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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1905
Page
7
A wartime era advertisement warns of high infant mortality in civilized countries and advocates Castoria as a safer remedy. It argues narcotic drops harm children, while Castoria, with Chas. H. Fletcher’s signature, promotes proper blood circulation and fever relief.
A series of letters from physicians across the United States praise Castoria as a safe effective remedy for infants and children. Dr A F Peeler St. Louis Dr KE Down Philadelphia Dr J B Waggoner Chicago Dr Edward Parrish Brooklyn Dr J B Eliott New York Dr C G Bereena Omaha Dr J A Parker Kansas City Dr H F Merrill Augusta Dr Norman Geer Cleveland Dr F H Kyle St Paul note its mild laxative action safety and widespread use in households.
The engagement of Lewis Morris, a colored man, to Flossie Edwards, a white woman from New Bedford, provokes church and family scrutiny. Morris asserts age legality and vows to marry when the day comes, independent of church opposition, while Miss Edwards reportedly leaves the church amid controversy.
In New Bedford on March 20 a race war over a planned marriage moves from Marion to town. Flossie Edwards, a former coworker and white, plans to wed Lewis Morris, a young colored man accused by some of using hypnotic powers. Edwards resigns from St. James Episcopal Church.
Miss Edwards, living at 21 Richmond Street, faced pressure to end her relationship with Morris, a fellow Atlas tack works employee in Fairhaven. A St James Church committee, led by Mrs. Lydia E Smith, investigated whispers of the romance amid claims Morris is married with two Taunton children, which he and Miss Edwards deny.
Murdock Giles of Tennyson street was swindled out of six five dollar notes by a bogus employer on Tremont street. A man with a frank appearance hired him as a gardener for a Brookline estate, then produced a $26 check and vanished after Giles passed over $30. Police have a description: about 35, height 5 foot 9 or 10, sandy hair, light mustache, black overcoat, brown tweed trousers, black derby.
The annual report of the Board of Health urges extending the Waltham sewer system to the Roberts district. It warns that rising population there increases health risk and could contaminate the city water supply, requiring action before disease results.
A drawn scroll lists numerous rail, maritime, fire, and mining disasters from 1903. Entries include explosions, collisions, floods, tornadoes, and fires with hundreds injured or killed across Pennsylvan ia New Jersey Delaware Utah Wisconsin and other locales. The compilation marks major losses from Minersville Cochran Station Groveland Walesburg Olean Philadelphia Chica go and more with totals reaching into the hundreds.
In Westford on March 20 Oscar R. Spaulding defeated Joseph E. Knight, foreman of the Tucker jury, for town Selectman by 224 to 98 amid a political drive over the Tucker verdict. Knight, a Republican, lost by 126 votes as Spaulding carried the Democratic support in a largely Republican town.
A milk delivery wagon owned by C. H. Stowell and driven by John Hamblin was struck by a northbound postal train at the Fisherville crossing. Hamblin died at Massachusetts General Hospital after several hours, and 9 year old passenger John Johnson was seriously injured and hospitalized.
An aged man patient credits Dr Agnew's Catarrnal Powder with curing fifty years of catarrh in ten minutes. The ad urges readers to contact George Lewis in Shamokin for proof, calling the result a miracle and promising rapid relief.
An undertaker preparing the body of Mrs Irving Kemp daughter of Charles Stevens at Casco detected signs of life. Restoratives were applied and Mrs Kemp rapidly recovered and is expected to regain her usual health. This occurred in Portland Missouri on March 20.
Rev. M R Deming, superintendent, told members at 50 Congress street yesterday the past year was the most prosperous in 17 years. Total guests at the Beachmont home and Sharon farm reached 2481, up 401. Sharon lake-front to get a new building. Treasurer F E Merriam shows a bank balance of 3051.32. Old officers kept, directors elected: Nathaniel F Thayer Frederick H Mansfield William Q Wales Charles A Ufford George F Lakin F F McLeod auditor.
A reception was held last evening in St. Rose Hall South End for the ladies of the council. Performances included piano solos by May Wallace and Harry Manchester violin pieces by Joseph Quinn songs by Mrs. J Quinn and Frank Webber readings by Neilie Sannaford and Helen Costello and monologues by Daniel Hickey.
The Rev. W. S. Sweet protests to the Board of Aldermen against licenses for prize whist entertainments in Everett. Clubs offer prizes from coal to bric a brac for top scores, stirring debate over legality and morality. The issue splits supporters and opponents, signaling a heated local contest.
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