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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1905
Page
2
Petitions buyers with a direct offer for catarrh relief through a bundled package. Munyon promises a $2 value for $1, plus an inhaler, catarrh tablets, paw paw pills, and a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. Claims blood purification and targeted healing beyond stomach remedies.
Never before and never again will there be bargains like this for reliable clothing and furnishings. The sale offers men's overcoats suits pants hats shirts and more at a fraction of their value with items such as overcoats at 2.98 to 4.98 and hats 0.79, all marketed as the greatest clothing event of the season with savings ready to pocket.
A clothing retailer at 65 Hanover Street opposite the American House advertises evening hours. The notice invites shoppers to visit after work for savings during the current sale event.
On Wyoming avenue Scranton two lifelong friends and the only colored graduates of Scranton High School were involved in a fatal shooting. Emma Lee, 26, shot Mrs. Charles Welden, 27, in a carriage with a revolver then surrendered claiming Welden had talked about her. Welden died within hours at a hospital.
The British players outscored the Americans 11 to 5 to extend their tour lead to 25 to 14 after day three. Richard Jordan swept Reynolds 4–0 as Barker claimed two wins from Halliwell with one draw. Buchanan and Heffner drew all four games. The two move restriction is cited as a key factor. The Stewart Dearborn match ended in a draw amid late play.
In a chess match between Dr. Schaefer of New York and A Jordan, Schaefer won after a complex sequence. The game featured a surprising losing move that proved decisive and the position after several exchanges favored White, leading to victory.
Barker the American champion won two games from Halliwell and drew the other two. The diagram shows the winning line with Black to move. The article also includes a numbered checkerboard diagram for reference.
Engineers' Union 16 will vacate 994 Washington Street on April 15 to secure new headquarters. Former President Thomas W. Fitzgerald was elected secretary to fill the vacancy. President Frank B. Monaghan is convalescing. John Fay was elected delegate to the New England conference of Iron and Brass Moulders and Coremakers' Union to be held in Worcester April 6 for Core makers' Union 428 of Boston. Cloakmakers of Boston will hold a mass meeting at Phenix Hall to complete their union. George M. Gunther was elected New England organizer of wood workers and will establish headquarters at 18 Kneeland Street.
At 297 Crescent Street Hanford A. Warner home Waino the famed twin of Plutano died after bronchial pneumonia. Plutano, weakened by grief and a hacking cough, neared pneumonia as doctors cite sympathetic causes. The two twenty years of travel and shows in world circuses are remembered by neighbors and friends.
War correspondent M Kiriloff accuses the Russian general staff of failing to map the Liaoyang to Mukden region, contributing to a 45000 man loss south of Mukden in October. He cites Gripenberg and other episodes showing unaddressed faults before the Mukden battle, with unknown terrain and unmapped maps.
A Post reporter describes Plutano a refined but small framed man born in Borneo, now outgrowing the wild man label. He sits in a large arm chair, wears a neat blue suit and knee-high boots, with a gold ring on one finger, as he resumes daily life after his circus days and a friend’s death amid pneumonia fears.
The Russian second Pacific squadron sailed from Nossi Be on March 16. Its destination remains unknown as tensions rise near Antananarivo Madagascar.
A vintage advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the greatest curative and preventive medicine. It claims the tonic purifies and enriches the blood, boosting health and strength of all organs and tissues, urging readers to insist on Hood's and only Hood's.
The Watertown Massachusetts Board of Health orders owners to remove a brown tail moth nuisance within 48 hours or the department will act under Chapter 75. The board has placed the moth on the public nuisance list and allocated funds to exterminate it.
Lynn March 17 The Parmenter Rendering Works in Saugus were totally destroyed by a fire believed incendiary at 11 o'clock tonight. The loss is about 12 000 dollars.
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It states all druggists refund the money if it fails and notes E Wrove’s signature on each box, offered at 25 cents.
In a Senate executive session Senator Morgan outlined concessions sought in San Domingo by the Reeder syndicate and urged an investigation by the foreign relations committee. He implied Cromwell would be linked to efforts to offer offices to settle Dominican finances. Foraker defended Cromwell as Morgan spoke until 4:45 p.m. Adjournment was anticipated.
In Newport Rhode Island on March 17 an engineer halted a Boston bound boat train after spotting five railroad ties placed on the tracks of the New York Hartford line just beyond the city. Four ties were thrown clear by the cowcatcher while a fifth wedged near the wheels. Officials suspect a boyish prank rather than deliberate wrecking. an investigation is under way.
Marcus M. Marks of New York urged merchants credit men manufacturers and workmen to unite at the first annual Boston Clothiers banquet at Westminister Hotel. Over 125 members attended with G. S. Smith toastmaster introducing Colonel Ephraim Stearns. J. L. Ripley recalled service since 1848 as the association elected officers for the year: President George S. Smith vice president George P. Hodgen secretary treasurer Silas Peavy and directors Lyman U. Beal Samuel A. Myers Lovell S. Snow and Chester H. Whitten.
Mrs. Annie Lavine rushed from her 79 Salem street apartment to the Relief Hospital after her 12-year-old daughter Sarah was taken from Paul Revere School in an unconscious state. In the hurry three candles were left burning, igniting the tablecloth and causing flames before firefighters arrived. The Lavine apartment and contents were ruined, with about 150 dollars in damage discovered after returning from the hospital.
A gang of sneak thieves who have operated in Brookline this past year made a large jewelry haul yesterday in broad daylight at the residence of Mrs. C. A. Littlefield on Verndale terrace.
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