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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1906
Page
4
Rose Hurst narrates a dramatic medical improvement after using Peruna for chronic catarrh. The testimonial claims she was near despair, tried many doctors, then felt a great change after the first bottle and fully recovered, urging others to try the remedy.
Wonderland hosts a juvenile week with 10 cent afternoon admissions for under 12, excluding weekends, plus daily balloon ascensions by Professor LaRoux. Acts include Rice and Elmer in a parallel bars routine, Fred A. Bennett on stilts, Fritz Bene the clown, and a Salem Cadet Band series amid classic rides and shows.
The fishing steamer King Philip sails daily at 10 o clock with Captain Edward Dixon at the helm. Excursionists are carried to the deep sea grounds and enjoy lines bait and chowder free with their tickets.
A letter from Miss Flora E B Wiley of Milo Maine recounts eczema starting in childhood, worsening to the right hand by winter 1904, and dramatic improvement after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. She reports better appetite and weight and asks publication of her testimony dated Oct 6 1905.
Inherited skin and scalp humors affect children at birth. mothers should use the Cuticura regimen including Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Pills. The ads claim quick, prominent, economical cures if treated in childhood and promote worldwide sales by 1%: Chem. Corp. of Boston.
The Globe Theatre hosted John Craig and company in Archibald Gunter's Prince Karl. Craig stars as Karl Von Arnheim with Miss Mary Young delivering a notable third act song Just a Little Wink. Photographs of Miss Young will be sold at the Thursday matinee with a professional one on Friday. Next week features Sardou's A Scrap of Paper with Miss Lillian Lawrence joining the company.
A telegram to John Craig from Miss Lillian Lawrence reports she reached Buffalo en route from the Pacific coast and will arrive in Boston to begin rehearsals with the Craig company Wednesday morning.
Castle Square Theatre presented Gounod's Faust last evening with a strong cast led by George Tallman as Faust George Shields as Mephistopheles Harry Lueckstone as Valentine Helene Noldt as Marguerite and Hattie Belle Ladd as Siebel The performance pleased musically and theatrically with Mme Noldi noted for a wide vocal range and the jewel song The chorus earned good marks Raust remains on the program ahead of a Pirates of Penzance revival this week.
A large Spanish troupe performed at Austin and Stone’s Museum featuring Lola de Cubas Julia Romana the Solas sisters and the Ramona sisters among others. The fourteen member group delivered songs dances and Latin flair with fanfare and applause. The program highlighted the Minstrel Maids breezy summer musical comedy in a varied theatre bill.
Steamers for Nantasket Beach run hourly and every half hour at peak times from Rowe's wharf. Six large steamboats ply Boston to Nantasket daily, each with modern conveniences. A midsummer Boston Harbor sail is a satisfying outing and Nantasket reservations are especially attractive this season. Family parties enjoy a wholesome beach day and Paragon Park offers nearby entertainment. Boats run both ways until late evening.
The Old Colony steamer runs daily and Sundays at 10 a.m. from Rowe's wharf to Plymouth with a three hour Plymouth visit. Passengers view harbor fortifications light houses and bustling shipping from Boston to Plymouth Harbor and back reaching Boston shortly after 6 p.m.
The New York New Haven & Hartford railroad offers a Newport outing from Boston next Thursday July 26. The popular trip is praised by thousands who have enjoyed the seaside. Round trip fare is only $1.
Last evening at Tremont Theatre Harry Bulger led Henry W. Savage summer production The Man From Now by John Kendrick Bangs Vincent P Bryan and Manuel Klein. The cast remains intact with Bulger Myers ODonnell Lawrence Murphy Hale Arnold Demarest Tonge and a trained chorus. The show runs through late August with Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
Bowdoin Square Theatre features a sensational melodrama Adrift In The World with Miss Hunt as Mary Elliott and a strong supporting cast including Miss Binley Miss Marshall and Miss Alice Thornton. Charles Miller and Wilmer Walter play lead male roles as the dramatic action and humor engage the audience. The program also announces The Minister's Daughter to be presented next week.
A Paragon Park week features free open air circus acts led by Myron Baker on a 100 pound bicycle and Will Hill the high wire walker. The Baker troupe continues as a crowd favorite alongside Rae and Benedet in a comedy revolving ladder act with concerts by the Martland Band Latzamary’s Hungarian Band and other ensembles near the lagoon and palm garden.
Visitors to Bass Point Nahant aboard the Nahant line steamers enjoy a cooling harbor sail along the north shore. Open air band concerts, dancing in the pavilion, skating in the new rink, and other amusements attract crowds from Lincoln Wharf at Battery Street.
The British man of war Somerset, which fought at Charlestown and Bunker Hill, wrecked near Cape Cod while returning south. Sand shifts uncovered the vessel in recent storms and locals know the site, near Provincetown reachable by Cape Cod steamers from Bay Line wharf at 9 and 9 30.
People flock to the Blue Hill reservation route cars seeking relief from city heat and dust. The scenic span along Canton Stoughton and Houghton's Pond is praised as unsurpassed by travelers and visitors.
The daily and Sunday trips of the Boston and Gloucester line are being patronized this year as never before. Generous time allowance is made for passengers visiting the quaint fishing city and ruggedly picturesque Cape Ann.
Justice McLean signed an order directing Black Olcott Gruber Bonynge to deliver all papers connected with the Thaw case to Hartridge. The firm reported no sworn affidavits from alienists on Thaw's mental condition. Detective Roger O Mara met Thaw and his wife at the Tombs prison to discuss letters between Mrs Holman and Stanford White.
This week’s Palace Theatre bill features two burlesques Slitz and Slotz and A Montana Gambler presented by the stock company. Performances draw steady laughter with strong comedy by Black Patterson Dixon Schuster and Graham and musical numbers by Tillie Cohen Hattie Mills Grace Graham Grace Laurence Mae Taylor Pearl Reid. The Moxleys and Grahams appear with new songs and a rural sketch by Fred Wyckoff Company. Palacescope films round out an uproarious program.
Lexington Park resort gains popularity with breezy pines and band concerts drawing trolley trippers. Cambridge City Band performs next Sunday. the Mascot opera opens despite cloudy weather with Edward Gilmore Frank Bankhurst and Mabel LaFavor in leading roles.
The Norumbega Park grand theatre offers an evening bill with the Macarte sisters on high wire, the Ten Brooke Lambert Trio in Professor Schmaltz Academy, Ernest Lambert on violin and piano, and Miss Ten Brooke’s singing. Also showcases include Professor Walberti with trained horse Dahl, Gavin Platt and Peaches in A Stolen Kid, Boyce and Black in blackfaced singing, plus new motion pictures.
Mayor Fitzgerald cannot attend the next plan and scope committee meeting for the Bryan reception at Madison Square Garden on August 30. Josiah Quincey will represent the mayor, with Alexander Troup handling Rhode Island and Connecticut. The effort aims to mobilize New England Democrats across Maine to Massachusetts for a major national event and space planning.
Hartford Conn July 23 Local union No 14 journeymen horseshoers walked out with about 25 men not reporting to work causing partial crippling of master shops. The men demand higher wages and several moulders at Pratt Whitney factory also struck demanding a minimum wage of 3 a day union recognition and end of the piece system.
Radway's Ready Relief is advertised as providing rapid interior relief from cramps spasms sour stomach nausea heartburn malaria fevers sick headache colic flatulency and internal pains. Externally it is said to treat rheumatism neur algia sciatica sprains bruises insect bites sunburn burns toothache back pains and related issues with immediate relief and eventual cure. Sold by all druggists Radway & Co New York.
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