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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1897

Page

6

Free consult with Dr Liverpool at Tremont Street

Dr Liverpool at 233 Tremont Street offers free consultation and examination for all patients. The advertisement lists vast cure tallies across many diseases, claims free medicines during treatment, and urges immediate visits for both general and private conditions with specific hours for men.

Liverpool Tremont Street Boston O Bright

Blaze at Friend Street destroys Cutter Parker mill

A five story brick building at 234 Friend Street housing Cutter Parker woodworking suffers heavy losses after a top floor blaze started among shavings. A 14 year old James Hanlon pressed the box alarm. The Roberts estate owns the building. Damage totals about 14 000 with full insurance.

Friend Street Cutter & Parker James Hanlon 8 Chapel Lace Roberts Estate

Massapequa and Menantic Seek American Register for Aid Voyage

Hogan & Sons of New York seek American flag registration for their steamers Massapequa and Menantic, 1934 tons each, to aid famine relief in India as Congress pushes to charter a government vessel. The piece also notes harbor operations, towing actions, buoys drift, and weekly trade totals.

Treasury Department Hogan & Sons New York Massapequa Menantic India Congress Secretary Long Oscar Healey Curlew Bert Baker Atlas Juno Stubbs Portland Helen H. Benedict Kennebec River Washington D. C Babb Santuit Bernard Philadelphia Smith Orion Newport News Nantucket Cunard Carinthia Liverpool Boston Light

Woodbury Facial Soap Ad Promises Clear Skin

A vintage Boston advertisement touts Woodbury’s Facial Soap to eradicate blemishes and smooth the complexion. It also promotes Woodbury’s Facial Cream for various skin areas with a 10 cent sample offer from Woodbury, Dermatologist, 11 Winter Street, Boston.

Woodbury Winter St Boston

Trusts Debate Fails to Spur House Recess Inquiry

Massachusetts House debates a Keenan bid for a trusts investigation but rejects the motion after long discussion. Bills on metropolitan affairs and the L street railway project face amendments and expected vetoes, while other measures including reformatories funding and liquor sale bans are handled.

Trusts Debate Probes House Action on Investigating Committee

Lawmakers spar over Keenan proposed investigation into trusts with the Senate defeating a joint order. Supporters cite dangers to public life and high profits of Standard Oil while opponents warn against recess committees and call for concrete action. The discussion shifts to reducing committee size and pursuing facts on gas company capitalization.

House Keenan Senate T. F. Keenan Waterman Wakefield Aladdin Standard Oil Company Beede Lynn Jones Melrose George Haverhill Washburn Worcester Pierce Milton Order Hayes Lowell Crawford Watertown Boston Gas Companies

Elevated road reports and dissenters named in city committees

The report on elevated roads was filed by Brown of Everett and Jones of Melrose for street railways and metropolitan affairs. Morgan syndicate report shows three dissenters Waterman Wakefield Emerson Stalker Boston. Boynton bicycle road bill reported with no dissenters. dissenters later named as McCarthy Boston and Brown Everett.

Thomas F. Keenan Massachusetts House Senate Keenan Metropolitan Affairs Street Railways Boston and Boynton Boston Post St. Jean Baptiste Society of West Boylston Metropolitan Messrs. Brown Everett Jones Melrose Morgan Syndicate Messrs.Waterman Wakefield Emerson and Stalker Mr. Mead Lexington Mack Mr. McCarthy Clerk Kimball Messrs. McCarthy Brown

Boston Street Rail Favorable Report on Subway Lease Termination

The committees on metropolitan affairs and street railways reported reference to the next General Court on the petition of James E Hayes that Boston may purchase the plant of any street railway operating its cars in said city when the lease of the subway to the West End Street Railway Company shall have expired.

Committees On Metropolitan Affairs and Street Railways General Court James E. Hayes Boston West End Street Railway Company

Adulterated Liquors Bill Rejected After Heated Debate

Watertown’s Mr Crawford backed a bill to curb adulterated liquor arguing for commercial honesty. Apothecaries opposed, claiming they mix prescriptions. Boston figures and Fall River’s Donahue blamed a chemist. Keenan of Boston said the measure aimed at knock out drops. United States officers conducted analyses. By 91 to 31 the committee’s adverse report was adopted and the bill rejected.

Crawford Watertown T. F. Keenan Boston Boston Liquor Dealers’ Association Donahue Fall River United States

Senate Rejects Bill Requiring Railways to Pay Grade Crossing Costs

Lawmakers debated a measure forcing street railways to cover 15 percent of grade crossing elimination costs. Opponents called it unfair to electric roads, while the Railroad Commission urged fairness. The bill was unanimously rejected, and a related measure to let railways acquire land to shorten routes or remove grade crossings also failed.

Messrs. Farley Franklin Bradford Hampden Gauss Essex Putnam Middlesex Senate Irwin Railroad Commission

Law bill to abolish jury terms of the Supreme Judicial Court debated

In the House Mills of Newburyport protested representing local lawyers against the bill. Myers of Cambridge ridiculed objections as imagination. Proponents said the measure aids lawyers and speeds trials. Post of Lenox opposed as harming smaller counties. No vote recorded.

Supreme Judicial Court Mills Newburyport Myers Cambridge Parsons Greenfield Supreme Court Post Lenox

West Boylston Bill Allows Societe St. Jean Baptiste Suit

A brief debate over a bill to grant Societe St. Jean Baptiste in West Boylston permission to sue for damages related to the metropolitan water system. The measure was approved to be engrossed.

Societe St. Jean Baptiste West Boylston

Astor's Nineteen Ton Redwood Table Heads for England

A seventeen ton redwood table cut from a California log will travel to England as evidence in William Waldorf Astor's wager. The cross section measures 14 feet 4 inches in diameter and the table will seat forty guests at a California dinner. It was shipped aboard the Maria Hackfield from San Francisco and nearly fills the ship's hatchway during unloading.

William Waldorf Astor California England

Market Rallies on Pacifist McKinney Message

The May 17 market note explains a dull but strong close after President McKinney’s message eased shorts into covering. Copper demand rises as U S imports and exports shift, with Calumet & Hecla and Montana stock movements noted. Osceola Mining eyes a July strike on the Calumet conglomerate as traders eye future plays.

McKinney Shorts London Chili Calumet & Hecla Lewissohn Bros Boston Cuba New York Boston News Bureau Tom Lawson Messrs Boston & Montana Montana Lawson, Weidenfeld & Co Merced Sears Tucker, Anthony & Co Osceola Mining Company Calumet Osceola Pinkham

Multiple Civil Cases Listed In Middlesex Superior Court

A long docket of civil actions is presented for Middlesex Superior Court Lowell with numerous case numbers and parties, including 8874-21k vs Freedman and 6244-McCarthy vs Boston, among many others. The document notes trial settings across jury sessions and a divorce list, with at least one contract action on trial and representation by Burke Marshall & Corbett for the plaintiff and John C. Sanborn for the defendant.

Freedman McCarthy Boston Fellows West End Sanborn French Meehan Udovin Same Foster Maine R. R Barnes Platt Gunn N. Y N. BH H. RB. B Ballance Olsen N. H Richardson Shoes Ac. Ins. Co Finn Berman Scott Sawyer Lynn Dustin Peabody Liverpool Leonard Boston & Albany Hurley Sullivan Cook Taylor Stewart Hutchinson McKenna Sirk Goldsmith Murray Ayer Feyler Eagle Mut F. Ins. Co Robinson Cowlings Nawn Parke Macdonald Conly Reynolds Johanson Auto Thurston Newhall Burnstein Perkins Chanin Mandelsweit Boston Plate & W. Glass Co Park Butterman Elliot Jennings Union Pub. Co L’. Knight Son Corp Farrington Vanerin Carroll Smith D’este Seeley Co Chase Bartlett Ward Pontone Merrick Foote Hinds Rosenthal Anthoine August Levenson Fenno Corrigan Dalton Stayner Deering Sherman McKenney Chas. E Jennie Wallace Frank H Elizabeth B Cummings Irma G Fred A Haverty Norah Apt Michael H Romano Giovanna Rafaele Stetson Cora Amasa A. J Ingresso Marciano Giuseppina F Haskell Lizzie M Hammond H William I Lizzie Ellen M Edward Andrews Celia Everett O Bagley Frank Emma Pike Morris Ida F Levin Eva Max Libby Carrie E Hanson Whitney Alice A Fred’k Allen Emily D. C Wm. HB Willard Alice W Cyrus Monk Elizabeth C Fred’k E Peters Delia FE Samuel Kuebler Malvina William Yates Nellie L William F Gluck Delia Rudolph Pilling Emma F Frank J Schmuck Bernard Lena Wall Mary F James T Bussey Ploza A Charles McCraw Elizabeth Peter D Ballou Anna Joseph Garland Kittie E Lyman Schaefer Grace KE George Newcomb Mary E Francis I Strong Cora K Ella I Lowell M Jenkins Orville A Carrie J Borstel Vinnie I Joseph H Ross Maggie I Daniel J Harriet B Frank N Mizelle Lizzie B. Ve. Lee Rution Ignatius Sarah Legee Lydia J Apt. Sam’s Lougee George A Mary W Superior Court Middlesex Lowell Richardson Charles H. Hanson George P. Frame Burke, Marshall & Corbett John C. Sanborn Mathey-Caylus Clin & CO Paris

WRECK OF DORIS IN FOG NEAR PORT JOLI

In Halifax May 17 a dense fogset saw the Lunenburg brig Doris wreck on rocks at Port Joli head Queen's county while en route from Turks Island with salt. The life saving crew lowered a line and rescued the entire crew after two hours of peril as the ship broke apart in heavy seas.

Halifax N. S Lunenburg Doris Turks Island Port Jolihead Queen’s County Port Joli

Sentences Meted in Superior Court for Non-Support and Larceny

In Superior Criminal Court Judge Hardy jailed William Critch, trainer of Eddie A. McDuffee, eight months in the House of Correction for non support. Albert Linskey, found guilty of larceny, was sentenced to five to four years in the State Prison for robbery and bigamy linked acts. Dominico Cetti received five to four years in State Prison for criminal assault.

Superior Criminal Court Hardy William Critch Eddie A. McDuffee House of Correction Albert Linskey Rosenberg New York Dominico Cetti

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