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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1904
Page
5
A Rexall Mucu-Tone spring tonic advertisement touts its catarrh cure benefits and overall body cleanse. It cites testimonials from Henry E. Hutchinson of Brooklyn Bankers and urges readers to try the remedy with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
Governor Bates says he will veto all special appropriation bills due to lack of revenue. He pins hopes on keeping the state tax under 2.5 million dollars while considering an inheritance tax to boost revenues. He notes support for the insane care costs and warns against funding excess enterprise deeds with no money source.
Members of the Vincent Club say they are not official sponsors of Mrs. Jack Gardner’s charity entertainment for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. They emphasize the club’s focus on Vincent Hospital and note 300 members will participate individually in their production The Tomboy written by Constance Tippett.
The Forty third Massachusetts Regiment Association held its annual meeting and banquet at the American House yesterday with seventy members present. President George O. Taylor presided. New officers named include President Alvin Fuller, Vice Presidents A. S. Troup W. B. Gove and Dexter Grose, Secretary Luther W. Bixby, and Treasurer John G. Ray. The Oakland Glee Club provided music and seven deaths were reported.
A surprise gathering of 30 friends visited James J Kelley at 360 Somerville Avenue Somerville on Saturday evening and presented him with a dinner set. J Cronin spoke briefly, and Kelley expressed thanks for the enjoyable occasion.
A letter hidden in a shoe heel led to the arrest of Andrew Shearer, Carlisle bartender, after a note found in his wife's shoe touched off a probe. He is charged with stealing 172 dollars from the Klobe Hotel in Carlisle and will be sent to Harrisburg with a request for extradition. He met a Lynn shoemaker under romantic circumstances and photographed letters and a picture were found in his Carlisle room. He is married with three children and agreed yesterday to return without a requisition, starting his journey this morning.
A well dressed man about 40 was found dead in a Cambridge street lodging house room with the gas jet on full. He rented a room Saturday night and was not seen afterward. police and owner Charles Gregory report uncertainty whether it was suicide or accidental. The body lies at Briggs's on Howard Street.
Colonel William W. Castle former machinery appraiser in the customs service faces a DOJ writ of replevin today seeking a set of index cards and cases valued at 500 dollars. Castle says he bought the set with his own money and that valuations on the cards were made in his personal time, so he claims the cards are his property.
The ferryboat Dart mouth of the Narrow Gauge line and a fishing two-master schooner, both at full speed, narrowly avoided a collision in the inner harbor last evening as dusk fell lights were lit on both vessels. The schooner was making port in a stiff breeze with sails set and had the right of way. It is believed the ferry captain misjudged the other vessel’s speed until too late at Rowe's wharf scheduled for 7 o'clock p.m.
Mrs. Alice G. Brigham collapsed near 138 Dochester Avenue while hurrying to fetch medicine for a sick person. She died before help arrived, and the medical examiner attributed the death to heart trouble. Her body was taken to 14 Dochester Avenue.
About 300 couples attended the annual dancing party in the school drill hall yesterday afternoon hosted by the Boston Latin School Cadets. The march was led by F. H. Steward with Miss Martha H. Hinman, followed by Joseph T. Collins, Miss Ethel O'Brien, Robert Linsdale, Miss Emma Ryan, James T. Ford, Miss C Jay Gilmartin of Somerville, Ernest Shannon, Miss Nellie O'Neill of Woburn and over 100 other couples.
Company B of the thirty sixth Massachusetts Regiment held a reunion and banquet at Young's Hotel last evening. Thomas A. Swords presided as guests included Secretary of the Commonwealth William M. Olin, Luke K. Davis, Joseph W. Hill, James Swords, F. W. Abbott, B. C. Clark, Thomas H. Hall, and Joseph Q. Abbott.
Distress onenems after meals includes nausea belching vomiting flatulence and nervous headaches with stomach pain. Experts warn that neglecting these symptoms makes the condition harder to cure and advise early attention and dietary adjustments.
Advertising copy proclaims New Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as permanently curing ailments and strengthening the stomach and digestive organs for natural function. Promises testimonials mailed on request from C. L Hood Co. Lowell Mass.
The January issue outlines industrial conditions across 27 states and the US government contracts, noting Massachusetts public works labor length at nine hours and eight hours for some public employees. It notes barber shop sanitary rules, labor demographics, and 1903 strikes and lockouts with outcomes, plus proposals for a trades school inspired by London's People's Palace.
Public health notice urges early symptom check for pneumonia like chills colds grip and fever. It promotes Orangeine Powdera with simple directions in each package and urges prompt use to prevent severe illness.
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