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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1897
Page
5
Proprietor at 22 Milk street plans to attire waitresses in bloomers to lure back customers. A waitress refuses, prompting a confrontation as Howard recalls a similar scheme from Hart’s cafe on Newspaper Row. The discussion unfolds with the restaurant's stairs and ground floor appeal as context.
A restaurant owner proposes bloomers for waitresses to boost noon business. Applicants flood in, some confident in fit, while moralists recall 1850s debates about women in trousers and the push toward compromise.
Police raided The Hill district in Bridgewater on May 30 and seized 100 gallons of something from venues near The Hill after locating suspects including James Kelly.
The Washington Associates of East Boston, about fifty members, spent a day at sea aboard the Suffolk towboat A. W. Chesterton. They cruised past battleships, fished near the lightship, dined on chowder, and finished with a baseball game on Lovell's Island, where the married team won 12 to 9.
Mrs M Fish died suddenly of apoplexy Saturday evening at her Lee Massachusetts home. She had spent winters with her son in law the Rev A E George at Phillips Brooks rectory South Boston and was well known there. The Rev A B P George canceled a Memorial Day talk to attend the bereavement. The Rev Dr Brooks preached both services at St Matthew's Church.
Oscar Wilde’s influence spurs a searing critique of Reading Jail practices. The writer describes prolonged solitary confinement, meager meals, and flogging amid rising insanity among prisoners. He cites a soldier named Prince, serving six months, as a case of systemic neglect.
Snow fell across Michigan and Wisconsin on Decoration Day. Menominee saw frequent snowfall all day, Bayfield had ground coverage with a 30 degree low, and Oshkosh reported its coldest noon reading in many years for the season.
An advertising notice claims a miracle cure called Anti-dag or Anti-Jag for alcoholism. It promises the drug makes drinkers lose taste for alcohol and can be hidden in tea coffee or soup. The ad asks readers to send one dollar to Renova Chemical in New York for sample by mail in plain wrap with full directions.
The London based cables between Rhodes and the Rhodes group in London surface in the South Africa inquiry. Chamberlain is said to be shown these messages, while the Prince of Wales appears only as a potential figure in the affair. The motive behind selective disclosure is debated, with tensions over chartered shares and the Jam eson raid.
A special service in St Mathews Sunday school honored Miss Jennie Nerland longtime teacher for 25 years. A portrait was displayed as part of the observance with boy and girl choirs performing, poems read, recitations given, and addresses by George B. Perry and Superintendent Hill noting Nerland’s character and work.
Warren Ohio May 30 Isaac J Hill a Farmington farmer was killed last night by burglars who bound and assaulted his elderly mother before going upstairs to shoot Hill. The robbers ransacked the house but Mrs Hill reports no money was taken and no clue to the murderers was found.
Liquor officers under Dave Coburn raided premises on Canterbury Street in Jamaica Plain and seized six gallons of lager and four gallons of whiskey. An informal visit to Austin Magenn's on Hyde Park Avenue yielded two gallons of whiskey one and a half gallons of ale and sixteen bottles of lager. Kate Manning and Austin Magenn are due in court today.
Edward Rowe died at his Brooklyn home from pneumonia. Born in New York City February 17, 1815, he was the oldest member of Brooklyn's Board of Education, appointed by Mayor Wood in 1864. His term would have expired next month.
Woburn reports Mayor has unofficially chosen Officer Thomas Mulkeen for the new lieutenant of police role. Duties resemble night chief, commission expected soon, salary about 1100 dollars annually.
Christiania reports Namsos in North Trondhjem province was completely wiped out by a fast spreading blaze. A fierce wind prevented residents from saving homes and belongings, leaving 1800 inhabitants with total loss.
Yesterday marked the opening of the season at Nahant and Bass Point attracting large crowds from Lynn and Salem. The Frederick De Bary steamship carried many passengers while locals and visitors rode the road, and the Naval Brigade Band conducted by Lafricain played a varied program. If fair weather returns today attendance may climb as Bass Point House and the line offer added incentives. On June 16 the regular double boat service will start with the City of Jacksonville in commission.
Directors at Baldwin place hall heard secretary Samuel Tine summarize a year with 778 people sheltered and 12 267 meals provided. The report notes 8432 matzah ads or venirs distributed to the needy.
London readers learn of the grand naval pageant at Spithead and the Solent to celebrate the Queen's diamond jubilee. Astor buys Lord Normanton's Pall Mall house for viewing rights while seats along the route fetch high prices. Across Europe, reports of a Greek royal trust plot and Greek financial concerns surface.
London May 30 The jubilee honors list finalizes selections including Kings of Wurtemburg and Portugal Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Grand Duke Sergius of Russia as Knights of the Garter Prince Albert of Prussia and Prince Rupert of Bavaria as Knights Grand Cross of the Bath Marquises Salisbury Tweeddale Londonderry made dukes and Sir John Lubbock and Sir John Gorst elevated to peerage Hundreds to receive knighthoods including Wilfred Laurier premier of Canada and Alfred Harmsworth proprietor of Daily Mail Evening News and others.
The diamond jubilee hymn Oh King of Kings by Bishop Wakefield, approved by the Queen, will join the English prayer book. Sir Arthur Sullivan composed the music for the four stanza piece, praising Britain's realm and its flag, and urging peace and justice.
Charlestown marked fifty years of Monument Square Church with yesterday’s services led by Rev. James W. Higgins and a mixed chorus. A future banquet will host living ex-pastors and ex-officers, serving as a reunion of members old and new.
Mr William Goat recounts a comic near death after eating a lawn mower sign and Pond's Extract sign. Nanny Goat chides his carelessness. The tale ends with a quip that Pond's Extract helps cuts and lacerations.
Fels Naptha soap offers washing without scalding or boiling and works best in cold or lukewarm water, marketed by ELS & O. of Philadelphia.
A Times despatch from Candia Crete reports armed Mussulmans attacked Kalma on Saturday night, killing fourteen. The report warns reprisals by Cretans are likely, raising fears of a wider conflict.
Athens correspondent reports King George visited Russian minister M Onou and held a two hour conference urging a movement toward an armistice.
At about 3 o clock this morning word reached Baton Rouge that the levee at Conrad's sugar house on the east side of the Mississippi was leaking badly. The levee burst with a loud report and a stream forty feet wide and seven feet deep poured through the break. Officials and large work forces mobilized to seal the breach and limit damage to nearby lands.
Charles Eugene Coombs, 24, was arrested for assaulting and robbing his father Joseph Coombs on the West Street highway. The elder, about 60 and employed at French Ward’s woollen mill, is in critical condition after Coombs tore his clothes and took $47. Police found the money on the suspect as he prepared to flee to Boston.
The Rev John A MacColl read his resignation as pastor of the North Congregational Church effective immediately after seven years in New Bedford. The Rev Alfred Evan Johnson rector of St Martins Episcopal Church also resigns with effect Oct 1 and will move to California for health reasons.
Baroness Von Turkheim nee Jennie Young of San Francisco arrived in Quebec on the Laurentian with her young son. In good health she plans to depart tomorrow by rail to Montreal and continue homeward.
Edward Campbell aged 21 a woollen weaver fell through the Shannock railroad bridge early this morning and was killed. The body lies at Shannock depot Kingston. He had just left a circus and was the second man to fall through that bridge in six months. Campbell had worked three weeks at the Carolina Mills.
Medical Examiner J C Irish reviewed the Butler sisters bodies in Lowell on May 30 and said one likely died from apoplexy while the other turned on the gas in excitement and was overcome, ruling the deaths as accidental rather than a personal crisis.
Victoria Lqungholm was walking near Washington and School streets about 12:30 yesterday morning when a man picked her pocket and stole a silver open face Waltham watch. She lives on Dorchester Avenue.
A well attended Military Division 48 AOH meeting in Naomi Hall Washington Street chaired by President John B O Higgins secured permanent quarters at Phenix Hall 724 Washington Street for monthly gatherings on the second and last Sunday Initiations included five members with several elected Speeches were delivered by Deputy Commander Ahern Vice President Mantell and other officers detailing plans and parading in 98 with a final decision expected at the next meeting
Mr Martin J O Mealey president Local 77 received a gold watch chain and charm from members of the Boston Bartenders’ Mutual and Benevolent Association and business men at 1091 Washington Street. Robert A Callahan made the presentation and the gathering included Henry Corcoran and a lineup of performers.
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