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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1903
Page
2
W. Sanborn, general superintendent of the Boston and Maine railroad, issued an imperative order forbidding passengers conductors baggagemen and brakemen from playing games with cards for money or chips in cars. The strict prohibition aims to curb gambling on trains.
Edward Spilker was brought to City Hospital after shooting himself in the left breast. Surgeons opened the chest between heartbeats and closed the heart wound with three stitches. The bullet damaged the left lung apex. part of the lung was removed and a silk tube and chest drainage were placed. He quickly stabilized and doctors believe he will recover.
Henry H. Faxon writes to a local paper criticizing city salary hikes and offices created to reward political supporters. He denounces male staff politicking, bulldozing tactics by the Mayor, and says taxpayers should reject beyond-need pay increases amid 1902 council conduct.
In an open letter from London dated January 20 Lady Henry Somerset rebuts objections by some members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union against Watts's allegorical painting Love and Life shown in the White House. She says the majority of the temperance movement supports the work and its pure teaching, noting Frances Willard would have opposed the criticisms.
The Chamber of Commerce annual meeting highlighted President Lincoln’s address on shifts in business life, competition, and public restraint. Boston exports rose strongly in 1901 across wheat corn oats and flour, while embargoes on cattle shipments hurt steamship freight. Directors noted poor finances due to coal costs, with $5,300 net income versus higher prior years, and $32,500 in death benefits paid. Recommendations urged reciprocity with Canada, Hay Bond treaty passage, a new Boston custom house, an immigrant detention station, and street/bridge improvements including widening sidewalks and removing tracks.
President Lincoln denounces Boston city government in an annual address to the Chamber of Commerce, charging graft, inflated loan orders, and corrupt methods while urging reforms. City officials respond through interviews, denying specific corruption and saying loans and expenditures are within normal bounds.
Dr Plunkett extols light treatment as the future of medicine claiming it cures by killing disease microbes without harming patients. He argues germ theory and cites cures, including a testimonial from Henry Pletsch of Marlboro Street, Weston, Mass, dated December 20, 1902.
In Everett on January 13 Alvaro Byron aged 44 years 4 months. In this city January 19 John P Singleton beloved husband of Lulu M Singleton aged 86 years farmer of the West End. Funeral from 89 Norway street Thursday January 22 at 8 15 am. Services at St Cecilia s Church Belvidere street at 9 am. Relatives and friends invited.
Mrs Alice Edmester of Tufts Ave Everett Maks says fifteen years of severe stomach trouble improved after X-Ray exam by Dr Plunkett. She credits Osmo-Chemis doctors with a remarkable cure for Catarrh of the Stomach and related diseases and urges others to consult them.
A. Jones of 16 Unity Street Boston recounts years of rheumatic pain and numbness in his legs. After failed treatments and an encouraging referral, X-ray examination led to treatment at the Osmo-Chemic physicians in the Boylston Building. He says he improved despite travel difficulties and urges others to seek their help if curable.
A Boston institution promotes aOsmo- Chemic light treatment claimed to cure various ailments. The founder asserts comprehensive health benefits and positions the method as an alternative medical advance in local circles.
The article warns that a minor sore or pimple can develop into a deadly cancer if not treated early. It emphasizes neglect leads to more violent disease, advocates Osmo-Chemical treatment, and cautions against dangerous surgeries and delayed care.
Mrs Joel Bean of 209 Lowell Street Lawrence Massachusetts describes a left breast cancer that was hard and large. She says prior surgery failed and after short Osmo-Chemic treatment the cancer halved and she recovered enough to stop further care briefly. She returns to treatment hoping a full cure follows.
DURING CONSUMPTION Mr BE BH Green of 41 Hascock street Everett Massachusetts says he suffered five years with tuberculosis and debility after years of doctoring. He was advised to try the Osmo-Chemic light treatment and X ray exam. He reports feeling like a new man and claims cure of a troublesome illness.
Osmo-Chemic physicians issue a cordial invitation to individuals under ongoing care for catarrh asthma bronchitis consumption cancers or tumors who have not found relief. They urge these patients to seek examination and trial light treatment at no charge before January 31.
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians advertise free X-Ray examinations to determine the exact cause of ailments. Their extensive fluoroscopic setup allows full-body inspection, promising absolute certainty of diagnosis before treatment.
J. L. Plankett MD consulting physician offers services at permanent offices in Boylston Building Boston with daily hours from 9 am to noon 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 8 pm except Sundays. Office locations suites 8 9 10 3a floor entrance 18 Boylston Street.
An eight round brawl in the financial district ended with two men in custody and Patrolman Hildreth injured. The chaotic street fight involved a yellow dog and a dignified man in a tall hat, with the combatants dragged to Station 2 and later booked for drunkenness as court proceedings loom.
ALancaster drug salesman recounts his dyspepsia and nervious distress from unfamiliar meals and waters, then credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health allowing long workdays. He asserts dyspepsia vanished, sleep improved, and urges readers to try Postum Cereal Co. product over medicines. He notes family prefer Grape-Nuts and invites publication.
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