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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1901
Page
6
Hospitals report at least 40 new eye injury cases daily from particles shed by the Elevated road third rail. Many cases go unreported and private physicians treat additional victims. The condition, described as epidemic, is insidious and requires professional treatment hours after exposure. A protective method for the third rail is urgently needed.
The community marks Labor Day with Knights of Labor and trade union parades expected to draw about 26 000 workers. A wide holiday program follows including yacht racing rowing cycling golf and both amateur and professional baseball and turf events amid favorable weather promises.
The article questions America's Cup risk after the Constitution loses to the Columbia in the Brenton's Reef race. It notes Constitution speed after overhaul and new sails, finishing three minutes eight seconds behind corrected time. It mentions trials and interest in upcoming Herreshoff boats and trials.
Mayor Hart claimed his paving was durable, but recent trenching by electric companies on Bromfield and Tremont shows immediate damage. The Post questioned permanence unless policy changes curb street openings and ensure proper replacement.
The Hon. and Mrs. Bordman Hall recently visited Newport to watch yacht races marking Mr. Hall’s first outing in months away from his office after extensive practice.
Mrs. M J McFadden hosts guests at Teale cottage Winthrop Beach with Councilman Frank E Gaylord and Leonard J Rollins while Harry Mullally returns to his Museum orchestra post. Examinations for city public schools begin Sept 11. Clergyman kissing customs in Baltimore prompt a needed caution. John Cromwell returns from vacation to Parker House. Neal B McPeek seen in Somerville politics ahead of fall. Major William H Llewellyn of New Mexico to visit Boston. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and wife back from Europe and England and plan a busy term after a Campania arrival.
A fragment notes that the surface dug up will hardly last until the nomination, suggesting concerns about durability or timing affecting the proceedings.
The London press highlights growing Anglo-Saxon and Muscovite friction near their eastern borders and a potential clash of powers. Britain contemplates defending commercial interests in the Persian Gulf as Russia moves south and east, with London considering actions before a crisis deepens.
A letter from CHAS. H. FLETCHER of New York City commends his battles against counterfeit Castoria imitators. He lauds the doctor for integrity in preparing his prescription and notes Castoria’s sales growth since sharing its formulation thirty three years ago.
A crowded, fragmented omnibus from a historic page blends a rural dialect piece about September feasts with a chaotic domestic vignette titled Moving Time. It portrays household misadventures, a collapsed staircase, a dogged attempt at home improvement, and stray humorous bits about street life and art.
Mrs Gardiner plans a ruse to spur Lorna toward marriage by sending her to Aunt Esther in Maplehurst. Lorna arrives to find Ralph Hamilton, her true love, back home and soon reveals a surprise wedding announcement as the Count Espano is left in the shadows of a devised arrangement.
Sept. 1. News from Amiens says Jules Verne the famous author has become completely blind after a period of failing eyesight. Verne is renowned worldwide for works such as Around the World in Eighty Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
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