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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1897
Page
8
A plea outlines dire conditions of poverty with children suffering in filth and squalor. Parents lack money for medicines and basic care, urging readers to send any amount to support this humane cause and relieve hundreds of poverty-stricken families.
The Post urges readers to donate to the Sick Baby Fund Boston to support a Free Doctors' Corps for sick babies in tenements. Since July 19 two physicians and a nurse have worked, funds needed to cover medicines milk and essentials, with contributions acknowledged promptly and names listed.
The Post doctors moved their relief effort from the North End to the West End where urgent calls demanded immediate attention. The doctors witnessed pitiable cases in the poorer West End and urged readers to support the fund for continued assistance.
A nurse reports a dying baby in a West End tenement and a sick, exhausted mother with no money for medicine. A compassionate doctor promises aid through The Post, as the two cramped rooms house a pleading family and a cradle shadowed by hardship.
A doctor visits a sick child amid a crowded yard with morning glories and slum life. Parents scramble for rent and medicine while Post doctors tend to cholera infantum cases, urging reader support to sustain the relief work.
Dr M Gerstein writes to The Post condemning misuse of medical charity. He argues funds and hospital space favor the rich, urging continued focus on helping the poor and endorsing home hospital visitation to protect infants and mothers in slum areas. He cites overcrowding, lack of beds, and poor hygienic conditions as ongoing hazards.
In August Newport prepares for a grand week as the North Atlantic squadron arrives. The Aug 4 parade includes marines and sailors from Fort Adams and the Naval Training Station with local militia. A water parade and town illumination follow amid fundraisers exceeding $50,000. Notable social events include dinners and balls hosted by Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mrs. Calvin Brice with 2000 invitations for a ball at the Ocean House.
An older public health piece urges lactated food as a safe substitute for mother's milk during July and August heat. It argues this gentle, easily digested diet prevents diarrhoea and cholera infantum, strengthens flesh, skin, and eyes, and keeps babies healthy and happy in summer.
Collector Winslow Warren ruled calves skins are not hides under the Dingley tariff, granting free admission while hides incur a 16 percent tax. The decision follows the tariff's distinction between calf skins and hides, enabling duty free importation of calf skins.
In Parliament Lord George Hamilton explained the East Indian railway bought 7708 tons of rails from Maryland Steel of Baltimore with the lowest British bid surpassing the American by £8675. The Daily Mail reports Westminster firms resent Americans securing traction plant contracts for the London Central railway underground line worth hundreds of thousands.
Due to lack of evidence the district attorney pressed the case against Mrs Abbie May yesterday afternoon with Judge Forsaith presiding. She faced charges of obtaining money by false pretences from B. D. Washburn over the past week.
Marblehead July 27 The Atlantic potato chip factory burned after a pan of fat overturned on a stove. Proprietor Davis, present at the scene, tried to douse the flames and suffered severe burns.
New York July 27 Mrs Arena Helmes married to Helmes fourteen years ago fell for a stranger posing as George D Emerson. He courted her while steering her divorce, promising rapid remarriage after decree. Emerson vanished to Europe after the decree. Helmes, now penniless, hunts him between Catskill and New York as her husband’s divorce stands.
Sophie Grube a young Harlem born woman ended her life by swallowing carbolic acid in a boarding house on East 128th Street with James Peacock present as Mr and Mrs White. She left behind a daughter Ollie born from a previous liaison. Authorities report a painful death after the act.
Mrs Nona L Bryan postmistress of Middlefield is charged with opening letters to learn about a local romance involving Henry B Pease and Miss Gertrude who married last June. Deputy Marshal Waters arrested her on a Boston warrant after a test letter was found opened. A church quarrel linked to the Peases and Kimballs adds context to the village dispute.
Brooklyn July 27 The widow Lillian Ames Burroughs is appointed administratrix of Horace F Burroughs Jr s estate despite opposition from his father Horace F Burroughs Sr and a family dispute over their marriage The surrogate ruled the widowhood proven and the estate placed under her control The relatives may pursue further litigation in the coming months
In Singac New Jersey Max Cohen and Minnie Lynch were attacked by Minnie’s former lover Tony Scully and accomplice Tony Frank. Cohen was knocked down and assaulted while Lynch was left unconscious as farm hands aided them to safety. Frank was arrested and jailed. Scully remained at large.
Mrs. D. K. Olney’s funeral was held at 9 30 this morning in Putnam Connecticut. Earlier at 8 30 her daughter Miss Clara Belle Olney married Burt L. York Jr. in the room where the mother lay. The ceremony was private for close kin and carried out as Mrs. Olney wished. Rev. F. D. Sargent officiated.
In Ann Arbor Michigan on July 27 Nathan James a 50 year old farm hand shot Martha Miner a domestic and then killed himself. Authorities say a lovers quarrel likely sparked the tragedy.
Amesbury July 27 John D Trottier proprietor of the Essex House at Galis bury Beach died this morning and was robbed while on his death bed. Yesterday afternoon a thief entered his hotel room and took a gold watch and chain 150 in cash and a diamond stud. He was too weak to see the intruder and observed no one in the room.
A Los Angeles dispatch reports Japan plans to land 1500 emigrants in Honolulu later this month. The group, soldiers in Japanese service, will arrive as civilians but be trained for military duty. The voyage will include arms and stores aboard chartered steamers, while three battleships head toward Honolulu to assist the landing. The correspondent notes the phrase We will get there and adds he cannot write it in his own language.
Ernest Holland of New Bedford Conn a waiter on the steamer Priscilla of the Fall River line stole Miss Florence Lees eight dollar diamond ring during a visit to 110 Raile road avenue Jersey City He was arrested on the dock and admitted guilt revealing the ring location on the boat He is jailed at the Centre street court awaiting New Jersey requisition papers.
News from the area near the Scott and Yell county line reports a mob lynching one horse thief and probable fatal shooting of another. The victims were both white men named Crownover and Beach. No telegraph office nearby at sixty miles distant.
Albert Morse a Hyde Park schoolboy wandered near the New England road freight yards yesterday and suffered a severe crush injury to his left foot. Medical examiner Sturtevant dressed the wound and he was taken to the Emergency Hospital where he rested late yesterday evening.
At Lynn on July 27 a switch man failed to reverse a switch, causing an engine pulling two freight cars to collide with another engine. The impact wrecked the cowcatcher and damaged the tender, while brakemen John McLeod and Thomas Quinlan jumped to safety with no injuries.
Professor Charley Henry Marcy a noted musician and composer died today in his Brooklyn flat from apoplexy or heart failure. The New York and Brooke lyn figure was well known in musical circles for decades.
The St James parish in aid of the poor has arranged transportation for patrons by electric cars. Cars will depart from Harrison avenue church at 9 20 a m. The event is expected to be a success.
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