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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
4
The Boston Post celebrates a victory in the fight against tuberculous meat in Massachusetts. It cites Attorney General Malone’s opinion and Governor Draper’s signing of last year’s law, condemning Dr Peters’ stance and asserting tuberculous meat will not be sold.
An advertorial promoting at home cancer cures cites patient reports of rapid remission. It invites readers to join a sanitarium program, promising personal attention and a booklet of testimonials, and asks for name and address via a free coupon.
If you suffer from cancer in any form fill in your name and address on dotted lines and mail today to Dr Curry Cancer Cure Co at Curry Sanitarium Lebanon Ohio You will be surprised how easily you can cure yourself at home without risk or danger You may address the private secretary E W Ramsey Box 966 Lebanon Ohio or reach the doctor privately.
Editorial notes Governor Draper follows attorney general in ordering enforcement against sale of meat from diseased cattle. The State Board of Health and cattle bureau will ensure no further "slightly infected" meat is sold, ending a long public dispute.
Boston beef market dealers welcome decisive action against tainted meat to reassure customers and remove suspicion that tainted beef could appear in local stalls.
A Post reader from Dorchester praises the paper for pressuring the state’s chief law enforcer over diseased meat sales and questions whether voters will elect a man as governor of Massachusetts in fall.
Ex mayor Fox-Mayor Fitzgerald praises the Boston Post as winning a great victory on the tainted meat issue. He notes Governor Draper acted as predicted, and lauds the Post for fighting in the public interest as a people's paper.
Anna McDermott, 28, identified as Mrs James H Boyle and alleged brains of the Willie Whitla kidnapping in Sharon Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of William McDermott a longtime Chicago fire department member at 590 Cleveland avenue. Her brother William, formerly a bank teller, plans to aid her despite the father's claim she is not his child and that he would not spend a nickel to save her.
A Chicago girl from St. Vincent School and Sinsinawa College deserts her family after rebellion against parental discipline. She later calls from the Auditorio claiming a New York home with a millionaire husband, while the father replies he would not help her and has not spoken since.
James Boyle, one of Willie Whitla's kidnappers, arrived from Pittsburg in heavy restraints and is locked in Mercer county jail under armed guard. His wife is expected to join him, with both to face kidnapping charges in a few days.
The Attorney General blocked selling beef from tuberculosis exposed animals. The Boston Board of Health added four meat inspectors to the Brighton abattoir, totaling 12 inspectors across slaughterhouses to enforce the law.
Mrs George BE Stead of 27 Cooks ter Mattapan brought to the Post office three eggs laid by her prize Rhode Island Red Anne Hutchinson averaging a fraction over four ounces each. The trio weighed 12 3/4 ounces and measured 7 1 2 by 6 inches with shells normal and each egg containing a single yolk. Anne Hutchinson, 10 months old, is part of a 52 hen flock raised from chicks and described as record-breakers.
Governor Pothier urges a federation of the United States and Canada with Mexico and South American republics to secure peace and trade. He argues a strong navy is essential as Japan rises, warning a potential yellow peril and urging united action across the continent. Colonel Hughes adds that U S strength benefits from Canada remaining a separate nation in war with Japan.
C M Huxford praises the Boston Post for its role in combatting diseased meat in Massachusetts and notes broad public concern over pure food. He claims canned goods are now free from adulteration and safe to eat, citing the pure food law and industry support.
Yesterday the judiciary committee announced it will promptly hold hearings on Governor Draper’s message regarding the slaughter of sick cows for food.
DA Hill spent hours examining evidence against several well known local slaughterhouse owners accused of killing and selling infected beef in violation of state laws.
The nineteenth public rehearsal of the Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall featured pianist Germaine Schnitzer in Liszt E flat and Fiedler conducting Schubert unfinished symphony. Schnitzer’s performance drew praise and critique for rhythm and pace, while Maquarre’s flamboyant overture impressed, and next week Gustav Strube’s symphony in B minor is set for its first performance.
The Boson Cigar- Makers' Union 7 members voted last night to assess every worker one dollar to aid unemployed colleagues.
Joseph B. Moors answers attacks linking him and William H. Lincoln to Back Bay street plans. He says both opposed the lay out, citing no support for the changes and protests higher taxes. Moors notes they stayed out of litigation and accepted court-decided betterments.
Mr. D C Prosser of Bravo Allegan County Michigan writes that after a bout of typhoid and sour stomach he suffered catarrh of the stomach. He began using Peruna and after three or four bottles he was entirely cured and can now eat anything.
Harvard and Yale each win one and lose one as a three-site triangular debate unfolds with two Harvard teams and two Yale teams. The subject holds that interstate corporations require federal charters, with the neg side prevailing in all three encounters and homeroom wins noted for both colleges.
The notes and trinkets found with Mrs. Lorillard after her death hint she hid a personal secret. Investigators say she died by inhaling poisonous fumes in her home bathroom and then rested on the rug as death followed. Mr Lorillard showed calm, accepting the coroner’s suicide verdict as his family coped with the loss.
In Navnersville on March 26 Charles A Quinby a shoe skiver is dying at Hale Hospital from burns after a lamp exploded and started a fire that also burned his wife who is in an adjoining ward both residents of 2 Rose avenue. A human ladder helped deliver Mrs Rose from the second floor.
After Dennis Driscoll rescue, Ralph Clement and helpers built a ladder to reach Mrs. Quinby in a burning home. Clement found her, carried her outside, and safety was secured. Mrs. Quinby later told police her husband threw a lamp, started the blaze, and fell while escaping. Neither remained much improved at Hale Hospital.
St John New Brunswick March 26 Six crewmen from an unidentified Yarmouth Nova Scotia two masted schooner were drowned when their vessel capsized in the bay off Chance Harbor on the coast today.
March 26. A gale carried away two sections of the steel Old Orchard pier extending 0.25 miles. About 300 feet of the middle section including the White City buildings and a end section were washed away. Damage estimated at 20000 dollars.
A simple discovery described as usable at home without others knowing it offers a new method to treat rupture. The article presents the technique as easy and discreet, with emphasis on self application and privacy.
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