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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1904
Page
10
State representatives advanced a measure restricting textile mills from employing women or minors under 18 to more than 54 hours weekly by voice vote. Rep Donahue of Fall River praised the bill while Rep Maintien of Wrentham argued against engrossment.
Boston theatres report high summer attendance with Stage Matters B C Whitney presenting Isle of Spice at Globe Theatre selling out nightly Aleppo Temple Shriners buy out tomorrow night A flash photo will be taken and a stage banquet follows. Nance O Neil draws crowds at Boston Theatre with Camille Fires of St John Macbeth Magda and other works until May 21 at Colonial Theatre.
Markets showed uneven activity with persistent lethargy amid varied news. United States Steel led losses on the New York list while Amalgamated Copper rose. a large gold shipment to foreign markets and a planned New York Central bond issue dominated close limits.
The Globe Theatre announces that the entire house is sold for this and tomorrow evenings. Theatregoers must secure seats for Saturday afternoon and evening. The show uses new book music staging and methods and has drawn strong approval from Boston audiences in the first week.
In Chicago on May 11 heavy liquidation followed improved grain prospects in the United States and potential bumper Canadian Northwest harvest. July wheat fell despite some intra day regain, corn and oats rose modestly, provisions mixed. Long wheat positions were dumped as commission houses sold on stopless orders. Primary receipts reached 171,200 bushels.
In Salem Superior Court, Lulu W. Gallagher sued Warren Toppan, a Lynn druggist, claiming he sold her Fowler's solution thinking it ergot and made her seriously ill. The jury awarded no damages, finding she was not entitled to anything.
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