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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1909
Page
5
Miss Mabella Fanjoy of Worcester Massachusetts describes a severe decline at seventeen with hacking cough headaches and dizziness. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills her health improved and she remains well three years later, per her testimony.
Advertises Dr Williams pink pills as a remedy that builds up the blood and nourishes nerves and organs. Claims benefit for diseases caused by thin weak blood and advises purchase from druggists or Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady New York.
William H. Parker Jr., 11, of Charlestown, was rescued from the Warren bridge by drawtenders Pollard Fitzgerald and Harvey after being pushed into the water near the Boston & Maine freight sheds. He was unconscious but revived and taken to Relief Hospital. Doctors expect a full recovery within a day or two.
From Kapiti the Roosevelt expedition heads to Sir Alfred Pease’s ranch for a week of shooting before moving to Nairobi. Roosevelt telegraphed King Edward and the German Emperor praising greetings and German growth in East Africa. Attendees at Mombasa Club included Kermit Roosevelt Edmund Heller F C Selous and R S Cunningham. Selous urged closer Britain Germany cooperation. Roosevelt lauded the energy and progress of civilizations worldwide.
From Aleppo to Adana reports describe fanatical massacres of Armenians as mobs burn villages and kill women and children. A messenger reports Deuriyel surrounded and help sought. estimates of the dead range from 10,000 to 15,000 during the spring Mohammed festival and government overturn fears.
In Adana on April 14 mass violence erupted after earlier Armenian shooting of three Turks. Moslem mobs looted and burned shops and houses as the massacre raged for three days, despite calls for order from Armenian leaders and Governor.
A wireless message to the Tacoma, sailing from Baltimore April 17, orders arrival at Gibraltar by May 1 with a stop at St. Michael's for coal. If delay occurs a faster routing could reach Gibraltar by May 3. The ship’s crew is 61 with three six pounder Hotchkiss guns and sidearms.
Miss Lambert, an American missionary, reports from Hadjin dated April 22 that dwellings on the outskirts have been burned. Authorities at Adana have not yet sent aid despite a call for help. A rumor says an assault may occur tonight.
The actor describes visiting Mrs Gould at Lynchburg and later on a ranch with Mr Palser. He says Mrs Gould was ill and later poisoned. He details meals, travel to New York, and his long acquaintance with her. He denies knowing of any drink in her history.
An open rupture between Brigadier General White and city council public lands committee over the rifle range land deal was narrowly averted at City Hall. General White said Collins became Mayor after purchase and, in his first interview with the Mayor, Collins cried graft.
General White faced Alderman Brand during a committee hearing about the rifle range site. He denied agreeing to pay $25,000 for the land alone, insisting the sum covered land and range fittings. Mayor Collins called the project an elephant on the city’s hands while others supported the military committee’s stance. The hearing adjourned with Treas. Slattery and Eng. Jackson testifying before the panel.
In the second Superior Criminal Court session yesterday a jury acquitted John J. Waydon editor of the South Boston Inquirer of libel against former Congressman William S. McNary over a November 7 issue. The piece concerned the O Connell Galvin congressional contest and was defended by Thomas D. Lavelle, former secretary to McNary.
Debate erupts as Mr. Dolliver confronts tariff changes with sharp criticism of the woolen schedule. Aldrich maintains changes reflect government expert input and will be defended. Dolliver argues duties have risen steeply and voters tire of high clothing costs.
New Haven, April 2. Samuel Campbell, local automobile dealer, was sentenced to 10 months in jail for running down and killing the Rev. Dr. G Brinley Morgan rector of Christ Church on November 1. Morgan was struck while crossing a street and died within hours from a fractured skull.
Mercer county authorities report James N Boyle, the Whitla kidnapper, attempted death by his own action and faced a thwarted outside rescue plan. Boyle fell ill in his cell, convulsions followed, doctors treated him, and his condition improved by evening though he remains very ill.
The jury in the larceny and conspiracy case against former President Teo McCullough of the Common Council and James T. Cassidy failed to reach a verdict by late hour and was locked up for the night. The trial began at 3:30 yesterday. the defense offered no evidence, arguing the State had not made its case.
Halifax April 22 Evidences mount that a strike by United Mine Workers of America members at Dominion Coal Company collieries is imminent. The company and the American Mine Workers Union show precautionary measures at nearly all plants to cover contingencies seen in prior large strikes.
At the Massachusetts Civil Service Association dinner in the Somerset President Eliot presided as Congressman Gillett quipped Mr Ambassador to him. Gillett asserted a public opinion wave pushing civil service reform while noting Congressmen will have to face it. Ex Senator Colby and Eliot Fl Goodwin also spoke.
The fifth annual reunion of the Centre Harbor Vacationists, held at Inter Colonial Hall in Roxbury, raised funds to aid the debt of the Church of Our Lady of Victory in Centre Harbor New Hampshire. Floor marshal Martin A Hernan led the event with assistants Mary Mara Thomas Maguire Katherine Curley Maurice Armstrong and Mary Glennon. clergy praised the charitable purpose and efforts.
At the home of Mrs. Henry W. Sawyer Henry B Sawyer Harvard 06 wed Miss Madeline Weeks Barstow daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick J Barstow of Malden The Rev William E Dowty officiated The reception followed at the groom's home with best man Clarence A Sultz and maid of honor Mahilde Voster The bridesmaids included Marion Jennings Martha Fuller and ushers were Harvard 06 classmates Lawrence Beebe Richard Nutter Amos Hyde Frank Powers Rawson Tinglee and Franklin Whitney
A breach was created today in the Niagara ice jam after a 150 pound dynamite blast at 3 PM. By dusk the trickle became a strong stream flowing between two sections of the ice pack, ending 10 days of low water and about one million dollars in damage.
Engineer Kunz and his crew completed the day’s digging and locked unused dynamite in the magazine. Kunz heads to Buffalo expecting lake-bound ice to widen the channel by morning, creating a broad avenue for the brown mountains to sail toward the sea as green water basins form amid drifting ice lumps.
Mayor Shea of Quincy dismissed Patrolman John Bowton from the police force for conduct unbecoming an officer. A hearing was set for Wednesday, Bowton failed to appear, and he was dismissed. A warrant for his arrest remains for non support and a statutory offense in Dedham Superior Court.
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