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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1893

Page

8

Boston Doctors Challenge St Louis Diet Inferiority Claim

Boston physicians defend local schoolchildren against a St Louis editorial asserting Boston children are physically inferior due to diet. They note pie and beans are common in rural areas, cite differences in population and class makeup, and call for careful study before comparing two cities.

West Russell Sturgis Boston Maurice Richardson St. Louis J. Collins Warren Post-Deteh G. Stanley Hall W. T. Porter Henry Pickering Bowditch Harvard Medical William T. Porter Bowditch Louisburg Square

Lynn Baseballists to Dance Anniversary Dance

The Reserves Baseball Association of Lynn will hold its second anniversary dance at Father Mathew Hall on December 23. The event is organized by a committee led by Frank Mackesy and Walter Tapley with many members listed among the in charge.

M. Lacy G. Lewis J. McCormack E. Moronery J. Murray J. McKeen J. Powers A. Skelter T. Cunningham

Bank Officer's Suicide Amid Domestic Financial Troubles

SHAKOPEE Minn Dec 23 David L How president and cashier of Firs National Bank shot himself through the temple yesterday Despondency over domestic and financial trouble is given as the cause in this terse police report from the city scene.

Shakopee Minn David L How Firs National Bank Himsel

Boston relief plan to hire 200 unemployed for street work

Boston relief committee approves Wednesday employments for about 200 men and 50 women. Work on deep and shallow sewers, patchwork and village crafts funded by a $13,000 fund with city supervision. Applicants registered at Old Court House, with 2000 total as of now. contracts to employ via private firms with $1.50 per day and shifts to serve up to 400 workers if needed.

Boston Relief Committee Ames Estate Bedford Street Civil Service Civil Service Commissioners Old Court House Messrs. Kidder, Peabody & Co F. H. Peabody H. Peabody Boston Wallet Committee

Unemployment across the nation exceeds eight hundred thousand

Telecommunications from Bradstreet's wire reports detail wage earners idle in 119 cities nationwide, with over 1.95 million dependents. Regions including the Midwest, New York and New Jersey, New England, Minnesota and Wisconsin, the South, and the West show varying counts of unemployed workers and dependents, amid signs of slow economic recovery and widespread wage reductions.

New York Bradstreet’s Ohio Indiana Michigan Ilinois Kentucky

Arlington Fails to Aid Hungry Needy Urges Action

A letter to the editor criticizes Arlington officials for inaction amid poverty and unemployment. The writer urges the selectmen to organize relief, warning the hungry and naked among residents await aid and urging prompt rescue.

Arlington

Arlington Resident Receives Cold Water Refusal Notice

Arlington resident receives mention dated December 2 in a brief column noting a Christian duty and withholding cold water as a lode reward, reflecting local sentiments and civic issues.

Arlington Dec

Quincy Scholars Donate Food for Christmas Charity

Public school pupils in Quincy collected fruit vegetables and other food items to aid the needy during Christmas. Teachers prompted each pupil to contribute and Associated Charities distributed several loads of produce to deserving families yesterday.

Quincy Associated Charities

Wal tham Methodist Society to stage food drive entertainment

The First Methodist Society of Wal tham will hold an entertainment at As bury Temple Monday evening to aid the poor. Admission will be a food item such as two or three potatoes instead of money, a plan the committee believes yields more food than a monetary gate.

First Methodist Society of

Dates & Whiting Knitting to Start Full Time Jan 1

In Chicopee on December 2 a meeting of prominent citizens in the Police Court room resolved to aid the needy poor. Dates & Whiting Knitting Company will begin full time January 1 with a 10 to 15 percent reduction. Ex Mayor George F. Taylor chaired a fifteen member general relief committee to collect and distribute money fuel and clothing. The group adjourned to Tuesday evening.

Chicopee Dates & Whiting Knitting Company George F. Taylor General Reef

Lowell Mass Meeting Urges Poor Relief Fund

Red posters advertise a mass meeting at Huntington Hall for the poor relief fund with brief addresses scheduled at Highland Congregational Church and a 9 o clock start at Huntington Hall led by Joseph L. Chalifoux. Speakers include Senator Lawton Hon J C Knowlton Hon John C Burke Charles R Talbot E S Foss and Alonzo G Walsh with Frederick T Greenhalge presiding. Mary E Donnelly will read Dickens and the Lowell Symphony Orchestra directed by Roscoe McDaniel volunteers for the occasion.

Lowell Huntington Hall Poor Relief Fund Unitarian Church Highland Congregational Church Lawton J. C. Knowlton John C. Burke Charles R. Talbot E. S. Foss Alonzo G. Walsh Joseph L. Chalifoux Board of Trade Frederick T. Greenhalge Church League Mary E. Donnelly Dickens Lowell Symphony Orchestra Roscoe McDaniel

Baltic mills to replace Green back mill at Enfield

The Green back mill at Enfield, now owned by the G. Whitney Woollen Company, will be renamed the Baltic mills. It has started with large orders and may run rounds to keep looms moving. Tilton mills are back in operation with many orders. Mica company at Rumney nears completion. A Massachusetts man plans a leather board factory at South Milton to open soon.

Manchester Enfield G. Whitney Woollen Company Baltic Mills Tilton Mills Mica Company Rumney South Milton Massachusetts

Winchester McKay Fastener Plant Nears Opening

Lawrence dispatch reports the McKay Metallic Fastener Company is completing its Winchester factory. The brick stone iron complex spans 100 by 70 feet with four stories and a 200 horsepower engine. It will employ about eight hundred workers and replace the former local shop.

Lawrence McKay Metallic Fastener Company Winchester

Gibbs Chair Plant Sold to Wakefield Rattan Co

Gibbs Chair Company plant in Kankakee sold to Wakefield Rattan Company of New Haven. The works have been idle since financial stringency but the purchase promises a resumption with about 400 workers back to work within two months. Other nearby firms expect to restart after the new year.

Kankakee Ill Gibbs Chair Company Wakefield Rattan Company New Haven Wakefield Company

Watertown Plants To Shut For Week For Repairs

The Union bag works will close tonight for one week for repairs due to high order volume. Walker & Pratt foundry will also shut down for at least a week while Potter & Co. plans a one day halt.

Watertown Union Bag Works Walker & Pratt Foundry Potter & Co

Hat finishers in Orange aid Danbury group in manufacturer fight

The Orange hat finishers announce a $500 contribution to the Hat Finishers' Association of Danbury Connecticut to support their campaign against manufacturers.

Newark N. J Orange narAew CS

Young Brigham Young's Son Creates Scene at Salt Lake Theatre

Oscar B S Young son of Brigham Young caused a disturbance at the Salt Lake Theatre during Hoyt's A Trip to Chinatown. He burst into the building, threatened actors, wrestled with staff, seized a prop sword, and was restrained by crew before being taken to the station. Authorities note recent financial troubles as a possible cause.

Salt Lake City Hoyt Chinatown Salt Lake Theatre Oscar Young Brigham Young Harry Connor Connor New York Antone Margzanovich

Dr Swftt’s Vegetable Compound and cure claims

An 19th century ad fragment promotes Dr Swftt’s Vegetable Compound made from hoarhound slippery elm flax seed thoroughwort and other ingredients. It touts bottles at 25 cents and a quart syrup for 25 cents, claiming to ease coughs irritations and prevent consumption with waters or doses, noting a household remedy tone from Washington.

Washington i

Sad Coincidence Death in Friday Night Fire

ACharlestown 21 year old Joseph Sheehe died in a Christmas week fire, leaving a widowed mother and eight siblings. Identification confirmed by his brother Daniel at the morgue. The blaze heavily damaged Bent & Co Levi Bolles Co and others with losses from 35000 to 1000 and total repairs around 40000.

Timothy Joseph Sheehe Prison Point Boston Joe Sheehe No. 1 Tremont Street Charlestown Square Levi Bolles Daniel Joseph Bolles Place Haymarket Square

Christmas Eve Prayer From Sleeping Children

A tender Christmas Eve scene shows two white robed children kneeling by a trundle bed asking Santa for stockings filled with books toys and other gifts while hoping their father and mother guide them and keep faith as they sleep.

Santa

Italian banker Vincenzo Zarelli vanishes in New York

New York December 23 Vincenzo Zarelli the Italian banker of 130 Elizabeth Street has not visited his office for over a week. His doors are shut and neighbors say they know nothing of his whereabouts. Clients who entrusted funds to his care are seeking information.

New York Vincenzo Zarelli Elizabeth Street

Mind Your Own Business Ad Promises Jobs and Growth

A firm declares it will keep all extra salesmen through the holiday season and recession, arguing higher sales and consumer benefit. The company vows to expand operations, prevent layoffs, and restart strong business plans to be ready for improved trade. It invites readers to read the ad for Tuesday’s start.

Boston Nic

Desperate bribery attempts target Coughlin jurors

Chicago report details bribe attempts on jurors in the Coughlin case as bailiffs blocked a man on Clark Street Bridge who urged paying each juror to release the defendant. The man was seized at the East Chicago Avenue station after another similar attempt on a prior Thursday. The testimony also covers 1889 Clan na Gael activity and Cronin associations, with details of planned payments and meetings, as the court adjourned for Christmas.

Chicago Coughlin Revere House James E. Bowers Clark Street Bridge Chicago Avenue Newland John J. Mahoney Lakeview Dr. Cronin Patrick O’sullivan Clan-na-Gael Cronin O’sullivan O'Sullivan Mahoney

Morgan Denies New England Railroad Purchase

J Pierpont Morgan dismissed reports that Drexel Morgan & Co. secured control of the New York and New England railroad for the New York New Haven Hartford line saying it is absolutely false he would not touch New England at any price.

New York Drexel, Morgan & Co New York & New England Railroad New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad J. Pierpont Morgan New England

Old New York lace firm fails at Greene Street

The house of Albert, Haager & Co., lace importers at 67 Greene Street, failed today. Henry Co. Albert, surviving partner, confessed judgments to his father for 81,445 in loans. Liabilities are estimated at 150,000.

New York Albert, Haager & Co Greene Street Henry Co. Albert Nicholas Albert

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