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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1900
Page
3
Munyon is praised as revolutionizing medicine likened to Edison and electricity. The Times cites 25 cent Munyon remedies for rheumatism indigestion and colds and notes a free doctor service at a vast medical institution offering expert consultations without charge. Open daily including Sundays for all.
Look to Mills in South Fall River reports a large New England delegation will attend the American Textile Workers national convention in Washington next month. Fall River to send at least 15 leaders including secretaries of Carders Spinners Weavers Slashers Loom Fixers unions and other union members. Other cities will be represented by their top labor men as disaffection in the South prompts renewed fights against manufacturer rules. If unsettled, the issue will be referred to the national body for discussion chaired by President Tansey.
Lewis J. Shaw of South Carver appeared in Wareham District Court on the charge of assaulting, beating and killing Frank Conway. Judge Alden postponed the case to Friday of next week to accommodate District Attorney Robert O. Harris.
Bangor Maine reports 29 deer and four moose logged this week. Month totals reach 670 deer and 16 moose, while the season to date shows 1921 deer and 95 moose. Moose season runs to December 1 and deer season to December 16.
Antone Zerbone disappeared Sunday while sailing the sloop Max on a fishing trip across Bursard's Bay. Authorities fear he was lost in the gale that struck last Wednesday.
Richard J. Barry and a Massachusetts group of Irish-Americans who joined the Boer fighters arrived in Boston after nine months abroad. They praised the Boers and described their Irish Brigade unit, noting 180 men organized as troops and that 58 went from Massachusetts, with 33 remaining. The men report good treatment, weight gain, and plans for home settlement, with a future reception in Lowell and a Boston celebration anticipated.
Mrs Susanna Wert petitions for divorce claiming her husband Jacob Wert has not worked more than two days in 35 years since their 1867 marriage. She states she has worked daily, reframing the marital fault as lack of labor and urging court relief.
The narrative notes a husband with no steady trade who avoided support for three years, citing laziness and lack of earnings. The wife asserts she has supported him and seeks release from the burden while stating no intent to remarry. A prior court hearing shows the husband unable to recall his last work date.
The Coon Club, about a hundred New Hampshire members, toured Boston venues including Faneuil Hall Quincy Market Ol Hancock Tavern and the American House then to Chinatown before boarding for Lynn to meet the Lynn Press Club and mayors. Speak ers included W L Shackford H C Chamberlain and Harry Young. The group will dine in Lynn then head toward Salem Marblehead and onward.
A man attempted to rob the Park Street subway ticket office around 10 PM. Ticket seller John McGuiness and officer Frank Le Maire detained the suspect, identified as Elisha Haley of Somerville, after he smashed the glass and grabbed about $765 from the till. Haley sustained a cut to his left wrist during the pursuit to Station 2.
Four women two children and a man who walked from Chicago to New York were jailed for thirty days in Raymond Street Jail after pleading their case in Brooklyn. Mary Bannon claimed education and Gypsy blood amid stories of long walks and improvised travel while the group described their road as a venture into hard luck.
Heman A. Damon, 41, a coachman for Dr. Shepherd, was killed when he slipped in front of the 6:30 New Haven express at Weymouth station. Initially listed as East Boston resident, coroner Dr. Fraser says he lived in Braintree. Survived by a widow.
Rain and warmer conditions expected Sunday across New England and Eastern New York with light rain likely Sunday morning then increasing. Winds shift from fresh southerly to higher northwesterly by Monday as storm warnings persist on the Great Lakes. Local forecast calls for cloudy skies, rising temperatures, southerly winds then fair and colder Monday with westerly winds.
Medford November 17 The Tufts flag rush amid Thanksgiving week is mocked by students despite threats of police intervention. Medical Director Stroud says a police ban unlikely, noting Moore of Technology’s death has impressed the campus but will not halt the tradition. A senior says last year’s roughing occurred overnight and faculty would lose control if a prohibition is tried.
Inspectors Douglas and Be rest Mamie Astruck after shoplifting incident near temp caves yesterday. Patrick Daly of Harrison avenue fell from a surface car into a ditch at Berkley and Tremont, suffering a severe scalp wound. Sherien Kelly of 2 Garland street was arrested for stealing a tin with his mother's clothing and faces court tomorrow. Samuel Adams of 22 Phillips street was arrested for larceny of clothing from Vincent Augustine at 202 North street.
The Czarewitch Grand Duke Michael, brother of the Czar, departed Copenhagen this morning en route to Russia. He travels amid continuing imperial affairs and regional tensions following the latest developments in czarist governance.
Bridget Whalen a 4 year old scrub woman at Hull Stickney Twichell furniture store on 36 Cornhill was fatally crushed when an elevator started upward while she scrubbed the car floor. She was freed by the janitor but doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital say she will not live.
About 100 Harvard alumni gathered to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Francis Dohs, the gymnastic instructor at Hemenway Gymnasium. In appreciation of his work with a large class of 160 students they presented him a handsome dining room table and chairs to match.
The old Park Square depot is leased for four months by the Maine Sportsman's Exhibition Incorporated. Management will stage large athletic events throughout winter. A public prospectus will be released next week. Officers include Amos F. Gerald president and GM, Stephen A. Nye treasurer, with directors Albert B. Page Edward J. Lawrence and William A. Kimball who also manages the exhibition.
At a Dorchester gathering hosted by the Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association at Mrs. Emily A. Fifield's home on Ashland Street, women were urged to assert their rights in the municipal election. Miss Margueretta Gilbert chaired. papers were read by Mrs. Diana Hirschler, Dr. Richard Edes, John F. Moors and H. B. Blackwell, stressing voter registration and use of the franchise on public schools matters.
Starting Monday November 19 the Brookline Ipswich street line will run via Boylston street to the Newton line. First trips begin 6 24 a m and proceed at 6 37 and 6 52 with subsequent buses at 7 16 and every 7 to 10 56 a m. Sundays service starts 6 40 a m with frequent trips to 10 p m.
Mrs Pauline Levy of Cunard street Roxbury was struck by a runaway horse attached to a coal wagon at Tremont and Davenport streets at 6 pm yesterday. She died later at City Hospital. The wagon was owned by Thomas E Gray of 1010 Tremont street and the driver reportedly left the horse unhitched on Davenport street.
Henry Allshoe, ragged and without coat, is acquitted of assault in Recorder Goff's court. Lewis Suyvesant Chanler, grandson of the Astors, quietly lends him his own $80 overcoat and a loan, then wishes him good luck as he leaves court.
Northampton Democrats in convention nominate Arthur Watson for mayor A G Carley as elector Robert B E Williams for mayor and school committee picks include Miss Caroline A Yale Ward 2 principal John Metcalf Ward 4 and Miss Sarah E Martin Ward 6.
Election commissioners finished recounting Republican caucus ballots in wards 1 27 10 18 22 23 25 with no change in results. They will recount Democratic caucus ballots next Monday at Horticultural Hall starting 9 30 a m.
Booker T Washington founder of Tuskegee Institute will deliver the concluding lecture in the John Boyleene Reading Circle on November 21 at St Alphonus Hall Mission Church Roxby district Boston. Topic Education and Development of the Negro in the South. Hon Thomas J Gargan will preside.
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