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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1904
Page
1
Brockton July 19 four men were badly injured two engines wrecked one passenger car burned and other cars badly wrecked and burned after a head on collision tonight between two trains at Campello two engines destroyed and a passenger car utterly burned with several cars damaged the scene reported tonight by witnesses
The enormous Sunday Post edition sold out across Boston and New England with heavy demand for extras by telegraph and telephone. Exciting convention news and features boosted sales, while other papers declined. The Sunday Post continues to grow despite competition.
A Erie railroad collision at Midvale New Jersey killed fourteen and injured about fifty when a regular train hit an excursion train carrying Hoboken and New York riders. The operator lowered the block signal too soon, and the engineer failed to see the flag. The 800 passengers on the special were mostly from Hoboken.
A report notes Gan Garry claiming 183 votes as certain in opposition to 220 for Roosevalt, with the tally indicating Garry's lead in the disputed results.
In St Louis on July 10 the Democratic leaders celebrate Parker’s nomination with cheers and hope. Tom Taggart of Indiana chosen as national chairman. campaign to begin. Analysts forecast Parker may win if he carries New York and shifts three doubtful states. The electoral map shows 239 needed with 476 votes total.
Local forecast shows unsettled weather for Boston and vicinity with possible showers. Monday and Tuesday may bring variable skies, breezier winds, and spotty rain chances across the region.
Sufferers will find instant relief and refreshing sleep after a bath with Cuticura Soap and gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment. They are indispensable for summer rashes irritations itchings and chafings.
When the roll is called on substitutes just as good the public votes them down and insists on having Sanford's Ginger purest sweetest best of warming stomachies.
In a brief advisory, Sanford's Ginger is promoted as a quick remedy for heat related cramps and pains during hot weather. The notice emphasizes rapid relief and widespread usefulness for those exposed to high temperatures.
Concord New Hampshire July 10 The Christian Science Church issued a new by law at Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy founder of the denomination scene readers that forbids daily haunting by Christian Scientists students patients or Mother Church members who crowd her carriage The by law titled Thou Shalt Not Steal carries penalties for intruding on her drive except at public occasions when she may be seen
Salem July 10 Armed with a warrant City Marshal Field and 10 patrolmen raided ex mayor John F Hurley s drug store at 7 am and seized several gallons of whiskey in half pint bottles as he had opened the shop shortly before the rain broke.
The Right Rev Frederick D Huntington Episcopal bishop of the central diocese of New York lies critically ill at his Hadley summer home with doctors saying he may not survive another 24 hours Sanford’s Ginger Cures Bowel Ills Sanford’s Ginger Breaks Up Colds
In St. Louis a car carrying South Carolina Senator Tillman and Texas Senator J W Bailey collided with a Jefferson Avenue street car. Both were thrown into the street but not seriously hurt. Tillman sprained an ankle and Bailey was bruised. they rode a street car to their hotel.
Esopus Western Union office handled Judge Parker's telegram to William F. Sheehan at the Jefferson Hotel in St. Louis. The Esopus operator was visited by a Western Union supervisor to confirm authenticity, and Parker himself verified the message by phone before delivery to St. Louis.
An ad touts Sanford's Ginger as a remedy that renders water safe by killing typhoid germs. It urges readers to use the product and warns against travel without it.
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