Free full dollar bottle offer for Dr Shoop Restorative
A wartime era advertisement offers a free one dollar bottle of Dr Shoops Restorative to women with suspected womanly weakness. It claims nerve weakness causes most illnesses and promises a free book explaining the treatment, plus optional local night cure, with an order sent directly to Shoop in Racine Wisconsin. Seven books are listed for readers to request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Shoop
Shoop
Racine
Wis
Dr Shoop's Restorative Seven Years For Dugan
Thomas Dugan also known as Red Dugan and John W Hogan was yesterday sentenced by Chief Justice Aiken to seven to eight years in state prison for larceny of 500 dollars from the People's National Bank of Roxbury on August 27 1904. Dugan used the alias and posed as a St James Episcopal Church minister and presented a certified check for 9550 drawn on Pequonnock National Bank Bridgeport Conn signed by B M Baldwin cashier. The plan sought to defraud with a 500 dollar withdrawal via the check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dugan
Pequonnock National Bank of Bridgeport
Conn
B. M. Baldwin
John W. Hogan
Death of Thomas A. Henry in Cambridge From Acid Ingestion
Cambridge police investigate the death of Thomas A. Henry of St. Stephen New Brunswick. He died at his brother Alexis Henry's home at 851 Harvard Street after taking carbolic acid. The medical examiner notes poisoning as the fatal cause. details remain undisclosed.
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Cambridge
Thomas A. Henry
St. Stephen
N. B
Alexis Henry
Harvard Street
Post
Salem schooner Anna L. Sanborn floated after grounding
The Salem schooner Anna L. Sanborn, aground outside the harbor two weeks ago during a storm, was floated today at Southwest Harbor Mo. and reported only slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Harbor
Anna L. Sanborn
South Boston Heptasoph Officers Installed
South Boston Conclave Improved Order Heptasophs installed officers in Dahlgren Hall last evening. Past archon James Galligan and archon James Lane led the list with paths for provost and secretary, plus trustees Mullen Concannon and Henrty. A collation followed a staged entertainment directed by G. Lawrence Stedman with performances by the Stedman Family and Joseph F. Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Daniel J. Donovan
Dahlgren Hall
James J. Galligan
James M. Lane
Richard Fitzgerald
Wiliam Jones
Joseph F. Lynch
Eugene J. Gillen
William M. Flynn
Frederick W. Craigen
George A. Orchard
Wills Filed in 20 Days Break Record at Probate Court
Clerk Mr. Tappan of the Probate Court reports a record 74 wills filed in the last 20 days, during the last three weeks. This tally surpasses previous records and highlights surging testaments in the period.
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Tappan
Ladies of Division 35 A O H Dance in Roxbury
The annual ball of the Ladies Auxiliary A O H Division 35 was held last evening at Orienta Hall Roxbury and attracted a large crowd. Miss Mary Meehan led the floor with aides including Miss Charlotte White Miss Mary Nugent Miss Julia Kiernan and several others assisting in the successful event hosted by local members.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Orienta Hall
Roxbury
Mary Meehan
Annie Long
Mary Murphy
Charlotte White
Margaret Doyle
Mary Herlihy
Julia Kiernan
Nellie Goodman
Mary Nugent
Julia Carey
Sarah Kilduff
Ellen Lyons
Mary Cantin
Catherine Sheehan
Catherine Mahoney
Jennie Keenan
A. Harrington
Bluebeard of Holmes Era Lured Chicago Wives
Chicago police link John Hoch to a string of suspicious marriages and unexplained deaths. Hoch, once a chemist and druggist, is tied to the Holmes era, with at least ten wives and possible murders involving poison. investigators cite exhumed remains and numerous aliases as proof of a deadly career.
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Chicago
John Hoch
H. H. Holmes
Shippy
Hoch
Marie Welcker-Hoch
Oakwoods
Sixtythird Street
Holmes
Philadelphia
Holmes Order
Anna Hendrickson
Hive
Englewood
Hendrickson
Hammond
Ind
Schmidt
Pullman
North Leavitt Street
Jefferson
Miss Alice Teresa Rogers Enters Carmelite Order
Miss Alice Teresa Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Rogers of Billerica Centre, entered the Carmelite order at the Roxbury convent on Mt Pleasant Avenue yesterday morning. Her sister Frances Rogers attended, with a large gathering present. The mass was celebrated by Rev. Francis Rogers and assisted by several clergy, with Rev. Francis Maley delivering the sermon and Vicar-General Byrne assisting. Music directed by John P. Hession.
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Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Roxbury
Alice Teresa Rogers
Timothy Rogers
Billerica Centre
William Rourke
White Plains
N. Y
James J. McCarthy
St. Francis de Sales’ Church
Francis Maley
St. Augustine’s Church
South Boston
Byrne
John P. Hession
St. Patrick's Church
Anti Treaty Meeting At Faneuil Hall Postponed
Between 200 and 300 residents braved a severe storm to attend a protest against ratifying any treaty between the United States and England. The meeting at Faneuil Hall was postponed after Chairman Daniel A. Whelton of the Board of Aldermen ordered it due to the extreme weather.
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Faneuil Hall
United States
England
Daniel A. Whelton
Board of Aldermen
Maine Asked to Abolish Porcupine Bounty Bill
A large legislative hearing at Augusta examined ending the 25 cent porcupine bounty claiming the tax is unnecessary. Officials argued more porcupines were killed in 1903 and 1904 than before and that quill pig hunters caused timber fires, outweighing depredations by porcupines. The hearing continued the next day.
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Augusta
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Dr. Shoop
Dugan
Roxbury Bank
New Brunswick
A. L. Sanborn
Heptasoph
Thomas Jefferson King
Dr. King
Ainles
Oxford
King Dental Parlors
Boston
Washington ST
Cor
Avon Over
Crosby’s
H. John Hoch
Storen
Union Avenue
Steinbrecker
Jacob Adolph Braum
Marie Hoch
Braum
Avondale
Ernst Brewing Company
St. Louis
J. Steinbrecker
Steinbrecker-Hoch
Fake
Alfred Busterberg
Clybourn Avenue
Janie
Seal Brand Coffee
Chase & Sanborn’s Coffees
Chase & Ae
Seal Brand
San
Wwe
Ny, Mn
Chesticttanata
Prince Street
Bebes
Ward
Millionaire Searles
Concord
N. H
State Senate
Stillwater Pond
Salem
Edward F. Searles
Methuen
Mass
E. W. Grove
Maine
Cloie Ale
J. S. Waterman & Sons Funeral Undertakers
Dudley Street
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