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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1903
Page
4
Boston villagers pursue a bobtailed Manx named Tommy missing from 228 Beacon Street with a reward offered. Police and locals devise lobster-bait traps while sightings spread through Dorchester and Brighton as families warn other felines to stay away.
Captain Alfred Sorensen was awarded a gold life-saving service bar by the national government for bravery in saving a person identified as D. J. Lawler on July 29, 1900. Presentation by Mayor Edward Glines of Somerville followed by remarks from Lt Governor Curtis Guild Jr and Chamber president William H. Lincoln.
Danvers Insane Hospital trustees elected Dr. Charles W. Page of Middletown Connecticut as superintendent to replace Dr. Arthur H. Harrington who resigned. Page previously served as hospital superintendent for ten years.
Advertorial copy touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a fast acting non surgical remedy for piles. It claims quick relief for all ages, notes suppositories reach the trouble immediately, and promotes Pyramid Pills for constipation. Druggists sell both products nationwide at fifty and twenty five cents per packet with a free booklet available from Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Mich.
Rumors say IM. C. D. Borden will order a new mill in Fall River within weeks with capacity of at least 15,000 printing cloths weekly. Absorption of Anawan and Metacomet into Fall River Iron Works is planned, with a new structure likely on the north side of Anawan Street on land already bought during that takeover.
STRONGS SELF-EXILED NEW YORK, Jan. 27. Major and Mrs. Putnam Bradlee Strong have returned to the Argentine Republic after a failed effort to reconcile with a young man’s family. They vow the United States will not see them again and aim to raise their child outside Yankee birth. Mrs. Strong says she intends the child not to be American. A Buenos Aires letter notes their plan to live there without public reproach and their desire for private life.
Tickets go on sale February 1 to 4 for a round trip via Boston Albany and New York Central to Saranac Lake with return until February 9. Double daily train service. Inquiries to Ticket Agent 366 Washington Street. Dr Henson Chicago Upham s Corner Stoughton Street Baptist Church evenings tonight and Thursday.
Mrs Mary A Livermore led a Suffrage Association discussion on perils facing the nation detailing lawlessness, greed and lack of moral culture. She critiqued coal investigations, trusts, education and public schools while urging moral reform and ethical instruction in schools.
Washington scene as Senator Quay failed to secure a quorum to keep the Senate in session over the statehood bill. A ballot showed 17 to 9 in his favor, but debate continued on bonds troubling Arizona. Foraker, Hale, Tillman and Lodge spoke as the Senate adjourned after a long afternoon primarily consumed by statehood discussions.
An old advertisement notes pale schoolgirls suffer from pale blood and promotes Scott's Emulsion as blood food that restores beauty. It invites readers to send for a free sample from Scott & Bowne, chemists.
The House debated judiciary committee bills, approving about twenty measures. Two key items drew attention: a proposal to apply original package limits to intoxicants in prohibition states and a Senate bill to raise federal judges salaries. Chief Justice salary would rise to 13 000 dollars, others to 12 500 and lower, with various district and circuit judges affected.
William Harris of Rich, Harris & Frohman visited Boston on business for a new theatre to be built by the firm. The site is chosen but land not secured yet. Completion is expected by September 1, 1904.
Medical Examiner Stedman cites death by own action during an episode of religious insanity. Funeral from Assumption Church Sumner Street at 10 this morning with high requiem Mass by Rev. Father Garrity. Interment at Holy Cross cemetery.
The Park hosts a strong run with The Jewel of Asia and The Sleeping Beauty and The Beast drawing big seat sales at the Colonial. From Julius Caesar to In Old Kentucky and The Ninety and Nine, Boston theatres present closing weeks, new debuts, and notable acts including Joe Santley in A Boy of the Streets and a Brill cabaret at Keith's vaudeville. Regulars such as Mrs. Leslie Carter in Du Barry, Shakespearian fare at the Museum, and dance Feature A Victim of Circumstances headline a busy week with audiences anticipated to flock to these performances.
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