Massachusetts Home for Intemperate Women Defends Work
William Power Wilson of Aix Les Sains replies to a Post summary alleging the Massachusetts Home for Intemperate Women is a private money making venture. He details the home’s 1881 incorporation, governance by leading philanthropists, and its work including a Smyrna street sewer, boiler permits, and the laundry driven model that funds most costs. He argues the home saves women, supports families, and deserves public support despite critics.
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Smyrna Street
Boston
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Binney Streets
Worcester Street
New England
United States
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Tio
Massachusetts Home
Center Street
Smyrna
Binney
City of
Brookline Avenue
Board of Aldermen
Charpiot
Safety Car Teaches Air Brake Education On Rails
A Fitchburg railroad car converted from a passenger coach hosts a mobile training school in Boston. Instruction covers automatic air brake operation across locomotive, tender, passenger, and freight car systems, powered by a twelve horsepower boiler and a 500 gallon tank. F. H. Eddy, with forty years at Fitchburg, leads daily classes, planned by assistant general manager Mr. Joner.
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Boston
Fitchburg Railroad
Fitchburg
New England
F. H. Eddy
Joner
After the Fourth Celebrants face penalties for drunkenness
The Municipal Court processed 264 arrests for drunkenness after the Fourth of July. A new law requiring arrestees to appear in court increased cases. Fires were few with 23 bell alarms and 30 stills but no major fires. City cleanup followed with 306 workers clearing debris.
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Bar of Justice
Trim
Stop Croaking About Hard Times and Neighbor Profits
A sharp-edged column argues that while one neighbor thrives financially the other dwells on bleak economic talk. It contrasts optimism with complaint, urging action over lament and urging readers to pursue practical gains.
Arrests Linked to Montreal Train Stop and Vermont Bar
Arthur Morse, arrested on the Montreal special from Lowell depot, had worked as a bartender at the Central Vermont House on Friend Street. Owner Onesime Mathieu once hid $1200 in an old rubber boot beneath the bar, but with no license this year he sold the place and began clearing out, while Morse departed and the hotel keeper Uttle heard of the former assistant.
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Arthur Morse
Montreal
Lowell
Morse
Vermont
Friend Street
Onesime Mathieu
Mathieu
Uttle
West End Begins Paving With New Flagstone Crossings
The West End is pressing for pavement across railroad crossings. The West End Railroad Company is laying flag stones at crossings near West Chester Park and Huntington Avenue. A crew was working yesterday with fresh flags unloaded from a wagon labeled West End Railroad Company.
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West End
Eee
West Chester Park
Huntington Avenue
West End Railroad Company
Repairs Lacking at City Crossings Amid Road Work
At West Newton Street and nearby streets workmen repair tracks and crossings with cobblestones and cobbles still in use. Flags and paving are incomplete on multiple crossings including Falmouth, Dartmouth, Clarendon, Newbury, Marlborough, and Commonwealth avenues. Cobblestones and rough sections persist, making travel uncomfortable and unsafe near the public library side of Boylston Street.
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Boylston Street
West Chester Park
Dundee Street
Dartmouth Street
Copley Square
Aetherech
Clarendon
Newbury
Commonwealth Avenue
Dartmouth
Marlborough
Med
Buckingham
New Public Library
Gloucester
Columbus Avenue
The Bleak Crossing on Huntington Avenue at Norway
A terse report notes a crossing at Huntington Avenue in Norway with bleak or hazardous conditions. No injuries or further action are reported in the readable text.
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Huntington Avenue
Norway
Roadway wear and crossing repairs flagged across city streets
The report notes missing or worn flags at several crossings including Orway street Cumberland street and Exeter Commonwealth Avenue. Deep ruts and unsatisfactory paving along rails at West Newton and Huntington Hotel crossings pose dangerous walking conditions. Immediate attention is urged to re lay flags and fix gullies and broken paving.
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Orway Street
Cumberland Street
West Newton Street
Mechanics
Exeter
Oxford
Huntington Hotel
Opley Square
West End
Hunt
Missouri Democrat Champ Clark Scorns Republicans at Tammany Hall Speech
Pike County Missouri congressman Champ Clark skewers the Republican party in a Fourth of July Tammany Hall address. He extols Democratic unity across the Mississippi to the Pacific, lauds Jefferson and Polk, and predicts long Missouri leadership in national politics while attacking Republican claims and the era’s rival dynasties.
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Champ Clark
Pike County
Missouri
Champ
Tammany Hall
Republican Party
Stabbing Affray Leaves Man Wounded On Court Street
John Coffey alias Donahue, 26, arrested by Patrolman Burrill for assault with a knife on Peter Higgins near Alden street at 3 30. Coffey, intoxicated, broke a door on Howard street, confronted Higgins and a companion, drew a dirk and slashed Higgins in the right side penetrating the lung. Coffey causally taken to Lowell depot freight yard. Higgins’s life chance described as about even.
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Donahue
Burrill
Division 8
Peter Higgins
Spring Street
Court Street
Alden Street
Coffey
Howard Street
Higgins
Lowell
Bayard Hosts Fourth of July Reception in London
United States ambassador Thomas F Bayard held a two hour Fourth of July reception at the Buckingham Palace Hotel. A steady stream of carriages arrived with guests including Randolph Churchill Lady Dilke and other leading New World circle members in London. In Rome William Potter American minister marked the day with a dinner and reception at the Antich Mattei Palace attended by Italian officials and prominent Americans.
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London
Thomas F. Bayard
United States
Great Britain
Buckingham Palace
Randolph Churchill
Lady Dilke
Rome
William Potter
Italy
Ainner
Antich Mattei Palace
Charles 8 Mackenzie Sells Plough Farm on Wells Road
Charles 8 Mackenzie of Allston purchased a plot on Wells Road containing 21,659 units of plough and related assets, with Arthur Leestree noted as theorist in the transfer record.
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Charles
MacKenzie
Allston
Wells Road
Eee Neat
Arthur Leestree
Rescue Effort Continues At Thornhill Pit Disaster
London July 5 rescuers push to reach living miners and recover bodies after Ingram's colliery explosion in Thornhill Yorkshire. Thirty eight bodies recovered, eighty eight brought to surface by evening. Efforts hindered by gas remains and debris while some survivors are treated.
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London
Ingram's
Thornhill
Yorkshire
Stop Croaking Over Silver Bill Repeal
A terse note declares opposition to the silver bill and demands its repeal. It frames the issue as urgent action against the bill’s proponents and signals public dissatisfaction with ongoing legislation.
Waterfront notes on ships and incidents in Boston harbor
The Kate Jones towed the Anna L Taylor to Boston for conversion and the City of Savannah will replace the Gate City after overhaul. The City of Macon unloaded a record watermelon cargo of over 100000. The Wild Duck yachts at Atlantic Works, and a new tour book Nova Scotia by Yarmouth Steamship emerges. Russian warships left for New York. San Francisco targets Gardiner's Bay. Vesuvius remains. Peary’s Falcon drew 2500 visitors. mackerel haul nets $900. A fresh body found near Craigie’s Bridge. details of a 40-year-old man with attire and gear. Body taken to North Grove morgue.
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Kate Jones
Anna L. Taylor
New York
Boston
Gate City
Savannah
City of
Macon
Atlantic Works
Wild Duck
J. Malcolm Forbes
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Naval Congress
Water Front
Peary
Constitution Wharf
Seth Rogers
Fisherman
Craigie’s Bridge
North Grove Street
Who should clean Beacon Street sidewalks by the Common
Residents complain about the Beacon Street sidewalks along the Common and Public Garden being dirty for a long time. Dead twigs litter the west side near the trees, dirt piles under the iron fence create a shabby view, and the Public Garden walk remains overgrown with fallen twigs leaves and dirt with no prior cleaning.
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Beacon Street
Beacon Hill
Boston
Arlington Street
Death by own action in Biddeford leaves 82 year old man
George H. Foss, 82, unmarried, died in Biddeford on July 5 from self inflicted throat wound with a razor. The death reason notes despondency and illness as contributing factors.
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Biddeford
George H. Foss
Bickness
Bigamy case heads to Petersburg trial
New York and Texas items describe Charles V Decker, famed Staten Island resident, facing bigamy charges in Petersburg, Virginia, with allegations of six marriages and letters from several women. Also reported are Susie L. Young’s suicide note in Belton, Edith Drake’s disappearance linked to builder Samuel McGibney, a Plymouth death by poison in a road house, and a humorous anecdote on a drunken marriage proposal from Detroit.
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Charles V. Decker
Petersburg
Staten Island
Decker
Mariner's Harbor
Emily
Bellis
Port Richmond
Sonia
Captain Miller
Miller
Richmond County
Florence Holman
Belton
Tex
Susie L. Young
Mr. Graves
Will Stockton
Menua
Mamma
Susie
Miss Young
Rich
Young
Edith Drake
James M. Drake
Samuel D. McGibney
Eighty-sixth Street
Edith
Miss Drake
Drake, Maston & Co
Drexel
McGibney
South Duxbury
Lydia Francis Hutchinson
Partridge Academy
Tremont Street
Tremont House
Plymouth Oficers
Third District Court
Paris Green
E. D. Hill
Plymouth
Hutchinson
Stop croaking Our crops are big and Europe s small
A terse, tongue in cheek play on global agriculture markets. The line contrasts regional crop sizes with a pun on Europe, suggesting a humorous take on international farming or trade dynamics.
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Europe
Readings Move to Withdraw From Railway Agreement
Judge Dallas in the United States Circuit Court approved the Read ing railroad receivers petition to withdraw from the operating agreement with H H Kingston for the Pennsylvania Poughkeepsie and Boston railroad. Readings officers said the pact is burdensome and cannot be operated without harming the property, ending July 31 after notice to Receiver Kingston, who did not oppose.
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Dallas
United States Circuit Court
Reading Railroad
H. H. Kingston
Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie & Boston Railroad
Reading
Harris
Kingston
Argentine Cabinet Resigns Pressure Forces Saenz Pena to Seek New Leader
In Buenos Aires on July 5, cabinet members told President Saenz Pena they would resign. He asked delay, then sought Aristobulo del Valle to form a new ministry, who declined. He then tapped Quatano, who may also refuse, risking Pena's resignation amid public blame and talk of new government formations.
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Saenz Pena
Aristobulo del Valle
Quatano
Pena
British Steamers Elba and William Balls Sink After Collision
In a midnight collision thirty miles off the Humber estuary two British steamers the Elba of 1498 tons and the William Balls of 1017 tons sank. All crew were saved or reached land in lifeboats. The Elba was en route from Bombay to Hull and the William Balls had arrived at Hamburg from Salina and likely headed to an eastern English port.
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London
Elba
William Balls
Humber Estuary
England
Bombay
Hull
Hamburg
Salina
Prominent Norwich Merchant Drops Dead on Street
Frank L. Olds, longtime partner in the F. L. and BE. W. Olds firm, collapsed and died of heart disease on a Norwich street this morning. He had been a leading local figure in Hanover and Norwich for over thirty years. Stop croaking remarks accompany the report, urging stock gamblers to operate freely while noting legitimate business resilience.
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Hanover
N.hl
Frank L. Olds
Norwich
F. L. and
BE. W. Olds
Russian warships depart harbor in quiet withdrawal
Yesterday afternoon Russian men of war steamed out of the harbor without fuss. The Rynda began the exit at 1:45 followed by the Dimitri Danskot and San Francisco, with others leaving in formation.
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Rynda
Dimitri
Danskot
Let the Money Come Keep the Fund Growing All the Time
Boston Post appeals for funds to support the Sick Baby Fund aiding poor mothers and infants. The editor notes ongoing donations, lists several contributors and donors, and urges continued support as a wartime campaign. It highlights a doctor’s daily work with Boston’s sick babies and cites last summer’s report extracts.
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Boston
Marshfield Hills
Post
Goods of a Doctor's Care Lift Nursing Mother
A young mother recalls five weeks of sleepless nights while her sick baby fought illness. She finally obtained a doctor whose medicine brought relief, allowing her to rest and hope for brighter days. The care and kindness of the physician and the remedy ended her long period of worry and exhaustion.
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the Post
A Double Beneficence From a Post Doctor Visit
A Porter Street basement home hosts a poorly paid American family with two sick children, a laid up father, and a mother who launders to keep them afloat. The crowded two rooms, dark and cheerless, reflect hardship. sick babies block work and wages, while the Post’s doctor brings needed relief amid shared gratitude.
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the Post
Porter Street
Hydrophobia Excitement in Easton and Norwalk
Farmers in Easton and nearby villages are on edge after several cows die of hydrophobia, some high value, following a mad dog sighting last month. The dog bit farmer John Powell and a boy named Case, who fear possible infection.
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Easton
Cgr
Norwalk
Conn
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