night. Dialogues featured prominent politicians while a medley of songs provoked continual laughter from the crowd.
Labor notes show Sheet Metal Workers Union 17 decried schoolsite health risks on Norman and North Bennet streets, with Business Agent Frank Faulkner also reporting 32 Fore River shipyard hires. Garment Workers Union 1 urged shoppers to buy only union labeled clothing amid sweatshop concerns. Sign Writers Union 391 said nearly all Boston sign writers accepted a new wage scale and set meetings at Castle Square Hall. Custom Tailors Union 233 announced five contractor firms signed yearly agreements defining a nine hour day and equal work division. Rubber Garment Workers Union 174 appointed two members to Civic Service House governing board.
Ernest F Angell of 682 Massachusetts Avenue Boston reports recovery from severe lung disease after treatment at the Koch Institute 361 Boylston Street Boston. He began December 10 1903 and was discharged cured April 18 1904 after healing vapors and therapy restored his health enabling him to work again. Emergency urging others with lung ailments to seek free examination at the same institute.
Delegates of the Eleventh District Democratic Party meet Tuesday April 26 at Lincoln Hall to elect two delegates and two alternates to the Democratic National Convention in St Louis July 6 1904 and to conduct other business. M M CUNNIFF, Chairman.
Bridget Carroll widow of William and mother of John P and the late Alderman William P Carroll. Funeral from the residence of her daughter Mrs Edward J Welch 86 Ashmont Seer Tuesday at 8 15 am Mass at St Church Milton at am Relatives and friends kindly invited to attend New York papers please copy.
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