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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1897
Page
5
The article praises Munyon's medical plan as reducing heavy doctor fees and treating worn-out bodies, paralyzed muscles, and nervous strain. It notes crowds at Munyon's offices from morning to night as people seek renewed vitality under the old medical system's changes.
At St Peter's Rome the canonization of Blessed Zaccharia founder of the Barnabites and Blessed Fourier of Mataincour Apostle of Lorraine drew about 40 000 people. Leo XIII presided as procession and Mass highlighted by trumpet interludes and candlelit apse decorations.
Cartridges will be stacked around each division and fired by electricity. Parts detached in accidents will be removed to sea.
The Senate moved the tariff bill forward disposing of about ten pages as votes favored the finance committee. Debates centered on varnish lead duties chlorate of potash and sugar provisions with amendments proposed by Aldrich and West and several speeches supporting protectionist aims. The session adjourned after paragraph 68 on potash with an executive session and no House action.
The Atlas line steamship Ailsa sank in New York harbor mud fifteen months ago and obstructs navigation. A plan used eighteen caissons thirty by eight feet would be filled with water and sunk alongside the ship to lift her, but the effort failed after months and near the vessel’s value in cost.
The Newport made a trial run at Bath Maine under the standardized screw method. Officials expect a speed of about 140 to 141 revolutions per minute, indicating the contract speed of twelve knots was likely surpassed. The test included ten trial miles to gauge engine revolutions against speed.
Henry Fagen a colored man of 9 Kendall street was shot three times in the head breast and neck during a dispute last night with an unknown person. He died from his wounds. No suspect information available as investigators cordon off the scene.
In Marlboro on May 21 Dr. Hoitt Smith and Dr. Cutler operated this forenoon on John Cavanaugh, 85, at his South Street home for a fractured skull from an altercation at Berlin water works yesterday. A fugitive African American man is believed hiding in the woods nearby.
The New England Woman Suffrage Festival at Hotel Vendome drew about 400 attendees with a 5 pm reception and banquet. Speakers including John L Bates and Joseph H Walker urged suffrage, while Julia Ward Howe and Edna Cheney spoke on future votes. The association elected officers across four states and passed resolutions pledging continued effort until equality is achieved.
Miss May Hughes of 254 West Thirty-eighth Street sues a dental college on West Twenty-third Street for 5000 dollars. She says a young dentist tested her teeth with forceps, caused pain, and produced two teeth as proof, though one tooth was sound and a bicuspid from the upper jaw had to be removed.
John W. Sanborn an optician at No 3 Winter Street sues rival Charles A. French for 10000 in Superior Court Judge Hopkins opened the case in the first session. The complaint claims French took thousands of prescriptions and customer names and addresses when leaving his employ leaving 2000 unnamed papers.
Sample the Woodbury facial soap and facial cream from dermatologist John H. Woodbury who has perfected skin and scalp care for over 26 years. Send 10¢ for a sample and a booklet on beauty and skin treatment. 11 Winter St Boston.
Crowds at Caledonia Hall last night heard Rev. Herbert Casson urge immediate unionization to improve homes and families. Many signed up as initiation fee dropped to 50 cents and Boston garment workers pledged solidarity with New York strikers. Permanent HQ set at 213 Hanover Street. Separately, brewing trouble at Hanley and Casey may trigger a morning strike involving firemen and steamfitters over hose shipped from the Boston Belting Company under boycott.
A large Nod Ale Island Assembly of Longshoremen in East Boston discussed member increases and picnic plans for Lake Walden on Star 5. The meeting denounced Boston unionists over the Rochester beer dispute and endorsed Rochester beer as union-made, with a committee appointed to push the matter.
Margaret Mc Coy of Boston was arrested for assaulting Patrick Sweeney her stepfather at his Chestnut street home. After supper she seized a bread knife and tried to stab him in the left side but he raised his arm and the blade struck below the elbow. She will be arraigned in Police Court Friday morning.
Marquis Ito, a leading Japanese statesman, arrived in New York on May 27 to represent Japan at the Queen's jubilee ceremonies and to sail on the La Gascogne. The article highlights his early voyage to learn Western civilization, his role in Japan's China War prominence, and his views on voting reform, tariffs, and China’s governance.
A prominent Japanese figure, Marquis Ito, has driven four decades of rapid progress in Japan. Now in his prime, he has spurred his people to shed medieval ideas and join the world’s progressive powers, a career that began amid pivotal reforms.
Mrs Cass of 29 London Street East Boston recounts a kidney pain episode and credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief. She states she would use them again if trouble returns and approves public sharing of her experience. Doan's Kidney Pills cost 50 cents a box and are sold by all dealers or mailed from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A head on collision between a freight and a westbound passenger train at American Falls, Idaho, 25 miles west of Pocatello, killed nine men and seriously injured eight others. The wreck destroyed the station, engines, and cars. investigators suspect tampering with the air brake.
A hold up on Wall Street West End ends with a man named Thomas T. Golden identified as the thief after Patrolman Bob Murray stops a wagon. The victim is William Good of Warren Street Cambridgeport. a silver watch is recovered and one suspect remains at large.
Charles F. Eldredge, a young fisherman at Monomoy Point, did not return after tending nets in Chatham Bay near dusk. His sunken dory was found with a mast protruding from the water, and investigators theorize the rudder snagged a net causing a sudden capsize in a north wind.
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