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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
5
An old health ad touts Cascarets as a cure for indigestion and lax bowels. It links poor digestion to illness and mood, promotes regular bowels like a clock, and urges carrying the product for quick relief. The ad promises a gold plated bonbon box as a free gift for ten cent stamps.
Franklin and Washington linked in American reverence as the two greatest names. Wright lauds Franklin as printer, mechanic, scientist, and citizen, urging youth to study his life. A Roche poem, Genoa consul, was read, followed by hymn and notable concert music to close the program.
An Iowa couple reports improved health after quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. The wife suffered fainting spells and nervous troubles including black spots before the eyes, which diminished after starting Postum. The husband also quit coffee and says his low mood and sluggishness disappeared, and their child became happier and more attentive at school. They credit Postum, from Postum Co., Battle Creek, with these changes following the book The Road to Wellville.
Benjamin Franklin lauded as sage, inventor and diplomat at the annual SoR banquet in Hotel Somerset. Speakers included M. Jules Jusserand, Governor Guild, Hampton L. Carson, Richard Cadwallader, and Professor Frederick de Sumichrast. Toasts to Presidents Washington and Franklin. Officers elected: Thompson president. Appleton vice president. Carruthers secretary. Thayer treasurer. Stover registrar. Page historian. Rudd chaplain.
The Franklin Typographical Society of Boston celebrated its 82nd anniversary at Copley Square Hotel with Governor Guild and Mayor Fitzgerald among speakers. About 125 members attended. letters of regret came from prominent citizens. Funds for the old-age benefit were announced with contributions from Boston Typothete, Boston Post, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Transcript, ai. CC, Hanson Company, and Golding Manufacturing.
Dr James Jeffrey Roche former Pilot editor reads his poem on Benjamin Franklin during the Franklin day celebration at Symphony Hall. The piece lauds Franklin as a model of virtue and liberty while urging vigilance against pride greed and hypocrisy to preserve republican ideals and future rights.
At the 18th annual Massachusetts Division of the Society of Colonial Wars banquet in Hotel Somerset, Governor Guild and ex Secretary of State Richard Olney shared honors. Olney condemned wealth worship and political corruption while praising Franklin’s colonial roots and Massachusetts loyalty.
Benjamin Franklin wrote his own epitaph as a preschool draft found after his death. The inscription labels him simply as printer to mark his humble title. It proclaims that though the body lies in a tomb, the work will endure as a new and improved edition edited by the author.
Champion cyclist Will C. Stinson and his wife Elsie Richmond have separated after a clash involving her mother and a prior family. Stinson, holder of outdoor American records from 14 to 50 miles, remains in the Hotel Navarre apartment while Elsie and her mother moved out last Monday. He cited too much mother in law as the reason, saying he married Elsie, not the Richmond family.
The 48th annual Waiters Benevolent Association ball was held last evening in Paul Revere Hall Mechanics' Building with about 480 attendees. Vice President Thomas P. Galvin and Mrs Galvin led the grand march, followed by President John J. Kelliher and Mrs Kelliher.
Mrs Minnie Seavery of 16 Tlarrison Street is treated at Emergency Hospital for arm injuries sustained yesterday morning when caught in a mangling machine.
The fifth annual St. Alphonsus Association banquet in Roxbury drew nearly 500 attendees in the school hall. Henry D. Martin opened the event with a welcome, toastmaster Hon. Thomas H. Dowd presided, and Mayor John F. Fitzgerald served as guest, responding to a toast to The City. Other speakers included Rev. Father McCarthy on The Church, Rev. James Hayes on The Association, and Michael J. Dwyer on The Layman.
The advertisement rejects the term patent medicine, stating Scott's Emulsion contains no secret ingredients. It credits doctors with knowledge and emphasizes perfected blending of cod liver oil with hypophosphites and glycerine. It markets as the best cod liver oil emulsion for restoring strength and flesh, with no secret formula.
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