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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1900
Page
2
An 19th century advertises Munyons Inhaler claiming instant relief and cure for catarrh bronchitis asthma colds coughs influenza and similar diseases. It describes medicated vapor entering through the mouth and nostrils reaching sore spots reviving the system and clearing bronchial tubes and air passages.
Free demonstrations are now at W. B. Hunt & Co. Cambridge and Malden drugstores along with Woodward's and Freeman locations. Two inhaler styles offered at $1 with 50 cents of medicine. Munyon's Doctors provide free exams and advice with no fees, open daily except Sunday.
The Newport Probate scene notes no public bequests. Private letter to trustee G H Norman Jr allocates 10000 to Rogers High School and 5000 each to Newport Hospital Redwood Library and Free Library. The will leaves estate in Newport Belair to widow Abbie K Norman for life and names eight children with varied individual sums and a trust for George H Norman Jr to manage.
The order restraining Senator Clark and the United Verde Copper Company directors from selling the mines is inoperative because the sale occurred on January 9, according to the report from New York dated February 12.
Southern Pines in North Carolina promotes Seaboard Air Line access for golf and seaside pleasure. Hotels listed include Piney Woods Inn Ozone Hotel Prospect House with excursion tickets on sale at all ticket offices and the Boston office at 3066 Washington Street.
The article notes stomach diseases treated free, describing catarrh as the usual cause when mucus drops into the throat and is swallowed.
Promoters claim the Almyr System doctors McCoy and Powell have a highly effective stomach, blood, and nerves treatment. They announce free treatment until February 18 for all sufferers to prove superiority, with no future extension.
The Massachusetts House and Senate clash over the Boston & Albany railroad lease with new inquiries to the attorney general and railroad commissioners. Questions probe rate fixing, property rights, purchase costs, and lease flexibility amid broader canal and public works debates.
The special gypsy moth investigating committee heard witnesses in a continued hearing. Bartholomew R. Hennelly claimed inspections were hasty and ineffective with men wasting time on squirrels and neglecting wood piles at Medford and Winchester properties.
In Washington the final week of debate on the financial bill opens with Republican Elkins and Wolcott backed by Populist Butler. Wolcott urges a currency enlargement through bimetallism while Butler presses a government issued paper currency unit. A series of bills pass including naval orders for Venezuelan honors, a Spinner statue pedestal, and restoration of the Constitution.
The advertisement touts Omega Oil as the sole remedy for pains in the elderly. It claims the green vegetable oil comes from Switzerland and eases stiff joints strengthens backs and provides overall comfort for grandmothers and grandfathers.
James T Dunn of New Haven testifies Omega Oil relieves rheumatism by topical use. He claims his 80 year old mother, long sufferers of rheumatism, found relief after months of trying many remedies. The ad promotes benefits over ingested medicines.
Washington Dec 12 The Postmaster General has sent a draft bill to Congress to ease commercial mail transactions by allowing private parties to issue reply envelopes and cards addressed to themselves and sent through the mails without prepayment. Postage would be collected from the addressee as under present rules.
President McKinley hosted a cordial reception for women from state suffrage associations led by Mrs Root. Attendees included Mrs Arthur M. Dodge Mrs Gilbert E. Jones Mrs Rossiter Johnson Mrs Douglas Robinson Mrs William C. Cowles and Mrs George Phillips from New York along with several other prominent suffrage supporters from Brooklyn Cambridge California Boston Wilmington and Delaware.
Washington Seb 12 A House committee favorably acts on a bill creating the Secretary of Mines and Mining. The new executive department would oversee all mine affairs including the geological survey.
Senator Foster of Washington introduces a bill authorizing a government cable route from the United States to the Philippines via Alaska and Attu with stops along the way. An independent cable from San Francisco to Hawaii is also proposed.
Mr Holland Day lectures to the Harvard Camera Club in the Fogg Art Museum lecture room Cambridge on Wednesday at 730 PM. The talk, titled Photography as a Fine Art, is open to the public.
Burton I. Ingalls of Somerville was arrested yesterday afternoon by Inspectors Morrissey and Wise for larceny of 31 dollars from Michael J. McCarthy of Marlboro. Marlboro police notified. Ingalls was taken there late last night by Marlboro’s chief of police.
Residents heard a pistol shot and screams as John Lucas, 3 years old, fired at his wife Jennie while she read an afternoon paper at No. 187. The bullet tore the paper, lodged in the wall, and Lucas, who admitted drinking, was jailed on assault and battery charges.
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