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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1895
Page
1
Cures That’s Why claims Dana's Sarsaparilla not only cures illness but prevents sickness when a vague malaise appears. The ad argues it works before symptoms fully develop and emphasizes preventative benefits.
The text urges insisting on receiving the exact drug you request from the pharmacist. It warns against accepting alternatives touted as “just as good” or “our own preparation” since such recommendations serve the pharmacist’s interest, not the customer’s.
A promotion urges readers to take SARSAPARILLA as a spring tonic to expel winter humors and avert health troubles, warning to ensure the correct kind is obtained.
Two major construction collapses unfold in Manhattan and Orchard Street. The first wreck at a six story malt house on Forty third Street and Tenth Avenue buries over a dozen workers, with one dead on arrival and another dying en route to hospital. Seven injured, two known buried, arrests for manslaughter follow. The second collapse strikes four tenements on Orchard Street near Rivington, trapping bricklayers. Joseph Barbara is rescued after two hours, an Italian laborer missing presumed dead. Several others injured, owners and contractors arrested for criminal negligence as rescuers clear the debris.
A wrecking train from Mexico City arrived with forty injured after a pilgrims’ train derailed on the Inter Oceanic line. Sixty five dead and many mutilated. doctors described the scenes as the most horrible they had seen.
The Washington express of the Royal Blue line from Jersey City to Philadelphia wrecked in Bayonne New Jersey at 6 30 pm killing Engineer William Thomas and Assistant Fireman Winfield Hollard. Fireman H Orrell passenger Frank Applegate and baggage master George Hopkins injured. About thirty passengers escaped miraculously as the train sped through a four track cut and collided with a coal train ahead.
Lady Harriet D Orsay presided at a charity bazaar when the Duke of Orléans praised her hair and offered 5000 francs for a single ringlet. She cut the strand with scissors, wrapped it, and handed it to him. The duke paid the next day, though he left with a gloomier air.
Sergeant Clark and Patrolman Jordan of Division 4 led two raids last evening. At 61 Essex street a policy shop yielded a small haul and three men named John Holden 23 Thomas Jones 25 and James Sawyer 34 were arrested. At 23 Harrison avenue a fan-tan joint housed fourteen Chinamen. fan-tan implements and room furniture were seized.
A man calling himself Hotchkiss claimed to represent Boston's Brighton market and offered to buy cattle in Preston, Connecticut. He contracted for 2300 dollars worth of stock, then vanished after a farmer telegraphed Boston to verify his credibility, narrowly avoiding a stock loss.
Norwich March 1 The Thames River was opened to navigation this afternoon with the Chelsea of the New York line reaching its dock at 2 30 p m after cutting through seven miles of eight inch thick ice The barge H W Conklin idle here for a month was towed to New London this afternoon
An east bound freight derailed near the Niantic River bridge as the engineer missed signals. The block system activated and threw the train off the track. Tracks were cleared by 5 o'clock.
Dady and Prentice Silk Company announced in Putnam Connecticut that the mill will run full time after March 4, ending months of half-time operation. The firm aims to restore steady production and meet demand.
Four thousand spectators at Music Hall witnessed a grueling boxing exhibition between Joe Walcott and Billy Smith. The match featured rough methods and no clear finish with Walcott showing cleverness and Smith displaying pluck and persistence. The article notes conditions of Smith and lists many attendees and preliminaries, praising the overall event and management.
In Music Hall prominent figures attended the record event and chose not to intervene due to patrons’ high standing. The show, licensed and well managed, featured four preliminaries before a fifteen round main attraction. Spectators recall it as unlike any other Boston display and praise the management for orderly conduct.
A Boston Record report details a division in the city Democratic party after the mayoral campaign. It quotes Francis Peabody accusing O'Neil and allies of disloyalty to the ticket and aiding Curtis. Peabody says he will act independently in politics, while reactions among leaders vary and unity appears fragile.
The Record reports that Mr O Neil and allies defeated Mr Peabody by protesting against O Neils appointment as Boston sub treasurer. It notes straight Democrats seek vengeance on O Neil and City Clerk Galvin, with Galvin re elected after Republican aldermen promised support.
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