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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
4
An editorial style piece argues medical training alone often fails with dyspepsia and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal remedy. It extols home treatment, cites digestion as root cause, and invites readers to obtain a free sample from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
The vessel reached San Francisco from New York after 340 days at sea headed to Seattle via Melbourne. A leak forced the crew to labor at the pumps for 120 days to stay afloat after departing Melbourne.
A Burlington Burlington region hold up left Adams and Essex bound with revolvers on wagons near the Billerica line. Three masked men forced dismounts and searched the pair as they fled toward Billerica. Police and locals hunted the suspects after the attack described by witnesses and Constable Wilders.
A militia squad from Woburn trailed a clue to highwaymen through Arlington Highlands and Lexington and now camps at Lexington police headquarters awaiting Major Blodgett. Led by Sgt Philip J. Shea, the unit includes Sgt Walter B. Bauer and several corporals and privates from Company G Fifth Regiment.
Woburn Chief of Police Mc Dermott praises militia and citizens who assisted in pursuing an unusually bad gang after a Burlington shooting. Officers Welsh and O'Neil were shot. Welsh may die. The chief vows to capture the gang quickly and warns of possible lynching if action is delayed.
Feb 7 report from Woburn details a nighttime shooting of Sherwood Van Tassell by an unknown man. The injured youth, four inches below the knee, was aided by Carl French and is expected to recover with little risk of complications. The piece threads alleged highwayman pursuit across Horn Pond and notes confessions linked to Curt Jett and Tom White, both serving life terms. Judge Hargis ordered an elaborate $1600 coffin prior to death, prompting a telegram noting the judge’s passing.
Woburn February 7 at 1 am streets crowded with citizens. Fear and dazed reactions followed after desperadoes wounded two locals, leaving them near death. Citizens questioned the nerve of the attackers as police investigated the incident.
The Hargis Cockrill feud erupts in Breathitt county with the murder of Judge Hargis by his son after a brief talk in a store. The feud traces to political clashes with the Cockrills and marks a long string of killings from 1902 onward.
Admiral Evans postpones departure of the battleships to the evening of February 7 from Purita Arenas. He cites a delay to extend courtesies to Chile and plans a night crossing Magellan Strait with about 20 hours of daylight toward Cape Pilar. The torpedo boat destroyer flotilla will accompany until Cape Pilar.
WOBURN February 6 A wounded Officer Edward ONeill was shot in the leg but his wife kept ignorant of the incident. Neighbors and friends were told only to ease her anxieties believing he injured his ankle. She left her sick bed to comfort him while guards instructed visitors not to reveal the truth.
Police arrest Frank Evans in Carey square Chelsea about midnight after he held a revolver to a victim’s head. Officer John Bartley knocked the weapon from Evans with a club as other officers arrived. The robber claimed to live in Lynn. The victim is Abraham Kotzen of 17 George street Chelsea.
Shortly after midnight William A. Mc Gillray aged 28 of 54 Bernard Street Malden was held up by two highwaymen opposite the American House on Hanover Street. One robber struck him, rendering him unconscious before they could take his property. He was later taken to the Relief Hospital with a fractured skull base and placed on the dangerous list.
At about midnight Edgar Warren a crewman from the Gloucester fishing schooner Mildred V Noonan lying at T wharf was assaulted by three men in Dock Square. The assailants robbed him and fled. Warren reported the incident to the authorities.
Warren, held by two attackers, was relieved of $34 as a third man rifled his pockets. The trio threatened to shoot him if he cried out. Warren estimated the men were about 30 years old, with one tall robber having a black mustache and wearing a black derby. He could not describe the other two to police.
Chicago officials report that National Brewers Association representatives advise calling it beer and letting the matter go, arguing against various classifications as government food experts meet in conference.
The Rev Reginald J Campbell pastor of City Temple London England arrives in New York for a two months lecture tour. He will speak at multiple venues across the United States during February and March presenting religious discourse and sermons.
Mrs G I Partridge of Franklin Massachusetts recounts recovery from grippe using Vinol cod liver iron preparation. She credits Vinol with restoring appetite health and vitality and praises it for weak sickly individuals after severe sickness. Available at five Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston locations.
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