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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
2
The article discusses formic acid as a potential cure for laziness with injections. Agent Emma 8S Keyes cites French experiments claiming increased strength and endurance, noting a 22 year old who did five times more work in a test.
Washington reports a flood of congratulations for Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Ohio after official engagement to Miss Alice Roosevelt was announced. Longworth says the engagement was long planned and he only learned of it officially yesterday. He recalls a Philippines trip memory and jokes about dates. A February wedding is planned with a possible European honeymoon after Congress adjourns. The ceremony is expected in the same room as Nellie Grant’s 1874 wedding to Algernon Sartoris.
Miss Alice Roosevelt attracted a parade of suitors from various nations and icons of society as engagement rumors swirled. The article catalogs high profile admirers from Viscount Chambrun to Congressman Nicholas Longworth, with Secret Service intervention and diplomatic denials shaping the romance.
Charles Hatfield and Edward O'Brien were sentenced to 15 months each after being found guilty of getting a man drunk and robbing him in a doorway. Judge De Courcey stated they aggravated the crime by lying under oath and gave them no mercy.
Emery B. Gibbs of the Baptist Church of Brookline announced a signed agreement to purchase a location for a new church at the Words worth and Wason properties at the junction of Park Beacon and Webster streets. Plans for the edifice are under way and construction will begin soon.
Arad Taylor, who spent a decade in state insane asylums for a 1895 Berlin murder, was released from Bridgewater farm by order of the Superior Court. His confession, revealing a troubled home and a wife with another lover, was made public, with the grand jury previously ruling he was insane at the time. He is described as fully recovered and safe now.
Reports from Tsarskoe-Selo say reactionaries led by General Count Ignatieff failed to topple Count Witte. Menshikoff calls for aggressive action against the revolution. refugees flee Odessa noting killings and looting.
Three Russian Hebrews who fled Nov 7 from Odessa massacres arrived in Boston yesterday aboard the Cunard liner Ivernia. They had crossed the sea seeking safety and recount their escape amid the turmoil in the ill fated city.
Miss Maud Isola Sears daughter of Mr and Mrs David B Sears of 1678 Beacon Street Brookline wed Chesley Drew Barton of Framingham at the bride s home with Rev D D Addison officiating A reception followed and the couple will reside at 1678 Beacon Street after March 1
Covington Ky December 14 news reports 12 year old Lizzie Barton swallowed a china doll while at play. She did not tell her parents and the accident was only discovered after X rays. Doctors failed to remove the doll and she died in great pain.
The commission will inspect the Boston and Maine line near Bakers Bridge in Lincoln after Sunday night’s Montreal express and Marlboro local collision that killed 17 and injured many. The visit accompanies ongoing public hearings seeking safety improvements to prevent future disasters.
Two sudden deaths were reported to the police. A man believed to be Charles C. Putnam of 16 Florence street Roslindale was found in a room at the North station and died en route to the Relief Hospital. He had lived there only two weeks and his body was taken to Briggs' undertaking rooms. Alice C. Benson 60 an unmarried lodger of 89 Waltham Street died after entering the house from an acute illness before Dr Cote arrived. Miss Benson had relatives in Winchester.
The Drottning Sophia from Riga with Swedish refugees arrived at Riga on December 8. Commander's report notes that facing a brighter outlook many intended refugees, including 14 Americans who had obtained permission through their consul, decided to stay in Riga rather than depart on the Swedes.
Firefighters and police with the Twenty third Regiment guard a Brooklyn Trust Co safe containing between 1.5 and 2 million dollars. The Cooper building on Bedford avenue and Fulton street was set ablaze by incendiaries early today as flames trapped the guarded fortune.
Antiseptic tablets claim to soothe nasal membranes and improve breath. Hood's Sarsaparilla is recommended to purify blood and address the constitutional cause of catarrh, promising radical permanent cures. Catarrlets mailed postpaid for 50 cents by C. I. Hood Co. Lowell, Massachusetts.
Kelvin Douglass, 50, who testified at the Varney murder coroner's inquest identifying items as Wesley Chick's, attempted suicide with a razor in Kezar Falls Maine. Doctors say he will probably die from the self inflicted wounds.
An old advertisement promotes Bromo Quinine as a worldwide cold and grip remedy claiming to remove the cause. It urges readers to ask for the full name and look for the signature of EF. W. Grove and notes the price of 25 cents.
Mary Hunt alias Roberts alias Mabel Howard, said to be wife of William Hunt imprisoned for a Susanne I Geary case connection, appeared in Municipal Court charged as a fugitive from justice wanted in Philadelphia for an illegal operation. Hearing arranged quietly, continued to Jan 10. defendant held on $5000 bond.
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