Free treatment for deafness at Tuesday lecture by Dr Wilson
At a Tuesday evening lecture by Dr. Wilson at 18 Boylston street the great medical specialist offered free ear examinations and trial treatments for deafness. Six patients across ages from 12 to 44 gained hearing in treated ears while one case showed paralysis. The doctor limits weekly numbers to a half dozen to fit hours, and notes large audiences, X ray exhibits, static chairs, and home treatments for catarrh and eyesight as part of the institute offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
National Association of Physicians and Surgeons
Boylston Street
Mr. White
Cambridge
Dolzen
Fresh Air and Vestibules Stir 1899 Boston Post Letters
In letters to the editor both on fresh air in daily life and on car vestibules, readers advocate healthier habits and humane transit. A Boston reader extols morning fresh water and air as vital, while Mrs. J Jacobs urges General Bancroft to install vestibules on street cars to protect motormen in all seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Bancroft
J. Jacobs
Howland Street
Roxbury
Debate on War Ethics and Civil Religion in Post Letter
A letter to the editor questions wartime conduct and the use of religion to justify policy. It argues that civil morality and religious authority are suspended amid conflict, comparing U S actions to barbarism and citing a congressman’s remark about carrying the Bible and sword. It warns against missionary use after war and references historical partition of Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Spain
Congress
Mahomet
Prisoners and freedom key to reform urged in letter
W L Crosman argues in a Post letter that sending prisoners to the Philippines would deny them freedom and likely fail. He cites English, Australian, and Cape Colony experiments where freedom to work led to reform and better citizenship. He advocates freeing labor and supporting a single tax to absorb convicts into honest work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
Philippines
England
America
Cape Colony
Australia
United States
Eing
W. L. Crosman
Ventilation Woes On Boston Elevated Cars
A reader condemns overcrowded Boston Elevated cars with no ventilation during a 68 passenger ride to Park Street. He laments lack of fresh air and clean water, urging higher indoor temperatures and thrice daily baths to improve health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Post
Boston
Castle Square Theatre
Park Street
Timely use of a positive cure for indigestion
A fragment speaks of a medical remedy by Dr Von Mane Prepy Abevine tablets described as a fountain of vegetable pepsin for stomach ailments. It mentions sale by We Dwward Co and Hunt & Boss, with vague references to customers and a sensational promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Mane
We Dwward & CO
de Bromtald
Hunt & Oos
Washington
Vestibuled West End cars urged for comfort
Humanitas of Boston appeals for vestibuled cars in the West End to protect riders from harsh weather. The letter urges public support and notes that vestibuled West of York cars are already in use, while protesting high steps on open cars for safety and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
West of York
Humanitas
Boston
White House Dinner Honoring Visiting Ladies
The President and Mrs. McKinley hosted a White House dinner for the young ladies visiting the executive mansion. The long main corridor table was adorned with flowers and ferns, with a guest list including Major General Wood, Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, numerous captains and officers, and many named politicians, officials, and society figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKinley
White House
Executive Mansion
Wood
Meikeljohn
McWilliams
Chicago
Paul Sehell
C. R. Schultz
New York
Cousins
Adams and Bennett
Maus
Pershing
Gilmore
McCawley
Crozier
Hanna
Vitor Blue
Ensign
Smith
Pauncefote
Miles
Griggs
Helen Long
Bliss
Wilson
Foraker
McMillan
Gray
Grosvenor
N. Bliss, Jr
Lodge
Daniel Griggs
James McKinley
James Barer
Missing youths and children reported to police last night
Eleven missing persons were listed including Meddy Martin 15 from the House of the Angel Guardian Sarah McLaughlin 8 of 10 Poplar Street West End John Manoney 15 from Whitman since January wearing ulster and golf cap Thomas Lynch 14 of 16 Waverly Street Charlestown John Walsh 70 deaf and dumb from 16 Waltham Street George Hexal 16 of 188 Eliot Street Kenneth Campbell 13 from 2 Hawes Street Roxbury Herbert W Hills at West Roxbury Parental School Sarah J Conlin from Waverley 0 Richardson Houghton 14 from 16 Haverhill Street Charlestown William Kid from Cambridge 28
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of the Angel Guardian
Meddy Martin
Poplar Street
West End
Sarah McLaughlin
Whitman
John Mahoney
Ulster
Waverly Street
Charlestown
Thomas Lynch
Waltham Street
John Walsh
Eliot Street
George Hexal
Hawes Street
Roxbury
Kenneth Campbell
West Roxbury
Herbert W. Hills
Shelby Street
East Boston
Waverley
Sarah J. Conlin
Haverhill Street
Richard Houghton
Rom Cambridge
William ‘Add
Woman burns by kerosene fire at Roxbury home
Mrs Abbie Murphy 42 of 36 Hunneman street Roxbury was badly burned when her clothing caught fire while lighting a lamp with kerosene at 6 pm last night. She was taken to City Hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Murphy
Hunneman Street
Roxbury
Rue
City
Jeffries and Corbett Managers Cover Fitzsimmons Pledge
In New York on January W the managers of Jim Jeffries and Jim Corbett paid the $230 Fitzsimmons posted for Sharkey to cover. Sharks to have two weeks to raise the amount before Fitzsimmons comments on facing either Jeffries or Corbett. Corbett says he is willing to go to a finish with Fitzsimmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jan. W
Jim Jeffries
Jim Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Jeffries
Corbett
Rheumatism Cured In A Day Mystery Cure Promises Relief
An advertisement touts a “Mystle Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming rapid cures in 1 to 3 days. It asserts it removes the cause and disease, with first dose showing benefit. Priced 75 cents to $1.00, sold by George C. Goodwin & Co. in Hanover.
Auto-Truck Company Proposes to Use Compressed Air for Power for Traffic in Cities
New York January 26 Richard Croker leads a proposed New York Auto-Truck Company aiming to run all city traffic with compressed air. The project envisions eliminating horse trucking, easing congestion, and replacing old stables with fireproof facilities. Key incorporators include Arthur P. Gorman Nathan Straus Lewis Nixon Joseph H Hoadley and others with ties to New York Chicago and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ross Croker
New York City
Mr. Leiter
Chicago
Auto-Truck Company
New York
Richard Croker
New York Auto-Truck Company
Arthur P. Gorman
Baltimore
Nathan Straus
R. H. Macy & Co
Lewis Nixon
Our Navy
East River Bridge Commission
Crescent Ship Yards
Elizabethport
N. J
Joseph H. Hoadley
Hoadley- Knight
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Mr. Croker
International Air Power Company
Trenton
Joseph Leiter
American Air Power Company
Power Company
Robert I. Meixinstry
William Knight
Harry E. Knight
Edwin T. Glenn
Philadelphia
Boston Health Board rejects New York tuberculosis control plan
A Boston Health Department official says New York style quarantines and strict cleanliness for tuberculosis are unnecessary here. He notes Boston has fewer dense districts, more specialized hospitals both in city and state, and relies on physicians and preventive measures rather than broad house quarantines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Board of Health
Boston
New York
Chinatown
Boston Health Department
Post
Health Department
Wits City
Long Island
Rutland
Mass
Easton
Free Home
Quincy Street
Dorchester
Cullis
Glue Hill Avenue
Jewelled Sword for Schley in New York Ceremony
Rear Admiral Schley received a jewelled sword from Royal Arcanum members at Carnegie Music Hall in front of about 4000 people. He wore uniform, bowed, and accepted amid cheers, with speeches praising his Santiago service and naval career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Schley
Royal Arcanum
Carnegie Music Hall
Howard
Wiggins
Rome
N. Y
Santiago
Edson M. Schreyver
Baltimore
Order
Sehley
Judge Field Resting Comfortably After Illness
Chief Justice Field of the Supreme Court was resting comfortably at his square home last night and pronounced out of danger by doctors. Officers of Station 5 found an old female child on the steps of the house on Chardon Street Home late last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field
The
Supreme Court
Ee Square
Anc
Hous
Chardon Street
Police raid at Boston club seizes gambling setup
After a week long effort to prove reopening gambling at the Boston Associates' Club on Boylston Street police from Station 4 raided Rooms 8 9 and 10 finding 384 packs of playing cards three gaming tables and 2023 chips. Six men were arrested for presence and police removed carpets pictures and furnishings while seizing a half barrel of whiskey and other liquors. Thousands of dollars in property were seized as rooms were emptied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theoston Associates
Boylston Street
Station 4
IGE Carnival at Country Club Draws Notables
The ice carnival drew members from Brookline Back Bay Cambridge Dorchester and Jamaica Plain with an elegant setup at the Country Club. Skaters performed fancy and trick routines led by George Evans of Cambridge and Edith Rothe, who teamed with Evans for impressive feats as red fire lanterns lit the shore and bonfires glowed around the rink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Brookline
Back Bay
Cambridge
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
George Evans
Wreckage Confirms Loss Of Crew In Paul Jones Launch Explosion
Government steamer Pansy reports discovering wreckage near Briton Island from the naptha launch Paul Jones. A yawl boat with a smashed bow and small debris imply an explosion off Bird Island around January 6. No bodies recovered. Passengers included Joseph Brinkman and Florence Taggart among others. three crewmen unnamed. Oyster fishermen relay confirmation of the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Pansy
Biloxi
Miss
Briton Island
Paul Jones
Joseph Brinkman
Louisville
Florence Taggart
Taggart
Indianapolis
Marjorie Woodland
George Woodland
Prairie State Bank
Chicago
Harry C. Yocum
St. Louis
Florence Yocum
Bird Island
Croker Declares 16 to 1 Issue Dead for Democrats
Richard Croker stated in an interview that the 16 to 1 question is dead and should not be a 1900 Democratic slogan. He warned that reviving it would cause distrust nationwide and hurt Eastern finance, urging the party platform to reflect broad, not sectional, reform. He expects New York to align with the party’s broader money question stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard’ Croker
West
Democratic Party
East
Congress
Bure
Fastest elevated railway hoped for in Boston by chief engineer
Chief Engineer George A. Kimball of the Boston Elevated Railway Company told a Post reporter that Boston would boast the fastest elevated line in the nation. He said work would begin on private land near Dudley street next week and, by March, spread along the route with completion in about eighteen months. He noted third rail power, possible use of locomotive or multiple-unit systems, and cited a tour of Chicago and Pittsburgh to study rapid transit systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
George A. Kimball
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Dudley Street
Mr. Kimball
Ll” Road
William A. Gaston
Winsor, Prendergast and
Bancroft
Robert W. Conant
Chicago
Pittsburg
New York
Brooklyn
Westinghouse
Carnegie Works
Unclear Advert Offering Medical Item by GEO
Fragmentary ad copy promises a drug or remedy named ODAVIN CO and mentions bedding and sleep, with prices around $100. The text is garbled, lacks clear claims, and presents as an unreliable sales note. No verifiable person, organization, or location details are readable.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ent Croker
Dr. Wilson
Boylston St
ROKER
Sepa Leiter
Richard
Max
Rexburyy
Boston Elevated Railroad Company
Hanover
Washington Streets
Walter Gardner
West Boston
Hunter
Wellington A. Hardy
Isroad
Mary A. Stone
South
Ashington Place
Boston Associates
GOLNI
N. K. Fairbank Company
Tammany Leadar
L Road
George
A. Kimball
Geene
Emery Southe
Rust & Richa
George G
B. F. Bradbury
C. E. Woodward
Boraton Road
Old Colony
Nantasket
W. A. Banscroft
Road
KE. D
GEO
Letehon
St. “Odavin. CO
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