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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1897
Page
5
Hundreds treated daily at Muayon's institution claim relief from nervous prostration overworked brains and broken down systems. The ads promise cures for catarrh asthma and throat and lung diseases and offer home visits or bedside examinations by trained doctors.
An old time treatise promotes a remedy available from any druggist for 25c after a free medical examination. The offer emphasizes affordability and quick access to treatment without initial charges.
The Munyon Company claims a positive cure for catarrh with soothing lodions and internal remedies. Patients are promised a free thorough examination, diagnosis by experts, and a free consultation without obligation, plus an X Ray machine in service.
The State Treasurer presented the annual report to the Legislature. Net direct funded debt is 10,766,648.02 after accounting for contingent and sinking fund debts. Taxable property totals 3,269,252,253 with real estate 1,964,834,106 and personal 1,304,518,417. Liquor license receipts totaled 669,602.17, with legacy and succession tax receipts and interest totaling 278,717.72.
A movement in Wareham aims to have state defined boundary lines between Wareham Bourne and Marion to prevent depredations on fishing territory scallop beds and similar resources in Buzzards Bay by a comprehensive prohibitory statute.
The piece notes the prominence of the joint Senate-House committee on metropolitan affairs as a coveted post. It profiles its 1890s leaders Senator Frederick W. Dallinger and House chair George R. Jones, plus clerk David B. Shaw, highlighting Dallinger’s youth, Harvard achievements, and rising influence.
Officials report 470 plague deaths in the week as streets fill with casualties. Government House servant quarters burned after a plague case, native town shops and homes shuttered, and schools closed through month end. Professor Haffkins claims experimental attenuated plague virus effective as treatment.
David B. Shaw, born August 20, 1870 in Boston, serves on metropolitan affairs and rules committees. A furniture polisher by trade, he is a Boston University alumnus studying law while fulfilling legislative duties and advancing in Democratic circles as a rising party leader.
The city licenses committee met with theater managers in City Hall as Aldermen pressed for fair ticketing. Some managers opposed license hikes while promising broad access, and a proprietor argued that legitimate performances deserve licensing alongside taxes.
The Boston Caledonian Club hosts Burns Night at Music Hall next Monday with a concert supper and ball. Featured performers include tenor George T. Martin vocalist John A. Robertson and soprano Jennie Corea. A large Burns portrait medalion will centerpiece the stage with club flags nearby.
Levi Mirman a Radical Republican deputy said he would soon question M Hano taux minister of foreign affairs about negotiations with the United States aimed at concluding a treaty of arbitration.
Ex United States Senator George F. Edmunds of Vermont writes to Philadelphia gentlemen praising the US Great Britain arbitration treaty. He urges Senate ratification as a vital step toward universal peace and supports the Monroe Doctrine and Nicaragua canal under US auspices.
George Fuchs 72, reputedly the county’s richest man, died from pneumonia after refusing medical help in his shanty near Germania village. Neighbors found him after he collapsed in the road. His estate, valued around $150,000, will pass to relatives in Germany. Gold, frayed bank notes, and $31,000 in gilt-edged bonds were found looted around the home.
A Boston theater note lists today and tomorrow as last chances for the Howard Atheneum variety show with the Jordans, Glover, and the Smith brothers. Next week features Harry Williams's meteors, Trilby at the Columbia, and Anna Held's Parlor Match at the Park with other attractions across Boston venues.
The health officer Dr Doty returned from the Mediterranean and says Atlantic bookings remain steady. He notes if plague reaches U S it would come via Suez Canal routes and likely show symptoms during voyage, allowing quarantine. No cause for alarm here.
London dispatch notes the Pirris, quarantined after Calcutta departure for suspected plague, left Calcutta Sept 29 with no disease then. Only first mate died of consumption. eight others suffer scurvy or beriberi from exhaustion, all recovering. Authorities see no infection risk.
The Supreme Court full bench considered whether an insolvency court must present creditors with a debtor’s composition offer for acceptance or rejection. Mrs. Francena A. Hill offered seven‑tenths of 1 percent on debts totaling 4089 dollars, requiring a $4.08 court deposit and leaving creditors with as little as seven mills on the dollar.
Montreal on January 21 reports a relief drive to aid famine victims in India. Premier Laurier voiced sympathy and urged contributions from all to help fellow British subjects enduring hunger.
Governor Wolcott signed New York extradition papers for Annie M. Du Pont alias Maggie Martin alias Annie Martin on a Macy’s larceny case. The hearing began at 3 pm with defense counsel challenging the process and credentials, urging Massachusetts law on full hearings and cross examination before surrender. The governor consulted with counsel and then signed the requisition papers.
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