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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
7
Health ad claims malaria and other blood poisons are cured by kidneys. It promotes Dr. Pettingill's Kidney-Wort Tablets without alcohol, citing John F. Howe's letter from Charlestown Massachusetts, May 2 1903, and a simple home test for kidney trouble.
An unusually large number of parade spectators and participants fell ill or were injured. Names include William Marshall 28 of 29 Jenkins street with a broken leg, John Fleming 60, Ethel Jameson 18 of 83 Charles street, and others treated at City Hospital, Emergency Hospital, or Relief station. One death occurred as Joseph Dalton 25 of 168 Paris street suffered a hemorrhage after exposure during the event. Trooper Maurice S. Miller 28 of Roxbury Horse Guards was injured on Beacon street.
Mrs Mack Norton presented a recital in Dorchester with assistance from flutist Charles North and pianist Mrs Mary Chandler. Debutante soprano Bessie OConnell impressed with a strong voice as the program showcased several young vocalists who all acquitted themselves well.
Veterans of the Hooker brigade gather at Fancut Hall after a parade for a camp fire and songs honoring General Joseph Hooker. Speakers praise Hooker while stories of battles, Gettysburg hopes, and old camaraderie stir tears and loud applause among the old soldiers and their families.
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles praised Boston for a record showing of patriotism after a parade through the Common and past the State House. He shook hands with veterans and civilians as crowds cheered from sidewalks and windows, with officers, cadets, and the Miles family in attendance.
During a veterans parade at School and Washington streets a free fight erupted outside the Old Corner book store. James Killeen and George A. White were arrested for assault on William H. Grant Snow as clerks protected windows. Inspectors Pinkerton Collins and Sherlock aided by Station 2 officers contained the brawl. Snow, ill for a year, may be laid up following the beating.
Nineteen pickpockets were arrested by Inspector Watt’s men during the Hooker celebration. Four identified as the culprits who robbed two men previously. Nine released and sent out of town. six held for identification by more victims. William Brown alias William Horne linked to a stolen watch from A N Peck. Three others named Feeney Devine and Sullivan tied to Holbrook robbery. Arrests spread across stations as officers guarded trains and routes.
Woburn notes the death of John Ferguson a longtime public official and retired paymaster of the United States Navy aged 81 born in Nova Scotia in 1822. He served 27 years including the Civil War and came to the United States as a youth joining the navy at 21 aboard the frigate Savannah which helped take possession of San Francisco in 1847. He retired in 1870 as fleet paymaster and had lived in Woburn since.
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