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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1901
Page
3
On Huntington Avenue a man erected a tall pole with an inverted Leyden jar and copper wiring, amid a crowd of onlookers. A plumber and helper planned to swap a stove for a crude Russian army stove in the hidden tent. A fence surrounded the camp while spectators speculated about drawing electricity from the clouds.
In Washington a House District of Columbia committee dinner invitation sparked debate over dining with a colored man. Representative Sprague withdrew all invitations after deliberation, leaving only Virginia's Peter Otey ready to attend with Mr. White and the commissioners.
Cape Town February 6 General French has occupied Ermelo in the Transvaal. Six thousand Boers retired after a violent attack on Smith-Dorrien s outpost at Bothwell but were driven back with heavy loss.
The Postmaster General issues orders establishing free delivery service at Stoneham Massachusetts to begin July 7. The move expands mail access and coverage in the town.
Police link a string of pocketbook thefts to a versatile criminal from Chicago and New York who disguises as a young woman. Victims describe a 22 year old, 5 foot 5 inch, 135 pound figure, with reports of white or colored appearances. Investigators deploy plainclothes officers to trap the man who has posed as a woman in multiple heists totaling thousands of dollars.
Portland Maine February 9 Northern and eastern parts of Maine suffer through one of the fiercest snow storms in years. A week after it began many railroads are crippled or only intermittently operating and numerous rural communities remain cut off from outside communication.
New York faces severe ice and snow with rivers and upper bay blocked. Ferryboats run late or skip trips as east winds push ice shore to shore, crippling navigation and hindering travel. Old timers recall no thirty year period of such conditions.
Seven inches of snow blanketed Chicago as a storm began yesterday afternoon and ended this morning. The heavy snow caused near complete tieups on cross-town car lines and disrupted suburban service on all roads, with winds gusting over forty miles an hour at times.
Snow and high winds delay transportation across Buffalo. Mail trains from the East run about thirty minutes late, and a Lake Shore train from Chicago is reported four hours behind schedule.
Eastern express No. 10 and a switch engine collided in Grand Central yards delaying trains in both directions for about an hour and a half. The express, due at 1 50, ran 90 minutes late after striking the switch engine. both crews jumped without injury and the express engine suffered light damage.
February 9 report from River states a boiler tube blew at the electric railway power house stopping all electric cars citywide until 7 p.m. Fireman Thomas Snowden sustained severe scalding from the steam as rescue crews responded.
Mrs D K Tone of Chicago asserts she is Kate Stokes Stetson’s daughter and heir to John Stetson of Boston. She cites her mother as Catherine Stokes Stetson and says she used the name Catherine Shirley after marriage. She expects full control of the estate after a settlement and avoids detectives assisting rival claimants.
Soon after John Stetson and his wife died an apparent daughter of Mrs. Kate Stokes named Shirley pursued the claim but then appeared as Mrs. Tene. She did not push the suit and the case was non suited.
An advertisement extols the dangers of neglected kidneys and promotes Dr Wilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues. It cites a testimonial from D W Smith of Des Moines Indiana praising a sample bottle and two larger bottles that cured long standing illness.
Mrs H N Wheeler of Lynn Massachusetts writes that after a severe illness in 1898 she suffered excruciating back pain and kidney trouble she felt and doctor denied. A sister urged Kilmer Swamp Root and within three days she found relief and soon fully recovered her strength. She says the product works for housewives and all tired overworked people and praises it as a boon to the weak and ailing.
An editorial style notice promotes Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer saying it cures kidney liver and bladder disorders and offers a free sample by mail. It lists symptoms including frequent urination backache headaches nervousness skin eruptions and mentions price two bottle sizes and an address in Binghamton New York. It urges readers to write and note they read it in the Boston Sunday Post.
Detectives hired by the Fosburgs report seeing three men believed to be burglars fleeing the scene of the Fosburg murder. The sighting occurred about 2 AM on Aug 20 between Dalton and Hinsdale as a freight train slowed on an upgrade. A second shoe was found on Milkman Nobel’s farm two miles up the Dalton road, linking to the Fosburgs’ defense.
Miss Beatrice Fosburg of Pittsfield, sister of Robert S. Fosburg accused in the August shooting of his sister May, is staying with Mrs. Rossiter at 48 Montgomery Place Brooklyn. Her father sent her to escape the tragedy and ease her strained nerves.
The Ebenezer Baptist Church pastor Rev Leroy Montague says Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett will not speak next Wednesday night at the church. He states she never lectured there and knows nothing about any plans.
Samuel F. Pearson of Portland Cumberland County sheriff denies plans to resign his office soon. He also denies that his chief deputy the Rev Henry T Skillings contemplates giving up his office. A despatch claimed to contradict this, but Pearson disputes it.
Forty MIT alumni attended a dinner at the Arts Club in New York City. Notable attendees included Henry M. Howe, George A. Freeman, Henry D. Hubbard, Alexander Rice McKim, and others. The association elected its ensuing year board of management with Alexander Rice McKim as secretary treasurer and D Pollock H D Hubbard Charles A Meade and Azel Ames Jr. as executives.
Malden February 9 The Honorable Converse has donated 39000 toward finishing the Malden Home for Aged Persons on Main Street. The home’s total cost is set at 45000. Managers have bought an extra lot nearby and plan to build an apartment house thereon.
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