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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
9
Winter illnesses start with a cold and the cough weakens the body making further infection easier. Virgin Oil of Pine claims to heal lungs and bronchial organs and break up a cold in 24 hours using forest tree active principles. Sold only in druggists in sealed six or ten ounce bottles by Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati Ohio.
Mrs. Hetty Green the wealthiest woman in America with an estimated fortune of 75 million dollars lives at 1207 Washington Street Hoboken in a 23 dollar a month flat. She cuts table expenses to five dollars weekly and seeks the janitor’s family’s company at night after a day of financial battles. The Barracks row houses host 139 tenants paying 22 to 25 dollars monthly. Green has lived there eight years except summers when she moves to the country and avoids dual residence rents.
At a large Boston lodge meeting at Berkeley Hall several candidates were initiated. The membership nears 1000, and the lodge plans to secure a home of its own. A circular notes an eligible site on Somerset Street owned by Boston University.
Retail salesmen of the Leopold Morse Company plan an April ball to raise interest and funds. Enthusiasm runs high among store staff and friends outside the business. A meeting will be held soon to elect committees and appoint officers.
Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts invites young women to write about their sickness. She speaks as a mother who understands, noting nine out of ten cases resemble those of girls who have written letters.
Miss Abby F Barrows of Nelson ville Ohio and Miss Elsie L Hook of Chelsea Vermont praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing nervous symptoms headaches backache and irregularities. The ad claims thirty years of use as a standard remedy for female ills and lists conditions it allegedly cures.
In Ormond Beach Florida on March 6 two records fell. M G Bernin in a 60 horsepower Renault posted 100 miles in 1 hour 12 minutes 56.15 seconds beating the 1 hour 15 minutes 66.15 seconds mark set in 1906. Cedrino in a 60 horsepower Fiat ran a mile in 3 seconds, breaking Louis Chevelet 1906 record of 4085 seconds. Bernin and Cedrino struck in a special match race with R B Stevens driving Cedrino’s car. The German car finished the mile in 45 85 seconds.
In Horticultural Hall during the exhibit week P Blake presents 15 models with nine Jacksons and six Logans. Jackson and Logan reps assist. First Boston display of the Jackson landaulet and Jackson light delivery. Decorations finished. Seven cars will be on street demonstrations, totaling 22 vehicles.
Grand Island Neb March 6 The American car in the New York to Paris race arrived here this afternoon Montague Roberts the pilot says roads from Columbus are the best since Illinois The ground is frozen He left at 2 30 expecting to reach Lexington tonight.
Fort Plain New York March 6 Elsie Kimball seventeen swallowed forty five grains of strychnine and died minutes later Police believe mental derangement caused the act She had earlier set fire to her grandmother Mrs Charles Nellis home on February 27 and stole three hundred dollars during the ensuing confusion Only fifty one dollars of the loot remained when she returned home last night
Olga Nethersole opens at the Colonial with The Awakening for two weeks starting Monday. The Man of the Hour continues at Tremont, The Gay White Way fills Majestic, The Rogers Brothers in Panama runs at Hollis one more week. Maud Adams appears March 16. Elsie Janis in The Hayden ends soon. Rose Stahl follows March 16 in The Chorus Lady. Manager Morison extends The Village Postmaster at the Boston Theatre. Neil Burgess with The County Fair at the Globe. Vanderbilt Cup ends tonight. Two showings of The Climbers end at Castle Square. A Temperance Town debuts Monday with Mink Jones. Tony the Bootblack at Grand Opera House. Broadway After Dark opens Monday. Nat M. Wills headlines Keith's next week with Eva Williams and Jac Tucker in Skinny's Finish, plus Lind the impersonator and Pandur brothers. Bowdoin Square Theatre to present Life in the next bill.
The sixth annual Boston automobile show opens tonight at Mechanics Building with a record display of cars and accessories. Exhibitors and management collaborated to ensure a premier event with a wide array of models, patents, and finish quality, plus basement boat exhibits and orchestral entertainment by Empire and Imperial ensembles.
The article lists several Boston venues wrapping up a successful week. Golden West and Watsons burlesque shows conclude at Howard and Columbia theatres. The Gay Masqueraders close a Palace engagement. Next week brings Clark's Runaway Girls and new acts at the Great Boston Hippodrome. The Scenic Temple showcases strong music, Lily Lena headlines the Orpheum, and Miles brothers moving pictures end their Hub Theatre run.
A. Shuman Company introduces a new process to transfer signatures onto hats with gold leaf and offers free autograph marking today for all hats brought to their department. The permanent signature is applied via a prepared paper and gold leaf transfer, and applies whether or not the hat was bought at Shuman Corner.
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