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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
3
Washington March 4 petition drives urge decisive U S measures against Venezuela. Sources accuse President Castro of defying Secretary Root and stalling arbitration on outstanding issues between the two nations.
South and Central American diplomats warn the State Department faces an embarrassing position as debate in Congress looms. Officials say President Roosevelt will act based on Senate sentiment, with Senator Lodge ready to push the issue. Diplomatic circles view the crisis as more serious than before amid Venezuela's refusals to negotiate. Castro expresses deep grievance over Washington challenging Caracas.
Mrs. Margaret Lowe formerly Margaret Coffey of Newton Mass. led detectives to a room in the Seventy Avenue Hotel where her husband George A Lowe formerly of Boston was found with Mrs Edna Skinner wife of a leading carriage and harness dealer of Pittsburgh. The couple had registered as man and wife and their arrest startled Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Skinner and Mrs. Lowe face charges as a pursuit unfolds over a stolen red Jones car. Detectives tail the couple from Pittsburg to the Seventh Avenue Hotel where Mrs. Lowe forces entry with a revolver, declaring she seeks justice and divorces.
Advertisement notes "Brown's Bronchial Traches" cure for coughs sore throat hoarseness and bronchial affections. Claims no injury contents. Sold only in boxes.
Boston officials launch a wide crackdown on anarchist groups following the Denver priest killing. They have monitored members of several organizations since orders from Secretary Straus of the Bureau of Commerce and Labor to act.
Daniel Michael leads a group claiming anarchists here are peaceful and not linked to recent outbreaks. Plain clothes officers, from headquarters on Pemberton Square, expanded detail again last night to study conditions as political parties are blamed for unrest.
The annual spiritual retreat of St. Vincent de Paul Conference opened last evening in the Cathedral basement. Rev Javen Richards of Boston College preached the sermon. Services continue tonight and close Sunday evening. On Sunday 8 o'clock mass the conference members will receive holy communion in a body. The public is invited.
A prominent society lady touts a fat loss formula as safe and effective. She claims rapid weight loss, no dieting or exercise, and that the mix uses Lexonica Buckthorn Bark extract and Simple Syrup, prepared by the druggist, with directions inside the Lexonica package.
Attorney Frederick W. Peabody challenges Dr. Barrett's leprosy cure story and vows to convert to Christian Science if a verified cure of an organic disease is proven. Alfred Farlow defends the Barrett testimony, citing past cases and a pending reply from Barrett.
Tribulations that beset the path of a bride and groom were partly cleared in Providence when Justice Sweetland dismissed a writ of habeas corpus sought by Amen B Abazaid to take his daughter. The girl is 15 and her husband 27.
At the hearing the father was absent due to sickness and the court favored the daughter's account over the father's. Meanwhile the groom faced a Boston police warrant for enticing a 18 year old bride from home. The couple now honeymoon with friends of the groom in Pawtucket.
In Jamaica Plain Municipal Court Judge J Albert Brackett discharged Roslindale residents Paul W Smith and James B Condon after finding no witness could prove a robbery. Conductor Harry B Ernst and two witnesses had testified, but the judge ruled the incident appeared a fight and no theft was proven.
Matron Green acted quickly at Boothby Hospital extinguishing a fire caused by a lighted gas jet. She retrieved a fire extinguisher and pulled down blazing draperies on the lower floor, sparing patients and avoiding alarm among them. An orderly’s call prompted the alarm but proved unnecessary.
John S. Sullivan, a conductor for the Boston and Northern road, woke to flames in his Turnbull Avenue hut while on the fresh air cure. He escaped unharmed as investigators believe an oil lamp explosion caused the blaze.
An advertisement urges owners of bad breath to try a free sample of Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges. It claims charcoal absorbs odors and gases from indigestion belching, smoking, onions, or other sources, improves complexion, and purifies blood. Readers are asked to send name and address to F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan.
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