29 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1903
Page
1
A vivid chronicle describes workers on a solitary city journey facing humiliating moments as male flirtations intrude during strikes. The piece portrays the social friction and personal discomfort endured by workers isolated from labor solidarity.
The employment of girls as messengers by Western Union sparks a statewide moral and social uproar in Boston. Aldermen order telegraph poles removed, State police investigate age compliance, and clergy, labor groups, mothers, and business leaders condemn the practice as dangerous and immoral.
Recited letters from Rev. Joseph Pontur of St. John’s Parish LaFargeville New York dated February 7 1902 describe a consumptive parishioner’s recovery using Father John’s Medicine. A later note claims ongoing improvement and guarantees to cure consumption with money back if not.
A despatch from Alberton P E I reports the Gloucester schooner Martha A Bradley sailing from that port to New London is ashore on the bar near New London. The crew has abandoned the vessel which is full of water and likely a total loss. The ship registers 70 tons.
Senator William T. A. Fitzgerald, head of the Democratic city committee, criticizes Governor Bates over the Police Board, the Charles River Dam Commission, and South Boston flats taxes. He questions Bates’s Holden obligations and accuses Bates of turning the Police Board into a political machine by appointing Judge Emmons. The Norfolk Hall rally included John A. Kelcher and others.
Editor Sapat Kulian and associates announce they will present Boston police with information they say will identify Sagouni’s killer. Kulian accuses five men from Boston of sailing to Europe to finish the plan and vows to secure warrants and compel witnesses as police trace the conspirators.
Eleven male inmates at the State hospital at Tewksbury showed signs of bella donna poisoning at breakfast. Superintendent Nichols concluded the men had taken the drug during the night. By tonight, officials said the danger had passed and the origin was identified in time.
Corrected figures from the Missouri trial off the New England coast show an average speed of 18.1495 knots with an estimated time of 18.21. The vessel still holds the battleship record despite the adjustment.
Dr. Dowie ends his New York bid a week early with excursions to Zion City announced for Nov. 2. Report says no baptisms or conversions occurred. finances are strained as Madison Square Garden costs run about $1,000 daily and expenses mount.
Fair and warmer weather expected Thursday and Friday with fresh winds. In New England winds shift from west to south, and in eastern New York winds shift from west to southwest.
Four women suffered serious burns and bruises when the Columbia Comb Company celluloid factory on Graham Street caught fire. Miss Alfonsine Pinard jumped from a attic window to escape, while Mrs Hannah Hall Miss Effie Woods and Mrs A D Kendall were injured as 60 workers fled. The building burned quickly, 12 000 dollars in losses, no sprinkler system, Kendall Goodale company owners.
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