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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1898
Page
2
Dr Greene a Boston physician offers free illustrated lectures at Music Hall to show the X ray through living bodies and organs. He promotes vegetable remedies and free consultations at 34 Temple Place with no charge for examination or advice.
Governor Walcott submits documents showing John H. Tyler and Charles D. Milton alias Martinet, both notaries and half brothers, in a dispute over perjury and marriage licensing. Evidence includes a letter by Middlesex Probate Judge McIntyre, a Boston notary Albert G. Milton, and Rhoades Detective testimony. Attorney General Knowlton deems a notary commission valid if issued to the intended person. The Governor refers the matter to the House for action.
The Boston crowd at Keith's last evening showcased hunting and Irish flags in decorated boxes. Hon. John E. Redmond M P and guests praised the Biograph program and the elegant club, with Redmond calling the venue the finest he had seen.
In London the Daniel Jay suit for £15,870 against Lady Tatton Sykes focuses on forged promissory notes alleged to be signed by Sir Tatton Sykes. A Yorkshire banker testifies the notes and Monte Carlo checks were forged. Sir Tatton allegedly replaced the forgery with a genuine £2000 check.
Abington authorities probe the death of young Farrar on the Brockton road to determine where he was in town before the woodland fatality. He frequented Abington Saturday evenings, returning after 10. Conductor Lapham and the car’s motorman found him, his coat and vest torn, and he was taken to the Brockton station where a medical examiner examined him. He was known to carry a roll of bills.
East Boston Cadet Band prepares a sacred concert at Boston Theatre on January 23 with a 300 voice grand chorus from Catholic church choirs led by John A. O Shea. Invitations extended to Mayor and city state officials including John H Sullivan P J Kennedy and others.
An overheated stove on David Estes's steam yacht at Congress Street Bridge caused a fire yesterday. Members of Company 38, responding to a still alarm, extinguished the blaze and prevented greater damage.
Senator E O Wolcott chairman of the International Bimetallic Commission criticizes Secretary Gage in the Senate and withdraws from the commission citing need for a more able negotiator. He discusses India mint reopenings and hopes for a future international agreement to coin silver. A health advisory section follows extolling Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with user testimonials.
Prince Fabian Colonna, engaged to Eleanor Moran of Richmond Va, is heir to the Colonna lineage. The article notes the family’s vast titles, foreign alliances, and the feud with the Orsini, ending with the Pope’s decree to place Colonnas on both sides of the Pontiff at state events.
The piece argues that determination and health decide success more than talent. It warns coffee harms digestion and nerves, promoting Postum Food Coffee as a gluten and phosphate rich alternative. Proper boiling for 15 minutes is advised to extract flavor and nutrition.
Councilman Daniel J. Donnelly who won Ward 7 praise in the Democratic caucus and election night victory stopped a runaway team from Hose 2 Fort Hill station. The four horses bolted from Oliver Street to Atlantic then Federal Street before Donnelly leaped onto Federal Street Bridge and seized the reins, ending the chase near Broadway.
The second annual Puritana Outing Club ball was held last night in Muyceum Hall East Boston. It drew hundreds from the North End and East Boston with notable attendees including William Sullivan W J Ferguson Nicholas Lahey Joseph O Neil Frank E H Kelly Louis Kelly Miss Nettie Coyle and others.
The Chronicle reports the probate filing shows the late senator’s estate valued at 12,228,998 rather than the previously estimated 30,090,000. Appraisal and inventory will be filed with the Superior Court.
For the second time Charles A. Millen and Lizzie 16 Millen have failed in their divorce libels against each other. Two years ago each charged the other with adultery and both libels were dismissed.
In Washington the Senate approved the Lodge immigration restriction bill after Senator Wolcott's speech. Senator Hanna appeared at the session's start, took the oath of office for the rest of Senator Sherman’s term, and the immigration measure was debated until 3 o'clock before passing 45 to 28.
Boston politics rise as Representative Charles H Innes introduces a bill to elect a chairman of the city board from party nominees or independents. The 13 member board would grant the chairman sweeping powers including appointment of officers and acting as mayor in absence or death with a $3000 salary. The measure mirrors the rejected 1897 single chamber act.
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