23 May 1905
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1905
Page
1
A Third Avenue elevated collision at One Hundred and Thirty-third Street injured twenty, six seriously, as a third train rammed two standing trains. Passengers fled the wreckage, nurse Anna Wall aided victims, and the rear motorman was arrested pending inquiry.
Former Brighton politician John E. Cotter sues the Metropolitan Stock Exchange and brokers for 125000 in damages alleging illegal stock margin transactions over ten years caused total losses of about 100000. Writ returnable first Monday in July.
The Boston Board of Aldermen voted 11 to 2 to pass the East Boston Relief Hospital order over the mayor's veto. Alderman Curley opposed, seeking a one week delay, while Linehan and Nolan pressed for immediate action. The matter sits in abeyance until June 1 when veto and council action resume.
Abe Attell defeated Battling Nelson in six rounds at the National Athletic Club in Philadelphia before about 2000 fans. Attell used sharp jabs and uppercuts to edge a tiring Nelson, who outweighed him by several pounds, and Attell finished without a mark on his body.
London May 22 the House of Commons endured wild disorder over Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman's plan to adjourn to discuss Premier Balfour's pledge and colonial preference. Lyttelton faced a shouting opposition while the speaker invoked a new rule to adjourn amid the row, signaling possible censure on Balfour the next day.
A young stenographer Miss Daley battled a man on the ninth floor of 24 Milk Street noon yesterday. She scratched his face as he tried to choke her, screamed for help, and elevator workers aided in locating the assailant who fled down the stairs. Police search ongoing.
Constance Windham, 24, a burlesque performer in a West End company, allegedly destroyed Herbert Corthrell’s clothing worth 90 dollars at the Hollis Chambers on Tremont Street after a dispute over his affections. She was arrested on a malicious destruction warrant, bailed, and is due in Station 4. Corthrell is the leading comedian of the Strongheart company touring Boston.
Police hunt a handsome young woman and an unnamed man linked to a Dover street case. After they left a room, an infant was found strangled with a shoe lace in a bureau drawer, prompting Station 6 to intensify the investigation.
Prescott Arizona May 22 Senator Clark's great copper mine at Jerome has caved in from the surface to the 700 foot level. No lives were lost. The cavern is likely the most extensive in mining history and will bring heavy losses.
A terse notice notes that the cheap ginger trade under Sanford's regime risks sudden illnesses and rising costs, signaling strain in the local economy as prices stay around two cents.
A royal surgeon declares alcohol a poison to be avoided while Fr Johns Medicine contains no alcohol or poisonous drugs. The statement frames a temperance stance and contrasts two medicinal products in a historical context.
Trustees in Taunton vote to investigate the asylum’s management to uncover the circumstances of Grace Darby’s escape nicknamed the Mad Venus. Meanwhile Beacon Hill lawmakers reject a general state asylum investigation. full Grace Darby story on Page 2.
Taunton May 22. Trustees call special meeting to investigate Grace Darby escape and alleged hospital mismanagement. An exhaustive inquiry will probe the asylum, with seven board members, excluding Acting Superintendent Goss, meeting behind closed doors for two hours before adjourning.
Melrose May 22 It was announced tonight that the crisis in the illness of Mrs Mary A Livermore had passed during the last 24 hours and that the well known author and reformer was slightly better It was also stated that if her condition remained the same during the next six hours she would have a fighting chance for recovery.
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for partly cloudy to cloudy skies Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures moderate with no strong precipitation expected and light winds from the northeast.
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a remedy for nervous disorders including headache insomnia exhaustion and restlessness. It promises rebuilding of the nervous system through the product's use.
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