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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1904
Page
2
A Boston Daily Post promotion touts Swamp-Root Dr Kilmer's kidney remedy with free sample bottle and book. Letters claim cure of kidney, liver and bladder issues, urging readers to mail address for trial. Includes address in Binghamton and instruction to mention reading the offer.
After about a year under a ministerial regime the Barre Vermont Telegram has changed ownership. New owner is W. G. Bradford, formerly of the Boston Post, who announces the transfer and succession in a brief Midlands tones.
Mr Bradford's purchase of the newspaper and engagement to Roxbury girl Miss Gussie Mae Wadman are noted. The marriage is expected during the holiday season and the couple will settle permanently in Barre. Bradford has worked with the Suburban and other papers, receiving congratulations on the Barre assignment and on his engagement to a Boston girl.
Advertisement-style note touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for a cold. States all druggists refund the money if it fails. Mentions W. Grove’s signature on each box and a price of 25 cents.
The Metropolitan Clothing Company on Washington and Kneeland streets highlights its in house manufacturing and extensive holiday stock. The store offers complete lines of clothing furnishings hats caps boots and shoes for all sizes with mid range pricing and a focus on durable, fashionable goods. Gift items include bath robes neckwear fancy shirts and gift handkerchiefs in decorated boxes plus a children’s department and guaranteed custom department service.
The Boston Post outlines conditions for a proverb contest. Participants must submit answers on Post coupons, in numerical order, by December 31 at 6 pm, with only one prize per contestant. Duplicate entries allowed, help permitted, and the Proverb Book sold for 25 cents. correctness hinges on its edition.
Readers learn there is no advantage to ink or pencil answers and that legibility and correct ordering are key. Duplicates mean multiple coupons with the same proverb but different answers are not helpful. submit in one complete envelope and align numbers, with valid changes for numbering errors noted by the Post.
Dec 12 Philadelphia report details Mamie Rice a 14 year old lured from a saloon to a church altar by her father L J Rice and Joseph Collins who claims intoxicated marriage. Annie Murphy, a domestic, aided the plot. Rice vows to prosecute and seek annulment in New Jersey. Also notes North Cambridge Newtowne Club stage show Incognitos with Leonardo Cadman and M H Ryder.
In Superior Court yesterday Michael Lomasney received two years at Deer Island for breaking and entering after prior escape from a navy yard. Adolph Griesback with prior records drew two and a half to four years in State prison for breaking and entering. Paul Lamereaux got two years to the House of Correction. He urged leniency as he planned to marry. Thomas Campbell received one year in the House of Correction for breaking and entering and lodging house theft. Joseph Woods and Thomas McNulty, both under 17, were sent to the reform school for breaking and entering and jewelry theft. David Hurley was committed to the House of Correction for one year for larceny. Daniel Sullivan received three to four years in State prison for breaking and entering.
In Kansas City, Sarah Thomas, with a seven month old baby, was jailed for 10 days for stealing. Deputies and a judge altered the sentence to one day after noting the infant could die if separated. The mother was released with her baby returned, amid remarks about her need to feed and survive.
Lloyds stores offer speedy service and varied gifts for Christmas. Windows attract shoppers while film developing enlargements and a range of kodaks and accessories are on hand. Opera glasses by Goerz and Zeiss appeal, with nice options for gifts. Eyewear includes visible bifocals and lorgnettes, while thermometers and barometers tempt with practical display and novelty value.
Roxbury's St Patrick's Total Abstinence and Literary Society celebrates its sixth year with a reunion of members in Jubilee Hall Warren Street on Monday February 6. The event features an entertainment, remarks by officers, dancing, and a midnight spread with guests from the ladies' society receiving special entertainment arrangements.
Skowhegan December report says Fred E Butler aged 45 died at Brighton after a hunter in his party Maurice Cayford mistook him for a deer. A passing shot through the thigh caused fatal bleeding while they circled a knoll. County Attorney Gower was notified.
Kate Lynch alias Maria Mellison, once known as a shoplifting queen, appeared in the Superior Court yesterday and received a six months sentence for larceny. She pleaded for mercy noting it had been five years since her last court appearance and urged release to resume her cooking job.
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