Miracle Cure Claim From 1897 Boston Ad
Albert C. Clapp testifies after a fall and paralysis led to a four year withered arm. A single hour with Dr. Wilson at 180 Tremont Street, Boston, restored full use, with claims of broad cure guarantees and mail treatment options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Clapp
Chesterfield Street
Readville
Mass
Wilson
Perley B. Davis
North Burying Ground
Columbia Street
Dorchester
City Hospital
Medical Institute & Guarantee Care Co
Tremont Street
Boston
Flint
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Headville
Grade Crossing Arguments in South Boston Hearing
Counsel Benton for the New York New Haven and Hartford and New England railways argued before Special Commissioners Wiggin Bishop and Allen on eliminating the Congress street grade crossing. He contended the 1880 act gave rights to lay and use tracks and to operate trains under aldermen and railway commissioners rules, not merely to construct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New England Railway Companies
Wiggin, Bishop and Allen
Congress Street
South
Boston
Wenton
Commonwealth
New England Company
Board of Aldermen
Commissioners
Alien
Mr. Benton
Bailey
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Pittsfield Bank Election Muddle Targets President Waterman
In Pittsfield the National Bank contest stirs city interest as stockholders appoint KE Jones R C Rockwell and O W Robinson to probe loans and report in a week. Waterman’s supporters aim to remove directors Gamwell Tillotson and Wilson, longtime bank customers, amid past issues including cashier Francis’s death and prior embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Pittsfield National Bank
Waterman
G. Jones
R. C. Rockwell
O. W. Robinson
Stanley Company
W. E. Tillotson
James Wilson
Francis
Schrader the divine healer arrives in Bridgeport
Schrader arrived in Bridgeport this morning with no entourage. He plans to stay a few days or longer, says he will work there and will heal the afflicted without price, taking a room at 371 Broad Street for his stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Schrader
Broad Street
Dry Dock Conference Seeks Federal Navy Aid
A pattern makers conference at 724 Washington street urged Congress to appropriate funds for a Charlestown Navy Yard dry dock. Delegates from pattern makers, engineers, ship carpenters and others formed committees to lobby, circulate petitions, and seek cooperation with other unions and state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patternmakers’ Association
Congress
Charlestown Navy Yard
Washington Street
FE. C. Baldwin
W. A. Bates
National Association of Steam and Hot Water Fitters
Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Brass and Iron Moulders’ Union 100
Ship Carpenters, Machini
Massachusetts House of Representatives
O. C. Blaney
Boston
State House
Federal Affairs
Baldwin
Patternmakers
William Martain
Caremakers
M. F. Mullen
Amalgamated Engineers
Massachusetts Railroads Report Shows Stable Tracks and Rising Profits
The railroad commissioners submit a yearly Legislature report noting no increase in track length, Massachusetts ranking second to New Jersey in rail density, and 4288.054 miles of track statewide. The year saw 21 accidents and 1025 casualties including 274 fatalities, with net earnings up $815,496 and total surplus rising to a new high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masachusetts
Union
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Masachusetts Companies
Court of Appeals rules distribution of $3 million to colleges
Albany New York January 19 The Court of Appeals today decided the Fayerweather will contest distributing 3 000 000 among educational institutions nationwide The decision allocates the 3 million among twenty colleges including Bowdoin College Hanover Dartmouth Williams Amherst Amherst Wesleyan Yale College and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Fayerweather
New England
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Williams College
Amherst College
Amherst
Mass
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Slocum Resigns as Boston Herald Circulation Manager
Due to a return to old management, Mr. B C Slocum resigns from his post as circulation manager of the Boston Herald Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
B. C. Slocum
Boston Herald Company
South Union Station Contract Awarded for Structural Steel
The Pennsylvania Steel Company won the bid from Boston Terminal Company among six or more bidders for the structural steel work on the train shed and track platform bridging. The approximate bid is $300,000 for about 7000 tons of steel to be delivered within a set timeframe with completion forecast in one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Boston Terminal Company
New South Union Station
Ex Mayor Montague Buried in Cambridge Funeral
Prominent attendees filled the Universalist church on Inman Street for the funeral of ex Mayor Montague of Cambridge yesterday afternoon. Private services were held at the family home No 26 Fayette Street with Rev Dr G W Bicknell officiating and delivering a brief eulogy. Pallbearers included Hon Alvin F Sortwell Hon Frank A Allen James A Woolson Edwin B Hale Col T W Higginson Joshua G Gooch William Y T Piper and D Chamberlain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague
Cambridge
Universalist Church
Inman Street
Fayette Street
G. W. Bicknell
Bicknell
Alvin F. Sortwell
Frank A. Allen
James A
Father Oates Dying After Paralysis Strikes Priest
The Rev. Father Oates of the Mission Church and Redemptorist Fathers was stricken with paralysis yesterday. He was alive at 3 this morning but death was expected at any moment. The last sacraments were administered and he is unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Oates
Mission Church
Ice Coated Barnstable Arrives After Frigid Sea Passage
The British steamer Barnstable under Captain McGrath arrived at Long Wharf after enduring a rapid turn from warm to freezing conditions. Decks, rigging, and rails were encrusted with ice, with crew frostbitten on a prior voyage and many vessels in the harbor sporting heavy ice. The cargo included 13 168 bunches of bananas and cocoanuts from Jamaica, and the steamer carried the body of Alphonso H. Baker from Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnstable
McGrath
Long Wharf
Paine
George E. Drew
Charles A. Wookey
J. W. Allen
John J. O'Hare
H. S. Hollis
G. H. Drummond
M. B. Walker
F. H. Sweet
Alphonso H. Baker
N. E. Adams & Co
Congress Street
Jamaica
Port Antonio
Boston Light
Boston Fruit Company
Carinthia
Inman
Cunard Ene
Orion
Baltimore
Arrivals And Movements At The Waterfront
The Leyland steamer Victorian arrives after a nine day six hour winter passage. Passenger Joseph Ferrari brings six organ curiosities and a Shetland pony for Chiquita the Cuban dwarf, plus a large chimpanzee to the Zoo. The James H. Hamlen from Buenos Ayres discharges 35 030 hides and 167 hides bales at Charlestown. The Lancastrian captain completes fifty four round passages. Wreck details, new bells for Nix's Mate and State Ledge, and tug operations feature in a record of harbor activity and commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Shepherd
Shepherd
Joseph Ferrari
Zoo
Bates Hall
Europe
James H. Hamlen
MacDonald
Buenos Ayres
Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
A. MacDonald
Roxbury
Portland
Guadaloupe
J. H. Lee
Boston
Thelma
Cummings
Viola Reppard
John
Cocoana
E. Thomas
Lancastrian
Liverpool
Caulkers’ Association
Summer Street
Peter Garvey
S. Rowland Hill
Halifax
N. S
Marine Division
Custom House
Howard
Job T. Wilson
Taylor
William T. Bond
Essex
John Johnson
Chatham
James
William Crane
Sarah FE. Ward
James S. Ireland
Linwood
N. J
Weymouth
Philadelphia
Scott
James M. Seaman
Nix
State Ledge
Ada M. Dalby
Nantasket Beach
Ulrica
Strawberry Hill
Hillsboro
N. B
New York
Sorensen
Shawmut
Fuller
Galveston
Texas
Atlas
Bram case bribe allegation shakes jury security in court
The Bram trial faces fresh turmoil as juror Harry Booth alleges a court official bribed him by note while guarding Jury No. 3. Booth named bailiff Harrington, with further affidavits and motions for new trial possible. Marshal Swift defends his staff and vows strict lockup of the jury room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bram
United States Circuit Court
Harry Booth
Hyde Park
Booth
Mr. Booth
Harrington
Cotter
Post
Mr. Bryne
Bryne
Hoar
Marshal Swift
Jack
John Harrington
Mrs. Green
Second Street
South
Boston
Jack Green
Protective Company 2
Appleton Street
Federal Building
United States
Swift
Ruhl
Henry W. Swift
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Mr. Bailey
Divine Healer
Hood
OHN Wedderbulrn & CO
Dept. G
Washington, D. C
Barrett
Record of
Pennsylvania
American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Met. Manfg. Co
A. W. Wheeler & CO
Hanover St
American House
Raymond
Merritt Hat Store
Washington St
Winter St
Merritt
THE
Raymond Syndicate
Phantom Shipo
Alland Bros
Tremont Row
England
Albert Chemical Co
Station A
Case
Perry Belmont
Reform Club
Cuba
Spain
Belmont
Committee On Foreign Relations
House of Representatives
Wil
Wilson Bros
J. Newman & Sons
Tremort ST
Tavy
John Wedderburn & Ce
Washington
Gr oLurk
Tau Wealth
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