State House reports on county government inquiry progresses
Boston May 11 special legislative correspondence notes first day with no committee hearings on original references. Railroads committee adjourns until Tuesday. Cape Cod canal bill postponement refused. discussion of a 10 minute rule on debates noted. Mill project and workers stake concerns, capital formation, and potential worker finance of cotton cloth emerge in dialogue. Promoters elect officers for the cotton mill venture including William S. Greene as president and A H Phillips as treasurer temporary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Committee On Railroads
State House
Crane
Stone
House
Colby
Senate
William 8. Greene
James Whitshead
Weavers
A. H. Phillips
Jas. Tansey
Carders
Josph G. Jackson
James Tansey
James Whitehead
John McCarthy
Thomas O'Donnell
A. F. Phillips
William S. Greene
Philips
Fall River
Whitehead
The
Weavers’ Union
Loomfixers’ Union
House Debates County Gov Uniformity and Veterans Bill
Mr Clark urged a county government investigation by the attorney general the auditor and the controller of county accounts citing non uniformity in hours and salaries. The House adopted the order. Blood sought to reconsider the Spain war veterans exemption bill limiting it to state enlistments. Reconsideration failed 69 54. Yeas and nays on another motion were 75 84 against. Debate over an excise tax on quasi public corporations ended with no third reading 39 110.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrr. Clark
Dedham
Blood
Fitchburg
Spain
Mellen
House
Metropolitan Affairs Move For Greater Boston and Bills Passed
The Senate committee on metropolitan affairs reported reference to the next General Court on the Metropolitan District Commission plan for a metropolitan county and withdraw for Marcus C. Cook’s petition for a Greater Boston. Public service committee reported ought not to pass bills raising harbor and land commissioner salaries. Many measures passed to be engrossed: fixed hours for deed recording, life protection in fires, arsenic restrictions in fabrics and papers, and a resolve for New Bedford Textile school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
General Court
Metropolitan District Commission
Marcus C. Cook
Greater
Boston
Public Service Committee
New Bedford Textile School
Nipped in the Bud Bunco Gang Captured in Boston
Boston police nabbed a bunco scheme targeting Ira Hilands a retired market man and bank director. A well dressed young man lured Hilands to a green bunco cloth room on Dartmouth street where deceit and a $1000 appearance risky stack were used. Little Harry and John Gardner alias Harry Little fled but were caught. Hilands had alerted officers before the trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ira Hilands
Watt
Wolf
Little Henry Witherell
John Gardner
Harry Little
Hilands
Tremont
Kansas City Bank
Knowles
White Mountains
Mr. Hilands
Dartmouth Street
Harry
Circus Horseman Buffalo Bill Barrington Dead
Charles P. Barrington aged 57 formerly with P. T. Barnum circus and known as Buffalo Bill has died in South Framingham He lived 18 years there leaving five children two sons ride bareback for Barnum Bailey in Germany He was a Sydney Nova Scotia native descended from Lord Barrington and once drove horse cars in Boston known for his sombrero hat and penman skills
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Framingham
Charles P. Barrington
Buffalo Bill
Germany
Barrington
Sydney
N. S
Lord Barrington
Dominion Coal Company
P. T. Barnum
Boston
Farmer Attacked by Crows in Oshlomo Township Field
Lemuel Hindes of Oshlomo township was attacked by a massive flock of crows while distributing fertilizer in his field. A thousand or more birds reportedly swooped from Kalamazoo, hindering him until his wife arrived with a shotgun and killed numerous birds. Hindes sustained severe injuries to face and neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel Hindes
Oshlomo
Hindes
Kalamazoo
Chicago
Woman’s Ill Health and Slavery to Liberty
A county observer laments women’s health struggles describing life as a prison of illness rather than freedom. The piece references constant monthly confinement, back pain, tremulous nerves, dizziness, and cries of despair, leading into a detailed patient case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Mariana
Just the Woman
Mrs Edwin H Gardner of Egypt Massachusetts credits Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription with curing chronic menstrual pain headaches and weakness after years of illness She describes taking Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets leading to full recovery She states the medicine treats ulceration and other female diseases without regard to individual differences and cites her husband s account of the patient s improvement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Gardner
Egypt
Plymouth County
Mass
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Doctor's cure story from Grassycreek and Ashe County
Mary Adams recalls severe internal trouble leading to ulcers and sleepless weeks. She credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets followed by Golden Medical Discovery, with sleep restored and eventual full recovery after multiple bottles and vials. She urged faith in the medicine as the lifesaving cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary “Adams
Grassycreek
Ashe County
N. C
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Canadian Woman Credits Purified Medicines With Recovery
Mrs Jennie Lee of Lethridge Alberta District Canada suffered months of inflammation abdominal organ hemorrhage and bladder trouble and could not move. A local doctor gave little hope after medicines failed. After using seven bottles of Favorite Prescription six Golden Medical Discovery and three Pleasant Pellets she recovered fully starting from day one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Lee
Lethridge
Alberta Dist
Canada
Well Woman Health Claims for Favorite Prescription
A Belleville West Virginia woman reports relief from headaches and pain after using Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery. The ad touts cures for chronic female ailments, promotes free letter consultations from Dr. Pierce, and urges purchase of The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. It stresses safety, non narcotic ingredients, and institutional legitimacy of the Buffalo clinic.
Stetson Contest Raises Technical Question in Dower Suit
In Boston on May 11 a new technical issue arises in the Stetson case to bar Adah Richmond Stetson from claiming any portion of John Stetson Jr.’s real estate. Judge Fessenden reserved decision, with potential appeal to the supreme court. If resolved for the defendant, the suit may stall. if for the plaintiff, a jury trial could proceed under an old statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Setson
Adah Richmond Stetson
John Stetson, Jr
Fessenden
Superior Court
Supreme Court
John Setson, Jr
Adah Richmond Setson
Equity
Sion
Joseph J. Corbett
A. B. Harris
Thomas F. Hunt
Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall
Adam Richmond Stetson
Post Office Inspectors Shifted and Population Estimates Debate
Post Office Inspectors in the New England district are reassigning. T W Swift moves to Washington as chief clerk of the mall depredation department and Herbert Towlson shifts from Chicago to the Boston office. Separately, health authorities’ population estimates are contrasted with forthcoming Federal census figures, highlighting variances in New York Boston Baltimore St Louis Cleveland Philadelphia Pittsburg Buffalo Chicago and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
George S. Evans
T. W. Swift
Washington
Herbert Towlson
Chicago
Towlson
England
United States
New York
Health Board
City of
Boards of Health
Baltmore
St. Louis
Minneapolia
St. Paul
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Pittenburg
Albany
Rochester
Buffalo
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Chi
Treasury Department
Treasury
Health Department
Admiral Dewey in Tennessee at Hermitage luncheon
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey visited the Hermitage home of Andrew Jackson near Nashville on May 11 as guests of the Ladies Hermitage Association. They attended a luncheon and later returned to Nashville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Dewey
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Ladies’ Hermitage Association
Prize Fight Details Reveal Bloodthirsty Tone
A commentary notes how spectators view prize fights with eerie bloodlust while describing a light man’s reaction as oddly queenly. The piece contrasts violence in sport with gendered expectations in public spectacle.
Cosy home for little money 1250 dollar cottage sale
Bargain notice offers nearly new seven room cottage with bath and 300 feet of land near mills, $1250 with $100 cash and 5 percent interest. Owner relocated and must sell. Also a well rented double tenement on a main street. Terms and full particulars by T H Elliott at 64 Central Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ecrly
Old Wards
T. H. Eiliott
Central Street
Tit Bite Mystery Dialogue Between Pupils
A fragmentary exchange features a girl asking why a piano sounds loud then soft as Miss Whison performs. A boy answers with a humorous misdirection about cycling and pedal force, reflecting a playful schoolyard tone.
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Jouse
Ben
Circus Horseman
X County
Annie Stephens
Belleville, Wood Co
West Va
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Stetson
Adah Richmond
ASETS
Glode Corset Company
Worcester
Post Office
Tennessee
Daisy Queen
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