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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
2
A sensational ad claims Dr. C. Sargent Ferris offers a free Vital Life Fluid that can cure all diseases and restore health. The message promises rapid recoveries for cripples and the sick, regardless of prior medical opinions, and urges readers to write for a sample from Cleveland, Ohio.
At Dorchester High School field the Division 9 Roxbury police defeated the semi professional Mid Weeks 14 to 5. Conboy and Smith starred for Roxbury with Mahoney replacing him after a finger injury. Curran Donovan and MacDonald performed well for the Mid Weeks.
Charles Jarrott the motorist, team member in the Irish James Gordon Bennett cup race, married in London to the Countess of Rosslyn the divorced wife of the Earl of Rosslyn, the actor. The ceremony was private with only close friends present.
Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada spoke at the Touraine outlining Western attitudes on the 1904 campaign. He predicts silver coinage pressures from the East, notes strong Western leadership by Bryan, and cites Roosevelt’s strength in the region. He comments on Olney, Cleveland, trusts and tariffs, irrigation progress, and East West money tensions.
Governor Bates and staff toured the Fifth Regiment M V M camp in Duxbury drawing thousands of spectators. The visit included a review and dinner, with a reception and ball at Myles Standish Hotel and a planned Garnet fishing trip the next day. Two band members previously rescued three women from drowning near the parade grounds.
Washington Aug 12 The International Typographical Union votes to hold its 1904 convention in St Louis and approves changes to laws. Substitutes gain printer privileges. voting restrictions on six month members proceed. Woman's auxiliary rejects an address for suffrage by Belva Lockwood. Stereotypers plan organizing drives in the Philippines and Hawaii.
Mrs Minnie OConnell of 36 Hudson Roxbury carried a pint bottle of whiskey in her stocking and tripped on Woodman Street near Jamaica Street. The bottle shattered causing severed arteries and deep cuts until Patrolman Fraser applied a tourniquet. Dr Behring ordered removal to City Hospital with expected recovery.
The Worcester report states net profits of 559063.29 for the year ending July 1, with 114125.50 added to surplus. A 5 percent semi annual dividend is declared to be paid Sept. 1. Assets total 8444246.02, plant investment 6141263.36. Director Charles W. Gray resigned at the Springfield meeting.
In Marblehead on August 12 Boston Club yachtsmen saw Chewink and Sally VII in the 25-foot class sail a steady course with favorable reaching and close finishes. The 22-footers followed the same line, while Sally VII and Chewink II, the only 28-foot entrants, crossed nearly together after luffing each other off the line.
A first person voice describes terror, faith, and a dawn of deliverance amid widespread ruin. The narrator recalls storms, divine mercy, and personal guilt as a city lies desolate with thousands homeless and ruination all around.
A boat race section describes Sally VI taking an early lead over Chewink III in a CLASS D 25-footers contest, turning ten seconds ahead at the first mark and finishing neck and neck toward the beat home. The narrative then shifts to a moral exhortation about poverty and compassion, urging benevolence to the distressed.
Charles Larson of 122 Harvard Street Cambridge was arrested by Cambridge police for non support. His wife, hospitalized, and five children faced dire conditions. The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children obtained the warrant. Larson claimed job loss and financial hardship.
An outward bound Reading car of the Boston and Northern street railroad collided with a Coleman Bros. team on Everett avenue Chelsea near the Everett line at 8 o clock last night. Driver Daniel H. Splaine was thrown to the ground and seriously injured about the head while his right leg was cut. He was moved to J. F. Morans house and then to Frost Hospital Chelsea.
A Boston medical promotion claims the Koch Lung Cure uses inhalation vapors to reach deep lung tissue and heal diseased areas. It cites Mrs. Eliza J. Thomson of Waltham as cured after six years of illness and offers free consultation and one free treatment at 361 Boylston Street.
A terse assessment notes that public and private measures have demonstrated that he is the man for the moment, signaling confidence in his leadership and decision making.
Jamaica was discovered by Columbus and named Santiago, with Xaymenca the original Indian name. Kingston, a key British West Indies port, sits on a grand harbor and suffered multiple fires yet prospers today. Port Antonio ranks beside Kingston as a fruit trade hub, shipping millions of bananas and cocoa nuts annually through the United Fruit Company.
Mrs. Jennie Fischer who runs a bakery on Ocean avenue clashed with Mrs. Abraham Weinstock over German cooking. Each grabbed a nearby hatchet and tried to strike the other while a bystander and policeman intervened. Both women planned to swear out warrants against each other as witnesses were sought.
The New Bedford Provision Clerks' Association with 700 members arrived yesterday forenoon on a special train. They were welcomed by the Revere Beach Board of Trade committee and guided to beach attractions, with Chief West and Manager Vatter leading tours. Several hundred enjoyed the surf.
Obituaries report deaths in East Boston Patrick Conley Catherine Doherty Maurice Murphy Patrick J. Sheehan and Charles H. Sullivan of Cambridge. Funeral from homes on Bremen Street and Chelsea Street with Requiem Masses at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer and Sacred Heart. Relatives and friends invited to attend services and ceremonies.
Ten thousand spectators saw Bud Doble drive Kinney Lou to victory in the Empire 6000 stake at the grand circuit meeting. Kinney Lou beat John Taylor by a neck and a half as Don Cozine faults and other horses faced a dramatic 2:15 pace heat. Drivers were unhurt though a spill occurred during the first heat with Mace and Bessis C. Also noting Alcrane’s straight-heat win.
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