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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
2
A bold newspaper notice promotes a limited time offer at 18 Boylston Street. Patients who begin or renew treatment by April 30 receive one month of treatment and all medicines at no charge, plus free consultation and X-Ray examination. The ad highlights the perfected X-Ray for diagnosis and claims cure potential for chronic diseases.
A bold boast by the Osmo Chemic Physicians claims a local list of cures with names and addresses of well known community members. They urge readers to verify the statements by speaking directly with those individuals who reside nearby.
A series of testimonials from residents in Massachusetts and Rhode Island assert that the Osmo-Chemic treatment cured or greatly aided various ailments. Patients include Rev. D C Bixby of Haverhill, Melville A Stone of Reading, and Mrs M F Shannon of West Peabody, among others, citing improvements from cancer tongue to asthma and catarrh.
A historic advertisement from Sua ton Massachusetts promotes the Osmo-Chemis System of Medicine by a consulting physician. It lists permanent offices, requests a 2c stamp for books on disease, and notes daily office hours with Sundays and holidays closed.
Albert F. de Montague of Beachmont challenges Escoffier to a formal cooking match before culinary experts. A former royal chef and American citizen, de Montague vows to outperform Escoffier, proposing a mixed American German jury and self cooking by Escoffier as conditions.
The 11th annual Ginter Grocery employees banquet will be held tonight at the Quincy House with a varied programme. Representative Robert Luce of Somerville is the principal speaker and large attendance is anticipated.
Atlanta reports show no improvement in districts hit by the weekend storm. Death toll may reach 450 with initial financial losses estimated in Mississippi Louisiana Alabama and Georgia running into numerous millions.
Mary Seymour 19 daughter of Professor Seymour of Harvard faced an assault as she walked to Belmont High School. A man with red dish hair in a brown suit dragged her toward the roadside before vanishing into woods near McLean Hospital. Officer Argy pursued. Seymour plans to return to class amid her mother’s defense of the incident.
Ames residents debate Mayor Hibbard’s proposed Czar bill giving him power to dissolve departments with Aldermen approval. At Dedham Ames School a fire drill sparked panic as 450 children evacuated in 50 seconds after fire alarm. janitor and students controlled a small blaze with extinguishers. Damage estimated at $150 from sparks of nearby burning brush.
Chairman Salem declares the Mayor gains authority to swing a club over the commission. Ex Mayor Fitzgerald warns against concentrated power and urges legislative engagement. Bailey, Lincoln, Babson and others criticize or defend provisions including pauper institutions and department changes.
The National Fire Insurance Co of Hartford promptly settled Chelsea conflagration losses in 12 days without discount. In 1904 it paid Baltimore citizens $920,454 and in 1906 $2,382,176 to San Francisco claimants, averaging 94 percent of policy face values, a rate matched by only two other big firms. A National policy backed by $7,000,000 in assets guarantees protection to property owners against fire losses.
After the Governor Cobb arrived at Union wharf from Portland Bernard Russell assistant engineer suffered an apoplexy and died at 5 am in a Relief Station. He was 87 years old and from Saco Maine.
Condit's ballroom at Revere Beach has drawn large crowds nightly since Patriots' Day. The venue is open every evening and expected to be the season's most successful. Patrons are urged to visit before warm weather arrives.
An advertising claim states Marine Eye Remedy promotes eye health comfort and beauty. The message emphasizes benefits for ocular well being and cosmetic appearance.
In New Haven Yale Universitys Sheffield Scientific School suspended two students for the remainder of the year after a citizen reported needles attached to matches shot into a horse as it was driven through Wall Street near student boarding houses. A police court sentenced a junior to two days in jail and a $25 fine for displaying a license tag not his own. Two freshmen were fined for riding motorcycles without a license.
St Peter s Church Dorchester hosted an anniversary mass for Frederic P O Connell longtime Post baseball editor. Harvard and Boston College alumni joined former classmates and friends as Rev Peter Rowan presided, the church s baptismal clergyman.
Julian Schumacher 22 and Horace Stewart 21 perished while attempting to navigate the Piscataquis River rapids at Milo Junction in a canoe. A third youth named Davis escaped by swimming to shore.
President Diaz and his cabinet meet over two hours amid reports of Honduran forces moving to the Guatemalan frontier. Mexican artillery heads to Tapachula while units from Mexico City Vera Cruz Oaxaca and Juchitan prepare to depart. Ambassador Creel joins Buchannan aboard the Albany for a Central and South American mission following the Cabrera assassination attempt and the executions of eight cadets.
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