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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1894
Page
6
The article warns of higher child death rates in midsummer and advocates lactated food as a safe, nutritious substitute for breast milk during heat. It claims lactated food supports rapid growth, helps weaned children, and stabilizes vitality when mothers’ milk weakens in hot weather. Physicians recommend keeping it on hand for early signs of illness.
At the National Labor Commission session chaired by Wright the labor side rests after witnesses. Frank Glover, a Kensington real estate agent, says Kensington rents are higher and Pullman offers better surroundings though no sewerage exists at Kensington. Ex-Pullman employee Paul Hermes values his nine room Pullman residence at 35 dollars monthly. L H Johnson compares property values in Pullman, Kensington and Roseland. McKay of the Chicago Mail notes labor leaders rarely advocate violence.
In Middletown John William Sjoitedst, age 22 from Christianstardt Sweden, was found hanged near West Cromwell, likely due to work stress after leaving Berlin Iron Bridge Company. Aged 14 Woonsocket boy Wilfred Charoux was found asleep, ragged and hungry on a dock and will be returned by police. Kensingtons suffer rare defeat as Middletown Athletes win 11 to 7 on campus. In Concord harnesses were stolen from carriage houses near Penacook, with suspects seen nearby Hopkinton. Advent camp meeting speakers announced for ler ville and surrounding area.
An 18 year old, Joseph Slammin, in Watertown on Arsenal Street, staged a dramatic revenge fantasy at Frank Lemon's carriage shop by painting his face red and threatening suicide over love for Ella Quinn. His parents and brother Pat burst in to find him alive, after a mock tragedy that ended with a brawl and the youth recovering with arnica.
A late afternoon blaze in Haverhill damaged R. Stuart Chase’s brick block about 3000 dollars. Ground floor housed E. E. Graves ladies garments and millinery with 5000 dollars in losses, Bennett & Co. shoe firm 2500 dollars, water damage. Second floor’s John Morton upholsterer 1000 dollars, People's House Furnishing drapery 2500 dollars, several residents suffered 1500 dollars in losses. Losses chiefly insured. Fire started in Mr Norton’s apartment, cause under doubt.
Washington August 22 Speaker Crisp said he was very confident the tariff bill would become law without the executive signature and that Congress would adjourn within an hour after this fact becomes known to members and senators.
Soubrette Mamie Gilroy was injured when her boot caught a skirt as she tried to pass a stationary open electric at Tremont and Berkeley. She was knocked onto the pavement, carried to the Clarendon Hotel, treated for injuries, and later performed at the Museum with limitations due to pain.
Patrick Berrigan of Somerville, a water department worker, disappeared after leaving his home Thursday night with his son. Despite searches across Somerville, Cambridge, Boston and nearby towns, no trace has been found. Police suspect foul play due to his saved money and lack of contact, and his wife, already grieving, faces a desperate waiting period for news.
The national circuit bicycle meet opened at the exposition race track under the Kansas City Athletic Club with prize money of 1500. Goetz Johnson Cabanne were absent due to injury or illness. Races featured riders from Pueblo and St. Louis, with results in two-mile, one-mile, and best unpaced mile events led by A Maxwell, J Rawson, M Murphy, and Sanger among others.
A sizable audience attended a benefit at Keiths Bijou Theatre for Charlotte Smiths Woman's Rescue League. Miss Smith performed despite poor health and delivered a vehement critique of the police, notably Sergeant Sheehan, and Station 4 officers, accusing them of bribery.
The Boston Floating Hospital hosted about 200 children and 100 mothers on a yester day voyage from Commercial wharf at 9 30 in the morning. Rev Tobey and Dr Thornton led care aboard with visitors aboard. The barge toured the harbor and fed the babies and served mothers dinner, ending at 5 30 p.m. The managers call it the season’s most beneficial day and plan next summer voyages with increased capacity amid steady charitable contributions from Nantasket Hull and Pemberton.
The biennial State convention of Prohibitionists met in New Haven with Rev. O W Scott of Willimantic presiding. Nominees were DeWitt C Pond of Hartford for GovernorEdward Manchester of Winsted for Lieutenant GovernorLouis A Babcock of New Haven for Secretary of State and William M Gallse of Pomfret for Treasurer. The platform endorsed a legitimate use of alcohol for medicinal and scientific purposes.
Mrs Lakeside scolds her lawyer over a divorce bill from her last husband saying she will not let him handle her next and has written to him to recall his senses. The exchange, from the New York Herald, highlights domestic legal disputes and sharp wit in a social setting.
The Sanford Spinning and Globe Yarn mills close indefinitely after protracted talks fail to restore conditions. About 12 000 idle workers are affected as spinners and carders refuse to work under reduced terms. Weavers face pay by the pound under a new classification plan as tensions rise between spinners and the Amalgamated Association. Agent Chase of the King Philip mills was greeted with hoots as he left.
Mayor Stephen A. Brownell calls for arbitration between spinners and mill owners to end the labor disturbance that left 10,000 unemployed. He invites mill representatives and operatives to meet in the Library Building to seek a course beneficial to the city. Merchants and Board of Trade support the move as mills prepare to restart and tensions with weavers persist. The State Board of Arbitration may be asked to assist, amid a potential long conflict involving Wamsutta Corp and Andrew G. Pierce.
An advertisement touts Dr Thurlow's Electric Nervine as pleasant to use and an instant, absolutely harmless cure for dental issues. It claims to check decay, save extractions, and suit even babies, urging buyers to insist on their druggist and noting endorsements from dentists physicians druggists and newspapers.
Stockholders tell a Post reporter the dispute should be settled by arbitration while spinners and weavers rally in the park and form unions. Secretaries Ross and Hart spearhead organization as Dover wage talks loom and a Boston convention looms for the United States Spinners. The Fall River situation prompts state officials to monitor and plan possible visits next days.
Four hundred weavers at the Sunook China mill in Sungoook New Hampshire walked out this afternoon after a 10 percent wage cut reducing pay to about 17 cents per cut. Overstated tensions rose as mills in China Pembroke and Webster faced possible shutdowns without union support. Agents said Fall River schedules would govern pay but workers demanded higher wages amid three months of losses and surplus storehouses.
The State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation warned manufacturers, corporations and labor groups in Fall River and New Bedford, stressing the law and existence of a board for settling employer employee differences, as Secretary Supple forwarded the notice to parties yesterday morning.
A special Hull town meeting is called with thirty articles proposed by the group selecting the measures. Items include age limits for fire department membership, limits on holding multiple offices, gas service for summer residents, a bridge project, dress codes for a rider, a town solicitor salary, beach cleaning funds, a home for the feeble minded, liquor license committee appointments, retirement pay for a long serving coach driver, and street sprinkling proposals. The tone suggests playful mischief by local youths underlying a serious municipal process.
ST. JOHNSBURY Vt Aug 22 A slight frost this morning damaged vegetables and small fruits in the region, affecting crops and early harvest plans. Local growers reported minor losses and anticipated some impact on yields.
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