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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1905
Page
4
Mrs Lydia Couch of Manchester Connecticut, a daughter of the American Revolution, claims Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey strengthens appetite digestion and sleep. At age 95 she attended a Willimantel camp meeting in 1904, reporting regular use as a stimulant and medicine.
Promotion touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as nourishing and healthful for adults including centenarians. It claims to purify blood, improve circulation, strengthen nerves, and resist disease, urging purchase at $1 per bottle with warnings about imitations and a free medical booklet.
Mrs Alma Bergmann wife of Captain Charles Bergmann of the Harvard earned praise from owners and seafarers for her bravery during a 1400 mile voyage home from Buenos Ayres. The Harvard faced a fierce squall March 28 losing masts, but crew and captain salvaged the ship and cargo worth 800000 as they limped to Delaware Breakwater in tow by North America with Mrs Bergmann recounting their peril and survival.
Dr Morton Prince and Frederick E Snow led a Boston Reform Club debate on the gas situation with 84 members present. They argued about capitalization, franchise value, and whether consolidation would deprive municipalities of fair returns, noting consumer-paid surplus and disputes over asset valuation and public utility rights.
Public operatic rehearsal by Mrs Avonia Bonney Litchfield's pupils at Hollis Street Theatre featured Misses Charlotte Grosvenor Sarah Eaton and Helen Philba performing excerpts from Il Guarany Il Barbiere di Siviglia La Forza del Destino Un Ballo in Maschera and Dolores The trio of young sopranos displayed artistic singing and notable acting with praise for Miss Eaton's exceptional voice and Miss Grosvenor's intelligent jewel song performances The piano accompaniments and scenery were adequate and floral tributes were abundant.
A Virginia husband describes his wife’s descent into dementia from coffee and laudanum, then her recovery after stopping coffee and using Postum Food Coffee with Grape-Nuts. He reports improved mind and nerves, avoiding an insane asylum, and credits the products with ending her dependence and aiding restoration. The letter seeks to warn others and offers physician references.
Washington April 17 Patriotism and love of country marked the dedication of the Memorial Continental Wall the new home of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution France represented by its ambassador joined America in the exercises The president general Mrs Charles Warren Fairbanks was escorted into the hall by the First Regiment of Minute Men as guard of honor She passed the main aisle with Colonel Bramwell and Commander Cameron M Winslow directing the ceremony and was greeted by society members
An advertising column extols Moxie as up-to-date Spring remedy. It claims the beverage nourishes nerves to tone the stomach and refresh the body, noting it contains no poisonous drugs or alcohol. The spot urges readers to order genuine Moxie from grocers for home use.
Supreme Court Justice Peckham writes that New York State's 10 hour day and 60 hour week for bakery workers is unconstitutional. Justices Harlan White Day and Holmes dissent. The decision in Lockner v. State of New York centers on freedom of contract.
Local labor leaders said the No 10 hour decision echoed Judge Taney's 1856 ruling that declared a Black person to be a thing. D. P. Driscoll remarked that labor is treated as a thing by the Supreme Court in reaction to the decision.
William J. Gallivan of 27 Malden Street died in City Hospital after two years of illness. He saved a North End girl from drowning in the Public Gardens pond when ice broke. he jumped in to help, but inhaled cold and later suffered consumption.
Miss Lillian Bartles daughter of an animal importer battled a giant orang-outang from India for an hour and a half. Three men intervened to rescue her, averting serious injury.
Milford reports a forest fire burned the farm buildings of Charles A. Wight a 63 year old recluse on Bear Hill. Neighbors tried to rescue the house but Wight barricaded doors and ran inside. He rushed out with an axe and satchel driving everyone into the road and now stands guard over the ruins with the axe on his shoulder.
Nan taskstock Beach Steamboat Company begins first trips of the season to Pemberton and Nantasket on April 19 leaving Rowe's wharf at 10 20 am and 2 20 pm with return sailings from Nantasket at 12 40 and 8 59 pm and from Pemberton at 1 05 and 4 35 pm. The 10 20 am boat also to Crow Point with a 4 15 pm return. NYNH railroad connections at Pemberton link boats to Boston stations between Pemberton and Nantasket.
Moses J. Hare of 105 Kendall Street Roxbury was arrested last night by Officers Kenney and Curran of Police Station 2 on charges of attempting to shoot George Washington. The incident occurred in the clubrooms at 198A Faneuil Hall Square yesterday afternoon. Washington was treated at Relief Hospital.
The New Haven railroad funds extra Patriots Day service on April 19 with special departures from Boston at 9 08 a m to Hyannis Wood’s Hole and Cot age City connecting to steamer. Return trips set Hyannis 8 55 Cottage City 3 30 Wood’s Hole 4 10 p m. Additional trains to Hingham Nantasket Beach line depart 9 15 a m return from Pem berton 38 50 and 5 40 p m. Cohasset to Boston runs 4 10 p m via all stops Marshfield 5 35 p m via Cohasset. Round trip tickets to Cottage City Nantasket and South Shore points sold at Boston and principal stations on April 19.
Tokyo dispatch says five enemy cavalry squadrons entered Sanyenching on April 15 along the Fakoman Fenghus road. A night counterattack repulsed them northward. eight enemy dead. Japanese forces report two of their men killed. Frequent cavalry clashes noted. overall situation unchanged.
London April 18 reports say Togo commands six battleships with eight cruisers and twelve second-rate cruisers, a drift from prior counts. Rojestvensky’s force off Annam includes five battleships and six cruisers as tension grows between Russian, Japanese, and French authorities over Kamranh Bay and Saigon observations.
A baby blizzard struck the city before noon driving shoppers into department stores and prompting a mix of winter and summer clothing choices. A broad cold wave, record for the season, spread east of the Mississippi with snow in New York and along the Atlantic coast. Crops in the South and West likely suffered hundreds of thousands to millions in damage from frost, while local shrubs in parks show early blooming buds nipped by the cold.
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