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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1909
Page
2
Miss Annie S. Peck will tell at Tremont Temple about climbing Mt. Huascaran the highest point in the Western Hemisphere. The talk will include 159 lantern slides and a climbing display with tent sleeping bag Eskimo suit and gear.
The speaker discusses matrimony and suffrage with the Woodward Ifish School audience in Cincinnati. He notes Northern and Southern contrasts, comments on unmarried women, and jokes about beauty and northern charm influencing marriage proposals after the war.
At the Poe centenary gathering in Augusta Taft visits Mains Normal and Industrial Institute for Negroes, praising a colored woman Lucy C Lumey for building the school with 700 students. Mrs Taft condemns anti education attitudes while Taft plans to address Augusta and attend a Panama-bound Engineers board addition.
Bernard J. Rothwell former Chamber of Commerce president backed James J. Storrow for mayor in 1909, claiming he shifted support from Hibbard after transferring allegiance. An address to the New England Dry Goods Association framed Storrow’s campaign as strictly non partisan.
The Rev Samuel M Crothers at the Poe centenary observance likened a hall of fame to a henhouse noting nests and eggs Hans Poe denial admission as the hall’s drama unfolds. Prominent figures such as Higginson Long Bliss Percy and others offer recollections of Poe’s genius and tragedy.
A Boston gathering praised James J. Storrow at a Merchants' Association event. Orator James Rothwell urged a non partisan move to a future mayor, lauding Storrow for integrity and public-spirited leadership. Storrow acknowledged the Merchants' work and Chamber of Commerce efforts amid ongoing applause.
A local ad fragment touts Marine Eye Remedy as an eye tonic for ailments. The brief notice suggests belief in its soothing effects and promotes the product without offering medical claims or endorsements.
Three Poe commemorations took place in New York with a bust unveiling in Poe Park by Mr. Quinn and tributes at New York University and Columbia University. Thomas Nelson Page praised Poe as a fearless man of letters, noting his poverty in life and continued controversy in death.
A Boston committee from business and civic groups plans to petition the Legislature to restore the elevated train circuit in the Tremont street subway. The group argues this will improve rapid transit by solving current trouble and expense on the L road, citing maps and testimonials from Matthew Cummings and Frank B. Jones.
In Brockton on January 19 the Heelers' Union elected the widow of former secretary Peter J. Mulligan to permanently fill his post. She has served as secretary since his death and may be the only woman in such a role in the United States.
A 50 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin claims rapid relief from indigestion heartburn and sour stomach. The ad encourages families to keep it on hand and says it digests food instantly reducing nausea headaches and abdominal discomfort.
An old advertisement touts eye examination as a gateway to diagnosing obscure diseases such as brain tumors Brights disease diabetes consumption and cancer using X Ray and other methods. Free consultation for new patients who begin treatment by January 30 invites those unsatisfied with prior doctors.
The Osmo Chemic Physicians offer a free X ray examination before accepting a case, using their perfected diagnostic method to diagnose the cause of illness. Call on or before January 50th, 1909, for a friendly no cost visit that may yield significant benefit.
A series of endorsements praise Osmo-Chemic methods. Mrs. A B Pearson of Somerville reports relief from a 20 year systemic catarrh after treatment. Other testimonials cite cures for deafness, neurasthenia, poor digestion, asthma, and bronchitis from Melrose Lynn Wakefield Reading and Westerly cited residents.
J. Plunkett M D chief consulting physician to Osmo-Chemic System. Treats diseases of eye ear nose throat lungs and cancers with new improved methods. Permanent offices Suite 9 10 Entrance 1S Boylston Street Boston Massachusetts. Hours 9 am to 12 m 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm daily closed Sundays and holidays.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt has asked California Governor to pause anti Japanese bills until he can respond. Governor Cullette says he will hold the measures after receiving the President's forthcoming letter.
President Roosevelt writes Governor Gillette urging opposition to California anti-Japanese measures. He notes 2074 Japanese arrivals and 3281 departures in six months, arguing the policy is working and that immigration will normalize to American levels in Japan, with no excuse for further restrictions.
John Monahan as administrator requests witnesses Edward E. Davis Mary A. Watson and John T. Murphy to contact his attorneys after a paper called the will of Patrick Monahan dated August 15 1907 is on file in the registrar's office of the Suffolk Probate Court and bears their names as witnesses.
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