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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1900
Page
2
The article notes extensive medical consultations in Boston with physicians busy from morning to night. It highlights careful examinations and claims of notable cures by well known Boston people.
Faith in Munyon and the Boston clinic features strong, experienced doctors offering free exam and advice. The ad touts cures after other methods fail and shares a testimonial from S. E. Waugh of East Boston praising Munyon's Rheumatism Cure after severe inflammatory rheumatism.
Munyons Electrical Machine advertises new life in electricity with static machines that claim to relieve pains and neuralgia in minutes. No shock, suitable for women and children, promising improved joint flexibility and recovered muscle strength.
An advertisement touts Munyon's Inhaler for lung and air passage diseases. It claims effectiveness for catarrh asthma bronchitis and related head nose throat and chest conditions. The hard rubber device fits in a vest pocket and is priced at one dollar with all medicines.
The advertisement touts Munyon’s cures for rheumatism indigestion kidney trouble and headaches with promised near perfect success in a few days. It states remedies are sold at druggists mainly 25 cents per vial and mentions free consultations by Munyon’s doctors.
Arthur Sewall former Democratic VP candidate visited President McKinley later denying a recent interview predicting the party's downfall this year. He supports U S expansion keeping Puerto Rico and Hawaii as territories with equal tariffs and laws and favors eventually establishing a republic in the Philippines under U S protection.
New York report states Robert Duryea who broke his neck last August now sits up and moves about in an invalid chair. Doctors doubted his survival but he has improved steadily, with only limited control in his lower limbs and some fingers remaining.
The Howard Street Chinese restaurant run by Charles E Blodgett was robbed last night of thirty three cigars. Wolf Cohen aged 17, of Hotel Royal Court Street, was jailed on the charge.
The Jordan Marsh & Co employees enjoyed a large evening of dancing at Roughan Hall Charlestown with Condit's Orchestra providing music. About 1000 attendees filled the hall and gallery. grand march leaders included J. F. O'Hara and Miss Sadie Conley with many couples following. Dancing continued past 9 o clock into the early morning amid a crowd of named attendees and guests.
A long enumeration of individuals including Dayton Donovan Edgeworth Diggins Smith Flaherty Sheridan Furlong Bennett Ryan Reardon Bowen Cogan Bowen Bowen McInnis Cary Sheridan Starr Mack Mack Haley McGuiness Elkins Rogers Murphy ONeil Talbot Talbot Talbot Carney Warden Macken McShane Ivory McCarthy McSweeney Couch Greeg Bowen McCulpher Williams Donnelly Coop Coop Coop N A Coop Ward McCarthy Keane Sullivan McShane Smith Long Trainer Murphy Morandle.
A dense roster of individuals with numerous honorifics and surnames is presented. The text reads like a social or attendee list, naming many Misses and a few Mr. and Mrs. pairs, without a clear event, date, or place attached.
The first Douglass Club grand ball was held at Lyceum Hall in East Boston with members and their ladies dancing late into the night. Representative John J. Douglass attended with his wife and led the grand march. Portraits of Bryan Jefferson Jackson Joubert Kruger Fitzhugh Lee and George Washington decorated the hall, with Douglass’s portrait prominently displayed.
A largely attended dance was hosted by the Frank Yemaco Association at Turn Hall last evening. A concert preceded the dancing, which continued enjoyably into the early hours.
The Rough Riders hosted their second annual dance at Union Park Hall last night and this morning about 150 couples attended. Gibbs's Orchestra provided music and a vaudeville program was presented during intermissions.
The Geneva Atthletic Association of Dorchester hosts its inaugural concert and dance this evening at Bloomfield Hall Dorchester featuring local performers and community entertainment.
The joint judiciary committee of the Legislature will hold a Wednesday hearing on abolishing the death penalty in Massachusetts. Testifying in favor of the bill are Representatives Dalton of Salem and Frost of Lawrence ex Senator H C Parsons the Very Rev William Byrne Mrs Julia Ward Howe Robert Treat Paine Mrs J P Quincy Miss Florence Spooner Mrs Montgomery Sears and William Lloyd Garrison.
Four working men families were burned out of their homes in Charlestown yesterday afternoon. Wooden houses at 9, 11, 15 and 18 Gray Street were destroyed after a fire started in 13 Gray Street caused by children playing with matches. Charitable Charlestown citizens are aiding the destitute families until they can recover.
Prescott Thompson of 43512 Main Street Charlestown and a porter for J F Swift and Co sustained a serious ear injury after accidentally catching his ear on a meat hook yesterday.
An advertisement offers a tea coffee or food additive to cure drunkenness. It says the remedy works quietly without the drinker’s cooperation and invites readers to send name and address to Dr J W Haines in Cincinnati Ohio to receive free samples full usage directions books and testimonials claiming permanent cure.
Morris Kaplan promoted a grocers trust at Faneuil Hall, Boston, arguing for a centralized depot and one store per ward. The meeting devolved into farce with interrupted speeches, refusals to chair, and comic quips as reporters and attendees weighed the idea of freezing out competitors. Kaplan, a Socialist, led a sceneful session marked by heated debate and disorder.
Ithaca physicians confirm a serious diphtheria outbreak with over twenty cases and a crowded City Hospital. Officials warn Cornell University may close if the number of cases reaches forty.
Reports from Trenton indicate U. S. Attorney General John W. Griggs is slated for Justice Gray's seat on the Supreme Court when retirement occurs. Washington has not confirmed the change, as Judge William R. Day is also mentioned as a presidential choice for the vacancy.
In Fall River on February 26 Mrs. Jessie Barnard Scully discusses seeking a legal separation and child custody from Philippi Scully. She cites privacy and says the husband is in Missouri. reporters note long family gossip and prior elopement amid her diminished fortune and strained marriage.
Mrs Scully asks for a decree of living apart from her husband for justifiable cause based on statutory grounds. She notes his departure followed by her suggestion and that she has been supported by her husband’s lack of closeness since. It remains unclear whether Scully will contest.
Joseph Murphy of 388 Edinboro Street slipped from a small scaffold while aiding ironwork at Beach and Lincoln, plunging about thirty feet to the sidewalk. He escaped with a battered nose an injured elbow and scalp, and was treated after the fall. Murphy is employed by Norcross Bros.
Thomas Ryan sustained severe head contusions described as resulting from an assault by an unknown man and woman on Oak Street. He was treated in the Emergency yesterday.
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