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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1905
Page
5
A damaged clipping lists prices such as 10.00, 3.50, 5.00, 6.00, 35.00, 50.00, 3.00, 8.50, 4.50, 9.00, 20.00, 1.00, 9.50, 10.50, 25.00, 40.00 in sequence. The fragment provides no product names or dates.
Miss Mary A. Tucker recalls a vanished 12 day trek through New Hampshire and Maine woods. She is cared for at Hotel Glenwood East Rochester with stepfather Rev. Dr. D. W. Faunce, while Dr. John H. Bates notes improving mind and frail body.
Thousands write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and receive valuable advice. The service promises absolutely confidential and free guidance for women facing delicate private health issues.
A reader from Manning Ind. describes severe female illness and fainting, saying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after two years of failed treatments. The letter claims mountains of proof that no medicine matches Pinkham's formula for women's health.
A major Hoboken blaze destroyed Hopatcong and other ferries, the Lackawanna terminal and the Duke's House hotel. Fire spread to the Hoboken street car company and immigration station amid winds from the north. Firefighters and aid from Jersey City and New York fought to save piers and trains as the loss approached half a million dollars.
President Roosevelt informed through the State Department that Venezuela’s Federal Court has annulled the Hamilton concession held by Bermudez Asphalt Company. The U S will await Secretary Romt’s return from vacation in Labrador before acting.
In front of hundreds on the Brooklyn Bridge a well dressed man leaped from a surface car bound for Brooklyn. He turned three times in the air and struck the river head first. The car was halted and passengers chased the jumper but could not reach the water. Police in a rowboat searched for the body without success.
Frank C. Miles, a $150 000 defaulter who fled nine years ago, located in Cape Town, South Africa, has eluded capture by moving to Portuguese South Africa. The American Binding Company will seek to bring him to justice.
In Dieppe France on August 7 George J Gould and his wife Mrs Gould were returning from St Valery en Caux when their car skidded. Mrs Gould was thrown out and bruised a leg but not seriously. The car ran wild down a steep incline until stopped by a hedge. Mr Gould unhurt. They planned to leave for Scotland the next day for grouse shooting.
A column notes mixed views on wives checking husbands pockets. Some women defend the right as a matter of trust and necessity, while others reject it, arguing it hinges on mutual respect and shared finances. A Kansas City judge and various readers weigh whether a wife may search a husband's pockets and money.
Display of trophies for the New England Military Rifle Association first annual meeting at Wakefield August 15 to 18. Prizes include a Bancroft trophy for regimental team at 300 and 600 yards, a Hale loving cup for 100 yard individual, and Sanborn silver cup for aggregate five-match score among others.
Mrs Mary Sanders of Camden New Jersey describes a child's severe skin sores and itching that kept her from sleeping until use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Sores healed quickly with treatment, leaving no remaining sores after about one month.
Mr Hanna, a Syrian Bos ton resident, reports his wife Nellie, 13 month old son Henry and $700 missing after she left to collect a $3 bill. Also missing is $300 cash and $400 savings. Sam Derrany, a Syrian youth, has not been seen since Friday. Neighbors describe the Hanna family as hardworking.
An advertisement promises a marvellous cure for catarrh with Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. It claims relief for symptoms like head ache eye pains throat drops and offensive breath and asserts even fifty years of catarrh can be cured quickly.
Lowell resident and longtime Massachusetts lobbyist George W Young was arrested in Lowell by Boston police and brought to this city. He is charged with making a false oath before a bail commissioner by claiming certain property was free of encumbrances, while police say it has been heavily mortgaged for years.
Reading August 7 Henry M Goodwin and William Hatch both of Wakefield acted quickly when an oil tank exploded in the cellar of the Sterling Brush Company factory. Their prompt rescue likely saved Miss Belle McIntyre and Miss Elizabeth Baxter from flames as the fire spread and local volunteers extinguished the blaze.
Little Leo McPhee seven-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Andrew McPhee of Oak Circle Cambridge drowned in the Charles River at the North Harvard street bridge Brighton while fishing with his brother and friends. The body was recovered an hour later by Frank Daly David Crowley and George Murray of Cambridge.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a pocket remedy for heartburn indigestion and constipation. It claims rapid action without griping and promotes a ten cent weekly cost, selling a six tablet box with a refill option and a free booklet. It urges women to carry the product in purses or vest pockets and highlights the Sterling Remedy Company as maker.
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