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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
2
An ad explains severe constipation risks from a delayed bowel, touts Iron Ox Tablets as a tonic laxative that builds all body functions. It claims purgatives are harmful and markets a 50 tablet aluminum case for 25 cents from The Iron Ox Remedy Co of Detroit, Michigan.
In Frankfort Kansas flood damage in Nemaha and Marshall counties rose to 500000 as a cloud burst washed away hay wheat oats stored grain and livestock. The Vermillion River dropped ten feet in the last day.
In New York on August 2 Justice Davis vacated a temporary injunction blocking Frank A. Munsey from selling the New York Daily News at auction and ordered Brown's suit discontinued. Munsey's counsel said Munsey has acquired Brown's entire interest and will continue publishing the paper.
The Board of Aldermen held a special session on August 26 to consider appropriating 75 000 for a new 12 room Glendale street schoolhouse. Alderman Harvey proposed submitting all building plans to the board for approval.
Governor Crane invites 30 former Council members and staff for a Berkshire Hills coaching excursion with ex Governor Bates as guest. The party tours Hinsdale to Pittsfield, dines at Wendell Hotel, attends Stockbridge events, and returns for a baseball game in Richmond before a final royal visit to Stockbridge Inn.
Caldwell wins the 20 mile motor paced match race at the Colosseum in Providence after early trouble with his motor and a tire puncture for Champion. The race ends with Caldwell about ahead at 17 miles five laps. Marcus Hurley wins the five mile open and two mile handicap races.
A blaze on the fifth floor of 68 St. Germain Street apartment house, starting in Alice Looker's unit, caused $300 damage and sparked a panic as tenants rushed into the street. Sergeant Fitzgerald and officers restrained the crowd while firefighters quickly extinguished the fire after an alarm from Box 813.
Mary O'Brien of 8 Lawrence Street is hospitalized in critical condition at City Hospital with a scalp wound and internal injuries after plunging 33 feet from the third floor banister to the basement last evening.
Portland Maine August 21 three torpedo boats slipped past Forts Williams and Levett two hours before midnight and were detected near Fort Preble, firing from Levett and McKinley batteries. A destroyer and another vessel surrendered, landings were repulsed, and mines were removed as ships withdrew to Half-way Rock by 1 am. The event, part of a larger fleet demonstration off Goose Island, prompted ongoing war maneuvers and debate over searchlight effectiveness.
CAIMIERIA Wis Aug 26 David G Williams age 68 dies from blood poisoning after being bitten by a rat two weeks earlier.
In Naples today a spectacular eruption from Vesuvius sent a 15 foot wide lava stream down the mountain. Belching lava reached 700 feet high stones flew as the observatory was briefly threatened. By 11 pm the lava had advanced 2700 feet away, threatening only the new tramway. The eruption appears to be waning with hopes no damage will occur.
At the New Hampshire Veterans Association camp in Weirs N H General Nelson A Miles spoke to thousands after a 17 gun salute and a parade escort. Captain Johnson delivered President Roosevelt's greeting and a signed photo, then Miles recalled Civil War memories praising New England troops.
A group of 32 young women formed last night at Civic Service House 112 Salem Street for educational social and charitable aims. Their motive arose after a deceased overalls maker lacking help was buried only after coworkers funded a grave in a private cemetery. M B Davis helped organize the society which aims to grow as a northern neighborhood community force.
The Carriage and Woodworkers' Union voted to join the Labor Day parade after the joint labor committee urged only union made wagons. All members must report at 9 o'clock on Labor Day morning for the parade attended by 700 workers, followed by a social at Wells Memorial. Sixteen applicants were admitted to the union.
Last night’s monthly initiation of Electrical Workers Union 103 admitted 40 applicants. The union also announces a ball at Paine Memorial Hall on Thursday October 29.
Denis D Driscoll president of Boston Central Labor Union Abdul speakers at Cambridge Painters and Decorators union open meeting last night. After the addresses 26 applications for membership were received.
John F. Finnerty president of the United Irish League of America issues an address praising the land purchase bill as a brilliant and substantial victory while arguing it foreshadows the restoration of an independent Irish Parliament. He asserts Irish separatist principles but supports a native legislature for Ireland.
Orrin P. Roberts died at his Chelsea home on 55 Eleanor street from a hemorrhage. He was prominent in Masonic circles and leaves a widow and one son, Congress member Iernest W. Roberts.
Medical advertisement touts Koch Tuberculine inhalation for consumption, arguing air-borne germ kill is superior to stomach medicines. Claims emphasize direct lung treatment via the Koch Lung Cure at 361 Boylston Street, Boston, offering free consultation and trial treatment to all callers.
H L Doherty the English lawn tennis champion defeated W J Clothier of Philadelphia in the national tournament finals in Newport Rhode Island 6 3 6 2 6 3. Doherty was steady and controlled the match, winning easily.
A British yacht finished 19 seconds after the handicap gun. Wringe’s skipper claimed watch error caused the blunder, noting his intent to cross near the two minute limit, citing Reliance's known powers and Wringe’s experience.
Sir Thomas Lipton said he expects to visit Boston after the cup races conclude but will not bring the Shamrocks, citing the voyage as too hazardous for the crew under their current heavy frigate.
New York, Aug. 26. The Kanawha lost her pennant after Fred C. Smith's Hauoli defeated Rogers's swiftest boat in the harbor on the way up from the race. The New York Yacht Club crowd watched the upset with keen interest as Hauoli secured the win.
A blaze in the hold of the schooner Irene May moored at T Wharf last night caused about 500 dollars in damage. Fire started in the fore hold where spare sails were stored. Elbridge Woodbury of the Charles H. Dyer reported the fire and Special Officer Sheehan alerted Box 388. The vessel is owned by F. J. O'Hara and Lawrence Hayes, with Hayes as captain. A bystander, McCarthy, was knocked down by the advancing firefighting apparatus and injured.
Mr. P. J. Fleming, prominent in the city’s gentlemen's furnishings trade with Phelan & Steptoe, is among those who will become benedicts next month. He is highly known in the Knights of Columbus as former grand knight of St. James council and past president of the St. James Temperance Society.
In a roll call general order Patrolman John T. O Connell is retired on a $600 pension after nearly 21 years of service and as a Civil War veteran, retired under the veterans act. Patrolman John Downing of Division 1 was reprimanded for violation of Rule 26 on Aug. 15.
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