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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1894
Page
6
An advertisement extols Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy for liver and kidney ailments and nervous disorders. A Vermont man, A C Hartwell, credits the treatment with complete recovery after trial and endorses the medicine as the best he has used. The piece emphasizes free consultation and Dr. Greene's famed expertise from Boston.
Mrs. Anna Garlin Spencer of Providence outlined five rights for children including protection from cruelty and free education. Speakers from Boston and Cambridge discussed care of dependent and homeless children, plus systemic reforms. The group approved a business-only next meeting in New Haven after a final morning session.
At a Chinese restaurant in Boston's Chinatown a lottery trust hit a bank for 1000 dollars after a noisy monthly gathering. The event, described as a game of counting numbers, left the firm out of business, a rare incident in the district's history.
Fire officials warn Causeway Street disruptions threaten Union station response. West End tracks and adjacent streets were torn up for grade work, leaving only narrow planked lanes and unpaved sections. Commissioners urge rapid completion to prevent idle streets from delaying extinguishing efforts.
Senator Hill denounces Republican partisan investigations, contending Lexow and others reveal little while Democratic departments stand unscathed. He criticizes the constitutional convention, veteran suffrage limits, and the apportionment plan, urging turnout and good roads support. A reception followed at the Arlington Hotel.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a train robbery in a Pullman car with a robber confronting a passenger and issuing a menacing warning. Details are incomplete but indicate an in-train crime with direct threat to a traveler.
Two women visit a shop. One buys staples for a family, paying seven dollars and fifty cents for many items. The other spends seven dollars on a single lace parka and leaves puzzled, realizing she bought less for her money.
An early fire at 1 10 a m gutted the two and a half story frame dwelling at 92 Grandville avenue in Malden. The owner occupant Mrs George Rogers faced $2200 in losses as flames spread rapidly from the ground floor. The origin remains undetermined.
The Woodman family for forty three years carved teeth for Boston dentists. F A Woodman is the only New Englander who makes a business of tooth carving, using hand carved porcelain teeth colored with oxide of gold to match gum and tooth shade.
John M Ward and Edward Hanlon managers of the New York and Baltimore clubs finish arranging Temple Cup finances after four games. Receipts were below expectations but yielded a solid return. each of the sixteen New York players will receive 768.68 dollars as their share.
Boston officials tested the Universal Street Sweeping Company machine to replace piles of dirt with an elevating brush and conveyor system. The device promises annual savings of thousands of dollars, attracting interest from New York Philadelphia Chicago St Louis Washington Buffalo and leading talks for exclusive New York rights valued in the hundreds of thousands.
The meeting debated a possible strike outcome recalling 79 and 84 defeats. Spinners, weavers, and carders faced pay cuts and non union replacements while district meetings gather views. Mills plan backlogs and relief funds cushioned workers as negotiations loom.
The North Adams Manufacturing Company Braytonville plant ended the strike as employees win a partial restore of wages. The 10 percent cut made last March is reduced to a 5 percent restoration now with a pledge to restore the remaining 5 percent later.
The battleship Maine will undergo a four hour trial off New London next Monday or Tuesday to measure engine horsepower beyond 9000 for a potential $100 000 premium. Chief Engineer Ayres will lead inspectors with possible Melville aboard and a Russian attache granted access. If no mishap occurs the ship returns to New York by week’s end en route to the Chinese station.
The third district Republican councillor convention meets at Union Hall on Boylston street this afternoon after eleven ballots and no nomination for Joseph Leeson's successor. Contenders include Edward Glines of Somerville and John C. Lund of Chelsea with Burns withdrawing and Swallow, Burnham, Raymond, and Howland previously named. A P A factions claim potential control as the session is expected to be hot and crowded.
The Plymouth firemen staged their sixth annual field day with a procession through main streets and a 4 o'clock dinner in Odd Fellows Opera House. Speeches were given by officials including Lewis Eddy Judge P L Morse Captain James Morton Senator Edward Atwood Reverend Charles Stoddard and Captain A J Bailey. AStandish Guards armory ball capped the event and festivities.
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