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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1897
Page
5
Mr J B Causeway of Boston Massachusetts reports three years of worsening catarrh affecting his throat. After trying many doctors and remedies with little benefit he used Munyon's Catarrh Cure and Tablets and was entirely relieved following a short course.
Tremont Temple opens all day as Mayor Quincy rebuts a Post editorial on Boston finances. He corrects debt figures for Jan 1 to Dec 31 1896, explains $3.8 million increase and $1.0 million in other borrowing within limits, and defends public improvements and park spending.
Henderson Ky July 13 Alexander Humphrey of Louisville and Adrian H Jeline of New York today bought the Ohio Valley railroad after an upset bid of 1 050 000.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt said Mayor Strong was justified in removing Police Commissioner Parker and should have been sustained. He added that all who love good government will regret the action.
Heavy rains flood roads sewers and homes in Concord New Hampshire. Penacook Lake remains dangerously high prompting workers to protect the dam and avert flooding in West Concord as Merrimac River rises four inches at Sewall’s Falls.
Tomorrow July 15 a popular excursion to Newport departs at 9 30 AM from Park Square Station. Tickets are available at Park Square Station or No 3 Old State House, with high demand and limited seats for the low round trip price of one dollar.
A southwest storm battered City Point with yachts entangled on the harbor, damaging the big iron pier at Marine Park and forcing life-saving crews to rescue vessels and people. Two women were hoisted ashore from a cruising yacht, Wollaston patrolmen capsized and rescued, and Hull Nantasket roads flooded by high tides. The British sloop lay ashore offshore as tides eased. Inland, Brockton suffered shattered plate glass and downed trees.
A violent sou'wester blew across Dorchester Bay at dawn driving several yachts off their moorings near City Point and Dorchester. The sloop Thialfi broke the pier head, wrecking flooring and glass, while life savers and captains helped haul vessels clear. Multiple yachts drifted, with some beached or moored again, and by 10:30 a.m. calm returned with no further disasters.
A fierce November gale tests harbor skippers as lines hold fast and ships seek shelter. Down east coasters and Nova Scotia coasters reach harbor while big coal schooners race in on lower sails. The Leyland steamer Victorian and Wilson steamer Chicago report only on arrival. Yacht Josephine heads to Bar Harbor with favorable winds while Intrepid anchors near Castle Island.
Malden resident 13 Hazlewood Street treated for eight months for chronic catarrh by a noted Washington Street physician. Dr Wilson cured in a few weeks. The office promotes many references and claims to be the largest best equipped medical institution with free consultations under the National Association of Physicians and Surgeons.
A schooner grounded on the mud near Governor’s Island awaits a wind shift and rising tide to refloat without damage. The first floating hospital trip was postponed by weather. Tobey plans thirty trips this season, each named, today’s voyage labeled Edward Everett Hale.
Two Wollaston policemen Murray and Wiley drifted on an upturned eighteen foot catboat for four hours after a southwest squall capsized their craft near Hangman’s Island. A lobster man rescued them and they await lifting the anchor to shore. Meanwhile other vessels faced rough seas as the night gale toppled yachts and a skiff drifted out to sea. The cruiser Guardian rescued a man from a skiff near Nantasket and two women faced exhaustion from water in a dory before safe landing at Pebble Beach. The Hyperion reported damage off City Point. the moonlit sail is postponed to later this week.
A severe North Shore gale driven by a rain storm battered Beachmont and Grover’s Cliff, threatening two women in a bathing costume and a dory swept toward Nahant. Eugene Love and John Dilhaunt sighted their distress from Short Beach and aided their rescue aboard the yacht Undina.
Record summer tides hit New York beaches July 13 as full moon and easterly winds drove waves over Brighton Beach Amusement Hall. Embankment damage occurred fronting the hall while Manhattan Beach and Oriental hotels protected flower beds with canvas screens. Beachgoers avoided bathing as rollers reached near shore. Race track area at Brighton Beach flooded. workers labored overnight to save it.
A gale in Hull bay drove a high sea over beaches and sea walls washing streets and undermining several shore cottages. Yachts at anchor suffered damage across the harbor as the wind battered the coast.
A Brockton wind storm tore two plate glass windows from the Times office before noon. Solomon Boyd, a four year old bottler from Wilder's court, was badly cut on the face.
A 16 year old, Saverio Martino of 69 Prince Street, clashed with Patrick Marthe during a baseball dispute near Hanover Street station. Martino allegedly struck Martha in the eye with an umbrella ferrule, sending both to City Hospital and to police custody. Francesco Petrillo and Rocco Ruzzetti were later jailed after a knife and a bottle fight at a Commercial Street bar, Petrillo wounded in the eye and Ruzzetti with a leg injury.
About seventy five Knights of Pythias with the Maplewood Band arrived in St John New Brunswick. They were met by a St John detachment and escorted to hotels amid cheers from Boston visitors. An address of welcome was given and speakers included Major General Carnahan and Colonels Bastman Foss and Ritchie. The visitors will sail up the St John River tomorrow as guests of the St John knights.
About 200 guests from Winthrop Highlands enjoyed the opening ball at Leighton House. Proprietors spared no effort with electric lights in red white and blue. Floor under Mr M L Bosquet with assistants. Mr and Mrs F F Allen led the grand march with about 100 couples.
The Opinione reports overwhelming evidence against Cherubino Tranta manager of the Socialist journal Avanti and linked to the plot with the man who attempted the life of King Humbert. It notes many other arrests will follow.
Mr Wolf of My Clothier offers free weekly band concerts in Boston at the corner of Hanover and Portland streets. Thousands gathered for the first concert night with open windows and a large sounding board ensuring full street listening. Friday’s program promises two hours of music from 7 30 to 9 30 with novelty in the lineup.
A special through train is offered at a low rate of 1 dollar for a round trip. Tickets available at Park Square station or No 3 Old State House due to high demand. Train departs tomorrow morning.
John H. Woodbury renowned New York dermatologist will visit his Boston office at 11 Winter Street for six days starting July 19 with his special surgeon to perform plastic surgery and facial refinements. Appointments must be made promptly as the dermatologist departs for Europe on special engagements.
An old Boston advertisement offers services from John H. Woodbury Dermatological Institute at 11 Winter Street. It touts treatment for noses and blemishes, claims painless operations via local anesthetics, and notes free consultations by mail. The clinic also markets Woodbury facial products with mail samples for 20 cents.
A serious fight erupted at Candia between British troops and Bashi-Bazouks after British intervention in a clash with Christians. Sixteen British soldiers killed and many Bashi-Bazouks died. Admirals sent five warships to Candia to curb further Mohammedan hostilities. Reports say three hundred British marines landed to bolster the Italian garrison. Bashi-Bazouks summoned to surrender arms within four days and have petitioned the Sultan.
The steamer Lewiston yesterday carried over one thousand delighted passengers on a Ply mouth trip. Captain Emerson offered a grand South Shore view as Major Clark's band played and dancers enjoyed on the main deck. The voyage was a day of rare enjoyment, and the Isles of Shoals trip is planned for today.
Eye specialists of the National Association of Physicians and Surgeons at 18 Boylston Street Boston announce a new treatment system for eye diseases. Dr Wilson, chief consulting physician, can remove cataracts without knife and calm inflammations with mild harmless therapy. Free consultations offered for vision difficulties.
The next New York New Haven and Hartford excursion to Newport departs Thursday July 15 by special through train at a round trip rate of 1 dollar. Most of the day is available for tarry in Newport with ample amusements. Tickets are on sale at No 8 Old State House and Park Square station and won t be sold beyond seating capacity.
A life saver compares last week heat prostrations across cities. Bridgeport Hartford Springfield Worcester show fewer cases per population and Williams Root Beer is credited for cooling off without resorting to stronger coolers.
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