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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1906
Page
5
Local store touts Rexall Mucu-Tone as the ideal spring tonic a daily boost to build up the body cleanse mucous membranes and purify blood It promises quick improvement with one dose and a three to four week regimen and offers a money back guarantee if no improvement is seen.
The United Drug Company reports an 81 percent rise in December 1905 compared with the prior year month. Advertises Rexall products guaranteed to satisfy or money refunded. Promotes Rexall Nervousness Elixir and Rexall Cherry Juice for coughs with prices.
Boston judge hears Miss Browne alleging assault by Alexander Downey of 67 Gainsboro Street. She says he attacked after a Christmas night dispute, leading to her escape with Mrs Downey. she claims sciatica from exposure and reports serving as nurse to the Downeys. Trial to resume.
In Mattapoisett the First Christian Church voted to sever ties with founder William T. Faunce a wealthy Boston businessman who had funded the church for a year. Pastor Rev Frank S Jones accused Faunce of false statements and the congregation largely supported the pastor amid enduring disputes.
In Philadelphia on April 17 during the 200th anniversary celebrations of a bird, Andrew Carnegie as Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews awarded Doctor of Laws to Agnes Irwin dean of Radcliffe College, a great granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin.
The will of James F. Redington of Boston filed in Probate Court provides $1000 each to the Children's Hospital Huntington Avenue Boston Carney Hospital and the Little Sisters of the Poor, $100 to the Mission Church Roxbury for family masses, with the residue to the Home for Destitute Catholic Children on Harrison Avenue. Joseph J A O'Brien of Boston is named sole executor without sureties.
Everett April 17 Percy Willis 12 lies with a shattered brain at Whidden Memorial Hospital after a rifle bullet. Cousin and playmate Robert Henry 15 is held at Cambridge jail on an assault with a dangerous weapon charge. Hearing set April 25. Both boys are colored. Henry claims he did not deliberately shoot.
At 10:45 Monday night two brothers, Percy Willis and Robert Henry, were in a room when a 22 caliber rifle fired. Percy was wounded and rushed to a hospital while Henry was taken to the station. police will continue to investigate whether the injury was accidental or intentional amid conflicting accounts from their mothers, Eugenie Henry and Susie Willis.
New England Telephone Company postpones commission of the Fort Hill exchange due to delayed materials. Downtown traffic will be handled by Main, and the Fort Will apparatus work will be rushed to minimize inconvenience.
Miriam Brewer Lothrop of Allston will travel to Paris this summer with her aunt Mrs. Frank Gardner of Chicago to study new society dances. She has been the idol of Boston society women after dancing at Tenway court. She coaches dances for the Medical Society of Boston University and has appeared in local plays and events including Melrose Universalist Church festival and an April 20 railroad directors meeting.
Society circles attended the Pi Eta theatricals in Tremont yesterday afternoon. The two act musical comedy drew praise for performance and finance, with G L Yocum and H L Murphy delivering standout numbers. The cast included V Orman, Whitney, Dignowity Jr., Baker, and Taft. book by Dignowity Jr. and music by Davidson Jr. Notables Andrew Mack, Annie Russell, Eddie Foy, and Fay Templeton were present. The next show is set for April 2 at the Lowell Opera House.
Word from Providence yesterday states Esther M. Wakeling received a marriage license Monday. She is the pretty daughter of William H. Wakeling a noted shoe manufacturer in Somerville. The groom is Harry E. Harmon of Weymouth.
Two fires hit South Boston in the afternoon producing dangerous conditions. A man and a woman were injured by falling glass while residents praised a local youth for acts resembling a hero.
In six minutes a three story frame store and dwelling owned by Mrs Jo hann a Kelley at 908 Dorchester Avenue South Boston was gutted yesterday afternoon. James J Murphy of 264 Norfolk Avenue jumped from a second story window and suffered a severe cut on his right hand.
Tonight at Tremont Temple the third anniversary of the Kishineff massacre will be observed with the largest Hebrew demonstration in the city. Gov Curtis Guild Jr Mayor John F Fitzgerald Rabbi Charles Fleischer Herbert Parker Stanford University president G Stanley Hall Clark University Worchester Rabbi M M Hichler David Blaustein Carroll Wright will speak on immigration restrictions. Beethoven Orchestral Club led by Otto Fritzche Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cantor Borwin Wolkowich Temple Ohabei Shalom, and organ selections by Mrs Wilkinson will perform.
Physicians and scientists tout Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer as a nourishing food drink. The text extols purity of ingredients and a claimed 12 percent food value from eight day barley malt, plus sugars proteins and minerals to aid digestion and strengthen the body and brain.
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