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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1899
Page
2
Ralph D. Pomeroy of Salt Lake City writes that after trying Ripans Tabules for six weeks he gained a hearty appetite and less trouble after eating. He says he now weighs 140 pounds, feels energized, and no longer needs prior medicines. He credits the tabules with curing foul breath and improved daily vigor. Croker Flatt to lead fight for cheaper telephone rates.
In New York on January 29, a major fight forms to end the Bell Telephone Company’s city monopoly. Richard Croker and Thomas Platt back a new firm with a capital of 5,000, seeking street rights and conduit access, aiming to cut Bell rates and create a cooperative long distance with 30 independents.
A New York liquor businessman, GEO M SHANE of 9th Avenue, endorses Ripans Tabules as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. He notes headaches after oysters and says Tabules give him a clear head and a bright morning. Letter dated November 10, 1898.
A fragmented OCR item mentions health, relief from pain, and a reference to PLAX. It lists unclear terms like op 4 package and autopt. It hints at cen or kets, an ether, and a hyena for a chemical, with disjointed phrases and no clear event or persons.
Nominating committee for Brown University has chosen a candidate to succeed Rev. EB Benjamin Andrews. Rumor links Rev. Nathan EB Wood of Commonwealth Avenue Baptist Church as likely successor. A Feb. 8 corporation meeting will disclose the report. Wood declined to confirm. He is a prominent East Baptist clergyman, educated in the West, Chicago University graduate, and resident of Boston with a large Back Bay church. He is about 53.
The New England Sabbath Protective League held its fourth annual meeting at Old South Church in Copsey square. Harvard President Miot and Postmaster Thomas spoke, with Dr Kneeland and Senator Rowe offering sharp views on Sunday bicycling and Sabbath observance. the discussion touched on work hours for post office staff and broader Puritan ideals.
London scene centers on organ grinder Hinton who claims the earldom of Poulett amid debates about legitimacy and succession. He envisions Fratton life, aiding the poor, fretsaw work, and a Lords seat, yet remains weary and unenthused by potential fortune as rumors of compromise swirl.
In Temple Adath Israel last night Rabbi Charles Fleischer continued his series on Ghetto Dreamers with a lecture titled A Messianic Dream. He traced the messianic longing through Jewish history to Sabbatai Zevi the Turkish Messiah and argued that while earlier visions were personal, the modern era envisions a universal messianic time where every person can be a savior guiding humanity toward justice and love.
Arch bishop Ireland arrived in Rome and met Cardinal Rampolla with many cardinals visiting him at the Hotel Bristol. He denied any U S nomination to represent the United States at the upcoming arms conference and declined further questions on American religious issues until the Holy See rules. The note adds Indiana Senator Beveridge’s election recalls Oliver Morton as Indiana’s only native born senator, with most Hoosier senators formerly from Ohio.
The large Forum audience heard Rev. F. O. Perkins lecture on Territorial Expansion. He quoted William Lloyd Garrison and William Seward, arguing for Philippine freedom yet urging broader policy shaping, stressing commerce driving expansion and the tropics as productive markets.
Dr Lorimer spoke on National Patriotism at Tremont Temple last night using Render unto Caesar as his text. He warned against evading taxes through summer homes and urged ministers to wear their hats, stressing that patriotism must be upheld and that gaining the world should not cost the soul. He praised Britain and France for patriotism while noting the peril of a republic if it loses its own soul, and pondered a statue with a moral inscription referencing the Philippines and worldly gains.
A group of twenty six repairmen working near the western Galitzen tunnel in Altoona Pennsylvanian learned of an approaching locomotive. They moved from the north track to the south but the engine could not be seen in time. One man was killed instantly another died in hospital and sixteen were seriously injured with none escaping harm.
Mile Blanche Marchesi outlines how famous singers such as Calve Emma Eames Geister Suzanne Adams Melba and Nevada rose from hardship. She recalls relentless study, early vocal limits, and how effort and discipline transformed raw talent into lasting artistry.
Jan 2 Philadelphia reports John Anderson a former captain of United States cruiser Olympia recalls Admiral Dewey’s strict discipline and keen eye. He describes the Manila battle on May 1 and notes no breakfast was taken as the fleet stayed focused on victory.
A Brussels-based dispatch reports the Duke of Orleans holding daily receptions for his partisan followers, the Orleanists. A local factory has secured orders for thousands of buttons bearing his portrait, with royalist supporters wearing them as a sign of allegiance.
Four thousand Cubans in rain crowded Paula square to hear six eulogies to Jose Marti the Cuban patriot and first president of the revolutionary government A tablet to his memory was unveiled near his birthplace while 2503 people in two societies with banners flags and five bands marched through the streets 600 girls in white dresses and red liberty caps led the procession The speeches urged unity and eventual independence and warned Americans that the intervening power may blunder while Cubans should calmly note errors and push toward independence.
William Black, Martin Julian's rep, arriving in Chicago en route to New York, says a bout between Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Jeffries will be arranged for a $10,000 side bet and the largest purse offered. Jeffries has posted Fitzsimmons's forfeit in New York. Tilack will confer with Brady to finalize the match.
Jim Jeffries arrived from California and headed to Boston for a theatre appearance. He stated readiness to fight anyone from Fitzsimmons to Sharkey and claimed his manager has covered Fitzsimmons's $2500 stake, noting he feels unusually well at 230 pounds.
New York police investigated a claim by George W. Koutnik of Hoboken New Jersey that he delivered a package intended for Harry Cornish at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club. He said he mailed it from the general post office after refusing to deliver it. Authorities detained him as a witness amid the Adams poisoning inquiry.
A Boston physician, Dr Greene of 34 Temple Place, promotes free consultation and advice for the sick. He claims to cure diseases with harmess vegetable remedies and his Ner vara blood and nerve remedy is widely known across the United States. He invites letters to discuss cases without any charge.
Judge Bond faces a crucial decision today in the Mulrey and Scollins case. With no jurors available and Attorney John B. Moran pressing for impaneling anew, the court may order Aldermen to draw venire for tomorrow or wait for February’s regular panel. Moran notes the Aldermen did not summon jurors Saturday, leaving the January list exhausted. The Chance murder trial starts next Monday, requiring about a hundred juror names.
London reports Wal ter Hume Long addressing the Farmers Club in Newcastle on alliance with the United States. He argues a strengthened Anglo American bond is needed and predicts the two nations share policy aims, must remain friends and act in concert if Britain faces danger, with navy strength as a safeguard.
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