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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1902
Page
3
A Boston advertisement proclaims a one week free consultation by Dr. Liverpool at 360 Tremont Street. It claims instant disease location, free medicines, and a vast ledger of cures across many illnesses with specific case counts and extended hours for men.
A large Lyceum Hall audience heard Rev. Thomas McGrady of Kentucky discuss socialism amid prominent figures like David Goldstein and Rep. Frederick O. MacCartney. MacCartney tied coal miners’ fight to the era’s class conflict as McGrady argued labor should own capital and attacked capitalist power, noting wage levels and enticements of trusts. he warned of racial violence and called for systemic change before a reception ended the event.
Aboard the Leyland liner Victorian Captain F Shepherd is greeted by city officials on arrival from Liverpool after three years in government service. The ship's 8 day 21 hour voyage featured earlier duties with troops to Cape Town and Australia. Senior crew on the Victorian include notable passengers like Professor George P Baker and Mrs Baker. The article also notes the Cape Cod’s misfortune with a lost rudder and ongoing salvage of schooners, plus upcoming ship designs and a yacht incident near Marblehead with the Idalia.
Captain John Pritchard takes the Cunard liner Ivernia on an 8:30 a m departure toward Queenstown and Liverpool carrying 54 saloon 50 second and 161 steerage passengers. The cargo includes 2200 bales of cotton the season’s largest shipment from this port plus 10 000 barrels of apples and 650 tons of provisions 220 tons flour 100 tons straw boards 160 tons lumber and 250 tons miscellaneous goods.
At the wharf a bustling arrivals day as the Lizzie M Stanley tops the fleet with 106000 pounds of haddock and cod. Other ships brought swordfish, big cod and hake while prices ranged from 1 1 2 to 3 cents a pound for various fish and 16 cents each for fresh mackerel. The seven masted steel schooner Thomas W Law son passed up Delaware Preakwater carrying coal for Philadelphia after a run down the coast from Nau sion Island.
Shipping list details arrivals and clearances of steamers and schooners. It notes arrivals including Victorian Moor Pye Navahoe and Bay State with barges and tugs from various ports, and clears ships like Ivernia Mora Vizcania and Kershaw, with numerous barge movements and sailings to Portland, New York, and Halifax.
Patrolman Thomas 8 Graham of Division 6 was shot in the shoulder by Govan Sneede the black burglar and discharged from City Hospital yesterday. He improves but the bullet remains in his body awaiting a better time for removal. Doctors feared loss of hand function but he regained finger use quickly. It will be some time before he can return to duty.
Catarrh is described as a constitutional disease from scrofulous blood. The text claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood, acts as an alterative and tonic, and permanently cures diseases arising from scrofula. It asserts headaches dizziness impaired senses and digestive issues improve with the medicine and praises its record of cures.
A bicycle rider collided with a cab at Tremont and Boylston before 9 PM, slipping as he turned the corner. The cabman demanded $5 for a broken lamp, sparking a mob scene with taunts, pebbles, and pursuit through Tremont, Boylston, Thorndike, and Church streets as the rider fled and the cabman sought safety in a hotel.
Joseph Kennedy aged nine of 110 Heath Street Roxbury died at City Hospital at seven last night from injuries after being run over. He had been riding on a wagon seat driven by Patrick Shea when at Appleton and Dartmouth streets the wagon collided with a Bell streetcar. The boy was thrown beneath the wheels and sustained multiple injuries. Despite physician efforts he did not regain consciousness.
The wedding of John J. Hall a Brighton businessman and Miss Alice Lillian Griesman was held privately at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church West Newton Street. Rev Henry Birkner officiated with Emma Griesman as bridesmaid Arthur Woods as best man 250 guests attended a reception at 24 Amory Avenue Roxbury after the ceremony. The couple will reside at 5 Parsons Street Brighton after a wedding tour to Niagara and Canada.
In a letter to the Post the author recalls a 30 year old Washington career moment. Boss Shepherd used force to clear the old Southern dominated Washington Market, building a new avenue with sewer and water while the owners and council opposed him. Secretary Sherman praised Shepherd for advancing the city far beyond prior regimes.
In Houlton Maine Sept 15 a clash erupted during an effort to enforce the Maine preliminary law. A henchman named Ducette linked to Prohibitionists faced a crowd of about 300 as townspeople pursued him after a failed kidnapping bid. A local preacher intervened and suffered severe facial injuries before Ducette was taken toward Halifax.
Wisconsin Methodists press President Roosevelt to deny a report that he asked Rome to make Archbishop Ireland a cardinal. The conference, by unanimous vote, decided to send a formal inquiry to the President seeking clarification on the matter.
A young woman identified as Annie Moore from Springfield Mass registered at the Queens Hotel in Montreal. She was found dead in her room with burns to face and throat from carbolic acid, her purse containing 176 dollars, body awaiting identification in the morgue.
Elizabeth Benjamin, 19, of Holbrook, claimed to elope with burglar Frank Lewis Whitney, both arrested for larceny of a horse carriage and harness valued at 1000 from Whitcomb of Fitchburg. Whitney also wanted for nearly 500 worth of items from Almond Wiley at 34 Common, Aus. 14. Benjamin told a romance tale of Lenox marriage and Danbury burglaries before release.
In Ithaca New York area, State Senator George Green hosted a dinner where Charles M. Dickinson consul general to Turkey publicly stated that Theodore Roosevelt saved Miss Ebien M. Stone's life. Dickinson cited a telegram to Bulgaria linking U S responsibility to her fate, which he said fixed blame and saved the missionary's life.
Nicholas Scarfo aged 19 unmarried of Leavett Street Hingham attempted suicide by shooting himself in the right ear with a 32 calibre revolver shortly after midnight in a doorway at 88 Cardon Street. He was taken to Relief Hospital where surgeons pronounced him dangerously wounded. Passers by heard the shot and Patrolman W D Lane found him in a pool of blood with the smoking revolver in his hand. A lead pencil note on the wall read Nicholas Scarfo Hingham Deadad. He lived with his mother Concetta Scarfo and had a brother in law Joseph Barilaro of Cleveland Place. He is described as Italian and good looking. At 3 am he was losing consciousness and doctors could not say if he would recover.
A description of a shoe style with elastic sides that can be slipped on and off without lacing. Laces are set to a fixed tightness over the instep. The inside bears a Hubgori stamp. The elastic is promised for life and will be replaced free if it wears out.
Kalama Washington September 15 reports from the stricken districts of Lewis River grow worse. The charred bodies of 38 people have already been found and it is believed there will be more to follow.
Reports from Vancouver Wash show widespread forest fire damage across Clark county with settlers driven from homes and mines such as Skamaka Last Chance Latten and Blue Bird left in ruins. Mayor Eastham calls a mass meeting to coordinate aid for affected residents.
Littlefield argues over trusts and tariffs, contrasting Republican and Democratic views. He condemns the Richardson bill as killer to both industry and workers, praising public opinion and constructive reform under Roosevelt. He promotes calm, constructive legislation over hysteria.
In a night blaze driven residents from Ariel Washington to Mt. St Helens foot, 11 dead and four missing. Over 200 homeless with little clothing. Dozens camped at the lake remain unaccounted. Thick smoke blankets Portland with visibility near zero and harbor boats grounded.
Felix St Amour of Worcester was adjudged in contempt by Judge Lowell of the U S District Court for failing to appear before a bankruptcy referee at an adjourned hearing when ordered. He was sentenced to one week in Charles Street Jail. Contempt arose after he did not turn over funds or appear for examination as ordered by the trustee.
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