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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
4
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues including back pain frequent urination and rheumatism. It offers a sample bottle and a book of information by mail from Binghamton New York and urges readers to mention the Boston Daily Post.
Marlboro reports the W L Douglas Shoe Company new factory will begin operations on January 18. The facility is slated to boost local employment and production capacity.
A Wichita man says his eczema vanished after using an oil of wintergreen compound mixed with thymol and glycerine. He had suffered for over three decades, scratching constantly, before the D D D Remedy for eczema relieved itching and allowed him to sleep. Riker Jaynes Drug Co. promotes the treatment in Boston.
In Arlington, January 11, local clerk Forest A. Young denies a Chicago report claiming he is a wealthy Arlington businessman suing his wife for divorce. He says he has no ties to Worcester, and notes his wife is in Chicago. they separated around September 21, 1905.
The Board of Aldermen failed to pick a chairman after 10 ballots. Alderman Donnelly did not vote, O HAre supported Whelton, Attridge backed O'Hare, and Curley served as temporary presiding officer but an order to appoint committees was defeated. The next meeting is tomorrow at 5 p.m.
In Atlanta on January 11 Mrs. Pearl Moore aged 14 filed a divorce petition claiming her husband’s mistreatment caused her to lose 30 pounds in three months. She says she was 150 pounds before and dropped to under 120, describing herself as a healthy girl ruined by the conduct.
Winthrop Maine January 11 coroner's inquest returned a verdict that Mrs Ross Sanborn 29 died by her own hand. Her body was found beside a road four miles from Winthrop near the Wayne line with a bullet wound in the head from a 22 caliber rifle.
Dr. C W Taggart, one of three witnesses, says Mrs Sanborn may have acted while not in her right mind. She had been married twice, first to Herbert Day of North Monmouth, then to a Sanborn near Farmington. Her daughter and father, Charles H Kittredge of Hallowell, are noted.
Alfred Davis 38 was arrested in an uptown department store after a detective spotted his young daughter Edith with a pair of stockings. Davis could not explain the stockings though he later claimed Edith found them on the floor. The pair were taken to headquarters and then sent to the Chardon Street Home with the wife. The couple, living at 189 Harrison avenue, say they are innocent. The wife works in Burlington earning $2 weekly. a Reverend Denning of Sharon will vouch for her honesty.
The author argues dry heat ruins beans and promotes fermentation and gas. Steam baked beans reach uniform heat, preserving nutty texture, while Van Camp's uses hand-sorted Michigan beans and homegrown tomato sauce. The ad touts cost, convenience, and quality, claiming their beans digest and save time.
A pastor confessing to a gruesome crime claims a man coerced him through hypnotic influence to kill. He describes manipulation at a church wedding scheme, the fatal struggle, and dismemberment amid a flight to stay ahead of detectives.
An Italian vendor in Weatherford Texas on January 11 poured hot lead on a leg wound after a bystander advised him to do so. He then suffered a severe leg injury below the knee in an accident.
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as instant relief for piles and rectal diseases. It offers a free trial package from Pyramid Drug Co at 138 Pyramid Bldg Marshall Michigan, urging readers to seek a 50 cent box after trying the sample.
Mrs Sarah T Browning wife of Gideon Browning of Battle Run Michigan spoke about her life and her husband’s death after the Rev John H Carmichael confessed at Carthage Illinois that he killed them both.
Ada ir Michigan January 11 Mrs Car Michael wife of a man who died by suicide after confessing to murdering Gideon Browning in Carthage Illinois said tonight I do not think that Mr Browning was involved in the affair or that the confession was reliable in any way.
John YVleinze spoke in the Superior Criminal Court as Chief Justice Aiken presided yesterday afternoon. Heinze was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction for forgery despite claiming insanity. He urged authorities to jail him for a year, insisting on his mission.
S J Simpson of Brooklyn endorses Cooper’s medicine after rapid relief from long standing stomach trouble. Cooper projects rapid growth in New York with tens of thousands already using his preparation and aims to prove stomach illness as the great curse of the 20th century among civilized races. The medicine is sold by leading druggists, with The Cooper Medicine Co. in Dayton, Ohio, coordinating distribution.
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