Kidney and Liver Disease Leaves Man Weak
About a year ago a man endured an extreme kidney and liver illness, nearly unable to sit up as everything swam before his eyes, highlighting a severe health crisis and fragile strength during recovery.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1904
Page
4
About a year ago a man endured an extreme kidney and liver illness, nearly unable to sit up as everything swam before his eyes, highlighting a severe health crisis and fragile strength during recovery.
Parker leads with New York 78 New Jersey 24 Indiana 30 Connecticut 14 total 157 while Olney Maine 12 Massachusetts 32 New Hampshire 8 Vermont 8 total 60 and Gorman Hearst Folk Gray and others hold smaller delegations. Washington dispatch notes Democrats doubt at St Louis convention amid shifting loyalties and regional balances.
Tufts coeds began their annual interclass tennis tourney at College Hill. Notable players include Miss Crowell of Wood's Hole, Miss Alice W. Clark of Waltham, and Miss Clara Parker of Middleboro. The seniors show strong play as competition heats up.
A severe electric storm hit Barre Vermont causing a small panic at the Brook Street school as lightning struck the building. About two hundred pupils rushed for exits while teachers restored order.
An unexplained boiler explosion near Riverview Park in Louisville today on the towboat Fred Wilson killed 13 and fatally injured 3 others. Dead include Captain Joseph Price William Quinn steward Albert Miller pilot Sherman Shively and four white deck hands from Pittsburg Braddock Penn and Middleport O along with two colored men from Middleport and Braddock. Fatally injured are Emma Williamson deckhand J Lettercouth Wellsbury West Virginia and Cliff Johnson Tyrone Penn.
Fire commissioners and many interested in firefighting apparatus witnessed a demonstration in Medford as inventor W. F. Sampson operated a new scaling ladder. The ladder climbed seven stories with a hose line in under four minutes, showing speed and usefulness for high buildings.
Boston Young Men's Christian Association will award its first bachelor of arts at the evening law school commencement on Monday June 6. Justice Hammond of the Supreme Judicial Court will deliver the address. Dean Ames of Harvard Law School will preside and degrees go to current and distinguished former graduates.
Readville Memorial Day races drew 30 entries, a record list for the event. Massachusetts Automobile Club chairman William Wallace announced the field includes top operators with powerful machines led by Barney Oldfield in the Winton Bullet No 2, facing rivals H L Bowden, Horace Hills Jr, and Claude Fogolin in multiple events including a 10 mile open race with 12 entrants.
Labor men follow a factory inspection bill before the Legislature. Amendments increased the force to five new State police members to cover Lawrence Lowell New Bedford and Fall River with Lynn added in the Senate. The Ways and Means committee opposed the expansion. the public service panel heard the Governor’s plan to merge the State police and fire marshal offices for two extra officers. The department now has 68 officers, 14 in criminal work, with factory inspection consuming all its time and a need for 80 more officers.
In the Senate Senator Nye moved to reconsider the rejection of a bill to permit unloading of vessels on Sunday delayed by accident or weather. He proposed an amendment requiring police permission. Reconsideration prevailed and the bill was read after a 15 to 17 rejection vote.
WM J Bryan speaks in St Louis during an interview. He downplays Marshall Field and Judge Alton Parker while criticizing Wall Street influence and asserting Hearst is a candidate. He predicts strong Democratic prospects and expects a silver plank at the convention.
Governor Bates faced a setback as the State Legislature rejected a proposed $500 raise to the $2500 salary of Charles Mann, clerk of the railroad commissioners, by 72 to 38 and declined to reconsider. Willard Howland of the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation also seeks higher pay.
Tufts College announces nominations for varsity athletic managers. Baseball manager is Waldo B H Dodge of Hyde Park. first assistant Herbert P Michael of Kingston N Y. Dana T Farnsworth of Taunton. second assistant Ernest C Mulvey of Worcester. John O Matthews Jr of Palmer. Frank W Knowlton of Chelsea. Track manager George L Warner of Palmer with assistant Curtis Hinash of Winchester. tennis manager William M Wise of Newton with assistant Henry B Hanscom of Leeds Junction Maine. Assistant football managers include Ernest A Ballou of Portsmouth N H Harlan B Turner of Portland Maine and Charles F R Bean of Medford.
J W Morgan of New York visiting Old Orchard Beach says the seaside town will be the finest automobile track in the country with minor changes and likely chosen for this season national races ahead of Palm Beach.
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