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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1904
Page
2
An advertisement touts perfect digestion as health and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural, gentle cure for stomach disorders. It quotes a Detroit physician praising the product and claims universal relief, with a price of 50 cents per box.
Dr Edward Teague of Lowell Massachusetts lay at Bellevue Hospital in critical condition from a skull base fracture believed caused by an assault in the street. He gave an ante mortem statement noting he was clubbed or sandbagged, while his brother Daniel Teague and Frank Schaeffer were briefly arrested. The suspect Schaeffer claimed he knew three men were involved.
In Paris, M Zolotovitz the Balkan agent stated Bulgaria will not threaten peace and supports reform plans in Macedonia. He said Bulgaria will avoid actions that could be seen as profiting from the crisis and noted sympathy for Russia despite Turkish hostility and troop mobilizations on the frontier.
Rev James Bells of the First Unitarian Church spoke on the ideal citizen at the Peoples Forum in Shawmut Avenue. He argued an ideal citizen is free, law abiding, and dedicated to the American spirit rather than wealth or birth. He noted many leading Americans pride themselves on foreign royal descent, not on native status.
Druggists across Boston divided over a coordinated police raid at 8 o clock Saturday night targeting hundreds of shops. Officials and pharmacists argued about motive and legality while stressing enforcement of liquor laws and the impact on business.
The Winthrop Yacht Club to rebuild on the burned site with a three story frame building designed by Willard M. Bacon of 27 Kilby Street. Trustees aim for occupancy in three months with total cost between 18000 and 20000 above land.
Mrs Jack Gardner owner of the palace on the Fens clashes with Custom House officials and the Vincent Club orchestra over pit seating. After skirmishes the compromise lets the orchestra perform from the pit for two shows and sit on the floor level for the final exhibition so patrons can view the stage frieze.
The Ottoman navy cruiser Medjidia, built at Cramp's in Philadelphia, departs March 1 fully equipped for war. Captain Ransford D. Bucknam, from Cramp's yard, is to command her across and be commissioned as a Turkish captain. The ship carries U S Navy guns and will make two stops en route to Constantinople.
Samuel Brazier argued in the Every Day Church that taxation causes misery and crime and that land rights come from life itself. He defended ground ownership as a shared right, condemning present land monopolies as foundational to all monopolies.
A historical notice references Castoria, identifying the familiar remedy as the product in question. The text notes it as the kind you have always bought, signaling a longstanding consumer item in catalog and advertising records.
George Wilson sues Davis & Farnum Foundry Company for damages claiming a sheet iron department roof collapse on February 15 caused severe injuries from falling snow and ice. Wilson remains hospitalized at Waltham Hospital as attorney M J Connolly builds the case.
Colonel James B Reynolds, a key Massachusetts Republican, travels to Washington to consult with Senate leaders about the national committee post left open by the death of Hanna and Heath’s resignation. Widely regarded as experienced and well connected, Reynolds could become secretary of the Republican National Committee. He currently runs the state committee's operations and works on the presidential campaign in Massachusetts.
The German steamer Albano arrived at New York with Captain Ray mond Parker and 21 Rentigern crew members rescued from the Glasgow freighter Rentigern after it sank off latitude 43.08 N longitude 46.49 W. Parker reported a broken steering gear after storms between Feb. 7 and 14 left the ship listing 15 degrees and unable to are repair.
Right Rev Denis O Callaghan delivers Lenten sermon at St. Augustine's Church Boston addressing mixed marriages. He says popes urge caution, dispensation only for urgent cases, non Catholic spouse must respect Catholic faith and children be raised Catholic, and church cannot bless or perform such unions. He warns against divorce and vows marriage as sacred.
About 180 storekeepers from Somerville and Cambridge gathered at Rode's Hall to press for eradicating trading stamps. Representatives Aylward and Sennett urged action, promising to push the bill condemning trading when it comes up on March 8.
Chicago February 21 Mrs Lily Langtry purchases three trotters and two brood mares from Will J Davis. The animals will be shipped to her Wingland breeding farm as she expands into light harness horse and thoroughbred breeding.
Division 4 police raided the house at 2 Oxford Place yesterday afternoon and seized 14 Chinese men charged with gaming.
The readable fragment hints at a medical or cure related item titled To Cure and Cold. It references a vetting process and a name or signature. Further specifics are unreadable.
Three youths from South Boston Charles Holworth Lee Vaux and Thomas Hudson aged 8 5 East Fifth Street were rescued by the Guardian police boat after a night on the harbor’s ice floes The boys sought a voyage of discovery but the moving ice left them stranded until harbor police saved them expressing gratitude for the rescue efforts.
Captain William Eynon of the Warren line steamer Michigan sent thanks from Liverpool pilots to Boston pilots for a group portrait. The large picture shows the wheel with 32 Boston pilots and agent Charles Stearns at the center. Captain Bynon spoke of the gesture and promised a similar souvenir for Liverpool.
An old advertisement claims headaches stem from a sluggish liver. It warns against headache powders and promotes Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills as a laxative remedy that unloads bile, aids digestion, and cures headache, constipation, and biliousness in one night. Signed W. F. Smith.
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