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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1907
Page
2
Eleven days remain for a limited offer at 18 Boylston Street. Free one month treatment including medicines for all patients who apply by June 29, with free consultation and X ray examination. Osmo-Chemic Physicians promise cure in every curable case, drawing patients from outside towns.
Credentials gates from regular medical colleges in Standing indorsed by the State Medical Examining Board and not tied to medical societies or trusts. Offices feature latest appliances for treating chronic disease and their cured patients serve as the strongest advertisements.
Readers from Massachusetts and New Hampshire praise the Osmo-Chemic system claiming cures for cancer digestion rheumatism neuralgia Brights disease and other illnesses. The ad cites Dr E J L Plankett chief physician listing offices on Boylston Street Boston and offers a book by mail for a small stamp.
Tech institute managers say they will not comment on reports that MIT students worked as strike breakers in Providence. Frank E. F. Stantial, Tech ’79, notes institute affiliates have no comment and students may pursue work after leaving the institute. Brown University students also took shop jobs during a machinists strike to learn practical business details.
The Know Boston Editor announces the second photograph in the Know Boston Contest for next Sunday. Contestants are encouraged as more images appear weekly and a full series will run in Test No. 5 in the Sunday Post.
William J. Smith and Miss Josephine Murphy wed at 7 30 last night in St. Joseph's parochial residence Somerville Rev Hugh J Cleary officiated The ceremony drew a large crowd as the carriage arrived in Union Square the couple then went to 18 Linden Street for their future home with bridesmaid Miss Margaret Ryan and best man William Ryan present
Patrolman Edmund J. Keane of the Somerville police was struck by rocks in Magoun square about 3 am. He fired two shots and Reserve Officer Joseph Burns helped after seeing Keane wounded. Keane, bleeding and weak, was taken to his home after his wound was dressed. Police pursuit and arrests are expected.
New York dated June 17. Herman S. Leroy, counsel for the Smith estate, calls a report that Mrs. Simon Dufreche of New Orleans will sue the Smith estate for over 8 million dollars implausible. He says Mrs Dufreche’s mother Ellen Gargen married in 1866, Smith was a 12 year old student in England then, and Smith returned to the U.S. in 1876. Leroy adds the widow knew him 25 years before marriage and denies any prior entanglement. any suit would target the Mason family since a 25 million will was divided.
More than 1500 Walter M. Lowney Company employees, mainly young women in white, rode two special trains to Mansfield estate grounds for a day of sports, contests, and a large ball game won by the visiting Attleboro team. Awards included ornamental steins and gold medals, with a model dairy tour and extensive facilities for recreation and dining.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a great kidney remedy. It claims kidneys filter blood and that weak kidneys harm the whole body. The copy urges sick readers to try the product, notes sizes and price, and offers a free sample by mail from Binghamton New York.
Darwin P. Kingsley of Vermont was elected president of the New York Life Insurance Company, succeeding Alexander E. Orr. Kingsley, 50, began as state auditor in Colorado in 1886, joined New York Life in 1889, and rose to executive head after rising through the ranks. Other officers named include Buckner Weeks Ingersoll Perkins Ranolph McCall Ballard.
Abscesses and ulcers cured by the Hourld Surgeon claims and promises. Drugists refund money if Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil fails. price listed as 25 cents.
Cardinal Gib bons visited Worcester for Holy Cross commencement with the largest Catholic march in the city’s history. About three thousand people joined the parade after his arrival, with Catholic and Protestant figures in attendance and blessings given along the route.
Smith College in Northampton observed Ivy Day with white gowns marching to Seelye Hall where ivy was planted and an ivy ovation delivered by Marion Savage of Medfield. The event featured student poetry, music, a promenade, and a president’s reception. Mt Holyoke in South Hadley held grove and ivy exercises with laurel decoration of the Mary Lyon monument and the two Mary Lyon scholars named Agnes Thompson and Clara Stafford.
An advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cure stomach trouble by toning the stomach and building new blood. It recounts Mrs Mary Stackpole of Lowell Massachusetts who recovered after suffering years of weakness backaches and exhaustion. The pills are said to treat anemia rheumatism neuralgia nervous headaches and locomotor ataxia and paralysis with prices listed as 50 cents per box or six for 2.50 from Schenectady New York.
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