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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1912
Page
7
An advertisement promotes a self described discovery for hernia relief with a free book on Rapture and its cure. It claims instant relief after failed remedies, offers a trial, and invites readers to mail a free coupon to receive names of cured patients.
Ask for Dr Young's Peptopads by mailing 10 cents for postage to Dr G C Young Co at 784 Patriot Bldg Jackson Mich. The advertisement claims relief from indigestion and nervous stomach issues, promising to mail a free sample that supposedly strengthens stomach muscles and eases pain.
Lorenzo W. Dow, longtime Somerville resident of 70 years, died yesterday afternoon at his home 18 Fairmount Avenue West Somerville in his 96th year. He is survived by two sons Kenry W. Dow and Walter A. Dow a former Alderman of Somerville.
John L Sullivan missed a Fat Men's Club meeting at the Revere House due to a christening after his engagement at a local theatre. The absence left him in good spirits and apparently a whole man the next morning.
After a NY talk with James R Garfield ex Secretary of the Interior and Ohio Republican Progressive leader Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay He vows to keep his views on the presidential candidate private bottling himself up at Sagamore Hill He condemns reporters following him to a private club as offensive and an outrage.
At the Revere House a Fat Men's Club meeting featured a banquet and a weight test for four admission candidates. Seventy-two members weighed in for a total 16 165 pounds, an average of 221 pounds, with laughter and antics throughout Bowdoin Square.
The dialogue notes a riddle like attitude until the Republican convention. Garfield travels to New York after Ohio progressives meeting where he reportedly steered the group away from La Follette. Roosevelt and Garfield refuse to discuss their talks, with Garfield slipping into Roosevelt's editorial office unseen before departing.
Boston's gross funded debt rose by 1 148 750 last year while net funded debt fell 276 919 50. The year end gross funded debt stood at 115 859 989 33 and net funded debt at 72 833 964 71. Total city operating costs were 31 545 618 05.
Harmony prevailed at the Somerville Democratic ward and city committee meeting last night. John W. Hamilton of Ward 5 was chosen president with Ex-Alderman Joseph A. Haley as vice president, Edward L. Hagen as secretary, and Andrew H. Crispin as treasurer. The new president hails from a ward long Republican but the party elected James H. Maguire, a Democrat, to the Board of Aldermen.
Naples January 5 Cardinal Farley and his suite left aboard the liner Berlin as hundreds of friends waved goodbye. Cardinal O Connell toured Vesuvian villages by motor and may visit Cardinal Brisco at Torre del Greco with stops at Capri Sorrento and Amalfi before spending the night at Amalfi.
Boston police and fire department members may receive a $200 yearly raise. Mayor Fitzgerald met with committees from both departments at City Hall to discuss the plan. The proposal would grant $200 to all officers after five years, with others receiving increases as they reach five-year milestones.
James B. Connolly the sea story writer is drawn for jury duty in U S District Court. William de Graff the hunchback cook of the coal barge Glendower stands trial this month for murder of Captain Charles D. Wyman found dead in his bunk at sea off Newburyport on June 9 last.
On the barge four men were present at the crime the slain captain William de Graff the cook Antonio Priskitch the donkey engine man and William Nelson the deck hand The cook faced with circumstantial evidence appears most implicated In a separate note Mr Connolly is among 400 jurors but only 80 are chosen and he may yet be disqualified
A long-promised cold cure claims three years of research and over fifty thousand dollars spent. It asserts no quinine is used and that a dose taken every two hours until three doses end grippe or severe cold. The ad promises rapid relief from headache fever sneezing stuffed nose throat and other cold symptoms.
An advertisement announces Elmer & Amends 2851 for rheumatism relief with distribution through T. Metcalf Co in Boston. The notice emphasizes relief claims and product availability.
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