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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1901
Page
2
An advertisement touts Omega Oil as the solution for weak backs and general ailments. It claims nightly rubbing into the skin strengthens the back, reduces pain, and even helps women with internal drug issues. It directs readers to mail order from Omega Chemical Co. in New York for a dime or stamps.
Beverly police and anxious parents search for Miss Mabel P. Woodbury 20, a Beverly High School graduate and bookkeeper, who vanished after the morning walk on Cabot street. Friends fear mental distress while her mother pleads for her return. Miss Helen Smith of Malden also missing five weeks, described as five feet four, brown hair blue eyes, last seen visiting a friend.
Helen Maud Smith, a Malden girl still missing after five weeks, was seen twice by friends last Tuesday at the Grand Theatre and North Union station before vanishing again. Police and her father continue daily searches.
Mrs Elizabeth A Naramore admitted killing her daughter Ethel M before Trial Justice Matthew Walker. She was committed to Worcester Superior Court on the second Monday of May without bail and taken to Summer Street jail hospital after the hearing. Her husband Frank had already left on a train north.
Special Officer Daniel Sweeney raided widow Mary Foley for keeping a kitchen barroom last Sunday. Foley, wife of a former Sullivan partner, long wielded political power in the district as a friend of Jesse Gove and a campaign influencer. The raid spots a shift in influence and prompts questions about future protection from police for her allies.
William A. Rodenberg becomes civil service commissioner succeeding the late Mark Brewer. A German descendant and Illinois native, he is a lawyer from East St. Louis and a longtime Republican partisan who helped nominate McKinley and served in the Fifty-sixth Congress.
The examination for admission candidates to the Massachusetts Nautical Training School is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday April 16 and 17, as fixed by the commissioners.
Tonight at Union Hall Boyleton street George Sheppard will present his annual minstrel show Dan Coleman will handle the bones a note of traditional stage performance from local entertainment lineup
Expert reports show a four year deficit of 2129.50 yearly after total losses of 21348.10 and a current value under 45 thousand dollars. The mayor asks Aldermen to decide and an investigation is expected into alleged mishandling and improper assessments.
In spring Nature cleanses and the ad suggests Hood's Sarsaparilla as a thorough bloodstream cleanser. It claims to remove humors and impurities, with testimonials from Frank Hamilton of St Louis praising renewed energy and health after taking Hood's each spring.
At an adjourned meeting in Arlington on March 25, the council approved funds for public safety and infrastructure. Major allocations included Fire department 9500, highways 7000, Police 800, schools 40600, and street lighting 11900.
A Boston resident Mr. John R. Payne testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved persistent kidney area pain. He notes long time residence in the neighborhood and recommends the product sold by Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo as 50 cents a box with no substitutes.
A water main broke near 264 Broadway just before 7 PM sending a surge that created a temporary river along the street. Patrolman Cummins alerted the station, the main was shut off, pavements bulged but adjacent buildings stayed undamaged as pedestrians moved home from work.
Yee Leung’s shop, run by a Chinaman arrested last Friday on opium den charges, was shut yesterday. A window notice said Leung remains under surveillance and listed opium smoker paraphernalia.
Wellesley College women seek penance during Holy Week renouncing hair fashion, social contacts, Bible class attendance, and even male company. A senior issues strict chapel pledges while classmates pledge to curb worldly pleasures and golf, amid social teas and notable visitors including M. Cambon and Boston society figures.
Invitations sent by the Daughters of Massachusetts led by Mrs. Oliver Crane for an April 3 breakfast at a Boston hotel. The event highlights state history folklore and features speakers Curtis Guild Sr and Mr Butterworth with Mrs. William Bancroft and Miss Phelps among officers and patronesses lining the guest list.
The piece argues that fat babies are happy and safe while lean ones lack reserves. It promotes Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil as a health booster and invites readers to try a small sample, listing Scott & Bowne at 49 Pearl Street, New York.
Dr Hennson offers free daily healing at the Methodist church on Bromfield Street from 10 to 11 am. He claims to cure long standing illnesses abandoned by other physicians, with the blind restored and the deaf made to hear. Admission and treatment are free. pay patients may visit the Quincy House on Brattle Street 9 am to 6 pm except 10 to 11. Sunday hours are 10 to 1.
Bridgeport March 2. Authorities report no papers belonging to the late George Francis Gilman have been found after searches of the Gilman mansion and banking and trust firms in Bridgeport and New York. Percival is quoted as calling Mrs Hall a bluffer.
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