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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1903
Page
2
A Washington DC woman testifies after years of suffering from acute nervous dyspepsia that Paine's Celery Compound relieved her quickly. The ad promotes the tonic as strengthening the nervous system cleansing the blood and toning the stomach to end daily torment.
The schooner Sceptre broke free from ice at the Bay of Islands and anchored in Gloucester Harbor with Captain Cahoon reporting the escape. The Dauntless also freed and likely headed to St Pierre Mig to unload. Conditions included extreme cold and heavy snow as crews hauled wood and fish cargoes.
Whiton Hall Dorchester hosted the Thalian Club annual dance with Bank Officers' Association entertainment. Julian E Eltinge delivered song and dance amid a floor led by C S Champney assisted by Ed B Wilder and Miss Sullie B Morse with many aides.
In Shenandoah Pa, the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company locks out 30,000 miners. Workers discharged for not working a full nine hours. Mines idle include Maple Hill Kohinoor Knickerbocker and others. President Baer refused to discuss or acknowledge the lockout. Union Chief Mitchell arrived from Indianapolis to address grievances over strike commission interpretations.
Papers worth 3000 dollars lost by Mrs Gorton in Dunshee and Hills studio at 22 Winter Street were recovered. A young man named George Shaw found them in the studio dressing room, tied in a napkin. A ten dollar bill and a five dollar gold piece remain unfound.
Brightly dressed guests filled Lyceum Hall for the Lamson Association ball in East Boston. About 700 couples attended with visiting delegates and government representatives. The grand march was led by John MacNamara and his sister Agnes, with Colin McDonald directing the dance.
Cambridge runner John C Lorden triumphed in a grueling marathon finishing in 2 hours 41 minutes 29.4 seconds. Mellor of New York led most of the race until cramps slowed him near Coolidge Corner. Spring and Lorz followed as other New York runners vied for top spots. Lorden, 28, a Blake Steam Pump Works employee, claimed the crown amid cheers from a large crowd.
A historical notice argues that skin eruptions such as eczema arise from humors, inherited or acquired by digestion. It cautions against drying treatments and prescribes a cautious approach to therapy.
An advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills claims thorough blood cleansing expelling humors and building up the system It asserts cures and urges acceptance of no substitutes with testimonials available by mail from Hood Co Lowell Mass.
Newport reports the body of 9 year old Charles Harmon Jr. was found in the water near Coddington wharf this morning, under remains of a family tragedy.
Mrs. Anne Jones, 45, of 15 South Street Nashua, lies at Emergency Hospital near death after a kerosene lamp overturned and set her clothes ablaze. Her landlady and J E McDonald heard screams. investigators pursue possible foul play.
Testimonial from Frank Garmon of 65 Bowers Street Newtonville Mass describing three years of worsening catarrh and consumption symptoms. After starting the Koch Lung Cure at 361 Boylston Street Boston on February 18 1903 he slept better in three days and was pronounced cured one month later with a certificate of cure from the Medical Council of the Koch Lung Care Institutions of America.
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