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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
5
A nostalgic ad explains that busy life hurts feet causing itching swelling and pain. It promises relief from regular rubbing with Omega Oil twice daily after a hot bath and claims Omega Oil benefits general ailment relief as a universal remedy. The tone imitates early 20th century patent medicine advertising.
Announcement that a major purchase of marsh lands near East Boston has been made by the Boston and Albany railroad. Officials hint at a scheme to enlarge docking facilities, build a 2,060,000 bushel grain elevator, and remove grade crossings, potentially transforming Boston into a major Atlantic port.
Benjamin ton Vermont November 30 James Hawthorne accused of intimidating workers at the Campbell knitting mill during a strike was fined $100 and costs. He was held on $1000 bond for the grand jury and $500 bond to keep the peace. In Milwaukee a recent rain storm saw several trees set on fire by diverted electric currents.
William Soden Hastings, 58, foreman at Knowlott straw works and Civil War veteran, shot himself in the cellar of his West Upton home late last night. Despondent over worsening health, he left a widow and four daughters.
Paris reports via Le Journal that Oscar Wilde died in the early morning at the Maison du Perrier in the Latin Quarter, with Lord Alfred Douglas present. Dublin confirms the death, noting meningitis and Wilde's Catholic deathbed baptism, while recollecting his meteoric rise, fall, and lasting literary controversy surrounding his works and authorship.
The unusual instrument from J. Milton Clarke asks newspapers to bar publication of stories or anecdotes about his life after death to spare his family embarrassment. The document is sworn before Justice Herman Bird in Cambridge on November 27, 1900, with witnesses Margaret Leamy and Isabel Clarke.
A two month old colored baby seeks a home after the mother’s desertion. An employer’s letter prompted quick offers and the Post is forwarding responses to the baby’s guardian. The infant receives good care while the mother is aided with board expenses and local volunteers coordinate help.
In Lewis Street East Boston the National Dock and Warehouse Company faces widespread cracking in brick buildings. A large corner woollen warehouse and a Sumner Street cotton warehouse show diagonal fissures. Local boards block falling bricks as subway tunnel work is blamed for soil shrinkage and foundation stresses. Frank B. Peters, foreman, refused comment. Separate note mentions London merchants selling Boer relics at high prices.
The twenty seventh annual national convention of the W C T U opens in Washington at Lafayette Square Opera House with headquarters at Elsmere. Delegates gather for a large event led by newly chosen president Mrs Jillian Stevens of Ortian Me who succeeded to the role after Miss Willard's death in 1898.
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