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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1900
Page
1
Fall River reports the Journeymen Carpenters voted tonight to strike on Monday to enforce an eight-hour workday. The agitation has persisted since the building season began.
Reports from London say heavy losses are expected as Roberts fights to force the Vaal passage. Despatches note Roberts near Vredefort and Boers concentrating at Viljoen's Drift where the railway crosses the Vaal. British troops push toward the north bank and crescent Boer lines.
George Wallace aged 24 and Josephine Wallace aged 20 of 5 Lincoln Street Brighton were taken to City Hospital with ptomaine poisoning after drinking buttermilk made from milk purchased at the Brighton stock yards. Their stepmother Margaret Dooling also ill but not in danger. police call it accidental.
We present remaining stock from a sale featuring very elegant suits made by Jour Tailors in Custom Ends fabric. These specimens are tributes to skilled workmanship with styles cut for sturdier figures. Made to order equivalents would cost forty to fifty dollars. all goods bear the firm name and designation on the etiquette.
Inspectors Morris and Wise arrested Charles F. Ramsdell yesterday afternoon for larceny of seventy paint brushes valued at 34.75 from Joseph P. Kane of 172 Washington Street. The theft is alleged to have occurred on March 22.
Philip Davidson the billiard hall operator at 316 Washington Street reported missing balls for several days. Last night Patrolman Riley of Station 2 arrested Thomas Campbell on the charge of stealing eight billiard balls from Davidson.
A theft report notes two bundles of cigars were taken from Thompson's Worcester Express on Pearl Street yesterday afternoon. No suspect identified and investigation ongoing.
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