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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1911
Page
3
Advertises the Bloodless Surgeon Shoe as a pain free, quick cure for flat foot and broken arches. Claims doctors’ fees and long treatment are unnecessary and that the shoe, priced at 6.00, is scarcely distinguishable from ordinary footwear and can relieve fatigue, back pain, and related ailments by restoring foot muscles.
Leading chiropodists join a nationwide plan offering free foot examination for flat foot sufferers. For a $6.00 order, customers receive Bloodless Surgeon Shoes tailored to their feet, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. Listings include Boston firms N Kenison & Sons, N E Hatch & Co, and doctors W S Beckett, W A Johnson, W E Hicks.
Mrs. Mary Frances Heath of Malden testifies in East Cambridge court seeking 50 000 dollars alleging her husband’s affection was taken by Mrs. Sarah F. Merriam owner of Hotel Evelyn. This second trial follows a hung jury in May. Judge Bell presides as both sides waive jury.
In a Malden court hearing Mrs Heath testifies about her 1888 Lisbon marriage to Nathaniel H Heath now a real estate broker. She recounts his move to Hotel Evelyn managed by Mrs Merriam and ongoing marital strain amid alleged flirtations and gifts ending with family friction and legal action.
Mrs Mae Martyn notes cosmetics can dry skin and cause pimples when used long term. She cites a liquid alternative that spreads evenly and provides better results. A home lotion recipe using spurmax, hot water, and glycerine is described as inexpensive and popular in high society circles.
Gloucester fishing schooner Teazer arrived at a wharf yesterday covered in ice with decks buried under 18 inches of snow and foam after a weeklong gale. The vessel ran from Boston three weeks ago and weathered a mountain high wave that drove the crew below deck for days, while the crew fought to free the ship and chop ice. Also arriving were the Virginia and the Cynthia, both iced over but salvaging sails and boats.
At the Amherst Alumni Association banquet in the Hotel Somerset 400 members heard President Allen C. Treadway Speaker Joseph Walker and George B. Mallon discuss politics muckraking and colleges. Treadway urged public interest to address rising state finances while Mallon criticized muckraking magazines and a Harvard professor's article on reporters. The event honored class attendance prizes and featured remarks on education citizenship and the state's finances.
The Boston Finance Commission is examining a reported "rake off" scheme in which firms selling goods to the city may be skimmed for kickbacks. So far only one instance in one department is known, but a wider probe is underway to see if other departments are involved.
John L C Dowling and George J Raymond reported a man posing as an overseers of the poor agent attempted to take a percentage from a blanket purchase for the Chardon Street Home. Fifty blankets at 1 75 each were bought and later returned after an investigation found the so called agent acted independently. Dowling and Sullivan refused to name the involved parties.
Owen Kildare known as The Kipling of the Bowery has died at 47 in Manhattan State Hospital Ward’s Island after a life as newsboy pugilist writer and playwright. His wife who helped him rise from the Bowery had annulled their marriage and married retired Navy Lt Commander Charles A. Adams. She visited him the day before his death.
Four ledger pages torn from the S Williams & Bro shop ledger on Bedford Street and seven or eight cases of goods removed in an odd act before the firm’s bankruptcy, according to Miss Agnes Morrisey the bookkeeper.
Miss Morrisey testified at a continued hearing before Commissioner Hayes that in early April ex pressman Kramer and Samuel Williams removed seven to eight cases of merchandise from the firm. Some goods were packed in store then removed, others came in cases and were later taken away unopened. A creditor’s counsel noted seeing two men packing merchandise and possibly a large packing case, as the firm soon faced bankruptcy on May 4.
A proceeding against a firm involved a witness who tore four ledger leaves numbered 459 to 462 from the accounts book. The torn pages did not include Karno’s account, and A L Cohn testified securing a $450 loan from Karno via Williams to settle creditors. Case resumes Wednesday at 10 o'clock.
Philadelphia February 6 Archbishop Ryan showing notable improvement after a week of illness doctors cautious about recovery due to a nearly exhausted heart. Medical staff say chance of recovery remains extremely slim yet possible.
The Boston Post office Clerks Mutual Benefit Association named Terence J. O'Donnell as president and Thomas Gearin as vice president at its annual meeting. Also elected were William H. Driscoll recording secretary James F. Brady financial secretary and James A. Barry treasurer. Executive committee members are Hugh J. Driscoll William J. Robinson James E. Tracy Waldo McDeonald J. J. Morrison and Joseph M. Reavzan.
The Newtowne Club of Cambridge presented its annual show in the club theatre last night. The two act musical comedy The Baby from Bagdad, by Stanton Hill and Charles P. Scott, drew a large crowd of friends and admirers and received strong audience approval for its catchy lines and lively humor.
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