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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1904

Page

4

Ready Relief touted for pneumonia and assorted ailments

An advertisement extols Radway's Ready Relief for pneumonia and a wide range of inflammations and pains. It prescribes 20 drops hourly in water for lung illness, regular chest and body applications, beef tea and broths, and occasional use of Radway's Pills. Patient testimonials praise quick relief and compare RR R favorably to oil.

Radway D. W. Raymond Crescent St Middletown Conn

Tokio mayor may come to Boston after visit

Baron Kaneko, mayor of Tokio, plans to visit America but not Boston. He studied at Harvard and is president of the Harvard Club in Japan, with many friends in Cambridge and Boston. Boston Japanese residents will urge him to stop in Boston, aided by local friends upon his arrival in New York.

Baron Kaneko Tokio Japan America Boston Harvard Harvard Club Cambridge New York City

Russian transports return to Odessa from Suez

The Russian transports Orel carrying 1227 troops and Smolensk laden with ammunition and provisions arrived at Port Said from Suez and will proceed to Odessa later today.

Odessa Port Said Egypt Orel Smolensk Suez

Boston marines head to China in new battalion

A contingent of Boston marines, about 600, is drafted to form a battalion bound for the far east. They will travel to Philadelphia to join the unit, then proceed overland to San Francisco to board the Beauford for China. Veterans of prior China service are favored for selection.

Boston Far East War Department Philadelphia Bell McDonough Devereaux China Charlestown Navy Yard South Station San Francisco Beauford Navy Yard Yellow Sea

Third Infantry heads to permanent garrison in Panama

Washington February 23 The War Department ordered the entire Third Regiment of Infantry to move at once to the isthmus of Panama to relieve the marines there. The unit will depart from New York aboard the transports Sumner and McClellan. Headquarters are at Fort Thomas Kentucky with Companies C D I K L M. Fort Sheridan hosts Companies A and B, Columbus Barracks houses E F G H. Commanding officer will be Lieutenant-Colonel Woodbury as Colonel Haskell nears retirement with advancement.

Washington War Department Panama Sumner McClellan New York Fort Thomas Fort Sheridan Chicago Columbus Barracks Woodbury Haskell

No Money for Educational Centres In Schools

The School Board hears a report from the committee on accounts led by Phineas Pierce. They estimate a $24,000 shortfall and propose only $15,000 for educational centres. The detailed appropriations total $3,624,748 covering salaries, officers, janitors, fuel, supplies, repairs, rents, and the School House Commission.

Public School Association Committee On Phineas Pierce

No damages for free pass passenger ruled by Supreme Court

Washington February 23. The U S Supreme Court held that a passenger on a railroad free pass cannot recover damages for an injury or death caused by carrier carelessness, in the Northern Pacific Railroad Company v Louise H Adams and Frank H Adams heirs of Jay Hanne Spokane attorney, 1898.

Washington United States Supreme Court Northern Pacific Railroad Company Louise H. Adams Frank H. Adams Jay Hanne Spokane Wash

Three Weeks Transit for Port Arthur News

Port Arthur papers dated Feb 4 reached St Petersburg Feb 23 saying transit time is under three weeks for ships. Troop trains may take longer due to Baikal crossing on ice trains and sledges. Reports of troop hardships at crossings persist but lack confirmation. Telegraph system functions well with a direct line to Irkutsk and a relay to St Petersburg. The Czar used the telegraph key and spoke with Viceroy Alexieff.

ST. Petersburg Port Arthur Lake Baikal Irkutsk Sty. Petersburg Alexieff

Russia May Accept Peace Plan Report Doubtful

Paris dispatch says no confirmation from the French foreign office on Count Benckendorff’s trip to Petrograd with King Edward’s peace proposals. Russia may accept offers on a reasonable basis, but Japan’s continued war aims likely block mediation success. Indo China naval reinforcements move under a two year program Pelian, marine minister, enacting the plan.

Paris Great Britain Count Benckendorff St. Petersburg Edward Russia Japan Indo- China M. Pelletan Marine

Deserter presses mass quits as sympathy strike spreads

Fourteen pressmen and feeders and two non union compositors left their jobs yesterday in sympathy with striking book and job printers. Twelve left Barta Press, two at George H Ellis, two non union printers at Samuel Usher Co Fort Hill Press. All left individually as employers asked them to handle non union forms while printers quit in solidarity. Frank D Allen signed the Mudge & Son scale. next day all workers returned. Forty nine quit at the plant on strike day. The Mudge plant will use the union label and the union foresees more shops joining today. Typothete reports 35 offices at full force and 13 with partial complement. All eight pressrooms were reportedly working with full forces.

Barta Press George H. Ellis Samuel Usher & Co Fort Hill Press Frank D. Allen Alfred Mudge & Son Mudge Typothete

Murray announces engagement of Annie Murray to W J Harvey

Mr and Mrs Michael Murray of William Street Jamaica Plain announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Annie Murray to W J Harvey of Roxbury.

Michael Murray William Street Jamaica Plain Miss Annie Murray W. J. Harvey Roxbury

Blood Wine endorsed by Massachusetts man for lung cure

Ohio reader cites Brother in Akron who sent him Blood Wine and claims rapid relief from lung illness after starting the medicine. He says he recovered, gained weight, and now has no lung trouble. The ad promises Blood Wine as a meritorious remedy and says it cures constipation. Samp free. for sale at all druggists.

Geo. T. Corey Lowell Mass Akron

Russians Say They Are Invincible In Liaotung

In St Petersburg on Feb 23 military authorities dismissed a Japanese landing in force on the Liaotung peninsula. They say the southern coast is strongly guarded and the northern shore offers insuperable obstacles. The only possible route would be a march from Korea, but that would require defeating the Russian army beyond the Yalu and facing an impregnable stronghold.

ST. Petersburg Port Arthur Liaotung Peninsula Corea Yalu River

Cure for Terrible Skin Disease by Cuticura Remedies

A mother describes her infant's severe dermatitis, nearly dying from a spreading rash. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent, the child slept peacefully, improved rapidly, and was permanently cured. Testimonials claim fourteen years of health since treatment.

WC. Mitland Jasrsz Ryrto

Rheumatism Cure Claim via Paine's Celery Compound

A series of testimonial letters claim Paine's Celery Compound cures rheumatism by addressing weak nerves and blood impurities. Letters from elderly readers in Crafton, PA assert relief after several bottles, framing the nerve force as the root cause and the remedy as restoring nerve vitality to heal the body.

Mr.Jordan Mrs. Alter Paine Mr. Jordan

Rheumatism and heart trouble cured by Paine’s Celery Compound

An elderly man recalls severe rheumatism from age 60, progressive pain every winter, and reliance on liniments. After trying Paine’s Celery Compound urged by a customer, he reports a complete cure, regained activity, and regular heart function. He takes a small daily dose each morning and stays in good condition. John Jordan, 95 West 29th St, New York City.

Paine John Jordan West 29Th St New York City

Rheumatoid relief touted by Paine's Celery Compound

The advertisement claims rheumatism is positively cured by Paine's Celery Compound. It cites testimonials from patients who feared no cure and tried the remedy as a last resort. An elderly woman near eighty says years of rheumatic trouble eased after many efforts failed.

Paine Eens

Boston School Board Debates Over Teacher.Pay and Schedules

The Boston School Board held a stormy session with clashes among Mrs Duff Miss Dierkes and several men over December salary deductions for illness at English High School. The board considered paying 42.08 to Charles Lebon and approved motions on teachers pay and school hours, with many items laid on the table for next meeting.

Duff Dierkes Harkins Casey Pierce Mulvey Charles P. Lebon Dr. Harkins Miss Dierkes Keough Lebon Kenney Crosby Washington Mr. Casey Mary G. Devine South Boston High School Ellen C. Sawtelle Hancock School George H. Martin Messrs Clark Kennealy

Actress Helen Hale Leaves Stage After Illness

Miss Helen Hale, a young actress with the Peggy From Paris company at Wallack's Theatre, has quit the stage and returned home to Cleveland due to consumption. A Wellesley College student, her early success impressed manager Savage, and her career was brief but bright.

New York Helen Hale Peggy Paris Wallack’s Cleveland

Random Rheumatism Cures From Our Letters

A reader letters section lists numerous names and addresses across the United States, including Samuel White in Eau Claire Wisconsin T Spoonsuller in Bellevue Pennsylvania Pali Silver in Philadelphia and others such as Conant aged 72 at Indianapolis Jacob Heiner St Louis Martin Abner editor at World's Fair Westside Post and several more with streets and cities. The item presents a scrambled catalog of contributors from multiple locales without a unifying narrative or call to action.

Samuel White First Avenue Eau Claire Wis T. Spoonsuller Bellevue Pali Silver South Fifth Street Philadelphia Conant Cornell Avenue Indianapolis Jacob Heiner Seventh Street St. Louis Martin H. Abner Westside Post Clark K. Strassburg Dunbarton Avenue Baltimore Or Amland Homestead N. Emerson Avenue John T. Etn Hudson Avenue Green Island N. Y Mar Meredith Cunningham Street Rockford W. Towne John James Hleventh Scott Streets Moines Iowa

Phelps Promotes Celery Compound Cure for Cause

Edward B. Phelps of Dartmouth University advocates Paine's Celery Compound as a cure addressing the underlying cause. The professorial claim positions the remedy as a scientific breakthrough highlighted in his lecture and endorsements from medical circles.

Edward B. Phelps M. D Dartmouth University Paine

Store Robbed at Midday on Tech Campus

A midday theft occurred at Andrew Machlatchlan's stationery store on the Tech building’s lower floor. A rear window was forced and about 30 was taken from the money register while hundreds of Technology students and others walked along the street near the Hotel Westminster.

Andrew Machlachlan Tech Money Register

MISS ONEIL AT THE COLONIAL INBOSTON

Nance ONeil opened at the Colonial Theatre in Boston marking a long standing legend about a star changing theatres. She starred in Magda to enthusiastic audiences, with McKee Rankin as Colonel Schwartze and Ratcliffe as Pastor Hefterdinch delivering strong performances. Tomorrow she presents Camille.

Nance O'Neil Colonial Theatre Boston Colonial Magda Miss O'Neil McKee Rankin Colonel Schwartze Ratcliffe Pastor Hefterdinch O’neil Camille

Marino Arrested in Cambridge Larceny Suspect Nabbed by Officer

Vincenzo Marino was arrested by Officer Priest in West Cambridge last night charged with larceny of a watch and a pair of boots from a fellow barber in Boston.

Vincenzo Marino West Cambridge Boston

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R.R.R Julius C. Otto East 144Th St Knowla A. O. Christassen St. Ann’s Ave Patrick Coan Lexington Ave Albany, N. Y Radway & CO Elm Street Radway’s Boston Marines Hay United States Infantry Bonpears Gonnensep Mixx Siberian Ohio George Liaotung Martha Alter P. Box Crafton Ellis Miss O’neil THE Marino
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