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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1904
Page
2
In New York on July 18 1894 the analysis shows Roosevelt weaker than party norms. Morton carried the state for governor by 156308 and Odell by 111126, while Roosevelt’s own gubernatorial tally was 17786. Parker’s backers see these figures boosting hopes of his presidential win in New York.
Officers of Station 13 arrested Paul Spark, 18, of 240 Baker Street, on a warrant charging him with setting fire to the warehouse of D. C. Denquet at 88 Goula Street West Roxbury on the night of July 3. The arrest follows a thorough probe into several fires in West Roxbury the night before the Fourth, with more cases expected to be linked to the man named Spark.
Catherine Galvin, 40, of 25 St Joseph Street Jamaica Plain, tripped on her dress while walking Berkeley Street near the bridge around 3 pm. She fell and broke one wrist in two places and suffered minor bruises, was taken to City Hospital.
Hartford, Conn July 18 Nat Butler of Boston won the principal 20 mile motor paced race at the velodrome track by 2 1 2 laps over Harry Caldwell of Hartford in 33 minutes 45 35 seconds Jimmy Moran of Chelsea led early but retired after both tires collapsed before the five mile mark and he had been in front when he dropped out.
The mangled body of an unknown man was found by the station agent at Faneuil station on the Boston and Albany line near Parsons street crossing in Brighton. He appears to have been struck by a train. A coat and hat were not recovered and police from Division 14 scoured the area. The Metal Polishers Buffers and Platers Local Union 95 to hold a series of educational meetings starting September 1.
Ex Congressman Fitzgerald tells the Democratic city committee in Lynn that Massachusetts will vote Democratic this fall. He argues wages are at a 19 year low in cotton centers and labor is half employed while Republican promises to remedy conditions are absent. He warns voters to support the Democratic ticket or Massachusetts will fall behind.
The Cunard liner Saxonia leaves East Boston at 3 PM for Queens Town and Liverpool carrying 1746 passengers including 1400 steerage, 146 first class saloonists, and 200 second cabin passengers. Notables aboard include Hon. A Shuman Lady King Hon. Thomas Ballantyne and daughter Very Rev W H Barlow D D dean of Peterborough and daughter United States consul W Harrison Bradley Judge Jesse Holdom Hon F A Jacobs Dr H P Jacques Madame Pottier Captain John Rodgers Lt Radcliffe Major Orlando J Smith General Sir Alexander Tulloch Dr Susan McGee Snyder and Dr G K Sabine.
The steamship Ontario, built by New York Shipbuilding at Camden for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Co, will be delivered in about ten days. Commodore Captain Frank M. Howes, former Kershaw skipper, oversees finishing and will command. The steel freight and passenger vessel costs around $400,000 and features four freight decks, two passenger decks, a single screw propeller, triple expansion engines, and a length of 015 feet, beam 42 feet, depth 4 feet.
The conference between mill owners and the Carpenters' District Council plus shop and mill hands declared unionizing work satisfactory. Master Builders' Association mills will set wages and hours on May 1 next year, aiming to bring others on board. Delegates to the Central Labor Union were named and a $10 appropriation was approved for the Western Federation of Miners.
The Sheet Metal Workers Union 17 endorsed the recently elected business agent at a large Swartz Hall meeting on Leverett street. The union voted to maintain the Badger's strike as strikers took other jobs. The next meeting moves to Paine Memorial Hall. International president Richard Patterson installed John Winfield as president Elden Filmore as vice president A Campbell as recording secretary W G O'Brien as financial secretary H O Morton as treasurer A F McCarthy as corresponding secretary Alexander Clements as conductor John Kennedy as business agent.
Nominee H G Davis of West Virginia, chosen as Judge Parker's running mate, stays at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. An 81 year old Southern gentleman, he appears youthful, calm, and unassuming, with a cleric like manner and modest bearing, far from the stereotyped politician. He carries himself with a quiet, courtly presence and avoids overt assertiveness.
William T. A. Fitzgerald president of the Democratic city committee says there is little grafting in City Hall and calls Boston the cleanest governed metropolitan city. He cites Berle article and discusses reform, home rule, and political behavior in Boston.
Charles O. Carter aged 37 of 120 Eliot Street was pulled from the waters of the South Bay after a fall from the Albany street city swill yard docks. Jeremiah Collins, who dived to aid, retrieved Carter to the surface. Carter was placed on the dangerous list at City Hospital in critical condition.
John J. Sullivan aged 41 of 12 Tyler street fell about 12 feet from a shanty roof at Commonwealth avenue and Walton street yesterday. He sustained fractures to two ribs and a wrist and was taken to City Hospital.
Health advocates warn meat supplies dwindle and prices rise as advised by P. B. to cut meat intake and favor economical alternatives. The message urges readers to adjust diets to save money amid tight times and economic strain.
A telegram from the anthracite coal miners' convention in Pennsylvania asks for a meeting to present their pension concerns. Secretary Loeb states Roosevelt will receive the committee tomorrow at 2 30 P M for the discussion of labor troubles in Colorado.
John Houston aged 39 of 39 Haverhill Street North End slept in his chair by a third story window last evening. In dreams he toppled headfirst to the pavement. He was taken to Relief Hospital in serious condition with a badly cut scalp and internal injuries.
The text describes tuberculosis symptoms worsening from cough to chest oppression and weakness. It promotes Koch Inhalations with Koch Tuberculine, claiming cure and offering home apparatus and free consultation at 361 Boylston Street Boston with institutes in multiple cities.
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