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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1902
Page
2
A sensational claim promotes a chemical remedy said to provide exhilaration akin to champagne or whiskey without after effects. It allegedly cures liquor and tobacco habits, aids digestion, and treats dyspepsia, claiming immense feeling during use.
A promotional notice touts Champagne Tablets as a safe alternative to alcohol offering mental boost, energy, and health benefits. It claims no addiction or adverse breath effects, purports to help quit drinking and drugs, and lists multiple Boston area dealers and a $1 per box price for six dozen tablets shipped by mail.
The Boston House adopted local option by substituting the district license bill for the adverse liquor law report by a 90 to 58 vote. The plan divides the city into eight districts with licenses issued only if each district vote supports saloons, a shift seen as a win for suburbanites and a setback for liquor interests.
A temperance petition seeks 500 licenses in Boston amid a heated debate over the Boston district option bill. The record lists yeas and noes from many legislators, highlighting quotes from Mr. Quinn and a friction with Mr. Callender. Separately, a shooting incident in Maplewood ends with Carl Grant in critical condition after a self-inflicted wound while investigators recover a money box. The news also covers Americans aboard the Chicago receiving sentences in Venice for disorderly conduct amid maritime tensions with Italy.
Carl W. Grant of Williams street Maplewood was arrested by Bureau of Criminal Investigation Inspectors Patterson and Abbott on larceny charges from the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society at 14 Beacon street where he was chief shipping clerk. He tried to shoot himself during the arrest, bullet entering left breast near the heart and through the left lung. He confessed to the fraud, saying he bought a piano and other furniture with the stolen money and offered to lead detectives to items and return funds.
An anti adulteration note warns against unreliable preparations labeled Prepared By by druggists and urges using Father John’s Medicine as a trusted food tonic. It claims counterfeit products pose health risks, even fatal addiction, and promotes the old remedy for strengthening the body and fighting lung diseases.
The late Captain Frank Fowler, a famed Boston pilot, had his remains scattered over Massachusetts Bay by Captain Samuel Wellock, acting for Fowler’s longtime friend Captain Frank Wellock. The ceremony followed Fowler’s will, with witnesses including Mr. and Mrs. Shipman and several others, and was scheduled for April 28 before Wellock fell ill.
Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania condemns General Jacob H. Smith for Samar campaign orders calling him a disgrace to the uniform and urging his discharge within 48 hours. He cites the brutal plan to leave a province a howling wilderness and kill all over 10 years old, a view echoed by others amid debate on the agricultural appropriation bill.
Fair weather in Boston Tuesday with chances of showers along the south coast. Wednesday will be partly cloudy to cloudy with possible showers, cooler temperatures, and a shift to variable winds after a day of westerly breezes.
In Washington on April 28 the Senate agreed to amendments to the oleomargarine bill as passed. A measure now goes to the President for signature. Teller of Colorado pressed for a 10 percent tax on capital assets of any butter trust, but Simmons of North Carolina opposed the Philippines government bill. He urged the order to be continued and noted the record as continued on page a.
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