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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1909
Page
3
The Maine Central work train engine derailed after hitting a washout a half mile north of Colebrook station. The rest of the train stayed on rails, roads flooded, three miles south another washout blocks traffic. Rivers including the Connecticut Mohawk rise over banks. No injuries reported.
Testimonials from Louisville Kentucky and Adrian Georgia claim Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured irregularities dizziness and nervousness and even avoided surgery. The ads tout thirty years of unsolicited testimony proving the remedy for painful feminine ailments.
In Lynn on April 14, reports say the Lasters Union rejected two year non strike and arbitration terms offered by manufacturers. The dispute widens as workers accuse capital of seeking to bind labor, reframe peace, and subjugate the newly organized masters' union.
John F. Kennedy, a representative of organized labor on the Finance Commission, emphatically denied ever claiming records were destroyed. He recalled discussing with a City Hall councilman that the commission placed records in a strong box and entrusted them to ex-Mayor Matthews before adjourning.
The Warren Outing Club of Charles town held its annual ball last evening in Roughan Hall. Despite the storm there was a large attendance and dancing continued late. The grand march was led by President James N. Brennan and Miss Alice B. Brown of Everett.
New York April 14 Mme Louisa Tetrazzini is ill in the Knickerbocker Hotel after a breakfast of beans and brown bread. Doctors say she has acute gastritis and may still sail Saturday for London to sing La Traviata. Manager Bazelli denies any abscess claim.
New York April 14 The receiver's examination shows roughly 500000 in securities hypothecated by Ennis Stoppani for bank loans tied to New York offices. Creditors identifying their stock will later receive certificates. others must file claims as ordinary creditors. The firm had little cash or tangible assets beyond furniture.
The Supreme Court in Washington will decide whether current Boston height limits are constitutional and if a Back Bay skyscraper at Marlboro and Arlington streets facing the Public Garden may be erected. Fran cis C Welch of 8 Arlington Street sues George R Swasey William H Sayward and Arthur G Everett of the Boston Board of Appeals. Local residents oppose the plan and the issue unsettles the area.
An old advertisement claims a glycerine tincture and rose water mixture can firm and round the bust, arms, and neck. It instructs combining glycerine, tincture aeadomene compound, borax, and rose water, then massaging into the skin twice daily for weeks or months.
The petitioner asks the Board of Appeal to order a Boston permit for a 124 foot 6 inch building on Arlington Street, challenging an 80 foot limit. The case, pending since 1905 after refusals and rulings, lies before the United States Supreme Court with Charles H. Tyler of Tyler Young representing the petitioner and Thomas M. Babson defending the city of Boston.
Edward P. Barry’s gubernatorial Council candidacy opens the South Boston race for district attorney. Ex-Representative William Higgins is likely to run to replace Barry. Ward 20 Democratic chief Michael Culliney urges ex-Mayor Fitzgerald to bow out, signaling O’Connell faction influence in the Donovan-led committee. John Marks remains a Red Devil committee member.
Alderman Curley faces organized opposition from the Bulkheads and Barnacles in Ward 17 while Donovan neighborhood acts under George P. Daley with a last year candidacy. Ward 18 Chairman Heintz corrects misquote about mayoral committee and Ward 26 distinction. Ward 25 Chairman Squires eyed as Governor's Council successor to Walter Glidden.
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