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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1904
Page
8
An advertisement touts Iron-Ox Tablets as a safe tonic laxative to cleanse blood by toning digestive organs. It claims to improve stomach bowels liver and kidneys without harsh purgatives, warns against alcohol based elixirs, and offers 50 tablets for 25 cents plus mail order from The Iron-Ox Remedy Co Detroit Mich.
In a Senate dispute over local control, Senators debated letting cities set weight and height rules for firemen. The bill, supported as a step toward local autonomy, passed to a third reading 23 to 9. The Aldermen’s meeting was brief with one notable order. Alderman Baldwin moved to audit the bath department and obtain a list of employees and their residences from the mayor.
Cambridge faces an outbreak with 25 measles cases since January 1, three times the total for all of 1903. Most cases involve children though an unusual number of older adults are ill, and the Board of Health has pushed prevention efforts after five new cases were reported when the office closed yesterday.
In a Municipal Court trial, Jacob Bicoff sued W. T. Foley and his mother Mary Foley for a dog bite from a white bull dog. Judge Forsaith, an animal enthusiast, found the dog owner unproven and awarded the plaintiff $50.
Miss Jennie Kelly, fore woman at a cloak and costume house, denounces the idea that women dominate padding and asserts most society women do not pad. She notes few in her shop use pads and argues men frequently pad suits to enhance the military, muscular look.
A discharged soldier Edward JL Frost who served in the Philippines pleaded guilty to breaking and entering in East Cambridge court. He was held on his own recognizance after taking $75 worth of tools and making $9 restitution. He had no prior trouble and was intoxicated at the time of the robbery.
Edward J. Perry a 16 year old resident of 39 Way Street has been missing since last Thursday. He stands five feet two inches tall weighs about 110 pounds and wore a black suit with long trousers a black golf cap with red dots a pink striped shirt with white collar and a string tie at the time he left.
The museum’s recent bill drew immense crowds with curio halls featuring Flossie La Blanche world’s strongest woman, Porter's punching act, ventriloquist Harry Moulton, Fred Shannon imitations, and magic by Mr and Mrs Hillert. In the auditorium hourly vaudeville includes John and Alice Earl, Hat tie Dixie, Marion Barry, Lillian J. Leslie, Fred Roberts, and other acts. Wednesday night will showcase amateurs.
A New Haven official said there is no strike prospect as three railroad trainmen representatives meet in New Haven to readjust the contract with New York New Haven Hartford. He notes recent hour reductions to avoid wage cuts and seeks longer days as business grows. Trainmen seek changes to hours clauses and will present their case to President Mellen.
President Harry Nurenberg and three other officers of the Rubber Garment Workers Union 174 were expelled for strike breaking during the recent walkout at Union Rubber Company shop. The strike ended with concessions from both sides. 85 workers at Co operative Rubber Company 174 Hanover Street struck over a 280 percent wage cut and a price drop for making garments from 36 to 26 cents. The union objects to section work limiting earnings to six or seven dollars weekly. The union reports rapid growth and 26 applicants at last night’s meeting.
Mr and Mrs James M Seamans celebrated their 58th anniversary at 26 Cypress Street Brookline surrounded by about three score relatives. A reception from 7 50 to 8 30 and a family dining hall dinner followed by floral tributes marked the event. The couple have spent 53 years in wedded bliss amid lavish decor and roses jonquils carnations and violets.
Mayor Collins was away in Hot Springs and could not share views on the quake’s cause. Officials and politicians including Judge Emmons, Eugene N. Foss, Colonel Gaston, Speaker Frothingham, Marshall Thompson, Rep Bill Hayes, Superintendent Donovan, Corporation Counsel Bailey and others offered varied theories from police calls, political tensions, gypsy moth movement, to gas hearings and melting snow.
In Honolulu on March 21 a son was born to the Prince and Princess David Kawanarakoa. The boy is the first male heir of the Kalakaua line in years and would be heir apparent to the Hawaiian throne if the monarchy still existed.
Louis H. Mott, the Montana murderer hanged last Friday, failed to keep his promise to appear to Representative Dixon in Washington last night. Dixon and friends waited for the ghost at the appointed hour. no apparition came. It was believed to be the first reception in Washington held in honor of a ghost.
In New Bedford on March 21 the over 500 Dartmouth cotton mill weavers who struck last month to protest a floor scrubbing order reported for work but were turned away. All looms are running and strikers will not be rehired until vacancies appear.
In Thomas W. Lawson's office a large central portrait of financier J. Pierpont Morgan is surrounded by verses warning about ambition. The verses urge caution about climbing too high and fear of a fall, noting people's curiosity in the rolling ball of fortunes.
The Wellesley Club held its March meeting at the Westminster Hotel with Richard Cunningham presiding. Guests included Senator Albion F. Bemis of Foxboro, Representative Evan F. Richardson of Millis, the by-law revision committee, and Wellesley National Bank directors. Short speeches were given by Senator Bemis, Representative Richardson, Selectman John D. Hardy, and Secretary George A. Sweetser.
Memorial services were held last night in Boston recalling Frank S Pickett a noted labor organizer. P R Wickham John K Potts A M Sin clair Daniel H Deegan and Timothy Keefe spoke at the Carpenters Union. The union gave 15 to the Pickett memorial fund and urged aid to 27 other Boston carpenters unions.
Chief Inspector Watts used Bertillon records and rogues gallery photos to identify the railroad victim at Orange as Louis Steele a famed house breaker and professional burglar active in recent years.
North Weymouth Massachusetts December 14 readers praise Paine's Celery Compound as the best medicine for blood troubles and neuralgia. Testimonials claim it cures weak nerves and fatigue enabling a return to business and improved health.
Publicity ad urging readers to visit a druggist and buy one bottle of Paine's Celery Compound to feel abundant nerve force and never be content with low spirits and poor health.
Edward L Logan seeks 50000 for a monument to Massachusetts volunteers who died in the Spanish American War. The statue would be placed on State House grounds under Governor and Council direction. Logan argues the memory of those who served should be perpetuated. Spanish War Veterans favored the proposal at Worcester.
William R. Grace former mayor of New York died of pneumonia at his residence in New York City. He was in his seventieth second year.
The Young Men’s Catholic Association retreat at the Church of the Immaculate Conception drew a record crowd of young men. Boston College president Rev. William F. Gannon delivered a sermon on Sin the One Evil defining sin as wilful offence against God and mortal sin as the vilest sin that can bar heaven.
The Somerville Police Relief Association annual meeting opened in the guard room with President Robert R. Perry in charge. Treasurer M. C. Parkhurst reported a healthy treasury and minimal expenses of 250 dollars, and the group unanimously adopted a constitutional amendment to pay gratuities to retired officers.
Reports in the House yesterday consider bills on punishing habitual criminals by maximum penalties replacing the 2 year clause. Other measures cover transfers of jail officers to state institutions, printing a prison laws manual, and imprisonment of women sentenced to hard labor.
The Metropolitan Opera House company under Heinrich Conried begins box office sales for a 16 performance season at the Boston Theatre starting a week from Monday. Subscriptions for all 16 performances go on sale now and close tomorrow evening, with separate sales for 12 evening performances on Thursday and Friday and single tickets on Tuesday from 9 o clock.
The Park Riding Academy and Stable mens Union 19,463 ended a strike yesterday by signing a new working agreement. The pact, aimed at settling wages hours and conditions, sets up arbitration for differences and was reached after a conference offered by the academy. Four committee members oversaw the talks and 44 applicants joined the union.
Harry S. Crosskill longtime real estate editor for the Boston Herald died at his home 122 Mt Pleasant Avenue Roxbury at 2 40 P M He was born in Halifax Nova Scotia on March 3 1866 and was married to Mary Ferguson He leaves his mother brothers and a sister Funeral services will be held at 122 Mt Pleasant Avenue tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock
The naval hospital ship Solace completed its voyage from Manila and docked in San Francisco on March 2. The arrival follows a long transit, bringing medical facilities and personnel to the west coast for ongoing support operations.
Brooklyn man L Morgan describes years of dyspepsia and failed remedies before Chase's Dyspepsia Cure. He reports dramatic relief after one dose, sleeping well, gaining 30 pounds, and improved health. The ad promotes Chase's Dyspepsia Cure with a money back guarantee and directs readers to Woodward's Drug Store in Boston or Chase Mfg. Co. in Newburg NY.
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