Dr Pierce's Remedies Promoted For Female Health
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures for female infertility. A Georgia clergyman reports restored health and a healthy baby after using the preparations. The piece highlights Dr Pierce's credentials, his Medical Adviser, and offers free literature by mail. It also touts Pleasant Pellets for constipation as a gentle laxative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Georgia
G. H. Akridge
Pelham, Mitchell Co
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Common Sense
Dispensary Medical Association
Fifth Regiment Heads to Camp Dewey for South Framingham Muster
The Fifth Regiment M W M departs state capital for Camp Dewey at South Framingham to become the Fifth Massachusetts Infantry. Recruits march with brown working suits while veterans in blue form the right wing. A special two-section train carries old members at 10 10 and recruits at 10 27, en route to the muster field.
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Camp Dewey
South Framingham
Fifth Massachusetts Infantry
U. S
Whitney
Milk Street
Broad
State
Washington
Beacon
State House
Wolcott
Dalton
Carter
Blood and Appleton
Cappelle
Converse
Robbins
Sohier
Jewett
Stevens
Bradley
Sears
Fifth Regiment
Boston & Albany Railroad
Mechanics’ Building
Huntington Avenue
Recruit Drila of Army Officers and Enlistees Move From City
The article notes Captain Peabody’s family ties to the service and many men in light artillery aiming to follow. About twenty five recruits for the engineering corps enlisted by Captain Azel Ames Jr. will depart for Peekskill at 7 30 this morning from Albany station. Around seventy five qualified men in the corps with ten to twelve added daily. another squad sent away yesterday. Lieutenant Arthur W. Chase sent twenty to twenty five recruits for the regular army to Tampa, Florida. The recruiting office has been busy, with volunteers pressed into clerical work. Captain William Quinton requests release from recruiting duties but cannot be spared from the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineering Corps
Azel Ames, Jr
Eliot Street
Peekskill
Albany
Regular Army
Arthur W. Chase
Kneeland Street
Tampa
Fla
William Quinton
Lovell Arms Company Buys John Wood Stock At Half First Cost
Lovell Arms Company purchases the entire stock of John Wood Arms and Cycle Company at less than half its first cost. The sale features guns, fishing tackle, cutlery, fireworks and heavily discounted firearms including M. and H revolvers and breech loading shotguns. Colonel B S Lovell leads the enterprise with a reputation for fair dealing and enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell Arms Company
New England
John Wood Arms and Cycle Company
Gale
John Wood
American Arms Company
B. 8. Lovell
J. P. Lovell Arms Company
Judge Jeremiah Smith Chosen Exeter Trustee
Judge Jeremiah Smith of Harvard Law School was elected a trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy. He held the post from 1868 to 1874, then resigned. He fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Hon. Sherman Hoar and has accepted the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Smith
Harvard Law School
Phillips Exeter Academy
Sherman Hoar
Stamps Delayed as Collector Gill Pleads Patience
James D. Gill Boston internal revenue collector announces stamp shipments are late. No stamps will be sold at the counter until Friday and the office will close to the public at noon for mail distribution. He asks taxpayers to be patient as the department sends out limited supplies from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Gill
Internal Revenue
Boston
Washington
War Tax Rush Defies Stamp Shortage in New York
In New York on June 29 thousands offered cash and certified checks to pay new war taxes, but offices refused without Treasury approved documentary stamps. Revenue officials explained blank forms apply to all firms, with names of members required, and questioned billiard rooms pools and the per‑table tax. Collectors expect 50 million stamps from Washington. special stamps arrive by July 10 for theaters, museums, circuses, and other venues.
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New York
Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
United States Treasury
Treat
Eidman
Stock Exchange
Stamp cost rules on seller billed sales
The bill shows the purchaser receives the sale and the stamp cost is charged by the seller to the principal for whom the sale is made and cancelled on the sale date.
Stock Buyers Must Settle Stamp Tax On Trades
The Boston Stock Exchange governing committee adopts a resolution mandating the two cent tax on every $10 par value stock sale as imposed by Congress. Members must affix stamps to each clearinghouse sale ticket or memorandum when stocks trade ex clearing, and stamps must be cancelled with party initials or full name and date. Violations will be met with strict enforcement.
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The
Boston Stock Exchange
Congress
Army and Navy Night at Pop Concert Features Notables
Acrostics honor Sampson and Shafter appear on last night’s program with red letters on balcony. Roosevelt name lit in electrics as the orchestra played The Star Spangled Banner. Strube conducts Hobson's Choice March and Stars and Stripes Forever, with Mrs Gardner and Mr Williams noted attendees. Wagner program planned for this evening with Carl Hampe as soloist.
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Sampson
Shafter
Roosevelt
Strube
Hobson
Jack’’ Gardner
George Fred Williams
Gertrude Hall
Frank
Jacob Morse
Flora Potter
Mary A. Follett
Francis Mixter
Mr. Well
Miss Robinson
M. Robinson
Carl Hampe
Ward 7 Ladies Raise Flag As Community Celebration
Fully 10 000 people gathered on Carver street near Mrs Cornelius O'Brien's home to witness a flag raising organized by a ladies committee led by Abby Foley Emma R Kemlinger Lilian Buckley Annie Diggins Polly Foley and Annie Spiegel. Representative W T A Fitzgerald presided and introduced speakers John Quinn William McDevitt Jr and ex Representative John A Kelcher. Music by Babb's full brass band and a child Miss Ethel McClusky unfurled the flag between 42 and 43 Carver street amid flags and bunting with a chorus of young ladies singing patriotic songs.
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Carver Street
Cornelius O'Brien
Abby Foley
Emma _ RKemlinger
Lilian Buckley
Annie Diggins
Polly Foley
Annie Spiegel
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
John Quinn
William McDevitt, Jr
John A. Kelcher
Babb
Ethel McClusky
Cornelius O’brien
Russell
America
Mary Aiken
Mary Diggins
Mary Foley
Julia Harmon
Lena Buckley
Nellie Foley
Delia Foley
Annie Foley
Amusements notes and upcoming Boston shows
The Tremont near its fiftieth performance of Around the Town with John Ma gon as Charlie Straightlace. Special July 4 matinee with patriotic features. Albee oversees Boston additions as he shuttles among New York and Philadelphia. Castle Square to stage 1A Southern Romance next week. Navy night at Tremont with Unit ed States sailors and a cutlass drill. proceeds to hospital ship Solace. Lights o London at Castle Square drawing steady crowds. Wagner program at Music Hall. Strauss waltzes and a trombone solo. Boston art exhibit in the Theatre vestibule. Basketball contests between Boston and Chicago girls attract large crowds at Austin & Stone's Museum. Norumbega Park attractions and new electric fountain. Sans Souci stage decor from Paris influence, opening around July 16. Chute grounds popular for cooling thrill and upcoming concert by First Regiment Band and Thomas F. Clifford. Edmonds Orchestra to play at Point of Pines. dance under Emerson and McLean. Howard Alabama Jubilee company opens vaudeville next Saturday. Music Hall may reopen July 9 with concerts, vaudeville, and a unique minstrel show. refreshments to be served.
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Tremont
John Magon
Charlie Straightlace
Schoeffel
Edward F. Albee
Keith Theatres
Boston
Mr. Albee
New York
Philadelphia
Providence
Castle Square Theatre
B. B. Valentine
Castle Square
Captain Impudence
Milton Boyle
Selina Fetter
Keith
United States
Solace
London
Music Hall
Wagner
Strauss
Hampe
Boston Theatre
Chicago
Austin & Stone’s
Museum
T Museum
Norumbega Park
Sans Souci
Hotel de Ville
Paris
Ditson
First Regiment
Thomas FE. Clifford
Point of Pines
Edmond
the Pines
Edgar H. Emerson
Odd Fellows’ Hall
T. J. McLean
Union Park Hall
Downer Landing
Worth $30,000 Man Starved in Belleville Hovel
John Rooney, once wealthy with $30,000 in bonds and mortgages, was found dead of starvation in a Belleville New Jersey hovel. The Irish born former stone mason lived alone for decades amid squalor, his savings kept in banks unseen by neighbors. Father Farrell noted possible domestic unhappiness and identified only one relative.
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New York
John Rooney
Belleville
N. J
Passaic River
Rooney
Father Farrell
Ireland
Central Park
Farrell
Cambridge Man Wallace Given 2 Years For Breaking And Entering
Steve Hall alias Wallace was sentenced by Judge Lilly at East Cambridge to two years in State Prison on a breaking and entering charge. He was previously arrested by Inspector Murray as a habitual offender. Earlier he faced charges in Washington and Cambridge for break and enter and larceny related to properties on Putnam Avenue and the house of Lt. Wainwright of the battleship Maine.
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Steve” Hall
Wallace
Lilly
East Cambridge
Hall
Murray
Washington
Lieutenant Wainwright
Maine
Cambridge
John L. Kirby
Putnam Avenue
James F. Murray
Charles Priest
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Temperance Club Members to Visit Keith's Theatre Today
The Wide Awake Temperance Club of Melrose Wakefield and nearby towns, totaling 27 youths, will attend Keith's Theatre for shows at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mr B F Keith funds the event with free lemonade provided by Hall of the Adams House.
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B. F. Keith
Temperance Club
Melrose
Wakefield
Keith's
Adams House
Improved Effervescent Powder Promoted By Medical Authorities
The London Lancet and other medical journals praise Kutnow s Improved Effervescent Powder for stomach fever and kidney troubles. This is the last week free samples will be sent to each sufferer who writes to Kutnow Bros at 18 Astor Place New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Lancet
Kutnow
Kutnow Bros
Astor Place
New York City
Daily through drawing room car service to Adirondacks
The service via the Fitchburg Railroad will begin June 27. Applicants may apply for space at the city office located at 260 Washington Street.
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Adirondacks
Fitchburg R. R
Washington Street
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Camp
Dewey
Jeutenant E. H. Catlin
Fort Warren
A. C. Warren
Massachusetts
J. H. Whitney
Army Christian Commission
Hyde
Alger
Healey
Lowell
Lawrence
Clinton
Worcester
Peabody Succeds Nichols
Pew
Eighth
Nichols
Salem
Jacob C. R. Peabody
Battery A
Light Artillery
Peaody
Highth
Adjutant-General
Ewing
Peabody
F. A. Peabody
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Ffice Square
Mass
Acusin
J. B. Stevens
Sure D. Foster
BV. Trull
B Turner
Herrick’s Mercantile Collection Agency
Court St
Koom
Baton
NEW Phillips Trustree
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
Boylston
Berkeley Streets
George A.crawford
A. A. Berle
Gill
John Duncan
AcenTs
Army and Navy
Mrs
Jack Gardner
Pops
Ward
Buck
Wing
Frank Gilder
Santiago
Quearioul
New Jersey
Temperance Organization
Keith’s
Boston & Gloucester Steamboat CO
Gloucester
Cape Ann
Columbus Orchestra
City OF Gloucester
North Side Central Wharf
State St
Mgr
Wmactiieeres
Thousand Islands
Lake George
Fic Skene
White Mountains
St. Lawrence
Nova Scotia
Thos. Cook & Son
Washington St
Plymouth
A. BK
Harding
Winthrop Line
Atlantic Avenue
Jordan
National Cadet Band
Winthrop Steamboat Company
J. R. Bacon
PDOCINT_OF
Pines
Lynn Cadet Band
Battle OF Manila
Lynn
Taylois Hat Store
Correr
Hanover and
Court Streets
Gustav Strube
Mer
Charles River Park
Cycle Club
Tiger Roadsters
Cambridgeport Cycle Club
Jimmy Michael
Eddie M.duffee
Rice
Heard’s
Hotel Touraine
North Shore
Lewiston
Tuargee
Commercial Wharf
Telbeatre
Cleveland
Model Playhouse
Robert Downing
Edwin Milton Beyle
Selena Fetter
Impudence
Max Zach
Mme
Mary Towle
Castle
Tremont St
Nantasket
People’s Line
Snow
Atlantic Ave
Oliver St
Newburyport
Tremont Theatre
B. Schoeffel
Provincetown
Longfellow
John Smith
North Pier
Cape
Atwood & Rich
Zoological Garden
Howard’s Comique Novelty Co
Knowlton & Allen’s Orchestra
Newton Boulevard
Subway
Lullington Ave
Union Station
Orumbeca
Huntington
H.cifford
Austin & Stghe
Simart
M. Belente
Taylor's
Hanover
Alfred Sorensen
Conyveretal
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