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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1893
Page
6
The ad touts Paine's celery compound as a cure for nervous complaints digestive issues rheumatism and debility in old age. It cites Edward E Phelps M D of Dartmouth as origin and asserts physicians widely trust the remedy and that it restores sleep boosts energy and purifies blood.
Boston and Maine directors met Saturday with little attendance and no action on filling McLeod’s vacancies. The meeting adjourned to June 27 after delaying McLeod’s resignation letter, which was released to directors. McLeod, who resigned the presidency May 8, cited shifting conditions affecting interchange of traffic with Philadelphia and Reading as the reason for his resignation.
Trustees seek 2.9 million dollars to build on Morningside Heights. They have 550 thousand already subscribed, including a 100 thousand gift from Joseph Pulitzer. The fund supports scholarships for poor public school winners and guarantees high school prep at Teachers College for college entrance exams.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company hosted visitors for today's parade at the American House last night. An informal, enjoyable banquet fed about thirty guests. The party included eight members of the Troy Citizen Guards and notable officials from Maine and New York military ranks.
Julius A. Bhelins of 1 Herman Place Roxbury fell from his bicycle on Centre Street Dorchester early yesterday afternoon and sustained a fracture above the ankle. He was taken home for treatment.
The New York and New England railroad offers telephone reservations for parlor car seats in its express trains. The station ticket office at the foot of Summer Street, Boston, can be reached at 3989 to book seats. On Sundays the office hours are 8:30–9:00 a.m. and 12:00–3:00 p.m. for White Train reservations.
The New York report chronicles Willie Wilde, brother of Oscar Wilde, facing a divorce suit from Mrs. Frank Leslie. Judge Brown appointed G B Taylor as referee. Mrs Leslie Wilde is expected to win. Willie, London clubman and former writer, squandered funds and failed to contribute, leading to estrangement and an overseas return to England.
Irving B. Sayles of Millbury Mass has been chosen by the comptroller of the currency as a national bank examiner. Gatchell, who oversees Massachusetts banks outside Boston, may receive a new district covering half the Boston banks to allow two annual examinations, with Sayles ultimately succeeding Gatchell.
A large 30-drawer oak cabinet, originally designed for naturalists librarians and collectors, is on display at Paine's Warerooms 48 Canal Street Boston. The piece has attracted broad interest and many buyers have secured drawers for assorted articles once homeless. A very low price invites readers to view before deciding.
For instance Figured China Silks once 374c a yard now 9c. Colored Gros Grain Silks formerly 1.25 now 9c a yard. Ladies jackets and capes offered.
Tremendous bargains in garments including silk velvets in colors once $1 now 49c yard wool dress goods once 6.50 now 2.98 black dress goods silk waists dress linings suits wrappers ribbons shirt waists gloves fur capes. No exchanges and no samples cut during the sale. Call early to avoid the crowd.
A special dispatch notes some hotels in Chicago have raised rates while others stayed the same. It recommends downtown European plan accommodations for visitors, praising access from Michigan Avenue via steamers, Illinois Central trains, the Congress Street elevated line and Wabash avenue cable cars.
Detroit June 4 The first step toward the Lake St Clair to Lake Erie canal was set when C C Wyatt secured an option on inlet property west of Stony Point Ontario. Wyatt says funding from Minneapolis and New York capitalists is subscribed and Dominion government has promised legislation. The project is estimated to cost 3 million dollars.
President Cleveland arrived in Washington at 7 40 am from a fishing trip to Cape Charles Virginia. He was met at the station by Private Secretary Thurber and taken to the White House where he remained about thirty minutes before going to Woodley his summer villa to breakfast with Mrs Cleveland. He appears refreshed after the brief respite from work.
Cox 427 reported an alarm at 1 35 p m yesterday for a fire in a dwelling at 2 Mansfield Court caused by an oil stove. No damage occurred.
A three story brick house at 2 Davis Street burned in the early hours of yesterday killing Miss Minnie Marston. The blaze started in her third floor bedroom and she jumped from a window to the yard. She died soon after at City Hospital. Property loss is about $1000 with several others narrowly escaping. Cause unknown.
A scanned page lists works by Howells and Boyesen including Henry Drummond portraits, a Nymph of the Eddy story, and Human Documents. Also noted are Wild Animals volumes, a dog tale under law, and unsolved problems, with captions and contributors like Alphonse Daudet and Aart Hagenbeck.
The Boston Post lists a small, irregular total for the Sick Baby Fund with numerous small contributions from individuals including Albert A. Pope, A. Shuman and employees, Mina Williams, Bernice Bullard, Annie Bullard, Margery Pierce, and others. The ledger shows several dollars from varied donors and a final sparse total.
Letter to the Editor urges subscriptions to the Sick Baby Fund citing hot weather and July and August hardships for poor children. Roxbury resident J Elmer Paine contributes ten cents. Receipts yesterday reached 15.10 with appeals to swell the fund for urgent patient care in Boston.
In a cramped upper floor three families and their belongings suffer oppressive heat. A mother says she will take her three youngsters into the street where air is scarce yet better than the stifling room. A doctor offers no wiser prescription.
A Hebrew speaking mother, sewing in a Cushman avenue tenement, pleads for medicine for a skin disease in her child. She explains the family has no money while the ill husband struggles to earn from peddling. She supports four children by finishing trousers at 10 cents a pair, eight pairs at most per day.
CHICAGO June 4. The Trotel Metropole hotel witnessed another shock after Capitalist Me howery ended his life yesterday. Augus tus Victorson a wealthy Board of Trade man strangled himself with the cord of his smoking jacket last night. No cause is known beyond previous despondency.
The Rev. Walter Calley, recently called from Philadelphia to a Cambridge Baptist church, and the Rev. Dc. C. Earle of Harvard Street Baptist Church will alternate control of the Bromfield Street noon meeting this week. Calley presides today with Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Baker as singers. Attendance remains large and interest unabated.
Competition designs offered by the Boston Society of Architects will be shown at the Boston Art Club on Newbury street from today to June 24. The drawings have been retouched and form a handsome collection. The five prize winners are included in the exhibit.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for delicate weaknesses and diseases peculiar to women. It claims to regulate functions improve digestion enrich the blood dispel aches and nervousness and restore health and strength with no alcohol syrup or sugar and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to benefit or cure.
Three members of Omrey Edy family were found murdered in their Beach Ridge road home near the Canadian line. Old Edy, his wife, and daughter Emma, 27, were shot and their throats cut. the brick veneer house was burned. Hints point to a former tenant Ford, with motive in rent dispute. the killer may have stayed overnight and fled at dawn. Edy’s daughter was to marry a Montreal journalist, and Montreal businessman H O Edy is pursuing the case with detectives.
The Recorder reports cures among charity patients at Ward's Island under city direction. Dr. W. R. Amick of Cincinnati is said to have provided medicines at his own expense and accepted a $1000 award. Three of four patients reportedly cured or greatly improved.
The Campania and the Paris departed New York yesterday in foggy conditions. The Paris slipped its lines at 8 15 a m and was later listed to sail at 9 a m but went earlier. Both ships moved slowly past the bar before picking up speed in deep water with the Paris clearing at 10 95 and the Campania at 10 21 a m.
The Massachusetts State Board of Trade issues circulars on stock watering by quasi public corporations and on bills about leases purchases and sales of railroad and street railway companies. The first circular notes three acts before the Legislature and warns against fictitious capitalization while allowing bona fide business. The second circular argues for Board of Railroad Commissioners approval of railroad leases or sales between companies.
Bowdoin College in Brunswick opens its commencement week on Sunday June 18 with the president delivering the baccalaureate sermon and concludes the Thursday after. Tuesday will feature class day followed by a promenade concert in the evening.
Biagio De Lugo an 80 year old Italian immigrant on Charlestown street near Stillman street slipped while boarding an electric car about 1 30 o clock yesterday fell backward striking his head on the pavement suffering a severe scalp wound. He was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
A Post reporter argues that careless gas installations and guards create daily deaths and near misses. Tests are inadequate, stopcocks burying, and gas jet keys lack pins, making leaks and explosions too easy. Strong calls for open piping inspections and stronger enforcement.
Charles Thompson and James Ferryman were discharged as watchmen at Charlestown Prison. Thompson was appointed August 1892 and Manser in April 1892. Warden Bridges says the removals will serve the best interests of the prison.
Entries record marriages on June 1 in churches across Greater Boston. Couples include George W. Eliot of Brookline and Elizabeth Marshall, Russell J. Goodnow of Boston and Florence Maker of Melrose, Walter F Keen and Elva F Haynes, Sidney Marsh and Margaret Maguire, Evarts B Mayhew and Mabel Hammond, J Edward Tappan of Portland and Fanny Marston, Edwin Sibley Webster of Boston and Jane de Peyster.
Notices announce the deaths of Helen N Cutler widow of Hobart C Cutler aged 72 years 11 months 13 days in the city and Annie wife of Hector Cameron aged 30 in Chelsea along with Abigail Free man Johnson daughter of Gorham L freemen and niece of Nathaniel R Cobb in Roslindale Mrs H B Goodwin in the city and Abby C Nichols daughter of William and Louisa C Nichols aged 56 in Dedham noting paralysis as the cause for Nichols and listing the dates and places of death for each individual.
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