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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1895
Page
5
Syracuse on September 11 saw women operate street cars while men rode as passengers. The Woman's Christian Association organized Trolley Day raising about 1500 for charity. Cars wore flags and bunting, with female conductors guiding rides, drawing crowds and excitement as men paid fares and marveled at the conductors.
San Francisco September 11. The Durrant trial features the display of Minnie Williams garments in a black-draped dressmaker’s model. Mrs. Herman Nolt, who first revealed Williams's body, adds she met Clarence Wolf near the church gate and recalls a strange lilies remark as she left the church. The episode is presented as part of new testimony challenging the defense.
New York coroner and jury found Mrs Rivelina Bliss died Aug 30 from nephritis and gastritis with unknown causes. They offered no verdict of poison. The accused Mary Alice Almont Livingston aka Mrs Fleming faced potential release as the coroner reconsidered recommittal.
At a Baptist church in Carrabelle Florida three regular attendees Ella Johnson Sallie Mabry and Anna Carson fell into a trance after a sermon on hell. They remained unconscious for four days though aware of events around them. After awakening Anna spoke briefly and all three joined the church the next day.
Cora Taylor and Emma Brighton, missing ten days, were found working in a Malden rubber shop. They admitted their identities and said they had come to spend Labor Day, not on an excursion. Both families knew their whereabouts and were willing for them to work there. They plan to return home if parents wish.
A German liner Saale carries Marie a steerage belle who fled Germany to avoid military service. Marie, described vividly, persuades Carl Paur to buy clothes as she reveals she is 19 and posing as a woman to escape conscription.
In New York on September 11, Hugo Bruggerman faced arraignment in Police Justice Potts's court for abandoning his wife. Poormaster Hewitt revealed the wife had died and their baby was near death from malnutrition, saying Bruggerman failed to provide. He claimed he tried to help but lost his job, and was held for further hearing.
Mrs. Pitezel and her daughter Dessa testified at the Coroner's inquest in Indianapolis. They viewed trinkets recovered from the chimney of the Irvington House where the presumed remains of little Howard Pitezel had earlier been found.
A nostalgic advertisement touts Sanford's Ginger as a universal stomach helper and panacea. It claims cures for cramps, colds, digestion issues, nervousness, and sleep, and wards off malaria and epidemics with pure French brand ginger and imported ginger. The copy urges requesting Sanford's and to look for the owl trademark on the wrapper, naming Strene Potter Druie and Onsen as proprietors in Boston.
A woman identifies a tie, pin, shoes and buttons as belonging to the murdered children Howard and Alice. A button, crochet hook, and trunk are linked to Alice. Dessa, the daughter, confirms every article. Mrs Pitezel's health is reported as shattered.
In Bridgeport Connecticut Joseph Hi Malin pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill his young wife, shot her in her mother's home after she refused to live with him. Judge Ralph Wheeler sentenced him to four years in the State prison. Malin is ill with consumption.
Fire Marshal Whitcomb outlined three possible causes for the East Boston junction wharf blaze last week. Sparks from two tugs near the shed, a wad carried by northwest winds from the New York signal guns, or spontaneous combustion are considered, with inspections ongoing to confirm which explains the hay bale ignition.
Henry Holland Elisa Taylor died in a police cell following an August arrest for drunkenness. An autopsy showed a fractured skull from a fight with Homer Busier, who was arraigned in District Court and held without bail until Saturday for trial.
The Massachusetts Street Railway Association met at Youngs Hotel and elected Amos F. Breed of Lynn as president Prentiss Cummings of Boston as first vice president T F Sullivan of Lowell as second vice president M T Pope of Boston as treasurer and Charles S Clark of Boston as secretary A committee was named to study transportation to the street railway managers convention in Montreal in October B E Shaw of Newburyport treasurer of the Commonwealth presented a model fen der that can be lowered or raised by a crank for the motorman.
Word from London that the yacht Windward carrying the Jackson Holmeworth polar expedition reached Vardo on Norway's north coast. Sailed from the Thames July 11 and broke free from an ice belt between Franz Josef Land and Barents Sea.
Inspectors Cleary and Wright with Station 6 police arrested Michael J. Roach four years old of East Brookline street for larceny of a horse buggy and harness from William B. Hasty of Fourth street South Boston on August 23. The turnout was recovered at Nantasket Beach days later by Inspectors Cleary and Estes.
James Kelley was yesterday fined by Judge Hardy in the Municipal Court for setting policy shop on the street on August 3. Charles Thompson, co-defendant, was discharged. The fine amount cited appears as $650.
Tremont's Hollis Street Theatre features Miss Seville in a royal Boston welcome as Madeleine and Camille D Arville star in a revived comic operetta with Boniface Jr and the Hollins sisters. The Boston Museum presents The Fatal Card with a strong Frohman cast.
The hearing of William Steele former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Quincy resumed in Boston with a closed session amid protest. Steele sought counsel and a stenographer saying his civil suit against the Quincy church could be affected. charges allege he refused to obey Presbytery mandates and sought to cause a schism. The case may draw broader attention as a potential cause celebre.
The Boston Board of Health expresses strong confidence that smallpox will not recur. Last year nearly all adults were inspected and vaccinated as needed, leaving the city well protected. Presently there is no smallpox, and any risk comes only from outside sources. Schoolchildren must show proof of vaccination prior to attendance, though last year’s strict measures reduced the need for further revaccination.
A group of 90 percent of Boston steam heating contractors led by Walworth Manufacturing and Walker & Pratt refuse to yield to the Journeymen Steamfitters Union. Signed by multiple firms including Braman Dow & Co, Smith & Anthony Stove Co, Ingalls & Kendricken, Walworth Construction & Supply, and Boston Furnace Co, the letter is dated September 11, 1896.
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