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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1898
Page
10
Waak's transactions in iron and steel are cited as driving a reported 700000 tons of output. November failures are noted, yet the industry shows a striking improvement across all glass industries and related sectors in the period described.
The Weekly Review reports a weaker wheat market due to heavy Western receipts and price declines. It notes large rail orders and consolidation talks in the iron and steel sector, with output forecasts rising to over 2,000,000 tons next year. Exports for November show strong wool and cotton activity, while failures rise and corn shipments exceed prior years.
The year opens with many favorable features and few depressions as large business volumes and steel rail orders signal growth. Export demand strengthens and prices rise for iron, steel billets, and related metals while wheat, corn, and oats see mixed shifts amid heavy farm deliveries. Shipping costs ease slightly and winter weather boosts core crops, with anthracite coal price gains from cold conditions. A proposed fourth Brooklyn bridge project in Brooklyn, with preliminary surveys funded, is outlined by New York officials.
Letters from Mayor Van Wyck to the Board of Public Improvements and Commissioner Shea discuss bridge plans linking Manhattan and Brooklyn and a Queens-Manhattan connection. Proposals include a suspension bridge between Forty-fourth and Ninety-second streets and a cantilever across Blackwell’s Island, with estimates from 12 to 20 million dollars.
The funeral for Captain Moses B. Tower who died Tuesday morning at his Auburndale home was held yesterday from George R. Keger’s Seminary avenue residence. A large turnout including Old Colony Lodge of Masons attended. Floral tributes came from various organizations. Services were led by Rev Were Clarke of Newton Centre with Rev W P Worth of Auburndale Methodist Church assisting. The Masonic burial rite followed and the body went to Hingham for graveside rites conducted by Old Colony Lodge.
A brief 19th century note highlights Dr Bulls Cough Syrup as a trusted remedy for a child’s croup, describing it as a mother’s standby and claiming it cures the ailment.
Mrs Richard Nurley accused of killing her 12 year old Mary with a bootjack and assaulting her 1 year old son Thomas is remanded to Salem Jail after a nervous plea of not guilty. The father is heartbroken yet hopeful for recovery of Thomas while the fate of Mary's remains is uncertain.
The State Board of Insanity declares the wooden structures at Austin farm a fire trap and below modern standards. About 184 female patients are affected. Trustees order vacating the building and transferring patients to state hospitals. They urge early 1899 funding for a new facility and additional land and buildings to house the city's insane.
It is now considered certain that Watchman Ward was cremated in the fire at Squire's factory last week. Since the ruins permitted, workmen have been at work digging them.
Postmaster Thomas returns from Washington with assurance of 67 additional carriers and 30 clerks for the holiday season. A new three hour carrier post at a North Cambridge city office is authorized, West Roxbury and Roslindale stations become regular branches, and a Washington street Dorchester station is to be opened. Collection boxes in subway stations may be added once a delivery chief’s report is received. Mr. Beaver will visit Boston to review further service improvements.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the New England Baptist Hospital presents a week long fair in Horticultural Hall starting Monday at noon. Daily hours are 10 am to 7 pm with a cafe offering meals, plus sale of useful and ornamental articles for Christmas gifts. Evening entertainments accompany the event to support hospital renovations on Parker Hill Roxbury.
Howard Gould relinquished rooms at the Holland House to marry actress Catherine Clemmons. The couple now occupy his residence on West Fifty-seventh Street near Fifth Avenue, a block that includes estates of Vanderbilt, Roosevelt, and Whitney figures among other prominent residents.
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