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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1893
Page
2
The piece condemns Massachusetts new drunk law as an inferior experiment lacking impact. It critiques mandatory branding of offenders and Deer Island confinement, arguing the old discretionary police power spared families and livelihoods. It warns of potential cruelty if applied beyond prior safeguards.
New York reports on the October 8 regatta between the Vigilant and Valkyrie. The triangular course off Sandy Hook featured ten miles each for running reaching and windward work. Winds were light, forecasts warned of possible delays, and experts predicted a close contest as crews and designers voiced confidence in their boats.
The new drunk law, in force since July 1, tightens arrest and court processes. Officers must arrest and court-review punishment while Deer Island shelters overflow with 212 inmates in a laundry district scene.
A historic storm devastates southern Louisiana with over two thousand lives lost and millions in property ruined. Relief efforts race to aid survivors as bodies decay in marshes and fear of epidemics grows. Captain Julian Lefort cites 80 saved from Cheniere Camanda. Grand Isle and Chenedeleur may be abandoned.
Flora Buckley found a full grown male child’s body buried in ashes behind the Scandinavian House. Tena McDonald, an unmarried mother from Arichat Nova Scotia, says she gave birth outdoors after a week’s stay at Buckley’s and buried the infant unintentionally. She cites a man named Johnson as the child’s alleged father. The medical examiner withheld cause of death.
Walter Joy 45, single, lodged at 12 Boylston place, found dead in bed at 7 last night. He was last seen alive Saturday at 6 PM. A bottle of morphine sulphite was in the room, and police suspect self-inflicted death. Body taken to Undertaker Jones on Lagrange street. Medical examiner to investigate. Joy was a West Portland machinist. letters from Knapp Burrell & Co. found in the room.
Forecast for Monday calls for generally fair conditions in New England and eastern New York with possible showers in extreme northern Maine New Hampshire Vermont and eastern New York. Warmer interior and moderate south to west winds accompany the conditions.
Joseph R. Wing, a long time resident and respected citizen of the town, died suddenly in the morning. Born eighty four years ago, he was educated locally and in Providence. He built a prosperous life in New Bedford and later the West End area, with his brother in business.
Prince Bismarck reached Friedrichsruhe late last evening after an eleven hour special train journey from Kissingen. He appeared in better spirits, declined Dr Schweninger’s offer, and rode home with a cautious step. Local guards kept crowds away as firemen lit the route to the castle.
Fourteen year old Thomas Curran of 27 Greenleaf street Roxbury was accidentally shot in the right leg by companion John Harrigan at Huntington avenue and Greenleaf street late yesterday afternoon. He was taken first to the Children's Hospital then City Hospital in a police ambulance and is not seriously injured.
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