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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1898
Page
2
An 1898 Boston Post article explains kidney and uric acid symptoms, urging early doctoring for frequent urination, backache, swelling, and paleness. It touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as the remedy for urinary troubles, offers free samples, and endorses it by physicians, hospitals, and homes.
The Spanish fleet in Cuban waters includes seven cruisers with one armor protected ship, Marques de la Ensanada, and nineteen gunboats, plus a transport and five torpedo vessels. Alphonse XII is the largest cruiser at 3900 tons, while other vessels include Corte de Venadito Infanta Isabel Isabel II Reina Christina Reina Mercedes.
The Cabinet met at the usual hour and gave brief remarks on the Cuban situation praising how the American press and people received news of the administration's Maine voyage to Havana. The Spanish minister Senor Dupuy de Lome had little to add beyond expressing satisfaction with the Cuban status.
Senor Quesada in Washington received Cuba letters detailing interior events up to Dec. 20. General Calixto Garcia reports the latest expedition from the United States landed safely and was greeted by insurgents with ammunition for dynamite guns sufficient to sustain the eastern division campaign for months without further landings.
Secretary-General Congosto reports growing peacetime sentiment and hopes for renewed industry while noting recent riots were largely youths enticed by small rewards to join a harmless diversion. The minister records a favorable outlook and work restoration as key goals.
The steamer Tillie converted into a Cuban filibuster lies at the bottom of the Atlantic with four crew aboard. Nineteen survivors reached Providence aboard the Governor Ames, with eleven Cubans among them. The sinking follows alleged transfer of machinery from Providence to the Tillie seven miles off the Rhode Island coast.
Thiesman is described as the most powerful healer now lying and curing by passing his head over the body and limbs. He supposedly makes the crippled walk without canes and proves miracles to paying patients. Office for pay patients 544 Tremont ot.
Secretary of the Navy Long calls for 10 million pounds of smokeless powder from DuPont De Nemours. The firm has supplied the government for over a year and this order is the biggest yet.
A January Spokane blaze at the Great Eastern block on Post Street and Riverside Avenue killed at least five and possibly up to fifty people. The six story brick building, housing upper floor lodging, burned two hours, with boiler blast or chemical explosion theories. Firefighters faced dense wires and rescue efforts on the fifth floor, including a dramatic descent of Robert Mason, his wife, and their child by rope.
A fierce winter storm grips St John’s Newfoundland delaying trains and blocking the coast with ice. A fleet of vessels is ice-bound, including the Portia Parkmore Parkmore, Virginia, Pictou and Numidian. Port navigation is halted and Portland ships face port-ward delays.
The Bos ton Caledonian Club celebrated the 139th birthday of Robert Burns at Music Hall drawing about two thousand attendees. Colonel Henry A. Thomas delivered the anniversary address while sculptor Hugh Cairns unveiled Burns bust, with Highland pipes, songs, and dances shaping a patriotic night.
A cautionary note highlights a mildly effective family product claimed to cleanse the liver and remove waste while keeping conditions healthy. The item is priced at 25 cents and pitched as a universal remedy.
Colonels remarks on Burns praise the poet for sensibility and patriotism. The evening featured songs by the Caledonian Musical Society, solos, dancing, and a piping display as officers and reception committee are listed amid continuing celebrations in Scotland.
Discontent grows among Fall River and Biddeford operatives with strikes continuing in Rhode Island Centreville and New Bedford. Mills announce 6 and 3 percent semi annual dividends while calls for city aid rise and a wage scale dispute circulates amid resistance to concessions.
In Fall River the frame spinning department at No 4 mill of Fall River Iron Works shows only 25 workers and 40 frames running amid a lingering strike. Carders' Union reports growing unrest citywide with mills Granite Hargraves Parker and Laurel Lake named as hotspots. Narragansett mill fills strikers’ vacancies while Sagamore No 2 doffers quit, citing higher speeds and reduced pay. A noon protest near the mill ended as police arrived.
Henry Gay, charged with killing Michael M. Reilley of South Natick, was discharged for lack of evidence. An autopsy determined Reilly died of heart failure, not foul play.
The American Wringer Company operates at 77 and 79 Franklin streets and 80 Arch street. It manufactures clothes wringers mangies and carpet sweepers and offers repair services. Orders by mail or telephone receive prompt attention.
Court finds unlawful interference by the mayor and labor unions in a municipal construction contract. Aimed to force the plaintiffs to hire union members, with police and officials pressuring workers, the action risks creating a tyranny of illegal influence over labor and business.
The text declares government officers cannot justify labor discrimination on political or class grounds in public works funded by taxes. It cites Massachusetts ideals of equal rights, employer rights to hire freely, and the illegality of intimidation. It notes Vegelahn v Gunther and statutory penalties for intimidation, emphasizing industrial freedom and lawful rights of both workers and employers.
An article promotes Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe cure for stomach catarrh and indigestion. It explains symptoms such as bloating sour risings and pressure, and cites a Chicago reader’s endorsement claiming complete relief after one box. The ad urges readers to send for a free booklet and notes the tablets are available in drug stores.
Plaintiffs urge the court to block the mayor's altered contract order. The discussion centers on whether the city should pay damages for an injury tied to the contract change. Courts note public officials acting under color of office may be restrained to prevent private harm and avoid multiple lawsuits.
Made to order hair mattresses advertised for twenty pieces each. Full size beds priced at ten dollars. Located at 62 and 65 Waherers Street opposite the American House. Wheeler & Co manufacturers urge customers to visit their shop for these bedding items.
The plaintiffs seek an injunction to prevent interference with their contract work. The writ would restrain named defendants and their agents from hindering performance because the plaintiffs do not employ labor union members.
Herman Uttadel of Hudson New Hampshire met Captain Lovell Hodgdon and compared notes on Pa t Mueller the suspect in the Newton family killings at North Brookfield. Uttadel recalls a stranger lodging at his home January 1 showing a concealed left hand and claiming past police work in Gloucester. Hodgdon believes the man matches Mueller who once worked for him and later with Newton. Mueller reportedly left Hodgdon when he moved to Gloucester.
Arthur A. Brigham of Boston imported cotton bands, cords made from twisted cotton yarn, six feet long and a quarter inch thick. The collector assessed duty at 45 percent ad valorem. the importer argued for 35 percent as an unmixed manufacture of cotton. Colonel Tichnor of the Board of Customs overruled the protest and sustained the collector's action.
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