Post Expose Sparks Debate on Contractor Defacement
A citywide inquiry erupts after an expose revealing defacement by a contractor at a public site. Officials call for accountability while residents demand transparency and swift action.
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14 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1905
Page
1
Contractors occupy Boston Common with cement equipment
Citizens oppose the shanty set by contractor Nawn on the Common. Officials debated alternative sites near Park Square and Providence yard. Mayor Collins ordered removal and restoration of the public ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Common
Park Square
Collins
Curran
Roosevelt Urges Mothers To Bear Healthy Children
President Roosevelt declares a national duty for women to be good wives and mothers to ensure race survival. He condemns race suicide and argues families with two children threaten the nation, urging educational access for women but not lifelong careers as breadwinners.
Pretty Girl Arrested as Horse Thief
In New York on March 13 Mrs. Sarah Hillis or Charles was held in Brooklyn police custody awaiting Massachusetts requisition papers to answer horse stealing charges in Boston. Boston officers say she stole multiple horses and has a notorious history as the wife of a traveling salesman. Source says she lured men away from their wives and suspects a Boston doctor named Charles. At Adams Street Court she claimed the doctor visited Brooklyn to see her and noted she played piano for the arresting sleuths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jamaica Hotel
Sarah Hillis
Charles
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Boston
Boston Bluecoats
South End
Adams Street
Jamaica
Woman Posing as Dr Charles Wife Takes $400 Livery Rig
A stylish woman, claiming to be Mrs Charles of Warren Avenue, ordered a $400 horse and buggy from W Z B Hasty Livery, South Boston. She paid once then fled with the rig, later arrested in New York while the horse and buggy remain missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WZB
Hasty
Charles
Warren Avenue
W. B. Hasty
Fourth Street
South
Boston
Charlies
New York
Robbed Girl in Subway on Park Street Entrance
At about 10 pm Addie E Sands of Roxbury was robbed on Park Street subway stairs. Her Boston bag was taken and $80 in a pocketbook stolen. Engineer Frank E Jenkins fled the thief who dropped the wallet. the robber escaped across the Common. Police searched the area. suspect described as 25, 5 feet 8 inches, 145 pounds, dark complexion, wearing a black derby and light overcoat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Street
Addie E. Sands
Walnut Avenue
Roxbury
Boston
Frank E. Jenkins
Newton
Jenkins
Local Forecast for Boston and Vicinity
Fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday in Boston and vicinity. Temperatures rise slightly with warmer conditions. Light variable winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston and Vicinity
New York Man Survives Night Smothering With Medicine
Frank Brogan of 1632 First Avenue, New York, endured a night of smothering and was treated successfully with Father John’s Medicine. The incident highlights a household ailment cured by the popular remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brogan
First Avenue
New York
Father John
Sanford's Ginger Promises Relief For Ailments
An advertisement touts Sanford's Ginger as worth its weight in gold for colds chills cramps pains indigestion and insomnia, framing it as a trusted remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Disfigured for Life by Torturing Humors Cured by Cuticura
An old testimonial claims Cuticura cures severe facial ailments after torturing humors. Piso’s Cure is promoted as a longtime remedy for coughs and colds, claiming four decades on the market as the best.
Wild Horse With Daring Rider Runs Through City Streets
A horse hitched to a coupe, driven by D. W. Atwood, ran through Washington Street injuring Annie Morlar and a motorman, then barged into a passing car vestibule before being halted by Patrolman John J. Harney. Morlar was taken to a store for care. Harney suffered a knee injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Atwood
Annie Morlar
Albany Street
Hubley
Washington Street
John J. Harney
Station 4
Harney
Atwood
Democrats win Bangor city government for first time in over 50 years
In Bangor Maine on March 13 Democrats gain full control by electing William B. Pierce mayor by 262 votes over Daniel A. Robinson. They also win five of seven aldermen and nine of twenty-one councilmen, creating a joint convention tie with the mayoral vote to follow. Other cities elect Republican mayors: Augusta Charles M. Hichborn, Biddeford Nathaniel B. Walker, Belfast Lendall T. Shales, Brewer Hadley C. Clapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
William B. Pierce
Daniel A. Robinson
Augusta
Charles M. Hichborn
Biddeford
Nathaniel B. Walker
Belfast
Lendall T. Shales
Brewer
Hadley C. Clapp
Russians at Tie Pass in peril as Kuropatkin’s force dwindles
From St. Petersburg a dispatch reports Kuropatkin began with 400000 troops and only about 100000 remain able to answer roll call. Oyama’s forces crush the routed Russians east of Tie Pass after Mukden victory, with Kaulbars and Rennenkampf missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Russia
Oyama
Kuropatkin
Tie Pass
Mukden
Europatkin
War Office
Kaulbars
Rennenkampf
Saulbars
Fushun
Kawamura
Corea
Yalu
Steamer Montevideo Rescued After Shaft Breakage
The Spanish steamer Montevideo bound from New York to Spanish ports arrived in Halifax in tow of the steamship Toronto after a shaft broke in heavy north Atlantic seas. With 70 passengers below deck, the vessel endured days of gale conditions and improvised steering before reaching Halifax for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Montevideo
New York
Toronto
Boston
Hull
England
Father John’s Medicine Praised by Lynn Child
A three year old boy from Lynn testifies that Father John’s Medicine rebuilt his health after grippe when four doctors failed. The ad proclaims the medicine as 50 years in use and strengthening flesh and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Senter
Lynn
John
Grippe
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Deface
Old Park Square Yards
Charles Street
Nawn
Providence Street
Columbus Avenue
Transit Commission
Harry P. Nawn
B. Leighton Beal
The
Howard A. Carson
Commission
M. P. Curran
George G. Crocker
Allen
Jer
Zsarender
Manchuria
BABES
Roosevelt de
Clares Nation Practis
Riataracaia
Wigia Eka
Cab Horse
Roosevelt
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