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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1910
Page
8
Boston endured near midsummer heat with 78 and a half degrees recorded at 3 PM the hottest April 6 in Weather Bureau history. The city sweltered from day into night as open cars, beach trips, and ice cream parlors buzzed with activity and residents sought relief.
Finance Commission Chairman John A. Sullivan opposed a bill by School Committee Chairman David A. Ellis to authorize Boston to borrow 1.5 million dollars for schoolhouses with 500000 per year for three years. Sullivan urged against funding by loan and the committee granted leave to withdraw the petition.
Ulysses Larothe II of 9 Chestnut Street was killed when a taxi driven by John George of 56 Walton Street struck him near Burbank Hospital. George faces a manslaughter charge. The boy was cycling along the road when the collision occurred as George was en route to the hospital with a passenger. George previously worked as a demonstrator for a Boston automobile company.
Hugh G Brown president of the Hotel and Railroad News Company and Brookline resident died at 46 Powell Street Brookline after a five week illness while visiting Palm Beach Florida. Born in Greenock Scotland he was 54 and came to Boston in 1873. He helped found the firm with his brother James and later worked with James Gordon Bennett in Paris London and New York before returning to Boston. He leaves his wife Miss Iamily Leonard of Cambridge and several siblings.
Advertisement promises a new home cure for asthma at the sender's expense. It claims to address all forms and severities, noting it works regardless of climate, age, or occupation. Readers are urged to mail a coupon and begin the cure today without paying.
A promotional note touts Cadum as a cheap 10 cent remedy for eczema and skin ailments. It claims rapid relief, germ destruction, and barrier action against dust and air, with larger 25 cent boxes advertised for rashes, pimples, blotches, redness, acne, and other conditions.
The Ivernia captained by Thomas Potter from Liverpool and Queenstown will reach its East Boston berth at noon after being 230 miles east of Boston Light at noon. The liner carries 2078 passengers and is given 24 hours to close the distance. Also expected today are the Red Star Marquette from Antwerp with 40 cabin passengers, the Leyland Cestrian from Liverpool, and the Saltwell from Cuba with sugar cargo.
Police Commissioner O'Meara issued a general order promoting Thomas Keane to lieutenant and John E. Hughes and Perley Kneeland to sergeants. He transferred Hugh J. Lee to the district attorney's office and George A. Rohrer Jr. to the city prison, filling vacancies caused by death and station needs.
The Spring Hill Athletic Association of West Somerville hosts its second annual dance this evening at Anthoine's Academy on School street. Committee members Fred Miller Frank J McCarthy and Chester jy Cuddy oversee the event as they aim to surpass last year's success.
Mayor Fitzgerald filed a petition with the Legislature via Representative John J. Hayes seeking extension of Arlington street south of Boylston. The bill would empower street commissioners to construct or widen streets within the Dartmouth Tremont Boylston block, or relocate streets as needed.
Governor Draper sent in nominations at the Executive Council meeting. Ralph W. Robbins and John T. Coburn of Leominster are named special justices for a new district court. Frederick E. Snow of Greenfield becomes trustee of Northampton State Hospital. Bartholomew Scannell of Lowell joins the Board of Boiler Rules. Albert L. Lowell of Gardner named associate medical examiner for the second Worcester district.
Mayor Fitzgerald asked the Legislature to return Boston’s tax limit to 10.55 per 1000 as in 1908, noting a 0.06 reduction to 10.50 in 1909 codification cost the city 66,000 in revenue. Senator Joseph P. Lomasney sponsored the petition in the Senate under suspension of rules.
Former Boston mayor Hibbard introduced a high pressure water service bill for firefighting. The Metropolitan Affairs Committee favorably reported it and the Senate referred it to the next Legislature on Senator Butler's motion from Roxbury.
City Hall reports Dr. Francis X. Mahoney of 701 Columbia Road Dorchester will be appointed to the Board of Health by Mayor Fitzgerald replacing John Ritchie Jr whose term ends May 1 Mahoney has strong backing with letters of endorsement pouring in from supporters.
Dr. Richard Cabot chairs the health committee. Dr. Mahoney, a Boston College and Harvard trained graduate, has worked with Dr. Cabot at Massachusetts General Hospital. Commissioner Ritchie, successor to Dr. Mahoney, was named by ex-Mayor Hibbard and has served on the Health Board about two years.
Mrs. Jack Cudahy, in Kansas City, describes years of neglect and insults by her husband. She recalls the night Peter Cudahy attacked Jerem Lillis with slung shots and a chauffeur's blows, noting she sought aid for Lillis and blaming herself as well.
Seven tenths of women suffer distress from their troubles and Dr Williams Pink Pills are praised as a blood making tonic that restores regular function. The text cites symptoms like headache, pale complexion, heart palpitations, and nervousness and includes testimonial lines about improved appetite, weight, strength, and recovery.
Mrs. Alfred Lamoureaux of Newport Vermont narrates a weeks long decline with chills dizziness poor appetite and headaches. After failing to improve with a doctor she used three boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills and recovered fully gaining strength and appetite and advising other women to try them during the change of life.
Flora A Boissy of 98 Hickok street Winooski Vermont describes a year and a half of weakness with headaches backaches and weight loss. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills she gained strength and health and is now able to stay on her feet at work.
Mrs. W H Williams of Blanchard Maine credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing years of illness after months of backache nervousness faintness and poor sleep. She says her improvement began after a friend advised the tonic and that a fair trial changed her life restoring energy and health.
Mrs Philip H Smart of 125 Smith Street South Portland Maine suffered years of weakness fainting spells and illness after a cold. She quit school due to poor health and kidney problems but improved after six months of doctor care and a trial of Dr Williams Pink Pills gaining flesh appetite and color and she endorses the remedy.
Mrs Gilbert G Seekins of St Albans Maine says she suffered about a year and a half with bed rest, headaches, insomnia, side pain, poor appetite and low weight. After three doctors failed, her husband aided her by trying Dr Williams Pink Pills, leading to recovery.
Mrs Levi Bergeron of Ashuelot New Hampshire says her health failed from age thirteen with pale thin physique severe weakness insomnia and poor appetite. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills she recovered after only a few boxes and keeps them as a tonic.
Mrs B M Edwards of Livermore Falls Maine says after four months in bed following birth she suffered years of weakness and nervous chills. She found relief and eventual cure after using Dr Williams Pink Pills and has since recommended them to others including her daughter who also recovered.
Dr Williams Pink Pills aid debility and anemia in both men and women but chiefly benefit women by restoring strength and improving nervous symptoms. The pills claim to purify blood, cure spring languor, aid digestion, and energize sluggish organs. The firm offers a free booklet and sells pills by mail or at druggists with a fixed packaging trademark.
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