Mother's timely advice saves a hero son from death
A wartime mother’s intervention prompts Peruna use that allegedly saved a wounded Cuban War veteran from lung catarrh. Letters from officers and nurses praise Peruna as a tonic and cure for catarrh of the lungs and related ailments, with claims of swift recovery after army service.
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Appleton, Wis
Washington St
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Cuba
Philippines
William Stegman
New York Sail To Tangier To Press Morocco Claims
The armored cruiser New York arrives in Gibraltar and sails toward Tangier to press the United States claims against Morocco. Admiral Rodgers leads the mission with Consul-General Gummere seeking an apology and settlement for alleged Moroccan officials meddling with American business. The voyage includes overland travel to Morocco City to meet the Sultan and secure redress for the alleged insult.
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Gibraltar
New York
Tangier
United States
Morocco
Frederick Rodgers
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Gummere
Mazagan
Morocco City
Gultan
Cap
John Hayes The Apple Man Must Move From Old State House Corner
For 22 years John Hayes 70 was the apple man at Washington and State streets in Boston. Captain Foster of Division 2 ordered him to relocate after the restoration of the iron and unicorn at the Old State House. Hayes recalled city permission and years of steady presence and polite exchanges with customers from bankers to newsboys.
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John
United States
State Street
Post
Boston
Odell says no quarrel over metropolitan police bill
Governor Odell released a statement opposing a metropolitan police bill. He says current needs do not justify passage and he questions constitutionality. He notes honest differences with Senator Platt and insists no quarrel exists between them.
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Albany
N. Y
Odell
Thomas C. Platt
Death Notice of Anthony Baer Brother of World’s Christian Endeavor Secretary
The sudden death is announced of Anthony Baer father of the secretary of the World’s Christian Endeavor Union. He is with the Shapleigh Coffee Company. Besides John Willis Baer there is another son Frank H. Baer of Cleveland Ohio who is contracting freight on the Nickel Plate railway. The funeral will be from Secretary Baer’s Medford residence this afternoon and will be private.
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Anthony Baer
Christian Endeavor Union
Shapleigh Coffee Company
John Willis Baer
Frank H. Baer
Cleveland,c
Nickel Plate Railway
Baer
Medford
Convalescents Warned About Whiskey Quality
Government taxed Duffys Duffy Malt Whiskey advertised for convalescents with claims of genuineness and medical booklets sent. Rochester New York producer promotes itself as the reliable choice with testimonials and treatment guidance.
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Celine
Cana Mae Sle
Duffy Malt Whiskey CO
Rochester
4. Y
Havana Health Amid Feb Death Rates Report
War Department dispatch from General Wood notes Havana February death rate of 19.32 per 1000, below many American cities, with a steady decline indicating better sanitation. Yellow fever cases rose to seventeen in February 1900 but eight new cases occurred in the latest period.
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Washington
War Department
Wood
Havana
Hearing on Proposed Big Sewar From Worcester to the Ocean
The Senate held the semicolon bill at third reading. Senator Codman sought delaying tactics and then set April 8 for consideration while others argued for more time. The measure to strip Boston Police Board members of dog license fee perquisites was defeated 7 to 18.
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Worcester
Senate
Fitzgerald
Mr. Codman
Codman
Boston Board of Police
Contagious Disease Hospital Bill Rejected in House
Mr. Foster of Somerville backed a bill to ban hospitals for contagious diseases within 600 feet of dwellings in other towns. It faced opposition from Goog as Cambridge Cross Arte Bullock New Bedford and was rejected. On motion of Mr. Peck of Boston the committee education adverse report on a Franklin Institute department in Boston was tabled.
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Foster
Somerville
Messrs. Googas and Donovan
Cambridge
Cross of Arte
Bullock
New Bedford
Peck
Boston
Committee On Education
Franklin Institute
Woman seeks exemption from rear open space law
Eliza M. Newell of Nos. 11 and Compton street asks exemption from the rule requiring an open rear space equal to half the street width. Her house leaves only four feet of rear vacancy while the law calls for twenty feet.
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Westminster
Committee On Cities
Eliza M. Newell
Compton Street
Worcester sewer plan to extend main to sea faces opposition
A joint hearing on a resolution by Mr. Hagberg of Worcester examined proposing the metropolitan sewerage commission inspect and report plans for a Worcester to sea main sewer via Grafton Westboro Ashland South Framingham Natick Wellesleys to the ocean. Hagberg cited Worcester sewage at Quinsigamond and the current chemical disposal stench, while Hunt and James A. Bailey Jr. opposed the bill.
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Metropolitan Affairs
Hagberg
Worcester
Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners
Grafton
Westboro
Ashland
South Framingham
Natick
Wellesleys
Quinsigamond
Representative Hunt
James A. Bailey, Jr
Committee hears petition for boys' intermediate school
The prisons committee held a hearing on a Massachu setts Prison Association petition to establish an intermediate industrial school for boys. Superintendent Chapin urged a phased growth with few initial buildings to keep costs low while the project develops. Rev Dr Pullman supported the school as a preventive measure.
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Committee On Prisons
Massachusetts Prison Association
Chapin
Lyman School
Pullman
Zionist Leaders Convene Here For AFL Convention
The executive council of the Federation of American Zionists will meet in this city next Sunday with leaders from several cities. Professor Richard Gotthelf, president of the American Federation of Zionists, will attend. An afternoon session precedes a mass meeting at Baldwin Place Synagogue featuring Gotthelf, Morrison, Leventhal, Mossiansky, Epstein, and the Palestine colonies administrator.
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The
Federation of American Zionists
Zionist Movement
America
Richard Gotthell
American Federation of Zionists
Baldwin Place
Richard Gotthelf
Columbia College
I. D. Morrison
New York City
A. D. Leventhal
Philadelphia
Z. Hl. Mossiansky
Vin Epstein
Palestine Colonies
Death by own action shocks Blandford clerk
John W. Cawley 28, a clerk at J. E. Cooney's market, shot himself and died after being reported missing. His mother Mrs. Hannah Cawley lives in Portland Maine. Despondency is named as the cause. The notice also advertises Royal Blue excursions from Boston to Washington DC with trips in April and May.
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Blandford
John W. Cawley
J. E. Cooney
Hannah Cawley
Portland
Washington, D. C
Royal Blue Line
Boston
A. J. Simmons
Washington Street
Adventist Evangelist K C Russell Opens Sabbath School Rally
Boston evangelist K C Russell presides over the Seventh Day Adventist convention of Sabbath School and Gospel Workers opening in the city this morning at Kneeland and Tyler streets. He represents the field of Greater Boston and surrounding area.
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Boston
Seventh Day Adventist Convention of
Gospel Workers
Kneeland and
Tyler Streets
Greater Boston
Cheswell Begins Boston Fire Chief Tenure With Busy Day
William T Cheswell the new Boston fire chief spent his first day on duty attending four calls after 445 PM and meeting with Commissioner Russell at Gre headquarters. He maintained regular inspections and the Mason Street unit answered fires as usual. Deputy Mullen and Lt Edward Perkins are noted colleagues with Hussey named second assistant chief.
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William T. Cheswell
Boston
Mason Street
Cheswell
John A. Mullen
Mullen
South
Walter L. Hussey
Edward Perkins
Ladder 5
Reed Opposes Imperialism and Supports Self Rule for Colonies
In Baltimore on March 22 former representative Thomas B. Reed denounces the current imperial policy. He favors leaving Cuba and Porto Rico to their own devices and argues Filipinos can self govern, underscoring sympathy for Boers and a belief in peoples' right to freedom. He hints at politicking behind his speakership decision.
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Baltimore
Thomas B. Reed
Dewey
Manila
Montejo
Cuba
Porto Rico
Reed
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