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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1907
Page
4
Mr. J. W. Pritchard of Columbia City Indiana reports a full cure from catarrh of the stomach after using Peruna. He says he could hardly eat before but now can eat anything without distressful symptoms.
Dr John Sinclair defended himself in a fourth trial at the Superior Criminal Court charged with performing an illegal operation on Annie Russell who died over a year ago. He cross examined government witnesses while attorney Clarence W Rowley differed on defense. Witnesses including Walter M Clark testified about the alleged $60 agreement and the Nance to treat the girl. The case resumes today.
On the Saxonia Mrs William C Endicott of Salem sails at 12 30 to hasten to the bedside of her distinguished son in law Joseph Chamberlain former colonial secretary of England. With her are her son William C and Mrs Endicott.
Kansas built 16,000 ton battleship by New York Ship Building Company Camden N J to be placed in commission at League Island navy yard Thursday Captain Charles E Vreeland will take command.
John B Fallon a longtime leather tradesman in Boston died at his home 489 Walnut Ave Jamaica Plain yesterday morning from heart disease. He worked with M W Rice Co for over 40 years and retired about ten years ago. Survived by widow and four children John B Fallon Jr Nugent Fallon Robert M Fallon and Jeanette Fallon Funeral set for Thursday at 9 30 a m at St Thomas Church Jamaica Plain.
City Hall avenue officers with a search warrant visited 76 Pear street yesterday and seized 310 pictures. Jacob Mitchell, 61, of 2% Linden street Reading, and Wilton F. Spalding of 1 Barstow street were arrested for possessing the pictures.
The bath department in Charlestown’s Copley School completes a first class shower bath installation costing $1000. John J. O'Hare of the Bath Commission leads the project. Women may use the facilities Tuesday and Thursday evenings, men on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings. The system includes a mixer for precise temperature and attachments to regulate water force and quantity.
Newton April 16. Superintendent of Schools F. Spaulding says the current system lacks creative training. Pupils spend too much time on uncertain ideas and too little on making and expressing through other forms. About 300 pupils drop out yearly to enter higher schools unprepared for professions.
Irish tenor Fiske O’Hara recalls a lucky gift from an Atlanta meets Irishman a shamrock scarf pin and a note. On St Patrick’s Day the manager delivered the pin and word that Blaney accepted a new season play for him.
Thomas L. Walsh travels to Boston to present Governor Guild with a pardon petition for Walter E. Smith of Clinton. Sentenced to life for patricide in 1903 at Charlestown State Prison, Smith was 16 at the time and has since been an exemplary prisoner employed as a prison messenger. The petition is signed by Fort Smith officials, lawyers, police, court officers, the Board of Selectmen, and about 60 businessmen.
Twelve year old William O Neil of 102 Silver Street South Bogton jumped from a house roof to a barn roof after a ball landed on the higher roof. He crawled to the edge for help and was carried to City Hospital with a broken leg. Policemen Waldron and Fallon assisted. In a second item Miss Bessie Chapman Dorchester girl and actress of Robt Edeson strongheart company is rising as playwright and star. she is married to Thomas Irving Chapman in 1890s and later divorced. her play is read by judges as promising with royal backing and summer plans in Wilton NH and England.
Providence April 16 The Senate completed the election of state officers found to have been illegally chosen by the Assembly. Joseph J. Burlingame was reelected railroad commissioner James F Scott returned to the State House commission and George R Lawton of Tiverton was chosen for the Board of State Charities and Corrections.
Dorchester Day organizers at City Hall agreed to hold the celebration on Saturday June 8. The joint committee discussed city funding with Mayor setting a 2500 appropriation, 1300 earmarked for the parade the chief event of the celebration.
Lynn reports Edward A. Sparks a north shore pickle seller begins divorce action after two months of courtship and marriage marked by alleged cruelties. An attachment for 1000 dollars is filed. The couple wed after Sparks enlisted Mrs. Sparks as housekeeper.
Holyoke April 16 two local families the Yelle and Theroux united by the marriage of Miss Edwige Yelle to William Theroux. This match makes three Theroux brothers and three Yelle sisters wed within three years with the second pair joining a year ago.
In New York on April 16, Oscar A. Muller's wife Alice E. Muller left him after he kissed Mrs. Hanson. He sues her father John F. Andrews for 25000 damages, claiming alienation of affections. Muller had earlier faced a limited divorce suit from his wife on grounds of cruelty. He says the kiss was an honest mistake.
Parisian caricaturist Cir after a U S tour criticizes American women as overdressed and over jewelryed in daytime. He praises Americans but urges a European fashion course for refinement and style.
In Lodi California on April 16 a note from Mrs. Kels said she has left Alexander Kels to join miner Hicks who was entombed for 16 days and fed through a pipe. Hicks has a show in town, which Mrs. Kels reportedly found fascinating. Kels says he will seek a divorce to end their troubles.
The Reverend Madison C. Peters, in New York on April 16, warned that most girls are unprepared for marriage both in mind and body. He urged greater seriousness in young women’s education and upbringing to meet marital responsibilities.
A speaker at the Majestic Theatre condemns the aimless upbringing of girls. He calls for training girls in regular daily domestic duties and forbidding idleness, insisting every woman should be clothed with the dignity of a useful life.
Mrs. Samuel Gorden of Woodbury reappears after ten years in an insane asylum. Her husband, who believed she deserted him for seven years, learned she was in asylum in Denver and, after a three year search, located her there. They travel home together.
In Roslyn on April 16 the vestry election of Trinity Church resulted in Morgan allies winning over Mrs Clarence H Mackay’s candidates. The split within the church factions follows years of conflict over policy and gifts by Mrs Mackay. Although defeated, she remains influential and charges against her supporters surface, forecasting ongoing dispute.
An advertised home remedy claims Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sar saparilla improve blood quality and skin, allegedly aiding rheumatism and chronic backache. It advises shaking and taking teaspoonful doses after meals and at night, noting low costs from pharmacies.
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