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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1905
Page
2
The advertisement argues that true tissue renewal comes from wholesome food, not medicines, and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the cure for indigestion sour stomach and gas. It claims one tablet digests 3000 grains of meat and eggs, and that regular use prevents and relieves indigestion for both sick and well people.
A May incident prompts a Senate move to jail anyone over twenty who refuses to name themselves to police or lodging house keepers who fail to report all residents. The measure also shifts certificate of residence applications from September 10 to September 20.
The Chelsea High School athletic association was refused permission to hold a dance in the new school hall to raise funds for starting the baseball team. They aimed to raise $25 immediately or cancel the season, choosing a private fundraiser after citizens and some committee members previously refused to help.
The measure to legalize picketing failed in the House with 85 yeas and 93 nays as Boston Democrats backed it and Republicans opposed. A reconsideration was planned, with Weeks proposing a substitute allowing one picketer per 20 strikers and certification by unions and police.
William H. Howes, vice president of the Brighton Public Order League, files with Governor Douglas a protest from Brighton urging no new licenses after May 1 for the first five classes. The letter claims 65 church and civic groups and 50,000 residents across Brighton and nearby towns oppose licenses, citing nuisances and a 50 percent drop in nearby property values over the past decade.
The hearing on a Boston & Providence Street Railway Company bill drew opposition from William H. Coolidge A. A. Maxwell and Woodward Hudson of rival lines. Powers argued to keep eminent domain and the right to sell surplus real estate, while local grade crossing determinations rest with towns. Howard C Forbes urged preserving an interurban rail concept under general railroad law. Hearings closed.
The committee on cities reported a bill to the House, reducing city council size from 24 to five. It preserves a three year term and nominating conventions. A fight is expected to push for direct-vote candidate nominations when debated.
Mrs. Mary E. Keay 62, widow of David C. Keay, was found dead at 105 Salem street Malden with gas on. Suicide note for her son Charles Newhall Keay. no disclosure of contents. Once active in social and church circles, she had been ill and mentally troubled since her husband’s death 12 years ago.
Police search hotels and steamers for Sophie Beck also known as Elizabeth Collins and Estelle Collins and Frank Marrin alias Colonel Franklin Stone. They fled Philadelphia with about 1 million dollars in cash and securities from the Storey Cotton Company fraud.
The Osmo-Chemic Co. publicizes unsolicited testimonials from patients and ministers attesting to cures and health improvements. Endorsers include Rev. William Morse and Rev. L. A. Church among others, with calls to begin treatment at Room 10 Boylston St. before April 1 for a free month of care.
A series of testimonials from Osmo-Chemic patients across Massachusetts New Hampshire and Maine claim restored hearing and improved health after a four month to several month course. Subjects include Geo Flanders of Somerville Liz Sweet of Westbrook and Joanna Welsh of Everett among others reporting regaining ordinary conversation and clock ticks.
The Lena officers who fled parole in San Francisco two months ago have returned and surrendered to Rear Admiral McCalla at Mare Island Navy Yard. The State Department notified the Russian government that two of the three officers reappeared.
Gessler Rousseau in Tombs prison says the Maine explosion may stem from one of his own bombs. He ties the 1898 Havana harbor disaster to a misfired Spanish attack and a deathbed confession by the man tasked with destroying a warship. He notes only one man returned to America.
Eva A. Ingersoll of Dobbs Ferry New York widow and administratrix of Col Robert G Ingersoll receives 95000 and six percent interest since 1897 plus a balance of 100000 as counsel fees for acting as attorney for some contestants of Andrew J Davis will from 1891 to 1897 a decision by Judge Putnam in the United States Circuit Court announced yesterday.
Andrew D. King of Vinalhaven was brought from Quincy Massachusetts to answer a manslaughter charge in the death of his wife on March 7. Judge Charles E. Messervey acquitted him in the local court today without requiring him to present evidence in his defense.
Osmo-Chemic Physicians advertise a free x ray examination using a radio active solution and their Osmo-Chemic Screen plus other devices to detect disease in any body part with no payment required.
J L Plankett M D chief consulting physician with permanent Boston offices at Boylston Building Suites 8 9 10 third floor Entrance 18 Boylston Street office hours 9 am to noon 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm daily closed Sunday
A South End storekeeper and two clerks were fined 40 dollars in Municipal Court after Chester Allen, 10, bought a revolver secretly and kept it ten days. An accidental discharge in the dining room nearly shot the boy, prompting his mother’s distress.
In Rutland County Superior Court an aged couple, Robert and Mary Todd, were convicted of arson for the October fire that destroyed Bela Churchill's farm buildings at Chittenden. He is 76 and she is 80.
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