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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1897
Page
8
A doctor visits multiple homes to care for sick children, aided by 12 year old Elsie who helps describe symptoms and habits. Several children are found ill, with most cases identified as cholera infantum.
The Post lists many donors from Governor Wolcott to local officials and private citizens contributing to the Sick Baby Fund in Boston. The fund, begun July 19, funds doctors, a nurse, prescriptions and milk for ill tenement babies, with a season-end financial statement to follow.
The Post doctors advocate exposing infants to fresh air amid hot tenement housing. Crowded rooms trap foul air, making cool days and open windows a basic remedy. Public awareness grows of the Post's humane relief efforts for city children.
To the Editor of the Post a Malden girl sends one dollar for the fund aiding sick children in the tenement districts of Boston.
The Post voices relief that a sick baby fund would be unnecessary if all needed aid were provided. It profiles tenement homes, urges wider generosity, notes acclaim from a business leader, and reports two additional physicians joining the staff to expand city coverage for the sick.
Bulletin from President Ratchford warns miners of blame for losses. Western Pennsylvania adds 14 600 strikers including three De Armitt mines as WV becomes the new coal war ground. De Armitt accuses WV operators of funding to stop mining. he faces no miner official charges.
Doctors depart North End after tending sick children, many now recovering, and report ongoing need in the Cove and other districts. A case in the Cove reveals starving babies and a jailed father, with a hungry, frightened Italian mother aided by a young girl who alerted the doctor.
Antwerp dispatch reports a 60 000 franc credit approved to cover costs for the South Pole expedition. The Belgica, carrying the team, will sail from Antwerp on August 16.
A Vardoe despatch says a body found floating in the White Sea on July 17 by Captain Lehmann of the Dordrecht was thought to resemble the top of Andree’s balloon but proved to be a whale carcass. The whale was towed into Vardoe Harbor.
John Samonian the Armenian who was drowned off Charlesbank last Sunday was buried at Cambridge yesterday. The funeral drew many friends including his employer who closed his shop during the services. The deceased was the sole support for his mother two sisters and two brothers.
The Lincoln, newly completed for the Kennebec Steamboat Company, arrived in Portland from Bath yesterday. It will be fitted out for spring on the Boston Boothbay and Wiscasset route.
The three bondsmen for Newhall face a bank tied dispute after Mrs. Newhall transferred Melrose property to Mrs. Nowell. Singer claims a share of the loss and refuses to cover all $3000 alone. Batchelder’s involvement and Mrs. Newhall’s modest estate prompt litigation with Melrose Co operative Bank.
The disappearance of Miss Mabel Sheldon from Worcester Massachusetts intensifies after her empty canoe was found on Lake Quinsigamond. Police drag the lake while locals recall seeing her with a man near Lincoln Park around 2:30 PM corroborating her identity.
Constantinople dispatch reports 140 imperial harem women arrested in Berlin on charges of complicity with Young Turkey intrigues.
Washington reports a tariff bill comparison by expert Charles H. Evans. The flax hemp and jute schedule ad valorem drops to 45.18 percent from 46.94. Pulp paper and book schedule rises to 30.30 percent from 22.18. Sundry schedule moves from 23.36 to 24.79. Articles moved to dutiable list total 101,968,941 dollars. only cocoanuts in the shell and sheep dips return to free status.
A headline announces a day trip from Boston Pawtucket and Providence to Narragansett Pier via the New York New Haven Hartford railroad on Saturday August 7. Fares are quoted as 1% from Boston and 7% from Pawtucket with many tickets available at other prices.
Chicago financiers seek to retain John Hays Hammond of Transvaal fame at 100000 dollars yearly for South Africa work. In San Francisco refined gold from Klondyke shows traces of silver copper tin and antimony, signaling potential mineral wealth beyond gold. Meanwhile Cudahy organizes a 25000000 dollar company to handle Klondyke claims and transport efforts expand with steamer and boat building activity.
The passage notes that large companies, including a Chicago floats corporation, will gain by systematically processing gravel and retrieving valuable metals, saving all valuable portions with improved machinery, giving them an edge over small miners.
The Cudahy brothers of Chicago own the North American Trading & Transportation Co, operator of a Klondike shipping line. Incorporated in Illinois five years ago with 450000 capital, it paid 100 percent dividends and built treasury surplus. The firm, beyond steamers, runs a profitable Alaska trading business and mining ventures.
John Cudahy plans to hire John Hays Hammond, a famed mining expert, to assess the Eldorado fields as part of a stock scheme. Hammond, once tied to Cecil Rhodes and South Africa, may travel to the Klondike if a heavy salary is offered. His assessment could greatly influence field valuations and stock stability in the region.
John Cudahy leads a new corporation named Cudahy Healy Yukon Klondyke Mining Company capitalized at 25 million dollars to own and develop eastern Alaska gold quartz mines. The venture grew from the North American Transportation and Trading Company, with vast mineral prospects and potential values well above 50 million dollars. Cudahy, the largest stockholder, has directed mining efforts, while officials return from Mackinac, saying little publicly.
Pierre Humbert Jr. and Co announces a June 16 expedition of eighteen men from San Francisco to the Klondyke costing 16000 dollars. A second party of thirty to forty men with sixty thousand dollars in supplies will depart within ten days. Humbert says he will visit the Klondyke district in the spring.
Nantucket August 6 Captain William T Swain of this town purchased the schooner William C Nettleton to fit her for an expedition to the Klondyke gold fields.
A second Klondyke expedition by the Klondyke Gold Mining Syndicate aims to reach its destination by October 1 if ice clears, or next February if blocked. Miners will carry provisions worth ten dollars for each one dollar spent and expect to show half a million dollars in gold dust in Boston next year. The party will travel by dogsled if stopped by ice, and the founder intends to visit the Klondyke next spring.
The Danversport Rubber Works a two and a half story wooden plant burned to the ground at 2 am. Loss set at 35000 dollars. The factory which produced sheet rubber employed forty workers. Cause of the blaze remains unknown.
The W B Conkey Company of Chicago issues an official Klondyke guide for gold seekers. It offers life descriptions, region maps, and lists gear to take, plus a clear outline of Yukon laws affecting diggers. Readers can obtain it at the Post counting rooms for a small sum.
Cable message from Captain D R Hegerthy reports the Boston schooner Charles ashore at Cabo Roja near Porto Rico with total loss. Owners John B Emery & Co of this city confirm the vessel’s wreck and near-total material loss.
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