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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
2
Memorial Hall diners rebel against seven daily servings of old buck or embalmed sheep. A petition circulated by Amers calls for the mutton to go, fearing an exodus and possible faculty action.
The American Cereal Company has long sought entry into the cereal specialty market. They recently made a direct offer of 1,500,000 dollars for the Postum Cereal business, the third such bid.
William H. Miller buys brick flat houses at 9 to 23 Wall Street area for a total taxed value of 58 600. Sellers are Margaret T. Gilligan and Sarah A. Maguire.
The passage discusses whiskey as a valuable beverage in moderation. It claims whiskey stimulates the liver, improves circulation, and notes some whiskeys are nourishing.
Miss Alta Rockefeller daughter of John D Rockefeller married E Parmelee Prentice a Chicago lawyer at her parents New York home. Less than 100 guests attended a reception with family friends and club members. The Rev William H P Faunce officiated and the couple will honeymoon at Tarrytown.
Mark Twain returned to New York on the 10 o clock train after meeting Richard Olney Mrs. Gardner and many Boston dignitaries. Thomas Bailey Aldrich explained the visit noting long friendship with the Clemenses and describing dinners at his home and receptions at the Algonquin Club and Tavern Club.
Mr and Mrs William P Morse of 223 Trenton Street East Boston marked their fiftieth fifth wedding anniversary with children grandchildren and great grandchildren in attendance The couple have lived in East Boston fifty years He is 77 she is 76 born in Small Point Missouri and Bremen Germany respectively The only surviving son is W W Morse a patrolman at Station 7 One daughter is widowed of Alden B Foster and another married to William H Moore of the Cunard line
In New York two arrests are made in the Meyer Weissbard murder. Police report a trunk with a throat cut found at Pier 11 East River and suspect the crime aimed to sink the body in the bay. Giovanni Freuga and his wife are detained on suspicion of involvement.
In Corbin Kentucky fear rises as a special Lexington troop train nears. Rival factions the Shotwells and Whites rally along barricaded streets while Chadwells from Clay join the Shotwells. Rod White is blinded by today’s explosion amid a long brewing conflict.
Pekin dispatch quotes Emperor Kwang Su asking foreign occupation rather than destruction of the Taku forts and a set period to ban arms imports. He seeks details on legation land, guards, costs, and when public offices will be restored, while omitting any demand to punish principal offenders.
Stephen Elwell about 14 years old was arrested after entering Louis Wolff’s store on Drew Street with false keys. A companion escaped with pipes and small articles. Authority and timing cited as of Jan 17.
Three men, two outside and one inside, cashed two checks totaling 900 dollars at the Mattapan Deposit and Trust Co in South Boston. A third check for 600 drew suspicion and was not cashed. later a second 400 and then a 300 check were paid before the suspect fled. Bank police describe the three men with heights and clothing details.
The fifteenth annual ball of the Armstrong Transfer Company's Employees' Beneficiary Association drew about 850 couples at Revere Hall Mechanics' Building last evening. Illness kept Mrs. and Mr. Armstrong away. Superintendent Edward Winchester represented the company, with guests including John Co. Curtis and officers F B Hastings F P Magoon Joseph Wilson Dantel Herlihy J J Donovan Alexander Ross and J B Matthews.
In Lewiston Maine Governor John I Still and his military staff were honored at a grand afternoon and evening reception described as one of the season s greatest social events with broad attendance and notable civic figures.
Colonel Napoleon Stetson, renowned hat maker, died today at his home in Orange New Jersey aged by old age.
The battleship Kearsarge is ordered to Venezuela and can sail at a moment's notice. Secretary of the Navy Long directed Admiral Farquhar to reinforce the Scorpion as tensions with Venezuela rise. The situation appears to threaten an open rupture amid two revolutionary movements and Castro agents suspected of seizing company arms.
The funeral of T. F. Collins of South Boston who died of pneumonia at City Hospital on Tuesday was held yesterday at St. Peter's Church Meeting House Hill. Many floral tributes were received.
The Navy Department sets January 29 examinations at Charlestown Navy Yard for several positions with daily pay rates of four dollars and four dollars and some cents.
Judge Bolster of Roxbury District Court rules no criminal negligence by the motorman in the death of five year old Charlie Murphy on Centre street November 14. The inquest notes officers failed to provide enough evidence to determine fault and that the child’s guardian and residence could not be identified. The judge declined further statements beyond the official court finding.
The Carnegie steel works near New York are set for sale to the Federal Steel Company in a deal valued at over 20.6 million dollars. Andrew Carnegie pressures the Rockefeller Morgan controlled firm to buy him out, with bonds of up to 50 million to be issued and most of the price mortgaged.
Dr. Redwell reports a remarkable cure of chronic dyspepsia using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. A man with years of stomach trouble relapsed after meals with sour belches and weight loss, then improved after four boxes, gaining 10 to 12 pounds. The tablets are claimed safe for all patients and sold for 50 cents a package by F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
The German Aid Society of Boston held its annual meeting in Turn Hall. New officers elected for the coming year include Joseph Gahm as president Carl Eberhard vice president Sebastian Gahm treasurer and W G Seyter financial secretary among others. Otto Kramer received thanks for his self sacrificing aid as did the Orpheus Musical Society and Mrs Jacob Wirth for a $100 gift and Moor for a $2000 gift. The society extends thanks to grateful citizens who supported the cause.
Burglars entered multiple residences and shops yesterday. James Frazier reported his Provident Savings Bank book stolen from 126 Chandler Street. Thomas McCarthy, 134 Commercial Street, charged with larceny of a $6.49 tub of butter from Baldwin Pike's Highland express. Carl Halvorsen, 84 Zeigler Street, charged with larceny of a $50 overcoat from Henry F. Clarke at a West Newton Street restaurant. coat recovered. John O'Toole at 196 Shawmut Avenue and Alonzo M. Archabald at 321 Athens Street had rooms entered, losses listed as $14.95 and $9 respectively.
Medical Examiner Draper viewed Everett Hall and Arthur Avery Pettingill after their bodies were found in Hall’s room at 39 Dwight Street. He declined an autopsy, citing alcoholism as the likely cause, found no poison or gas, and planned a second viewing before burial.
In Charlotte on January 17 the Southern Hosiery Yarn Spinners Association, with 150,000 spindles represented, passed an order for production curtailment, meaning an entire stoppage of night work.
W H Brothers and seven other lace operators with their families totaling twenty five have been allowed by the Treasury Department to land in Portland Maine. They were hired by Dowie to work at Zion City and came from Beeston near Nottingham England.
The Franklin Typographical Society marked its seventy seventh anniversary at the Quincy House with 175 members and guests. President James H. Brehaut presided as toastmaster and read letters from Gov. Crane and other officials. Speakers included Rev. A P Greenleaf and ex-presidents Martin P Higgins and John Vincent, with entertainment by local performers.
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