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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1897
Page
2
Doctor McCoy ends the five dollar treatment rate with only three days left. He stresses fairness and insists the offer will not be renewed after Friday, December 31, 8 pm, with all patients treated until cured at five dollars a month.
Advertisement urges readers to visit listed individuals who claim cures for deafness ringing noises and bronchial catarrh. Includes names addresses and ailments and invites inspection of their methods and stories to verify claims.
The notice promises cure after visiting the pep le and asserts published statements are true. It states a treatment fee not exceeding five dollars per month until cure, with a deadline of January. The ad relies on bold assurances and vague details about the treatment and applicant eligibility.
A Boston directory fragment lists residents with ailments including epilepsy respiratory catarrh deafness and consumption. Names include Mrs Mary Collins Miss Fanny French Dr Ernest Robinson George Sullivan Edwin Thurston and many more with addresses across East Boston South Boston Jamaica Plain and other wards.
Fragmentary OCR text lists multiple personal names and street addresses with misread spellings. No coherent event or context is evident. likely a damaged classified or notice snippet with scattered person names and locations. Further readable details are required to determine the item’s nature or entailment.
A Cambridge notice lists residents and addresses such as T M Merriman and Evarist Metivier with endorsements and health claims. Entries mention deafness, catarrh, bronchial issues, ringing noises, asthma, and related conditions across Cambridgeport North Cambridge West Cambridge East Cambridge and adjacent streets.
In Massachusetts the list shows residents with health and civic notes for public consideration. W W Corrigan of 98 Grove Street is noted with incipient consumption. Rev Miles Grant at 1 Franklin Avenue receives an endorsement. James Hayes of 174 Webster Avenue Chelsea is listed with deafness and Thomas W Sparrow of El Crescent Avenue with deafness.
A list of residents with various ailments including deafness catarrh stomach issues and skin diseases. Names include George Wetherbee Moses Libby Leotcree Frazier Delano and others with addresses in Somerville Lynn Bronvphial Castle and East Lowerville.
Everett E Spaulding of 69 Main Street and Mark Balem of 11 Walnut Street are identified in a terse legal notice concerning deafness related matters. The fragmentary item provides no dates or governing authority and lacks full context.
A long line of names and addresses across towns such as Boston Medford Melrose Medford and Woburn appear with a range of chronic conditions including deafness catarrh bronchial asthma gastric ulcers and ringing noises. The items read like a local registry of illnesses associated with residents and their residences.
In Haverhill William Doolan aged 70 is found dead with a knife wound to the heart. William Daly, his brother in law and lodger, is jailed on murder charges after Daly admits the killing following a wake dispute and a chaotic morning. Both men worked in a slaughter house and the weapon remains missing. Daly faced court proceedings awaiting arraignment.
Port Townsend dispatch reports Judge Johnson appoints F F Cassell as receiver for Nowell Gold Mining Company and Borners Bay Mining and Milling Company. Thomas S Nowell of Boston seeks explanation while Eastern officials say debts paid to date and operations run from the East.
The American Wringer Company lists locations at 77 and 7 Franklin Street and 80 Arch Street and offers wringers, mangies, and carpet sweepers. Wringers and sweepers repaired. Orders by mail or telephone receive prompt attention.
An advertisement urges readers to use Hood s Sarsaparilla to build resilience and resist illness. It emphasizes aiding a debilitated system and improving health by using the tonic.
The funeral of Marshall Newell Harvard's famed tackle killed in Springfield on Christmas Eve was held at Captain Richard Newell's West Newbury home. Bertram Waters led services with Rev James Sharp of Springfield officiating. Bears and Harvard friends attended from Boston and local towns, with burial at Walnut Hill Cemetery beside his father.
Harvard Improvement Society heard Edward Melody Boynton of Dorchester discuss rapid transit and his bicycle railroad concept. The Dorchester speaker, greeted with applause, illustrated the talk with stereoscopic views and presented figures he claimed would simplify transit and remove difficulties.
Mr Boynton and Mr Clark argue rail systems carry 70 pounds to 600 tons per train. They claim U S passenger trains average 27 persons per steam train and about 250 tons per train. They condemn high costs from engines and cars, rail wear, bridge damage, and costly reorganization totaling billions of property loss in six years.
On Luetgert's fifty second birthday in Chicago the defendant joked during a trial session while Mrs. Tosch testified about his damaging statements. Clerks C Clark and S Nelson described Luetgert purchasing potash and arsenic, and John Bialk testified about a prior meeting with Luetgert. The state plans to begin identifying the ring tomorrow.
A speaker rails against rail barons and big interests asserting a system of ultra light two story trains. He touts 200 pound per passenger car weight for day palace and sleeping staterooms with privacy and no trainman passage. Overhead magnetic guidance would run cars at high speed with silent operation and no wires. He cites 37 000 steam trains and one third as many electric trains tested.
The author denounces Manhattan style elevated railways and Morgan backed projects in Boston. He argues for a costly, intrusive plan over four miles of elevated lines, contrasting it with a dustless, quiet solution and condemning eastern interests and railroad promoters as obstructing progress for millions of passengers. The piece questions future burdens and accuses key figures of subjugation to New York interests.
A speaker urged action by the people of Boston backed by the Transcript and the Post, saying a government of men would fail the people and that patriotic men would perform the necessary act when the moment comes.
A longtime railroad conductor A S Messer from Boston describes years of chronic catarrh worsened by weather and fatigue. After visitors to Munyon’s office and treatment from his specialists Messer says he was completely cured and praises Munyon as a benefactor.
An advocacy push argues for a single elevated post structure with a two track system, claiming ten to one capacity over surface streetcars. Speakers pledge to license and support rapid transit, vow no compromise, and claim reduced fares are possible now, stressing engineers, costs, and a battle against vested interests.
James Butler a colored man is found dead in his Wes Eighteenth street home New York with no marks of violence but signs suggesting murder The wife Mrs Butler reports two white men visited the flat yesterday and gambled with her husband She recalls hearing one man name Becker and that threats were made if Butler won more money
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