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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1904
Page
4
The piece touts a spring cleaning of the body using Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best spring medicine. It claims thousands benefit annually and cites fifteen thousand testimonials last year as confirmation of its effectiveness.
An 1904 advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as an honest, highly effective remedy with a vast record of cures. It cites 15,000 testimonials in 1903 and 2,029 letters on March 21, 1904, claiming worldwide mail order growth and multiple products alongside Sarsaparilla.
A hearing next Thursday before the State House Public Service Committee will examine two salary proposals for Judge Emmons and fellow Police Board members C P Curtis Jr and Harry F Adams. One plan would raise Emmons to 5000 and others to 4600, funded by converting dog license fees. The alternative would cut all three by 1000, setting Emmons at 8500 and the others at 3000. The bill is from Rep George H Cadigan.
West Point led after 75 bouts in the intercollegiate fencing tournament held in the New York Athletic Club gymnasium with seven teams each of three men. Harvard and Columbia tied for second place, while Yale finished third.
Yesterday marked opening day for trout season in Massachusetts but anglers face high, swollen streams and unsafe conditions. The cold winter left some brooks frozen to the bottom, hindering fishing for several weeks while stocking under the Fish and Game Commission continues to support trout populations.
William W Bartlett and Peter Rasmussen of the American Seamen's Society were found guilty of luring sailors from a vessel in the harbor during the strike. Both received one month in the House of Correction and a $10 fine. A stay of sentence was granted by the court in Fuller’s absence, with bail set at $500 each.
The 999th Artillery of Charlestown elected officers last night with N. T. Weston Bryant as president and E. H. Carter as vice president. Charles E. Crowthers was named secretary and Abraham Thompson treasurer, along with a slate of directors including Nelson Bartlett Henry W. Bragg Augustus W. Stover Charles W. Sawyer Thomas B. Herlihy Charles Raymond Waldo Davis William B. White Charles A. Simmons Frank Mason Frank Silver Jr and Burton Lawlor.
A large Phi Sigma Society social at the College of Physicians and Surgeons drew members, alumni, professors, students and friends to Avery Hall for a musical and literary program. Dancing lasted in Avery Hall until midnight and whist was played in Parker and Whitcomb Halls.
Captain McBryan and Seaverns avenue officers press the board to fill the lieutenant vacancy created by Lieutenant Andy Chase’s half pay retirement. With the post unfilled for weeks, McBryan has moved his home to the Jamaica Plain station to oversee patrols, fearing increased duties and emergencies.
Large congregations attended observances across Catholic churches for Good Friday. At the Church of the Immaculate Conception morning rites began at 8 with the three hours devotion from noon to eight and a Tenebrae service at night. Rev Gasson and Rev Gannon preached on the Passion. At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross the morning service was followed by a sermon on the Passion before more than 3000 worshippers.
Lord Dundonald, major-general of the army of Canada, and Sir Frederick Borden, minister of militia and defence, will be guests of the London Club of Boston and the Servia Club for a joint reunion at Hotel Lenox on Tuesday evening. A banquet at 6 o'clock will be followed by a reception with Dr. Robert H. Upham, president of the London Club, as chairman.
Odessa welcomes survivors of the cruiser Variag and the gunboat Korietz after their ships were destroyed or scuttled in the battle off Chemulpo. The Malaya was sighted with survivors and the captain received a priestly blessing and a warm reception from officials.
The Handel and Haydn season ends Sunday night at Symphony Hall with Parker's Hora Novissima and Gounod Gallia. Soloists include Mrs Kileski-Bradbury Janet Spencer Glenn Hall and David Bispham. A large orchestra supports a program expected to be a brilliant closing concert.
St Petersburg April 1 The American embassy energetically handles Japanese interests. Ambassador McCormick maintains excellent ties with Foreign Minister Lamsdorff and other ministers, ensuring smooth cooperation. He has secured Russia to transport 600 Japanese refugees from Sakhalin to the Siberian coast for dispatch by a neutral ship. McCormick also arranges 48 Japanese from Chita to Berlin and received a warm thank you from the Japanese minister in Berlin for aiding 12 refugees sent ten days prior.
New York April 1 Guy Wetmore Carryl noted author died in Roosevelt Hospital New York of valvular heart trouble He was summoned from his Swampscott home two weeks earlier due to his father Charles E Carryl an author also ill Charles underwent appendicitis surgery and recovered Upon arrival Carryl developed rheumatic grip and died in hospital
Washington April 1 The Georgetown faculty athletic committee barred two varsity members on the eve of the Yale game Carroll catcher ruled ineligible for scholarship Byrnes pitcher ruled under four year rule He had three prior college seasons before joining Georgetown and pitched last year for the team
Registration for the Republican caucuses closed with only fifteen new names added to the voting lists. Republican leaders said the total was not alarming. Democratic registration continues until Friday, with caucuses set for the following Tuesday.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York issued a policy for 1 590 000 to James C Colgate banker and financier of James B Colgate & Co on the stock exchange. The policy is largely reinsured elsewhere leaving 250 000 exposed. This adds Colgate to a growing list of Million dollar policy holders including George W Vanderbilt in the Mutual Life.
Judge Emmons was guest of the Good Fellowship Club at the Congregational Church and described the Boston police system in an engaging address. He spoke April 1 in Reading.
An editor's period piece extols Peruna as a cure for stomach catarrh and indigestion. Letters from Congressman Charles W. Thompson and several individuals claim dramatic relief and weight gain after using Peruna, urging broader use during spring months.
Claude J Kemerk of the U S Census Office in Washington D C states he suffered indigestion for over three years. After two doses of Peruna he reports relief from pain and is regaining health. He urges fellow indigestion sufferers to try Peruna.
The piece discusses spring as a cure season for catarrh and related ailments, noting March as a winter month until the vernal equinox and describing spring’s bodily impacts. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. D. Nelson of Jacksonville Florida praising Peruna as a tonic that restored energy, appetite, sleep, and health within a week.
Captain Arthur G During steered the Cunard freighter Sylvania across the Atlantic from Liverpool in twenty hours and ten minutes, beating recent European arrivals. The voyage, aided by favorable winds, saw a two day swell and light gales, with a dead weight cargo of 0.
In Senate action the relations committee reported a bill to allow the Governor to summon the Board of Arbitration for labor disputes and to authorize travel outside the State. The measure permits parties to nominate several experts and lets the board select those to be employed, changing prior practice where each side chose an expert and the board approved.
Miss Whittmore of the Health Club urged Boston to act on Philadelphia’s dread skin disease affecting children. She called for a schoolhouse partition to educate afflicted kids, arguing that illness prevents their attendance and risks spreading to others.
Judge Lowell in US District Court told Brother Jude of the House of the Angel Guardian Roxbury to retain Tommy Hendricks custody for now. Court said briefs not yet filed but no action required until an order is issued. Mrs Hendricks and Dr Hendricks were not present.
Harvard's varsity crew lost three top oarsmen Captain Dillingham Lawson and Filley through injury and illness. Filley was a leading stroke candidate while Lawson and the returning oarsman Watson were among the best in the college. Rain kept the crew indoors and James Rice the new Weld Boat Club coach arrived in Cambridge to take Wray's place.
The Hon. Frank P. Sargent, U S commissioner of immigration, toured Colonel George Billings's port office yesterday. He inspected the new Long Wharf quarters and the land prepared for detained immigrants, expressing satisfaction that the port's handling compares with New York.
The notice directs readers to write to Dr Hartman, president of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio, for free medical advice if Peruna fails to help. It emphasizes submitting a full statement of the case and seeking guidance.
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