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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1903
Page
2
If you pass water frequently at night or day and feel smarting, sediment, headaches, backache, dizziness, sleeplessness, or nervousness, your kidneys may cause trouble. Kidney Wort Tablets promise a rapid cure and are recommended for women with backaches and fatigue. Check your water for cloudiness or sediment to detect disease.
An 11 year old from Springfield street grammar school, known as Dock Broom, challenged Harvard President Charles W. Eliot at Mechanics Hall about teaching and the earth's shape. He pressed for answers on gravity and balloon uprisings, asserting the earth is flat and questioning traditional astronomy in a bold letter to the Boston Post.
In Harrisburg on July 10, Governor Pennypacker refuses to ride horseback at the National Guard encampment starting tomorrow. The staff contemplates riding in a hay wagon or marching beside the Governor to keep etiquette, but baggy riding trousers complicate any plan.
Adelaide Stevens, a colored woman, worked for Harriet Y. Taylor at 39 Monument square Charlestown. She allegedly took two coats from the hallway and was later arrested. she faces larceny charges for the coats and silverware.
Five people were injured when a 40 foot chestnut pole on First Street fell Thursday night in South Boston. Investigator Chief Inspector W H Goddard cited sap rot as the likely cause, saying the center deteriorated. The pole was 15 years old and 5 feet buried. Three remaining poles were inspected. Pole 92 was replaced and the rest slated for removal. No further danger and a full report will follow.
A mother extols Cuticura products for infant skin care and prevention of eruptions. She credits prompt use at first signs of trouble for her sons' good health and urges universal adoption. Sold worldwide through Potter Drug & Chem. Corp with available options and pricing.
The Swampscott engine house plan selection stirred tension as Swampscott draughtsmen clashed with a Lynn architect. Three local entrants Paul Jackson Charles W Burgess and Harry O Russ displayed drawings to the committee before Phillips Beach gatherings. After weeks of holding local plans the committee invited Lynn architects to compete and awarded the contract to a Lynn firm.
Martha A Billings, longtime familiar solicitor of alms in New Bedford, has died at age 60. She was a well known figure who asked for a cent in offices and stores for decades and left about $50 in savings. Her character inspired a figure named Hannah Skillings in George Fox Tucker’s Uncle Calup’s Christmas Dinner.
The closing ME meeting at Mechanics Hall adopted resolutions urging federal aid and independent status for the bureau of education, higher teacher pay with tenure, local funding for schools, ethical conduct by teachers, and better school buildings and grounds. The group also thanked Boston citizens and officials for hospitality and praised local press, railroads, and Remington Typewriter Co. for support.
At 9 a.m. attendees visit Charlesbank outdoor gymnas ium North End playground South Boston gymnasium D street and bath houses City Point for physical training. At 9 30 a.m. a lecture on The Voice in Teaching by 8 S Curry of the School of Expression at Pierce Hall.
A kerosene stove was hurled from a third story window at 1388 West Fourth Street owned by H M Hatch and burned on the next roof until firemen doused it with water. A man in the window, questioned by a patrolman, said he threw it because he was sick of having it as it was going to explode. Damage described as trifling.
Secretary Root is expected to arrive Sunday afternoon at Oyster Bay New York and stay with the President at Sagamore Hill until Monday afternoon He will discuss with the President the proposed War Department investigation the Alaskan boundary question and other departmental matters Assistant Secretary Sanger will act as secretary in his absence Root will not return to Washington until Wednesday
The Boston School Regiment officers and others who served as excursion hosts were thanked at a National Educational Association meeting. The excursions committee offers sincere thanks and praises their fidelity courtesy and intelligence. The visitors commend the service as honorable and successful.
Denver reports 70 000 delegates at the International Christian Endeavor convention with about 5000 visitors. The Twenty third Avenue Presbyterian Church shows the largest membership gain from 35 to 155 since November. A Japanese designed banner will be presented by President Clark. Speakers include Yates Kengett Rinports Bradt Baker and a world wide Endeavor discussion follows.
The Boston Carpet Upholsterers Union held an open meeting at Naomi Hall on Washington street last evening. Many un affiliated crafts signed applications to join. Speakers included President Driscoll of the Central Labor Union, President Crozier of the State A F of L, President Minahan of the teamsters, President Edwards of the Cambridge C L U and Mr Sweet of the coopers.
The British squadron, guest of Bar Harbor for a week, plans to sail Saturday for St John New Brunswick if fog lifts. Admirals enjoyed a tally ho ride, a Philadelphia luncheon hosted by Megargee Wright, a luncheon aboard the Ariadne by Admiral Douglass for Admiral Sands, and a dinner at the Newbolds villa in Philadelphia. The officers praised the welcome received in Bar Harbor.
Two of eight granite columns for the altar arch at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine arrived in New York. The columns, quarried in Rockland Maine, are among the nation's largest aside from the Central Park obelisk. Each column combines a 6 foot diameter base 86 feet long weighing 60 tons with an upper section 18 feet long, 6 feet in diameter weighing 40 tons.
Julius Frank and Irving Rosenfield prominent Mason City merchants were shot and fatally wounded in their store by Edward Barton of Springfield. Barton, said to be a race track follower, was arrested and taken to the county seat as a mob formed nearby.
The Mutual Musical Protective Association of 3000 New York musicians voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. Conductors Walter Damrosch Nahan Franko and John Philip Sousa join, and striking may be required if orders demand. The Met impresario Conreid and most theater staff will fall under AFL rules, extending to all city theatres.
Arthur Burns a 12 year old from East Cambridge faced Thomas Burke who lost 200 dollars a revolver and whiskey after a fall. Burns cross examined Burke at Cambridge Station 3 and Burke admitted the theft and accident settlement. Burns was acquitted and left with officers praising the boy’s courtroom skill.
The Ward 2 Young Men’s Democratic Club outing at Squantum draws large interest amid unsettled mayoralty. About 100 covers were planned but demand exceeds that. Speakers include Thayer Worcester, McNamee Cambridge, McNary, Fitzgerald, Gore Dorchester, Tague and Dennison Charlestown. Special cars arranged from Neponset and Atlantic depots. dinner starts 2 30.
Judge Lowell in the United States District Court orders John W. Dickinson’s current counsel to obtain the requests for law rulings that former counsel Frank Paul made at trial. The judge expresses sympathy for Mr. Paul and would rule in his favor if possible, noting Dickinson’s failure to pay for Paul’s services and disputes over access to the papers.
Temp in Cambridge hit 95 degrees with a boiler room thermometer topping 200 as factory workers fled indoors to rivers and baths. At Captain's Island crowds gathered while Blake and Knowles Pump Works staff endured heat, some cooling with hoses and plunges to avoid prostration.
Rumors swirl that Mayor McNamee and Councilman Neligan clash after Marston transfer. Neligan denies a quarrel with the mayor, while Downey rises as Democrats’ leader in the Common Council.
In Crawford's schoolhouse riot case, Fred Hanscom Frank Magoon and brothers Harry Magoon Ray Magoon faced a Calais Municipal Court trial. All four were found guilty after a June 26 brawl that wrecked the room and injured several, with appeals filed and holdovers for the October Supreme Court term.
Mrs. Frances M. Hill of Allston Massachusetts reports her daughter once emaciated and nervous from consumption has fully recovered after two months of Koch Lung Cure Treatment at 361 Boylston Street Boston. She credits the treatment with restoring health and strength and allows publication of her testimonial and photo to help others.
Death notices for Mary F Cogswell of Roxbury aged related to John and Mary B Cogswell and Elizabeth E Quinn nee Ford of Charlestown widow of William Quinn with funeral details and mass notices. Cogswell service scheduled July 13 at 2 30 p m at Cleveland Park Roxbury. Quinn service to be from Mrs Ired Boussy s residence 37 Polk Street Charlestown July 11 at 8 15 a m with Requiem Mass at St Francis de Sales Church.
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