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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
6
An 1900s promotional piece touts Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges made from willow charcoal and honey. It claims charcoal cures gases and impurities, improves digestion, and purifies blood. The ad invites readers to buy for 25 cents at F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
Four men died and ten were injured when tonnes of dynamite exploded at the Foreite Powder Works on Lake Hopatcong. All 14 workers in the building were affected and debris caused extensive damage. James Boyle survived the blast with fatal injuries reported for others. The plant is a Dupont Powder Company facility.
In Sacramento on January 20 the Assembly voted 43 to 34 to hold up all anti-Japanese bills until next Wednesday, delaying action on the proposed measures.
Charles T. Bauer from Volant Pennsylvania recounts twelve years of severe eczema on hands arms and feet. After failure with salves doctors and arsenic he tried Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent healing his skin in a short time and remaining symptom free for over a year.
Matanzas Cuba will host a 12 foot bronze Statue of Liberty facing the harbor. Signor Salvatore Buemi of Rome plans the dedication on February 24, after traveling from New York to arrange the project. The statue honors Jose Marti and rests on a granite pedestal.
An aftershock at Smyrna Asiatic Turkey woke residents but caused no reported damage in the city. In the Phocea district 25 miles northwest, over 300 dwellings were destroyed and several lives lost. Menemen and Casaba reports include fatalities and building collapse while battleships Louisiana and Virginia remain in harbor.
Daily crowds flock to Tre Mont street window showing a Burns scene from Tam o Shanter. Tam o Shanter and Souter Johnny joke at a tavern as a Tandlady serves ale by a blazing hearth with kettles and panned relics. Highlanders mingle with clans in a nostalgic Land o Cakes atmosphere.
Miss Mary Slei obtained a warrant for her former fiancé James Louden charging him with carrying concealed weapons after he allegedly tried to stab her. She says she disarmed him and beat him in the confrontation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Abraham Broida of Oil City sues William Wilson, hotel owner, for 5000 dollars after the Exchange Hotel bartender gave him a disinfectant instead of gin. The incident occurred in Franklin, Pennsylvania, on January 20.
A Boston reader argues against reducing the military and praises a strong navy. The letter defends the armed forces as essential for national security and for protecting families dependent on naval employment at the S& Wabash Navy Yard, Boston, dated January 20.
State police began an investigation yesterday into the Park Square garage blaze that caused nearly 1 million dollars in damage. After questioning five witnesses including Watchman Kennedy and garage Foreman Noonan, Deputy Neal said the cause remains completely mystified as a secret hearing continued.
The Boston Typographical Glee Club of Union No. 13 will perform at the Ford meeting in Ford Hall next Sunday evening. They are aided by four Arlington Glee Club men under the direction of Frank E Doyle. Members include tenors Robert Entwistle W H S Hill Walter Sprague John Countie and basses Hobart Cousins John Schroeder Thomas Duffin John Sheehan plus others.
The text argues that dry baked beans may ferment in the stomach causing gas, contrasting with Van Camp's as the preferred bean. It warns some people choose the wrong beans and return to home baking, ending with mushy, broken beans and missing the flavor of the right beans described as nutty, mealy, and whole.
Miss Peck will state her Mt Huascaren height of 24000 feet at an evening lecture. Equipment including the Silver Slipper and vicuna rugs add to the occasion's interest. Mrs Sophie Pirek is to be sent to the workhouse following a judge's odd ruling in Cleveland.
An advertisement proclaims a new asthma cure from the Austrian Laboratory and promotes mail samples to Boston. it urges readers to request an experimental treatment at no charge. Separately, evangelist efforts led by Rev. William Asher and wife begin in Dorchester and Melrose with neighborhood meetings paving the way for a series of campaigns.
The Ladies of St. Finbar finish arrangements for their annual ball at Odd Fellows Hall tonight. Invites go to Irish society presidents and county clubs. tickets sold in great numbers for a grand entertainment. Organizers include Miss Barbara Sullivan Bean Vasal and others.
Mrs Rebecca Slutsky widow of Michael Slutsky died at 34 Worcester Square at 10:30 a m after a weeklong illness. Funeral today with interment in Denham cemetery at 11 4 m. Born in Russia 72 years ago she came to America as a child and helped her husband build a dry goods fortune. She aided many charities and leaves seven children H A Aronson Leo Aronson Jordan Mark Benjamin John and William in New York City. Family present at deathbed.
Miss Annie S Peck will exhibit views of the Huailas valley at Tremont Temple this evening. A Swiss guide was disabled during the perilous ascent, and the party narrowly escaped with their lives. The lecture previews Peru's mineral wealth and future railroad link from Chimboto to the coast.
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