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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1905
Page
2
A Billboard warning piece quotes dramatic agent Patman praising Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a cure for consumption. He recounts a Cincinnati illness, travel hardship, and recovery after using four bottles, urging homes to fight disease locally rather than seeking distant cures.
An advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a health builder and treatment for lung troubles. It claims strengthened digestion, richer blood, and heart regulation, notes long-standing medical endorsement, and warns against fake imitations while citing price and the Old Chemist trademark.
In North Smithfield Rhode Island Mary I Inman was robbed at her cottage by two men who demanded cash at gunpoint. After a surrounding search by neighbors failed to capture them the pair escaped with 47. The victim, alone in the house, was bruised and suspects the intruders were foreign-born tramps.
Joseph Richie of Faulkner Street Maiden entered the toilet at Sullivan Square Terminal, drank from a half pint flask, then fainted. Police and Dr. Fitzpatrick were summoned, with the doctor declaring apoplexy as the likely cause and Richie taken to the Relief station.
Hannah J. Hjorth testified before Judge Lawton in East Cambridge Probate Court that her husband Henry deserted her in November 1903 and November 1904 and inflicted repeated injuries, saying she received 12 black eyes from his blows and was given little food while living on Washington street.
Thousands attend as Rev. Dawson from England preaches a reasoned, unemotional appeal to repentance. He uses deliberate pauses, powerful gestures, and a rising call to conversion, leading 72 worshippers to stand and pledge new life in Christ.
Chicopee, March 2. The school committee will not seek a material budget increase with $62 315 allotted, up from $62 168 last year. Secretary Gray notes the district’s low teacher salaries, about half of Springfield’s, driving staff turnover as 20 of 80 teachers are newcomers. The average salary is $400 yearly and education funding is 25 percent of need, versus 33 percent elsewhere.
The Boston Merchant Tailors' Exchange held its monthly dinner at the Bellevue with business and pleasure. Samuel Regal editor of the Gentleman of Fashion Journal of New York and Hugh Ardleigh spoke. Sixty firms, including New York and London houses, were represented. F. W. Maynard presided.
Frank J. McBarron sues Charles H. Fox claiming injury by a wagon. A Superior Court jury awarded him 2200 in Judge Bond’s second session yesterday for a Jan 3 1903 incident at the Washington and Newton streets corner.
Lillian Emmons of Canton street appeared in Roxbury court accused of intoxication after being found unconscious near the Fenway palace. She sobbed that she wandered lost and tired, promised to reform, and the judge placed the case on file. Her friends defended her character and said she was hard working and innocent of foul play.
Boston School Committeeman John A. Ryan criticizes Baldwin School in West End for dirty windows and unsafe alley approach near a horse sale stable. He vows to inspect janitors duties and push for bi monthly window cleaning despite claimed pay limits.
In Providence Rhode Island March 2 Robert F Dickerson the steward who found John A Hart dead in his berth on the steamer Larchmont Feb 19 was the only witness to testify at the inquest begun today The inquest will continue tomorrow Malcolm Davis a youth linked to billiard ball theft claimed he was on the Larchmont the night of the murder Police Chief Matthews said Davis has no connection to the murder though he remains held on a minor offence
A continued report describes a poisoning case involving a secret foe. The story details investigations, suspects, and potential motives as officials pursue answers. Local authorities seek to uncover the assailant behind the deliberate poisoning incident.
Mrs Stanford arrives in Honolulu with jewelry valued at about 75000 dollars. The items are reported to have been found intact.
At a directors meeting of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co Mr D F Appel was elected secretary to fill the late S Franksford Trusl s vacancy after his sudden death.
Honolulu reports confirm strychnine found in a bicarbonate of soda bottle linked to Mrs Jane Stanford's fatal dose. Friends seek motive as detectives face absence of clear incentives after analysis by Louis Falkenau notes detection is challenging.
Indianapolis March 2 Cigarettes and cigarette papers are banned in Indiana after June 1 1905. It is illegal to manufacture or sell them and it will be an offence to own or be involved with cigarettes or wrappers. Governor Hanly signed the prohibitory measure and fines apply up to 50 dollars for a first offence and up to 500 dollars or six months in jail for a second offence.
Judge Harris ordered a verdict for the defendant in the personal injury case of Bently W. Thornton against the Newton & Boston Street Railway. The ruling followed an agreement between counsel for both parties during the first jury session of the Superior Court.
An advertisement promotes Dr Shoop Restorative claiming it cures heart trouble by targeting the heart nerves. It offers a free full dollar bottle to strangers and outlines how the remedy works with the sympathetic nervous system, urging readers to request Book 1 on Dyspepsia and related volumes.
London March 2 memorandum of the navy estimates issued tonight lists 1905 1906 outlay at 166 046 million dollars, compared with 184 445 million for the current year. The admiralty plans one battleship four armored cruisers five ocean going destroyers one experimental destroyer 12 coastal destroyers and 11 submarines. Between January 1 1904 and March 31 1905 ships completed include four battleships one armored cruiser four third class cruisers 12 submarines and a new admiralty yacht.
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