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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
7
An advertisement urges people with weak or tired backs to try Omega Oil. It claims long standing back pain can be relieved with nightly rubs for ten minutes over one to two weeks and warns against heavy work during treatment. New cases may respond more quickly.
A J Cassett announces a plan to extend the Pennsylvania Railroad into New York City with a through underground electric line from the Hudson to the East River. The project envisions a joint underground terminal with Long Island Rail Road powered by electricity, to be built in New Jersey and New York with possible purchase or condemnation of property. Construction would begin once authority is granted and aim for rapid completion.
John Thorn 22, a seaman on the coast steamer John B. Dallis at Torbay Newfoundland, dies in New Haven Hospital from a gunshot wound. Thorn told the coroner the engineer Herbert Thomas fired playfully, not realizing the pistol was loaded, exonerating Thomas.
Lakewood stands out as a premier winter resort with superior hotels and surroundings. Easy access via a short New Jersey Central railroad ride, wellness climate, and active social and sporting life including golf and polo draw visitors. The hotels offer renowned cuisine and daily concerts, with driving access praised and a booklet available from New York New Jersey Central to itineraries.
R W Leatherbee of Hopkinson won Harvard freshman presidency with 262 votes, defeating Groton rival Roger Derby who had 147. W A Schick became vice president, and P Mills secretary treasurer, in a vote that split Groton St Mark's faction and highlighted athletic ties.
New York officials allowed Johann Beck to enter the United States as an immigrant after a special board of inquiry determined he would not become a public charge. Beck was handed to two men who verified his status.
Dr Moses Merrill resigns after a long tenure as head master at the Boston Latin School. Arthur I. Fiske is elected to succeed him, with teachers and the school committee praising the choice. Merrill recalls notable pupils and notes his illness led to the retirement, while reflecting on the school’s strong record of successful graduates.
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a guaranteed cure for chronic constipation. It promotes genuine C C C stamped tablets and warns they are not sold in bulk through druggists.
Ex-Mayor Nathan Matthews Jr denies Mayor Hart claims of a $150000 to $200000 fee for Boston water works work. He states the city owed far less and clarifies settlement details showing a far smaller bill and that Hart exaggerated the alleged compensation.
Ten new smallpox cases were found by the Board of Health during the 28 hours ending at 9 a m yesterday. The list includes a 2 year old girl in Roxbury and several adults across East Boston Dorchester and Jamaica Plain, prompting the board to close most vaccination stations except eight named sites.
A historic cooking snippet describes roasting six pounds of loin or ribs, rubbed with salt pepper and herbs, dredged in flour, baked in a moderate oven for about two hours, basted, and finished with a brown gravy. Apple rings are cooked in molasses syrup as a garnish. ALICE E. WHITAKER.
John H. McNamee, Cambridge mayor elect, recalls his boyhood in Randolph Massachusetts and a bookbindery apprenticeship. He credits the motto persistency honesty and bulldog tenacity for his success, saying hard work and self advertisement built his business and public backing.
General Chaffee in his annual report to the military government of the Philippines condemns the murder of natives suspected of aiding Americans. He cites that guerilla chiefs have no lawful authority to kill inhabitants and vows the extreme penalty for those who order or carry out such crimes.
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