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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
9
Urges discovery of a solvent for uric acid and highlights kidney disease as common and dangerous. Claims thousands suffer yearly from kidney trouble and that early stages are easily overlooked by patients and doctors. Warns kidney disorders worsen, often harming the liver and bladder, potentially becoming fatal without proper medicine.
Peete warns that uric acid buildup from kidney neglect can poison the body. Early signs are rare and misunderstood, with death often linked to ignorance. A simple 24 hour urine test may reveal sediment or mucus indicating trouble.
Smith's Buchy Lithia Kidney Pills claim cures for kidney bladder rheumatism and blood. Free sample and a thirty two page book offered by mail with full safety directions. Also free package of Pineapple and Butternut Pills for stomach liver digestive organs and bowels. Sold by all dealers in 100 pill packages for 25 cents. A Cure at the People's Price.
The text explains that many illnesses originate from kidney trouble. It notes dropsy as a frequent consequence of kidney disease and claims rheumatism stems from uric acid buildup when kidneys are congested. It argues impure blood signals kidneys failing to filter the blood.
A long list of ailments is presented detailing signs of kidney and urinary issues. Symptoms include pale appearance, milky urine, foul breath, loss of flesh, sleeplessness, frequent urges, shooting pains, vision loss, appetite loss, sudden stoppage, shortness of breath, scum in urine, sudden awakenings, excessive discharges, highly colored urine, sediment, stiff muscles, swelling of feet and legs, fever, thirst, hip and leg pains, scalding urine, swollen joints, chills in back and loins, drowsiness, dry skin, severe headache and backache, nervousness, despondency, and kidney pains with a cold.
In Fall River and neighboring towns the coal shortage worsens daily with high demand and limited delivery. Lowell reports a busy wood purchasing day, Salem sees scarce coal and rushes to soft fuel, Newburyport seeks $500 coal purchase for the poor, and Malden plans fuel-fuelled schools, while Leominster and Maynard face near exhausted stocks and Wo b urn shutters the library due to fuel lack. Police note about 20 families without coal in Worcester. Brockton sells city coal to ease relief.
New York December 12 Officials of coal carrying roads deny any coal corner. Erie and Delaware & Hudson insist every pound mined reaches tidewater and is sold to dealers. Lackawanna says no coal goes to speculators, every car is sold to known dealers. Reading calls coal corner stories ridiculous, Lehigh Valley notes direct sale to dealers, Ontario & Western cites 6 percent independent inputs and 94 percent distributed at standard price. Pennsylvania asserts anthracite coal via Pennsylvania Railroad cannot enter speculators' hands.
East Boston pastor Rev. L. B. Bates, father of the governor elect, suggests keeping church doors open to provide warmth for those unable to buy coal, while other clergy weigh the idea. Reformers note coal costs and church limits, with mixed support and calls for charitable funding from wealthy residents.
Boston coal relief effort expands to social settlements and agencies to ease harbor and office work strain. Hale House and multiple neighborhood sites will take orders for prompt coal delivery, with hours and new wharves opened by Metropolitan Coal Company to serve citizens on Sundays and weekdays. Relief rooms report high demand and difficult triage of truly needy cases amid harsh weather.
A Post office boy reports children in the South End seen at the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail yard behind the Columbus avenue playground. They remove coal from engine tenders and collect coal along tracks to take home, leaving pans and bags temporarily behind before returning for more.
The city faces a coal shortage with two weeks without any supply. People expect arrivals soon but timing remains uncertain. Public sentiment blames dealers for withholding English soft coal to keep prices high, while dealers deny holding back and claim coal is unavailable.
A "No coal for sale" sign appeared on several West End coal offices yesterday as crowds flocked to the Bay State Coal Company on Cambridge Street. Although many arrived with directions from Mr. Lyman of the coal supply committee, staff politely refused sales.
Fels Naptha soap saves clothes and time by cutting sweat and heartache from washday. Follow directions, avoid wash boilers and hot suds, and prevent bad smells. Experience softer hands and fabrics with careful use of the product.
A. Shuman & Co. offers Ladies silk petticoats as Christmas gifts at seven dollars fifty cents. Dickens' Booth at Shuman Corner features the selection during the sale event.
In the office, an agent questions why Mr Lyman keeps sending orders when they cannot be filled. Pea coal sold yesterday in the West End at 20 per ton and soft coal at 15, with scarce supplies. One office sold coke at 12 per ton, while coal deliveries favored rich homes.
Only two British steamers reached port yesterday with coal. Spennymoor from Newcastle and Boston from Yarmouth together carried 3550 tons to Darrow Mann and 7 percent bags on board, while Leuctra from Liverpool with 4146 tons will depart for Rockland after sale.
The coal to be burned in the J Montgomery Sears residence this winter was hauled over the road from the Sears summer home at Chapman's Corner Beverly in 10 big coal wagons yesterday.
The Boston post office money order department saw over 300 customers seeking international and domestic orders as Christmas gifts across the water accelerate. Deadlines to insure delivery: Sweden December 14, Germany December 15, England December 18, Ireland December 17, with orders taking 7 to 11 days depending on country.
Judge Loring in the Supreme Court heard a bill by the Providence Steamboat Co against the Old Colony RR and others seeking to enjoin continued work on a crossing in Central street Fall River. The action targets construction activity linked to the railroad company and related defendants.
The coal commission heard cumulative testimony on docking and discrimination against workers, with claims of eight hour days, higher pay for day laborers, and that miners were not paid for all coal mined. President Mitchell showed wage disparities between bituminous and anthracite regions, and described company practices in Hazelbrook and Silver Brook.
In Indianapolis on December 12 the mine workers' headquarters released the slate of candidates for national offices. L. T. Nicholls, head of the largest anthracite district, runs against Tom Lewis of Ohio for vice president. Preparations are under way for the national wage conference starting January 19.
A full grown red fox, likely from the Middlesex Fells, wandered into Combination Park Medford this morning. For about two hours it thrilled park attaches, sparking a hunt and a tense struggle before the animal was finally captured.
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