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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1906
Page
4
Senator William Taylor reports on Moran support among Lowell mill workers and Democratic leaders after surveying Worcester Lawrence and Brockton. The Post political commissioner highlights the Moran strength and ongoing interviews in Lowell.
In Lowell on July 17 workers report unrest and support for radical candidates as mill life and heat drive discussions. Leaders Moran and Sullivan are at the center of labor and Democratic shifts, with Moran’s candidacy debated and Sullivan pushed by party figures.
The Piso Company promotes Piso's Tablets as a trusted remedy for womb and ovarian diseases, irregularities, leucorrhea, and back pain. A free sample with usage directions is offered, with boxes sold at 25 cents or available by mail from the Piso Building in Warren, Penna.
Brookline police under Chief Corey search widely for the White steamer stolen from Samuel Duncan's private garage on Freeman street early Sunday. Automobiles are being held and occupants must give a complete history of their machine before proceeding.
Boston adopts Pasteur rabies treatment at home as eight victims receive therapy locally. Board of Health shifted from New York care to reduce costs, with prior travel costing about 590 dollars per patient.
In Blossburg Pennsylvania on July 17 the Hoytville tannery village boycotted the girls over a grievance and threatened to import belles from Nauvoo and Liberty to pass summer evenings refined and happy. The girls sent a delegate to nearby towns whose aid did not arrive. After three weeks the Hoytville belles capitulated, leaving the boys without side arms.
Robert C. Miller of Roxbury filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition yesterday. He owes $34,456.63 with direct liabilities of $10,805 of which $8,324 is secured. Contingent liabilities as indorser total $23,651.56. Miller formerly acted as fiscal agent for Cripple Creek Land & Mining Company.
The suspect confessed to multiple whipings since New Year with the latest on July 5 and July 8, the day before his disappearance. Officers reject the tramp theory and favor murder on Tuesday after the boy vanished, aided by town officials offering a likely $500 reward for the killer's capture and conviction.
The city suffers numerous heat related collapses and injuries. David Brooks 32 of Milton suffers severe injuries after falling from a Baker mills fire escape. Elizabeth Spencer 58 nearby fights lung trouble. Dozens more people from various streets and docks are treated for heat prostration at Relief Station City Hospital and Relief Hospital.
A heat wave in Greater Boston drives humidity to 95 percent the highest in 20 years, with Malden reaching 94 degrees and several people hospitalized in dangerous condition. The day features a sunrise 70 degree start, a 3 p.m. peak, a brief shower, and easing sea breezes.
Pabst promotes its beer as exclusive from brewing to bottling, claiming no human hands touch the process and that Blue Ribbon uses eight day malt to retain richness. It asserts sixty years of leadership in age purity and strength, presenting Pabst Blue Ribbon as a superior clean and wholesome beverage.
A short street address line reads 51 Sleeper Street, South Boston with an instruction to ask for Pabst when ordering.
James R. Hill a bookkeeper at 326A Broadway collapsed from heat in Somerville yesterday. Dr Aldrich summoned an ambulance and Hill was taken to Somerville hospital where he rested comfortably late last night.
In Malden on July 17 the city sweltered at 94 degrees. William Austin 38 son of William J. Austin of Forest street collapsed while playing outside his home but regained consciousness shortly after.
A major storm in Stoneham toppled a large elm on Elm Street near St. Patrick's Cemetery tearing down electric light, telephone and trolley wires for 800 feet. Wakefield-Stoneham cars halted for hours while linemen repair lines. fruit trees and small buildings sustain damage.
Medford reports a very hot day with 94 degrees in the shade yet no word reached police or hospital staff regarding any heat related prostitution incidents up to late tonight.
Melrose records July 17 as the warmest day of the year with the thermometer at 93 in the shade. The city experiences peak heat and potential ailing conditions for residents.
Theresa Murray aged 19 of Waterhill Street Lynn collapsed from the heat at Revere Beach yesterday afternoon. She was taken to Frost Hospital Chelsea and is expected to recover.
Governor Guild visited the First Battalion of Field Artillery near Ipswich for Governor’s Day as batteries A B and C drilled with precision. An accident disabled at least one officer’s horse but caused no serious injuries. Rain drenched grounds and attendees sought shelter as the event wrapped up.
Thomas Wandless alias Howard was sentenced March 16 to four to six years in a Massachusetts State prison on two counts of breaking and entering. For the first time since imprisonment his wife and infant son visited him, the wife from New York, showing the blue eyed baby. Mrs Howard, tried and acquitted of smuggling the saw used in the escape, seeks a pardon while Wandless reportedly may turn state's evidence on jail escape plots. The baby and Mrs Howard will return to the mother in New York.
A school of drunken fish in Portland Oregon trampled the Salmon pool causing chaos as they swam on their backs rammed mud and froth churned water after a trapper dumped cider into the pool. The parson reportedly influenced one trapper to quit drinking.
In a fierce heat yesterday in South Boston doctors treated many prostration cases. Miss Catherine Morrissey, 20, fainted in a store at Q and Fifth streets and required two physicians before transfer to City Hospital by Station 12 ambulance. She remained in serious condition last night but out of immediate danger.
Shipmasters report heavy fog along the coast delaying arrivals through Nantucket Shoals and Vineyard Sound. The Kershaw reached Battery Wharf nearly 10 hours late, while H M Whitney from New York was hours behind schedule. Eastward steamers arrived close to time, and a fleet of five masted schooners from Norfolk towed in after fog. Margaret Haskell, William C Carnegie, and Gardiner G Deering led with coal cargoes, ranging 3500 to 4300 tons.
Wakefield reports the warmest day of the year with a 91 degree shade reading. No prostrations were recorded as residents endured the heat in the July afternoon.
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