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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
5
Advertisers offer 250 dollars for best phrase describing the new Zest cereal flavor. Readers must mail one description per card before the July 1 deadline. on July 15, names of those whose suggestions are purchased will be printed. Zest marketed as ready to eat at grocers.
In Newark on June 23, Samuel Untermeyer contended for a receiver for the United States Shipbuilding Co, declaring the firm insolvent and built on iniquity. He warned reorganization could wreck the company if insolvency failed to satisfy the court, while defense argued no insolvency or fraud proven and urged dismissal. The dispute centered on stockholder impact and remaining firm value amid contract losses and need for working capital.
In Jersey City Vice-Chancellor Stevenson dismissed the habeas corpus petition of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Swain of Boston seeking custody of their six year old grandson Kenneth Parsons. The court ordered the child returned to his father and stepmother Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Parsons of Paterson. The decision found no evidence of bad conduct by the father or cruelty by the stepmother and left visitation terms to the parents. The case attracted Boston interest due to the Parsonses' prominent social ties.
The custody contest in this region spanned nearly four years with a cross continent chase. Mr and Mrs Swain of Allston and Mrs Edward F Swain pursued Parsons, serving a habeas corpus writ in Paterson New Jersey to secure possession of the boy.
Judge Asa French died at his residence in the south village after a lingering illness in his 74th year. Born October 29, 1822 in Braintree, he studied at Leicester Academy and Yale and read law in Boston. He served as district attorney for the southeastern district of Massachusetts from 1870 to 1882 and held many public roles, including judge on the Alabama Claims Court and West Point visitor. His widow Sophia Palmer survived him along with five children.
Snow fell briefly in South Boston yesterday a decade after June snow is considered impossible by the weather bureau. Workers in the South Boston yard saw the flakes near 4 PM as temperature hovered near freezing. Weather Man Smith warned of cool unsettled conditions with likely showers and northeast winds continuing for several days.
Twenty six Boston grammar schools held graduation exercises yesterday awarding diplomas to 1664 pupils. Adams School had 48 graduates, Blackington Grammar School 26, Bowditch School 95, Brimmer 38, Bunker Hill 40, Dearborn School ...
Among 1600 graduates Tommy Stringer, the blind and deaf pupil, earned the diploma at Lowell School in Centre street. He received the electricity topic for his graduation address and demonstrated its qualities with devices he built, explained through his teacher to the audience.
The second day of the institute featured Obste tical Society proceedings with a keynote on American motherhood under threat from imitations and social changes. The remarks condemned the undermining of the mother’s role by nurses and educators, warned of divorce, population decline, and “race death,” and urged physicians to publicly combat abortion and report cases to health boards. Also reported were clinic outcomes at Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, a large trade exhibit at Charlesgate, and educational displays at the Somerset, including a spinal system specimen and X-ray work, followed by an evening at the Pops.
An article warns indigestion early symptoms demand prompt treatment and promotes Chase's Dyspepsia Cure sold by druggists. It asserts quick relief and urges consumers to insist on Chase's. Manufactured by Chase Mfg. Co. Newburgh NY, with outlets including Woodward's Drug Stores at Tremont and Bromfield.
An old ad promotes Chase's Constipation Tablets packed in watch-shaped bottles available at druggists for 25 cents. The compact headline implies quick relief and novelty packaging.
Mr Henry Dobbins of the board of trustees yesterday filed specifications with Alderman Bresnahan chairing the investigating committee. The filings accuse the management of the Long Island institution. The specifications remain private and no date for the next committee meeting has been announced.
Trenton June 23 The State Board of Assessors filed with the State comptroller the first schedule of corporations subject to an annual tax for 1903. The list names 5385 companies with total taxes of 2,375,789 dollars. Further schedules will raise the total to more than 9000.
In a head on collision between two Seaboard Air Line freight trains at Niagara near Southern Pines North Carolina two engineers D M Stewart and W P Wall were instantly killed and fireman Wright of Raleigh seriously injured. A separate item notes the formation of the Revere Beach Board of Trade to promote Revere Beach as a Coney Island style summer resort with plans to spend at least fifteen thousand dollars on advertising and excursions. Edward C Boyce of New York was elected president with Amos Pettingell George A Copeland John B Slattery and Arthur C Kirby as directors. Copeland named secretary treasurer. The board aims to attract more visitors this season through extensive advertising.
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