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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1897
Page
2
An advertisement extols Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as a universal spring cure for weak nerves impure blood and run down vitality. It claims the tonic purifies blood energizes the body and strengthens organs and nerves, urging readers to buy and trust this remedy over others.
The new monster engine tested on Beacon Street near Clarendon but a loose nut in the piston rod halted the main stream throwing portion. Mayor Quincy and fire officials witnessed as W F Eaton steered with John Davis from Hartford on board. Another test is expected in a few days.
At a March 18 1897 meeting the Boston Medico Psychological Society endorsed the commission’s plan to reform public charitable and reformatory interests. They urged state care for the insane and a commission on insanity with experts to improve humane treatment and study methods. The committee urged Legislature to enact laws implementing the commission’s recommendations.
Personal guided ed and first class travel offered March 26 to Washington Old Point Comfort and Fortress Monroe for 29.50. April 2 five day Washington stay 27. Tickets cover all expenses including hotel stays side trip to Mount Vernon and Philadelphia plus New York stopover. Other tours listed April 2 and May 4 with illustrated itinerary on application to A J Simmons N E A 20 Washington street Boston.
Amaranth Hall hosts a mock trial this evening with Catch On and Ask All in a breach of promise case. Notable participants include Chief Justice Scorem, Associate Justice Glossom, and Clerk Markem.
Alderman Presho chairs the printing committee as it inspects the new municipal plant. Superintendent Whalen guides the group through departments and sample work. Fifty employees are on site. the plant handles annual reports and routine city printing while two large presses for illustration and several smaller units await full operation.
The Digestine Company of Springfield Massachusetts claims a positive cure for dyspepsia allowing three meals a day and peaceful sleep. They offer a free sample upon sending a two cent postage stamp and a small book on the topic.
Williams Clark & Co declared they would run a free shop and hire whom they please, rejecting arbitration and telling strikers they are no longer employed. Pickets guarded nonunion workers leaving the Lynn factory as 11 promised to quit and 4 planned to depart tomorrow. National Boot and Shoe Workers' Union leader John F Tobin encouraged the strikers.
Affairs at the State House were dull except the committee room where militia secrets surfaced during a public hearing. Representative Baldwin’s bill for a new house of correction was reported, and other measures moved forward or were rejected.
Senate concurred with the House in suspending the rules to admit the petition of S Endicott Peabody and others for legislation authorizing the West End Street Railway Company to lay its tracks on Boylston street in Boston between Brookline avenue and the Back Bay Fens. The petition of the Boylston Street Land Company and others sought legislation to extend Boylston street across the Back Bay Fens.
The general bill to allow fifteen or more persons to form trust companies was taken up in the Senate but rejected 10 to 18. It would have delegated formation authority to the bank commissioners, a power opposed by Mr. Irwin who urged keeping legislative control. Mr. Quinn defended the measure, saying current law defects would be remedied, noting the bill was drawn by bank commissioners.
The Senate debated the bill allowing Boston to establish public gymnasia. Mr Irwin urged gymnasiums while Mr Dallinger agreed, but the chamber voted 7 to 14 to retain gymnasia as the preferred form.
The committee on prisons reports a resolve for the general superintendent of prisons to investigate methods of employing prisoners on public works and lands. A report will be submitted to the next General Court. The measure follows an order directing inquiry into employing prisoners on State farms and buildings.
The House debated a bill allowing cities to assess abutters for all or part of watering street surfaces. Keenan proposed exemptions for Boston and a street railway watering provision. Amendments were debated, then withdrawn, with questions about scope raised before adjournment.
Mr. Barnes of Chelsea moved an order to delay a decision until Wednesday. The metropolitan affairs and harbors and public lands committees are authorized to visit New York City and nearby areas to study public docks as part of the investigation.
The Morse regular ticket won a clear victory over the reform ticket in Forest Hills Cemetery trustee elections. Total votes 2998 with 571 void and 1 scatter. Morse 2302, Smith 2326, Fairbairn 2823, Chadwick 113, Carr 102, Brown 108. The successful slate: Morse for seven years, Smith for three, Fairbairn for two. opposition leader May urged a minority report explaining disputes over vote counting and cemetery law peculiarities.
The burial of Samuel A. Bates, twenty five years town clerk of South Braintree, was held with a private service at his Union street home and a church procession led by the South Shore Commandery Knights Templars of East Weymouth and Norfolk Union Lodge of Masons of Randolph. Rev. Mr. Hatch gave the eulogy at the Congregational Church.
After a lengthy debate the House concurred with the Senate amendment for the province lands reclamation funding, appropriating 3500 dollars rather than 560. The House Ways and Means Committee had advised non concurrence in the amendment.
A promotional text touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal digestive aid that neutralizes fermentation and purifies the blood. It asserts benefits for digestion and flesh gain, urges use for stomach troubles, and cites Michigan users cured. It advertises price 50 cents per package and a free book request to Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
Mr. Utley notes the East Boston Land Company as prime mover in a public dock project. He says he was not appointed commissioner but now sits on the metropolitan affairs committee. He could not confirm current stockholdings, but held stock when seeking a place on the Commission of Docks and Terminal Facilities.
The mercantile affairs committee reviewed the petition to incorporate the Concordia Investment Company. The Lom bard Investment Company reorganization group seeks the new firm to manage assets for creditors. Ex-Congressman W W Crapo testified as a key witness.
A subcommittee draft bill may authorize the Hudson River and Berkshire railroad to enter Massachusetts. The project was initially seen as running parallel to the Albany line to compete with it.
Despite strong opposition the measure granting railroad commissioners power to license Sunday steamboat runs advanced to a third reading.
The prisons committee reported against a bill to shift county jails and houses of correction to Commonwealth control. The Massachusetts Prison Association led the petition seeking the current system to remain locally operated.
Five year old Thomas Flaherty of 1b Bellcourt South Boston wandered onto the New York New Haven Hartford tracks on D street yesterday morning. A shifting freight engine ran over him, crushing his head and limbs. He died after reaching the hospital.
A Boston reform effort gains momentum as a prisons committee approves Representative John E. Baldwin of South Boston bill to borrow 500000 outside the debt limit for a new Suffolk county reformatory to replace the House of Correction in South Boston amid long standing scandal and public pressure.
Senator Cook of Worcester denounced a charge as vile and atrocious slander while defending himself against a claim tied to his stance on a state forest survey. Senator Woodfall of Essex moved to reconsider the forest survey resolution, but the Senate refused the motion.
The bill requiring safe deposit loan and trust firms to hold capital stock of 500000, or 250000 in smaller cities, advanced to engrossment in the Senate. Mr Irwin of Berkshire urged lowering the minimum to 50000. Further consideration was postponed to today.
Probate and insolvency seek taxation of inheritances and higher rates on collateral inheritances. Prisons would return violators to prison. Elevators require extra safety devices. Ways and means backs 800000 for State highways and 17500 for Lowell Normal School. Essex and Worcester counties receive hefty county taxes. Methuen may take a 25000 water loan. Commonwealth Gas Company incorporated. Haverhill Georgetown Danvers street railway crossing approved. Hours for women and minors proposed 54 weekly. Man- towns annexation bill advances.
Two part full size hair mattresses sold for 10 dollars at A W Wheeler Co Manufacturers 63 and 65 Hangover street Boston opposite American House.
Sands, Taylor & Wood introduce King Arthur Flour to the New England market. The notice lists Boston and surrounding towns with multiple dealers and agents across Roxbury, Dorchester, East Boston, Charlestown, Jamaica Plain, and other neighborhoods, confirming broad distribution.
The American Wringer Company lists locations at 13 and 15 Broadway extension and 29 and 31 Corn Hill Boston offering all kinds of wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers. Repairs are called for and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Tremont 764.
A laudable ambition is praised as storing the mind with useful knowledge through reading the Science of Life. The work is described as an invaluable treatise on mental and nervous diseases, the result of years of experience by a celebrated nerve specialist. See advertisement in another column.
Cambridge police seek Pierre Felanto a suave swindler previously linked to the paper trade in St Louis He poses as a commercial traveler for Great Western Printing Co of St Louis and offers low prices and long payment terms to push bogus orders Women assist him with convincing stories Several Cambridge merchants lost 100 each and more victims may exist as the case unfolds.
Lieutenant Coleman and Sergeant Burnett led a raid on 55 Sudbury street the West End policy headquarters. They arrested George Gordon and seized printing presses type policy slips envelopes and many items. Fred L. Shaw known as Dupee Shaw was fined 300 dollars for promoting a policy lottery.
Secretary Long mailed to navy yard commandants a letter addressing favoritism in labor employment and dismissals that violated the merit system. He found that veterans and certain discharged workers with excellent records received pref erences, while others faced equal chances, risking partisan placement.
The will of the late Otis E Weld filed in Suffolk probate grants 25000 to public charities The Masonic education and charity trust receives 20000 with income used for relief of families of deceased and living Mason members Massachusetts Grand Lodge and its subordinate bodies receive funds Each employee at his death gets 500 The Boston Young Men’s Christian Union Home for Aged Men Horn for Aged Women Massachusetts Infant Asylum and Massachusetts General Hospital receive 1000 each
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