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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1900
Page
7
Believing her Indian sweetheart faced smallpox death Ella Richards a white 19 year old drank his infected blood and died. The Indian recovered but drowned himself after learning of her death. They lived in Mulvane Kansas with wealthy parents. The article mentions opium and moral decay in society.
Miss Richards travels 100 miles from Mulvane to care for dying sweetheart Jack among the Ponca Indians. After nursing him, she dies from smallpox. The Indian lover, grief struck, drowns himself near the river and is buried with her on the Ponca reservation.
In Coffeyville Kansas on January 26 the Secretary of War will receive a petition signed by all local young women. With many men from the Caney area gone to war the women say they cannot plan dinners dances weddings and similar events.
Mrs Mag e Carter was found dead in bed in Carlisle Pennsylvania. A witness testified that two weeks earlier a strange voice spoke in her bedroom calling her name three times. The voice repeated and said Warn that girl creating a town sensation.
Philadelphia mayor Ashbridge sparks alarm by stating that hundreds or thousands of women of standing in the city are addicted to opium tipped cigarette habit. He cites cases of mothers and daughters indulging in such cigarettes at home.
Henry Marcus son of Martin Marcus seeks to vacate an order arresting him after his wife Musa filed for separation. Marcus claims his wife bottles up blame on his supposed flight from the state to dodge prosecution. He says the dispute stems from his inheritance and his wife’s drinking and cigar habit.
Mrs. Clara F. Waller of Marietta Penn a great granddaughter of Baron von Blucher travels from Canada with a $5000 vaccine virus order. She sells to physicians and has won medals in bacteriology while building a sizable commissions earnings.
From Utica a man named Arthur K. Lee, whose family is prominent in New York, married a Mohawk girl despite her mother's objections. After a prior split and a divorce suit filed in Chicago, the couple eloped again yesterday meeting in Utica and taking a train to the West without her mother's knowledge.
Retailers form Retail Marketmen's Association led by T. D. Baker to challenge the Boston Market Credit Association. They plan a Tremont Temple mass meeting on Feb. 6 with a New York retailer to speak. They attack blacklists and payment rules that hinder business and seek a hearing from credit men.
The Board of Aldermen met to discuss electing a chairman and city clerk but took no action as the Common Council report was not received. Alderman Day indicated he would stop blocking organizing, hinting he may back Doyle next Tuesday. Mayor Hart learned 154 jurors would be drawn and five names were appointed to handle the drawing. Doyle moved to postpone No 4 on the calendar and prevailed 7 to 6 with Norton joining the five.
The board concurred with the Common Council in passing the order widening Rutherford avenue. Later Mr. Doyle moved for a reconsideration of the vote and the order was assigned for two weeks. The board adjourned until next Tuesday after Alderman Adams motioned.
J K Souther & Sons, Boston brewers, assign to Charles R Batt and Ambrose Eastman after calling loans from Globe Bank. Souther Brewing Company remains solvent, with stockholders' committee led by George Fred Williams to oversee the brewery's future finances and confirm its status amid the liquidation of the partnership.
General Bancroft announces Brookline franchise plans to extend five cent fare service from Newton line to Forest Hills Neponset South Boston Everett Malden Medford Belmont Arlington and Brigh ton. He believes lines could be running by July if street widening cooperates. James Shaw notes Brookline voters backed the Boston and Worcester petition by over half and urges pursuing multiple site options.
The magazine reports eight thousand manuscripts were read in the past year, eighty published, and three or four new writers found to have excellent merit. The costly manuscript bureau is justified by discovering undeveloped talent and challenging established notions about writers’ reputations.
The Chapman School on Eutaw Street will have sixteen regular rooms three supplementary ones and a large third floor assembly hall seating 800. The buff brick building of 175 by 130 feet will be three stories with white limestone trim and modern heating and ventilation. Architects Greenleaf Cobb supervise I G Coleman, with completion aimed for the fall term. Dean's Ointment ad follows.
The Great Ruby company from Montreal arrives Sunday to ready for Mondays Boston Theatre performance. Scenery and sets require heavy preparation and customs clearance before moving to the stage. Several stars and acts join, including Olga Nethersole and Marion L. Shirley.
The Boston Theatre hosts The Great Ruby with a detective plot and stars like Isabelle Urquhart and Louis Massen. W H Crane debuts A Rich Man's Son at Hollis. The Girl From Maxim's stars Josephine Hall at the Museum. The Great Diamond Robbery closes at Castle Square, then The Bells of Haslemere heads the Castle's bill. Grand Opera House features The Gunner's Mate with a naval night aboard the USS New York. Bowdoin Square presents On the Wabash and then Sidewalks of New York. The Ticket of Leave Man continues at Grand Theatre with Myrtle Ferns to follow. Tremont caps first week with Mary Sanders and Little Nell, while Princess Chic plays at the Columbia into a third week. The Parish Priest endures at Park Theatre, and American burlesquers star at Howard. Keith's showcases Mary Palmer next week along with a slate of sketches and acts. Victorina the sword swallower headlines Austin & Stone's Museum for a second week. The passing note hints the companies will close in Boston.
A digest of Sunday schedules across churches including First Baptist on Commonwealth Avenue with Rev. George C. Lorimer sermon The Burden of Humanity on God and Rossin for music, Tremont Temple with Rev. Nathan K. Wood sermon The Living Christ, and various Congregational and Spiritist meetings with noted pastors and special services at Berkeley Temple Old South Church and more, plus temperance and youth events.
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