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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1905
Page
5
In City Hall audits the Fenway sewer project shows monthly bills 150 to 300 dollars for steaks chickens pickles and other feast items for workers. Officials say a contract required city provision of fodder for laborers prompting public surprise and a lighthearted Post cartoon.
New York July 17 Senator W A Clark is recovering from an operation on an abscess in the car and passed a comfortable night with favorable indications. Dr McKernon visited at 6 45 this morning and stayed brief. The secretary said the patient continued to improve through the day and that Dr Louis R Morris left the city for his country home confident of recovery.
Mrs Mary Dimmick of Washington shares a life saving testimony about Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes severe uterine trouble and threatened operation, then recovery after following Mrs Pinkham's advice. The letter highlights affordable access via a two cent stamp and notes Mrs Pinkham's widespread file of similar letters offering help to sick women.
Hartford July 17 George Clumbo a life convict at the State prison attacked keeper Walter Carter with a knife hidden in his uniform as Carter locked a door after dinner. Carter suffered a severe facial wound but is not considered in danger. Clumbo was overpowered and placed in a cell as an investigation is planned.
Mrs John Houlihan of Charlestown recalls she did all she could for Lilian 19 who drank carbolic acid in Bridgeport Connecticut after leaving school to work in a department store Her grief centers on her daughter's restless nights and her six month absence before the tragedy She plans to bring the body home for burial and mourns the loss of a child she could not save.
Chairman Cole of the Police Board says Sunday music is allowed at Hebrew weddings as part of the ceremony. Dancing must be restrained until the day passes and any musicians at Sunday dances will be summoned to court. He cited recent violations in Union Park and Minor halls and ordered explanations from offending musicians.
Charley Canepi a six year old boy in Yonkers has remained in a death like trance for one hundred days with only occasional eye openings. Milk is fed forcibly and he swallows mechanically. He has lost weight from sixty five to thirty three pounds and doctors consider awakening attempts, including electricity, as a possibility.
The Boston Single Tax Society will hold an open air meeting at Broadway and D street in South Boston on Thursday evening. Edward Doherty will preside and speeches will discuss the relation of labor to land.
Mrs. P. Hackett of 400 Van Buren Street Brooklyn reports a dramatic recovery for her mother after prior doctors deemed her ulcer incurable. She credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills with restoring the mother’s disfigured face to smooth clear condition.
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