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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1905
Page
4
Brockton officials report the relief fund likely surpasses 50 000 as residents contribute after the Grover factory disaster. Widows and orphans receive aid, while 389 unidentifed bodies are identified or mourned, and a memorial for the unknown dead is planned at Melrose Cemetery. Local inquests and letters from the mayor draw attention to the tragedy.
The Rev. Herbert S. Johnson told Brockton worshipers that the catastrophe was a divine reminder of immortality and divine justice. He urged repentance for graft and greed and described the victims as symbols of righteousness, mercy, and human duty despite the disaster last Monday.
The passage touts Cuticura Sea Ointment and Pills as superb remedies for eczema psoriasis scalp conditions infant rashes and ringworm with claims of pure safety quick relief lasting benefit and economy and asserts they are standard cures used worldwide.
Captain W. S. Graham of Wheeling West Virginia writes on June 14 1904 praising Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for cure of facial and back sores once thought blood poisoning or barber s itch. He says his skin is now clear and credits Cuticura as the remedy. Cuticura products sold worldwide by Potter Drug Chem Corp Boston. Send for How to Cure Every Humour.
The Odence children of East Boston give 1 dollar to the Post to aid Brockton fire orphans. Joseph 11 Josiah 10 Etta 13 and Sadie 8 saved 25 cents each from candy money and sent it with their parents at 125 Saratoga street.
A letter to the Post criticizes a March 24 boiler article about uninspected boilers and urges engineers to check for a fusible plug themselves. The writer, a fireman with six years in service, insists inspectors may miss defects and warns against reliance on outside inspection.
Watertown March 26 Frederick Raymond newly elected tax collector will assume office tomorrow. He succeeds the former collector and will oversee local tax collections and related duties in Watertown.
Raymond, an undertaker born in Plymouth 45 years ago, wins the Watertown selectman race by one vote after a recount. He succeeds E F Farwell who held the post for 25 years. He is son of Colonel H Raymond of the Seventh Massachusetts, and serves on the Watertown Board of Trade and the local Knights of Columbus council. He is married with two sons, one at Harvard.
Syracuse report states Ethel Tillson, the prima donna burned in her dressing room when she touched a gas jet, is improving and is expected to recover.
St Johns March 26 The Bond ministry likely will levy an export duty on herring taken by American vessels equal to the American import duty on herring shipped from Newfoundland.
Frederick A. Marcy a longtime Hartford Conn manufacturer and merchant died in Exeter N H at age 75 from paralysis. The remains were to be taken to Willimantic Conn for burial.
The body of Mrs. Morris Finkelstein of 101 Porter Street East Boston was laid to rest at Montvale Cemetery after funeral services at Chel Jacob Synagogue East Boston conducted by Rabbi Friedman. The fire origin remains unsolved though investigators probe a possible insanity causing a lamp to be broken and the blaze. The five children survived and are cared for by neighbors as locals discuss the rescue by bystanders.
The Associated Lodges of Steam Boilermakers of New England District Lodge No 7 call for a state police unit to perform constructive inspection of steam boilers. A bill would empower a board of twelve inspectors to certify boiler materials and construction and ban second-hand units unless guaranteed by inspection.
The Boston Building Trades Council passed a resolution for more thorough boiler inspections and frequent checks, expressing sympathy for Brockton shoe shop victims relatives. President Jeremiah J. Donovan was reelected for a third term. officers include Frank McGrath and I A McDonald among others. A committee will visit non affiliated Boston unions to urge affiliation and a Rapid Transit Commission complaint seeks jobs for citizen laborers in the Washington street tunnel. The council protests a Brockton hospital lathing contractor as unfair.
A health column extolls Scott's Emulsion as essential for proper growth in underdeveloped children and for preventing pale, thin physiques. It claims the product supplies nourishment for flesh, blood, and vital organs, promoting rapid, healthy development.
The Boston Typographical Union 12 held a busy session approving a 750 dollar contribution to the Cummings memorial fund at the Union Printers Home in Colorado Springs and a 25 dollar donation to the Brockton relief fund. They discussed joint publication of addresses from the Faneuil Hall debate, and prepared for a May party with proceeds split for the Cummings fund.
Boston Newsboys Protective Union plans its fourth anniversary on May 1 with a committee of Nathan Sodesky, Thomas Munkern, Abe Shankman, Harry Channen, and Philip Robrish. Rev. FE Horton, chaplain of the State Senate, was thanked for making him an honorary member. Captain Remington, sergeant at arms at the State House, will address the next meeting after the union donated 15 dollars to Brockton explosion sufferers fund.
Robert A. Callahan international president of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders’ Alliance was unanimously elected chairman of the Boston Bartenders Union delegation to the international convention set for May 8 in Kansas City. John Sweeney was elected treasurer of the Boston union for the balance of the year.
Mrs. McMaster accuses former husband Dr. Frederick McMaster of desertion and non support. She says she must work in a New York dry goods store and asks Roosevelt to compel him to provide support before leaving for Zan zibar. An investigation is ordered by President Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary Peirce reviews divorce papers as filed.
Mrs. Ann Dodd, widow to Andrew W. Dodd, explains she was left penniless after their separation. She accuses him of duplicity, gossip, and plotting with servants while planning to leave her. She plans legal action to vindicate her name and address Salem's gossip. Dodd has two sons, one at Princeton.
The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association freight depot in central southern St Louis was totally destroyed by fire with 17 refrigerator cars. The loss is estimated at 125000 dollars. Adolphus Busch presides over the refrigerating car company involved.
Longshoremen Trades Council voted to end late night shifts after the first assignment if supper is not provided. Stevedores must form trucking gangs of six or eight on sugar. Men ordered to work at 5 pm and sent home early receive four hours pay totaling $1.60.
J Morton Butler won the presidency with Harry Williams as vice president and other officers named including Walter Ward Joseph Volk Frank Johnson John Halpin and Joseph Glynn. The executive board includes John Ells Edmund Burke George Collier Sandy Murns and Edward Thomas. Glynn reported on the Donnelly dispute. a Philadelphia Union 4 note was read. The local voted 25 for strikers and delinquent members were restored. Patrick Mahoney spoke to the cigarmakers on the blue label and handed out match safes with the cigarmakers’ mark.
The State AFL executive board urged state level boiler inspections and detached boiler rooms from workshops. Dennis D. Driscoll was appointed to notify the state about unsanitary factory conditions in the west. The legislative committee was told to oppose repealing the 58 hour law for women and children. Multiple reports documented violations of child labor and other labor laws.
The Boston Lumber Teamsters and Handlers' Union 112 voted to oppose the freight subway plan and formed a committee to personally protest to legislators. At the next meeting Herbert W. Cooke of Typographical Union 15 will speak, replying to Charles G. Batchelder of the Lumber Trades Club. R. W. Douglass, secretary of both the Boston Employers' Association and the Lumber Trades Club, will address the members.
An old advertisement promotes 250 postal card albums and a geode offer. It lists Franklin Street in Boston as the location and mentions a two day and a one day meet. The wording is fragmentary but presents a sales pitch for period items.
In a formal statement through Tammany Hall secretary Thomas F. Smith Charles F. Murphy accuses Governor Higgins administration of enforcing Republican policy that harms New York City. He cites the savings bank tax mortgage tax insurance policy tax and stock sales tax as unfair to city residents and businesses.
A temporary sheet metal workers helpers group formed under Sheet Metal Workers Union 17 with 60 charter members. permanent officers to be elected Sunday. Various unions, officers, wage talks, and educational efforts noted, including addresses by John W. Barry, Dennis Driscoll, and Louis Brandeis. Mass meetings, picnics, and preparations for 1905 agreements are listed, along with sympathy resolutions for Brockton tragedy and efforts toward a May 1 Wednesday closing for Boston grocers.
Mrs Myra Keeler of 1004 Boylston Street attempted to throw a kettle of burning fat from her window yesterday morning and sustained minor burns on her hands.
The article describes a practice called rushing the growler in Boston and Worcester where grease is rubbed inside growlers to curb foaming. Saloons profit from larger volume as foam disappears and more liquid fills the container. Officials consider action as revenue shifts to grease aided transfers.
The forty hours devotion opened with a solemn high mass at St. Joseph's Church West End celebrated by Rev. J S Millerick assisted by Rev. J F Coppinger deacon Rev. E F McLeod sub-deacon and Rev. P J Walsh master of ceremonies A procession of over 150 girls in white dresses and veils marked the ceremony The service will end Tuesday morning with special devotions.
A County of Limerick Club was formed last evening at the home of Thomas Toomey 11 Union street Charlestown Andrew Trahey was elected chairman and Thomas Toomey secretary The club has 25 charter members and will unite with other counties in advancing Ireland A meeting is set for Sunday afternoon April 9 at Parnell Hall inviting all Limerick people.
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