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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1909
Page
3
A Houston testimonial from Mrs. Bessie L. Hicks praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for three years of female troubles and liver illness. She credits the remedy with restoring her health after trying doctors and medicines, urging other women to try it without fear of false claims.
The American fleet of 16 battleships sails westward toward Tetuan Bay Morocco to coal and provision for the homeward voyage. The First Division ships Missouri Ohio Louisiana and Virginia already left Smyrna under Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder. The Georgia and Nebraska of the Second Division, under Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, sail from Marseilles to Tangier to salute the new Moroccan Sultan.
George Getterman a 27 year old lodger at 178 West Springfield street was found dead in bed by his roommate John Jensen. He died by self inflicted gas inhalation with a gas jet attached to a mouth tube. Two letters found suggest despondency addressed to Mary Jensen and Henry Abrahams secretary of the Cigar Makers Union.
T. J. Drummond, retiring president of the Montreal Board of Trade, warned in his annual address that Canada has nothing to gain and everything to lose from a reciprocity agreement with the United States.
A doctor explains most illnesses stem from inactive bowels and torpid liver. Rexall Orderlies are pitched as a pleasant, safe remedy that avoids harsh purgatives and promises a full refund if unsatisfied. Sold by Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in 36 tablets for 25 cents or 12 tablets for 10 cents.
The Boston Newsboys Union hosts a grand seventh anniversary ball at Copley Hall with 2500 guests to fund a Harvard scholarship for a newsboy. President Charles Fraser and Miss Sadie Bertuccio led a grand march as Sol Bacharach presented a bouquet. Attendees included Harvard’s Charles W. Eliot, Mayor George A. Hibbard, and Boston labor leaders.
The Cambridge Board of Aldermen approved additional funding for the electrical department beyond last week’s $1100, with $650 more allocated. Mayor Wardwell submitted four names for Cambridge Public Library trustees, replacing expired terms of Edward P. Collier and John P. Buckley. Several resignations were received, and appointments were tabled.
Middlesex county Sheriff John R. Fairbairn turned 58 yesterday and marked the occasion with a home gathering on Thorndike street in East Cambridge. Neighbors and friends attended in large numbers for speeches, music, and festive decorations.
Chauncey Depew speech, mailed with a penny stamp, stirs opposition to direct nominations for U S Senators in Massachusetts and New York. Leaders warn against empowering party bosses while supporting reforms to curb Lodge influence.
Mrs. Annie Yeamans, 73, the actress once leading lady with Edward Harrigan, is reported seriously ill with pneumonia at her New York home. The illness raises anxiety among friends as she has long been a renowned figure in American theatre.
Reported over 350 smallpox cases at Ramea and other Newfoundland communities leads immigration officials in Sydney to impose stricter boilerplate checks on arriving steamers from the island.
A fire on a sailboat carrying 2000 cases of benzine near a powder magazine at Messina caused great alarm. The blaze spread rapidly and a torpedo boat fired shells into the vessel, nearly sinking it.
Police in Dixon Illinois found John Hinyes, wanted for a $100 theft in Sterling, hiding under Lulu Johnson's bed. The 19 year old sophomore says she kept him there for three days as officers and detectives in Tee and Whiteside counties searched the area. Last night a neighbor spotted the girl bringing him food at the landlady’s home.
The New England past grand commanders of the Knights Templars Association held a ladies night at the Hotel Brunswick with the largest attendance. Dinner for 75 was served, followed by Sir Knight Charles J. Glidden of Pilgrim Commandery Lowell delivering a lecture on world travel by car across 46 528 miles visiting 39 countries. He then spoke on ballooning in a 15 minute illustrated talk.
INDIANOLA Miss Jan 26 Following the killing near Inverness Sunday night of B A Bradley a prominent planter and the arrest yesterday of seven negroes five men and two women the most intense excitement prevails in that vicinity and the lynching of several if not all the negroes under arrest is feared Bradley was shot from ambush after visiting the cabin of one of the tenants on his plantation
A House order demands information from New Haven about compliance with the law since a court ruled its holdings illegal. Railroad attorneys claim the New Haven will resist Senate and House authority. A pending measure aims to urge the attorney general to seek forfeiture of the New Haven charter in the Supreme Court.
Senate adopted an order asking the attorney general for information on whether the Boston and Maine or any railroad allied with one and owning a railroad in another state has violated state laws to risk forfeiture of its charter.
A westbound Union Pacific Oregon express struck a broken rail 150 miles west of Cheyenne. Five coaches derailed. One passenger, Imma Clingenpul of Danbury Iowa, was killed and nine others seriously injured while en route to Caldwell Idaho.
Mazie Kenney, 20, a burlesque actress, was shot by an unidentified young man infatuated with her. He fatally shot himself after the act and died soon after being taken to a hospital.
Judge Francis Cabot Lowell of the United States Circuit Court spoke to the Channing Club at the Hotel Vendome on how naturalization laws are carried out Making Citizens was the topic and he praised the law adopted about two and a half years ago noting better quality applicants and fewer total cases than expected President Albert H Hall presided and Henry F Miller spoke on the club's past and future
The House committee on military affairs authorized a favorable report on a bill to raise the signal corps to 2500 personnel. The measure would make signal corps officers and men part of the army’s line when serving with other troops, comparable to the engineer corps.
The item prescribes mixing Concentrated pine compound with glycerine and whiskey to make a potent cough and lung treatment. Dosing is teaspoonful to table spoonful every four hours, endorsed by a noted medical authority, with local druggists backing its efficacy and availability.
An Emmanuel Church associates defends Worcester and McComb against criticism at the Congregational Club. They say the Emmanuel work uses psychology, treats functional nervous diseases with clergy and physicians cooperating, and cites Tuberculosis work as precedent.
Milwa ukee Wis Jan 26 There are 14 235 451 Roman Catholics in the United States per Wiltzius official Catholic directory. Archbishops and bishops report totals for dioceses with top populations in New York Chicago Boston Brooklyn and Philadelphia. The national figure rises to 42 474 440 including territories, compared with 12 058 000 under the British flag.
In Lowell on January 26, Napoleon J. Rivet faced murder charges for the death of Joseph Gailloux in Ernest Daigle's Hall street plumbing shop on February 29. Assistant District Attorney Charles J. Wier outlined three possible causes: skull fracture, sulphuric acid, or illuminating gas from an open office jet. Rivet, described as Gailloux's longtime friend, is the defendant.
Secretary Root attended his final Cabinet meeting as colleagues saluted him with a lasting farewell. The article notes Robert Bacon is expected to be confirmed as Secretary of State the next day and take the oath at once. Root plans to travel to Albany then Hot Springs for knee treatment.
Richmond Va January 26 railroad defendants were denied permission to appeal to the State Supreme Court of Appeals in the two cent rate dispute.
The special judiciary committee decides to continue its inquiry into the Tennessee Coal & Iron absorption by United States Steel, ruling the Senate has no right to compel information the President may have obtained. Attorney General Bonaparte declined to testify, citing the act creating the Commerce and Labor Department and its bar on such demands.
London discussions push for international legislation to require wireless telegraphy on all ocean going passenger ships. The Marconi system is praised for aiding the Republic Florida and Baltic sea journeys, and Produce Exchange backs universal installation to protect imperiled voyagers.
The piece links persistent backache to kidney weakness and urges quick kidney care at first signs. It explains back pain, urine changes, and risks of neglect, warning of serious disorders like Bright's disease if kidneys fail to function properly.
Boston reader John C. Nolan recounts severe kidney and bladder trouble with backaches and dizziness. After trying various remedies he used Doan's Kidney Pills and reports a lasting cure and improved sleep.
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