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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
2
An advertisement by Dr. C. Sargent Ferris of Fort Wayne Indiana claims a universal cure all called Vital Life Fluid that can restore health and strength for any ailment. It guarantees free samples and personal correspondence to prove its miraculous powers despite skepticism.
Boston hosts a large crowd for the 125th anniversary birth tribute to Robert Emmet. speakers include Thomas Riley John Concannon John O Callaghan Col Roger Scannell readings Gaelic recitations poems and songs by Mary Owens and others.
Rome March 4 The Pope was confined to his bed today with intestinal troubles following yesterday's jubilee function. Bishops Dunne of Dallas and Hoban of Scranton, in Rome, have not yet secured an interview due to the Pontiff's condition.
Tremont Temple executive committee plans to discuss extending a call to Rev Clarence Barbour D D of Rochester New York. Deacon C P Jameson and Deacon O M Wentworth say church officers and members are united in favor and expect him to accept.
Melville E. Ingalls, railroad magnate and ex Boston Common Council president, agreed to seek Cincinnati mayoral nomination. He believes the Cincinnati post is a stepping stone to the presidency and that a future Ohio governor bid would follow, with judge William A. Jackson confirming Ingalls feels certain of reaching the White House.
The report indicates that for the prize contest the Sunday circulation will be measured and disclosed with exact figures rather than in hundreds. This adjustment aims to provide precise audience data.
A forged invitation letter signed by Signor Oreste Bimboni to arrange a Patti reception in Boston caused wide alarm among leading musicians. Bimboni denied issuing the notice, traced the fake to planned forgery, and a full investigation was promised with possible legal action.
The Pitts-Kimball Co opens March 7 with a $30,000 stock sale of Isaacson & Co Crystal Clothing items. Entire stock of menswear, coats, underwear and shoes from the Old Blue Store will be sold at less than half wholesale cost as shelves are cleared. Mr Isaacson and his veteran staff supervise alongside Pitts-Kimball clerks.
The Fitchburg based Rodney Wallace will filed in Worcester Probate Court lists an estate value over 1 million dollars. A single public bequest of 20 000 dollars to Smith College is noted, with two 10 000 dollar receipts found with the will indicating payment in Wallace lifetime. Remaining bequests go to relatives and friends.
The body of Hannah Goddard Knapp was placed in the morgue in Hamilton Ohio as Napoleon Knapp’s confession is linked to motive. He says he confessed under pressure to spite his sister Mary King and her husband while his fourth wife Annie Gamble arrived from Indianapolis. She sought to stay, Knapp urged her to remain, but she planned to return to Indianapolis. Due to his weakened condition the authorities will not confront him with Hannah’s body.
A University of Chicago professor calls Chicago an unparalleled babel of foreign tongues with 14 languages spoken by permanent colonies over 10,000 people. German leads with 590,000 speakers. Polish 125,000. Swedish 100,000. Bohemian 90,000. other notable groups include Italian 25,000 Greek 4,000 and Spanish 1,008, among many smaller communities.
Hugo Heermann gave a Steinert Hall violin recital assisted by Heinrich Gebhard and Max Zach. The program featured Brahms piano violin sonata and works by Beethoven Bach Schumann Wiienowski Ernst and Tschaikowsky plus Schumann and Liszt piano numbers. Heermann impressed with a large tone and artistic authority, Gebhard and Zach received strong applause for their performances.
Public meeting at Lorimer Hall Tremont Temple in Boston forms Massachusetts Old-Home Week association. Governor Bates agrees to be president. Dr C H Bangs of Lynn will preside. ex Governor Rollins of New Hampshire expected to speak.
The Italian Protective League of 24 Boston societies held a meeting with President I De Luca presiding. They discussed Rev Conte and funds from the Italian government for immigrant protection and charity. A three member committee Scarglilli Martorano Alexandro was named to investigate and report at the next meeting.
Mrs Emerence Goverts of Salem sues Edward J Sweeney license commissioner alleging a mutual agreement to marry was made and she has since been willing, but he refused to fulfill his part of the agreement.
Western Pacific Railway Company incorporated in San Francisco to build a line from San Francisco through Beckwith Pass to Salt Lake City with Nevada extension and California branches. Capitalization set at 50 million dollars. 1.5 million subscribed. Incorportors are local capitalists said to represent Eastern interests.
A Cincinnati chemist offers a complete at home treatment for pimples, blackheads and acne free to anyone who writes to the Dermal Institute in Cincinnati. The method claims instant relief from burning and itching and permanent clearing of the skin.
Physicians estimate that two hundred Boston infants’ lives could be saved each year if a cholera infantum anti-toxin, announced by Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute, becomes practically available by the end of 1908. Early tests show promise in animals and a few humans, with broader verification planned across American cities.
James H. Shields of 11 Sewell Street Roxbury a navy yard worker arraigned in Roxbury Court on three counts of counterfeiting forging and uttering transfer checks from the Boston Elevated Railway Company Special Officer Gilbert Angell led the case Shields pleaded not guilty and held in 1000 bond. The article also notes a separate household aid scene involving donations of wood to a paralyzed family amid elderly descendants of old Boston families.
Testimony in the South Danvers Bank trial before Judge Lowell shows Dickinson drew checks totaling 157000 dollars while Dickinson’s makers and notes faced doubts. Directors Clarke Rice Nusby questioned Dickinson's funds and attempted to protest unpaid checks as Foster sought to reduce overdrafts.
Michael M. Foley, a driver for Roxbury Birch Beer Company, was charged on Feb 20 with obstructing an electric car on Washington Street. Judge Roger Wolcott represented the company. several witnesses testified. The court imposed a $20 fine, and the defendant appealed.
John J. O Meara, found guilty of swindling a young boy with an album dodge, must now receive his sentence. He had faced the court as far back as March 1901 for similar deceit, advertising work for $15 weekly with prospective sellers paying a nonrefundable $4 deposit to obtain an album to sell, a scheme the defense has now abandoned.
The Sharon Farm for Boys completed a free distribution of 11 cords of seasoned oak wood for the stove. Forty four recipients received wood including a widow supporting an aged mother and two children.
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