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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1901
Page
2
An advertisement touts Omega Oil as a universal remedy for sprains bruises strains swellings and bodily pains. It argues sprains cause lost wages and urges readers to obtain the green liniment from Omega Chemical Co 7 Broadway New York with cash money orders stamps or prepaid mail delivery.
The Republican city committee meets at Wesleyan TV Hall to choose a president. Arthur Russell and George Swallow lead, with Mayor Hart reportedly neutral or backing Russell. Swallow plans a plan of battle, seeking a secret ballot. Ward 11 backs Swallow, Ward 18 backs Russell. Mayor Hart’s stance remains pivotal.
The Board of Aldermen approved by 9 to 4 a measure directing the mayor to raise firemen salaries. The agenda lists committee assignments for each member and notes tensions over key posts. The increased pay totals about 20 percent for roles from chief down to drivers, amid debate on fiscal prudence.
The Circuit Court affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of John D. Rockefeller in a $1,000,000 suit filed by Captain James Corrigan seeking return of a large Standard Oil stock block. The case will be appealed to the State Supreme Court.
Preparations are complete for the twentieth anniversary of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor in Portland Missouri. Churches City Hall businesses and homes will be decorated. Headquarters and general committee meetings will be at Second Parish Church with sessions Thursday and Friday and Saturday Sunday meetings at City Hall.
The Tefereth Jacob Association of East Boston held its second annual ball at Webster Hall with several hundred attendees. Grand march led by Congressman-elect Joseph A. Conry and Miss Lia Goldberg, followed by Joseph Miller and Miss Sarah Miller Jr., Mrs. Levi Jacobson, Abraham Alpert and Miss Fanny Alpert and many other couples.
Kruger attended divine service in Utrecht yesterday. His secretary telegraphs that his health is very satisfactory.
The Strollers of the Hawthorne Club of Charlestown presented a minstrel show in Roughan Hall last evening. It featured sailors in the first part with George T. Harlow as admiral and solos by William Sheehe Dan Sheehe George Sheehe and Charles Bleiler as Dick Deadeye. A capable chorus backed Dan Coleman Wilfred Bowker George Johnson and Frank Dorman among others. The second part offered specialties by Sandy Chapman Lyons Crowley Knowles Harold Mack and the Strollers Quartet.
Police reexamined a stained yellow woollen blanket found near the Bailey dismemberment site. They suspected it as the murder cloth but Susie Young could not identify it as Bailey’s blanket, weakening the strongest lead. The case hinges on the cloth’s ownership and the crime’s location.
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