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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1901
Page
3
An advertisement touts Dr. Liverpool as a master diagnostician who can locate diseases by symptom, promises high cure counts across numerous conditions, and offers free medicines and consultations. It lists extensive success figures and claims to save patients time, money, and suffering at 360 Tremont Street.
The piece debunks Billy Brady’s hokey claims about forfeit payments to Jeffries and Juhlin and questions shifting the fight to Faeland or London. It notes Riverside Club amid doubtful legality, mentions Dwyer and Pinpii as soft marks, recalls Jeffries Sharkey bouts, and includes a letter from Edward Fe Keevin defending the Business Men's Athletic Club.
Newtowne Massa chusetts League team fell to Charlestown in three straight games at home. The visitors missed 22 spares while Charlestown made 8. Marston led Charlestown with 562 as Tuttle 211 and Gutheim 208 topped Newtowne scorers.
Two hard matches opened with Paige defeating Bennetts and Carpenters beating Darling Russell in straight games. Travelers edged Employers two games to one by a single pin, while Macombers challenged Underwriters but lost two games and won the last by three pins. Scores follow.
Revere Rubber Office team edges Factory two to one in a three game set on Sudbury lanes. Beef and Produce leagues see Produce win two of three at Carruths. Gilchrist defeats Journal in a tight two of three. Logan beats Poulston team as John Mitchell tallies 259 pins.
East Coast college oarsmen push a New London regatta plan to host week long amateur sculling events from single to eight. Walter Camp and Harvard figures back an invited entry list including Penn Philadelphia Barge Club Columbia Cornell Wisconsin Yale Weld Newell Harvard unions and Boston clubs. The scheme aims to unite active rowing clubs and gain athletic committee approval with Harvard likely facing Cornelis challenge if the plan advances.
The Atlantic Works begins setting frames for the Boston cup defender Defender with five to six frame pairs expected by nightfall. A cracked sternpiece requires a new casting, delaying after-keel work by about a week while framing continues from keel to bow. Crowninshield expects four to six weeks to plate the boat after frames are set, while disputes over material supply between Lawley and Billman cloud the project.
The Massachusetts Interclub Candle Pin League opens its third season tonight at Melrose Highlands with clubs including Melrose Athletic, Melrose Club, Melrose Highland Club, Glendon of Everett, Towanda of Woburn, Kernwood of Malden, Jeffries Winter of East Boston, and Nanepashemet of Saugus. Schedule spans February to April with matches across Melrose and nearby towns.
At Samuels & Sons Newark office it was said negotiations with the Boston syndicate are not off and a sale may be arranged within days. Crowninshield offered to take Defender if delivered to Boston, with repairs at about $3000. Samuels & Sons telegraphed a new offer, likely a compromise, while hints persist of renting Defender as is for repairs and credits.
HURRYING SHAMROCK III, GUASGOW, Feb. 18. George L. Watson’s protest against slow progress on Shamrock III prompted faster work. In the past week two thirds of the outer plating is in place riveted and smoothed. Plating is manganese bronze three eighths inch thick, two to three and a half feet wide. Top sides overhangs feature an overlap with double rivet rows for strength. Below waterline joints are edge to edge with highly precise fittings. Rivets are yellow gun metal.
Governor Van Sant was assured by Mayor Ames that the boxing carnival planned for the Minneapolis Exposition building tonight will not occur. The event was to be held in St. Paul on February 18 with officials calling it off.
Revere Republicans held their municipal caucuses last night and nominated candidates for upcoming town elections. Selected nominees include selectmen at large Benjamin F. Butts, Precinct 1 George A. Ayer, Precinct 2 A Wallace Anderson, Precinct 3 Joseph G. Stowers, Precinct 4 Michael Sullivan, town clerk Warren Fenno, town treasurer G Arthur Tapley, assessor Charles E H Bates, collector of taxes Charles H. Fenno, school committee William R. Adams, and Adeline L Little.
Bobby Dobbs of Memphis and Young Peter Jackson of California battled twenty rounds to a draw at the Phenix A. C. tonight in Memphis.
Chicago police arrested pugilist Gus Ruhlin and sparring partner Denver Fa Martin before a staged friendly three two minute rounds at a local music hall. They were released on bonds of 500 dollars each.
Readers may request a free sample of Kilmer Swamp Root with a Boston Post promotion. Mrs. H. N. Wheeler of Lynn Massachusetts recounts relief from severe back pain and kidney discomfort after using the remedy, noting renewed strength and the ability to work as a canvasser. Swamp Root is advertised as benefiting housewives and others tired and overwhelmed by daily duties.
An editorial style advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles linked to broader health issues. It urges urine checks for milky/cloudy sediment and lists symptoms like back pain fatigue and nervous issues. A free sample offer and book are announced by Dr Kilmer Co Boston Daily Post readers.
In the House a motion changed the legal work week for state and county employees to 60 hours in the future, sparking plans to reconsider. Senators defeated a bill paying salaries to relatives of deceased persons, aided by Senator Chamberlain. A militia law revision report was sent to the Governor, a six page document. Cadets remain undisturbed as cities committee schedules a broad hearing on street construction costs.
Judge James R. Dunbar of Brookline represented the town before the committees on towns regarding a bill to amend the law governing town meetings. The discussion focused on procedural changes, voting standards, and quorum requirements.
The measure permits legal business transactions when Town Hall holds 700 seats, despite a 3000 voter town. It allows an appeal from petition votes by 106 voters if ballot questions are prepared for every voter to pass.
The proposed woman suffrage constitutional amendment filled the State House corridors as speakers for petitioners included Mrs. Maude Woods Park and Boston figures like Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead, Mrs. Alice Stone Blackwell, and Carrie Chapman Catt. Defendants were argued by Representative Thomas Russell with Boston advocates such as Mrs. William T. Sedgwick and Mrs. F Francis J. Dyer among others.
For over two hours the gas and electric light commissioners testified before the joint legislative committee on mercantile affairs and manufactures at the State House. They discussed the possible leasing of the Boston Electric Light Company and the Edison Electric Illuminating Company by a voluntary association, following a State Board communication to Governor Crane on January 11.
The Ingles High School annual officers party is set for Friday February 22 in Armory Hall on Montgomery Street. A large turnout is expected, with many graduates attending.
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