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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1897
Page
8
Post doctors take steps to curb ravages of dog-day illnesses among North End children and babies treated. A little Italian girl thanks Annie for her sacrifice as stories of illness spread from dark basements to stuffy attic rooms.
The Post explains the Sick Baby Fund will fund a Free Doctors Corps for sick babies in tenements. Since July 19 two physicians and a nurse have worked in the North End amid crowded courts, needing more funds for prescriptions milk and care.
Augusta Mahler is shot in her West Forty-second Street bedroom. Her husband August Mahler, arrested for murder, claims she fired first and then killed herself after a second shot. Police doubt his account as he describes repeated gunfire and discovery of his wife dead.
A note encloses $1 for the sick baby fund from two sympathizers, contributing to the good work you are doing. EB, M.
A doctor sits with a girl and recalls Annie who sold paper dolls to fund care for sick children. The Italian girl asks if Annie knew she was sick as the doctor visits five rooms. Nearby, a two day old baby in August suffers a cholera infantum attack in the court district.
Fragmentary message thanks a person for assistance and mentions a mother sending money or aid. The text reflects informal personal communication with Scottish slang phrases and unclear amounts.
A physician recalls squalid basement dwellings where a cholera infantum afflicted baby boys with talisman charms. In crowded courts another two sick children arrive as he observes neglect and delayed child training, noting mothers unaware of encouraging mobility and walking.
London august 2. Herman Liebes of San Francisco with Mills and Tevis of Wells Fargo expresses in a Times letter that North American Commercial Company seeks no one nation advantage. He favors possible suspension of pelagic sealing to prevent seal extinction and rejects responsibility for sustaining a cruel system.
In Carlisle near Hyatt's Ferry on the Wabash River four residents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Hammond, drown while swimming. Charles Hines is found crushed beside a railroad track after a freight train incident. Authorities suspect cramps and attempted rescue led to the deaths.
Otis B. Morrison aged 22 drowned when he fell from a boat at Plymouth town dock while attempting to pull it in. He rose once after going overboard, a rope was thrown but he did not grasp it. His body was recovered within minutes. He was married.
A handsome young couple rushed to Mayor Blodgett at his home in Long Branch late at night asking to marry immediately. The mayor declined, saying he was not in the knot tying business and that his attire would not permit officiating.
The Hope expedition, halted by ferry limits, traveled by tug to North Sydney and hosted by R. D. Perry and hotel staff. The team enjoyed baseball, friendly games, and a public sendoff with cheers for North Sydney and a strong American reception.
In Jefferson Market Police Court Mahler is held without bail as autopsy decides if Mrs. Mahler caused the fatal gas fire after a troubled marriage. The couple, long unhappy, wed after her widowhood with five children, and the case hinges on the gas discharge and whether a third party could have acted.
Reports describe massacres of white settlers by natives in New Guinea amid gold fever, famine, and government tensions. The tale shifts to a Boston-like scene in Nova Scotia with the Hope versus North Sydney ball game, highlighting a tight, contested match and notable plays.
A party on the Hope departs from Livingston on a voyage toward Resolution Island and Frobisher Bay. Governor Jensen and Russell W Porter lead eight travelers while Professors Schubert White and Robert Stein join for geological and anatomical studies as Lieutenant Peary plans further northward exploration and a proposed northern railway. All aboard are well.
In Lincoln on September 1 three silver conventions of the Populists Democrats and Republicans will hold separate yet coordinated meetings to nominate candidates and culminate in a mass convention. W J Bryan Henry M Teller and C A Towne will speak in turn and Bryan will issue a world wide silver address outlining recent gains and the ongoing campaign.
The account of the Peters and Stott deaths notes John B. Gallagher and Frederick J. Hanis acted to rescue James E. Stott, his wife, and his son. Gallagher swam 160 feet, saved Mrs Stott, helped Mr Stott into a dory, then returned to shore. The earlier reports omitted Gallagher’s role.
Edward Fits, 21, arraigned for assault with intent to kill in the shooting of 96 year old hermit Hamram Burlingame at Hampton Plains three miles from Westfield. Fitz held without bail as judge notes potential mental weakness and scant provocation over revolver price.
A barn owned by W H Tobey on High Street, Brockton, burned this afternoon, threatening nearby dwellings as flames consumed 6000 dollars worth of furniture stored for Thomas Packard and Co. Firefighters faced intense heat in the city center, with insurance coverage described as small and furniture recent.
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