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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
5
Mrs Minnie Drew of Roxbury Massachusetts reports relief from cracked and peeling hands after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She says the deep cracks stopped running and her hands are now entirely well after six weeks.
An 1905 testimonial from Mrs. R. Bigelow of Norridgewock Missouri claims Cuticura healed a child’s itchy scaly scalp humor and regrew hair after hair loss. Advertisement notes Complete External and Internal Treatment sets with Soap Ointment Resolvent and pills sold by Potter Drug and Chem. Corp Boston and mailed free.
An excerpt records opinions on women in industry from W L Bodine and C C Pidgin in Detroit with Mrs Henry R Prince and a teen girl. The debate weighs whether women’s rise in work reduces opportunities for men and challenges fears of working-man extinction.
Arrangements are made for a Boston to Denver journey for the 23rd national Women's Relief Corps convention opening Sept 7. A special department train will depart Sept 1 from Boston and stop en route for Eastern attendees, with lodging and badge distribution at Brown Palace Hotel.
Cleveland August 17 John D Rockefeller the oil king seeks the Kneip cure for baldness and now walks barefoot on the lawn at his Euclid avenue house in early morning. He wears a bathrobe and slips outside from the kitchen skirt held above his ankles as spectators watch the richest man in the world.
Malden August 1917 Mayor William G Hastings threatens to press intoxication charges against Patrolman William Dowd after accusing police of failing their duties. Dowd plans to report next evening as a shakeup in the force is anticipated amid rumors of liquor sales. Chief Phipps denial of resignation rumor noted.
A blaze at Lewis School on Dale Street Roxbury yesterday morning wrecked the top floor and caused an estimated twenty thousand dollars in losses. Firemen Lieutenant Hutchins Engine 21 Ladderman Flaherty Engine 3 and Thomas Smith Engine 23 were badly hurt while battling the flames. The fire destroyed busts pictures artworks and a bronze tablet honoring the late master W L P Boardman.
Edward E. Carlisle, a colored man, declares he is not guilty of assaulting 14 year old Marie Barron and 12 year old Elizabeth Jepson of West Newton. He was arrested and slated for court tomorrow as the Barron girl reported an attempt to drag her into bushes. The accused maintains a good reputation.
David Gordon, whose real name Starensovsh, deserted his wife in Russia three years ago, offers that she was too old. Located in Tilton New Hampshire he agreed to return to his wife after Attorney John Meserve intervened. He plans to accompany her to New York where she has influential relatives.
Aug 17 Lynn. By the will of Mrs. Mary J. Neagles who died in Malden last Friday and probated Wednesday Mrs M Elizabeth Judkins of 304 Washington street will receive 8000 and her daughter Mrs Lena Keyes the 1000. The only other family member in this city remembered is Augustus N Neagles who got 1000. Mrs Neagles has left 100000 the bulk of which goes to charities.
Bertha Anderson, 15, of 71 Sterling Street, sentenced at Lancaster Roxbury court for disobedience, fought her way to the dock, head striking the gratings, then was taken to a prison van as her mother died and her father laments his inability to control her.
The piece reports the census bureau findings that Massachusetts shows the smallest birth rate in the nation and records reactions from city and state officials across several Massachusetts towns. It notes varied local responses with some officials acknowledging decline while others report increases or no change, highlighting differences by city.
Louis J. Urann admitted to wrongdoing after associations and alcohol at Fast Company contributed to his downfall. The confession came yesterday in the Superior Court proceeding.
Urann, a 31 year old Maine native and Boston area bookkeeper, pleaded guilty to stealing 11 533.59 from employer Samuel D. Goodenough a Faneuil Hall provision dealer. He confessed after a market practice defense was rejected and received 3 to 5 years in state prison.
Louise Juniper 19, held without bond on first degree charge after fatally cutting off her newborn's head with a pruning knife to hide a premarital pregnancy. She told of plotting a confession, sobbing that she was forsaken, and blamed a fit of madness for the act in Cherokee County jail.
In Brockton a heated dispute unfolds between the Socialist Alderman W H Clifford and Mayor Keith over police conduct. Clifford accuses the administration and Marshal Boyden of corruption while Keith defends the force and denies the charges. Mrs Alden claims serious misconduct by Marshal Joyden and vows to reveal impactful evidence.
At 19 Dilworth street South End a 14 year old boy Edward R Hansen residing at 19 Kendall street fell from a four story roof while flying a kite. Doctors at City Hospital found only slight contusions to the back a minor foot injury with no internal injuries or broken bones.
Worcester reports 28 typhoid cases on one milkman’s route linked to impure milk from Holden. State health officials may intervene to protect Boston water. Springfield records 23 cases this month with one death. investigations ongoing across scattered cases.
Miss Helen Miller Gould runs a charitable institution near Liberty in Sullivan County. This summer groups of twelve children stay three weeks at the Liberty area farm to recover health, a program not widely known to the public.
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