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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1912
Page
7
Joseph A. Stott, 29, was executed by hanging in Harrisburg for the June murder of Blanche Taylor. The confession note concluded the trial and sentence.
Advertises Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as quick relief for indigestion with a free sample offer. Explains the tablets aid digestion by providing gastric-like enzymes and can digest large amounts of food. Notes price 50 cents per box and directs readers to write to F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan for a free sample.
A vintage guide touts hair, skin, and figure tips. It promotes alkali shampoo boosters with canthrax, fat reduction by a prescribed drink, a delatone-based hair remover, and a hazel lotion to brighten dull complexions for lasting beauty.
Three alarms of fire from different boxes within an hour caused excitement in Cambridge yesterday afternoon. The Epil cure Eating Club on Mt. Auburn Street burned as Harvard's Gold Coast fire brigade responded in full regalia under Kermit Roosevelt and Nelson Morris, who led the effort.
A rear upper floor fire at a Cambridge building started by playing children with matches drew 60 Gold Coast Brigade volunteers in rubber boots and fur coats. Fire crews and students gained control after an hour. A separate blast at the American Rubber Works shop damaged hands of William Hanson, with minimal damage. Another blaze at 100 Willow Street, East Cambridge, involved a coat near a stove catching fire.
Doctors report a severe grip season with kidney and urinary troubles. Advertisers tout Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a herbal kidney liver and bladder remedy and offer free sample bottles. In Massachusetts a capital punishment case for Mrs Cusumano dominates the legislature and court news with debates on clemency and judicial process.
An old newspaper ad touts a Mexican plant called Diabetes Herb as a cure for diabetes. It claims rapid symptom relief within a week and offers a 50 cent trial package with a diet list and food value table, asking readers to send 280 today to a box number.
Massachusetts press reports a statewide fight to commute or halt the electric chair sentence for Lena Cusumano wife of Frank Cusumano, condemned for murder. Governor leads opposition with the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty and Florence Spooner urging abolition.
The Wendell Phillips School in the West End hosted a portrait unveiling of Wendell Phillips painted by Cloyd J L Boyken. Artist Darius Cobb praised it as the true portrayal while remarks by Frank Garrison and an 10 boy school orchestra delighted attendees. Principal Elias H. Marston accepted the artwork for the school.
Flora M Roberts of Haverhill filed answers in her 50 000 breach of promise suit against John A Newcomb. She cites counsel advised non answers and memory gaps about dates venues gifts and possible marriage discussions. She recalls theatre outings and Johnson's Pond camp but cannot provide many specifics.
Miss Roberts alleges mutual marriage agreement with Charles R. Newcomb but says he refused to marry. Conservator Newcomb seeks appointment to represent the defendant, who is said to be of unsound mind. Roberts says she has known Newcomb 12 to 18 years and that he called on her over a decade, but she cannot recall where she was entertained.
A Paris physician reports a hair growth potion using pitchblende with radium linked to Lavona de Composee that allegedly stimulates new hair growth in balding scalps within 10 to 30 days. The compound is mixed with Bay Rum and Menthol Crystals and applied nightly, with warnings to avoid facial use.
The second lecture in the series drew a good audience as Mr. Newman used still and motion pictures to illustrate Ireland. He highlighted customs and scenery like the Killarney Lakes with attention to rural urban contrasts and Erin’s romantic past. The talk will be repeated this afternoon.
Martha Mabry won a verdict of 1500 damages in the first session of the Superior Civil Court yesterday against the Boston Elevated Railway for injuries from a sudden car start as she alighted on July 20, 1910.
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