Munyons Remedies Promote Cure Claims From Brookline Teachers
A Brookline teacher and a Boston resident tout Munyon s Remedies as cures for headaches and liver trouble respectively. The ad notes Munyon s products target specific ailments with vials priced about 25 cents and offers free doctor service from Tremont Temple all day and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Convert
Brookline
Mogree Street
Mass
Munyon
A. Rayner
Massachusetts Ave
Boston
Tremont Temple
New President Elected at American Bankers Meeting
Joseph C. Hendrix of New York was elected president by acclamation at the American Bankers Association gathering in Detroit. Harvey J. Hollister of Grand Rapids delivered an address on organized capital and its duties, arguing society's interests precede individuals and banks must support law and order over speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
American Bankers’ Association
Joseph C. Hendrix
New York
Harvey J. Hollister
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
B. Gunby Jordan
Columbus
John H. Leathers
Louisville
Credit Bureau
Bureau of Information
Myron T. Merrick
Cleveland
Savings Hanks
New Haven & Hartford Excursion To Newport Aug Twenty-First
The NYNH& Hartford line invites travelers from Boston to Newport on Saturday August twenty first. A special train departs Park Square at 9 30 a m and returns from Newport at 6 p m. Tickets are one dollar and limited so plan ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
Newport
Park Square Station
Ga. A. R. Post
New England Railroad
Buffalo
Kneeland Street Station
Comeaden
3Rd State House
Kneeland Street
Adirondacks Come Nearer With Fitchburg Rail Service
The Adirondacks gain popularity as rail access improves. Fitchburg railroad provides drawing-room car service, bringing the mountains nearer to our door yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adirondacks
Fitchburg
Concert at Beachmont Aids Post Fund Success
A Beachmont concert for the Post Fund drew strong support to aid sick families in poverty stricken tenement districts. Performers impressed attendees with talent while young ladies in pretty dresses aided the effort and contributed to the fundraiser. The total amount raised was not yet determined.
The Posts Sick Baby Fund Community Appeal
A garbled record shows donations totaling 260.00 and multiple contributors including the mayor of Malden and Governor Wolcott. It references First Baptist church, Lynnn, Annisquam, and a March event. The fragment mentions Sunday School support and a Massachusetts clothing firm with a cumulative tally of 30.71 and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Arnnals
Malden
Second Clase
First Baptist
Quirk Co
Ray
Massachu
Wolcott
Marchiesetts Clothing Co
Sick Baby Fund Concert Aids Poor Tenement Children
The Post sick baby fund, run by THE POST readers, reports steady work since July 19 with five doctors and four nurses, about 350 calls daily, and over 500 children helped. A charity concert at Crescent Beach Hall by Beachmont young ladies supported the fund, drawing broad sympathy from the audience and highlighting the contrast between well off and tenement children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POST
C. D. E. Ball Iy
Post Sick Baby Fund
Crescent Beach
G. A. R. Hall
Beachmont
Fred L. Turner
Charles Eggleston
Francis J. Wright
Kelly
William H. Doherty
Dora Hillson
Bela Mellow
May Sutton
Lesley Brooks
Edward Burt
Charlestown
Turner
Columbia
Stars and Stripes
Mellon
Sick Baby Fund
Boston Theatre
Lena Mahoney
George H. O'Donnell
Daniels
Daniels Printing Company
Woman in South Boston Fights for Family as Husband Is Imprisoned
A exhausted mother of three in South Boston collapses under years of hardship as her husband, now imprisoned for neglecting his family, leaves the pantry empty and the children hungry and sick. She states she cannot abandon her kids despite failing health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mothers in need amid city disease wave
A physician reports tending a fearfully emaciated mother under daily care with groceries fetched for the hungry children. He notes that many tenants lack work and food, urging public sympathy and substantial aid. Latest visits show 195 calls. 3 sick patients treated across districts including South Boston, Cambridge, Charlestown, and East Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
South End
East
North Cambridge
Charlestown
East Boston
My Clothier Donation to Boston Post Sick Baby Fund
The Massachusetts Clothing Co. nicknamed My Clothier, located at Hanover and Portland streets, sends a check for an unspecified amount to the Boston Post sick baby fund. The letter is dated August 18, 1897 and is addressed to editor E A Grozier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Grozier
Boston Post
Mr. Grozier
Massachusetts Clothing CO
Hanover
Portland Streets
Quirk Company Employees Send $10 to Editor
A note from the D. and Quirk Company at 25 Federal Street encloses a ten dollar contribution to the editor, sent by the employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. &. Quirk Company
D. &. Quirk
Federal Street
Donation for the sick baby fund sent by A.C. Ll. Lynn
A letter to the editor states a $1 donation for the sick baby fund from A.C. Ll. Lynn dated August 19, with the sender asking the editor to forward the contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir—Inclosed
A.C. Ll. Lynn
Gold Standard Likely Soon Worldwide Mint Chief Predicts
Washington Aug 19 Director of the Mint Preston says the gold standard will be adopted by every country within about fifteen years. He notes China uses gold for foreign loans and coinage by weight, Japan may sell silver, and proposes reorganizing subsidiary coinage to reflect metal values to curb counterfeiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Preston
China
Japan
France
United States
Silver War Clash at Charlestown Fruit Sheds
At Warren Avenue fruit sheds in Charlestown a fight broke out over a bag of money as two men Christopher Fomix and John Demarasso clashed at a cashier window. Fomix tossed Demarasso to the floor and a patrolman arrived as coins spilled. They were taken to the station with $16 recovered. Fomix jailed for assault and Demarasso held as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Avenue
Charlestown
Christopher Fomix
John Demarasso
Fomix
Demarasso
Olds
Femix
Old Orchard Carnival Set for August 23 Celebration
Old Orchard hopes to stage a grand Summer Carnival next Tuesday August 23 featuring parades races including running sack and three legged events ball matches bicycles parachute jumps fireworks and concerts. The Boston and Maine railroad offers round trip tickets at reduced rates from many stations valid August 23 to 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard
Boston & Maine Railroad
Ballington Booth to Speak in City on Sunday and Monday
Commander Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America will be in this city Sunday and Monday. He will address gatherings at the Berkeley Temple on Monday evening. The article notes the nation's chief executive favors Plattsburg as a vacation spot with Fitchburg Railroad cited as the best route to reach it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Berkeley Temple
Ife
Plattsburg
Fitchburg R. R
Tragic Olive Pecker voyage drama upsets Rockland family
Mrs. Whitman of Rockland mourns her husband Captain Whitman killed on the Olive Pecker with crew tensions, while agents and shipowners in Lynn and Rockland dispute blame and detail the voyage from June to its fatal equatorial crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Ellicott
Olive Pecker
Herbert Fuller
H. B. Hillicott
Buenos Ayres
H. W. Peabody & Co
New York
Bilicott
United States
United States Navy
Whitman
Doane
Walter S. Hall
Charles E. Moody & Co
Commercial Street
Lewis
W.S. Doane
Doane of the Leader and Mr. Ox
The
Post
Hall
Mr. Knox
Whitman Chase Hasburgh
Harsburgh
Love, Revenge and Fortune Across Two Continents
In Brooklyn and Rouen a tale unfolds as Milo Rochefort seeks her American parents after learning from France that she was stolen as a baby. Her uncle Pierre Rochefort confessed he abducted her as retribution for a family betrayal. He left her a fortune and she offers 2000 francs to find her birth parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
France
William 86
Sprague
Arbuckle
Milo. Rochefort
Rouen
Charles Rochefort
South Seventh Street
Williamsburg
Pierre Rochefort
Mile
Rochefort
Pierre
Charles
America
South Seventh Street Ferry
Milo
Sunshine
Married by Proxy Spouse Reunites in New York
Manuel Camacho assistant Spanish vice consul and his bride Louise Carreno daughter of Cadiz Governor met for first time since proxy wedding in Cadiz a month earlier The couple wed by proxy while Camacho prepared a home in Montclair They plan a reception August 25 at the Montclair home with Span ish circles and friends attending The bride arrived on the Fulda and joined her husband after three weeks apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manuel Camacho
Spain
Camacho
Louise Carreno
Carreno
Cadiz
Montclair
N. Y
Forest Street
Fulda
W. J. Mendl
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Death by Own Action Ends a Springfield Love Story
Miss Emma F Merchall aged 18 ended her life this morning at No 5 Carew street near the Springfield Street Railway offices. The tragedy stems from a long courtship with Al Burwick in Canada a man with a drinking problem. She wrote a farewell letter to her sweetheart and asked forgiveness from her parents and asked that letters and his picture be buried with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Emma F. Merchall
Carew Street
Springfield Street Railway Company
E. R. Merchall
Canada
al Burwick
Blind Man’s Widow Robbed in Lowell Larceny Case
Thomas Newsome is under arrest at the police station on larceny charges for stealing $580 from Mrs. Charles Welch, widow of a blind man who sold pencils near Hamilton mills. Newsome induced her to withdraw funds and entrust them to him and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Alfred McDowall
Atlantic Seamen’s Union
William Harsburgh
John Lindwell
Lowell
Thomas Newsome
Charles Welch
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Miss May Convert
Hendrix
Bankers Association
BANK
Woodbury
the Post Fund
Poat
Bis
Doctors of the Post
Walker Rintels Drug Company
Boylston Street
Church Street
E. A. Grazier
Lear Sir
A. G. Daniels
Daniela Printing Company
Essex Street
Mieg Mabel Boyle
Belle Mellow
Ma Angeline
Mellow
Tiny
Irene Boyle
Mabel Doyle
Blanche Piccott
Piccilomini
van Buskirk
Husband
MY Clothiers
Lynn
Mint
Ballington Booth
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Mothers of America
Centaur
Chas. H. Fletcher
Wesde
Bram
Rockland
Charles Bicknell
Griff
Florence
Charles D. Pecker
Amesbury
George A. Creighton
Baker & Creighton
George H. Plummer
Charles E. Harwood
Amos F. Breed
Lynn & Boston Railroad Company
Everett W. Pecker
Charles D
Atlantic Avenue
Swampscott
A. J. Hall
C. D. Pecker
Fuller
His Brother
Blind Iman
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