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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1905
Page
5
Mrs I B Jones of Addington Indiana describes a two year struggle with a severe eczema in her child. She reports using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent twice daily plus internal doses and achieving a permanent cure. She cites relief from the first application and urges others to try the regimen.
The regimen recommends warm baths with Cuticura Soap to soften scales, careful drying, and applying Cuticura Ointment, then bind with soft cloth. It advises Resolvent Pills in medium doses, avoid cold water and winds, and promotes Gold Cuticura products with a Boston supplier and a guide on curing eczema.
Saint Patrick Day observances were held by multiple A O H divisions. Division 61 met at Hibernian Hall with Charles S Flanagan as master of ceremonies and a varied program. Division 55 held its celebration in Sherwood Hall with Daniel Collins speaking. Division 13 in Gray's Hall featured addresses by former presidents and other officials. An exemplification at Appleton Hall drew 80 candidates for Division 12. Tremont Hall hosted Division 22 installation with Joseph Mooney as president. The sentiment was festive with meals and music across venues.
A letter to the editor complains Lynde street in the West End is littered with snow and refuse. A Post reporter witnesses icy blocks on Lynde street rise and slush at foot of the hill, with dirty water, clogged gutters, and dumped ashes hindering passage. Residents condemn the street department.
In Rathbone Hall on Washington Street over 300 people attended the Hibernian Total Abstinence Society event marking Ireland's national holiday. President Maurice Dineen presided with an address by Rev. Father Lee of Reading, the organization chaplain.
Mayor Daly of Cambridge spoke on the Irish Citizen in America and urged electors to send representatives who credit the people they represent. Denis McCarthy discussed temperance in Ireland. Edwin Mulready of Rockland, president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Boston, gave an address. Songs and recitations followed with performances by local singers and students. Refreshments were served by the society ladies.
The Catholic Order of Foresters organized and instituted a new court in Rhodes Hall Cambridge yesterday afternoon with 35 charter members and 800 Foresters from Cambridge Everett Somerville Charlestown East Boston Newton Watertown Boston and Dorchester. State officers attended and installed officers led by Chief ranger Miss Nellie McCarthy. The new court honors the late Rev Thomas Scully of St Marys Cambridge. An exhibition by George Washington Court Lynn followed with congratulatory remarks and light refreshments.
Divisions 8 and 38 held a joint St Patrick’s Day event at 9 Elm Street last evening. Joseph M. Sullivan spoke on the Life and Labors of St Patrick while William H. Bradley discussed the Present State of the Irish Movement. The program included vocal and instrumental music and a banquet with Colonel Charles McCarthy as toastmaster.
Letter to the editor urging concentrated effort to clean all streets in Boston. Specific areas cited include Harrison Avenue Albany Street Dorchester Avenue and cross streets beyond Broadway. Calls for money men tools and teams to undertake the cleaning.
Thomas Riley of Boston Elevated Company reports a fire destroyed his locker at Sullivan Square terminal just after 8 am. He is minus about 20 dollars in clothing, and the blaze is blamed on a pipe placed in an over coat pocket.
A Boston party with escort departs Monday April 17 for a week touring Gettysburg Harper's Ferry Washington Philadelphia and New York. The Lehigh Valley route passes Allentown Reading coal regions Blue Ridge and Potomac River with return via Baltimore and Philadelphia. For details contact George E Marsters 2098 Washington Street Boston.
Elizabeth Agnes Wright rector of the Radcliffe Gymnasium reports that 36 percent of 84 students examined early in the term show spinal curvature. She cites corsets as the cause and suggests gymnastics could correct most cases under her care.
The Hon. John F. Fitzgerald spoke at Roughan Hall on the 48th anniversary of Division 1 A. O. H. He highlighted Irish influence in New England Boston and Massachusetts, urging temperance and new leadership in finance and public service to prevent deterioration of the community. State President Matthew Cummings and William J. Ennis also spoke.
St Patrick lecture given by John B. O Hign gins at St James Hall. Attendees included Hugh E Scanlan and several division members. Final plans made for the eighth anniversary celebration of Division 43 A O H to be held April 19 at 7 PM in Brodine Hall Patriots Day.
Pearl Sykes in St Louis acquitted of murdering her lover Rainwater after admitting she shot him. Trial questioned whether a betrayed woman may kill her betrayer as she pursued Rainwater from the station after a prior relationship and plans to marry.
Chicago March 19 Professor James Tufts of Chicago University asks if it is wrong to tell fibs to a pretty girl He assigns ethics and psychology students a list of unsettled points and seeks written answers Questions probe harmless lies favoring opinion cheating honesty and classroom ethics with a pledge to reveal no names.
Miss Rebecca Jones born 1822 in Balston gained fame in New York about 20 years ago for refusing to answer questions in the Surrogate's Court during the Gordon Hamersley will contest. She served over a year for contempt and died in Balston at age 83. The Hamersley fortune passed to Louis Hamersley's widow, later Duchess of Marlborough and now Lady Beresford.
Parents of 75 girls at West Newton Street High and Latin School contest a pupil search led by Miss Emma George to locate a supposedly stolen watch. They claim the principal lacked authority to authorize the search and debate potential suits against Miss George and Headmaster Tetlow. Teachers named as having participated include Anna Shorey Elizabeth Richardson Laura Richardson and Miss Foster.
The steam ship Hungarian arriving in Portland amid earlier anxiety due to rough weather. The vessel sailed from Glasgow and took nearly 22 days, the longest Atlantic crossing for a liner to this port.
Naples dispatch reports Mount Vesuvius remains active as tourists flock toward the crater despite danger. Extra guards guard access and detonations from the volcano are heard at long range.
In Manchester New Hampshire on March 19 it is reported that 16 public school teachers intend to resign to marry. The move will create openings for replacements as the school board faces a wave of job applications to fill the vacancies.
The funeral for Patrolman Michael Barretta of Station 15 will be held Tuesday morning from his home at 2 Prospect Street Charlestown and at St Leonard's Church North End. A detail from Station 15 will attend the service.
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