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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1904
Page
5
The officers left the train under General Bell and moved to attack the camp of the unionists. They advanced from a train cut and emerged to face a volley from hillsides surrounding their position.
An old advertisement touts Golden Specific as a silent cure for alcoholism. It claims Dr J W Haines endorses it with testimonials from figures like Rev Schimpfelman and Dr Rene Chabot. A free trial is offered by mail to Cincinnati readers who send name and address, with assurances of discreet packaging and full usage directions.
Deputies and soldiers fired for ten minutes after a confrontation on the hills. General Bell judged the miners outnumbered and organized seven detachments to sweep the surrounding terrain. A second clash on Big Hill led to over 200 shots with seven guards capturing seven miners at Cripple Creek. no injuries reported as tension rose.
Chicago June 8 Not a drop of liquor and hardly any soft drinks will be sold inside the Coliseum during the Republican national convention sessions. Sergeant at Arms Stone said there will be no luncheon room and no food service beyond water. Retiring rooms will be provided for those who wish to smoke.
Mr. Charles BE Reded displays in Wolf's window My Clothier Hanover and Portland streets. He imitates a mechanical wax figure with a tall, proud-shouldered appearance and a pleasing countenance. Crowds watch, unsure if he is real or a model.
Mrs William Asselin a bride of four weeks dies of brain fever attributed to an almost incessant serenade by persistent friends. The victim, popular, is blamed by a score of over enthusiastic well wishers who organized the charivari and serenade in La Crosse Wisconsin.
Millard F. Dunlap, Hearst campaign manager in Illinois, says the Hopkins faction in Illinois backs Grover Cleveland for president and John P. Hopkins for chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The plan would unfold in both state and national conventions.
New Haven June 8 Ward McLana han 06 has been elected captain of the Yale University track team for 1906 He holds the pole vault record 12 feet He is expected to be a leader like Captain Clapp of this year s squad
It claims fast curing of dreadful headaches and nervous pains in minutes with no side effects. One pill relieves pain anywhere from any cause, promising rapid comfort.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills offering rapid relief from pains and headaches within about twenty minutes. It claims long history of benefit, a money back promise on unsatisfied first box, and prices at 25 doses for 25 cents, with a note not sold in bulk.
Boston marines firemen walk out as part of a citywide general strike urged by the Atlantic Coast Firemen's Union. About 260 sailors join the action to end the boarding house crimp system and push for higher wages and union-only hiring. Ships due in Boston may be affected as lines adjust to the walkout.
The Hay and Grain Teamsters Union last night sent an endorsement draft to the Team Drivers District Council. It defines ten hours as a workday and sixty hours as a workweek, with minimum weekly wages of 12, 14, 15, and 16 dollars for one to four horse teams respectively, plus 60 cents extra per day for shorter weeks.
Team Drivers' District Council voted last night to call off all teamsters delivering to or taking goods from any building where Boston Painters' Union 11 members have struck. The move is seen as a major action complicating the strike from employers' viewpoint.
Boston union bakers plan a cooperative bakery at 02 West Cedar Street. Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers Union 72 elected officers led by President Charles Evans and others, including William Coyne and F F Schultz. Non union cigarmakers in Tampa reportedly struck for better conditions per Boston Cigarmakers Union 97 report.
Frank E Morse pupils presented a varied programme at Steinert Hall featuring Helen Bassett Mabelle Proctor Alma B Woodcock Belsa Thielscher Florence Hale Nelly M Cheney Theodora Carter Clara E Noyes Edith C Frost Margaret Wither Fred Bates Walter C Mooney Edward A Kingsley Edward Orchard Jr Coleridge Taylor Minnehaha setting and Hiawatha excerpts highlighted by the Death of Minnehaha sung by Louise Chisholm and Frederick P Hastings Accompanists Alice Siever and John C Manning received praise
The Tallahassee of the Savannah line lay at Lewis wharf with a damaged collision bulkhead after striking the berry barge in Vineyard Sound at 6 45 Sunday morning Captain Burroughs went down with his craft Captain Johnson said repairs will likely be in New York The chief officer described throwing Burroughs a rope as the barge sank and Burroughs did not rise again.
Thomas Sharkey, the pugilist, wed Miss Catherine McIntosh of Michigan in New York. A professional nurse who cared for him during a recent illness acted as the bride.
The selection committee chose Francis Hope Fobes, Harvard 1904, of Lexington, to be Massachusetts’ first Rhodes Scholar. Phi Beta Kappa member, Delta Upsilon, active in Phillips Brooks House but not in athletics, he is noted as a leading classical scholar who will graduate with high honors at Harvard at age 22.
Medford June 8 The Wendell Phillips scholarship in oratory was awarded at Goddard Chapel Tufts College to Ralph W. Currier of Lynn. Judges included Professors Woodbridge Maulsby and Dr. Bolles. The award, Tufts’ largest prize, is held by the recipient for two years.
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