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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1899
Page
2
In a storefront scene at No. 5 Bromfield Street monkeys Suttee and Rease unleash chaos. They free cage mates, smear ink on desks, plunder fish and birds, and battle a parrot named Fitzsimmons as witnesses watch a comic, destructive riot unfold.
A chaotic animal display drew a crowd as Suttee and Rease the monkeys battle a man named Mr Ludian inside a shop window. The parrot heckled, the crowd dispersed, and the two primates continued their gruesome antics until officers separated them.
A Boston crowd fills the mother church on Falmouth Street for four services as Mary Baker Eddy’s annual address is delivered. Notables include Lady Mildred Murray and the Countess of Dunmore. 2500 new members admitted. church membership near 12,000 with 5,000 visitors. Eddy urges divine science over materia medica and cautions against imperialism and lax religion while praising Christian Science healing and freedom of conscience.
Mrs. Ida M. Potter of Conneaut Ohio reports eczema cleared after taking six bottles of Hood s Sarsaparilla. The ad touts Vike Diamonds Raindrops and Drops of Hood s Sarsaparilla as precious for cleansing the blood and curing skin eruptions.
Hood's Pills claim to cure liver ills and act as a mild cathartic while being non irritating. The advertisement positions Hood's Sarsaparilla as a companion remedy.
MISTROYPOLIVAN MANUFACTURING CO. advertises repair services for wringers mangles and sweepers. Fully attended to orders with telephones listed for Boston.
Made to order full size hair mattresses priced 40 pounds for 610 at A. W. Wheeler & Co manufacturers located 3 aml 05 Tranover St. opposite American House in Houston.
Notable visitors arrive in Boston to worship at the mother church on Falmouth street and attend the annual meeting. Among them are the Countess of Dunmore and her son Lord Fincastle, a rehabilitated war hero, and Seady Mildred Murray, a 19 or 20 year old sister. The Countess’s husband and father in England reportedly found relief from a war injury during service in India and conversion to Christian Science.
The article traces Viscount Fincastle once declared unfit for hunting or mounted army duties after a severe injury. He defied doctors becoming an avid rider and Christian Science devotee alongside his family. He earned the Victoria Cross for a 1897 India frontier rescue as a civilian correspondent, a technical eligibility dispute later resolved in his favor.
A memorial service was held at Morris Roud’s grave in Chabei Chedek Cemetery West Roxbury to honor the 35 year old Jewish Socialist leader who died Oct 26 1897. Abraham Cahan of New York delivered a long Yiddish eulogy, praising Roud’s life and work. Samuel Goldman of Haverhill also spoke as friends and family gathered around a granite tombstone with English and Hebrew inscriptions.
The New Jerusalem church convention opened Saturday and continued yesterday at the Boston society on Powdoin street with sermons by Rev. John Goddard of Cincinnati and Rev. L B Mercer of Chicago. The business meetings begin today at 10 am, with the board of missions report by Rev. Theodore F. Wright and brief addresses. A reception and banquet are planned at the Vendome. Prominent participants include Rev. William H Hinkley, Rev. Frank Sewall, and Rev. Julian K. Smyth.
Death notices from Roxbury list Mary E F Brooks widow of Charles O Brooks, dated June 2, and Charles H Murphy aged 23, with funeral from 978 Harrison Avenue on Tuesday June 4 at 7 30 am and service at St Philip's Church Harrison Avenue relatives and friends invited.
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