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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1904
Page
2
A former life insurance agent from New York praises Paine's Celery Compound for nerve support and sustaining daily income. She attributes her health and success to the product, noting improved energy, mood, and work performance. The letter frames the remedy as essential to maintaining high performance.
John A. Potter of Tremont building named conservator for the estate of Dr S Simonds of Dorchester. The 70 plus year old former Dover Street dentist has 11 children with wife Sarah, whom he and his wife have lived apart from for 30 years. The wife sought separate support in 1899, initially $150 monthly later reduced to $100 amid claims of estate deterioration.
Reported end may come to the famous cadet case as Jennie Cohen and her husband faced abduction allegations involving Rose Drucker. Mrs Cohen posted bonds of 1000 dollars to appear when called, while her husband had not yet been arrested.
About 600 persons attended the first official ball of the Order of Railway Clerks of America at Odd Fellows' Hall. The grand march was led by Chief Clerk H. E. Pilcher and Miss Mary Nottberg, with G. H. Bolles and Mrs. Bolles. H. B. Pilcher served as floor marshal, and G. H. Bolles directed the floor. Guests included Assistant Chief Clerk H. L. Milligan of Lowell, G. T. Taylor, and N. H. Carter, plus officials from Boston, Providence, and Worcester.
Harry White of Somerville has twice broken his leg within months. He was first hurt in early December when found on Fitchburg division tracks near Fresh Pond Ice houses and discharged before Christmas. Yesterday he tripped on stairs at 31 Bake Street and re broken the same place, delaying his recovery.
John L. Sullivan and his vaudeville troupe arrived yesterday. They plan shows at the Chelsea Academy of Music this Saturday in both afternoon and evening performances.
A brief ad style claim promotes Postum Coffee as a replacement for coffee, asserting it supplies the food elements the body needs to rebuild a tired system, with emphasis on ease of quitting coffee. The text frames Postum as superior for health and well being.
The New England Street Railway Club held its fourth annual banquet at the Hotel Brunswick with 500 covers. J. H. Neal was elected president, and H. B. Farrington presided. Speakers included H. M. Whitney and Major General W. A. Bancroft, plus other figures from Boston and New Hampshire. Neal has long served in Boston elevated railway accounting and holds multiple railway inventions.
John Washek shot himself at his 12 Hawley Place florist shop yesterday afternoon, then died an hour later at Relief Hospital. His widow and seven children, living at 70 Gates Street, South Boston, faced a grim scene as reporters learned of the sorrow. Mrs Washek said she knew he was downcast and not prospering in business.
Conscience stricken and hungry, a man giving the name William T. Adams walked into police headquarters in Philadelphia on Jan 28 saying he escaped from Concord Junction Massachusetts reformatory on Jan 10 and wished to be returned to serve his three year sentence. He said he arrived two days later and had been seeking work since then before being locked up.
The third annual Roxbury Builders Association banquet was hosted last evening in Rathbone Hall Warren Street Roxbury Thomas F Mahan acted as toast master Speakers included Walter Ballantyne Carl Creber A C Chisolm Julius Johnson and J W Pratt
Postmaster George A. Hibbard and Senator Edward B. Callender headlined the Harvard Improvement Association of Dorchester banquet at Quincy House attended by about 200 members. Other guests included Alderman William J. Hennessey Hoyt L. Conway Andrew J. Sullivan and Charles A. Young.
The Roxbury Bachelor Club held a Greek tea at 282 Dudley Street last evening, welcoming nearly 100 prominent members and guests. Clerk John F. Dever led the event, with a musical program featuring John J. Mogan Thomas EB Clifford James F. Woods and others and accompanists John P. Hession and Lawrence B. O Connor.
Officer Critcheson of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children told Judge Balster of Roxbury Court about a neglect case involving five children aged 7 months to 10 years found huddled in a dilapidated room at 18 Phillips Street. The mother lay intoxicated and ill with consumption. All children except the eldest were placed at the Home for Destitute Catholic Children on Harrison Avenue. the elder will be sent to a State or city institution.
While waiting for his train at the South station last evening H. T. Darlington of 1317 Arch Street Philadelphia had his black leather dress suitcase stolen. The case, it is claimed, contained mineral specimens and valuable woods totaling 250 dollars.
John B. Gilman will speak on Reminiscences of the Civil War at Lyceum Hall East Boston tonight under the auspices of the Assumption Catholic Association of East Boston. Mr. Thomas J. Duane will preside.
Several hundred young people of the South End enjoyed the whist party and dance given by Company B Ninth Regiment, with lively socializing and music enhancing the evening event.
In Hanover village a Chinaman named Quong Sing is found dead in his laundry with a heavy box around his neck. William Paxton and Bradford Snell discover the body after noticing a suspicious Ryan near the shop. Ryan, engaged to Catherine Murray, is identified by witnesses and arrested in Boston within hours, tying him to the fatal scene.
Commanding officers lent dignity to the occasion as whist games ran early. An excellently arranged set of dances closed the affair at midnight. First Lieutenant John J. Hickey of Company B and Sergeant M F Smart led the floor duties for the evening.
The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy senior class held its annual dinner at the United States Hotel last evening with 35 members present. W. C. Welsh presided, speeches were delivered by J. Theodore Dangelmeyer and L. E. Pheneuf, and musical selections by W. QO. Hosmer and J. W. Treat. The event ended with songs and good fellowship.
Fully 1200 people gathered in the Central Congregational Church Chelsea last night to witness the installation of Rev John Axford Higgons D D as pastor. At 8 p m the ecclesiastical council convened with many clergymen from Suffolk district present. The exercises began at 7 with reading of minutes invocation by Rev Albert H Plumb D D Boston and readings by Rev Arthur Peabody Pratt Chelsea.
In the Board of Health rooms, Dr Durgin's assistant told a Post reporter that reports of a grip epidemic are hearsay and newspaper talk. The piece promotes Quinona as preventing and curing colds, boosting energy, appetite, sleep, and overall health for Boston men and women, with testimonials of daily use.
Police report details that a revolver found on the prisoner matches the dead Celestial’s property. A sum of money was found on Ryan and $47 was found in the bed after the murder. The State notes Ryan denied knowledge of Quong Sing’s death but admitted visiting the laundry at noon.
Representatives of the Boston Team Drivers' District Council and the Master Teamsters' Association meet today to discuss a new schedule. Both sides anticipate an amicable settlement on wage and condition demands for one-horse light vehicle drivers and union recognition.
In Sharon, a fifth or six blaze in six months was discovered at Charles Brymer’s barn around 6 30 tonight. The local fire department arrived quickly after six months of training and stopped the flames from reaching the loft, preventing greater losses.
Mrs Caleb Chase opened her Beacon Boulevard residence in Brookline last evening for a reading by Mme Maud Maurray Costarelli, known locally as the Marchioness Costarelli. About 50 to 60 guests filled the parlors as Mrs Chase greeted friends in pale gray chiffon velvet.
An advertisement claims Lexative Bromo Quinine tablets cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee if it fails. Grove's signature appears on each box and the price is 25 cents.
Two bottles of beer sold to the wrong recipient led to Patrolman Ed ward Anderson of Station 7, acting as a spotter under Judge Emmons, entering an unlicensed place at 218 Commercial street and taking the beer. John Johnson was the intended buyer and was left at Station 1.
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