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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1904
Page
3
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims wide hospital use and physician endorsement and offers free samples and a book by mail with address details in Boston Daily Post readers.
Elsie Richmond Lovering tells a Post reporter after Judge Sherman grants her divorce from Milton Viall that she and Viall have been lifelong friends, not lovers. She defends her letters and pictures as childish and denies scandals about dogs, visitors, or posing. alimony set at five dollars weekly.
Thousands of mourners filled Immaculate Conception Church and streets as the double funeral for comedian Dan Daly and his brother Timothy Daly proceeded to Holy Cross Cemetery Malden. Revered clergy and a full choir led solemn high Mass with numerous floral tributes and attendance by prominent show business figures. processions and mourners from New York and local circles joined the farewell.
Brooklyn man L Morgan recalls years of severe dyspepsia and failed remedies before Chase's Dyspepsia Cure gave relief. He reports sleeping well, gaining 36 pounds, and regaining health, praising the remedy and a local drugstore advertisement. The piece also lists numerous individuals and theater people connected to the era.
An 19th century style advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as uniquely effective for purifying blood and restoring health. It claims radical cures of all humors and eruptions, improved energy, and overall strength at low cost, asserting the medicine fulfills its stated promise.
Grace A. Gibbs, married Charles Gardiner Gibbs in 1898 and separated in 1901, won a decree nisi as evidence of cruel treatment persuaded Judge Hardy. Ivook Karof, who married Victoria after her arrival, received a divorce nisi following his wife’s deposition. Rosa A. Burnham sought a divorce from Prescott on ill usage and Judge gave a decree nisi.
Timothy Wilson 72 of Malden died at his home 616 Lynn street from heart trouble. Born in Shapleigh Maine he moved to Boston at 21 to work as a cabinet maker. He crafted many cases for the Peabody and Agassiz museums and the Museum of Fine Arts. He lived in Malden 35 years and led the choir at the local Congregational Church. He is survived by a wife and an adopted daughter.
Ex Senator Richard F. Carter of Lawrence discussed the presidential race with local leaders. He endorses Richard Olney as Massachusetts’ choice, criticizes George Fred Williams for opposing Olney and aligning with Hearst, and predicts party realignment favoring Olney. The Lawrence group backs Olney as a Democrat of vigor and integrity.
Headquarters for Richard Olney’s Democratic presidential bid opened yesterday on the sixth floor of the Hotel Bellevue under Colonel Edward F. McSweeney. Hearst headquarters sit three floors below. elevator operators report trouble for “Trimmers” trying to service both camps.
Readers of the Post are invited to contribute inscriptions on general topics for Johnny's Slate in care of the Post. The paper notes many bright ideas from recent freak headlines and war poems and offers a new chance for its witty readers to gain newspaper fame.
Stoneham faces a growing split in the GOP as three clubs vie for influence. Sidney A. Hill supporters form a club with 50 members, including half of the town committee, while Keene backers quickly organize a separate group. Independents consider forming their own faction, avoiding ties to existing clubs.
Everett March 30 George Allen 32 a brick mason living at 13 Sullivan Street Charlestown fell from the second story of a building under erection by DPD B Fessenden Co on Norwood Street for J W Philbrick landing in the cellar 30 feet down He was picked up unconscious at the scene and taken to Widden Hospital with serious internal injuries on the dangerous list
Chicago March 30 Nelson Hastings in New York arranged a message to his fiancée Miss Elate Harmeyer at the Victoria Hotel. He sent a messenger boy to deliver the note only to her, whom she greeted with a hug when the messenger arrived and she wrote a lengthy reply.
Mrs Margaret Foye 673 Albany is at City Hospital with a fractured skull after an alleged hatchet attack by her daughter in law Mary M Foye. Mary is held at Police Station 5 on assault with intent to kill. Martin Foye, the accused woman's husband, was in the house and later arrested for drunkenness.
The fishing schooner Metamora ran ashore on the Lower Middle while outward bound from T Wharf due to an off station buoy. The vessel floated at high water and resumed her voyage uninjured. The upper buoy section was recovered near the lighthouse tender Mayflower. the lower section remained missing at night. Replacement buoy to be installed soon.
William F. Prizer assistant manager Vacuum Oil Boston will wed Grace Parker Lyon of New York daughter of Mrs Dore Lyon. Grace and Felicie Parker Lyon sisters. Felicie engaged to Horace E. Parker of New York. Mrs Lyon president of Federation of Women's Clubs. Double wedding planned for fall. Prizer Back Bay resident, about 30. Parker a New York lawyer.
Dr Edward Koch renowned German physician and inventor of the Koch Inhalation remains in Boston at 361 Boylston Street to treat consumption asthma bronchitis and catarrh. Hundreds seek his personal advice daily as he postpones leaving for other cities. He can stay only a short time longer and urges all sufferers to call at once for free consultation and examination.
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