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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
9
Neurasthenia is defined as weakness of the nervous system with headaches irritability and sleeplessness. Treatment centers on rest recreation abstention from stimulants and a nourishing blood building tonic with Dr Williams Pink Pills highly recommended by Dr Lapponi and others.
Mrs Edward Cohen swooned on hearing her husband was shot at the State House. Edward Cohen, born in London in 1858, long a cigar maker and labor leader in Boston, served as first vice president of the Massachusetts State AFL branch and held other posts. He and his wife lived at 15 Ingalls Street with eight children and siblings in Australia.
Dennis P. Driscoll is described as a leading labor figure in Massachusetts and a well known name among labor men nationwide, highlighted as prominent among horseshoers and in the state branch of the American Federation. The clipping notes him as a popular labor man with broad recognition.
A distraught mother recalls her son Malone Steele who had threatened Att General and suffered mental decline after the war. She details his abrupt Boston errand, $10 in hand, and a hopeful attempt at work before his death, expressing sympathy for affected families.
Arthur M. Huddell former president of the Boston Central Labor Union and first vice president of the Steam Engineers International Union was shot by Steele. He heads the union journal office in the Winthrop building Washington and Water streets and lives at 13 Maverick street Chelsea. He is about 50, married with several children.
Officials say Steele was often irritable and occasionally violent during confinement at Westboro Hospital. He suffered insane delusions of persecution and was moved to Danvers last summer by order of the State Board of Insanity. He was an unmarried former insurance agent.
The article details John A. Steele a 39 year old inmate with delusions of persecution and vendetta. It notes letters to Attorney General Malone threatening revenge and a failed revolver purchase followed by a test firing on a stick near the State House. Steele's history includes multiple hospitalizations and a recent release from Danvers before the incident.
A political ad outlines George A. Hibbard and John A. Coulthurst voting histories on labor bills in the 1890s and early 1900s. It cites support and opposition to eight hour days, railroad hours, labor safety, initiative and referendum, and anti injunction measures, framing Coulthurst as anti labor while praising Hibbard’s labor antagonism.
A maniac released from an asylum attacked three prominent labor representatives, Edward Cohen, Dennis D. Driscoll, and Arthur M. Huddel. The speaker suspended public campaign remarks, noting relief that the governor was not harmed.
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