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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
2
Councilman Myron Pierce Ward 11 announces auction of market leases to highest bidders. Board order sets five year term with renewals at old rentals. Meeting to discuss the plan and set for 4 o clock tomorrow.
The third practical talk on tuberculosis under the South Boston Anti Tuberculosis Society will be at 8 15 in the hall of the South Boston Municipal Court corner of east Fourth and Dorchester streets. Dr James S Mac Dena will speak on The Prevention of Tuberculosis admission is free and open to all.
A first person essay attributes unemployment to ongoing worry and stomach problems, arguing mental clarity and health drive job success. The author credits Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets with improving digestion, mood, and work performance and promotes mail-order samples from F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Minnesota.
At Bennington Vermont Alfred Mahan sits four hours as government witnesses recount the disappearance and murder of his three year old niece on April 28. German Mahan and Mrs German Mahan testified as the trial showed the child left with Alfred to visit her fishing father then vanished. The emotional testimony included the mother’s account of the girl’s brightness and innocence and the defense’s ongoing cross examination.
Henry Siegel Company's managers and 150 buyers gathered in the second floor parlors to honor J Edward Mullen on resigning from the contract department. A punch set of rich cut glass and silver was presented by Philip Greely as Mr Mullen received the surprise tribute.
Charles J. Glidden, auto mobilist and Glidden tour originator, will attempt a cross country balloon flight next summer. In a gas capacity of 85,000 cubic feet, the largest balloon yet sailed in the United States, he aims to fly from Fort Omaha Nebraska to Boston about 1800 miles.
Mr Glidden plans a Fort Omaha to Boston voyage to win the Lahm cup and set sweeping records. The current world mark stands at 1283 miles by Count De La Veaux from Paris to a Russia point, with prior races showing Pommern 885 miles from St Louis to Atlantic City.
District Attorney John B. Moran yesterday declared Bernard J. Rothwell not guilty of selling flour to the city while a trustee of pauper institutions. Moran cites lack of knowledge and his later prohibition of further sales as the basis for dropping the case with no grand jury presentation.
Mayor Wardwell of Cambridge vetoed an Aldermen order for a new police district on grounds of economy. Council actions include boosting a streets department salary, taking O’Brien estate land for a contagious hospital site, a coal weigher appointment, and large city finan rial appropriations. The council also refused a Saturday half holiday for city laborers.
Testimony before the Finance Commission details prize cup purchases and a July Fourth celebration payout in East Boston. Witnesses link Alderman George Battis to arranging bills and receiving funds, with others denying knowledge while Charles Childs and Charles Durgin corroborate.
An old label claims a cold remedy uses laxative bromo quinine to remove the cause. It states the product cures a cold, with K. W. Grove’s signature on the box and notes worldwide use.
A 1908 advertisement promotes Osmo-Chemic Physicians claiming a home apparatus can mimic mountain and sea climates to treat catarrh bronchitis consumption and other respiratory diseases. It invites free tests before January 15 1908 with numerous testimonials from residents across Massachusetts and New Hampshire praising cures for catarrh cancer rheumatism and related ailments.
The Old Colony rast Co announces testimonials from local residents endorsing the Osmo-Chemic treatment. Wakefield and Wayland figures claim cures for neurasthenia and tumors, urging others to verify statements locally.
Police report Edwin O. Barron aged 2 and Bertrand C. Williams aged 19, both of Belmont, confessed to numerous burglaries in December. Victims include George E. Gardner, Emma L. Foster, Alpheus Jenkins, Bessie Daly, and Emma P. Sawtelle, with jewelry, clothing, furs, and a $1000 railroad bond seized. most items recovered.
A blaze at 218 Marginal Street East Boston owned by the Massachusetts Brewing Company killed nine horses and destroyed wagons harness and hay stock. The building housed the brewery and the horses belonged to J J Devlin. Total loss estimated at 10000 with two alarm responses.
Lew Dockstader and his minstrel troupe volunteer at the Globe Theatre. About 1400 boys and girls from city charities attended, welcomed by Janette and various organizations including Home for Destitute Catholic Children and St. Vincent's Asylum.
An elaborate New Year's reception for Rev. A. Z. Conrad and Mrs. Conrad was held at Park Street Church. The parlors were transformed with archeries, oriental rugs, colors, electric lights, and candles as hundreds greeted the couple. The pastor remarked on the church's flourishing condition and optimistic outlook for the coming year.
Hood Co. of Lowell Massachusetts asserts over fifty years of medicine making with steady, safe, and beneficial products. The letter touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a premier blood purifier and liver kidney remedy, citing 40 366 testimonials in two years and urging continued patronage.
Mrs. Coulehan of Roxbury recovered from an aggravated catarrh due to a pneumonia treatment, following the so called Lone Pneumo therapy.
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