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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1892
Page
5
An offer promises one case of Murdock's Liquid Food at no charge to those with consumptive illness who have undergone three months of medical treatment without relief.
The advertisement promises a free case of Murdock's Liquid Food for a paralytic under three months of treatment, claiming universal cures or major improvements in paralysis and consumption. It cites over three thousand hospital operations and a death rate of five per thousand as proof, asserting safety and lasting benefit without adverse reaction.
May 3 report from Washington describes the House and Senate handling of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, free silver debate, and the Chinese exclusion conference report. It notes amendments striking $65,000 for intercontinental railway surveys and $25,000 for commercial information, with a conference ordered on the army bill before adjournment.
Mayor Matthews issues a communication to city department heads urging strict adherence to appropriation limits. He stresses avoiding creation of departments on a spending basis that would force higher next year appropriations or reduced workload.
The Board of Police yesterday awarded fifteen licenses all renewals leaving sixty two licenses to be acted upon. The latest applicant success was the firm of Herman Hemming & Co. at 600% East Broadway and 113 Emerson street in South ton.
Awards of medals of honor were made yesterday to exhibitors at the Boston Art Club exhibition. Named recipients include Francis Blake Auburndale William S Briggs Boston Arthur R Dresser Kent Eng Hamilton Emmons London Eng Benjamin Kimball Boston J P Loud Boston George M Morgan Boston Charles R Pancost Philadelphia Lyddell Sawyer Newcastle Eng Alfred Steiglitz New York F D Todd Edinburgh Scot Clement Williams Halifax Eng.
Steamship arrivals list shows Borderer from London and Bowden from Jamaica in Boston, Saale and France from Bremen and London in New York, Westernland from Antwerp and Manhattan from Liverpool in Philadelphia, Dania en route to Hamburg off the Lizard, Lake Superior from Liverpool heading to Montreal, and Aller from New York at Bremen.
Four Boston literary groups the John Boyle O'Reilly Literary Society Philo Celtic Society Red Branch Knights and Gaelic Philological Society discuss uniting. Gaelic Society has appointed a three member committee to confer with the others who will form conference committees.
Fred M. Prescott aged 22 of 16 Somerset Street was arrested by a police inspector yesterday afternoon and charged with uttering a forged acquittance and discharge for payment of a sum of money.
A parade of pastors from Marblehead Washington D C New Castile Camden and Kansas City testify to Warner's Safe Cure relieving liver Bright's disease malaria and urinary troubles. They describe renewed health restored weight sleep and freedom from pain after periods of illness and inability to work.
A Suffolk Trust Company correspondent asks why depositors cannot access funds. Postman Samuel reports Receiver John Haskell Butler stating the firm runs three branches banking trusts and mortgages. Butler works on a report assessing claims, to be submitted to court for adjudication at the earliest date.
George Kuntz aged 60 died after being struck by an express train at Boylston station while attempting to cross the Providence division tracks. His body was taken to City Hospital Morgue. Medical Examiner Draper was notified. He lived at 4 Elmwood Place, Roxbury.
Demand for wood mantels is high and Paine’s furniture warerooms hosts a rich assorted exhibition. Readers who have not yet seen it should visit soon to take advantage of the very reasonable prices.
James A. Lavery was arrested by a Division 7 officer last night for breaking and entering the gas fixture shop of Henry Carruthers on Henry Street Eastton at the time of arrest.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal cure for blood, skin, and scalp diseases from eruptions to scrofula. It claims cleansing and enriching the blood, healing ulcers, and being cheaper than competitors, urging readers to seek the medicine from dealers who demand payment.
Advertises a home option claiming immediate possession with only 100 down and flexible monthly or mortgage terms. Taxes and insurance free if you own a lot in the suburbs. Build an elegant house to owner plans with no payment due until six months after moving in.
Mrs. Helen H. Jones seeks to transform the Nelson House at 11 Pitts street into a mission for the poor. Plans include reducing room rates to 1 and 2 dollars a week, forming an eating club, social and literary clubs, and a Nelson House socialist study group dedicated to voluntary philanthropy and will of God as viewed in social science texts.
A pretty wedding took place at 8 o clock last evening at 120 Pembroke street. The Universalist missionary Rev Charles Conklin and Miss Florence G Newcomb were married in a decoratively adorned venue with relatives and friends in attendance. Best man George H Osborn and ushers William B Goodrich and Ernest F Lovejoy assisted, bridesmaids included Bertha Newcomb and Helen Robertson. The ceremony was by Rev George Granville Hamilton. The couple will honeymoon briefly and spend the summer at North Orange Massachusetts.
Harvard College announces a special meeting of the Board of Overseers at 50 State Street Boston on Wednesday May 4 at 11 am to act on communications from the President and Fellows and to transact other business. Alexander McKenzie secretary Cambridge April 30 1892.
Local lumber trades show moderate activity with Northern and Eastern lumber moving freely and prices steady. Spruce values reach 13.60 to 14.00 per thousand for high grades, with 13 for ordinary, and around 12 for below marketable. Hemlock quiet, short stuff firm, spruce clapboards scarce at 27.34, laths ample locally but scarce at Eastern points. Shipments of hard pine for Springfield and large orders for Woonsocket and Fall River mills noted. cypress steady, hardwoods improving, quartered oak weak. Freight rates low from Atlantic ports and Gulf. Oranges at Snow & Co auction bring cited box prices. Californias absent this sale.
Obituaries list multiple local deaths dated May 2 including Joseph Foxcroft Cole born 1837 at Winchester burial in Massachusetts. George B. Proctor of South Boston dies at 81 with service in Wellesley Hills. Mrs Zebiah Balch of Reading aged 86. A Maria Porter of Malden. Ellen E Burnham of Cambridgeport aged 61. Ophelia Ricardo of New Orleans. Ruby Bald up of Allston aged 16. Mrs Mary S Dickinson aged 62. Mary Elizabeth Fisher. Eben Ezra Whitney of Natick aged 71. Funeral arrangements and locations noted for each entry.
Frederick J Stark Auctioneer announces a mortgagees sale by public auction on Thursday June 9 1892 at 3 PM near Ocean Avenue Beachmont Revere Suffolk Massachusetts. The sale covers the remaining portion of a land parcel with buildings and personal property as described in the mortgage deed dated October 16 1883 and recorded in Suffolk Deeds. Two exempted parcels are released from the mortgage. Terms to be announced at sale.
Notice of sale by mortgagee George W Goodale foreclosing on a Boston property held by Sarah J Brown. The parcel, 55 953 square feet, lot 12 on plan by L Kriggs Co dated Aug 20 1886, in Dorchester, bounded by Biren Street Chapman Avenue Vinson lot 11 and 14. Auction set for May 28 1892 at 1 PM.
Assignee Thomas Appleton will sell at public auction on May 27 1892 at 3 PM the premises on the southerly side of Brighton street Otton Suffolk described as Lots A and B on Sparrells plan with two passageways and appurtenances. Sale subject to Mill Pond Wharf Corporation and Barton Point Association restrictions. Down payment of 1000 due at sale. Boston May 8 1892.
A warrant in insolvency issues from the Court of Insolvency Suffolk against the estate of William Bowle of Boston. Creditors must prove debts by May 13, 1892, at two o clock in the afternoon, at the Probate Court building Court Square Boston. George C. Davis, Deputy Sheriff, Messenger.
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