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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1904
Page
2
The Osmo-Chemic Co promotional piece warns readers to seek its trained physicians for X-Ray and radium based remedies. It touts the doctors’ licenses and extensive research while condemning inexperienced imitators and touting the superiority of original methods and equipment.
Gen W F Melbourne veteran of Mexican War and Indian campaigns praises Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. He claims renewed health and vigor, citing long military service and urging usage especially for older adults. The ad touts the product as a government recognized medicine with claims of broad health benefits and 4,000,000 cures in 50 years.
Colonel C. G. Fisher, the oldest G. A. R. member in the state, will attend the national encampment in the city next August. A Cape Cod native, he fought in the Civil War under Grant and Sherman, rose to lieutenant colonel, and witnessed the order's 1866 birth in Springfield Illinois. He is now a Boston real estate man with a Pem bendrton square office.
The subject, after serving in the Civil War in Indianapolis that same year, became a cotton planter in Mississippi and later a cotton broker in New Orleans. He has resided in Massachusetts since 1984 and is a member of the Loyal Legion. He hosts the Mississippi Marine Brigade when it visits the East.
James II Bancroft of Cambridge was acquitted of larceny from Harvard and Technology dormitories. He was discharged by Judge Adams in Municipal Court after evidence showed he could not have been involved. Bancroft, a respected Cambridge figure, had been linked to the case only through a confession from another suspect.
Three prominent Waltham residents will marry tomorrow. Clara Foster of Linden street will wed Chicago attorney Claire at Boston's Immaculate Conception Church with a mass and a reception in Waltham. Dr Edward F Dowd and Gertrude Connelly marry at St Mary's Church with a reception, then depart for a southern trip. Ada Evans of Crescent street will wed Clinton Wood Davis of New York at Christ Episcopal Church with a reception to follow.
In Lynn on April 26 the Harbor street juvenile yeggs were arraigned in the juvenile session. Judge Berry sent leader Thomas Quarry to Lyman School and continued cases of Nes tor Garrigan and Carney for three weeks. Quarry, not yet 14, admitted guilt to five complaints including stealing a horse from a Bradford street barn after a group ride.
The Rev William Thurston Brown was installed as minister of the East Boston Unitarian Society Church of Our Father on Marion Street. The charge to the pastor came from Rev Paul Revere Frothingham and to the people from Rev A J Coleman. The right hand of fellowship was given by Rev James Eells and the sermon by Rev Charles G Ames with prayer by Rev Samuel A Eliot.
The Rev. Edward F. Saunders moves from the Church of the Sacred Heart Roslindale to St. Anne's Somerville. The Rev. Charles A. Finnegan transfers from Sacred Heart Malden to St. John's Newton Lower Falls. The Rev. Edward F. McLeod leaves St. John's Newton Lower Falls for St. Joseph's West End.
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians invite patients with catarrh asthma bronchitis consumption cancers tumors who have not found help with other doctors to enroll by April 30 for a free X-ray examination and trial of a new light treatment.
Several Massachusetts women report relief from piles after Osmo-Chemic treatments. Mrs G of Worcester credits painless cure and improved health after six years of trouble. Mrs A of Gardner says four applications ended 15 years of suffering. Mrs W E Feeney of Lyon reports bleeding piles gone after using the New Radant Light Treatment.
By permission the Osmo-Chemic physicians list well known individuals cited as cured of various ailments. The names include Rev. L. W. Holmes of Westport Conn cured of Neurasthenia Rev. L A Church Solvey New York cured of Bronchitis Dr Philo C Hubbell Syracuse N Y cured of Kidney Disease Ex Town Clerk C J Chase Deerfield N H cured of Tumor Mr William G Hoyt Lynn Mass cured of Rheumatism and Mr Julian Rose New York City vaudeville impersonator cured of Lumbago.
Mrs. Jennie Monthany of 3215 Washington St Jamaica Plain testifies after eighteen years of nervous trouble that Osmo Chemical System of Medicine improved her condition. She says she can work with pleasure again and recommends others with nervous disorders seek their treatment.
The public garden presents a scene of beauty with busy preparations in the common and the public garden for a floral exhibit and smooth green lawns.
The Public Garden, 15 days late, began changes Monday under William Doogue. A heart shaped bed of narcissus in cream white blue and yellow draws pedestrians from Commonwealth avenue while Washington monument guests enjoy scented blossoms. Doogue and many gardeners work to finish this evening with a hoped Sunday display of nature's sweetness unseen in Doogue's career.
Washington April 26 The U S Senate readies to veto Cannon's vice presidential bid if it grows dangerous The chamber fears Uncle Joe as presiding officer and worries over Cannon's influence though Fairbanks remains preferred by some senators The prospect has unsettled the dignified body and unsettled leaders.
The Charles River Amusement Association announces July and August band concerts on Saturdays with evening shows at the Weston bridge band stand. Afternoon concerts may move to Fox Island after a petition. The American Watch Company band is likely to supply music. A grand river carnival is planned for August during the G A R convention week in Boston with a preliminary float night in June.
Professors C A Adams P H Hanus Minton Warren Santayana receive leaves of absence for study abroad. Adams will inspect electrical plants in Germany and Switzerland with Anderregg Kennedy as interim on his projects. Hanus surveys European school administration. Santayana and Warren travel through Europe to study libraries and inscriptions in Italy Sicily and Greece.
Lysander W Poole of 199 Webster St Rockland Mass says he suffered twelve years with a sore throat and a severe grip illness. After trying many remedies he sought Osmo-Chemic doctors and received light cure treatment causing noticeable improvement despite a difficult work schedule.
A Boston medical office advertises free X ray examinations using radio active solution and Osmo-Chemic screens to detect disease without charge. A full list of cured patients cannot be printed due to insufficient space. write to 18 Boylston St., Boston, for names and addresses of others cured.
The Osmo-Chemic System of Medicine lists chief consulting physician J.L. Plunkett M D and permanent offices in Boston Lynn Manchester Portland and Portland Maine with office hours from 9 am to 8 pm daily and closed Sundays.
Herr Heinrich Conried vows to dock Mme Emma Calves pay for failing to honor her contract at the Metropolitan Opera House concert. The docking has already cost Calve 14000 this season and 500 is to be cut from the 1000 she would receive for Sunday’s concert. The 500 goes to Mayor McClellan for charity.
Portland Me April 26 The Hon John W Deering ex mayor of Portland and customs collector for this port under Cleveland died late the evening He was widely known in business circles as senior member of the lumber firm Deering Winslow Co
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