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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1906
Page
5
The ad promotes a 50 cent bottle of X Zalia to treat a sore by keeping it wet with the Liquid. Readers are invited to obtain a free booklet by writing to X Zalia Corpn at 55 57 Batterymarch Street, Boston.
A petition signed by nearly all Brookline High students asks the Brookline School Board to start a business course in the high school. It argues current offerings favor college bound students and leave poorer youth unable to pursue business careers. Forty to fifty Brookline children now attend Boston business colleges at their own expense. The issue will be raised at the next school committee meeting.
Milwaukee August 13 The town of Lady Smith located 44.6 miles northwest of Owen in the third district has been opened as a regular station on the Wisconsin Central railway.
An elderly Postum user touts the drink as a healthful coffee substitute improving nerves and digestion, while Lexington Park draws record crowds of 6834 by 6 PM with carnival shows, animals, and illuminated fountains. The Post advertises free tickets from Sunday's issue for today’s visitors.
Harvard alumni remember John Lovett known as John the orange man mascot of 50 years. His casket lay in state at his Cambridge home with floral offerings from Harvard friends. Requiem high mass at St Pauls Church preceded burial in Arlington.
This notice advertises a recipe collection detailing numerous gelatine applications from simple to elaborate. Published by J. G. Cox Ld Edinburgh and revised by Oscar of the Waldorf Astoria. Sent upon request without charge via John M. Chapman Company New York.
Indiana State Board of Health analyzed beers sold in the state and found little adulteration. The report highlights Pabst Blue Ribbon as a healthful temperate beverage with moderate alcohol content and positive digestion effects. The data lists alcohol percentages for multiple domestic and foreign brands from the June 23 1906 Butchers and Packers Gazette.
A Boston distributor L Speidel & Co lists Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer with contact at Main 378 and Sleeper Street in South Boston. The ad urges customers to ask for Pabst when ordering.
Police hunt a man after a woman was hurled from the driving park avenue bridge into the Genesee River. A horse and cart fled the scene as witnesses described the limp body. Divers search the river for the body while an autopsy is planned to determine consciousness at the time of the fall.
The Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company strike ends after three weeks with 8000 employees set to resume work Thursday morning. The firm refuses to reinstate Samuel Whitlam but grants minor working condition concessions while accepting a written agreement by the strikers. The Weavers Union approves the settlement and WTB.
Banks of the Chicago Clearing House Association offered 5000 dollars for the capture of Paul O Stensland the fugitive president of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank The bank now has two receivers Judge Gibbons named Chicago Title Trust Company as receiver and John C Fetzer as receiver in a separate action Fetzer may contest turning over papers to the new receiver as per advice from his attorneys
Harold Vanderbilt heir to millions and William E Iselin yachtman were fined 15 dollars each by Associate Justice Harrison A Plympton for speeding on the Washington street course. Vanderbilt, a Harvard student from Belcourt Newport R I, traveled near 43 mph. Iselin bound for New Rochelle N Y had 30 mph. Several other motorists also paid 15 dollars fines including E W Everson R L Joseph P Allen Frank A Griffin James A Gode Ernest Barber and Arthur F Foster. Foster asked for file or small fine but judge Plympton urged equal penalty.
Joseph F. Butler, 32, of 4 South Ferry street, disappeared two weeks ago after saying he would visit Boston and return by 11 to take his family to the beach. His wife and three children face destitution as police and hospitals search nearby cities. He was last seen leaving home July 30, employed in shipping at L P Hollander Co. with notable tattoo marks, blue eyes, and gray temple streaks.
The training ship E Enterprise departed Gibraltar yesterday bound for Algiers.
Mayor Fitzgerald returns to Boston today as city officials announce a proposed tax rate of 15.90 per thousand, 10 cents lower than the current levy. Boston’s total valuation rises to 1.2897 billion with a 29.97 million rise in property value. Gross debt tops 102.8 million. net debt is about 70 million.
Jealousy over Marie Massi 17 the belle of the Italian colony at Swampscott sparked a duel yesterday afternoon. Ernest Spelto was stabbed in the back by a rival’s knife. A riot followed as Italian onlookers flourished knives until police arrived. Spelto received 11 stitches at the hospital.
A Boston newspaper notes an epidemic of head colds with many people seeking relief. A nurse advertises free demonstrations of a nasal liquid at Houghton and Dutton's, claiming it clears heads after use. The piece attributes the illness to the east wind and contrasts it with quieter West conditions.
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