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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1896
Page
8
An anxious patient touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Medicine as relief for a wide range of female ailments. The ad claims the product strengthens muscles heals inflammation and restores normal function. It cites Mrs E Bishop of Brooklyn and Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts offering advice and success stories.
Detroit mayor and four term citizen leader George Pingree speaks in Boston on reducing streetcar fares to three cents and enabling free transfers. He cites Durham battles with rail and utility firms, notes Detroit's $25 dwelling and $40 business telephone plans, and defends a radical streetcar ordinance. He reflects on gold versus lawful money, McKinley’s standing, and his Civil War service including Andersonville imprisonment.
Reports describe a man dubbed the Hugger attacking young women in North Cambridge's Orchard Street over the past two weeks. An officer confirms several assaults while residents remain wary and cautious after dark.
A fast express train collided with a freight train near Steelton. The fireman on the passenger train was killed and the engineer fatally injured. Several passengers suffered injuries.
Boston’s smart set explores radiography for recreation with Mrs. Jack Gardner leading the trend. Coins and hand bones are photographed through leather. luncheons, invitations, and contests may follow as amateurs adopt induction coils, Crookes tubes, and Grenet batteries for playful experiments.
A E Lynch, Cambridge politician, was sentenced by Judge Bond in Middlesex Superior Court to pay a 500 dollar fine and four months hard labor in the House of Correction. The sentence followed testimony from witnesses praising Lynch, while the judge cited forged certificate and deception intended to influence voters as the core offenses.
The Boston plan for a consolidated South Union Station and Back Bay depot draws broad support cited by Mayor Quincy and President Clark of the New York Hartford & New Haven. Officials discuss funding of about 1.6 million dollars, impacts on 3,128,800 square feet of property, and traffic improvements for Summer Street and Back Bay areas.
The shoe and leather trade parade, postponed from last Monday because of weather, will begin at 10 o clock tomorrow morning. W. H. Huntington and Colonel T. H. Hickey lead the procession.
Harold Page ten moves from home at 688 Bennington Street East Boston over five days wandering Crescent Beach Pie Alley and newspaper row. Police place him at Chardon Street Home and his parents worry until he returns and begins writing about his adventures under his father's guidance. He reports steady earnings as a newsboy and plans a memoir Sunshine and Shadows of a Great City Seen by the Author.
Shoppers mob Gilchrist and Co to seize unheard of bargains as corsets lace and garb purchased adjoining stock from George Allen. Female rushes and frantic cash sales mark a wild all three stories sale spree as prices plunge to new lows.
Next Sunday evening a high quality charity show at Hollis Street Theatre features leading actors and actresses from local theatres plus Signorina Della Rocca the Italian violinist, all for the Working Boys Home.
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