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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1905
Page
5
Testimonial notes rapid skin improvement from X Zalia with claims of eruptive facial cure after three years and facial sores healing after months. Readers urged to try X Zalia, citing two unnamed individuals in Lynn and South Boston with dates in 1905.
Mrs J F Green of Roxbury Massachusetts praises X Zalia for curing her infected nose and inflammation after skin grafts. She claims the treatment healed in three days and recommends it for all skin troubles. The ad lists many conditions and invites readers to buy at 50 cents or request a free 36 page booklet.
At St Patrick's Church parish residence in Watertown on Sunday evening Joseph McCue a Brookline contractor married Anna Frances Ahern of 88 Pleasant Street by Father Farrell.
The Cork Men’s Social Club met at Union Hall Dover and Albany streets with 100 members present and 15 initiated. Pp J Foley of Worcester and Alderman Frank J Linehan spoke as the club considers a larger hall. Officers listed: Michael J Cullea president Cornelius O’Sullivan vice president John T Staunton treasurer Edward P F Kellar financial secretary Timothy Donovan recording secretary Jeremiah O’Leary corresponding secretary William Murphy sergeant at arms.
Telegrams from St Petersburg and Vilna warn of planned violence in Poland during Easter. Letters describe a social conflict, fear of a general massacre of officials and wealthy, and possible revolts, urging prompt reform to prevent carnage.
Kid Herman of Chicago outpointed Young Erne of Philadelphia in six fast rounds at the Washington Sporting Club. Herman used body punches and pressured Erne from the first round. Erne staggered in the fourth and weakened late. Marvin Hart and John Willie set for May 8 bout at the same club. Digger Stanley sent word he will sail to fight in America and will meet a challenger of his weight.
Fully 700 persons attended the Cheverus Court reunion at Roughan Hall Charlestown honoring the 20th anniversary of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters. The event featured a grand march led by Floor Marshal Michael J. McLaughlin and wife with numerous couples, a large team of aids, and a prominent reception committee with Daniel A. Cronin and other local officials present.
Governor Douglas and a legislative prison committee departed New Bedford for Nasha wena island in Buzzard's Bay to survey the site Governor recommended for a state prison. They plan to spend most of the day there before returning.
The sister of Helen F. Shaw, found dead at Spy Pond, denounces accusations of theft and denies suicide, saying Helen innocence and that false charges drove her to death. Funeral services are held at Cambridge Cemetery chapel this afternoon.
April 24 reports the fourth spotted fever case in Wakfield as 16 year old John Hennessey, son of Patrick Hennessey, dies within hours after falling ill at Travers Street. Ethel Lily, 77, dies this afternoon from the same disease at 3 Common Street, while two year old Dorothy and four other Lily children remain ill with the illness and are feared for.
Ex Speaker Charles J. Noyes recalls 80s norms at a Massachusetts House dinner at the Copley Square Hotel with figures like Henry Cabot Lodge J Q A Brackett and Governor John D. Long noted. Ex Senator James A. McGeough stresses his unfamiliarity with the term pratt and its meaning.
An Oakland veteran, Chaplain David L. Jaycox, writes that severe kidney and bladder trouble disappeared after using Peruna. He cites hundreds of veterans misled by exposure, poor water, and cold, but credits Peruna as best medicine and offers free medical advice from Dr S B Hartman with confidential correspondence.
At St Pauls Church Tremont Street the annual meeting elected officers including Wardens Joseph Woods and Arthur Sowden and vestrymen. Several interviewees refused to state positions on selling the historic church or building a pro cathedral while others indicated the sale would not be voted on without a special meeting and a vote to retain church property.
In Pensacola Florida on April 24 a flare back or gas explosion on the battleship Maine seriously injured three sailors. It is said a catastrophe like the Missouri explosion a year earlier was narrowly avoided as the flare back is noted as one of the navy’s risks.
Patrolman Wilber F. Merritt, suspended by Chief Corey for refusing to carry the national colors from parade grounds to the station, received a private hearing before the Board of Selectmen and was reinstated on probation.
A. J. Fulton M D of Brooklyn promotes Sanozol as a universal skin cure with lotion and soap for eczema lupus herpes ringworm prurigo scrofuloderma and many other conditions. Claims include relief and permanent cure with recipes and testimonials. prices listed for lotion and soap. address for Sanozol Laboratory in Brooklyn.
J Wilcox Brown of Maryland, via Battle and Marshall, files in the United States Circuit Court against the Equitable Life Assurance Society seeking appointment of a receiver and an accounting for Brown and other policy holders. Brown holds a $25,000 policy and claims officials have ignored his rights and underpaid his share of net surplus.
The Charitable Irish Society met at Young's Hotel with Mayor Augustine J. Daly presiding. New members elected include Walsh Breslin Cronin Daly Ducey Farley Finneran Hanley O G McBride McDonough Reade Shaw and McCarthy. Death announcements for James P. Martin and John Lyons were read and resolutions to be drafted for the next meeting.
The Teamsters union demands all market and commission house employers sign the wage and working scale by Saturday either individually or as a group. An executive meeting is set for Friday to assess talks with the employers, who are reportedly split on other issues. If no agreement is reached, union members will be urged to sign on their own Saturday and a Monday decision on master teamsters who remain unsigned will follow. The union seeks renewal of the current agreement.
The Woman's Trade Union League announces a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall on Monday April 30 at 8 pm. Clarence S. Darrow of Chicago will speak on The Labor Movement Today. His coal miners work writings and current campaign as Chicago city attorney are noted.
Five thousand men at the National Tube Works in McKeesport Pennsylvania received a wage increase today. The raise averages five to ten percent and covers pay from April 1.
A special meeting of Local 796 Retail Clerks International Protective Association is set for this evening at 8 o clock in Unity Hall 724 Washington Street. Nine candidates are to be initiated and all members are urged to attend due to important business on the agenda.
President E J Sullivan and Recording Secretary F Murphy of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers resign to take other work. Hyde Park Central Labor Union officers to be installed by Peter W Collins and Martin T Joyce. Cooks Union 328 vows to campaign against exorbitant employment office charges and limit contract fees.
Rice and Barton present a two act musical comedy at the Palace Theatre titled A Night at Manhattan Beach. The play follows two married men out on an outing and entangles them with a chorus of 25 costumed girls and a lively vaudeville lineup. Leading roles include Charles Barton as Benjamin Black and Bert Baker as Samuel White with Annie Dunn Mullen and Kitty Hart as Mrs Black and Mrs White. The program features comic acts by Bert Baker John Renzetta Harry La Rue and The Seymour sisters plus The Good Ship Nancy Lee and Goldsmith Hoppe musical acts. The overall performance remains bright and merry throughout.
The Nickeloeon presents an Algerian themed spectacle featuring turbaned soldiers Moors and dervishes beside Fatima’s famed dance. Audiences cheered as dance and music filled the main curio hall with acts by Lala Boolah Doc Porter Margie and the Wall Street wonder among others. Friday night offers amateur talents in a lively lineup.
The Rev John Urquhart of Glasgow has come to the United States by invitation of the American Bible League of New York to address its next convention at Broadway Tabernacle May 16 to 18. He will lecture daily at Tremont Temple at noon this week except Saturday. He represents the Bible Defense Union in Scotland.
Transatlantic Burlesquers drew two sizable audiences at the Lyceum Theatre for the first presentation of The Pirates of Panama. Alex Carr George Murphy Nat Brown Erne Warsaw and Dave Warsaw led the principal roles with a clever chorus adding musical numbers. Vaudeville turns included Tsuda in feats of balance a German talking act Adele Purvis Oni on the globe Rita Redmond and the Warsaw brothers in a comic musical sketch.
A popular show at Walker's Museum features Joe Walcott and Belfield Walcott in catch-as-catch wrestling, with Sig Montevido in wire walking and the Benton sisters in burlesque boxing. The theater offers a grand burlesque titled The Daffy House with oriental dancing led by Nellie Hartford and a bioscope interlude. Twenty amateur actors join Wednesday evening.
A baby camel born in Egypt died six weeks after arrival in a Boston bound box-car en route to Paragon Park. The loss disappointed Paragon Park staff who had traveled the camel from Port Said and hoped for a successful journey to the seaside exhibit.
Salem April 24 The Hon A P Gardner of Hamilton Congressman for the sixth district will close Veragua Counsell No 76 with a Sunday lecture on Congress A musical entertainment has been arranged.
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