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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1907
Page
2
Marshall Pierce of Putney Vermont credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey with keeping him alive at age 94. The longtime station agent, who was 94 last June, says he feels hale and walks or rides on good days and that he would not be alive without drinking the whiskey in moderation.
An advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a health tonic that strengthens nerves heart digestion and blood nourishment. It claims medicinal benefits for various groups and markets the product as a food beverage with caution against counterfeit bottles and spurious substitutes.
Provincetown Feb 22 three bodies identified from the wreck of the barges Alaska and Girard lost off Highland Light last Monday. Names: Captain James T. Lord of the Alaska Lyman Lord of Bath Me engineer and N O Hanson steward. Fourth seaman still unidentified. Two Girard seamen died. four Alaska crew lost. Towboat Valley Forge left them adrift on shore.
A snow scraper on a Columbus avenue car broke loose and jammed a Park square loop switch causing surface and subway lines to halt for over half an hour yesterday afternoon. No serious delay occurred due to the holiday and passengers were diverted to Boylston street.
The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church at 28 Bartlett Street Roxbury was dedicated yesterday afternoon. A dinner followed in the church hall and a festival in the evening. The service was led by Rev. C. S. Everson of Brooklyn assisted by Rev. T. Castberg Harlem and Rev. B. E. Bergeson Chicago, former pastor, with current pastor Rev. Halfdan Neilson. The cornerstone was laid in 1838.
Eva Butters gave herself up to police after shooting John J. McCarthy at 262 Essex Street. She claims the act was accidental. McCarthy is in critical condition at General Hospital. Butters faces arraignment in police court tomorrow morning.
A Superior Court jury awarded Mrs. Theresa Gorman 4400 in the case against Thomas K. Fitts alleging breach of promise to marry. The 57 year old plaintiff valued affections at 10000, with sentimental letters presented during several days of testimony in Hartford.
The feet and portions of legs of a man were found in a box in a snow bank behind a tenement at 1805 Third Avenue. Investigators believe the limbs were chopped from a man likely Italian, with possible arson to destroy evidence. Police began an inquiry and sought the killer.
Fire in the fifth floor rooms of Charles P. Seaverns at Hotel Bonair on Beacon Street Brookline sent women and children rushing into the street. Firemen quickly controlled the blaze caused by a lace curtain blowing against a gas jet preventing serious damage.
Washington's Birthday observances at Old South Meeting House featured the English High School Orchestra, with Edwin D. Mead presiding and tribute to Mary Hemenway. Prizes for composition went to Fannie C. Frank and Regina J. Rees for Franklin and Penn themes, with Edens Grey and A Muriel Lawson winning second prizes. The event concluded with America.
Nantucket harbor reopened today after a six week ice blockade. Two schooners entered without difficulty the William P. Boggs loaded with grain and the Winslow Morse with soft coal, both consignments to Nantucket firms.
A large crowd of children at Dahlgren Hall on E street South Boston gathered yesterday for a minstrel and vaudeville show. The event was hosted by South Boston Conclave 433 Improved Order of Heptasophs with each child receiving a flag and candy peanuts and popcorn distributed at the end.
This advertisement guarantees cure of itching bleeding or protracting piles within 6 to 14 days or a full refund. The product is offered at 50 cents with a promise of rapid relief.
A large Brookline and Allston society gathering filled the Brighthelmstone Clubhouse on Cambridge Street Brighton for a Dickens party. Dancing ran from 8 to 12 in the ballroom while whist games attracted others in the lower hall. Twenty ladies led by Mrs Charles H Hunt organized the affair with period costumes.
A white package cold tablet labeled Bromo Quinine with black and red lettering carries the signature of E. W. Grove and priced at 25 cents, warning that similarly named remedies may be deceptive.
The Legislature weighs remarks by Civil Engineer C F Remington of the Boston Lowell and Lawrence Electric Railroad Company who accuses Speaker Cole of bad faith over late notice of a hearing on the railroad’s petition to build 1500 feet of elevated track to connect with the Sullivan square terminal in Charlestown. Remington, linked to Congressman Butter Ames, says Cole claimed statements about Ames. A new hearing is set for 12 o'clock Monday.
Frank Lewis a 27 year old section hand for the Boston and Albany railroad was fatally struck by a moving train yesterday afternoon on the Tremont street bridge area. His body was sent to South Station and then to City Hospital morgue per Medical Examiner Macdonald. Lewis life details and address are listed as unknown.
The Commission on Revision of the Building Laws reports a preliminary draft act and will hold public hearings in the Board of Aldermen chamber at City Hall on February 26 and 28 with sessions at 3 PM and 8 PM. Copies of the draft are available in Room 17 at the Old Court House.
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