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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1909
Page
2
Mrs Olive Lindstrom obtained a decree nisi against Dr Kaward Lindstrom of Boston from Judge Lawton after testimony of a lodged marriage from 1902. Evidence described frequent high balls gambling and a co respondent Miss Nellie Marshall with visits to Miss Marshall’s apartments and a revealing telephone voice incident.
An advertisement urges prompt attention to kidney and bladder trouble and touts Swamp Root as a remedy. It claims many conditions stem from kidney issues and offers a free sample by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co, with a booklet and price in stores.
Ex-President Roosevelt reviews the personal outfitting for his African trip in Oyster Bay. Four New York men bring items ordered last August, with tents set on the lawn and guns tested at the target range. He notes deficiencies to be packed to New York and aboard the Hamburg at Hoboken.
A blaze destroyed Robinson Bros tannery at 832-834 Broad Street East Saugus causing about 15000 in damages. The building owned by the Very estate sustained 10000 in losses. Fire halted Boston & Maine and Boston & Northern trains for over an hour. Frank Robinson and F R Colby saved a family dog from the office. Lynn aided the effort due to the blaze.
The East beat the West in a billiards match at McGraw's Billiard Academy in New York. James Blair started for New York, then D Ballon. Jordan Lambert of the West led by 16 before Ballon closed the gap to win by two points.
Advertisement claims fast cold relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and offers money back if ineffective. Praises Druggists and features W. Gruve’s signature on each box. Price listed as 250.
The full rigged Superior under Captain Torkieldsen left Nantasket Roads bound for Montevideo with 1,143,926 feet of white pine. Rival bark Pehr Ugland heads for Rosario with 1,068,868 feet of lumber. Both ships are iron clad and similar in size, race hinges on seamanship and aloft sail.
New York March 15 admirers fear Caruso the noted tenor is losing his voice. Withdrawals of his name from Metropolitan Opera House casts raise concern across the country especially in Boston where he is billed to carry the master part. Experts warn of a serious throat problem while Caruso says he only has a slight cold.
Boston is eliminated from the Metropolitan Opera Company spring tour. The company will perform in Chicago and Pittsburg only due to no theatre being available in Boston. Hammerstein has arranged a two week Boston engagement at the same time.
The Felix Kornfeld store at 65 and 67 Summer Street hosts a spring opening exhibit of millinery, ribbons, braids, and ostrich feathers in a well lit shop. Frederick Dolan and a team of women clerks welcome shoppers eager for fashion, variety, and low prices.
The Board of Aldermen and Common Council unanimously pass a 19,150,677 appropriation, 1,053,053 above the mayor's limit, with a 30 cent tax increase projected. They support the Parkman fund shift to parks and call for a special committee to probe court accommodations. Jurors are drawn for a new Superior Court session.
The Boston Board of Aldermen considered exchanging 45,000 square feet of city land including the morgue and West End street department area for a hospital land parcel of similar size between Commercial Street and the Charles River. Martin M. Lomasney and Joseph P. Lomasney opposed. former Chairman Clark supported the measure, endorsed by fire police and street departments. The board took the proposal under advisement.
The joint committee on ways and means heard James H. Vahey accuse Wrentham Trustee Chairman Albert L. Harwood of taking a $3000 cut from an $8000 land purchase for a school for the feeble minded. Harwood testified the sale was approved by the State Board of Health the Board of Insanity and the Governor and Council. He denied any ban by Governor Draper on discussion of the matter.
The legislative committee on public health reported a bill mandating the State Board of Health to maintain serum for the cure or prevention of rabies for public distribution.
Miss Anne Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan plans to open a restaurant in the Brooklyn navy yard around May 1 with government sanction to provide workers better food at lower prices than currently available.
A large South End delegation urged the City Council committee on legislative affairs to remove the Washington street elevated structure between Castle and Dudley streets and replace it with a tunnel.
Corporation counsel Babson was asked by Alderman Anderson to state whether the State is encroaching on city powers in planning legislation governing the administration of the George F. Parkman fund by trustees.
Advert says Hood's Sarsaparilla uses over 20 ingredients collected at peak season and processed to extract curative strength. It claims purifying and tonic effects for 99 of 100 users, with cures for scrofula eczema boils rheumatism and more. Testimonials from IL S Ward and Newton M Blackman praise its benefits. Be sure to buy Hood's or Sarsatabs today.
Raymond Heath killed his wife by slashing her throat with a razor at their Bucksport home after threatening to kill her over house contents. He then turned the razor on himself, dying upstairs. Mrs. Heath, 70, had sought a divorce a month earlier.
John Doe imprisoned for life for the murder of Giuseppe Guianci at Newmarket Junction in 1906 has confessed to warden Scott that his real name is James Bludso. Born in Sarnia, Ontario, he now details a continent spanning crime record, including a Spanish War service, and bank jobs in Lancaster Ontario and Wild Rose Michigan where companions were killed.
Lieutenant-Commander Frank Marvel names the battleship Illinois to provide the color company and colors for the battalion in the South Boston Evacuation Day celebration tomorrow.
Joan Stephens and a committee of the Longshoremen Trade Council met agents of transatlantic steamship companies and stevedores at the Cunard office. Stephens presented 20 wage and hour articles for 1909 and the longshoremen withdrew from the conference after the first article. The others proposed submitting differences to the State board of arbitration, decision on which will be taken at a meeting next Sunday night in Roughan Hall, Charlestown.
An unidentified man was found dead on the tracks about 100 yards north of West Medford station at 11 15 tonight. L J Jibbie of Stoneham reported the scene. The body was badly mangled and authorities opened an inquiry into the incident.
Former Election Commissioner Charles R. Saunders cites the 1900 U S census showing Maine and Rhode Island with higher homicide rates per population than New England states with capital punishment. He argues these official figures prove capital punishment deters murder and urges lawmakers to vote against a bill altering verdicts in first degree cases.
Lowell March 15 Mayor George H. Brown called for the resignation of Newell F. Putnam superintendent of streets citing incompetency. Putnam had been elected at the start of the year.
A home facial wash from The Inter Ocean promises clearer skin and a gentler tint. The recipe uses Rose Water Cologne Spirits and Eppotone mixed in hot water then cooled, with step by step combining tips and notes on cost and ease for ladies’ dressing tables.
Obituaries from Springfield and East Boston list Carlton Apollonio 25 from H U 100s with services in Winchester March 18. John T McCarthy of East Boston and Mabel V Molteco 14 from Roxbury with church masses and private funeral details. John William Skidmore 52 of Roxbury to be buried in Francestown. James M Thomson 46 of Roxbury to have prayers and services on Prentiss Street with burial.
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