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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1898
Page
6
Detroit mariner James Crocket, a chief engineer on the steamers City of the Straits and prior vessels, recounts a perilous nervous collapse after fifteen years of vigilance aboard ships. Doctors declared lifelong disability, but a changed treatment saved him from death, ending three years of helpless bed rest.
James Crockett of Wayne County Michigan testifies that after bed confinement doctors gave up on him he used Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People at 50 cents a box and recovered fully over two years. He appeals to others to try them before it’s too late and swears to the truth before a notary.
Otto P Hall reports his wife Edna and his brother Edward fled with about 28 dollars from Prescott Street. He suspects they may have gone to New York after a late return from town. No clues emerge. neighbors heard nothing, and a nervous man with a shooting jacket was seen aboard a nearby train.
Mrs Olver Sumner Teall seeks divorce from New York clubman Ollie Teall alleging adultery and non support. Witnesses include Annie Jackson a New York chambermaid and valet Thomas Jackson who claim repeated liaisons with actresses. Next hearing set for January 6 before Chief Justice Matteson and Justices Sitness and Tillinghast.
Critics quarrel over the ocean going potential of the Simon J Murphy a lakes designed steamer now in Simpson's dry dock East Boston After a voyage from Montreal to Halifax crew say the ship is a lake vessel ill suited for seaway while Halifax's chief engineer calls it seaworthy and notes needed machinery changes including surface condensers for salt water and copper bottom paint completion.
The fifth annual hall of the Chelsea Cyclists Dance was held last evening with about 400 attendees including Mayor S Littlefield and the Board of Aldermen. Fred S Hutchins directed the floor, assisted by Arthur W Wiggins and Wadsworth.
The annual ball of the New England division of the NYNH and HWR et employeess L. A. 628 K of L was held last night in Bethesda Hall South Boston. About 125 couples attended the grand march after a concert that started an hour earlier at 9 o'clock.
The article outlines the safety duties for the Union station yard in Boston as trains begin using the new facility. It notes F A Tilton as general yard master with J J Sullivan as assistant, J P Coleman supervising switchwork, and details on the 52 switches and 15 semaphore signals controlled from a central tower via 122 air cylinders and electric wiring.
The coming Massachusetts Legislature session will be record making with many bills focused on Boston. Proposals include replacing the Police Commission with an excise board, state phone rate supervision, a uniform city charter, and requiring corporations to pay municipalities for street use. The Cape Cod Canal construction and convict labor, a universal city charter outside Boston, and a new caucus law to ensure fair ballots are among debated topics.
Local notices detail Sunday sermons across multiple churches including First Baptist Commonwealth Avenue Tremont Temple People's Temple and more. It lists times subjects and special events with invitations to all.
In Marlboro the joint council of Boot and Shoe Workers union and city clergymen met to discuss a path to settlement. A proposal to have a union committee handle disputes, excluding labor organization agents, was supported. A negotiating committee was appointed and will meet employers tomorrow.
Brooklyn police arraigned Pauline Unbekant alias Callahan, a woman burglar, whose activities were exposed after bar keeper Emil Marx discovered her under his bed. Officers found seventeen keys and pawn tickets in her flat at 1225 Myrtle Avenue. her two children were rescued half frozen.
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