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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1905
Page
2
A Baptist minister says Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey cured his consumption and claims it could have saved his daughter who died from the disease. The speaker credits the whiskey for restoring health and vows to repay the life-saving benefit.
Cyrus H. Lothrop died noted philanthropist of Taunton leaving 1000 each to Annie Mary and Abbie Lothrop granddaughters of Charles D Lothrop formerly of Boston now Los Angeles Cal. 1000 to Taunton Associated Charities Home for Aged and Indigent Women and Taunton Y M C A. Residue split equally between the Home and Associated Charities. Frederick S Hall named sole executor. He funded the soldiers and sailors monument on Town Green and the A R Lothrop Memorial Hall.
Frank A. Dolan night foreman at the Back Bay post office pleaded guilty to stealing and destroying letters. He was held on $1000 bond for the February Circuit Court term. Dolan claimed no prior tampering and denied taking money while postal authorities allege months of theft yielded several hundred dollars. He allegedly tied 66 letters in a newspaper before duty end and was arrested after confessing to plans to steal 65 more. He is 23, recently married, and resides at 36 Brookford Street Roxbury.
Pastor Gifford of the Methodist Church dismisses Ada Nelson for dancing and launches a campaign against dancing and “hugging set to music.” Two other girls face complaints from James Potter as Gifford closes the local theatre with militant sermons and vows to drive Satan from Clayton.
Stanford University students face a campus edict from President Jordan forbidding courting on campus after dark. Women are barred from receiving visitors and warned not to stroll with men or join rowing trips. Violators face dismissal, stoking talk of a campus revolution.
It is stated that Governor Douglas will name Colonel Robert F. Clark to succeed Charles P. Curtis as police commissioner in August. Clark has chaired the board for five years and is a Democrat according to authoritative sources.
Since leaving the Police Board after ex Governor Bates refused reappointment, ex- Commissioner Clark has pursued a business venture on State Street. A petition supporting Clark is circulating for submission to Governor Douglas, who reportedly assured careful consideration of the appointment.
Charles J. Rice alias Hassen received a sentence of four to seven years in state prison for seven counts of professional theft. He used phone calls to lure philanthropy homes and children's homes into releasing money for supposed express deliveries. He previously escaped Deer Island by cutting through a van floor and fled to Cambridge before capture.
Martin A. Diorio, a witness, was arrested and arraigned before U S Commissioner Fiske on perjury allegations connected to Gaetano Lombardi’s naturalization. Diorio pleads not guilty and is held on 1000 bond for today's hearing as officials pursue prosecutions over alleged naturalization frauds.
Mrs Theodore Sutro, noted club woman and society figure, assembles a 300 volume deluxe edition of her husband Theodore Sutro’s love letters from their twenty year marriage. The volume includes intimate verses from various anniversaries and a telegram from Steinway Hall praising the National Federation of Women's Musical Clubs.
At Vermillion 8 Feb 23 60 coeds riot over women teachers edict restricting hours and privileges. Rivalry flares as male students trained for spring track respond with cheers and kisses. First the girls resist then capitulate. Some faculty women reportedly kissed by mistake in the melee.
The spring exam for admission to the Massachusetts Nautical Training School will be held in the second week of April. The exact date will be announced by the commissioners next month.
The annual Henry Durant memorial service occurred in the college hall chapel at Wellesley College. Speaker was Mrs. Helen Montgomery of New York, an alumna of the college. Born February 20, 1822, Durant founded the institution.
Francesco Valorazzo, an Italian artist from Mt. Vernon, was set free by County Judge Platt after pleading by Angelina Frezza. Valorazzo had shot Frezza twice in the throat on November 28 when she refused to marry him. She survived and later helped police locate him before their marriage that night.
Jeremiah P. Lyons aged 26 of 967 Tremont Street Roxbury took poison last evening and is at City Hospital in dangerous condition. He previously attempted suicide and, out of work, had spoken several times of ending his life.
Mrs Lucy Page Gaston of Chicago clubs a Boston visit to launch a New England anti cigarette drive. She warns that smoking begins with schoolboys, leads to crime, then to stronger tobacco and alcohol, and harms physique and intellect. A girls auxiliary and an advisory council accompany the campaign with public meetings planned in Dorchester and school master E H Marston backing the revival of a local society.
Mrs. Charles F. Moll slipped on an icy sidewalk in Detroit and struck the curb, driving the teeth of a hair comb into her skull. A physician removed the teeth and sewed the wound with six stitches.
Senator Davis introduced a bill in the Indiana Senate to forbid whites from marrying persons with more than one eighth Filipino blood. The measure arises from concerns in Bloomington where Filipino students at the State University mingle with white students and parents fear marriage trends.
Michael Byrne, a minor, earned $700 against Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co after a March 1908 incident. He claimed a defective job printing press crushed his hand while employed, suing for $3000 before Judge Lawton.
In a New York Supreme Court session, Daniel M Brady described his visit to Gertrude MacKenzie at 12 45 am saying he stayed fifty five minutes without moving from his chair and denied any improper conduct while a private detective and others present. He called the accusation absolutely false.
The Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden of Columbus Ohio addressed the Melrose Men’s Club in the Congregational Church vestry on Foster Street. He spoke on The Opportunities of Congregationalism. Also present were Tufts President Capen and local clergy.
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Restorative as a nerve based cure for stomach troubles. It claims worry overworks nerves that control the stomach, urging readers to request free booklets and order forms in exchange for a full dollar bottle, with multiple topic books offered by mail.
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