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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1907
Page
2
Readers applaud contest fairness and humor while a few accuse late problems of being harder and punning. Contest Editor defends design noting few word plays, cites widespread praise, and emphasizes one mind against 17,800 participants.
Mrs Russell Sage of New York announced a gift to Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies. The chapel will cost over 100000 dollars and the music hall about 0 dollars. It is described as the largest gift the seminary has ever received.
Thousands suffer kidney trouble without knowing it. The ad promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy with testimonials from users including S S A Rand and promises free samples by mail from Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
Leading New England doctors and merchants outlined a campaign to prevent tuberculosis among workers and homemakers. Dr. Otis urged factory and home improvements, physical exams for workers, and sanitary signage, with manufacturers urged to back welfare and legislative measures.
About 1000 immigrants aboard the Canopic arrived in a drenched morning, facing a detention pen as a special inquiry board screened them. By afternoon, most were released or awaiting escorts. a romance in Naples ended in marriage as Miss Omna di Jero wed Raffael Faia with priestly aid. Of 19384 aboard Canopic, 209 Azores, 76 Greeks and Armenians, rest from Italian ports.
Professor Whitney has not yet examined the organization of Mrs Alfred Hurvitz who died in the South End last Wednesday. The body was exhumed at the request of District Attorney Moran. Moran said a report is not expected for several days. Medical bearers Blake and Mencrine announced but a chemical analysis by Whitney is required before any report. Police have taken no action to arrest the doctor.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromide Quipaine tablets as a one day cure for a cold. It guarantees money back from the druggist if the remedy fails, with the note signed W. Grove and a price of 25 cents per box.
Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary Bacon met with Cuban insurgent committee in Havana to discuss peace terms. Taft refused to reveal withdrawal date for U S troops and said elections require a complete four month census. He indicated provincial elections likely in September and left local replacements to Governor Magoon.
The Chelsea school committee ordered the closing of the Spencer Avenue Prattville and Carter schools as a precaution after seven smallpox cases in the mill district. Ten high school pupils from the district are also ordered to stay home until the danger is over.
Waltham April 8 The Board of Health bans roosters drawing ire from poultry yard owners who call the edict the fowlest ever from the City Sanitary Commission. Irate owners threaten to discard some of the human roosters when election time arrives.
Advertising claim for a topical remedy guaranteed to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles within 10 to 14 days or a money refund. Price listed as 50 cents.
Gloucester based Gorton-Pew Fish Company acquires the C Robbin Collis facility in Halifax Nova Scotia and will operate a larger East Boston fish curing plant on Noddle Island. The upgraded three story building spans 200 by 60 feet with 100 feet street frontage and a full wharf, and will employ over a hundred more workers as the second largest establishment of its kind in New England. The site includes a mammoth patent fish drier and facilities to handle large quantities of fresh fish.
Police suspect a firebug after three suspicious fires in Somerville over three weeks. Fires occurred between midnight and 1 AM in barns and adjoining houses in dense neighborhoods. Incidents include an unoccupied barn on Gill Court owned by Mrs. Sarah Gill, and stables of Israel Rufer at 6 and 7 London Street and Mrs. Honora Ate on Fitchburg Street.
The schooner Niagara reports a man overboard ten miles off Eastern Point. John E. Andersen of Sweden was swept from the rail during a sudden lurch and disappeared before lifeboat arrival. Gloucester to display mourning flag when Niagara returns.
After months of estrangement and pressure from the district attorney, Judge Brown and Moran repaired ties with a 20 minute hear to heart talk. Moran sought probation for two defendants and Brown granted the request, while Moran kept a wary public smile, later joked by a clerk about resigning.
Lexington April 8 Thomas H Clay 65 a grandson of Henry Clay and longtime editor of the Youths Companion in Boston died at his home He had spent recent years writing and nearly completed a biography of his grandfather
A local druggist recommends a home blend of Fluid Extract Dandelion one half ounce Compound Karyon one ounce Compound Syrup Sarsaparilia three ounces. The mixture aims to cleanse and strengthen kidneys, relieve backache bladder weakness and rheumatoid pain tied to uric acid and waste.
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