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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1903
Page
2
A famed Michigan physician announces a marvellous compound said to cure consumption and lung troubles almost instantly. It is described as the grandest discovery of the age after trials by state officials and leading medical men.
Dr Derk P Yonkerman claims a miraculous cure for consumption coughs throat and lung troubles. He asserts success on dying patients and offers free trial packages by mail from Kalamazoo Michigan with testimonials from notable figures and officials.
The Post Woman surveys end-seat hogs of four classes from stout travelers with enraged sniffing to polite obstructionists and absorbed news readers. A North Cambridge car scene ends with a dapper traveler’s suitcase blocking the aisle as a small woman defies him to move. Two Newton matron hogs snip at a mother’s clumsy child as the Post records end-seat hog prevalence across cars.
James Rennahan aged 39 assaulted his wife after she refused to prepare dinner yesterday afternoon. He struck her with a heavy stove lifter delivering multiple blows to the head and a severe blow to the left temple severing an artery. She was taken to City Hospital in serious condition.
Poughkeepsie July 22 The Abbot and Major Delmar are matched for a 2500 purse in harness racing at Hudson River Driving Park week after next The event is set for Wednesday August 5 The same horses will start in a like purse match at Albany next Wednesday
A tornado struck Paterson New Jersey killing one man and injuring at least six. It collapsed a house at 780 May Street trapping Joseph Vandam who died. Several buildings were unroofed and trees uprooted as crews treated injured at St Joseph's Hospital and a path of damage spread through the city.
In the Ada M. Wilber versus Frank A. Wilber divorce, the Superior Court under Judge Fessenden ordered $500 in counsel fees and $100 monthly alimony starting August 1. The couple, Foxboro grocers, previously had a brief May hearing. Lafayette Blair represented Mrs. Wilber and pressed the alimony motion as Mr. Wilber failed to respond.
Police deny reports of an assault at Briggs's undertaker on Howard street. Two intoxicated women stopped for water after midnight. One woman stripped the night clerk's clothes while they were asked to leave. she collapsed on the sidewalk and was taken to the Relief station where doctors found no illness.
Charles Hedges was removed as superintendent of free delivery in the Postoffice Department on charges of diary falsification and misreporting travel commissions. He allegedly listed himself at locations on dates when he was not, sometimes by hundreds of miles away.
A Bradford Vermont woman explains how switching from coffee to Postum improved her mother’s health after years of weakness and nervousness. The account lauds Postum as superior to coffee and notes the family’s continued use.
James Wilson reports 35 charters granted to pattern makers in six months and wage gains in 35 cities. Plans for the International Electrotypers' Union convention in Boston September 6 7 8. Also notes meetings and appointments in Cigarmakers Electrical Workers and Hack and Cab Drivers unions with Labor Day parade plans and a new schedule to employers starting September.
The body of James McNeill Whistler, the American artist, died July 17 and was interred in the Whistler family plot at the old Chiswick church. Funeral services were held at Chelsea, with honorary pallbearers including Sir James Guthrie and John Lavery. Relatives present included the Misses Bernie Philip and F L Philip and Mr. Cecil Lawson.
Testimonials praise Kidney-Wort Tablets for kidney relief with no alcohol. A Montreal railway official recalls long illness ending after two bottles, claiming kidneys healed and health restored. A test of urine appears cloudy with time, used to support claims.
At the Detroit Driving Club track the Merchants and Manufacturers ten thousand dollar stake for 2.24 class trotters remained unsettled after two heats with Wainscott leading. John Taylor upset expectations by winning the fourth heat after a collision in heat three and led from the first turn in the final effort, making the deciding heat impossible before sundown.
Andrew Cuneo a wealthy North End Italian of 348 Commercial Street died when he accidentally shot himself while cleaning a gun shortly after 10 30 yesterday morning. He was a widower with three daughters and was about to marry within a week. Cuneo had lived in Boston about 30 years and formerly worked as a night watchman for A Ceppi son moulders.
Waterbury in the Vermont Green Mountains lures visitors with scenic mountains valleys and the Winooski River. Mt Mansfield and Camel's Hump nearby offer rail and road access from Stowe and Waterbury. Bolton Falls Lover's Lane Mad River Stewart's Hill and several hotels provide easy tourism. The Central Vermont railway publishes Summer Homes and offers three daily Boston connections.
Fragmentary notice from Dorchester indicates a Bradford residence with reference to fund copy. Providence papers note L Bradford aged 38 with unclear dates.
About 125 workers were paid off and told to stay off the job as master masons, numbering 35, locked out all building laborers including Bullding Laborers Union members over overtime pay issues. Major projects affected include a shoe factory annex and Sutton street apartment block, with 500 mechanics now idle.
Hedding New Hampshire designated as the National Holiness Association meeting site from July 25 to August 1. Round trip tickets at reduced rates via Boston and Maine rail from July 25 to August 1 for outbound and July 26 to August 2 for return, with stations and rates listed on Boston and Maine posters.
Mrs Frances M Hill of Reedsdale Street Allston Massachusetts testifies that her ten year old daughter suffered from consumption from infancy with persistent coughing and emaciation. after nine months of Koch Lung Cure Treatment involving inhaled vapors at 301 Boylston Street Boston the child was completely cured in two months and remains strong and healthy.
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