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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
2
Attorney General Parker orders able bodied paupers to take assigned tasks with penalties for stubbornness. Charities chief notes many quit after seeking almshouse meals, while overseers say doctors verify fitness and only able bodies are put to work. Some disabled or light workers receive temporary aid.
The year brings a range of toys including a revolving holder for Christmas trees with rotating lights and tunes. German made nickel plated and turf covered designs headline the musical mechanical toys and a parlor Indian wigwam with feathered braves. New animal toys mimic sounds and actions.
F Vorenberg & Co 13 and 15 Winter street hosts a grand holiday display drawing early shoppers. The stock exceeds 100000 dollars with solid silver and gold jewelry, marble, bronzes, fine china from four countries, leather goods, and cut glass. merchandise from around the world fills the huge store, now a busy settlement for 13 years.
St Rose Hall at 17 Worcester street will host the annual Knights of St Rose election Sunday afternoon. After votes are tallied, several candidates will be initiated and the Holy Trinity Court Glee Club of the M. C. O. F. will perform concert selections at the same meeting.
In Philadelphia on December 7 Judge Beitler in Juvenile Court urged whipping as a disciplinary measure for Annie Turner a near 16 year old girl arrested with two companions in the Tenderloin district. He said severity is needed and that the mother may suffer more if the girl persists. The trio was sent to the house of refuge for a week while cases proceed.
Special announcement states the final Proverb Problem No 82 will run in the Sunday Post on December 18. Contestants must submit their lists by 6 p.m. on Saturday December 31. Late entries not accepted. Prepay postage and mail entries to the specified Bend address.
Miss Ida Fowler, 15, telephoned her mother in Winsted, Conn. to announce that she and Leon Grant, about 20, have married after eloping. Mrs. Fowler warned to stay away, noting her husband has a loaded gun. The couple remained at large after the call.
Instructions outline conditions for a Boston Post contest using Proverb Book proverbs. Includes coupon use, submission deadlines, mailing address, entry limits, duplicates, eligibility, and that only the book version is accepted as correct. The editor reserves the right to modify terms.
The Proverb Editor states no advantage to using ink or pencil. legibility suffices. Guidelines cover how to assemble sets, avoid duplicates, proper mailing, and correction of misnumbered coupons. multiple versions may be accepted if they match the Proverb Book, with fairness in applying conditions and directing contestants to study them carefully.
Joseph Baroness a Polish-speaking resident was jailed on insanity charges after doctors found him hopelessly insane and ordered commitment to the State asylum at TeWksbury. The first signs appeared Friday night when he sat by a stove with his face in his hands then spoke of visions of many girls who love him and cannot be stolen away.
The tramp steamer Coulsdon from Java arrives with five crew ill and six dead suspected cholera. Five sick men are sent to hospital, rest held at Hoffman Island for quarantine. Ship disinfection and aboard effects will occur before release. Crew includes captain seven officers three Western Islanders three Arabs and 30 Chinese. Illness concentrated among Chinamen. two deaths reported at Suez after diagnosis of cholera.
Death notices for Edward J Chapin Edward F Havlin and Ann McCaffrey from Roxbury and Allston announce funeral services and masses. Chapin at 40 Munroe Street Thursday 8 p.m. Havlin at St Josephs Church Friday 9 a.m. McCaffrey from 195 Western Avenue Friday 8 p.m. high mass at St Anthony's 9 a.m. Relatives and friends invited.
Eleven jurors have been sworn at the Nan Patterson murder trial for Cesar Young in New York. Justice Davis ordered that no women be admitted to the courtroom during the proceedings. Of about 200 talesmen, 95 were examined and many excused, leaving around 20 potential jurors for the final selection.
A two year old boy died after falling from a roof at a four story tenement on Core Street East Cambridge yesterday. Police say Frances Chomnacky was playing with his four year old brother Fred when the accident occurred.
In East Cambridge yesterday a two year old boy named Francis Chojnacki fell from a roof and died fifteen minutes later. His sibling children were kept close by a mother who faced hardship after the loss as an officer carried the dying child. The father is deceased and the mother struggles to keep the family together.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Boston holds its closing quarterly convention next Sunday afternoon in Catholic Union Hall, Boston. President Edwin Mulready of Rockland will preside and Otho T. O Leary outlines the constitution revision report. The president’s address is expected to include vital suggestions for advancing the organization and the Boston union president may share national union achievements.
A vintage promissory remedy advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cold cure in one day with refunds if it fails. Boxes bear E. W. Grove’s signature and are priced at 28 cents.
Leominster December 17 George Gilbert turned himself in to police on a warrant sworn nearly five years ago. Charged with drunkenness and assault on an officer he had been a fugitive, yet returned to his parents Elm Street this past Saturday night. Friends urged him to surrender.
Those who call this month at the Boston Koch Institute at 175 Tremont street will receive free services of Koch Specialist Physicians and the celebrated Koch Inhalation Treatment for consumption asthma bronchitis and catarrh. The only charge will be for Koch Tuberculine at cost. Offer ends December 31. Call now to be examined and start treatment to restore health.
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