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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1909
Page
4
An advertisement promises 50,000 free bottles of Electro-la hair remover to women troubled by unwanted facial or body hair. It claims the remedy destroys roots quickly with safety, never irritates skin, and offers a trial bottle free with a mailed coupon and a two-cent stamp.
A medical advertising notice invites readers to send a free coupon to obtain a book about a “new discovery” said to cure rapture and provide prices and testimonials from many patients. It promises instant relief where other methods fail and offers trial use without talyes harness or Hes.
The Evening World announces a free world championship bowling tournament for women and boys at Madison Square Garden New York from May 24 to June 12. No entry fees, free admission, four prizes per class including a diamond trophy and gold silver bronze medals. Competitors play three games with total pins determining winner.
Mayor Hibbard will withhold new appointments until the Legislature acts on the proposed city charter and related bills. Incumbents may hold over, with changes expected in unpaid boards such as Hospital, Overseers of the Poor, and Children's Institutions. Elections Commissioner seat May shift from Alpheus P. Sanford to a candidate like James C. White.
Mrs. Hortensa Lovering Head wife of banker Charles Head died at 412 Beacon Street after a brief illness. A trip to New York for her daughter’s return from South America preceded the death. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs William Russell and Mrs Philip Stockton, plus two sisters and a brother. Born Nahant July 18 1854. Funeral at Trinity Church Back Bay Sunday at 2 30 p m.
The Pendleton household at 13 Fosket Street in West Somerville was awakened by their cat early yesterday as burglars forced a front room window. Mrs. Pendleton roused but did not investigate, leaving Mr. Pendleton unaware of the break in until morning. He found his pocketbook with cash, plus silverware, a diamond locket, and a gold bracelet missing, valued at about $100.
Final rehearsals complete for the Gilchrist Company Benefit Association as the first annual minstrel show nears at Jordan Hall next Monday and Tuesday. The entertainment committee includes Albert W Guptill and C W Stiles among others, with H E Rust as interlocutor and a pony chorus coached by Mabelle Patten. A cake walk and a grand finale feature a cast of over 60 in the circle.
JAMES J. CLARK of Dorchester defends Mayor Fitzgerald against calls for withdrawal. Clark says Fitzgerald should run again and be chosen by the people, not politicians, asserting that withdrawal would hurt his support and imply guilt. Letter dated April 16.
Dennis Donovan aged 44, weakened by illness, crawled down two flights of stairs at 48 Nashua Street yesterday afternoon to alert other inmates that their house was ablaze. The fire damaged the dwelling and fire crews were summoned promptly.
Czar Nicholas I has repealed the long standing rules governing officer marriages. Previously officers under 28 faced a dowry requirement of 2500 dollars, now removed. The decree comes from St. Petersburg on April 16.
Charles E Devereux manager of the Car-I-Can Company died at his home 77 Northampton street in the early hours yesterday. He leaves a widow two sisters and a brother. An active member of the Boston Lodge of Elks he will have funeral services from the lodge hall 24 Hayward place on Sunday afternoon.
Charles Munroe, a real deaf and dumb man, exposed Arthur Douglass who pretended the affliction to beg for money for a school. In Washington and Dover streets a card scam led Munroe to confront Douglass who later returned to speech at the station.
While playing ball with children yesterday afternoon James F.E. Miler of 23 Union Park Street Dorchester fell on the sidewalk in front of 163 Devlin Street Dorchester. He sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and was taken to City Hospital in an ambulance.
District Attorney Higgins and assistant Charles J. Wier visited Somerville police station with Lieutenant Carter and Inspector Damery to review the Jordan case. They inspected the weapons believed used to dismember his wife, and surveyed the evidence gathered.
Reverend James Noonan observed a man leaving the parochial residence with a large squash pie and silverware. The accused, Arthur Ward of Salem, faced a court for larceny of a silver bowl and butter dish belonging to Mgr Arthur J Teeling. Ward was convicted and sentenced to one month in the house of correction.
A mother recalls initial misdiagnoses of ringworm and eczema on her six month old daughter. After costly failed treatments from September to December, she used Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent, noting rapid improvement, complete cure, and continued use. She endorses the products and provides her Iowa town as testimony.
Sunday church notices list Tremont Temple Baptist Church and Dudley Street Baptist Church services with multiple sermons by Rev. Smith T. Ford and Rev. Bastard, music by Harvard Quartet, Lotus Quartet, and Miss Mary Ellis, violinist, plus Sunday school, Page class, and special evening programs. All welcome. free seating.
A dense schedule lists Ruggles Street Baptist and Clarendon Street Baptist services with sermons such as As He Said Tell Mother I’ll Be There and An Evangelistic Ministry plus hymn numbers. Numerous congregations including Park Street Tremont Temple Shamut Congregational and Unity Church offer sermons, Sunday schools, and musical programs.
A dense schedule lists spiritualist services across Cambridge and Boston including churches and halls. Notable venues include First Spiritual Church at 573 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge and 531 Massachusetts Avenue Boston with numerous mediums, readings, and seances. Public invites emphasize healing messages, trance readings, and musical programs.
A London newspaper excerpt describes a mysterious death by own action club calling for companions at South Kensington Museum. A detective narrates a tense chase through galleries as a young couple with crepe badges near their arms show intent to die together, while a lurking member of the club, X Y Z, looms nearby. The scene ends with a cliffhanger tease of continuation tomorrow.
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