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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1905
Page
5
For preserving purifying and beautifying skin scalp hair and hands for irritations heat rashes tan sunburn bites and stings summer soreness and for sanitary cleansing Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment offer a medicinal toilet soap and ointment. Potter Drug and Chem Corp Boston reps. Mailed free a book for women.
Telegraphers strike disrupts Great Northern and Northern Pacific traffic with afternoon overland trains delayed several hours. Despite morning punctuality, perishable freight arrives without prepayment and ore shipments move normally at lake end. Strikers warn that crop movements could paralyze rail service.
Joss remains the top pitcher despite yesterday's defeat with 14 wins and 3 losses, a .823 percentage. Tannehill sits one place behind with 14 wins and 4 losses for a .777 mark. Waddell is third with 17 wins and 8 losses, a .680 percentage, while George Stone nears .300 after his trade to St. Louis. Lajoie and Keeler lead the ranking via Stone’s late-season surge.
A Boston woman's actions have sparked a heated controversy involving one of Massachusetts' most exclusive clubs. The incident draws many prominent society figures into an unsettled dispute, with tomorrow's Sunday Post promising full details on the causes, motives, and potential outcomes.
Louis Beadle a 90 year old from Waltham fell into the water near the Robertson Boat while changing oars and would have drowned but for Arthur Wilson who seized Beadle by the hair and buoyed him until other canoeists rescued both men.
Four new firefighters joined yesterday. James F. Sheehan goes to Engine Company 13, Charles H. Ames to Ladder 2, Fred G. Menghi to Tower 2, and Fred L. Carll to Engine 3. Albert F. Swett also added as a call man.
Judge Fessenden ends a temporary injunction preventing Mayor Eastham of Lynn from taking a strip of City Hall lawn for widening City Hall square.
Mrs. Tinnie I Dutton sues Lavis Crowley owners of the Continental Hotel alleging they sold alcohol to her 17 year old daughter Bessie. Witnesses include the girl, Maude Prescott, and others describing events at the hotel. The case is continued to next Thursday.
Lowell mayor Casey vetoes a five year gas lighting contract and says adopting terms from a competing company could save the city about 52,752 dollars. The action centers on street lighting costs and city budgeting decisions.
Engineer William Mooney perished when his locomotive derailed and rolled down a steep embankment into Newark Bay while an Atlantic City bound excursion train was halted on a trestle above. The broken coupling pin kept cars from following, saving passengers though the engine and tender disappeared from view. The fireman escaped, and no passengers were hurt.
At the Manila military supply depot over four years shortages reached at least 100000 dollars. Chief Clerk William Reeves was discharged and jailed 15 months for selling stolen surgical instruments. Clerk Paul Stangi resigned and received 18 months for theft. Privates Strawser and Stonebreaker each drew five years.
Receiver James D. Colt of Haight & Freese Co plans a likely deferral of court action until his Canada vacation ends on Sept. 6. Colt said he believed the firm engaged in illegitimate business and the procedure should close quickly. William H. Lillis, New England manager, expects the case to be decided in court and notes past success in Pennsylvania.
The Hook and Ladder Company of Boston held its fourth annual muster at Nantasket hosted by Foreman Walter E. Adams at the Bungalow. Rations were issued at 6 o clock and the company turned out in full ranks before returning to Boston on the last boat.
Cambridge police report a burglary of considerable importance at 133 Pleasant Street. Mrs Ella Johnson says a watch, gold chain, five gold rings and a gold bracelet were taken from her home. A boarder has also disappeared suddenly.
A. Cannoon speared a 17 pound flounder in the outer harbor after the fish harassed a diver from the torpedo station. Seamen gunners were sent for diving practice and Cannoon descended, striking the fish and bringing it aboard the launch deck.
The North End sees rising anarchist activity with Italian and Lynn leaders amid preparations for an international congress reportedly in Boston next week. About 200 Italian anarchists in the city deny promoting violence while critics fear street rallies. A Canadian man, G. Marco, arrested after a North Square disturbance, says he is not an anarchist.
London Aug 4 Mr Mylne a leading boat designer declines Sir Thomas Lipton’s invitation to design a new challenger for the America’s Cup. He says American regulations favor American designers and British plans cannot win under them.
Baron Rosen protested to the President about photographers at Oyster Bay station causing annoyance to M Witte and himself. The President summoned two secret service officers and ordered them to go to the station to prevent further annoyance during the envoys return to take a train for New York.
Watertown report details Sergeant Peter Cusack of the Watertown arsenal retiring after 30 years in the U S army. He joined during the Indian outbreak of 1875 76 and has remained in active service since. His ordnance department work began around 188.
A large North Shore society gallery watched Nahant's invitation tennis tournament as day ended with finals set in both singles and doubles. Yale player Karl Behr beat C Hobart, E B Dewhurst defeated Kenneth Horton, and Yale Harvard duo Behr Sullloway advanced, with Hallowell Ware and the Leonard brothers also winning.
Peter Cotchini a bartender at 883 Cambridge Street Allston was arrested by Inspector McCarthy of Station 14 for allegedly tampering with a Brookline Electric Light Company meter to divert about $100 of electricity to his own use and will appear in Brighton District Court.
New York Aug 4. Police inspector claims charges against G E Carlton the alleged Bluebeard are enough to imprison him for 48 years.
The best physicians from various schools prescribe Lactated Food for infants and even use it in their own families. Dr Guernsey, editor of the New York Medical Times, and Dr Agnew publicly recommended it, with Dr J Lewis Smith praising its use. Authorities claim feeding Lactated Food to children under six could prevent cholera infantum, noting milk sugar as its basis and warning against cane sugar in condensed milk and other foods.
At the home of the late Joseph Day in Lebanon New Hampshire a bureau hid $1000 and a teapot contained $300 in gold. The find surprised many as Day was believed to have little money.
Foxboro police report they cannot locate Frank H. McPherson, wanted on breaking and entering charges. Details of his last seen location or description were not disclosed.
John Murray of Jersey City was found drunk again on Centre Street after wandering from Sago Pond Dorchester. He was wrapped in a blanket and taken to Station 11, later reunited with clothes found on Centre Street and Adams Street. He received a three month sentence in the House of Correction.
John Lewis, a colored man, was brought into Framingham court on a wheel bed charged with breaking and entering and attempting felonious assault. He was held in 5000 bail after Miss Mabel Cozzens of Holliston testified she woke to find him on her bed and he fled through a second story window breaking his right leg.
Charles E. Buck found on the beach at Point of Pines an oyster shell containing four large pearls. The pearls may be worth $1000 or more, not yet assayed. Professor Buck, the animal man there, was approached by manager Joseph J. Raymond who offered $500 initially and later $1000 if the pearls remained intact.
The Sunday Magazine of the Sunday Post tomorrow features Inspector Byrnes telling the unresolved New York murder mystery for the first time. A prominent Boston stock broker is central, with a death bed confession unlocking the long hidden secret.
O H Luke and H S Porter, directors of the defunct Central National Bank, filed appearances in the U S Circuit Court yesterday. They join Receiver F D Allen seeking $500 000 in damages, and will appear as defendants in the case.
A fragmented line of produce prices lists celery per bunch green or wax beans three quarts for native beefs three bunches for ripe tomatoes three quarters for sweet potatoes seven pounds for sugar cured smoked shoulders one pound for young pig bacon one pound boneless sirloin steak one pound forequarters spring lamb one pound corned beef brisket one pound boneless rib roll one pound with irregularized figures and stray symbols indicating price marks.
Hon J D Botkin ex-Congressman Winfield Kansas writes of long lasting catarrh of the stomach and constipation worsened by Washington residence. After using Peruna and Manalin he reports almost complete relief and believes continued use will bring a permanent cure. He calls Peruna a wonderful remedy for catarrhal affections.
Mr F R Cox of Centre Hall Pa reports hemorrhagic stomach spells one to three yearly with physicians deeming incurable and fatal risk. After using Peruna he says the spells ceased and his stomach recovered though he is an elderly veteran of Phil Sheridan's Rough Riders.
Providence reports over five thousand spectators at Narragansett Park as two track records were broken. First Premium, a 20 to 1 outsider, upset the field by five lengths. Master of Craft set a new course record in the fourth race, while Bragg and The Musketeer won other divisions with Bragg and The Musketeer among the favorites.
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