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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1907
Page
4
A promotional piece urges sunshine inside for success and touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for stomach disorders. It claims the tablets digest food, improve appetite and mood, and can increase personal success, offering a 50 cent price and a free sample by mail from F. A. tt. Co. Marshall Michigan.
Portland Michigan resident Frank Little credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing five years of rheumatism and paralysis. He describes numb limbs fatigue and nerve pain and says he fully recovered after using the pills distributed by the Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady New York.
Thousands attended the annual firemen ball in Mechanics Hall with Mullen’s Orchestra providing a concert from eight to nine. The grand march featured District Chief Henry A Fox and Mrs Fox plus 11 couples, as Chief Wells and Chief Mullen led the procession. Notables including Chief Croker of New York and Mayor Fitzgerald attended, with a police detail ensuring order and a lamp-post alarm demonstration on display in the exhibition hall.
Mrs Amelia Cushman of Malden filed suit for 30000 personal injuries after a May 29 1900 fall on a Boston & Northern Street Railway open car. The jury found for the defendant, ruling cancer developed years later, with her husband seeking 20000 for loss of services.
James O. Higgins the young lawyer found guilty of perjury in the Hannah Boyle will case had his sentence postponed by Judge Gaskill until this afternoon at 4 o'clock after a motion by his counsel E B Callender and consultations with the judge and District Attorney Moran.
A donation party for the Roxbury home on Burton avenue drew many elderly residents and numerous society ladies. Attendees included women aged 80 and over 90, who came with bundles and expressed hope for another event soon.
An advertising claim extols a new obesity food that supposedly reduces weight to normal without starvation. It asserts instant bodily benefits from mealtime use, including improved digestion and organ function, and invites readers to mail a trial package with a coupon.
The hall’s fire alarm telegraph was cut from a stage instrument site, though two alarms for East Boston and Dorchester existed. A fireman monitored the line until lights out, with Chief Mullen alerted to any alert. Fire stations remained manned and district chiefs on duty through the night.
Kansas City Journal reports that Fulton’s Compound is claimed to yield permanent relief from Bright's Disease and Diabetes. A hotel man and Dr J M Guest cite recoveries, with San Francisco confirming permanent results and local notices inviting reports and requesting further details.
Amherst College locks gates and orders nonresidents to depart by tomorrow evening as five scarlet fever cases appear among students. The administration imposes strict quarantine to halt spread while President Harris is away on sabbatical. the two week vacation replaces the Easter recess.
Lieutenant-Governor Draper pressed Foxboro Trustees Chair Fosdick on whether Foxboro cures alcoholics and if calling it a hospital is appropriate. Fosdick defended the term, said no incorrigibles were sent, and praised food while noting patients’ aims. Witness Emma Edwards testified of bruises on her brother. The hearing continues.
A large turnout of men and women gathered before the committee on election laws to discuss letting women vote on liquor license questions. Mrs. Catherine Stevens of the W C T U and Senator Prouty spoke in favor, while Charles R. Saunders of Boston argued against extending suffrage to women for this issue.
Lieutenant-Governor Dra per urged an investigation into how Chief Austin Peters of the cattle bureau enforces muzzled dogs rules. Dr. Peters replied that no dogs have been shot by the State since the council order began and that he knows nothing of any trouble beyond what he reads in the Post.
The Transit Commission selects Park Street over Scollay Square as the connection point for the Cambridge Elevated with the old subway. A Beacon Hill tunnel will run from near the Boston end of the Cambridge Bridge to Park Street station. President Bancroft of the Elevated was notified. a 30 day appeal window to railroad commissioners may follow.
Major Henry IL Higginson Colonel Thomas L Livermore the Hon Louis A Frothingham Laurence Minot Charles F Adams 2d Henry P Parkman William M Butler and T J Doherty urged the over the counter plan before the insurance committee distinct from the savings bank insurance A new company would be incorporated with 250000 capitalization as a guarantee fund returnable to stockholders after earnings to carry on the business Stockholders will get 6 percent No agents are to be employed but counters would be established in various parts of the State.
J Otis Wardwell appearing for the Elevated before the Legislative committee on street railways said a nine hour day would hamper operations. He argued the bill requiring nine hours and an 11 hour work day interferes with the rights of the Elevated as pressed by Representative Conway for the petitioners.
A store defends patent medicines, touts Rexall Mucu-Tone as a positive cure for catarrh and internal scrofula. It cites customer satisfaction, a success story from Albany, and a money back guarantee with a fifty cent trial bottle claim to restore vitality and flesh.
The Rexall line offers 200 specialized remedies by United Drug Company. Local druggists, as agents, guarantee refunds if the products do not benefit customers. Featured items include Rexall Americanitis Elixir for nervousness at 75 cents and Rexall Orderlies for constipation at 10 cents.
Mr. Wardwell refuses to answer questions saying he will not be catechised by the man, while Mr. Conway vows to catechise him. iF. H. Jackson, a former motorman, asserts no Elevated employee would face a legislative committee against company wishes and notes some workers endure 19 hour days for decent wages.
The bill to provide twenty five thousand dollars for the State employment office in Boston advanced to a third reading in the House after a lengthy debate yesterday.
Feb 14. Fred R. Prescott of Highland avenue jumped from an express train to avoid missing an engagement at his home. He landed in a snowdrift, escaped unharmed, and kept the engagement.
Aldermen Bell Clark and Flanagan met as a special committee to study adding precincts in Ward 20 from 11 to 15. They reported favorably and expect board adoption on Feb 25. Ward 20, the citys largest, has about 10 000 voters and over 40 000 inhabitants.
Augusta Maine February 14 a temperance committee hearing reviewed a bill to repeal the Sturgis act designed to strengthen the enforcement of the prohibitory law passed in the last session of the legislature.
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