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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1899
Page
2
An advertisement extols Dr. Greene's Nervura as a pure vegetable tonic for weak nerves and blood. It claims wide health benefits from improved sleep, energy, and vitality, citing Mrs. Howard J. Boland of Acushnet Ave. New Bedford. The note presents the remedy as a physician’s prescription from Temple Place Boston with free consultation.
Dover March 13 J Edward Addicks stalks a U S Senate prize after 108 ballots with 21 for Addicks 16 for Gray 5 for Willis and 5 for Higgins while the assembly adjourns without decision. The race to 24 continues and a special session may be called in 1901.
Harrisburg today reports the forty seventh ballot for United States Senator with Quay 10 votes Jenks 7 Irving 1. Sacramento shows the seventy eighth ballot with no change in the senatorial stalemate.
General Nelson Miles will be guest of honor at Fitchburg Merchants Association banquet on Thursday. A three member committee will meet him in Boston and escort him to Fitchburg arriving at 12 18 pm. A city reception at City Hall from 3 to 5 pm follows a noon luncheon.
General W A Bancroft of the Boston Elevated Railway spoke at the Universalist Club on the future rapid transit project. He described a ten million dollar elevated system with termini at Dudley street Harvard square Cambridge and Sullivan square Charlestown, using a third rail and underground subways to speed travel.
Charles A. Sawyer of Cambridge aged 60 was found unconscious on Exeter street near Huntington avenue by a police officer. He was taken to City Hospital with a concussion of the brain, and it was believed a sudden illness caused his fall. He was resting comfortably at midnight and expected to recover.
YARMOUTH N S March 13 The Allan Line steamer Castilian appears doomed to total loss with cargo likely unsalvageable as her hull shows breaks amidships on Gannet Rock. Captain Barrett and two officers remain aboard while rest of crew depart to shore. Weather hampers salvage efforts and grain from fore holds drains into the sea as the ship rests off the port.
Berkeley Temple hosts a grand opening for the Fin de Siecle Bazaar with about two thousand attendees. The event features Uncle Sam and Dame Columbia in a pageant, national booths from Asia to Europe, and a Salem witches theme, advancing to March 23 with exhibits on American epochs and colonial history.
Mrs. Towne sues T. C. O'Connor for slander in a Cambridge case. The hearing on the demurrer filed by defendant's counsel George W. ______.
Eleven cabin passengers arrive in Halifax aboard Castilian with Rev William Morrison noting the ship sank after striking. Captain Barrett remains aboard. ship may land at Tusket. A buoy off Seal Island went adrift Friday hindering approach of north Atlantic steamers.
The fishing sloop Startle ran ashore on Wood End Sunday morning and is in bad condition. Its garboards started and oakum worked out of the bottom, with belief she will prove a total loss.
In Brooklyn Spike Sullivan of Boston won the decision over Jack Waldron of Trenton in the 22nd round after Waldron’s corner threw in the towel. Preliminary bouts included Tommy Moran of Brooklyn versus Fred Wright of Peabody in a ten round 126 pound draw and Patsy Sweeney of Manchester beating Joe Handly of Newark in ten rounds at 128 pounds.
In Robinsons Opera House Cincinnati on March 13 two fights at the People's Athletic Club ended in a ten round draw between Kid Ashe of Cincinnati and Joe Hopkins of New York. The second match Tommy Ryan versus Paddy Purtell ended in the fourth round when Purtell’s seconds threw in the sponge amid uproar and hissed spectators.
The aldermen approved a public improvements committee hearing on Boston Transit Company petition to run automobile bus lines through the city. They amended rules to form a five member board plus eight council representatives. A hearing on Newton & Boston Street Railroad tracks on Beacon Street will be held by the railroad committee. Henry H. Sprague was confirmed as trustee of City Hospital for five years from May 1, 1899. The mayor may be asked to support a bill to abolish grade crossings in East Boston.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup as a cure for whooping cough with a price noted as five and a half pence. The copy emphasizes effectiveness and value in a period-appropriate tone.
Geo F Mulford of 439 Broadway South Boston promotes the Rice method as a safe home rupture cure. He claims quick relief without pain or danger and invites afflicted individuals to visit his 489 Broadway office or request pamphlets to learn more about the method and Dr Rice's device.
A Cambridge bazaar features a series of unique evenings and a grand patriotic carnival with notable patrons. Separately in the Superior Court, T C O Connor and his wife face Mrs. C G Towne in a slander and libel case over letters alleging Irish and Scottish comments. The parties are prominent local figures. Sir Julius Vogel, English colonial statesman and writer, has died.
Metropolitan Manufacturing Co files suit against American Wringer Co and New England Specialty Business. Located at 77 and 79 Franklin and 50 Fire streets. Offers wringers sweepers at factory prices and repairs. Tel. 2600.
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