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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1907
Page
5
W Edwin Ulmer the receiver for the Musical Railway property at Revere was thrown over a six foot fence during a bid to take possession. The well known attorney sustained a mental shock and a superficial head injury from the fall. Judge Dodge of the United States Circuit Court had appointed him receiver on Thursday.
Ulmer bursts through a gate and wrests control of the railway from the late receiver Joseph Holt. A six member committee shepherds his reception as captains Donovan and Norton clash with authorities over rightful possession. Ulmer forces a swift route to the station amid a tense court hearing.
An obstinate eczema case covered a little girl's limbs with running sores while poison oak turned a boy's hands and arms into a mass of sores. Relief followed and the sufferers were completely cured, a grateful mother reports.
Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmount Walden's Ridge Tenn testifies to rapid relief from eczema on her daughter using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills and healing a poison oak infection in a boy within weeks. She notes living twelve miles from a doctor and endorses the remedies.
An advertisement urges mothers to soothe skin ailments in babies with Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. It promotes a complete treatment including cleansers and internal pills, lists prices, and notes worldwide sale by Potter Drug and Chemical Corp with a free Cuticura book.
A fragment lists small coin values and weights such as 1 60e a pound and fractions including .25¢ .10e .50¢ .20e nel .55¢ .35¢, suggesting a merchant’s rough pricing table or barter shorthand from a historical ledger.
In Superior Court John J. Gaffney a New Yorker charged with assault with intent to kill Spiros Prismos was identified by three government witnesses as the shooter from a Fort Bradley window on April 14 Prisnos the Greek victim testified after recovering from wounds Judge Lawton warned jurors against union ties excusing one member and releasing another for bias The trial to continue Monday with Prisimos already testifying and the scene visit completed
A committee of East Boston citizens formed to host a farewell banquet and reception for Rev. Hugh Roe O Donovan. Notable attendees include Dr. William H. Ensworth chair Norman C. McNaughton secretary James E. Maguire treasurer and several judges and political figures. The list names many local leaders and professionals convening for the event.
Thomas Quinlan a Brookline carriage builder and member of C I Chandler Post 145 G A R died at home after weeks of illness He was 68 or 69 and among the first to enlist in 1861 He joined the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment and served in the Army of the Potomac until wounded at the Seven Days battles
New York June 21 An unusual codicil to John B Stetsons will provides that every child born to his sons receives 250000 estate and doubles their income on marriage and increases again with children The Stetson estate valued at about 78 million includes a double income for John B Stetson Jr who married Ruby Carlisle in Wakefield New Jersey While G Harry Stetson eloped with the gardener’s daughter Helen Lewis the will still awards a double income and a baby girl born recently follows the event despite family disapproval
Massachusetts legislative fight over the Cole anti merger bill intensifies as Speaker Cole and President Mellen debate access to New Haven interests. The session hinges on a Monday decision amid conference talks and a list of domestic railroads leased by New Haven.
New Haven directors have not fixed the matter yet. A Connecticut General Assembly bill now law allows convertible debenture holders of the New York New Haven and Hartford company to participate in the new stock issue up to two thirds of their holdings.
A Boston street riot on Edinboro Street Thursday night is claimed to stem from a feud among Syrian immigrants. John M. Nakash, head of the Armenian Citizens' Club, denies Armenian involvement and challenges proof of any Armenian rioters, urging fairness amid reports of Turks and Armenians in the disturbance.
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