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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
2
The report covers Buffalo Bill promoting a healing antiseptic liquid while labor disputes unfold on Boston area roads. Union delegates meet with President Sullivan and other officials to press for a nine hour day and a 28 cent raise, with plans for a conference and possible arbitration if rejected.
Mary E. Byrd resigns after 19 years at Smith College citing acceptance of Rockefeller and Carnegie gifts by trustees. Her stance sparks debate among Boston area women's colleges with mixed opinions from Radcliffe and Wellesley officials.
With Boston's aldermanic district bill approved, 12 districts are created spanning wards 1 through 28. Candidates from Republicans and Democrats line up, wagering on nominations in districts including Wards 1 2 East Boston and Wards 20 24, with multiple contenders for each seat.
President P F Sullivan of the Boston and Northern street railway plans a 2 PM meeting at 84 State Street with Street Railway Men’s Union representatives to answer 2300 car workers demands for a nine hour day a flat 28 cent hourly rate and union recognition. International Union President William D Mahon warned the Post that unless Sullivan and management retreat from their stance a strike will shut down the system, unions claim broad support for a strike along the line.
The double decked ferryboat Baltimore of the Pennsylvania Railroad sank in her Desbrosses street slip after colliding with a steam lighter. The captain ordered full speed ahead, many passengers rushed for life belts, and several were badly bruised as they reached the landing.
The Right Rev Edward Henry Bickersteth D D former bishop of Exeter died in London this morning He was born in 1823 and authored the hymn Rock of Ages among other poems
The text lists nervous disorders spanning brain spine and nerves including head troubles like dizziness dullness headaches fits blues melancholy and insanity. It covers backache neuralgia St Vitus dance epilepsy and nerve weakness affecting organs such as lungs heart stomach kidney bladder.
A testimonial touts Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a tonic to rebuild worn nerves. A mother recounts her 17 year old son recovering full health after doctors failed, with money-back guarantee if it fails.
A massive thermometer stands at Jaynes & Co. on Summer Street, claimed as the largest ever built. Shoppers may view the towering device as a novelty display highlighting the store's scale and ingenuity.
Jaynes & Co. installs a 20 foot tall thermometric tube at the corner of Summer and South streets. Taylor Bros. of Rochester crafted the device and tested it fully. The frame was calibrated by expert hands and only minor variation was found. A prior rival is the World Building New York, though that thermometer is only half as large.
Judge Lawton in the Superior Court granted a temporary injunction restraining the Lynn Cantors Union Plum bers Union Painters Union and other labor bodies in Lynn from picketing intimidating or interfering with employees of the master builders. An order of notice was issued returnable Friday next.
Woburn reports two fatalities from spotted fever on May 16. The victims are Miss Jane M. Wyman of Central Square and Augustus Ackerson of Garfield Avenue.
Attorney John H. Casey argued before the United States Circuit Court that government witnesses relied on a perjurer to secure a conviction. He criticized Robert L. Bourne as mean for remarking in front of his client’s wife. Mrs Swift testified about alleged meetings in July at her summer cottage. The case was expected to go to the jury the next afternoon.
In a Divorce Court session yesterday, Frank W Hersom cited his wife's claim of desertion as the reason for divorce after a 1899 Lawrence marriage and her leaving on March 30, 1902. Nellie F Hodge testified of marital strain since 1898, with insufficient income and alcohol issues, and custody was awarded to the mother. Dr Hadwin W Dwight described his wife Emily W’s infidelity and a letter from Washington. divorce granted. Louis Laravee sought an annulment from Eva after she allegedly hurled a frying pan and other objects. the libel was dismissed for lack of evidence. Additional divorces granted included W P Kane, William Becker, Hiram Low, Zella Connor, Bessie Nichols, and Mary Kennedy. alimony set at $5 weekly for Louis.
Mrs. L. Jordan of Burlington VI testifies to relief from nightly pains and inability to eat after trying doctors and remedies. She credits Hood s Sarsaparilla with eradicating distress and restoring health, urging others to accept no substitute. 100 doses $1.
In a Superior Court session Judge Wait hears Sarah C Burroughs sue for 10000 dollars and her husband J Fillmore Burroughs sues for 6000 dollars against the Elevated railroad. The incident occurred January 26 1904 when the woman fell on icy steps at Atlantic avenue.
George A. Nelson alias White age 21 of 234 Bunker Hill street Charlestown was arrested yesterday by Patrolman Leary of Station 2 at an office in the Journal building on charges of urging another man to commit forgery and to impersonate another.
Nelson accused of targeting stranger Cotton on Boston Common then guiding him to a Journal Building office claimed as Revere Beach Roller Skating venture. Cotton says forged charges arose after Nelson offered easy money and solicited schemes with architects and builders awaiting a summer rink project. Nelson defends the charges as an attempt to undermine his business.
Mr. Bernard M. Wolf of Wolf's My Clothier and Samuel A. Aronson, buyer of the men's clothing department, are in New York to study the market for special drives in men's suits.
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