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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
5
A historic claim highlights a remedy said to cure catarrh deafness throat and lung ailments more than all doctors in the country combined. The snippet presents promotional rhetoric without medical validation.
Mr. H. Howard of 8 Ingleside Street Roxbury Boston Massachusetts reports a seven week stay in a Homeopathy Hospital with no relief. He began Munyon s Remedies and says he was permanently cured over a year ago and has suffered no trouble since.
Mr. T S Newcombe of 152 Prospect Cam werseeport Massachusetts reports using Munyon Remedies for throat and bronchitis with excellent results. He says the remedies healed his throat and cured an obstinate bronchial catarrh and cough.
A promotional item claims Munyon’s Life Chamber treats catarrh asthma bronchitis and all throat and lung illnesses. The ad urges readers to try the remedy for relief and lasting health benefits.
The Massachusetts House rejected by 91 to 38 a resolve to place a statue of General Butler on the State House grounds. The debate featured strong attacks on Butler and Webster and cited Butler’s war record, civil rights actions, and political stances as central themes.
The committee on printing reports a resolve to set up a commission to advertise for proposals for a State printing contract for a term of three to five years starting July 1, 1897.
The committee on cities reported a bill to provide for Boards of Police for Lowell and New Bedford. The bills require a reference to the people and acceptance by them before the acts become operative.
The committee on towns reported leave to withdraw on the petition of C F Light for an act to change the method of government.
A report credits Salvation Oil with proving that meat potentins aid wound healing. The study highlights the oil’s role in tissue repair and potential medical use.
Voter action across sizable municipalities centers on the election of town councils. Ballots are cast for local leadership, with campaigns highlighting development, services, and fiscal stewardship. Voter turnout and party or slate influence shape immediate policy directions.
The committee on cities referenced the next General Court on a bill by Senator Irwin. It would give citizens in towns and cities the right to legislate by direct vote.
The committee on cities reported leave to withdraw on a petition for an act to require park commissioners to grant licenses for religious gatherings in parks.
A labor committee report outlines a bill barring work for women or minors beyond sixty hours weekly in mercantile stores, with an exception window from December 15 to January. The measure aims to reduce overwork and safeguard health and welfare.
The House votes against a measure aimed at preventing the use of opaque glass in factory windows. No further details on supporters or opponents are provided.
The bill to provide for watering of streets in cities at the expense of abutters was ordered to a third reading.
The committee on cities reported a general bill limiting all bonds or certificates of indebtedness issued by cities towns or counties to the amount necessary to raise the authorized money.
The measure to create the Commonwealth Gas Company was laid upon the table, signaling no immediate action. The bill outlines incorporation steps and potential regulatory oversight.
The committee on public service reported leave to withdraw on Eugene M. Moriarty’s petition for an act reducing the fire marshal salary and for a thorough investigation of fires believed to be incendiary.
The committee reported leave to withdraw on petitions including Hingham Street Railway Company to acquire the Nantasket electric Hull Han vover Quincy & Boston railways Braintree street railway to purchase Randolph street railway Brock ton street railway to extend tracks and increase capital Reading & Lowell to acquire Wakefield & Stoneham Woburn & Reading and Mystic Valley railways Milford Holliston & Framingham to purchase Milford & Hopedale.
Testimony before the public charitable institutions committee favors a five member State Board of Insanity with two paid experts and three unpaid members. The plan would centralize control, keep insane patients from mixing with the sane, and shift care from city almshouses to state facilities, easing municipal tax burdens like Lynn’s $23,000 annual cost.
In Lawrence a crowded Superior Court session heard Charles M. Evans sue Maurice H. O Connor of West Newbury for alienating his wife Abbie Evans affections with William E Merrill charged as conspirator. Ad damnum set at 10000 per case. Evidence featured Evans gripping testimony and Mrs Evans tearful demeanor amid disclosures of near to affairs.
A speaker argues cures unlikely if chronic patients linger in almshouses describing them as prisons. Other advocates echo the view. The hearing resumes at 10 this morning.
The roads and bridges committee closed a hearing on a bill to build a State highway from Boston to Newburyport. Hon. A. E. Pillsbury urged immediate start while noting completion may exceed one year. Pillsbury favored the shore route for lower cost and better terrain.
Major Winn of Malden Philip J Dorherty of Boston Oliver Downing and others testified before the committee on mercantile affairs in support of a bill for a fixed and unvarying standard and a money of account. They seek a commission to test value conditions.
The joint committee on metropolitan affairs and water supply held a continued hearing on a bill to compel the State to compensate Clinton for damages from Metropolitan Water Board actions. Rep Cowee urged justice in paying for losses and ex Senator Ingalls argued valuable taxable property was destroyed and the Commonwealth should reimburse lost tax revenue from the water basin project.
Western freight pool associations based in Chicago face dissolution after the Supreme Court decision declaring pools illegal under the Sherman act. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe led withdrawals, with Burlington, Minneapolis and St. Louis, Wisconsin Central, Chicago Great Western and others following. Western passenger groups have not yet withdrawn, but are expected to dissolve.
Mrs. Margaret S Radley sued G A Damon Thorndike proprietor in Superior Court without jury to recover value of a valise and contents left with a hotel employee while she dined. The court ruled she was a guest and Damon an innkeeper. $87 were in the valise. Wiggin Fernald represented the plaintiff S L Whipple defended.
Travel promotion via Royal Blue Line offers first class tours to Washington Old Point Comfort and Fortress Monroe departing March 26 for 29.50 dollars and April 2 for five days in Washington at 27 dollars. Includes hotels meals sightseeing Mount Vernon Philadelphia and New York stopover with application details to A J Simmons Boston.
The Union Iron Works of San Francisco keel laid for a Japanese warship to be built in the United States. The ship will be 406 feet long, 49 foot beam, 18 feet 3 inches draft, and about 5000 tons. It will have armor decks, twin triple expansion engines, and a designed speed of 23 knots. S. Sakurai and S. Takahura supervise, with steel, boilers, engines, and wood all produced domestically.
In a New England case from 1895, the trial in Plymouth Haverhill area saw testimony about Lena Evans and Mr. O Connor, with hotel sightings and alleged secret arrangements. Witnesses described rooms at the Aqueedokton Hotel and a continuing pattern of meetings between Evans, O Connor, and companions as magistrates prepared to adjourn.
In Frankfort Kentucky the first joint ballot for United States Senator produced no election with Hunter 67 Blackburn 49 Boyle 6 Davie 11 Stone 1. Hunter gained one vote from Stout the gold Democrat. Stout faced hiss from Democrats as the 69 to 67 adjournment ended the session. Hunter’s bid appears finished.
George C. Farnham, station agent of the Western division, resigns to take effect April 1 after twenty five years in the post. G L Allen will transfer from the northern division to fill the vacancy.
Rumors swirl in Waltham as fifty finishers at the American Watch Company face layoff amid a proposed shift of minor finishing tasks to women. Company officials deny a wholesale replacement and insist skilled work remains with men, testing an economic reallocation rather than reducing skilled labor.
In Woburn on March 24 Treasurer Buck refused to pay William W Wade salary as water registrar citing civil service rights. Barrett had protested Wade’s 2 to 1 appointment after Kendrick and Kelley shifts. The Attorney General ruled the water commission action illegal last but Wade may seek a writ of mandamus from the Supreme Court.
The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition managers issued a calend ar and album art collection of twelve lithographs in ten colors. The cover features portraits of Tennessee’s three presidents, early governors, and notable founders, celebrating colonial charm and present-day grandeur.
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