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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1902
Page
3
A severe storm swept Labrador last week. Six vessels are ashore and fishermen’s gear and catch were lost. The mail boat from Labrador is delayed. fears grow of heavy losses in northern Labrador as reports await from the storm area.
Fireman John K Melvers dies when a three inch main steam pipe bursts blasting steam and hot water in the stoke hole aboard the tug Mercury two miles from Boston Light. Captain T P Brown says a quick move to the right and up the fireroom ladder might have saved him. the accident likely resulted from a heavy sea roll. Melvers, 24, lived aboard the boat. a sister in Cape Breton was notified. The Mercury's engine room and machinery were damaged and repairs will take two to three days.
In Brockton the State branch of the American Federation of Labor convened with President Frank J. McCarthy presiding. He criticized Governor Crane’s settlement of the teamsters strike and praised the brewery workers’ gains. The session urged anti injunc tion legislation, highlighted union growth, and called for support for miners and broader labor reforms.
The 15th annual meeting of the National Loom Fixers Union of America began in Woonsocket Rhode Island with Vice-President John Hanley of Lowell presiding at the morning session.
Secretary Shaw said bond dealers asked whether bond purchases would be considered by the department. He replied that propositions up to five million dollars from any source would be considered, but the rate would have to be low if any purchases occurred.
Remains of Sister Elizabeth, elder member of the Franciscan Sisters and head of St. Elizabeth's Hospital on East Brookline Street, were sent yesterday to Alleghany New York for burial at the mother house of the order.
Details a 1902 Barbadoes dispatch describing guardian correspondence for Marguerite Stokes, a burn survivor from Martinique. Mentions bonds, a £84 14s 4d draft, guardians J Edwin Croney and Emma Drinan Croney, and gratitude to U S consul M. A. Macallister and editor E A Grazier. Marguerite is healing yet left with partial use of her right hand and head burns.
The Suffolk county legal year opens with five sessions of the Superior Court for the first time in history. After prayers, Juries begin under Justices Gaskill Sherman Fessenden Stevens and Pierce, marking a milestone in court practice.
About 11 o clock this morning an Italian passerby in the woods off Haven avenue Mattapan found a man hanging from a tree. He alerted police from Station 11 who cut the body down. No identifying marks or cards on the clothing. The body was taken to City Hospital morgue by Undertaker Gleason.
An advice claim promotes Fels-Naptha soap as the sole washing solution. It asserts no boiling or scalding is needed and nothing but cold water is required for cleaning or washing. The wording suggests a universal recommendation for all cleaning tasks.
The Puritan liner Cambrian King arrived from Antwerp with heavy seas and fog. At 3 o clock on Sept 26 a plank washed adrift and sailor J Moorighat was washed overboard. Lifeboat launched but he was not found. The 20 year old Antwerp native had served over a year aboard the vessel.
A seining schooner Mortis H. Perry was mislisted with 11,000 large fresh mackerel. the skipper counted 1,000. The fleet including Winifred Arthur Bin ney Aloina and others logged 182,000 pounds haddock 60,000 cod 74,000 hake 29,000 pollock and 3,000 cask with fair prices. Imports valued at 78,028 dollars. exports at 1,543,342 dollars.
Shipping notices list arrivals and clearances from various ports with detailed vessel names, origins, destinations, cargoes, and passenger counts. Includes steamers Hanoverian Cambrian King Admiral Sampson Pola Britannic Old Dominion and more, plus departures and sailings of windjammers and tugs with routes to Glasgow Portland St. John N B and Philadelphia among others.
Secretary Root has designated Brigadier General Sanger to conduct the census in the Philippines. Assisting him are H. W. Gannett of the Geological Survey and Victor H. Olmatead from the Department of Labor.
A reflective column questions the purpose of culinary skill when digestion is poor. It argues that a weak stomach undermines even the finest meals, urging attention to digestive health and the body's core needs.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as strengthening and toning all digestive organs. The copy urges readers to get Hood's for health and digestion.
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