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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1893
Page
8
The poem fragment describes Mrs Bull across the water defending a brood of twelve or more daughters. It notes their beauty while condemning their refusal to perform duties, hinting at a legal or social judgment surrounding the family.
A column discusses infant health in cities during summer and the problem of infant mortality. It extols lactated food as a substitute for mother's milk, noting its health benefits and widespread adoption, including a Logansport case and a Mrs Edward Newcom endorsement. The piece cites rising demand and praise from medical experts.
Stephen Hall, a colored ex convict known as Steve Hall, was jailed at Charles Street with the alias Frederick Lewis after a Brighton chase ending in a Brookline break in. Police recover a derby hat and a gold watch from Stearns residence and flag his prior prison record, including two state prison terms and a mis identity release. He faces a twenty five year term if convicted this time and had previously been released in 1890 citing mistaken identity.
A mother chafes at her daughters behavior stirring a loud domestic scene. Mrs Bull voices frustration over perceived authority and contradictory conduct, erupting in a heated, chaotic moment as she tries to assert discipline.
Dramatic monologue laments street brawls and abuse of Mrs Bull as crowds rally around Lexington and Bunker Hill. References to Charter, Constitution, right of suffrage and Ireland’s push for freedom echo in a noisy heated scene. The speaker questions domestic stability amid national pride and celebration.
A sweep of opinions from leading criminal lawyers and police officials across the United States concludes the government has not proven a case against Lizzie Borden. With one exception, respondents state the evidence is insufficient for conviction, and some privately doubt guilt despite personal beliefs.
Mr N S Greet will illustrate the Sunday School lesson for next Sunday during today’s noon meeting at Bromfield Street Church. Solos will be performed by blind singers.
A large crowd is expected at Washington Park Chicago on Saturday June 24 for the $60,000 American Derby. California entries Floodgate Dare and Monowai still run with strong backing while Rainbow and Buck McCann figure as leading candidates alongside Strathrose and Look Out after recent Derby form.
Steadily rising donations push the Sick Baby Fund toward July goals. The piece highlights anonymous gifts and lists numerous supporters from various places, noting ongoing medical aid work by The Post’s doctor in Boston and urging continued public generosity.
A mother with a gravely ill girl in a North street upper tenement endures pain with tenderness. The infant stirs in a cradle as the mother, speaking broken English, thanks the Post doctor for medicine and compassion after no physician could yet aid them.
A sick child in an upper tenement suffers from dysentery and heat as a scrape woman mother works away. The mother states her husband died months earlier and she supports five children, leaving elder siblings to care for the family while she toils daily.
Manchester hosts triple celebration with Amoskeag Veterans Putnam Phalanx and Worcester Continentals. Visiting companies arrive by special train, attend dinner and parade to Universalist Church, then Monument Square review by Governor Smith. Banquet planned for Smyth’s Hall. Stark Park dedication tomorrow with General Bartlett delivering the oration.
F B Daniels of Smith and Daniels wholesale clothiers Boston committed suicide at his summer home on Bredlee’s hill Hingham after suffering neuralgia. He was widowed with two children and a founder of the Hingham Polo Club noted for his fine play. He was to participate in the club opening games on the seventeenth.
Inspector Kennedy found a brake shoe on the tracks near sop 8 Junction and a section hand later found the same iron set to derail a passenger train. Walter Reed was arrested in Worcester in connection with the incident and held on $1000 bond for the August term.
Patrolman Stewart and Patrolman Sellman of Station 3 fought with night sticks at Columbus and Howard avenues. Sellman suffered a severe head wound and may not recover. The quarrel stemmed from a runaway horse capture. Stewart previously drew a revolver and threatened Patrolman Murphy, marking him as dangerous.
The Boston & Albany issues a World’s Fair folder and directs readers to write to A. B. Manson G. P. A. Boston Mass for a copy of the material.
Scores of ships were in President Roads and the upper harbor amid a northeast gale. The Longfellow lost bulwarks outside the light, Amos Cutter hauled in seventy thousand pounds of mixed fish, and the Clifford plying rich business since Decoration Day. Fort Warren's soldiers danced on Bunker Hill Day as the Pilgrim yacht neared overhaul at Commercial Wharf.
The Barnum and Bailey circus ends its Boston engagement with three strong performances on the Seventeenth. The show features a monumental production with a full overture, grand colors, and the finale Columbus. A likely record attendance is anticipated as spectators are kept fully engaged from start to finish.
Mr. C. M. Priest and Special Officer Gilmore visited Charles Street jail and identified the prisoner in Cell 90 as Fred Lee alias Scott, matching a burglar prowling the Dart mouth street flats. Priest had previously seen Lee attempt to open doors and drive him away.
The schooner Emily P Wright from Lahave Bank reported two fishermen missing after going astray Tuesday while drawing trawls in dense fog. She waited near the area until Wednesday night without sighting them, with many nearby fishing craft and light winds giving some chance of rescue.
Crowds gathered at East Boston's Atlantic Iron Works to view the Navahoe with a shattered mast found broken in six places. New plates from Nashua arrived and repairs will proceed promptly. Mr. Carroll expects the racing sloop to be seaworthy soon.
Ex Gover nor Ames backs West Chester park corner and Commonwealth avenue or Dartmouth and Boylston streets as convenient sites for Boston funds. Colonel Higginson prefers a quieter, train and bell free site that could double as an opera house. Mr Boardman supports Beviston street for centrality while Mayor Matthews leans to the old public library site at a cost of 35 to 49 dollars per foot.
The Boston water board entertained Messrs Tabor and Wilkinson from San Francisco city government with their families on a short visit to see the water works. The group toured basin 4 Ashland basin 6 Hopkinton reservoir house Woodville and Whitehall Pond before returning to Boston by train.
The Raymond and Whitcomb special vestibuled Pullman trains to Chicago carried over two thousand passengers in May with June tours expected to match. The Grand hotel, led by Colonel Oscar G Barron, hosted many fashionable Eastern visitors from Boston New York Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Vacancies remain in some lists though likely to fill. the exposition at its best now shows the final contributions with June 10 set as the latest exhibit receipt day.
Raymond and Whitcomb announces ten short excursions to New England New York and Canadian resorts for five days to two weeks. Tours visit White Mountains Saratoga Lake George Lake Champlain Anseble Chasm Montreal Quebec Saguenay River and more with detailed planning. Descriptive book available at 296 Washington Street Boston.
Courtesy of Dr. Galvin the Emergency Hospital will be opened to the public this afternoon and Sunday. Visitors can tour the facility and observe the inner workings of a notable city institution.
The Providence line between Boston and New York opens for summer service. Steamers Connecticut and Massachusetts are in commission on the route with music as a pleasant feature aboard.
The famous Blarney Stone arrived at the World’s Fair in Chicago and was installed in the reconstruction of Blarney Castle. Lady Aberdeen shipped it and Mayor Harrison will unveil the stone the following day as part of a scheduled program.
A dynamite explosion at 6 30 p m in West Hoboken near Summit and Paterson avenues injures several people and destroys four stores and houses. Italian laborers excavating a sewer had stacked fifteen cartridges in a box. Nicole Garcelo and August Schidle suffer serious injuries while Mrs C Nestle and Mrs Conlon sustain injuries and property damage totals about 25990 dollars.
Listings of Sunday services at Boston areas including Boston Seamen's Friend Society Chapel 287 Hanover Street with Rev S S Nickerson preaching at 10:45 and a 7:30 Sunday School concert. Church of the Disciples at West Brookline Street and Warren Avenue. B Y M Christian Union at Union Hall 48 Boylston Street with Rev William H Lyon. Music Hall patriotic meeting moved to People's Church with Dr A S Gumbart at 2:30 and Nellie Brown Mitchell singing. Shawmut Congregational Church Tremont Street with Rev E B Webb preaching and a detailed music program. Tremont Temple Church at Music Hall with Rev George C Lorimer preaching and a second address on Things Hard to be Understood. temple choral music led by Professor Boyd and Henry M Dunham.
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