16 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
1
The England America competition opened at the American House with 40 games played. The Britons held nine wins to the Yankees three as experts call the visiting squad the strongest yet. Freeman of Providence could not play, Hill substituting on ten days notice. Continued on Page 5-Third Column.
Fire broke out on the ferryboat Kentucky between Green Point and Tenth street East River today. Women and children panicked rushing along decks as dense smoke poured from the men’s cabin where life preservers were stored. Flames were put out after about ten minutes in mid stream.
Parents and police search frantically for Annie Daly 16 Amy Lufkin 15 and Maud Alden 15 who disappeared Saturday after leaving home in Chelsea Massachusetts. The girls were well dressed and tall for their ages, with no clear motive or clue yet. Local authorities suspect possible theatre lure but have no tangible leads.
Police raid Forty second street poolroom and gambling house aimed at wives of wealthy New Yorkers. Frederick Bush arrested as proprietor on charges of running a poolroom and gambling house and attempting to bribe a policeman. A woman detective provided key evidence.
The forecast calls for fair skies in Boston and vicinity. Thursday and probably Friday will be warmer with light southwest winds.
A hurricane battered the Irish and English coasts with 70 to 100 mph winds. The British ship Khyber was wrecked with 23 drowned and 3 saved. Survivors recall a terrifying night as other vessels ran aground and the Kent faced peril. royal departure from Portsmouth to Lisbon was postponed.
March 15 report from Fall River says union meeting endorses Stafford mill strike and allows other mills to use similar tactics. Secretary Whitehead warns a summer strike across cotton mills if manufacturers refuse to revert to the eight room system and 17.32 cents per cut of 46 yards. Weavers demand a living wage, arguing long bobbins are only an experimental change.
The strike between granite manufacturers and tool sharpeners ended after a conference. Work is expected to resume Friday. Apprenticeship limits remain. no firm may hire an apprentice without a journeyman and at least five additional cutters. Wages for sharpeners rise from 2.90 to 3 dollars for an eight hour day.
Japanese forces breached Tie Pass after midnight and crushed Russian troops led by Kuropatkin. The Kremlin commander’s scattered army, estimated under 80,000, could not regroup and fled as Oyama’s troops delivered a devastating shell and melee assault. By dawn, annihilation or surrender seemed likely.
New York March 15 Coroner Nicholas Brown withholds permission to remove Henry Ranford Reed's body from the Grand Union Hotel undertaking room awaiting autopsy decision. Police seek light from a woman seen with Reed Sunday night. Coroner notes anti febrine and cydeine tablets possibly affecting heart. Reed's Boston firm Nash Spaulding & Co senior member F H Dean arrives to arrange funeral.
A letter signs M. D. Mozart of 29 East Third Street New York City credits Father John's Medicine with a cure. The unsigned note touts personal recovery and satisfaction with the remedy.
The advertisement touts Sanford's Ginger as the standard of purity flavor and strength for three decades with the memorable owl logo prompting recognition.
Mrs. Caroline Cable of Waupaca Texas urges readers consider Cuticura for sore hands and Piso’s Cure for coughs. She claims relief from agony and urges timely treatment for coughs and consumption with a 25 cent price reference.
London reports a 22 ship Japanese fleet fresh from Sasebo and Nagasaki pursuing Kuropatkin's army after Mukden and Shakhe. Oyama presses the Russians with a bold wrapping maneuver as Tieling falls and Harbin route remains unsure. Russian troops desert in large numbers while Russia faces financial strain and global concern over the war's endgame.
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