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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
4
An historic advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal female remedy. It claims cures for female complaints including inflammation, ulceration, and spinal weakness, plus backache, irregular periods, and nervous symptoms. It asserts safety and wide endorsement, urging purchases from druggists and to refuse substitutes.
Boston marks the 200th birthday of Benjamin Franklin with a grand series of commemorations led by Governor Guild and Mayor Fitzgerald. Symphony Hall hosted a large program with 250 school children, speeches by dignitaries, and a joint cable congratulation to President Fallieres. The event drew visits from M. Jusserand, the French ambassador, and celebrated Franklin as a founder of the nation and a model of civic virtue.
Addie Harding of Syracuse and Virginia Caviana of Portland share experiences praising Peruna for throat and lung ailments. Harding reports twelve years of use preventing choking sensations and says two bottles sit in her home. Caviana notes rapid improvement within two weeks and full recovery after four months, including weight gain and better appetite.
The townwide celebration in Franklin honors the 200th birth anniversary of the philosopher the town is named for. Clergymen spoke at schools, a business reception welcomed visitors, and a main evening program featured Eben Draper John Bates A W Pierce Leon Vincent and H E Ruggles. Draper spoke for the Commonwealth and Bates praised Boston as Franklin’s birthplace. The memorial library opened its children’s rooms with Miss H L Ray reading an original poem.
About 300 guests gathered at the Franklin Schoolhouse on Waltham Street to honor Benjamin Franklin’s bi centennial birth. The Franklin School Association presented an 8 by 6 foot life size oil portrait in a gold frame, with speeches by Mrs Mary Willard Eddy Seth Sears James J Storrow Charles T Gallagher William P Jones and Thomas Hill and a schoolchildren chorus performing patriotic songs.
In Ithaca on January 17 nine young women believed to be Cornell coeds dressed as men and attempted to go downtown with male students. Their odd behavior drew attention as they screamed and fled to a dressmaker’s shop for refuge.
A vintage advertisement touts Peruna as a safeguard against all winter catarrhal ailments whether acute or chronic. It urges readers suffering from cough or cold to buy a bottle and follow directions for relief.
Counsel for Mrs Louise S M Hood appeared before Judge Holmes and requested bail cut from 3000 to 1000. The judge ordered General Bartlett and Edward Hale to bring their sureties to court for examination this morning.
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