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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1916
Page
8
State's Attorney Ralph J. Cady declared during closing arguments that Will H. Orpet murdered Marian Lambert, calling him a scheming crafty villain and betrayer of girlish innocence in the murder plot.
Leslie P. Hanna spoke to the jury citing honesty and composure in defending Orpet. He argued against mercy, insisting only justice, praising Orpet for maintaining truth under cross examination. He described Orpet as true, honest, and above board in a harsh questioning.
The piece argues modern women are capable of doing almost anything and invites readers to view a two page spread in the next Sunday Post Magazine to see how much they can get away with.
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians announce a limited time offer for all patients who begin or renew treatment on or before July 15 to receive one month of treatment at no cost. The promotion claims to cure chronic diseases with their new discovery and stresses the offer ends in three days.
The X Ray Treatment and the Snow Pencil claim cures for chronic diseases once thought incurable. Several residents from Massachusetts and Maine report success with head noises, rupture, deafness, facial blemishes, liver and heart trouble, blood poison, stomach ulcer, intestinal indigestion, stomach disease, skin disease, paralysis and rheumatism, birthmarks. Osmo chemical system of medicine D J Walsh offers office hours in Boston with varying weekday times.
Fifth Regiment details border patrol deployment with Companies A through M and D leaving Camp Cotton for frontier posts near El Paso. Officers Coleman Moyse Benway Hansen remain on special duty. Twenty days’ rations and field gear accompany the move. Private John M. Curtis, stabbed in a saloon fight, rests at Fort Bliss Hospital. General Sweetser bans pie sales to soldiers. field kitchens and garden projects boost camp life amid monotony and marching duties.
Dr. E A Crockett of the National Red Cross visits the Second Regiment camp in Columbus New Mexico and urges building an entertainment hall about 400 dollars and wooden floors for each tent at a total cost near 1600 dollars to aid Massachusetts National Guardsmen.
Soldiers report new camp site prepared within four to five days on higher ground. Sergeant Bates to accept commission as first lieutenant of F Company Pittsfield. Worcester A Company battles Wichita Falls enlistees 10 to 1. Sandy Harrison Hart entertains with violin at camp cabaret. Elks Club forms with fifteen charter members in tents. Outpost duty recalls Northampton I Company after cattle chase.
The case centers on the American House site, once a stage hub and political gathering place. Draper seeks ejectment after offering Jones $850000 and canceling a 20 year lease, with $16000 tender contested as premature.
A Boston area advertisement proclaims Plant Juice as effective for stomach, liver, kidney trouble, and rheumatism. Testimonial from Medford resident David Johnston details relief from indigestion and dyspepsia after one bottle, with claims of better sleep and no night pains. The Plant Juice Man sells at Houghton and Dutton Drug Department.
The Middlesex county race for district attorney starts with an outing of the Maynard Board of Trade at Nantasket Beach. Republican candidate Senator Nathan A. Tufts will announce his run and speak on county issues. Also running are former District Attorney J J Higgins and Assistant Attorney General Nelson Brown.
John W. Wilson a retired shoe manufacturer of Saugus was found dead yesterday in his bedroom sitting in a chair with a bullet wound to the head. The medical examiner said he probably shot himself with an old army revolver about three days earlier. Wilson lived alone.
Funeral services for Chief Charles T. Bradbury of the Revere police were held at his family home on Pleasant street. The Rev. Charles R. Bailey officiated. Masonic rites were conducted at the residence by Star of Bethlehem Lodge and Neptune Lodge I O O F held services at Glenwood Cemetery under Neptune Lodge direction.
A photo found in the coat pocket of a man killed by a train in Haverhill led to the identification of the victim as Leon Donnelly, 20, of Springvale, Maine, after his buried body was uncovered and examined.
Senate leaders from both parties plan a conference to speed major legislation including navy and army appropriations the 200 million revenue bill and other measures. The Democratic steering committee set a nine hour daily session and notified members of the extended hours from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. to finish business promptly.
Battery A of Yale battalion of field artillery left New Haven for Tobyhanna Pennsylvania drill grounds tonight. The move signals readiness training at the designated site with the unit departing under orders.
A New York advertisement cites Dr. B Sauer stating lack of iron causes many ailments and that two five grain iron tablets taken three times daily after meals for two weeks can markedly raise strength. The piece promises 200 percent gain in ten days with Nuxated Iron and offers a money back guarantee.
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