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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
4
Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson, the King’s counselor, denies US reports that King Edward is seriously ill. He states the King took a long walk this morning and spent the afternoon riding in a motor car.
Simple home remedy claims to cure rheumatism back pain and cleanse blood and kidneys. Mix one ounce compound syrup of Sarsparilla and one ounce orris compound in half a pint whiskey, take tablespoonful before meals and at bedtime, shake bottle before each use. Fast results touted, with warning to complete full course for full recovery.
Theodore Roosevelt former president and Miss Cornelia Langdon were forced to cling to straps in a crowded surface car in New York. They rode from Oyster Bay to Manhattan and parted at Madison Avenue near Forty-eighth Street, with Roosevelt heading to a Mr. Robinson’s home before possibly going to the Outlook office.
The funeral for Irving Peter Dillon proprietor of the Dillon machine shops in Lawrence and a member of Boston and Lawrence clubs was held at Grace Church. Prayers were read at the home, with floral tributes and delegations from several clubs and orders including Aleppo Temple Shriners and Odd Fellows. Masonic rites were conducted at the grave by Sir Knights. Pallbearers named Dimmock Winsley Morrison Whitney Reed and Stanchfield.
Mrs. F. Wilkie of 1612 Creighton Street Halifax asks the Boston Post to aid in locating her son Vincent Wilkie who left Halifax two years ago and is believed to be in Boston or nearby.
A small black poodle named Dixie alerted Professor Roland C. Lincoln and his family at the Bussey Institute residence in Jamaica Plain, wakeful barking leading to their escape as the fire gutted the upper floors and destroyed the house and art. The dog, longtime family pet, is lauded as the hero.
A group of four women in a busy shopping district led to two arrests for shoplifting while two others, acting as detectives, suffered injuries in a department store clash. Names given are Minnie McCarthy and Jennie Mahoney. In a separate matter, Boston land deal involving $6635 with city losses was revisited by the grand jury, indictments previously issued against several men were reconsidered, and City Auditor Mitchell and City Conveyancer Roscoe Owens testified. District Attorney Hill planned further city case presentations.
Fire Commissioner Parker and Chief Mullen returned from a New York visit noting no immediate funds to extend Boston’s high pressure fire system. They observed the costly but imperfect New York setup, under water department control with plans to move to the fire department, and admired New York fireboats and overall department operation.
Mayor Tribbard turned the municipal automobile over to the City Council committee on finance for a trip to East Boston and Charlestown to inspect sites for playgrounds and bathhouses. A loan bill with over 1,000,000 if passed is pending, and Mayor Hibbard has signed two sewer loans totaling 954,000 within the debt limit.
Kelly Associates present their annual entertainment on Roughan Trail in the evening of March 11. A trio of young men Joseph Kelley Matthew Green and Edward Meehan craft the plot and scenery with bright up to date ideas.
Warns that back pain rheumatic pains frequent scanty urination and groin pain signal deranged kidneys. Describes a noted remedy using Buchu Murax compound gin and advises continued use after symptoms vanish to restore kidney and bladder function.
Harvard astronomer Professor W. H. Pickering says Finnley’s comet will swing toward the sun and come closer to Earth than since 1006 A D Possibly within 5 000 000 miles and not more than 10 000 000 miles away observers await its trajectory and visibility across the sky.
Leon Gailzaid, longtime Malden court interpreter, defended himself at the courthouse after reports claimed his March 4 shooting was intentional. He faced drunkenness and fare evasion charges, which were not pursued and he was discharged. He rejected newspaper insinuations that the shooting was non accidental as absurd.
The Atenas, built for United Fruit by Workmann Clark & Company, will launch today in Belfast Tre and be ready for delivery before April ends. The Abangarez started March 1 and will finish April 1, with Turrialba set for April 11. When completed the trio boosts Boston’s fruit fleet to one of the world’s finest.
Argument nearly finished in the Cooper murder trial as Colonel Duncan Cooper Robin Cooper and John W Sharp face a jury verdict likely tomorrow in the Carmack slaying case in Nashville Tenn.
A crowded fourth night at the Cathedral mission for men featured Rev. Father Caniligo on the Rosary and Very Rev. Father Heagan delivering a sermon on sin and its wages. Heagan warned sin harms all, urges grace, and ends with a benediction invoking God’s mercy.
A physician counsels that illness stems from improper diet and feverish digestion. He warns against overloading the stomach and urges plain easily digested foods, one meat meal daily, two glasses water between meals, and avoidance of coffee and alcohol. He recommends Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a cure and tonic.
A Chicago woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with preventing a third surgery after two operations and severe inflammation. She reports relief after using three bottles, urging others to build up the feminine system and remove the cause of distressing pains with the herbal remedy.
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