Italian Sewer Workers Living in Deteriorated Quarters at Faneuil
A Boston Post report documents 250 workers on the Metropolitan sewer project at Faneuil Station living in two crowded huts with poor ventilation and filthy conditions. Italians, many of them in squalid housing and paid low wages, resist languages and suffer scurvy and rheumatism from damp air and bad food.
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Boston
United States
Faneuil Station
Boston & Albany
Michael Meehan
Gates
Episcopal Mission
Massachusetts General Hospital
Faneuil
The
Post
Meehan
The House on the Marsh Terrible Italian Campsite
The mud docked hut near the Charles River houses seventy five to 150 unwashed Italians with no ventilation and fetid air. Bedding is dirty old mattresses, towels, and rags while damp conditions prevail and a man lies ill or asleep on a near floor bunk. An Italian worker dismisses health concerns, saying the man is lazy and wants to sell a banana.
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Charles River
Memorial Services for General and Mrs Marshall Held in Channing Hall
A well attended memorial service at Channing Hall honored General James F. B. Marshall and his wife. Speakers praised their patriotism, public service, and kindness, noting their work in the War of the Rebellion and the Hawaiian Islands.
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General
Setishness
J. W. Austin
William H. Reed
Gneral Marshall
General Marshall
Sanitary Commission
8. C. Armstrong
Francis ‘Litfany
Edward Everett Haile
Marshall
Mr. Gliffany
Corinthian Yacht Club Revises Sailing Rules
The Corinthian Yacht Club met at the Parker House to finish a rules list left from a prior meeting. Only two or three points were discussed and most work was routine or perfunctory.
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Corinthian Yacht Club
Parker House
Lobbyists register as third House pressure intensifies
The State House lobby scene heats up as unregistered agents step forward including Colonel Robert C. Nichols of Roxbury and E. B. Callender. The May 18 registration raises questions over penalties and enforcement while longtime figures like Thomas J. Marsh and James Maguire remain unregistered. Also covered is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription claiming to relieve female weakness with a guaranteed satisfaction promise.
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State House
Beacon Hill
the Post
Robert C. Nichols
Roxbury
Cape Cod Ship Canal Company
Captain Fox
Nichols
E. B. Callender
New England Watch and Ward Society
Thomas J. Marsh
James Maguire
Boston
John Watson
Beverly
Osborn
Cambridge
Dr. Pierce
Conflict Over Duty on Foreign Registered Mail in Boston
The Custom House and postal authorities clash over who collects duties on foreign registered mail. A Boston case involves Horace P. Chandler receiving a registered package from W London, opened by customs, then returned to the post office. Postmaster Hart urges the Registry Division handle duties, aiming to speed delivery and standardize procedure.
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Custom House
Hart
A.D. Hazen
Horace P
Post Office
Registry Division
Boston
Post Office Department
Essex Institute Annual Meeting Reports Yearly Work at Salem
Special to the Post from Salem May 18 the Essex Institute held its annual meeting The secretary notes 23 society meetings 5 director meetings one field gathering on Bakers Island and 19 lectures 681 donations to the cabinet and over 7000 visitors to the old First Church Twelve new members and nine deaths were recorded Officers elected include President Henry Wheatland Vice Presidents Abner C Goodell Jr Daniel B Hagar Frederic W Putnam Robert B Rantoul Secretary Henry M Brooks Treasurer William O Chapman Auditor George D Phippen Librarian Charles S Osgood and a council list of members led by William H Gove Thomas F Hunt David M Little Richard C Manning Edward S Morse S Endicott Peabody David Pingree Edmund S George M Whipple Alden P Reed
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Salem
Essex Institute
Baker’s Island
First
Henry Wheatland
Abner C. Goodell, Jr
Daniel B. Hagar
Frederic W. Putnam
Robert 8. Rantoul
Henry M. Brooks
William O. Chapman
George D. Phippen
Charles 8. Osgood
William H. Gove
Thomas F. Hunt
David M. Little
Richard C. Manning
Edward 8. Morse
S. Endicott Peabony
David Pingree
Edmund S. George M. Whipple
Alden P. 1Te
Opium Smuggling Yacht Halcyon Sighted Off Vancouver Island
The Halcyon, a schooner carrying a $100,000 opium cargo from Japan, was reported off Vancouver Island on May 18, bound for the United States. With no prospects of unloading on the California coast, she was believed to seek entry into Puget Sound. The vessel, long notorious for smuggling opium and other contraband, has eluded American revenue cutters during two years at sea.
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Seattle
Wash
Halcyon
Japan
Vancouver Island
United States
California
Puget Sound
China
Boston letter carriers face temperance edict shock
A looming temperance rule at the Boston post office will bar intoxication for all carriers on duty or in uniform and ban visiting bars except in duty. Carriers found drunk will be removed. the policy aims to weed out habitual drinkers and is to be posted in two to three days.
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Boston
Postal Service
Spaulding Defalcation Deficit Put At 37000
Ayer Massachusetts May 18 ex-Cashier Spaulding irregularities in the books examined by accountant Albee show a deficit larger than expected totaling 37000 dollars. Bank President Atwood says the loss will be recovered soon while Spaulding awaits trial in Townsend.
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Spaulding
Ayer. Mass
Albee
Atwood
Townsend
Bottle warning: signature absent on neck
A cautionary note warns that the signature is not on the neck of the bottle and must not be taken under any circumstances. The advisory emphasizes safety and strict handling instructions to prevent forgery or misidentification.
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Mrs
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Bob Nichols
City Notices
City of Boston
Street Department
City Hall
Troy St
Harrison Ave
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Fulton St
Richmond
Lewis St
Longwood Ave
Parker St
Huntington Ave
Charlestown
Main St
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First St
South Boston
N.Y
Broadway
H. H. Carter
Mass
Isles OF Shoals
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Ocear i
Portsmouth
Concord
Boston & Maine R.R
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Snow's Arch Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Oceanic
Trassengers
Appledore
Team Ferry
Laighton Brothers
Iron Mountain House
W. A. Meserve
Back Rock House
Jerusalem Road
Nantasket
Rowe Annex
South Shore
Hotel Bellevue
Beacon Street
S. R. Smith
Glen Ellis
Jackson
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Glen Station
Maine Central
R.r’s
White Mountain Range
S. M. Thomi’son
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North Conway
L. J. Rieer
Clarendon
Intervale
Weeks & Bruce
Oregon House
Hull
Janead
Zz. T. Harrington
Ocean House
Swampscott
Marcellus W. Carter
Kearsarge
Norlth Conway
White Mountain
DOW & Hill
Dan’l F. Knowlton
Marblehead Neck
Boylston
Dearborn
North Shore
John Dunlop
Tee Blynman
Crescent Beach House
Magnolia
Warren F. Knowlton
Amanda S. Perkins
Albracca
York Harbor
Maine
New House
W. L. Baker
Cape Ann
Sane
E. Ss. Robinson
Pigeon Cove
Western Union Telegraph
West Chop
Martha’s Vineyard
Hawthorne Inn
East Gloucester
G.odiorne Stacy
Island House
Ss. W. Harbor
Mt. Desert Island
H. H. Clark
L&t
Murdock
Huntington Avenue
Oliver Street
Franklin Street
L. Murdock
Johann Hoff
Eastern Station
Arch
Congress
Federal
Purchase
Tremont
Essex St
Brice S. Evans & Son
Equitable Building
Bees Popf
Malz
Amos Binney
Exchange Building
State ST
John Jeffries & Sona
Devonshire Street
Cragin
Worcester
W.£. Worth
Arthur B. Cragin
Josie E. Nielar
Bodwell
Andover
Henry A. Bodwell
Burr
Jdamaiza Plain
Robert Burr
Cunningham
Kingston
Hannah Lignetes
Theodore
Houghton
Brookline
Iidenly
Charles Houghton
Vermont
Jones
Brockton
Alma J
Frank W. Jones
Prat’i
M . Pratt
Minot Prat
Turkner
Temperance F
Francis Turner
Leonard T Ed
Arse Waterman
Charlotte Vose
Foster Waterman
Réineau
C. Price
Ne Ke Medical Institute
Tremont Kkeow
Lovers J. Newman & Sons
Tremont St
Beacon ST
Coolidge’s Corner
Boulevard
Corey Hill
Chestnut Hill
Henry W. Savage
Court St
Corner Cornhill
West Newton
Tolk'’—O
Samuel Barnard
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
GD Wnokr
Pinero
TME Magistrate
Miriam O’ Leas
Miriam O’ Leas Ry—Thel «< © O *Omoon
Krella
Globe Theatre
John Stetson
Tremont Theatre
Abbey &Schopffel
America
E. S. Willard
A. M. Valmer
TEE Middleman
Jenry Arthur Jones
Hollis Cats
Isaac B. Rich
Augustin Daly
Daly’s Theatre
Amiing the Shrew
Park Theatre
Boston Herald
Augusus Thomas
Helen Barry
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Leonard Grover
Gpand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Dtor
Alexander Salvini
Don Clar DE Bazan
Mats
Howard Atheneum
WM. Harris
Canadian Pacific Railway
China and
Vancouver
B. C
Yokohama
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Washington St
H. J. Colvin
N. E. Pass
FE. McPherson
NEW Publications
Jolly Farmers
Larent
Olly Farmere
Trowbridge
Emerson
Emerson and
Oliver Ditsoy Company
Watts & WI Ole
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Ste
Baldwin
Cheney
Milk and
Devonshire Streets
J. H. Kazar
Court House
Pemberton
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