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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1905
Page
2
A Boston Daily Post promotion touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a universal kidney liver and bladder cure with testimonials from readers including I C Richardson The ad claims dramatic kidney health benefits and offers free sample bottles and a book of testimonials through Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY
In Pittsburg Dee 11 locals report English captain visiting with Miss Hermione Schenley wore a pink shirt at a wedding to avoid soiled whites amid city smoke. He notes shirt got dusty from carriage dust and London fogs never did that.
The Post reports donations to the Peterson Fund including F. F. Tripp contributing 5 dollars and W. A. McConnell contributing 2 dollars.
In Athol on December 11 Judge Charles Field, age 90, presided in his bedroom following injuries from a fall at Pequoid Club. Despite doctors' warnings, he conducted First District Court proceedings with Clerk Charles B. Boyce, witnesses, lawyers, and Deputy Sheriff Goddard present.
Ralph A. Stewart as receiver for the Milford pink granite quarries filed a preliminary report in the U S Circuit Court and asked to raise 25000 to continue operations. He recommends keeping the company solvent until March 1 when contract payments should cover debts. Judge Colt reserved decision until Friday.
In Boston Superior Court William O Falardeau formerly with Blakeley Hoar & Company sues the Grundmann studio proprietors for 10000 claiming eye injuries from a fall through an open trap door at the Back Bay studio on September 7 1899. Medical evidence is presented to support the claim.
Word came from Charlottetown PEI that a fire yesterday damaged the Weeks Dry Goods Company building and stock. Loss about 50000 dollars with partial insurance.
The old sloop of war Nipsic, once top American ship and the sole vessel to weather Apia typhoon in 1889, will be commissioned at Puget Sound Navy Yard on December 23 as a prison ship.
An advertisement touts PAZO OINTMENT as a guaranteed cure for piles itching bleeding or protruding with a money back refund if not cured in six to fourteen days. The product is priced at 50 cents and promoted through druggists.
During testimony on the Baker's Bridge Boston and Maine wreck, ex mayor J P Feeney and counsel I J Riels clashed repeatedly with counsel for the road as Chairman Jackson intervened. Witnesses testified of long hours for engineer Lyons and routine use of spare men on Sundays, with rules limiting continuous overtime often violated.
The violinist Jan Kubelik says his twin babies already sing in perfect concert pitch and will be opera stars. He describes a New York interview where the twins cried in harmony as he played a long tone, and he notes the babies are a year old and on track for grand opera.
John Hannigan of Woburn, convicted of idle and disorderly conduct, created a scene in the crowded Middlesex Superior courtroom after his sentencing to State Farm. He challenged Judge Gaskill saying he was not receiving justice and questioned officials from the dock. He also disputed Chief McDermott and Officer Tarr, denouncing their testimony as false.
Baron Speck von Sternburg met Secretary Root at the State Department to discuss the Samoan question and the Panther's seizure of the German deserter Steinhoff. The embassy noted no direct communication from Germany yet. Officials expect a peaceful, brief settlement given Germany and Brazil relations.
A man claiming to be William Hurd, also known as William Burk and Handsome Dan, was arrested in Boston on a six month Newton warrant for larceny. He posed as a government painter, visited Mrs. Herrick in West Newton, then fled with her pocketbook. Authorities say additional warrants exist in Lynn Malden Brockton and Watertown.
Representatives of 4000 Boston & Maine employees will meet in Boston on December 24 to devise a pension plan. The aim is to retire workers after long service and at a reasonable age with a pension at least half their salary. President Lucius Tuttle supports mutual arrangements for old-age sustenance. The move originated with the Boston division of the O R C, which brought the idea to Tuttle for guidance.
In Rome on December 11 the pope created four new cardinals including an American- continent appointment. Named cardinals are Archbishops Sumassa Erlau Hungary Spinola Seville De Arcoverde Albuquerque Cavalcanti Rio Janeiro and Cagaino De Azevedo Vatican major domo. Also named bishops Nozaleda Manila titular Petra Meerschaert Oklahoma Brennan Dallas Cassarea and Schinner Milwaukee Superior Michigan.
Baby George Billings de Rego born on Thanksgiving Day at the Long Wharf detention pen will be released with his mother Rosa and proceed to Hudson Mass where De Rego has a home. Officials have raised a fund and placed it in a bank in the baby's name.
Malden on December 11 Miss Mamie McCannon daughter of James McCannon of 54 Waverly Street was surprised by friends who presented her with a gold watch. Miss Bessie Stone cousin of the hostess arranged the gift and a collation was served.
Bangor Maine December first 88 year old farmer David A Garland of 7 South Street reportedly collapsed from heart failure in Pickering Square. He recovered after a tenth of a grain of strychnine was administered. he rose unaided, returned to his team and drove home refusing aid.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as natural bowel exercise to prevent constipation and improve nutrient absorption. It claims one tablet strengthens bowels without purging, prompts cleaner breath, wards off headaches, and eases heartburn and gas. The Sterling Remedy Company offers a gold plated bonbon box as a premium for 10-cent stamps.
In Independence Circuit Court Judge Gates ruled a silk skirt is a luxury and a husband is not liable for his wife’s debt for such apparel. The suit by American Outfitting Co. against Carleton King ended with a verdict in King's favor, as the wife alone was held responsible.
An American wife seeks divorce from Gerald Fitzgerald of Little Island Waterford a grand nephew of Edward Fitzgerald famed for Omar Khayyam. He claimed English nationality while prospering in America then returned to England and now asserts an Irish domicile as his wife petitions for dissolution of marriage.
Funeral rites for Ross F. Campbell a well known Roxbury resident and active in social and fraternal groups were held yesterday at St Patrick s church on Dudley Street.
The Pyramid Drug Co offers a free trial of Pyramid Pile Cure to anyone who sends name and address. Suppositories are applied to the affected area and claim immediate relief from itching and bleeding. Regular 50 cent boxes available from druggists or by mail in plain packaging.
Laxative bromine quinine tablets offered with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure. Each bottle bears E W Groves signature. Price 25 cents.
Walter Atwood son of a wealthy Waterbury family and nurse Mignonette Bryan of Vlubbard Hospital eloped to New York and wed quietly after Miss Bryan's Bridgeport parents objected. Atwood, 35, fell ill a month earlier and hospital care led to their romance. Bryan, 24, returned home with her groom as their families welcomed them.
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