Vital Massage promises cures by new system of treatment
A Boston promoter, Prof. J. M. George, advertises Vital Massage as a non drug, scientifically based method to purify blood, regulate circulation, and strengthen nerves and muscles. Offices at 18 Huntington Ave claim rapid benefits and offer diagnoses, with frank honesty about non curable cases and an appeal to sufferers to seek information by writing.
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Prof
J. M. George
Huntington Ave
Boston
Huntingto Have
George
Boylston St
Koch Lung Cure
End of American Occupation in Cuba Draws Close
Havana on May 19 reports Governor-General Wood and staff wrapping up official business ahead of evacuation. Major Dunn and Captain Carpenter coordinated farewell visits to warship officers and consular corps. Key actions include Dr. Carlos Findley named chief health officer, Castaneda electric concession revoked, and lighthouse maintenance measures approved. Debentures and cash totals noted, loan underwriting referrals sent to Washington. 15000 visitors expected tonight with special trains for Havana tomorrow. Palma’s cabinet met to discuss his Cuban Congress address.
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Havana
Cuba
Wood
Major Dunn
Captain Carpenter
Carlos Findley
Palma
Findley
Castaneda
Washington
Colorado Reef
Governor’s Keys
Farson
Vera Cruz
Bristow
Estes G. Rathbone
Rathbone
Newark
Weithaas Arraigned in Springfield Slaying Case
Bernard Weithaas was arraigned this afternoon before Judge Aiken of the Superior Court for the murder of his wife Elizabeth Weithaas on April 15. He refused to plead and the court ordered a plea of not guilty. Counsel will be assigned later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Bernard Weithaas
Aiken
Superior Court
Elizabeth Weithaas
Keeping Faith with Cuba editorial stance
The Daily Chronicle editorial says the United States kept faith with its word better than expected and that some 1898 promises were ill advised. It notes a heavy sacrifice of national honor, questions the Cuba arrangement, and warns Congress must grant concessions or risk the Cuban Republic’s early demise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mondon
The
Daily Chronicle
Cuba
United States
Great Britain
General Funston III Stricken By Malaria Illness
General Funston is bedbound in Denver with remit tent malaria fever. His temperature rose to 103.5, then fell to 101. Illness not regarded as serious.
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Denver
Funston
Water leak damages West Grammar School in Malden
The public property committee was notified that West Grammar School in Malden suffered about 1000 dollars in water damage. The loss occurred between Friday night and Monday morning while the building was closed as a leak in the pipes flooded every first floor room and the corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Public Property Committee
West Grammar School
West End
Packers Seek Writ Quashed In Missouri Supreme Court
Attorneys for Armour Packing Company Dairy Packing Company Hammond Packing Armour and Co. and Swift and Co. filed a motion in the Missouri Supreme Court in banc to quash the alternative writ issued days earlier. The court had ruled the writ improvidently sued and not returnable to the court in vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Armour Packing Company
Dairy Packing Company
Hammond Packing Age
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Missouri Supreme Court
Admiral Crowninshield Arrives Naples Hoists Flag
Washington May 19 The Navy Department announced Rear Admiral Crowninshield has arrived at Naples aboard his flagship the Illinois and hoisted his flag on three commandant tachies of the European station.
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Washington
Navy Department
Crowninshield
Naples
Mitchell arrives in Wilkes-Barre to set union strike HQ
UMWA President John Mitchell reaches Wilkes-Barre Penn and sets strike headquarters at Hotel Hart after brief meeting with local leaders. He notes no news on the coal dispute and says actions will be decided by three executive boards of the anthracite fields.
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Wilkeps Barr
Penn
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Hart
Zleton
Jnd
Hazleton
Grocers Restrict Credit as Strike Persists at Scranton
In Scranton Penn at a Retail Grocers Association meeting credit will be restricted during the strike. Wholesalers will demand cash from retailers. Coal and iron police swear in. Sixty seven commissions recorded in court. Strikers may urge Grassy Island washery workers of Delaware and Hudson to quit, with police ready for trouble.
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Scranton
Penn
Socialist Indorse Miners Improve Campaign Outlook
The State Socialist party committee met at 724 Washington street to plan the campaign. Chairman James F. Carey presided while Secretary E Putney reported optimism for growth in the Commonwealth. Frederick O O MacCartney forecast at least 30 000 Socialist votes this year as committee members from most districts attended and caucuses were set for Friday Sept 12 with the state convention planned for Monday Sept 22. Representation rules were outlined including one delegate per ward or town and one extra for each 100 votes or major fraction thereof for Governor in the last election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Party
Washington Street
James F. Carey
Squire E. Putney
Commonwealth
Frederick OO. MacCartney
Mysterious Patent Cure Promises Health Redeemed
An anonymous advertisement touts a blood purifying tonic claiming unique powers to cure a broad range of humors eruptions and weak, languid states. It asserts extraordinary results with minimal cost, insisting no other medicine matches its effectiveness. It culminates by pledging to fulfill its advertised cures.
Butchers' Strike Continues in The Ghetto Over Meat
The strike by Hebrew butchers persists with wholesale dealers resisting retailers. Only a few meat sellers stock kosher meat regularly while many attend union meetings. The public is urged to support the strikers as poultry remains in demand and isolated sellers risk ostracism.
Detroit Rail Workers Reach Wage Settlement
In Detroit on May 19 an agreement ended the dispute between Detroit United Railway and its conductors and motormen. The workers will be paid 31 2 cents per hour, up from 21 2 cents, an increase of 2 cents. The union had demanded 3 cents per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Detroit United Railway
Judge declines injunction in iron and steel strike case
Reading Pennsylvania May 19 Judge Bondlich in the Common Pleas Court today declined to issue a preliminary injunction sought by the American Iron and Steel Company against striking employees who gathered near the works.
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Reading
Penn
Bondlich
Common Pleas Cau
American Iron.and Steel Company
Died En Route To Hospital From Tremont Street Collapse
An unidentified man about 40 years old collapsed on Tremont Street near Pleasant, was treated at a drug store, and died en route to City Hospital. He wore brown clothes, a striped shirt, a blue cap and laced shoes. A key ring bore the name H Dellahan of 131 Harrison Avenue, with a Whitier Machine Co employee in South Boston noted for potential identification. Investigations planned in South Boston sought to confirm identity.
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Tremont Street
Pleasant
H. Dellahan
Harrison Avenue
Whittier Machine Company
Boston
Unitarian Sunday School Union meets in Boston
The last regular meeting and season reunion was held at the Church of the Disciples parlors in Boston with the theme A Forward Look in Religious Instruction. Speakers Rev Edward A Horton and Rev Augustus M Lord presented the program, followed by a discussion led by Miss Alice L Higgins and Rev Eugene R Shippen. Officers elected include Frank H Burt president and Marc S Brooks vice president. Lena I Carpenter secretary and Clarence B Humphreys treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Sunday School Union of
Boston
Church of the Disciples
Arren Avenue
West Brookline Street
Edward A. Horton
Augustus M. Lord
Providence
R. I
Alice L. Higgins
Eugene R. Shippen
Somme Oat
Frank H. Burt
Newton
Marc 8. Brooks
Brookline
Lena I. Carpenter
Clarence B. Humphreys
Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal After Overruling Exceptions
The full bench of the Supreme Court yesterday overruled the defendant's ex ceptions and dismissed the appeal in the suit of David Craig and another against the late Julia Brench. The action sought recovery for gas materials and fixtures put into Mrs. French's Beacon street house. In the Superior Court Mrs. French asked to recommit the auditor's report and appealed the judge's denial. The lower court held the auditor's report substantially favorable to the plaintiffs and in ma facie evidence on key facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
David Craig
Julia Brench
French
Beacon Street
Schley Hosts German Orphan Asylum Event in Baltimore
Rear Admiral Schley was guest of honor at the German Orphan Asylum luncheon in Baltimore. He arrived from Washington with a Germania Club committee, spoke to about 8000 people at Darley Park, and later attended a reception with General Felix Agnus at his country home.
Sultan Recognizes Italian German Rights for Catholics in East
Rome May 19 The Sultan of Turkey issued a trade recognizing the rights of Italy and Germany to protect their Catholic subjects in the East. The move deals a blow to France and ends the long contest among powers over protection duties involving Catholic communities.
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Rome
Turkey
Italy
Germany
France
Wakefield Laborers Strike For Shorter Hours At Sewer Project
About 250 workers in Wakefield mostly Italians walked out to demand 10 hours pay for nine hours work on a trunk sewer line. The stoppage spanned three sections with pumps running to prevent flooding, as police and town officials prepared for possible trouble.
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Wakefield
Boyntonville
Boston & Maine
Wakefield Junction
H. A. Hanscom & Co
Boston
Ntonville
Main Street
Hallett
Wakefield Sewer Commissioners
Malden
Melrose
Stoneham
Bullet in Abdomen Leaves Mechanist Near Death
Ast Wright a mechanist at 1434 Washington street living with his aunt Mrs Eliza O Spencer is likely to die at City Hospital after a 22 calibre revolver he recently bought discharged as he inspected it at home shortly after 6 p m The bullet pierced his abdomen just below the heart with the weapon being loaded unbeknownst to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ast Wright
Washington Street
Eliza O. Spencer
City Hospital
Ford Insane Coroner’s Jury Verdict In New York
Coroner Scholer and a jury held an inquest into the deaths of Paul Leicester Ford and Malcolm W. Ford. The jury found Malcolm Ford temporarily insane at the time of the tragedy.
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Ford
New York
Scholer
Paul Leicester Ford
Malcolm W. Ford
Malcolm Ford
Gas Factories On Coffee Question Affects a Woman
A woman describes severe misery from coffee and tea including headaches and insomnia. She switched to Postum Coffee after learning to boil it 15 to 20 minutes. The second preparation improved flavor and cured headaches and sleepless nights, per an advertisement from Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Carter Bests Mody in Rough Six Round Bout
Kia McCoy was twice saved by the bell as Kia Carter defeated him in six rounds at Industrial Hall Philadelphia. McCoy was floored five times and showed fatigue at the finish while Carter endured punishment yet held the edge in power and aggression throughout.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Kia” McCoy
Kia” Carter
Industrial Hall
Carter
McCoy
Pleaded for the Negroes at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
At a night session in New York the Rev. Dr. W. C. McClelland of Pittsburg led the gathering as president of freedman's missions. On stage with him stood several colored ministers. Rev. Dr. David Kennedy of Allegheny spoke for the Southern Negro cause, and Rev. Clarence Biller of Goldsboro gave an impassioned address on behalf of his race.
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New York
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
W. C. McClelland
Pittsburg
Board of Freedman’s Missions
David Kennedy
First Presbyterian Church of
Allegheny
Penn
South
Clarence Biller
Goldsboro
N. C
Outlaws in Mountain Battle Leave Two Dead in Tennessee
In Hancock county, Tennessee, a bloody clash between Sheriff Broadwater of Scott county Virginia and the Wright gang left two gang members, John Van Sant and John Templeton, dead. Broadwater and his men remain in pursuit of the fugitives.
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Middlesboro
Broadwater
Scott County
Wright
Hancock County
Tenn
John van Sant
John Templeton
Country Club Races Entrants at Country Lab Events
Entries listed for three days of flat races at the Country Lab meet. Notable owners include Pierre Lorillard Harry W Smith Anthony Frothingham and A Henry Higginson. Horses span Pan dorus Wolfroost George Keene Spring Fagle filly Boulevardier Frosty Camptop Blaze of Glory Gadfly Wullie Touchdown Superfluity Snark Chaos Issak Osprey Barricade Culburn Vesuvia Basle and more.
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Country Lab
Pierre Lorillard
Pandorus
Harry W. Smith
Wolfroost
Anthony & Frothingham
George Keene
R. R. Barrett
F. Douglas O Cochrane
Chries W. Dabney
Eden W. Grew
John Hepsrd
Thomas G. Stevenson
Gadfly
Clement M. Williame
Wullie
Stewart Diffenderffer
A. Henry Higginson
W. . Kerr
Mamie H
Sam Devere
Gebhard
Cigar
M. T. Maloney
I. M. Part, Jr
Issak
R. G. Tower
Georg Keene
F. Gebhard
M. J. Maloney
Clement N. Williams
Waille
I. N. Parr, Jr
Barricade
Culburn
Miss M. Oliver
Snark
W. F. MacLean
W. M. Kerr
R. R. Barratt
F. Douglas
Vesuvia
I. N. Megargee
Cylburn
Miss M. Iver
Fire damages small blaze at Brodie's tailoring
An alarm from Omatic Box 864 at 15 this morning sent the fire department to 363 Washington street to extinguish a small fire in the work room at Brodie's tailoring establishment on the second floor. The blaze started in waste material and spread to a wooden partition, with total damage under $100.
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Omatic
Washington Street
Brodie’s Tailoring
Professor Schaeffer Dies By Own Action In Portland
Portland report states Professor Eugene L. Schaeffer a senior master at Bisz Scott Academy tied to Episcopal church discipline shot himself in a classroom. He was 8 years old and formerly with Bethlehem, n and the Union Pacific Railroad engineering department.
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Portland
Ore
Eugene L. Schaeffer
Bisz Scott Academy
Episcopal Church
Schaeffer
Bethlehem
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Britain Accepts Davis Cup Challenge via United States
The United States National Lawn Tennis Association confirms by letter that Great Britain has issued and accepted the Davis Challenge Cup inter national contest. The announcement states the challenge has been accepted, formalizing the series between the nations.
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Britain
United States
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Philadelphia Record
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Court St
Mody
Tennessee
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Eripa
Ginseng Chemical CO
S. Jefferson Ave
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KOCH
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Hyurneman Street
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Nora C
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