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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1901
Page
2
A long list of contestants competing for prizes is shown with names and addresses across Roxbury, Charlestown, Somerville, Cambridge, Lynn, Everett, and other Massachusetts locales. Entries include Abraham Widrich, Max Andelman, Mrs Pillsbury, and many others, with varying street addresses and cities.
Roxbury readers send in praise and votes for Edward Whalen and Boston newsboy Abe Widrich. Messages from St Mary’s North End altar boys and local supporters express loyalty and hope for future turnout and coverage.
A dated 1901 letter from E. W. Powell of 204 Beacon Street Somerville asks to credit 150 votes to Edwin W. Powell and urges continuing good work, signed E. W. Powell.
A reader signs a short note to East Boston city pages asking the Post to credit J A Grady of 6 Futaw Street East Boston for a past favor. The message ends with polite gratitude and signs as J Carney of 84 Haynes Street East Boston.
The Boston Sunday Post runs a Feb 3 10 17 24 issue coupon contest offering 58 prizes including one $500 cash, one $100, one $50, ten $10 prizes, and forty five $1 prizes. Entry closes March 1 1901 at 6 p m and is open to all with no coupon limit.
Granville Davis of Brockton Massachusetts told the West Thirtieth street police he was pursued by detectives linked to a Worcester wealthier citizen. He appeared distraught and incoherent, denied naming the shadowing man, and was sent to Bellevue Hospital’s insane pavilion.
A benefit concert at the Columbia Theatre drew a large crowd for Carney Hospital. The Cathedral choir led by James T. Whalen and an orchestra directed by John W. Crowley delivered fine selections. The event netted a substantial sum for the hospital and received enthusiastic applause from the audience.
Edward A. Hammond dies in Washington leaving an estate to heirs including former Representative Edward H. Hoyt of Haverhill, his two daughters and eight Hammond cousins. Half the estate goes to a trust for Hoyt, the rest shared by the cousins, with Long Branch, New Jersey property to Hoyt.
The Central Labor Union at yesterday's meeting voted that if a subway is built under Washington Street it should be city owned and enacted benefits for Boston residents. They backed amendments to the engineers and firemen license law and opposed Sunday barbering in hotels. The union urged delay on Massachusetts Telephone and Telegraph Company locations until a public hearing and endorsed a Franklin fund trustees board. They also urged schoolbooks bear Allied Printing Trades Council labels. Daniel Wallace spoke on Tobacco Workers' Union fight against the Tobacco Trust. New delegates joined from Pattern Makers, Coopers, Longshoremen, Newspaper Makers, Ship Joiners, and Ship Carpenters unions.
The Waltham Bartenders Union Local 44 met in A. O. H. Hall with full attendance. After the business session a literary and musical program followed featuring Vahey Geary Connolly Forest with piano by Stankard and a flute solo by Kelly and a ventriloquist sketch by Ryan. Officers listed include Collins Kennedy and Collins as president and praised for organization success.
The Abram French Company of a grand Removal Sale offers China, Glass, Lamps and Silver at deep discounts before moving into a new six story Summer Street building. Large items like a $225 dinner service are offered for $100 and a $15 lamp for $5, encouraging early purchases for summer homes. The sale is billed as the most important of its generation, with both wholesale and retail buyers urged not to miss it.
A 38 year old man named Joseph Olivia of 23 Prospect Street was stabbed once near the left nipple following a brief encounter. He reported the assailant resided on Staniford Street and went to Station 8 for treatment.
In St John s Newfoundland on February 17 a clash over wreckage near Bacalieu arose as government tug Ingraham crew say the debris does not match the Lucerne while the first to arrive insists portions unmistakably belonged to the steamer. The lack of clear evidence fuels hope the Lucerne crew may still be alive if the ship is adrift somewhere.
The U S revenue cutter Dallas towed the schooner Uncle Joe from ice near Stepping Stone Light and anchored her in harbor. Captain Smith found no one aboard. the vessel’s owner later reported two men left in charge vanished with the yawl and papers and is searching for them. The Uncle Joe remains held. A second vessel, Barge Delaware and Raritan Canal No 7, towed by tug Belle McWilliams, sprang a leak and beached at City Island in a sinking condition with coal cargo needing discharge before refloating.
The weather in Spain turns severely cold with Madrid recording eight degrees below zero. Snow blankets Murcia and Palma de Mallorca where snowstorms are rare. A heavy gale hits the southern coast and eight small wrecks are reported from Cadiz.
The schooner Frank A. Palmer captained by Rawding from Portland Maine en route to Philadelphia had four feet of water in her hold and blocked pumps after a gale. She will be towed to Philadelphia by the tug Atkins Hughes after sheathing and pumping.
The widow of W John Widdup, first mate of the schooner Lucy W Snow, hopes for news as her husband and crew were lost after sailing from St Michaels last September. His wife and son Andrew reside at 6 North Bennet Place, Boston. She recalls a daughter’s death years ago and notes the family has dwindled from eight to two.
Mr C F Nute of Everett Massachusetts describes using Ripans Tablets for two years to treat severe headaches bilious attacks and a sick child in Casco Bay Maine The family found quick relief and continued using Ripans The ad promotes Ripans as suitable for most illnesses and notes prices and availability through druggists.
Beverly New Jersey reports two days of sensational gossip about Henry Herbert Pigott a wealthy local resident. Colorado telegrams claim Pigott and wife were traced to Tivermore Colorado and that he married Miss Byram. Mrs Pigott asserts her husband denied the charges while her sister in law recounts Massachusetts divorce claims.
The committee on constitutional amendments will hear suffrage petitioners this morning. Mrs. Charles Park will introduce speakers including Carrie Chapman Catt of the NAWSA, Julia Ward Howe, Alice Stone Blackwell, Gucia Ames Mead, Helen Campbell, Rabbi Fleischer, and others.
Gloucester February 17. Captain Howard Blackburn invites all comers to a small boat Atlantic race. Two women, Mrs B W Wright of Philadelphia with a 2 foot boat and Miss Albena Carpenter of Marblehead, Mass, seek entry. Race rules include boats under 30 feet, single sailor, June 17 start, Gloucester to Lisbon via Azores, and entry fee 25 dollars with prize split if more than two boats sail.
At Crescent Leach Revere Heb Laura wife of Emile Pontarive aged dex years funeral Tuesday Feb 19 at 11 am Private graveside services to follow in Crescent Leach cemetery with family in attendance
A prominent Boston socialite was arrested on a warrant at a police office with bail posted and released. Police sought a well known man at a top Commonwealth Avenue hotel, whom they could not locate. The case, linked to anticipated sensational divorce action, involves Charles W. Bartlett as counsel and is expected in court this forenoon.
The latest official list counts 19 446 civilian public functionaries in the District of Columbia. Their monthly pay totals 1 805 708 81 dollars, yielding annual salaries of 19 628 506 72 dollars. The table lists each department’s DC staff and yearly payroll.
Washington Feb 17 Informants say if the United States withdraws its warships from Venezuela other governments would immediately send fleets to safeguard their citizens. European nations reportedly determined to keep a foreign fleet in Venezuelan waters until the Crespo government settles disputes with American concession holders.
Cincinnati February 17 United States Leather Company announces acquisition of the Cincinnati Barbed Wire Company plant at Fairmount to erect a 60000 square foot tannery. When operating it will process 100 hides daily and employ more than 500 men, the largest tannery in America.
The Rev. Dr. Howard Everett Hale of Boston delivered a sermon at All Souls Church in New York on Fourth Avenue and Twenty Street. His subject was Man's Knowledge of God.
A persuasive health note claims digestion depends on wholesome food, not medicines that claim to purify blood. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are praised for supplying pepsin and diastase, digesting meat and eggs, preventing indigestion, and benefiting both sick and healthy users after meals.
Boston lawyer H L Baker living at the Waldorf Astoria and 68 Wall Street was named by a man who reported a $200 diamond stud robbery to Tenderloin police on Friday night. Two women arrested for soliciting faced trial at Jeffers Market. Baker had bought cherry flips and lithia water for a Mitchell and Lillian Smith earlier, and his diamond was missing after leaving the Mitchell woman. Magistrate told Detective the case was too slender and discharged the prisoners.
The grade crossing eliminator work on the Boston and Maine at East Somerville nears finish. Perkins street foot bridge is open and Cambridge street main bridge nearly ready. depot construction advances with over 1 million spent. A congressional industrial commission sub-commissioner will visit Boston to study transport facilities and hear railroad officials. The golden wedding of Georges T. Felsomn recalls veterans of Boston rail service. Felsomn related to a former B&P superintendent, who inspected Rosin Bridge before its collapse and the merger of Boston and Providence into Old Colony. New interline tickets aim to curb destination fraud by assigning a perforated number to each ticket. no numbers printed on tickets. Interstate Street Railway may connect to Fall River via a new line from Spindle City to Providence, with local investors seeking control of interstate property. Walter M. Hodgkins becomes master mechanic at Fitchburg division’s Knieville shops, replacing Henry C. Manchester at Worcester. Berkshire Street Railway planning work to begin early spring. Ellison Doran secures contract for Hudson Pelham Salem electric railway, roadbed grading to start, track laying by April 1, operation by July 15. Rutland railroad orders 1000 freight cars, likely awarded to Pullman.
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