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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1900

Page

5

Naturalized Citizens Association Formed In Park Square

About fifty men attended a Monday meeting at Arcade Hill Park Square to form a political group of British born citizens in the United States. Speakers said any citizen could join if he supported good government, with debates on creed and emphasis on honest public service.

Arcade Hill Park Square United States Protoc John C. Gordon A. & Fisher Citizena’ Association Arcade Hall

General Wood Resigns Clause Cutting Down Their Pay

Boston health officials investigated Soo Kee from Scranton after rumors of leprosy. No disease found. swelling due to kidney trouble and skin issues misread as leprosy. Soo Kee spoke English, worked laundry, and said Scranton doctor not good. Nearby Chinese residents helped confirm no leprosy.

Boston Health Department Soo Kee Scranton Penn Associated Press Soo Pennsylvania Oxford Street L. L. Wah Company Health Board Samuel H. Durgin Thomas B. Shea Brough Hill Burr Division 4 Boo Kee Post Board of Health

Thief Tracked by Marines After Water Street Chase

A young thief, seen lifting copper from a navy yard, fled through Charlestown as marines and Station 15 police pursued a crowd into Water Street and the Warren Line wharf area. He leaped into the Mystic River but vanished amid the ebbing dusk as divers and grappling irons scoured the waterfront.

Station 15 Water Street Charlestown Navy Yard Chelsea Street Waterstreet Water Front Warren Line Mystic River

Bar Harbor Liquor Raids Create Social Uproar

Bar Harbor faces a liquor war as taverns are raided and fined. Owners of low dives accuse fashionable clubs and hotels of serving liquor to guests. The Malvern hotel was searched during dinner hours, guests shocked, wines seized.

Bar Harbor Malvern

Toad Found Under Forest Hills Square Work Site

During excavations for Forest Hills square widening in West Roxbury a worker uncovered a clay crust containing a toad. The creature, aged about fifteen years, startled supervisors who noted the road there had not been opened in that span.

Forest Hills Square Roxbury

Albany transfer delayed over lease approval

President Aaes Tee of the Boston and Albany line says the transfer of properties to New York Central under a lease approved will not occur before July 1. Legislative failure to approve beforehand stalls the deal and leaves legal questions unresolved.

A Aes Tee Boston & Albany Ae Air York Central Cer Fock Central Tarning i Nm Pany

Old Home Week in Maine Promises Ferm Time Festivities

Readable fragments describe Maine Old Home Week events with hints of wine tastings and local gatherings. Names, dates, and places are unclear. The item suggests a community celebration with moving portions to different venues and a focus on regional heritage.

Fresh Air Fund Picnics Expand To Citywide Outings

Under sheltering white canvas 900 Boston mothers and children enjoyed a morning in Franklin Park before a picnic in Franklin Field. The Fresh Air Fund and City Missionary Waldron plan weeklong picnics and outings including Nantasket visits, Wakefield day trips, Rosemary Cottage in Maine, and other excursions totaling about 4900 participants.

Boston Franklin Park Fresh Air Fund Franklin Field Waldron Nantasket Wakefield Rosemary Cottage Hiiot

Two Policy Arrests in Boston Lottery Case

Sergeant Fessenden of Division 23 arrested QO J Dutton 38 of 42 Cottage street Roxbury as a main agent of the Louisiana lottery operating in New England. A search at Division 2 yielded $200 in lottery tickets to be used as court evidence. Charles Brown, a young colored man, was arrested by Station 8 officers for promoting a policy lottery in Adams place.

Fessenden QO. J. Dutton Cottage Street Roxbury New England States Bromfield Street Dutton Charles Brown Station 8 Adams Place

Bathing Pool in Somerville Provides Water Access

West Somerville children thank Water Commissioner Merrill for permitting use of the water works basin near Broadway and Cedar to bathe this hot weather. The basin accommodates 60 to 100 swimmers and up to fifty at once. A box stall in the stable is set as a girls dressing room.

West Somerville Merrill Somerville Broadway Cedar Street

New Officers Installed in A. O. H. Division 1

The regular meeting at Fusilier Hall last evening installed Charles Flannigan as president and William Quann as vice president along with Jeremiah J. Daley J W O Connell and William Dolan as secretary treasurer and other officers. The gathering included remarks by County President Cronin and a literary contest with eight winners listed.

Fusilier Hall Hanover Street W. J. Cronin Charles Flannigan William Quann Cce Jeremiah J. Daley J. W. O’connell William Dolan Cronin Dacey Daniel J. Gin W. Quann J. J. Daley Nat O’connell W. Dolan Charles J. Wler T. Casey J. Tomey J. Hicks P. O'Hare D. J. Ryan

Decree dispute echoes from Arlington teachers

Enor Varrona is denied as author and promoter of the de cree. A teacher told a reporter Varrona is a figurehead and not to be trusted to act, while Cubans fault the secretary of public instruction for siding with him. About twenty women teachers attended a reception and dance by the Oda Ladies of Arlington. Senator Parry plans informal entertainment for teachers at his Massachusetts avenue home.

Mr. Frye Cuba Boards of Education Ater Frye Memorial Hall Vivas Hoar War Department General Wood Varrona Secretary of Public Instruction Varrena Oda Ladies of Arlington Arlington G. A. R. Hall Parry Massachusetts Avenue

Ice Demand Shrugs Bangor Supply Shipments Rise

Bangor Maine reports 60 000 tons of Penobscot River ice shipped this season with two to three vessels daily. Urgent calls from Washington and other cities drive exports as the schooner Augustus Hunt is towed from Bazigor toward its destination.

Bangor Washington D. C Augustus Hunt Bazigor

Deutschland Sets Eastbound Atlantic Speed Record

The Hamburg American liner Deutschland arrives at Plymouth on its maiden eastward voyage from New York in 6 days 14 hours 6 minutes, despite fog. It logs a 696 mile leg on July 19, beating the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse for fastest Atlantic crossing in both directions.

London New York Plymouth Atlantic

Astor Milne love affair roils London society

Pauline Astor's romance with Sir Archibald Milne shocks London elites. John Astor opposes the match claiming higher marital aims, while Milne faces social pressure as the Prince of Wales condemns the Astor refusal. Marlborough Club suspends action amid possible expulsion threat.

London Pauline Astor Sir Archibald Milne Sir Archibald Duke of York Baronet Miss Astor Her Majesty’s Theatre Mr. Astor Astor Sir Milne Pall Mall Gazette London Journal Prince and Princess of Wales England Prince of Wales House of Astor Marlborough Club Marlborough Carlton

Doctors' Food Talk Endorses Grape Nuts as Superior Nutrition

Reading Mass physician Dr Hadnaford writes in the Messenger praising Grape-Nuts for digestibility and strong nutrition. He claims four heaping teaspoons suffice for the cereal portion and that one meal sustains health across days. He notes versatility for babies and adults, ready-to-use form, and economy.

Hadnaford Reading Mass

Rail orders and steamship news from regional transit measures

The railroad board approves a $60 000 stock issue for Clinton & Hudson Street Railway amid a reduced request, and orders abolishing whistle bans on Gloucester branch trains near Bridge Street. The Cape Cod steamer trial at Weeks Wharf signals possible daily Provincetown trips on the Bay line, with the Nantucket lease expiring and the Provincetown wharf privileges held by the Boston Plymouth Provincetown Steamboat Company.

Clinton & Hudson Street Railway Company Gloucester Boston & Maine Bridge Street Manchester Cape Cod Boston, Plymouth & Provincetown Steamboat Company Bay Line Boston Provincetown Weeks’s Wharf Cape Atlantic Avenue Nantucket James Wooley Bay Nine Atlantic Ave N. B J. R. Bacon Mgr

Stage Gossip Highlights of Theatre Moves and Openings

Amelia Groll engages with Henry W Savage and sang for Queen Victoria. John Hyams leaves The Re and joins Keith circuit while Rose Beaumont stars in Very Little Faust at Columbia Theatre. Annie Sutherland leads a Buffalo stock company. The New York Empire stock company opens in August and tours Boston. Sargent Aborn visits Springfield as Minnie Dupree performs a one character play. Marie Halton, once a Hight opera favorite, now sings Rhodope in Berlin.

Amelia Groll Cincinnati Henry W. Savage Will Mandeville Princess Chic John Hyams Keith Robert Hilliard Lost River Mr. van Bibber A. H. Chamberlyn Boston Herald Square New York Ethel Barrymore Long Branch Rose Beaumont Columbia Theatre Faust Ambrose @. Miller Jacob Litt Ruby Whitney and Knowles Frede Wright Ole New Eng Otis Harlan Agorest Family Frank McKee Annie Sutherland Buffalo New York Empire Stock Company Colonial Theatre Music Hall Sargent Aborn Litt Springfield Milton Aborn Minnie Dupree Proctor Mary” Halton Berlin Marie Halton

Boston Theatres and Parks Highlight Summer Entertainment

Mildred Hyland returns to Boston for rehearsals with James A Bliss at Abington. The Tremont stage features Robertson's Ours with Gilmour and Rockwell leading. Northern Lights shines at Castle Square while Rose Beaumont stars at Columbia in Very Little Faust. Pinafore on the Lake draws crowds at Chute grounds and George Henery appears in A Cold Deal at Crescent Gardens. Bettina Girard debuts at Keith's as Austin & Stone's Tremont Row Museum offers strong acts. Point of Pines runs a babies prize contest and Norumbega Park stays popular amid hot weather. A cool Palace Theatre vaudeville bills the week. Lynette remains at Steamer City of Fitchburg as it resumes Bar Harbor and Eastport trips from Commercial Wharf Boston next Friday at 6 pm, after repairs and overhaul.

Mildred Hyland Grand Theatre Stock Company James A. Bliss Abington Boston James Richmond Glenroy Combination Park Tremont Theatre Robertson Mr. Gilmour Hugh Chabcot Miss Rockwell Mary Netley Castle Square Rose Beaumont Marguerite Faust Columbia Chute Grounds George Henery Crescent Gardens Bettina Girard Keith’s Austin & Stone Tremont Row Point of Pines Norumbega Park Palace Theatre Lynette City of Fitchburg Bar Harbor Eastport North Pets Commercial Wharf

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