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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1899
Page
2
A druggist reports selling 5971 Munyon's Inhalers and requests more stock as orders flood in. Multiple retailers tout high satisfaction and unprecedented demand with comments from storerooms on Boylston and Kington Streets.
Local ad copy promotes Munyon's Stative electrical machine and home remedies with free diagnosis. A three story brick block at 45 to 53 Fairmount Avenue and a neighboring one story structure suffered a major fire causing extensive damage estimated at 30000 dollars.
A destructive fire in Yarmouth Nova Scotia endangered the town for an hour due to strong winds. Dane's clothing house, the Victoria Cafe, J H Hurlburt Moody Le Bland residence, Hood Company jewelers and other buildings burned in a three and a half story block with sizable loss and partial insurance coverage.
Final arrangements were completed in Washington for the public funeral of Rep. Nelson Dingley in the House and for removal of his remains to Maine. The body will lie in state in Lewiston City Hall and private services will follow next morning before burial with family and civic officials in Lewiston and Auburn.
The Central Labor Union censured Park Department head Pettigrove for refusing to hire union men and urged park commissioners be notified. They condemned uniforming employees at employers' expense. Unions announced boycotts against firms T. F. Cotty Wright Baking Co Jacob Benager and others. Officers for several unions were elected.
The installation of Court Williams No. 19 M C O F took place at Hibernian Hall East Boston led by D H C R John Mahan and staff with Marshal Frank Maloney. Dennis Reagan vice chief ranger Daniel O Flaherty recording secretary Frank Keavener financial secretary Otto Walter treasurer Thomas Arthur and others were installed. Rev Hugh Roe O Donnell spoke on the order’s welfare with other officers also addressing. A reception followed with vocal and musical selections. Meanwhile Chelsea Christian Scientists begin meetings in town due to Boston church crowding and plan further suburban churches. first Chelsea services attended by 12 with Mrs L Williams and Mrs Alden Alley as readers.
A Boston testimonial extols Prof Koch and the Koch Lung Cure at 74 Boylston Street for curing consumption by lung vapor therapy. The author credits relief after three months, notes brother died in southern Europe, and cites German government endorsement and free consultations. Multiple ailments including bronchitis and asthma are claimed curable by this inhalation method.
Dr. Withrow, longtime Chicago church figure, compares Chicago and Boston in a Park Street Church address on Sunday in Chicago. He notes Chicago’s youth, immigrant mix, Sunday open theatres, municipal concerts, bicycle events, and strong church attendance despite notable vices.
The article details statements from Thav and John Adams about Stathan, claiming he attempted to kill the woman, who is 21 and left him after years of abuse. She had worked long hours at a skirt factory near Bowdoin Square in Boston, staying near Cambridge Street to be close to work.
The proprietor of the lodging house at 176 Cambridge Street where Mrs Stathan resided is mentioned in connection with an ongoing Boston case. The brief note notes the address and the lodging house owner's involvement.
The Rev. A Gumbart preached his ninth anniversary sermon at Dudley Street Baptist Church on a live church theme. He urged the church to align preaching with God's plan and apply Christian principles to all human activity, stressing urgency and vitality.
Miss Rose Selenfreund and Zigmund Samuels married last evening at the bride's sister Mrs. 8. Gingburgs home 1 Robins attert. Rabbi Hyman Schoher officiated. Best man was Samuel Samuels. Ushers were Samuel Sackmary Joseph Kelesky and Isidore Segnibend. Bridesmaids included Lena Hameson Rose Brodsky and Sadie Samuels.
Rabbi Charles Fleischer of Temple Adath Israel discusses Zionist writer Israel Zangwill's Uri el Acosta and argues religion rides waves of time. He calls for dry docking and a new universal religion rooted in social care and rational naturalism.
The Rev Thomas Dixon Jr announced his resignation from the People's Church after four years as pastor. He will continue preaching through February and plans to depart March 12 to return to the regular Baptist ministry citing disappointing results and insufficient funds for church expenses.
Vienna reports Countess Rosemont de Rouge Aix daughter of Boston financier Mr. Steward fled incognito as a governess after learning her husband wed her to settle his £300000 debt. She plans to work in London until she can obtain a divorce from her mercenary spouse.
Charleston police from Station 16 rounded up ten young men aged 15 to 20 for obstructing sidewalks and corner leafing. The arrests followed frequent complaints of mashers annoying women and insulting men. Some were bailed out soon after.
In Baltimore on January 15 Miss Anna Wake Schley age 25 daughter of the late Colonel William Louis Schley died by suicide at her home. After her father’s death a month earlier she grew despondent with alarming mental condition. A sister found her with a bullet wound to the heart from a revolver, and two letters suggest she believed pursuers haunted her family.
Chief Inspector Watts labeled one of two burglars now held in Baltimore as Fred Carter. Carter, with three others, was arrested for assault and robbery after a Weston grain store safe breach in 188. Photographs from City Marshal Hamilton aided the identification. Carter and Frank Warren served six years and were released September 13, 1897. A burglary tools set and stolen property were found with the quartet.
Savannah dispatch reports that Herman KE Black or Johnson, an Army Paymaster's Clerk, died Saturday from morphine poisoning. Coroner Goette believes Black was extorted for money and may have staged the death as a suicide. His presumed home was Waltham Mass., and he served with Lavallette Commandery Knights of Malta. He worked for Major J J Bullis, Army Paymaster.
The Clan-a-Gael organizations of New England yesterday endorsed Senator Hoars stance on imperialism and expansion. About thirty five groups from across the state attended a convention at the American House and approved his remarks on the Philippines. Resolutions opposed any alliance with England and criticized Justin Huntley McCarthy for his views since arriving in the United States.
Remains of Lieutenant Edmund Miles, who died at Nantasket, were laid in Cambridge at the Inman Street Universalist Church with a guard of honor from Post 56. The service featured organ music, a Cambridge Quartet, and a eulogy by Rev. Dr. Bicknell, followed by interment in Cambridge Cemetery.
The Jesuit order reshuffles assignments in Providence and nearby cities, moving Father J. J. Eric to St Mary’s Providence and altering leadership at St Mary’s North End Boston. Legacy rector Father Byrne retires due to ill health while Father Mullen downplays wider impact of the changes as he awaits new duties.
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