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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1900
Page
2
Boston janitors push a proposed pension law offering half pay after 25 years or at age 65. A 2 percent salary assessment would fund the plan, with two years’ contribution required before retirement, and eligibility limited to those who meet age or service criteria.
A Maine news brief reports various local incidents. Dwellings burned in Fastport with $3000 loss, three houses occupied by Stamp Capen Cross and Ainsley Turner. Louise Fisk injured after jumping from a bridge. Freeman Seavey fractured hip and leg in Kennebunkport. Judge Richard A. Frye dies at 71 in Bethel, Oxford bar president. Will Rowe of Moscow dies by own hand. Weavers at Springvale Woollen Co. gain 15 percent wage increase. Harbor improvements fund set at $263,207 for Recklawa. Bellevue House Hebron burns. Mrs Margaret Keaney fatally burned in Portland tenement. J D Cheney of Morville's Corner dies. William Elwell of Buxton faces grand jury after Standish incident. bail $2000.
New Hampshire notes report ice season for lake trout a high point. A Exeter fire alarm interrupted the firemen's ball. 15 year old Leona Dubois killed in Somersworth. Klondike gold digging tale from J K Ayers. 16 inch Sunday snow in Plymouth. Nashua teachers wage reduction denied by Clerk J W Vickery. funeral of General Charles Sartlett held. boy Louis M Richardson dies after accident at Gon ie Manufacturing. Boston Drivers' Union tee houses not rebuilt. Derby youths skating on Main Street. Keene pipe pressure at 60 psi. Concord residents arrested for Sunday card playing. Dover City Council to meet for next year's appropriations. Mrs Marvy Pollock of Littehan's dies.
Town meeting votes to replace a burned bridge with steel. Leary of Richmond buys lamp fixtures for a factory with more on the way. Firefighters face harsh weather as Bur ning ton sees bankruptcy filings rise. Swanton crews lauded for midnight shifts. Pro-Popper sentiment grows in St Albans. Trapp of Washington in Proctor for martie buying. Welden National Bank plans a spring building. Swan ton Junction wood demand rise as mills slow. Burglar alarm and locksmith moves. Bennington thefts noted. Garven returns from Proy to face possible charges. Tapper saw and shop in Middlebury to open Feb 1. Jackman Company loss and insurance figures recorded.
Mayor Hart faced a day of intense lobbying as discharged workers stir debate over staff cuts. Prospective Street Superintendent Wheeler said a thorough review would begin immediately after confirmation, targeting excess personnel while deputizing plans remain unsettled amid citywide discharges.
An Omega Oil advertisement claims the liniment eases sore throat chest cold and many aches without burning skin. It touts rapid relief for lameness rheumatism and fatigue with a green scented oil. Sold by Staples in Biddeford Maine or Omega Chemical Co Boston. 50 cents mailed prepaid.
Hundreds of longshoremen unloaded 12 000 tons of goods from two transatlantic liners Ultonia and Philadelphia with a third Barrowmore expected. The Ultonia carried 10 900 tons and the Philadelphia about twice that amount, as crews worked through the night under arc lamp glare. The Altonia carried 150 tons of rat traps amid diverse cargo while other ships bring beans, grindstones, chemicals, paper stock, wool and more.
Robert H. Curtis of Bath Maine killed himself at his home on 25 Drummond Street after a long period of romantic stress with his fiancée Lina Holbrook of Cundy's Harbor. He left notes praising a miraculous cure by Dr Henson and a farewell to all, as neighbors and relatives mourn the loss of a beloved young man.
Thomas J. Greeley of School Street Waltham was arrested yesterday afternoon charged with robbing Herbert W. Grooms of 164 Moody Street Waltham of a watch worth 20 dollars a ticket worth 1.25 and three dollars in cash on Green Street. A man named Flynn has also been arrested for complicity in the crime.
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