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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1900

Page

6

Firemen injured at Waltham blaze recover progress

NONE KILLED. Firemen hurt at the burning of the South Side fire station are likely to recover. Two were badly hurt and several others sustained injuries as floors and roof collapsed. list includes Whelpley, Giddings, Downs, Whitcomb, Wilson, Parks, Davis, Wheeler, Dinsmore, and others. An inquiry follows renewed objections to renewing building insurance in the area.

Waltham South Side Frank Whelpley John Whitcomb William HE H. Downs Charles Giddings Whelpley Hose 2 Waltham Hospital Frank Morse William H. Downs William IF. Wilson Arthur Parks Charles Davis Andrew Wheeler Walter B. Lucas Arthur Dinsmore Captain Ball Thomas Scott Weston Pendlebury

Frank H Whelpley Severely Injured as Roof Collapses

Frank H. Whelpley sustained multiple broken ribs when a roof section collapsed, trapping him briefly before being pulled to safety. No other injuries reported.

Frank H. Whelpley

Weston fire department station gutted by fire

A fire gutted a decade old Weston fire station causing $25,000 loss. No insurance renewal had been approved amid citizen opposition. Seven horses perished, 1000 feet of hose, baled hay, and personal effects of firemen and City Inspector Pownall damaged. Apparent spontaneous combustion linked to multiple prior incidents.

Weston Jaouis Mann Crescent Street Pownall Hodgkins

Ayer’s Remedies Spotlighted in Investigation News

Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and Ayer’s Pills are mentioned alongside Ayer’s Ague Cure as part of a report noting an unusually intensive investigation. The items appear in context with medical patent cures and early 20th century health branding.

Ayer

Police search ends with no trace of missing woman

FOUND NOT A TRAGE SOUTH FRAMINGHAM Oct 5 The search party of police firemen and citizens organized this morning to look for Mrs Jennie R Harvey wife of Ruel S Harvey executive clerk to Superintendent Isaac N Marshall of the northern division of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad who mysteriously disappeared from her home on Nelson place Wednesday afternoon returned from their expedition at 11 o clock They started out to beat the woods near Sucker Pond and Indian Head where rumors said a woman’s screams were heard They found no trace of the missing woman Chief Egan and others think she is neither drowned nor wandering in the woods and say the mystery will be cleared in twenty four hours.

South Framingham Jennie R. Harvey Ruel S. Harvey Isaac N. Marshall New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Nelson Place Sucker Pond InUan Head Egan

Hiller Will Contest Awaits Middlesex Judge Decision

In Wilmington Massachusetts a contested will case involving the late Mrs Frances Hiller is awaiting a ruling by Judge Charles J McIntire of the Middlesex County Probate Court. Arguments were heard yesterday for the full morning and centered on whether her noted eccentricities affected the validity of the will or wills. The judge has the papers and will render a decision at his convenience.

Frances Hiller Wilmington Mass Charles J. McIntire Middlesex County Probate Court

Riley Discharged After Larceny Warrant Shown

Richard J. Riley of 384 Geneva Avenue faced larceny charges from his father in Municipal Court. Judge Ely ordered no prosecution after the district attorney explained the circumstances, and Riley was discharged due to lack of evidence of intent to commit a crime.

Richard J. Riley Geneva Avenue Ely

Next War Foretold By Dedham Letter Writer

A Dedham Massachusetts correspondent warns in the Post that after the Boer conflict England will face another war with France. The piece asserts a rising American interest, faults France in Chinese affairs, condemns money-lenders, and predicts a French humiliation followed by a strengthened British empire and Anglo-Saxon world order. The writer signs B. B. USSHER from East Lawn.

Sir England Republic France South Africa Bank of France Europe B. B. Ussher East Lawn Dedham Mass

Kerrison Launches Justice Paper Aims to Reform Loans

John H Kerrison veteran Rochester journalist and originator of small loans laws publishes Justice to reform abuses harming the needy. The venture aims high though the task is leviathan. the current issue shows advertiser support and a healthy appearance for the new endeavor.

Kerrison Justice John H. Kerrison The Post Traveler

Postum Food Coffee Replaces Coffee for Health

Mrs Belle H Jones of Salisbury Maryland recounts abandoning coffee due to health risks and switching to Postum Food Coffee. After tea failed, she regained twenty five pounds, improved digestion, and has not gone back, praising Postum as pure healthy and satisfying.

Salisbury Belle H. Jones Saes

Theatrical Matters At Boston Theatre October Week

The Bostonians in The Viceroy at Boston Theatre week of Oct 29 with Hilda Clarke and Claudia Petite. Rumor Louis Aldrich to star next season in My Partner under David Belasco. Florodora at Casino features May Edouin. George Clarke debuts at Keith's in A Match for a King. Tremont hosts Anna Held's Papa's Wife finale. Sign of the Cross at Museum on Oct 15. Madame Butterfly and Naughty Anthony tour Portland after Boston. South End Dispensary concert raises funds with Cushman Holcombe Curtis and other artistas featured. New York paper notes Otis Harlan and Joseph Coyne to join the Agoust jugglers.

Boston Hilda Clarke Claudia Petite Louis Aldrich David Belasco Mr. Aldrich May Edouin Willie Edouin George Clarke Augustin Daly Keith Museum Anthony Portland Boston Theatre South End Big Playhouse Cushman, Holcombe and Curtis Barney Reynolds Reidy and Currier Andrew Brown Eva Bartlett Macey Rosa Weidhorne Vienna Elena Jaqua Comedienne Gus Daly Tommy Merrigan New York Otis Harlan Joseph Coyne Agoust Harlan Coyne Agoust Company

Playmates Photographic Contest at the Boston Post

The Boston Post announces a weekly photo contest with three cash prizes of 10, 5, and 3 dollars. Competitors submit titled photographs with name and address, note any interesting circumstances, and note that reproductions may appear on weekdays and Sundays. Entries go to Editor Photograph Contest, the Post, Boston.

Boston Post Sunday Post the Post Boston

Puccini to Turn Javanese Mme Butterfly Play into Opera

The renowned composer Sig Puccini plans a new opera adaptation of a Javanese play titled Mme Butterfly. This project envisions a dramatic fusion of Eastern theatrical themes with Western operatic form.

Mme. Butterfly Sig. Puccini

Plate throwing ends in shattered drinks and injuries in Broadway

In Berlin and at a Broadway saloon the Agousts perform a plate-throwing trick while Harlan and Coyne wait their turn. Coyne is catcher, an accident follows as plates shatter, oaths fly, and Coyne sustains injuries but recovers after a surgeon treats him.

Berlin Harlan and Coyne Harlan Broadway Mr. Coyne Mr. Harlan

Players and Plays Dominate Tremont and Boston Stages

The Tremont Theater books Her Majesty for a week beginning Monday, ahead of a New York run on the 15th, while Hollis hosts E H Sothern and Virginia Harned in Hamlet with no matinees. The Park stages The Choir Invisible as Henry Jewett’s John Gray astonishes the audience, and at the Museum Boston split over Mme Butterfly versus Naughty Anthony. Liebler Co.’s Monte Cristo nears end of run as James ONeill’s company thrives. The Voice of Nature closes at Grand Opera House as The Rays headline next week. Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl ends at Bowdoin Square today with Monday bringing another classic.

Tremont Theatre William A. Brady Washington National Capital Brady Tremont New York Hollis E. H. Sothern Virginia Harned Hamlet the Park Henry Jewett John Gray Jessica Falconer Judith Hathaway Mme. Butterfly Naughty Anthony Boston Museem Anthony Boston Liebler &Co O'Neill de Pelleville Augustus Cook Edmund Breese Thurlow Bergen Rebecca Warren Annie Ward Tiffany Natture Thomas E. Shea Grand Opera House The Rays Bowdoin Square Theatre

Opera and theatre listings dominate Boston billboards

The column lists attractions at the Columbia Theatre Castle Square Theatre Grand Theatre and others with Dan Daly Sapho and vaudeville acts. It notes Jim McCusker's swimming feats at Austin Stone's museum and a heavy slate of Sunday services across many churches and spiritual groups with speakers and topics including sacramental limits China and Romanism.

Nick of the Woods Columbia Theatre Dan Daly Countess Valesta Castle Square Theatre Paw Armstrong Sapho Grand Theatre Jim McCusker Austin & Stone’s Museum Keith's George Clarke Cesar de Bazan Flo Irwin Walter Hawley Howard Boston Music Hall Bert Coote George Thatcher Fields and Ward Hall

Diphtheria Closes Adams School in Everett

The Adams School on Tileston Street in Everett is ordered closed by a school board sub committee due to diphtheria in the neighborhood. Twenty one children are sick and the principal, Miss Luce, is recovering.

Adams School Tileston Street Everett Luce

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