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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
9
An advertisement touts Virgin Oil of Pine as a universal remedy healing bronchial issues and coughs within 24 hours. It claims benefits for kidneys and uric acid, packaged in 44 ounce vials with a sealed wooden case, offered by a chemical company in Cincinnati.
A mass meeting of the Colored Literary Societies of New England at the Twelfth Baptist Church praised Senator Foraker of Ohio as brave and uncompromising. Taft was derided for discharging colored troops at Brownsville and praising disenfranchising laws. About 600 attended with 200 turned away. Rev W S Gay spoke on Abraham Lincoln.
John Maynard Harlan of Chicago addressed the Lincoln Way dinner of the Republican Club in New York urging vigilance against dishonest wealth exploiting the ignorant and weak. He praised President Roosevelt for attacking fictitious property and called for a candidate whose past deeds match platform pledges.
A Buffalo physician praises Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges for gas relief and purification of breath mouth and complexion. The advertisement claims charcoal absorbs stomach impurities, sweetens breath, whitens teeth, and benefits liver health. Lozenges cost twenty five cents a box and are sold by druggists.
Governors Guild and Taft attend a luncheon and discuss Lincoln in national policy on expansion and corporate regulation. The speakers praise Lincoln’s legacy, urge national law over state rights, and call for unified corporate incorporation and stronger federal control of transportation.
Mrs. Charlotte B. Brothers celebrated her 100th birthday in Springfield on February 12. The centenarian, who appears younger, recalls temperance and warns of modern girls overemphasis on studies. She was married at 19 and recalls Civil War days in Lowell, joking that Lincoln is her twin because they share a birthday.
Rear Admiral Wilde of the U S Navy paid tribute to Abraham Lincoln at the sixth annual Sons of the Loyal Legion dinner in Young's Hotel. He recalled meeting Lincoln and called him central to the era's great human rights struggle. Professor Hart of Harvard acted as toastmaster and praised Lincoln as savior of the Union.
Governor Hughes speaks to the Republican Club of New York City in an optimistic speech. He argues the American republic reflects Lincolns era resolve and urges patient confidence in ultimate justice while acknowledging abuses that must be corrected.
A special Lincoln memory service was held at First Church of Christ Scientist with Rev. L. B. Bates of East Boston delivering the sermon. Bates praised Lincoln as the great white soul of America and urged inspiration from his simple kindly life as about 1500 attendees listened.
The waterfront commemorated Abraham Lincoln with decorations on Atlantic avenue. Several steamers moored at the wharves showed lines of streamers, while most schooners did not display much patriotism. The fishing schooner Maassasoit arrived and flew the American flag from its mainmast head. Buildings on the south side also displayed the Stars and Stripes from their staffs.
At the Westminster Kennel Club event in New York on February 12, Squantum Punch owned by Dr. W. G. Kendall of Squantum Kennels Atlantic Massachusetts won first prize in the novice class for Boston terriers. That same day the all white Boston terrier claimed the champion class over 227 rivals including Fosco Revilo Peach Tomah and Oakmount Gent.
Oscar H Thompson of Stowe Massachusetts enters a hospital for chronic indigestion and seeks relief through Cooper Remedies. After trying local physicians no lasting relief is found until two bottles of New Discovery medicine relieve distress and restore appetite and comfort.
Twenty thousand people packed Times Square as the New York to Paris race began. Notables Miss Theodora Shonts and her fiancé Duc de Chaulnes watched The Montague Roberts driven American entry started after a delay. Competitors include De Dion and Zust makes with crews listed. The relay routes cover 4300 miles to San Francisco by road and 2800 by boat to Valdez Alaska, then 1200 to Nome by road, 250 by boat to East Cape Siberia, and 11450 miles by road to Paris.
At a Brighton work site on Washington street near Elko street a sewer trench suddenly caved in injuring two workers. Milton Durant, 2%, of YW Village street, and Reuben Braxton, 2%, 32 Albion street, were rescued by fellow workers and treated at the scene.
At a board meeting Edmund F. Walsh was appointed to take full charge of the amateur athletic department of the Armory Athletic Association and will oversee the big cross country run planned for Washingtons Birthday.
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