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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1905
Page
2
S B Hege a Washington D C passenger agent for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad thanks Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills claiming relief from three years of eczema itching burning and raw skin started to improve after first day of treatment and invites others to use his letter dated June 9 1904
Complete treatment set includes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills offered by druggists. Claims to cure itch ing disfiguring humours eczema rashes and irritations from infancy to age when all else fails. Distributed by Cuticura Corp.
Officers from multiple divisions arrested sixteen men yesterday on gaming charges. Among those named are Samuel Emanuel 19 Peter Johnson 22 Victor Anderson 22 and others at 88 East Brookline Street 384 Broadway and 40 Harrison Avenue. Chinamen were also rounded up at Harrison Avenue and 9 Oxford Place where policy slips and a lottery manifold were found.
In Celina Ohio on February 19 Elijah Lynch aged 36 and Fred Harmon 17 were arrested on the charge of producing counterfeit five cent pieces.
Mrs Day of Boston Massachusetts touts Quinona as a remedy for numerous ailments including nervousness insomnia digestion and colds. She claims it cured her daughter Marie Odella and credits the product with restoring vitality and happiness. The notice urges readers to consult The Quinona Co for free medical advice or purchase at druggists.
New York, Feb. 19. Mrs Margaret Howell Jefferson Davis Hayes, daughter of Jefferson Davis, contends a letter thanking General Miles was written before Davis was manacled and incarcerated. Hayes asserts Miles misdated the note, written on the Clyde voyage to Fortress Monroe, and that Miles refused information about Davis condition on May 23 1865.
General Miles, last seen leaving Boston for New York, disputed Mrs Hayes first letter accusing cruelty to Mr Davis. He said the charge is a trumped up baseless whisper from a daughter who thanked him for his care and that all actions were under orders with humane conduct toward the prisoner.
General Miles releases a statement defending his treatment of Mr Davis. He cites letters from Mrs Davis and Mrs Clay thanking him for courtesies and sworn statements from army officers denying mistreatment or health harm. He says changes granting luxury were by him or on his recommendation and supported bringing Davis to trial or release.
Division 7 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosted a reception for Hon. Lawrence Reade mayor of Woburn at Washington Hall Dorchester. Peter Kean introduced master of ceremonies Daniel T. O Connell as the event opened with a musical program and Reade urged young men to join.
The residence of Mrs. M. J. Schofield on Bowers street Newtonville was damaged by fire tonight. A defective flue in a fireplace caused the blaze and damage totaled about $500.
The liver oil of cod fish is praised as a superior flesh builder and is best used when emulsified to cream texture. Scott’s Emulsion, refined over thirty years, is advertised as producing optimal results with a free sample offered by Scott & Bowne of Pearl Street New York.
Lieutenants Below and Bondy of the Sevastopol, released on parole, label General Stoessel a coward. Below says the world will learn his true character, noting Stoessel hid in a cave. Mme Zouhonek is praised as heroine for manning three 11 inch guns after her husband died.
A historical outline cites Russian rulers as initiating the killing of imperial family members. It notes Ivan the Terrible, Catherine II, and Peter the Great as examples, including child murder, lover murder, and executions within the royal line. The text portrays a grim lineage of tyranny and bloodshed.
The article details plans to delay Grand Duke Sergius's funeral, placing his remains in a temporary vault as the Romanoff mausoleum is prepared. It notes fears that a public ceremony could provoke terrorism, threatens of a dynastic threat, and the emperor may skip Moscow. It also covers rising strikes, factory lockouts, and government munitions orders amid unrest.
A snow covered day dims bloodstains in Senate square as Palace of Justice windows are reglazed. The assassin remains silent with no identification, forged papers, and no clues to accomplices despite diligent police work.
The Jiji Shimpo extends sympathy for Grand Duke Sergius after his assassination in Moscow but attributes the act to Russia's harsh suppression of recent labor demonstrations. It criticizes the high handed government approach as the root cause of the violence.
Fire at Cottage row Pittsfield wrecked the three story Whittlesey-Sabin block and damaged two adjacent tenements. Loss exceeds 30000 with 22000 insured. Causes traced to spontaneous combustion in Pittsfield Spark Coil Company rooms. Auto sprinklers and eight engine streams failed to save the structure. walls collapsed and the south walk fell onto the Boston & Albany tracks delaying trains two hours.
Emperor Nicholas received from Ambassador McCormick a message from President Roosevelt expressing abhorrence by the American government and people for the Moscow crime committed Friday.
In Melrose the First Methodist Church plans a practical demonstration of interior pulpit to pew telephone receivers to aid hard of hearing members. A transmitter at the pulpit and receivers in rear pews will be tested Wednesday afternoon and evening, with Professor Grady funding permanent installation.
Richard Downey, longtime Watertown lamp lighter and former teamster, died at his Fayette Street home at 67. He served Newton routes on horseback and left a widow, a son, and a daughter.
The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company reports total admitted assets of 31 707 626 06 dollars. For 1904 net assets reach 4 297 410 49 surplus 429 969 17 income 1 407 195 78 and outstanding insurance 36 498 777 00. Total insurance at year end 356 000 000 with cumulative payments to policy holders totaling 47 445 779.
An advertisement asserts Dr. Shoop's Restorative treats kidney trouble by strengthening the nerves that control kidneys. It offers free books and a dollar bottle with no conditions, listing six books and sending orders to Racine Wisconsin for men women heart dyspepsia rheumatism and kidney relief.
Charles Louis Tucker, the convicted murderer, remained calm and undisturbed during his 10 months in East Cambridge jail. His mother visited him for a semi weekly call and stayed about an hour after noon. Only other visitor noted was Taffy the dog, who visits the cell with his young owner Mrs. Taffe, daughter of Sheriff Fairbairn.
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