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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1907
Page
4
Mrs. Anna B. Depew of Wharton Ohio at 101 credits Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey for health longevity and full appetite. She recounts doctors giving up on her 14 years ago and says continued use kept her alive and well since 1805 Vermont birth and fifty-year family use.
An advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a pure, stimulating tonic that strengthens nerves, heart, muscles, and digestion. It claims health benefits for workers, women, and children, stresses long history of testing, warns against imitations, and offers a $1.00 bottle with free doctor’s advice.
Local ocean steamship representatives, grain exporters, and brokers met at the Chamber of Commerce to urge action on lifting the freight embargo as President Newman of the New York Central plans a visit. Mayor Fitzgerald and Jerome Jones, head of the Merchants Association, call for a Boston conference with Newman and city leaders.
A five member committee was appointed to confer with President Newman if he accepts the Mayor's invitation. The group will have complete facts and figures on grain shipments from the port ready for his arrival. Members include John Crocker of the Chamber of Commerce and John W. MacLachlan of the White Star line.
George H. Meyers of New Orleans died suddenly in Yankton. On his person were found Standard Oil stocks valued at $1,000,000. He had traveled to the city about six months earlier to pursue a divorce from his wife.
In a letter to Foreign Minister Loerland the Nobel committee president Roosevelt says he will prize the diploma and medal during his life and his children after his death. He notes the prize money will be used in line with the Nobel foundation aims.
The description promotes Hot Springs Arkansas as a U S Government owned curative waters retreat with a mild winter climate and extensive facilities including 200 hotels and ample health and pleasure opportunities. Written as a Bureau of Information booklet excerpt.
Edward S. Crockett, nominated for city solicitor, writes Mayor Brewer to withdraw his name. He cites bitterness over an A P A movement issue and concerns about harming supporters business interests, though he denies any professional misconduct.
In the House yesterday Representative Robert Luce spoke on an adverse report from the committee on federal relations regarding the petition of Luce and Wakefield's Mr Dean for resolutions favoring tariff revision. Luce urged the report be accepted as a different path to the same goal. He said tariff revision is needed for national prosperity and Massachusetts interests would be protected by the current delegation in Congress. Dean of Wakefield echoed the statements, and the report was accepted.
Dramatic critic Leander Richardson says Mrs. Steele daughter of Bret Harte was separated from friends in Boston and delayed in New York by schemers seeking profit. He announces plans to withdraw support and urges medical care, while Liebler & Co. investigates the case and weighs benefits.
The piece cites US Dispensatory authorities on Hydrastis Canadensis Corydalis Formosa Cedron Seeds and Copaiba and quotes Bartholow Millspaugh and Scudder to support Peruna as a strong catarrh remedy. It argues Peruna’s blend of herbs backs its efficacy against mucous membrane disorders and related ailments.
The 16th annual Newfoundlanders Mutual Benefit Association ball filled Odd Fellows Hall with about 300 couples. President William B. Somerville led the grand march with his wife, followed by Vice-President Richard Murphy and wife. An elaborate midnight supper was served and the floor was in charge of Somerville.
John A. Ahern of 20 Whitman Street returned to Malden bruised and cut after two weeks away. He says two unknown men assaulted him in Boston while he went to get a shave, and he was taken to Relief Hospital then Massachusetts General Hospital. His wife, with three children, faced potential institutional care during his disappearance.
Cerebro spinal meningitis, once little known in Britain, has surged in Scotland and northern Ireland. Glasgow reports 103 cases in January with 47 deaths, signaling a virulent outbreak in the region and raising alarm among health officials.
A fleet of fifteen vessels delivered large trips from offshore grounds with total receipts of 496 500 pounds of mixed fresh fish. Haddock sold at 9 cents per pound, large cod at 4 1 2 cents, hake 2 1 2 to 5 14 cents, pollock 8 1 2 cents, and cusk 1 2 cents. Captain Josiah Nickerson’s schooner Minerva drew sympathy as friends plan a fundraiser after his amputation. The month opened with 99 ships from foreign ports and 5088 passengers, including 168 gentlemen, 11 consulmen, and six stowaways, aboard steamers. The turbine Governor Cobb replaced the Calvin Austin on the Portland route, while tug Glen Iris faces sale to settle claims.
Almanac style update lists arrivals of steamers Anglian Toozes Mystic Norcutt Chattahoochee etc bound to or from Kingston Savannah Philadelphia and Norfolk with cargoes sugar coal and coal and towing barges Read ingg Annie Gypsum King and Read more. Cleared ships include Republic Nu midian Iberian and Fratera with routes to Gibraltar Naples Alexandria Havre and Antwerp. Sailed vessels include Philadelphian Dominion Yarmouth Zanzibar and Boston among Atlantic ports.
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