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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1905
Page
2
A promotional appeal for Dr Shoop s Restorative claims nervous tension stems from inside nerves and offers a free dollar bottle and six books on health topics without requiring payment or risk. The ad urges readers to request an order payable to their druggist and to state preferred health book.
Notices report deaths of James C. Carter age 77 78 year, Captain H Dawes 78 6 27, Thomas Lonergan 75, John OBrien 40, Jane Rose 59 and relatives invited to funeral services at All Souls Church Fel Work Avenue Twentieth Street Chelsea St Rose Church Cathedral of the Holy Cross Elmwood Street among other addresses and times for funerals in February.
The city building committee voted to give John B. Fitzpatrick a hearing on charges against Superintendent James Mulcahy. The date is to be set, and Fitzpatrick will present the evidence he claims to possess.
An ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cold cure promising refunds if ineffective. Each box displays a rove signature.
Jeanne Charcot nee Hugo files for divorce from Dr. Jean Charcot in Paris courts on grounds of desertion. The case involves prominent families. Charcot headed the French Antarctic expedition and had been absent since last year amid rumors of ship sinking in the South Sea cyclone. Mme Charcot was formerly married to Leon Daudet before her union with the doctor.
Fifteen year old John Sweeney of 24 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge was struck by a loaded double runner while coasting in North Cambridge. The rider overturned and several occupants escaped injury. Sweeney suffered a fractured leg and multiple cuts and bruises but his condition is not considered dangerous. He was taken to Cambridge Hospital by police ambulance for treatment.
In Bridgeton New Jersey on February 15 Frank Raisinger failed to die when the rope broke during his hanging. He fell unconscious at 10 04 am and struck a cross beam breaking his neck with death instantaneous according to doctors. He was pronounced dead about ten minutes later.
President Pritchett of Technology stated that a joint committee from Tech and Harvard has nearly agreed on recommendations. The proposals may be submitted to the corporations soon.
Dense turnout from all sections of New Hampshire and delegations from Boston and New York attended the biennial reception and ball honoring Governor John McLane in Phenix Hall Concord. Mrs McLane and the governor welcomed guests 8 to 9 PM with notable aides including Mrs George H Adams and Mrs Rufus N Elwell. Dancing followed until midnight as receptions ended.
Taunton Feb 15 Dr Albert G Walker retracted a not guilty plea and pleaded guilty to bribery charges in Superior Court Justice White deferred sentence until June term. He allegedly offered money to Councilman Frank C Walker to influence a city treasurer vote. William H Greely faces a similar indictment and will be arraigned tomorrow.
On the Board of Pardons recommendation Governor Pennypacker withdrew the death warrants for Mrs. Kate Edwards and Samuel Greason. The pair, accused in the murder of Mrs. Edwards' husband in Reading, were set to hang tomorrow.
J C Miller of Springdale recounts his time as Davis’s bodyguard at Fortress Monroe. He asserts kindness and comfortable conditions, noting Davis had books, tobacco of his choice, and a soft bed, countering harsh treatment claims.
The $6,000,000 contract to six track the New York New Haven and Hartford line from New Rochelle to New York City and to build a large drawbridge across Pelham Bay was awarded to the New York Contracting and Trucking Company. Estimated completion time is two years.
John Maynard Harlan, a lawyer and son of Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan, was unanimously chosen by the Republican city convention to run for mayor of Chicago. He is also brother of President Richard D. Harlan of Lake Forest University and James B. Harlan, former Puerto Rico attorney general.
A woman identified as Rita confesses enduring love for Arthur Veasey, causing conflict with his wife Mrs. Veasey. Veasey faces desertion charges after court orders for support were declined while revealing a stock of intimate letters.
Mary Tiffans and John Saunders planned a February Chicago wedding but Mary's father destroyed the wedding gown by burning it, mistaking it for an empty package. A dressmaker begins a new gown, with Papa footing the bill.
Miss Marion Gertrude Curry married Bert W. Flint at the Curry home in Stoneham this afternoon. The Rev. John Short officiated. The couple left for a wedding tour to Belfast Maine and will reside at 112 Summer Street on return near March 1.
At noon yesterday in the pink drawing room of the Hotel Somerset Miss Elisa Marie Wirth daughter of the late Jag b Wirth became the bride of Edwin Henry Fitler Jr son of Edwin Henry Fitler of Philadelphia. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Edward S Travers of Trinity Church and the bride has resided at the Somerset since last fall under the guardianship of George Fred Williams.
A British steamer Bechuana carrying 6500 tons of jute from Calcutta and Colombo arrived at Pier 38 Mystic wharf yesterday under Captain T. J. Greggans. One crewman Frank Wilson of Brooklyn drowned after being swept overboard Feb 6 as ice was cleared from steam winches. The Bechuana later passed seven Russian warships in the Red Sea en route south.
Boston University varsity basketball defeated Tufts 44 to 21 at the BU gym. Gillon Tucker Chapman and Taylor starred for the winners while Wilson led the Tufts squad.
Russell Furbush David Furbush and Herbert Noyes were fined 100 each by Judge Berry after choking a stray deer to death in Glenmore Saturday. Game Warden Thomas L. Burney pressed the complaint.
Funeral rites for Rev. Francis J. O Neill 8 J longtime Catholic chaplain of Boston City Hospital and longtime St Marys Church figure were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with hundreds in attendance. Clergy from Jesuit communities and local parishes attended as the remains were interred in the Holy Cross College Jesuits plot in Worcester.
A Line a Day bookseller lists volumes 67 through 638 located at 67 638 Franklin Street in Boston. The ad promotes journal style volumes for daily entries and personal logging.
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