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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
3
Mrs. Allen Rodda and two Cheshire children were found faint from hunger and nearly dead in the street. A three year old girl collapsed in the snow while a ten month old boy was bluish with cold. They were hospitalized with severe frostbite on feet hands and face.
In Cheshire Mrs Rodda faced hardship as her husband left for work. Furniture store workers removed $68 of goods and the stove from their cold home. Mrs Rodda searched for him and one of her children collapsed from exposure. Authorities assist as baby health hangs in balance.
The unknown steamer that foundered last Saturday off Diamond Shoal lightship with all hands is suspected to be the American steamship Dorothy owned by the DuPont Powder Company. Dorothy sailed from Newport News January 5 bound for Cardenas Cuba with coal and passed Virginia Capes before the disaster. Captain Googins of the Chippewa saw no wreckage near Diamond Shoals.
Through Thomas De Witt Cuyler of Philadelphia the Yale Alumni Weekly announces a $50 gold prize for the best descriptive article on Yale life. Entries must be received by March 13 from undergraduates or graduates.
The advertisement touts Marmola with Cascara Aromatic and peppermint water as a safe, inexpensive cure for oily skin caused by excess fat. It claims fat loss improves complexion and promises a nearly perfect look after 25 to 80 pounds lost in a month or two.
Mrs. Holmes, longtime clerk and confidential secretary to Amos E F Hall, confirms she inherits the will’s business and office furnishings. She has run the real estate office since Hall’s death and will continue for now while matters are settled.
Crossed electric wires set off the automatic fire alarm on the steamer Providence bound from New York to Newport and Fall River during its Long Island Sound voyage. The wireless operator, misled into thinking a fire occurred, sent a general alert then contacted the Puritan, another liner, nearby. The confusion soon cleared with no real danger.
President Hadley of Yale lauds Lawrence Lowell as Harvard president, praising his educational vision and leadership. He notes Yale’s modest endowment of about $10 million while Harvard and Columbia lead with larger funds and state universities vary in funding, limiting cross institution work.
The Austrian Laboratory promotes ascateco as a cure for asthma, claiming complete elimination of the disease in four to five weeks. Demand in Boston leads Houghton & Dutton and Riker-Jaynes drug stores to stock two sizes, with an offer to mail an experimental treatment from 52 West 25th Street, New York City.
The Supreme Judicial Court ordered a crackdown on self serving lawyers and interpreters who used the Municipal Criminal Court corridors to solicit clients. Placards warned that court house solicitation is forbidden by order of the court. Chief Justice Bolster urged action after months of awareness of runners and dubious interpreters.
Judge Hitchcock to hear final arguments tomorrow as Napoleon J. Rivet faces a jury for the murder of Joseph Guesilloux in Lowell on February 9. Defense witnesses assert Rivet was at home at 11:20 p.m. others note Rivet’s steady demeanor. seven rebuttal witnesses for the government followed.
Secretary White leaves for a multi city tour to New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington combining business with pleasure. Mayor Hibbard says he will veto firemen dinner time increase approved by both City Council branches on Fire Commissioner Parker's advice. The first appropriations committee meeting is Friday night. Meyer Hibbard aims to block the raise from 8600 to 35000 for Captain James Smythe at the printing plant. Mayors Matthews Ernst and Sullivan of the Finance Commission are pressed for fire relief on a short rest.
A four-alarm blaze in New York on February 3 caused $125,000 damage to the Newby & Evans piano factory after firefighters struggled for 20 minutes to obtain water from hydrants. The fire spread toward Decker & Sons and Ludwig & Co premises. several firemen were injured.
Hartford announces Governor George J. Lilley designates February 1 as Lincoln day and requests appropriate observance.
Advertises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a premier kidney liver and bladder remedy. Claims fast mild effects and purity certificates with every bottle. Offers sample bottle by mail to readers of the Boston Post and lists bottles at drug stores in two sizes fifty cents and one dollar.
Former Lieutenant Robert FE Belcher of the Massachusetts Signal Corps pleaded guilty to larceny of $9006 from Miss Mary Coakley of Hillsboro New Hampshire a nurse for Mrs Belcher. Witnesses included the Rev Mather Timothy Coakey. The attorney asked clemency citing confession and repayment effort. Judge Bishop took the case under advisement.
W C Brown, recently named president of the New York Central and Vanderbilt lines, was today elected a director and president of the Toledo Canada Southern Detroit railroad.
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