Spirits and Wiggin Tap a Sedalia Copper Fraud Case
In Suffolk court the case involves Adelaide E. Simmons claiming $3000 loaned to John Q. A. Whittemore for buying Sedalia Copper stock at $10 per share. She alleges Wiggin acted under spirit guidance to induce the loan and purchase, with fraud by Whittemore and Wiggin as his agent. The suit seeks return of the money with interest from May 21, 1901, and was continued to the April term due to a key witness illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Wiggin
Dr. Hodgson
Superior Court
Wiggin
Sedalia
Boston
Adelaide E. Simmons
John Q. A. Whittemore
Newton
Middlesex Court
Suffolk Courts
Sedalia Copper Company
Edgar S. Hill
D. L
Bromberg May Prosecute Cherry Over Cemetery Vote
Alderman Edward J. Bromberg declared to George B. Cherry that he may prosecute him for subornation of conspiracy after a heated Mt. Hope Improvement Association meeting over the Italian Catholic cemetery vote. Bromberg defended his own vote, citing motives to protect residents and oppose graft, while noting Archbishop Williams and priests favored locating a cemetery. John H. Logan admitted his property loss but defended Bromberg's honesty, and City Solicitor Babson said the vote was legal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Government Association
Edward J. Bromberg
George B. Cherry
Mt. Hope
Bromberg
Williams
Cambridge
North End
Alderman Linehan
Linehan
John H. Logan
Walk Hill Street
Logan
Walk Hill
Canterbury Streets
Charles Lennon
Babson
Cuticura Remedies Praised In Tennessee Letter
A Tennessee reader from Fairmount Walden's Ridge recounts curing her child of eczema and a subsequent poison oak case using Cuticura Soap Ointment and pills, noting relief and no recurrence. She emphasizes distance from doctors and high visit costs, dated Oct 13 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Vincent Tomas
Fairmount
Walden’s Ridge
Tenn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Misquoted on Tax Mayor Misquoted on Tax
At the Intercolonial Club banquet Mayor Fitzgerald said he had been misquoted about the tax rate. He argued the city’s debt exceeds $100,000,000 and blamed Beacon Hill for adding costs. Six mayors and an ex mayor discussed graft and better city governance, with Everett’s Thomas J. Boynton urging a five member elective city board. Mayors Harvey, Barney, MacDonald, Dwyer, and ex mayor McNamee also spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intercolonial Club
Fitzgerald
Beacon Hill
Thomas J. Boynton
Everett
King
House of Lords
House of Commons
John L. Harvey
Waltham
Charles Neal Barney
Lynn
George E. MacDonald
Gloucester
Michael F. Dwyer
Medford
John H. H. McNamee
Cambridge
Man Injured as Wagon Wheel Runs Over Teamster
Henry C. Parkinson 388 of 198 Otis Street East Cambridge, a teamster, was dragged and his left leg badly injured when his wagon wheels ran over him on Boylston Street yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Parkinson
Otis Street
East Cambridge
Boylston Street
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted As Blood Purifier
An 19th century style advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal blood purifier. It links red flag symptoms like pimples and languor to dangerous blood, claims it cures blood diseases after other remedies fail, and includes a testimonial from Mrs. Sue Ernes of Petersburg Virginia praising its effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Sue Ernes
Sheppard St
Petersburg
Hood's Sarsaparilla Now in Chocolate Coated Tablets
Hood's Sarsaparilla expands from liquid to chocolate coated tablets to meet demand for medicine in tablet form. Solid extract preserves all medicinal ingredients, offering 100 doses for one dollar by mail or at druggists. Hood Co. Lowell Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Lunch Cart Case Heads to Boston Superior Court
A lone Adams Square lunch cart becomes a test of city permits as 15 proprietors await a Superior Court ruling. Hugh J. Morrison faces fines for street obstruction and operating without a victualler license while challenging the Board of Aldermen and street department powers. Attorney Murphy leads the challenge claiming permits may be invalid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Square
Boston
Superior Court
Board of Aldermen
Hugh J. Morrison
Morrison
Boston Board of Aldermen
Quincy
John R. Murphy
Murphy
Supreme Court
Children Set House Afire in South Boston Home
While playing with matches yesterday afternoon, the children of Robert Steadman living at 618 East Eighth Street South Boston started a fire. Passers-by rushed in to rescue the youngsters and a call was sent from Box 185. Damage estimated at 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Steadman
East Eighth Street
Boston
Trustees Choose Seattle for 1907 Christian Endeavor Convention
At a Seattle meeting of the United Society of Christian Endeavor trustees the next general convention was unanimously set for 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trustees
The
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Seattle
Wash
Mayor Fitzgerald and Byrnes Confer Over New Haven Boston Ties
Mayor Fitzgerald and Mr. T E Byrnes of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad dined at the Union Club as guests of Mr. Robert M Burnett. They spent about three hours after lunch discussing the relations of the New Haven road to Boston from all standpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Fitzgerald
T. E. Byrnes
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Union Club
Robert M. Burnett
Byrnes
New Haven Road
Boston
Mayor and Byrnes Pledge Rail Push for Boston Growth
After a conference the Mayor praised Mr. Byrnes for backing Boston business aims. Byrnes committed to electrifying suburban trains, funding South Bay development, and building bridges to New York, aiming for four and a half hour trains. The mayor urged complaints to reach vice presidents, claiming strong railroad cooperation and friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bay
Byrnes
Boston
New York
Chinatown to Turn Out for Chinese Delegation in Boston
Chinatown residents and merchants prepare a festive welcome for the Chinese high commissioners and delegation to Boston. Leon Bing, proprietor of the Oriental Restaurant, leads the group at South Station as celebrations unfold with firecrackers and feasting planned at a Chinatown dinner invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinatown
Boston
South Station
Leon Bing
Oriental Restaurant
Washington
Bing
Dinner Plans Perfected for Governor Guild Reception
Arrangements for a dinner at the Algonquin Club next Monday honor visiting Chinese high commissioners have been perfected. Governor Guild will preside with speakers including George H. Lyman, Tuan Fang, John F. Fitzgerald, Samuel B. Capen, Amory A. Lawrence, and Chentung Liang-Cheng. Chinese students from Harvard and MIT and five secretaries are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Guild
Algonquin Club
George H. Lyman
Tuan Fang
John F. Fitzgerald
Samuel B. Capen
Amory A. Lawrence
Chentung Liang- Cheng
Harvard
Institute of Technology
Brave Hoseman Honored For Stopping Runaway Horses
Hoseman William T. Hall of Engine 3 at Boylston Street will receive today a letter of commendation from Fire Commissioner Wells for halting a runaway wagon team attached to a Massachusetts Brewing Company wagon. He also gets an extra day off and will be mentioned in general orders. Witnesses Hinckley of Pope Manufacturing and Captain R. E. Handy reported Hall's brave act after he grabbed the maddened horses on Copley Square, despite being dragged for a distance, as onlookers withheld a crowd fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hall
Boylston Street
Wells
Massachusetts Brewing Company
Freeman Hinckley
Pope Manufacturing Company
R. E. Handy
Hall
Novel Cold Cure Advertisement Claim
An uplifting patent medicine ad touts a one day cure for a cold using a laxative bromide quinine tablet blend. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. W Grove’s signature appears on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Grove
Free Trial Treatment at Osmo Chemic Physicians Office
Public notice offers free trial treatment and diagnosis at 18 Boylston St through Feb 17 1906. Includes consultation X ray urine analysis and trial therapy with endorsements from a named patient praising kidney health benefits and improved well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylston St
Free X Ray Diagnosis Offer Before February Seventeenth
A medical clinic advertises a free X Ray examination claiming a thorough check with advanced instruments will identify the patient's ailment. The offer is valid only if the caller arranges the visit before February 17, 1906.
Osmo-Chemic Physicians Offer Free Kidney Disease Trial
Headaches and stomach troubles are blamed on poisonous gases causing uric acid crystals and rheumatic pain. The Osmo-Chemic Physicians claim a new kidney cure, inviting all to apply by February 17 for consultation, examination, X ray, urine analysis, and a free trial treatment.
Osmo-Chemic System of Medicine Endorsed by Mrs Hopkins
Mrs Vesta A Hopkins of 80 Franklin Street Stoneham Massachusetts states she is satisfied that the Osmo-Chemic System of Medicine offers relief. The testimonial appears in a local health column promoting this treatment option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta A. Hopkins
Franklin St
Stoneham, Mags
Death of Artist George Freeman Shocks Boston Family
Prostrated with grief over the untimely death of artist George Freeman in Birmingham Alabama Tuesday. Mrs Jennie Ford of 820 Beacon Street Boston remains under a physicians care. Freeman had prospered as a miniature painter and had been in contact with his Boston sisters since moving south last year. Miss Freeman, also a miniature painter, has gone to New York to arrange sending the body home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Freeman
Birmingham
Ala
Jennie Ford
Beacon Street
Boston
Ford
Miss Freeman
Freeman
New York
Freeman’s Death Attributed To Accidental Self Inflicted Shot
Memphis report says catcher Matthews and others testify Freeman shot himself while attempting to draw a pistol from his hip pocket. The pistol, belonging to Dick Wray, was carried by Freeman, and witnesses note there was no apparent motive for self harm as Freeman was prospering in his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Matthews
Birmingham
Freeman
Dick Wray
Eight Cambridge youths fined for disturbing church service
Eight young men were charged with disturbing a First Evangelical Church meeting in Cambridge on Sunday night. Judge Almy fined amounts from $10 to $40, with several youths committed to the House of Correction or to jail for nonpayment. one was found not guilty. Ex-Senator A. S. Apsey represented the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Evangelical
William Street
Cambridge
Almy
A. S. Apsey
John Leary
Market Street
House of Correction
John Corcoran
Brookline Street
Otto Gustafson
Johnson McLoud
Decatur Street
George Collins
Frank Daisey
Harvard Street
Edward Ansmith
Sidney Street
William Norton
John Galvin
Watson Street
Minstrel Night by Caleb Rand Lodge in Odd Fellows Hall
Members of Caleb Rand Lodge No 197 I O O F Somerville held a minstrel extravaganza in Odd Fellows Hall North Cambridge last evening. J E Allen served as interlocutor with H Cholerton G M Fife C C Apel and W C Boothby as ends. A highlight was the dancing and singing of May Eddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb Rand Lodge
Somerville
Odd Fellows’ Hall
North
Cambridge
J. E. Allen
H. Cholerton
G. M. Fife
C. C. Apel
W. C. Boothby
Little May Eddy
Retired Merchant Morse Praises Osmo-Chemic Cure
T D Morse of 285 Broadway Lynn Massachusetts a well known retiree reports severe stomach and kidney troubles and failed remedies before starting Osmo Chemic treatments. After a few sessions he felt improvement and now says his kidneys are all right in a signed testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Broadway
Lynn
Mass
T. D. Morse
Osmo-Chemic Remedy Praised By Weston For Asthma Relief
J H Weston of 42 Jacques St Winter Hill Mass credits Osmo-Chemic for curing his asthma and bronchitis and says his kidney trouble is entirely well He urges others with diseases to seek the Osmo-Chemic doctors and pens a signed testimonial about the treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Weston
Jacques St
Winter Hill
Mass
Osmo-Cemic System of Medicine Ad for Boston Office
The Osmo-Chemic System of Medicine Incorporated advertises permanent offices at 18 Boylston Street Boston Mass. It offers a book on chronic disease in exchange for a two cent stamp and lists office hours from 9 to 12 and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 daily with Sundays closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylston St
Boston
Mass
Nation's Peril in Immigrants at Y M C A Dinner
Dr Chauncey Brewer warned that many immigrants threaten national cohesion if not assimilated and Americanized. At the 13th annual Y M C A dinner in Boston, the state committee chair urged church federation, noting Governor Utter praised the organization. About 150 people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Brewer
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Hotel Vendome
George H. Utter
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Cuthura
Heidelberg Institute
Heidelberg Eye Institute
Washington St
Cials
Brown
Perkins
Mr. Morrison
Endeavorers
WHITE
United States
South Bay Terminals
South
Caleb Rand
INYON
Benj. F. Bye
Indianapolis
Ind
James M. Solomon
ZA Beacon Stree
J. S. Waterman & Sons Incorporated
K’uneral Undertakers and
Washington &I
Dudley Street
Tel. Roxbury
Burton
Jamaica Plain
George
George Burton
Felker
Amy J
John C. Felker, Jr
Waterman Chapel
Washington Street
Roxbury
Bucksport
Hosmer
Luther V.’. Hosmer
Round Hill Street
Kilty
Gertrude
James Charles Kilty
Barry
C Town
Robert G. Barry
Harrison St
St. Catherine’s Church
Spring Hill
Phelan
James Phelan
North Common Street
St. Mary’s Church
Efread
Newman & Sons Cor
Tremont St
31St St
New York City
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