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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1900
Page
4
A dramatic pursuit through the North End ends with the capture of Angelo di Sante after a frenzied chase across Hanover, Commercial, and Prince Streets. Crowds chase, a police stop, and a waxed pole clue conclude the wild incident involving Camilla Scioli and a wandering admirer.
About forty seven weavers joined the strike at mills in New Bedford and Boston area, as a large mass meeting in City Hall discussed the situation. A letter to manufacturers awaits Andrew G. Pierce’s response, hinting at a prolonged conflict.
A proposal by Representative Adams to create a custodian of State buildings office fails to win support among candidates and lawmakers, aligning with Governor Crane’s prior stance to cut or avoid new offices. Major Charles A. Davis issued a pamphlet praising Adams, signed by an executive committee including Col. Melvin O. Adams and others. Bigelow leads pledges among candidates, followed by Powers, Roe, Cook, and Innis.
Engineer F A Brigham of Tower Manufacturing Company Belmont was presented with a splendid gold watch by fellow employees yesterday morning in the general work room.
A poverty-stricken mother debates how to save Christmas for her two daughters as father lies ill. Beryl, 10, comforts Dolores with belief in Santa, while the mother contemplates sacrificing a cherished ring to buy bread, jam, and a modest gift. The tale contrasts faith and hardship with family love in a bitter December.
Cars for the Boston Elevated railway have begun arriving at Charlestown terminus with four already present. They were shipped from the Lakeville company on flat cars built for this purpose. Unloading is slow and takes most of a day per car. One car has been unloaded onto temporary trucks without a running gear. Five cars are expected weekly thereafter, and a Lakeville representative is supervising unloading to avoid damage.
Representatives of Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont arrived in Rome to finalize a deal through Gastaldi & Co. of Genoa with Alexander Konta. Proctor will take over the Carrara quarries and his Vermont holdings, gaining control of a large share of world marble output. The consolidation aims to boost output and cut production costs, with negotiations previously in London. The deal is reported to total about $10,000,000.
The civil service commissioners will hold an open competitive examination in London in December for at least five student interpreterships in the British consular service in China.
Former Governor Wolcott grew restless yesterday amid a sickness described as typhoid fever by his physician Dr. Putnam. Doctors view the fever as not yet dangerous although the patient remains in a critical state for typhoid fever.
A vintage advertisement notes Scott's emulsion of cod liver oil deeply nourishes flesh nerves and bones. It claims small doses revive the body when health wanes and life drags. It invites readers to try Astle and mentions Coat & Bowne on Pearl Street, New York.
The readable fragment notes a steady rise in the number of attorney proceedings in Paris, mentioning class groups, aristocracy, and monthly patterns, but the incomplete text omits clear dates or outcomes.
The gigantic shield for the East Boston tunnel project is being set in place and machinery will start soon after October. It differs by being six feet under a full circle arc to avoid sheathing and will advance about seven and a half feet daily, taking roughly a year to reach the Boston side. The tunnel’s bottom lies 90 feet below Lewis Street ferry house and by next Fourth of July the shield will be more than half way across the harbor. The tunnel has advanced 300 feet from Maverick Square.
Susie Allard of 81 Norway Street says she has no knowledge of the card found with the East Boston man Thomas A. Coter, who was found dead at 2612 Portland Street. She denied any connection and could not explain how her name appeared on the card.
A New York man claims a day lost to perfecting a new invention. He unveils a one hand and twenty seventh patent comprising a finger ring that cuts twin and erases marks. Reports say the high explosive syacke used by the British in the South part of the conflict was deficient in several aspects while Rewntie shells fired from field pieces exploded satisfactorily.
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