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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
2
Mir Ralph Bullock at 105 credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for his long health and vigor. He says the whiskey keeps him strong and active in old age, praising its vitality-boosting effects.
Ralph Bullock aged 104 featured in a health claim advertisement for Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. The copy touts digestion improvement, blood enrichment, brain stimulation, nerve fortification, heart support, and disease resistance, urging regular use and warning against drug use. It promotes a $1.00 bottle price and offers a free medical booklet from Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. Rochester NY.
Lawyers view the Blondin verdict as a straddle and aversion to capital punishment. The jury found guilt on a lesser degree amid claims of newly discovered evidence and juror reluctance toward the death penalty. Attorneys weigh why the panel altered the outcome and why no first degree verdict emerged.
New England shipowners telegraph Congress against Senator McCall's plan to suspend navigation laws for 30 days so foreign tramp steamers could carry coal coastwise. They cite surplus American tonnage, port congestion, and high demurrage, insisting coal shortage—not vessel lack—drives the crisis. Meetings and protests extend to Maine congressmen joining Boston firms in opposition.
In Buffalo a ten year disguise ends when an icy sidewalk leads to emergency surgery. The patient, Harry Norman, is revealed as a woman named Aja, aged about 84, born in England. She claims a wife Agnes Norman and a Rochester son, with past work as a cook at the Canandaigua Hotel and other eateries while living under secrecy.
Dec 16 The Rev H B Hosley pastor of Cliftondale Pentecostal Church has accepted a call to Wesleyan Pentecostal Church in Washington DC The Rev A B Rigga of Lowell has accepted a call by Cliftondale Church
A meeting of the Building Trades Council is called for this evening to act on the death of Secretary John S. Turner.
The Dawson City reports a derelict 18 miles east half south from Thatcher's Island, possibly the coasting schooner A. Hooper of Calais Me. The vessel shows rails awash and decks gone, with wreckage including masts nearby. A board reading A. Hooper was found. the Hooper is listed at 80 tons, built at Eden in 1854.
Gloucester report says Captain Peter Benson of the schooner J. E. Garland from Georges narrowly went overboard when struck by flying rigging. He grabbed a rope and was pulled back aboard, escaping serious harm.
An advertisement extols the Osmo-Chemic light bath as a cure for malnutrition colds coughs nervous prostration skin diseases cancer and tuberculosis. It promises a free trial before Jan 1 1903 and asserts light therapy strengthens vitality and combats disease microbes.
Mrs Lillian Harding of Somerville Massachusetts reports relief from chronic breathing trouble after treatment by Osmo-Chemic doctors. She mentions X Ray examination by Dr Plunkett and says a course of centinent therapy improved her shortness of breath and breathing capability.
Jane Toppan, inmate at Taunton Insane Hospital, would be moved from the general class of harmless inmates to separate quarters under a trustees report. The board urges special care for criminal insane women, arguing solitary confinement would protect ordinary patients and spare families from painful associations.
A list identifies twenty six distinct insect kinds that attack sugar cane crops, detailing the range of pests threatening the plantation. The enumeration underscores the breadth of infestation faced by growers and the need for targeted control measures.
Clergymen from several denominations including Bishop Sweatman Rev Dr Langtry Rev Dr Withrow Rev J Chambers and Dr Newman of Toronto endorse Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. Personal letters available on request. Sold by Walker-Rintels Drug Co Bewsy square 4.
A historic ad style text describes relief from pain and coughing, disappearance of lymphatic nodes and cachectic skin pallor, and general health improvement. It asserts removal of malignant growths and rapid, almost immediate symptom relief across various cancer cases.
Osmo-Chemic physicians call in patients currently under other doctors for catarrh asthma bronchitis consumption cancers or tumors who have not improved. They urge such patients to enroll in Osmo-Cherite care before January list and receive a free examination and trial treatment with the new light therapy.
John Donovan of 8 Decatur Street Boston reports a facial cancer sore healed after Osmo-Chemic treatment. He credits the doctors with a complete recovery from cancer and eczema, stating the treatment worked and praising their cure.
Francis White of Rockland Massachusetts credits Osmo Chemica doctors with diagnosing stomach cancer after thirteen years of pain and near death. He says rapid improvement followed treatment by Dr Plunkett and X ray examination. White now feels 50 percent better and grateful for renewed life.
Mrs. Jennie Davis of Huntington House Cortes Street Boston reports years of stomach trouble. X ray by Osmo-Chemic doctors revealed a cystic tumor. After prior misdiagnosis by many Boston doctors, Osmo-Chemic treatment brought rapid improvement and claims of tumor cures.
Boston 1902 Mrs Joseoh D Silva thanks Osmo-Chemic physicians for curing her long chronic womb growth without operation after five years of suffering and failed treatments. She credits husband for urging the Osmo-Chemic remedy and notes she avoids surgery and preserves her health and organs.
During the holiday season the Osmo-Chemic physicians offer exceptionally low charges for treatment and cure. Their office will be closed on Christmas Day. A course of Osmo-Chemic treatment is promoted as lasting benefit for you and your family against chronic disease.
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians describe their X-Ray service as the most elaborate in the country with a Fluoroscopic attachment to examine all body parts and determine the cause of ailments with absolute certainty. They invite people to come and be examined at no cost.
Dr J L Plunkett chief consulting physician announces offices in Boston at the Boylston Building Suites 8 9 10 third floor Entrance 18 Boyston Street with daily hours 9 am to noon 2 to 4 pm 7 to 8 pm closed Sundays.
The Pitts Kimball Co. commissioned Elbright of New York to decorate the six story front of their Boston store with 1200 frost lights in ten downward festoons and horizontal arches. A mellow golden glow, first in Boston, echoes the Prince Henry visit and other noted uses in New York. The display runs dusk to 10 pm through New Year’s, aided by a flexible 300‑wire cable to achieve style and realism. A large fourth-floor toy department supports the festive array.
A sweeping quotation extols history making as nations face crises. It compares democratic struggle to Thermopylae with a Leonidas and 300 bearing sacrifice, declaring liberty endures while martyrs bleed for it, promising future strength and vast numbers armed by that suffering.
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