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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1900
Page
5
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Deputy Haynes leads city snow removal with 300 plus workers and 75 teams clearing business districts while 380 street crews were short handed. Paving and sanitary divisions join to tackle Dorchester Jamaica Plain and Brighton as drifts reach four feet beyond the center. Weather outlook promises relief with 10 inches fallen and temperatures near zero.
Residents recalled the storm’s comic side as umbrellas flew and hats toppled on the Common. A man buried neck-deep in snow trudged Pinckney street while slips and slips emptied sidewalks. the Prince George arrived a day late due to the gale and several vessels lagged behind schedule up the coast.
Multiple towns report heavy snow drifts and gale conditions. At Clinton and Cape Cod areas drifting snow delays streetcars and roads while ships endure a heavy northwest gale. In Portland and nearby counties blizzards slow trains and tramways with services disrupted. one man found dead near Colchester after exposure.
A dated wartime era self help pitch speaks to men with nervous exhaustion seeking restoration. It promises free confidential consultation from Dr Greene at 34 Temple Place Boston Mass and touts Nervara as a cure with other remedies.
Katherine Booth, 29, a weaver, was found unconscious on a road near Webster. Police suspect murder and search for a former lover who had threatened her life. Autopsy to be conducted. she lived with George Scarborough and had worked at North Webster mills for six years.
The divorced son of Senator M. A. Hanna will marry Daisy Gordon Maud, ex-wife of William Maud, at Gordon mansion in Gordon Park Cleveland. Attending are William Gordon and other Cleveland society figures as the couple seeks a discreet union amid past sensational divorces.
A seven inch snow fell in New York yesterday with clear skies today and temperatures around 20 degrees. Traffic largely unaffected but mail was late from New England. Vessels including the American liner St Louis and La Touraine grope near the Hook. Graf Waldersee went aground but headed back to sea.
The Rev. Father Michael Gilligan, pastor of St. Joseph's Church Medford, died in Sisters of Charity Hospital Norfolk Va after a lengthy illness. Born 1847 in Salem MA he served in Boston Montreal and Medford and had overseen the construction of a new Medford church now near completion. His body will return to Medford with funeral planned for midweek.
The Aldermanic committee Norton Norris Bowen and Adams returned from Washington after meeting Secretary of War Root to press for the Cove street bridge project. Alderman Norris will report the committee’s findings at today’s meeting. Congressmen Naphen Fitzgerald and others expect a favorable decision, and Senator Lodge expressed support.
In Revere last night, multiple churches hosted no-license meetings led by local groups. Women’s Christian Temperance Union speakers at First Baptist. Judge Pettengill and Vernon Field spoke at First Congregational. Henry Spavin and F M Killick led the Unitarian rally. Delegations from William B Eaton Post 1%, G A R, and the Women’s Relief Corps attended. The event, called a citizens’ service, featured remarks by Rev. J P Bixby about Revere’s conditions.
Ill actor E H Sothern may miss Washington engagement due to throat illness. Belasco's Naughty Anthony waning in New York. De Wolf Hopper sails home as war rages. Mrs. Leslie Carter may sail April 16 to present Zaza in London. Raymond Hitchcock plans The Chaperone with Madge Lessing and Marie Cahill. Julia Arthur returns to Boston for Hamlet. Mam'selle Awkins leading role rehearsals in New York. Minnie Seligman recalls early Boston stand. Sapho and The Girl From Maxim's face date refusals. Johnstone Bennett noted for stage smoking. The Auburn Hair star conceals identity as Miss Auburn. Proto returns from London now to Boston.
In New York on February 18, John Bacis a Greek cigarette maker aged % years narrowly escaped a fatal assault after a crowd of youths snowballed pedestrians Bacis objected to being used as a target and was attacked with likely deadly consequences.
In West Middleton Indiana Mrs Lydia Cox a devout member of the Society of Friends joined the Holiness Church a year ago. She began a fasting ordeal fifteen days ago obeying a call from the Lord to abstain from food until sanctified. She has not eaten or spoken since then. Doctors warn the fast may end in death.
The poem fragment portrays ragtime's pull over dancers and singers, noting how even organists and worshippers are drawn to its rhythm. Emma Belle Husb signs off with a playful, flirtatious tone about ragtime captivating audiences and challenging solemnity.
Charles Webb a fireman living at 24 Somerset Street suffered severe burns to his face neck and both arms while handling kerosene at home. Authorities report the injury as serious and under medical care.
The Rev. Peter MacQueen of Day Street Congregational Church read his resignation after service citing future lecture duties. He plans to visit the battlefields of South Africa and his resignation takes effect March 1 after seven years in Somerville. A special standing committee meeting is set for Friday evening.
Thomas Ray clung to subway car handlebars as the crowd surged in Scollay Square last night at 10. He was dragged several feet, knocked down several people, and injured. A watchman halted the danger, Ray suffered a wrench to the back, and he was carried to a Medford car then to Charles Town Neck and home by ambulance.
London society embraces khaki as smart attire with the Princess of Wales ordering a coat and skirt in the Imperial Yeomanry cloth. The Duke of York wears a matching complete suit and a hamburg hat. Hostesses use khaki paper for notes, approved by the War Office.
Effie Kingsley of 278 Bunker Hill street slipped on ice injuring her left elbow. Cornelius Besrehan at 107 Warren ton street sustained a head wound needing three stitches. James Finn, 241 Main street Malden, suffered a facial bruise and a serious head wound near his home.
Rabbi Charles Fleischer conducted services at Temple Adath Israel before a good sized congregation. He delivered an address on Evolution with music and singing by the temple choir.
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