Morphine and Cocaine Habits Described as Destructive
A historical notice describes morphine opium cocaine and liquor habits as lasting and ruinous, detailing how usage begins with pain relief and ends in domination and death. It promotes a painless cure offered by the Cerman Renedy Company at Pelham Building Tremont and Boylston Streets for patients in the city who can receive treatment at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Cerman Renedy Company
Pelham Building
Tremont and
Boylston Streets
Prosperity Returns After Cash Crisis Across Nations
A broad assessment notes the end of a financial panic and a swift return to confidence and recovery. Business leaders like Jordan of Jordan Marsh & Co and Wainwright Bros report brisk fall activity and rising stocks as prior fears fade. Factory and mill notices show renewed work, with wage cuts and adjustments in several plants signaling cautious optimism for the winter and next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Post
Jordan
Jordan, Marsh & Co
A. Shuman & Co
Ena
R. H. White & Co
Wainwright Bros. & Co
Congress Street
Wainwright
Commerce
New Haven
Conn
Candee
Watermelon Carnival Ends With Police Action in Essex Street
A late night water melon themed ball at Alpha Hall ended with nine gallons of lager, one gallon of whiskey, and multiple arrests. Charles Williams and Cyrus Walker faced charges linked to illegal alcohol distribution and aiding the event. Samuel Green, tied to a Mechanic Street venue, also connected to the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Hall
Sheehan
Charles Williams
Cyrus Walker
Samuel Green
Mechanic Street
Sportsman's ball mix of crowd and fruit capers on Essex Street
A lively event mixed races and genders, with a water melon patch caper and a curtain raising prize fight. Officers Bean and O Neil handled the outside crowd while a patrolman kept order, as fruit syrups and organ music filled the hall amid lively revelry.
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Essex Street
Bean
O'Neil
Ever
Anow
Pan American Delegates Entertained by Boston Physicians
About sixty Pan American delegates to the recent Washington medical congress arrived in Boston with families. They visited Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, then spent the afternoon at Harvard University. Hosts include Massachusetts Medical Society officials and Mexican consul on the entertainment committee. Today's program features a City Hospital lunch and visits to sanitary stations in Boston Harbor. The group will depart tonight for Chicago with stops at Saratoga Niagara Falls Detroit Toledo and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan- American Medical Congress
Washington
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
Massachusetts Medical Society
Committee of Entertainment
J. C. White
H. P. Walcott
S. H. Durgin
A. T. Cabot
BE. H. Bradford
J. C. Warren
R. H. Fitz
Ybarra
Cushing
City Hospital
Boston Harbor
City Board of Health
J. E. Jones
Sting of poverty seals a burial in bare room
Peter P Steele was buried after a life of hardship with a widowed wife and penniless child in a room devoid of furnishings except a cot and chair. The St Vincent de Paul Society funded the grave and simple casket as charity and friends consider sending the widow back to Nova Scotia amid tears and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter P. Steele
Steele
St. Vincent de Paul Society of the Holy Redeemer
Nova Scotia
Vale of Evangeline
Faiths Split Minds at World Parliament Sessions
Delegates to the world parliament of religions in Chicago separated into creed based sections at the Hall of Columbus. Rabbi Isaac N Wise opened with an eloquent ex position on Judaism while Ameer Ali and Maurice Phillips spoke for Islam and Hinduism respectively. Other denominations including Catholics and Congregationalists were active with translated talks, as Indians’ addresses were carefully worded to avoid offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Parliament of Religions
Hall of Columbus
F. H. Niccolls
Isaac N. Wise
Alfred W. Moncrie
London
Ameer Ali
Calcutta
Maurice Phillips
Madras
Manilal Dvivedi
Bombay
Navahoe Leads in Channel Cup Race at Breakwater
Navahoe entered the Cavendish Channel in first at 5 12 10 pm with Britannia 20 seconds behind as yachts finished the Brenton Reef cup race to Cowes. Reported that Navahoe ran level with Britannia, trailing not far behind, and spectators at Cowes expect a finish around 5 am tomorrow.
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Cherbourg
France
Navahoe
Oackstead
Britannia
Cowes
Navaho
Columbia Sets Speed Record In Unofficial Test Run
Philadelphia reports an unofficial trial where the new cruiser Columbia reached a maximum speed of 213.10 knots per hour, marking a record breaking performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Columbia
Asphyxiated Nurse Eugenia Bengtzen Dies After Blood Transfusion
Swedish born former royal cook Eugenia Bengtzen died at City Hospital after a gas leak incident at a Cambridge friend’s home. A blood transfusion from Mrs. Askerland was attempted. the patient never regained consciousness. Bengtzen, about 50, left Stockholm years ago, leaving an estate of seven to eight hundred dollars after funeral costs.
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Katrina Bengtzen
City
Sweden
Royal Kitchen
Stockholm
Old Country
Cambridge
Askerland
Canard Street
Miss Bengtzen
Miss Bergstrom
Willow Park
Chestnut Hill
Oscar
Eugenia
Dodge
Shawmut Avenue
Cunard Street
Post
Track meet results reveal wide field of events and times
The report lists multiple heats across disciplines led by riders such as Tyler Zimmer man Rhodes Titus and Brandt in events like half miles one mile and two miles. Times range from 1 08 38 to 4 52 1 5 for various classes with several first second and third place finishes noted for Coffin Robson Rhodes Sanger Dirnberger and Githens among others.
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Blanvelt
P. J. McDuffee
Campbell Steensen
A. W. Olmstead
F. A. Foell
E. W. Heyer
O. S. Brandt
G. N. Wells
FE. G. Morrill
Tyler
Zimmerman
Githens
Sanger
Windle
G. C. Smith
Taylor
Ball
Johnson
G. A. Coffin
W. LeMessurier
A. W. Warren
Dirnberger
Titus
Grosen
Bald
Rhodes
Wells
BE. A. Nelson
LeMessurier
Coleman
BE. F. Miller
BR. G. Merrill
Steensen
Williamson
Clark
A. H. Devy
Clmstead
Robson
Merrill
Fuller
E. H. Snow
W. J. Edgar
A. W. Stacy
Coffin
G. Converse
Playvelt
H. W. Hall
J. K. Whiton
H. J. Pete
Hagearty
Scrateh
Brandt
Banker
Robinson
Goffin
T. Nelson
Tiue
H. R. Steensen
Hugh Robson
BE. W. Heyer
A. W. Olmsted
Pete
Warren
Meinties
Heyer
G. M. Wells
Tim
Bliss
C. T. Nelson
I. W. Campbell
L. Bianvelt
Grosch
Ed Nelson
Eiliss
Tkald
Nelson
J. P. Clark
Hall
Knapp
Pte Miller
Tough Customer in Somerville Tube Yard Fight
A police officer in uniform confronted James Tatten who fought drunk in the yards of American Tube Works Somerville. After grappling, bystanders called for help, Dr Hull and Cheer Stevens assisted, the assailant was subdued and handcuffed, to be charged with drunkenness and assault.
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Lauor
American Tube Works
Somerville
Bean
James Tatten
Oficer
Tatten
The
Tube Works
Stevens
Cher Bean
Dr. Hull
Somerville Avenue
Unflinching treatment on Home Rule bill rejection
London circular says Lords rejection may push reform issues aside in Commons. Irish National Federation of America urges Irish America support for the struggle, praising Gladstone’s idea of national self government and calling for sustained campaign against the Lords. Signed Justin McCarthy. London report dated Sept 9, 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
National Liberal Federation
House of Lords
House of Commons
New York
Irish National Federation of America
Thomas Addis Emmet
England
America
Gladstone
Justin M’carthy
Armies Meet in Poland Fraternize Near Front
Detachments of the Russian and German armies maneuver near the Russo Prussian frontier. In Chorzele, a village in Polish Russia, soldiers and officers from both sides exchange friendly gestures and fraternize as if they were one army despite tense operations.
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Berlin
Chorzele
Polland
Otis Faces Mystery Suit in Busy Boston Society Scene
In a Boston Superior Court case titled the Miliker Otis suit, prominent Somerset clubman Harrison Gray Otis is the defendant. Reports say the papers are sealed by the clerk, with Mrs Ellen Milliken as plaintiff and Ann Souther, deceased, central to the alleged life drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Gray Otis
Somerset Club
Ellen Milliken
Ann Souther
E. J. Jenkins
RE. B. Spinney
Mr. Souther
Storey & Thorndike
Otis
Miss McNamara
Charlestown
Miss Gillicuddy
Mr. Otis
Marblehead
Anne Sarah Souther
Tremont House Menu 1853 Shows Dinner Traditions Shift
A 1853 Tremont House menu reveals supper times from 9 to 12 and mid day dinner. No vegetables appear on the bill with entrees listed as side dishes and a large wine list dominated by Madeiras and sherries. Paran Stevens, proprietor, appears on the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont House
Tremont
Boston
Paran Stevens
Francis Amory
Boy Perhps Killed in Brick-Launch Wharf Accident
Patrick Kelly aged 13 of 18 Beach Street was injured while fishing off Tufts Wharf early last evening. Flounders were being unloaded from a schooner when a brick flying from the pile struck him on the head, causing a compound skull fracture. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Patrick Kelly
Beach Street
Tufts Wharf
Kelly
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brockton's Shipments Show Three Month Total Decline
Brockton reports shipments for the three months ending Sept 1 at 91 461 cases, below the 1891 and 1892 figures for the same weeks. The 1892 total reached 91 848, and 1891 had 98 411. Despite the lower season, this year shows a rise over the previous two years amid a general business slowdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Perry Davis Pain Killer Household Remedy
A classic household remedy touted as essential for pains and aches across all ages. Promoted for cramps, cholera morbus, colic, dysentery, diarrhoea, toothache, neuralgia, and general pains, with uses for bruises, burns, cuts, and sprains. Sold widely everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
She Loved A Priest Mysterious Maiden Of New York
Mary Nagle once called the Mysterious Maiden by neighbors, lived at 1127 Second Avenue New York. Born in Cork Ireland she fell in love with a man training for the priesthood who chose the church over her. She hanged herself at age eight, ending a quiet life and a rumored romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Nagle
Hood
Second Avenue
Cork
Ireland
Guiteau Buried Quietly in Jail Laundry Grave
Washington dispatch reports Guiteau the Garfield assassin was hidden beneath the jail laundry floor after execution. Deputy Warden Russ says the brain and organs were preserved while the rest of the body was buried there under wardenship and a private funeral led by Dr Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guiteau
Garfield
Medical
Russ
Dr. Hicks
Crocker
Reed
Hicks
Count of future heirs holds vast U S wealth
About 100 American children will reach maturity to inherit vast fortunes. One sixth of the nation's wealth is said to be held by twenty millionaire families, with each child set to own the millions amassed by generations of parents and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Marriage Announcements in This City
In this city on Sept 9 Gabriel S Elder and Annie W Small wed by Rev John Hood. Also Sept 7 Robert Goosby and Mary M Watson married by Rev J Horatio Carter. Sept 11 William King Jr and Sarah A Vars wed in New York and Boston. Sept 9 Fred H Long and Gers trude L Pease wed by Rev John Hood. Sept 8 Warren L Wright and Martha FE Crane wed at Newton Highlands.
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Elder
John Hood
Fred H. Long
Gerstrude L. Pease
Wright—Crane
Newton Highlands
W. H. Williams
Warren L Wright
Martha FE. Crane
Boston
Dodge
South Boston
Emily A. A
William Dodge
Fisher
Newton
Nancy Ms Fisher
Edward Fisher
West Newton
Maple Avenue
Graves
East Boston
Lucy Fy
Henry M
Hannah IF
Hickey
James Hickey
Wadluy
Annie
Rtichard W. Hadley
Morrell
Louisa M. Morrell
Arthur Morrell
San Jose
Costa Rica
Hotel St. Cloud
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Alpha and Omega
Brunswick
Peter Steele
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Home Rule
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