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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1908
Page
5
Publicly displayed sign invites inspection of lab practices and advertising claims at the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. It asks readers to verify statements about Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and questions whether the firm operates openly with confidential correspondence and one million plus correspondents.
Mary H. Whitwell’s will filed in Probate Court directs cremation of her body. She owned valuable paintings including two Daniel and Mary Hubbard portraits by John Stuart Copley, left to the Museum of Fine Arts if sister Elizabeth Tudor declines paying 7500 dollars. Tudor receives two Copley portraits outright.
An article outlines kidney inflammation causes and notes backache is not a reliable sign. It argues many kidney stimulants are useless, promotes Fulton’s Renal Compound as reducing inflammation in about 87 percent of cases, and offers free literature and local agent information.
Inquiries at the U S enlistment office on Court street confirm six named men are attached to the U S S Louisiana per Marine Headquarters in Washington. The enlisted men listed are James ly Culleton Francis Banks Henry Moreau James Egan Samuel Le Moyne and Peter Snyder.
Frank Gero convicted on two indictments for breaking and entering and larceny asked Superior Court Judge Hitchcock to add a year to his two year term and to transfer to Charlestown for trade training. The request was denied due to his prior record.
Patrick Francis Murphy of Boston spoke at the Bankers Association annual banquet in the Waldorf Astoria New York. He fired a blunt critique of money markets and asserted banking remains a global pillar while noting America's export strength and immigration boosting the nation.
Mrs Evangeline Goodale contests proving of Hilliard L Goodale will claiming undue influence. The 100000 dollar estate includes cash real estate and mortgages in Dorchester and Everett. Bequests include 20000 to Henry Goodale and 1000 to Henry Hilliard Goodale 16, with 5000 to a Brookline niece.
The Norwegian bark Ebenezer, bound from Boston to Rio de Janeiro, grounded at Billingsgate during the Jan 24 storm. Re floated at high tide but sank off the steamboat wharf in Provincetown after being towed ashore.
F M Crossman of Chicago seeks control of several thousand dollars left by Mrs Eliza R Kelley in Worcester banks. He petitions Massachusetts Probate Court for an order while Miss Alice Blanchard of Brookfield also petitions to be named conservator to bring Mrs Kelley back to Massachusetts and protect the estate.
Canton dispatch reports aeronaut Frank S. Lahm was approached at his hotel by Ethel Reuter, a Paris acquaintance, who urged him to take her on his next ascent. He agreed to include her.
The text extols a health themed product, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a proven wholesome family laxative. It praises the product as ethical, physician approved, and world well informed, urging purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. remedy via leading druggists.
Danville Virginia workers report that railroad employees in the state plan to petition the Legislature to repeal the existing 2 12 cent per mile rate law to avoid anticipated salary cuts.
Plans for a $20,000,000 bar iron plant are said to have been formulated in Mexico City. Promoters are American millionaires represented by F. H. Clarke of New York, who has been introduced to President Diaz by United States Ambassador Thompson.
A brief medical notice urges not to neglect a cough or sore throat and promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches for immediate relief. The ad claims the remedy is simple and free from opiates, sold only in boxed preparations.
A Boston theatre week features Margaret Anglin and Henry Miller at the Majestic Theatre presenting Moody's drama The Great Divide. The piece, inspired by a Sabine Woman story, transformed author William Vaughn Moody from a university poet into a celebrated playwright with vast royalties. Anglin read the manuscript late at night, urged manager Henry Miller to back a trial, and within days the work went before the public.
An ad claims non inherited eczema and other non birth skin eruptions are curable with oil of wintergreen and D D D Prescription. It asserts instant itch relief on application and promotes Jaynes Drug Stores selling D D D products and soap.
Wharf Corp offices and nine fishing fleet masts flew the American flag at half mast for Captain Alfred Green of the Yakima who was washed from his vessel during a Friday storm. Fishermen and dealers honored a well liked leader from Gloucester who often sailed to Boston with a catch. Twenty three boats at the wharf reflected the storm’s toll.
In Philadelphia on January 27 Robert Adams aged 74 collapsed and died after singing a hymn in a morning class at Eden Methodist Church. He rose to raise his voice, then fell back in his chair and passed away almost instantly.
In Pittsburg on January 27 a raid on disorderly houses in the Tenderloin results in 76 girls under 20 crowded into the Central police station. Police Superintendent McQuade says they will stay at city expense until religious groups that prompted the raids find homes for the youths.
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