Favorite Prescription Promises Home Cure for Womanly Weakness
A promotional piece touts Dr. R. V. Pierce and his Favorite Prescription as a private at home remedy for women’s weak health. It claims the medicine strengthens maternity organs, corrects irregularities, and reduces debility without embarrassing exams, citing a Ark. couple praising easy childbirth and healthy baby Ruth at 13 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
W. R. Malcolm
Knobel, Clay Co
Ark
Ruth
Senate mourns Hayes. Walter Baker trademark clash looms
The Legislature observes a mourning adjournment for Senator Hayes as debate intensifies over Walter Baker & Co. goodwill value. A Boston & Maine rail bill passes committee, with a $1.5 million trademark claim triggering opposition and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Baker
Massachusetts Pipe Line stock dispute explained before gas board
The Massachusetts Pipe Line Gas Company defended issuing $1,000,000 in stock without council approval. Lawyers Dabney and Butler argued the 1896 charter overrides 1894 state law, asserting the capital was fixed by the charter and that the company acted in good faith to serve Boston with safer gas at no extra cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Baker Chocolate Company
Meyer
Illard
Chelsea
John L. Kelly
Ward
Iliam T. A. Fitzgerald
Alfred S. Hayes
Connelly
Fall River
Belcher
Randolph
Washburn
Worcester
Callender
Boston
Bartlett
Ryle
Plymouth
Myers
Cambridge
Hayes
Lowell
Henry L. Pierce
Massachusetts Pipe Line Company
Gas Commissioners
Gas Commission
Lewis S. Dabney
State House
William M. Butler
Butler
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Massachusetts Pipe Line Gas Company
Massachusetts Pipe Wine Company
Board
General Court
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Boston & Lowell Street Railway Company
Lewis 8. Dabney
Commonwealth
Gifford
Dabney
Mr. Dabney
Salvation Oil Promoted By Philadelphia Resident
Mrs. A Fiedler of 2864 Palethorp Street Philadelphia testifies Salvation Oil holds more honesty and virtue than any liniment she knows. She cites relief for rheumatism stiff joints and bruises and urges households to keep Salvation Oil on hand at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Fiedler
Palethorp St
Philadelphia
Vessels and cargo streams roll in as Boston harbor hums
The Mary Cabral returned with about 15,000 pounds of fish from Middle Bank. A coasting vessel’s gaff and a light buoy were recovered near Minot's Light and Lovell's Island. The Sofala joins the fleet from Calcutta. Warren line reports 1897 exports from Boston totaling 369,107 tons across 87 sailings.
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Mary Cabral
John McKenney
Middle Bank
Minot
W.S. Doane
Lewis
Stell Lennan
Blanche
Chelsea
Rubelli
Maverick
Philadelphia
Highland Light
Herald
Johnny Degen
Gloucester
Lovell’s Island
Calcutta
Auld
Greenock
Scotland
Peividere
Jamaica
Lancastrian
Cambroman
Liverpool
Hibernian
Glasgow
Parkmore
Avonmouth
Azanor
Antwerp
Prince Edward
Nova Scotia
City of Gloucester
Central Wharf
Mate Hewitt
Reading Steel
Lamaqua
Ritson
Asia
Dakin
Manilla
Mystic Wharf
Buenos Ayres
Ontario
Rosario
Percy
Chattahoochee
Savannah
Boston
Warren Steamship Line
Warren Line
Leyland Line
Cunard Line
Warren
Landsman
Leyland Liner Victorian Beats Sachem In Atlantic Race
The Leyland steamer Victorian arrived at Boston Light at 7 40 a m nearly four hours ahead of the Warren steamer Sachem after starting from Liverpool January 29. Victorians captain Captain Shepherd reports a winter passage with head winds and heavy seas while Sachem captain Captain Walters noted similar conditions and landed a stowaway Arthur Miskell. Three cabin passengers traveled victorian John W Brooke John Ives Alfred Delmont with the Sachem carrying the stowaway, all landing ok amid immigration checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Leyland
Victorian
Warren
Sachem
John W. Brooke
John Ives
Alfred Delmont
Walters
Arthur Miskell
New York
Sagamore
Four Crew Members Buried After Gloucester Schooner Wreck
The bodies of four crewmen from the schooner James Holmes, wrecked at Gloucester, were brought to Belfast on February 9. Funeral services for Alfred Staples and John Jackson were held that day, as the burials proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
James Holmes
Gloucester
Alfred Staples
John Jackson
Equitable Life's Annual Statement Highlights Strong Growth
The Equitable Life Assurance Society reports increased business and strong financials with surplus of 0 543 174 84 under 4 percent standard and over 29 million under 3 percent. Assets rise to 236 976 308 04 after paying policy holders 21 106 314 14 in 1897 and outstanding assurances total 951 165 837.
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Equitable Life
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
New York Insurance Department
Equitable
Ags
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Cities of the Barbary Coast lecture by EK Holmes
EK Burton Holmes presented his fourth lecture at Music Hall last night tracing a journey from New York through the Mediterranean to Algiers and Constantine. The lecture repeats next Saturday and concludes with Oases of the Algerian Desert next week.
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Barbary Coast
Burton Holmes
Music Hall
New York
Mediterranean
Algiers
Constantine
Oases
Algerian Desert
The Ballet Girl at Park Delights Crowded Audiences
The Palais content features lively shows with bright music and fetching costumes. The Park Theatre hosts The Ballet Girl with strong crowd lines while Cadets' theatricals offer military night and a crowded Boston scene.
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Columbus
Noeline
Leslie Carter
Heart of Maryland
Hollis
Andrew Mack J
Ernest Lacey
Coney Island
Rentz Santley Company
Howard
Madge Darrell
Lily Holly
May Holly
Frances Namon
Violet Bewley
Lily Engstrom
Ella Engstrom
New York
Grand Theatre
Frederick Murray
Tom Badger
Messrs
Thomas and Watson
Leonzo Brothers
Castle Square
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Bowdoin
Eugene Cowles
Alice Nielson
Elsie Leslie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Lydia Languish
Joseph Jefferson
Beatrice Cameron
Mr. Mansfield
Secret Service
Daniel McCarthy
Grand Opera House
Boston Theatre
Austin & Stone
USA
Music Hall
Grace Smith
Huntington Avenue
Palace Theatre
Trilby painting exhibited in Tremont Street store
Astley D. M. Cooper’s famous painting Trilby was shown for the first time yesterday morning in Houghton & Dutton’s Tremont Street store third floor. Hundreds viewed the lifelike portrait showing Trilby posing in the altogether before a Paris life class.
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Astley D. M. Cooper
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Railroad Committee
Boston & Maine
Senate
Johnson
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Legislaure
Committee On Railroads
The
Boston & Maine Railroad Authority
Elijah 8
Darling
Charlestown
Wills Brothers
Agricultural Investigation
J. D. W. French
Bay State Agricultural Society
House
Joint Judiciary Committee
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Pine
Company
Oregon
Worcestershire
Duncan
Alexandre
Dumas, Fils
Holmes
E. Burton Holmes
Isaac B.ric
Lanett Vintines
is _sT
TR Batta
Tewell Week
David Belasco
Maryland
Lassta Carter
Julia Marlowe
Countess Valeska
Eugene Tompkins
Lillian Mesa G Man
Russell
Uclla Serr
FOX
Deangelis
Pawards
Comedy Park Fismaritz
Meugene Tompkins
Iowane E. Rice
Ite N.Y. Triumph
Cadet Theatricals
R. A. Barnetusical
Queen OF the Ballet
George W. Edwardes
Augustin Daly
By R.A. Barnet
Merrimac St
Tremont Theatre
Rentz Saantley
Joe J. Sulliven
Lottie Elliott
Minnie Cline
Mazuz and Mazett
Fish and Quigg
York
Crand Theatre
Washington, Cor
Dover St
New Yar
Isabel Pitt Lewis
Spa
Tremont &J
Tremont
Tremont So
Byron
OUR Boys
Chas. T. Ellis
Mile
Trina Orbasany
Street Boulevard
Alice Atherton
Eve
Boston Museum
Boucelcault
Andrew Ramsay Morris
Mi Ack Tirceman Mack
William Gillette Nhis
Music Mall
Victor Tbhrane
USAYE _felitan tyrolinter
Sean Gerardy
Reese Ei Toy
Engelhart
Vienna
Crand Opera House
Dan Macarthy
Kelly & Mason
Colubi
GUBA
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