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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1899
Page
2
Crowds fill the Fitchburg office as Dr Solomon showcases an electric treatment and X ray demonstrations. He touts an Absorption Cure for Cancer and chronic diseases, offering free initial consultations and daily trials from morning to evening.
Major General Miles visits Fitchburg and Westminster on a New England tour. A 1100 pupil assembly, 3000 attendees at a city reception, and a banquet mark his warm welcome as he reflects on liberty, democracy, and the nation’s future amid praise from local leaders.
Hebrew residents prepare for Passover eight day festival marking exodus from Egypt. Matzo bread, Seder rituals, four cups of wine, and prayers define the observance with services across synagogues. Families remove leaven and replace dishes as charity guards the needy.
The US transport Crook with colors at half mast steamed from Santiago harbor carrying 674 soldiers who perished in Santiago and Porto Rico. It will reach New York Tuesday with Brigadier General Ezra Powers and his family, Captain Carnahan and wife, and Lieutenant Frazer and wife aboard.
In Middletown New York Stephen Carmichael a patient at the State Homeopathic Hospital flew into a rage after words from John Daniel a bedridden patient. Carmichael struck Daniel with a brush and Daniel died within an hour. Daniel was said to be from a prominent New York family.
General Nelson A. Miles and party departed Fitchburg on a special car attached to the 11 o'clock North Union train. A huge crowd surrounded the train shed as crowds cheered and waved hats and handkerchiefs. Miles, with Mrs Miles, Colonel Michler, and Adjutant General Dalton, dined at the Somerset before traveling to President Codman’s private car.
Two reserve officers recommended for meritorious conduct were made regular patrolmen. John E. Nowland of Station 9 earned bravery for stopping a runaway horse on January 1 and February 10. Harrison B. Cummings of Station 6 South Boston saved a man from a leg wound on March 15. Both will be sworn in at headquarters at 9 this morning.
Mrs Lena Isenberg, 31, of 2 Rochester Street, was brought to City Hospital unconscious with authorities unsure of the cause. Her husband says he found her in a gas-filled room yesterday morning. Doctors fear she may not recover.
A verdict for the defendants was returned yesterday in the Lind Burbank suit brought by James A. Lind to recover 20000 dollars for alleged alienation of his wife’s affections. Plaintiffs sued Major J. Burbank and his wife Mrs A F Burbank, Mrs Lind’s parents.
Providence March 23 One girl sparked a strike at the Warren Manufacturing Company cotton mill after a cloth room dismissal alleged to be union related Twenty six more workers quit and last night 700 still out following a union solidarity meeting.
Dr. Mitchell recommends cod liver oil emulsion after meals for difficult anemia cases. He notes patients grow stronger with improved flesh, color, and vitality. Scott's Emulsion combines cod liver oil with hypophosphites and is sold by Scott and Bowne.
The report claims a Boston ghost named Amelia Bauer, born 1871, visits Henry E A Babcock and wife in St Louis, aiding in home tasks. A registrar’s records check finds no Amelia Bauer born 1870–1881 in the city, suggesting possible error in the ghost’s dates.
More than 1100 applications for tickets to the April 19 Grand Central Palace dinner with Colonel W S Bryan have been received from across the nation and Canada. Banquet scope may be enlarged from the original 8000 seat plan. Invited speakers include John P Altgeld former Illinois Governor Mayor Chase Haverhill Mass and Mayor Jones Toledo.
Guthrie Oklahoma March 23 arrangements are under way for a June reunion of the Rough Riders who fought near Santiago A letter from Governor Roosevelt accepts an invitation to attend the gathering.
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