Indictment Over Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Libel
Dr Pierce sues Curtis Publishing Co. for 200000 damages over a Ladies Home Journal article accusing Favorite Prescription of containing alcohol. The trial in New York Supreme Court found for Pierce, with expert testimony praising Golden Seal, Blue Cohosh, Unicorn root and other ingredients as beneficial to women's health. Research notes and endorsements from medical authorities are cited to support the remedy and its feminine tonic claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Curtis Publishing Company
The
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. W. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Curtis Publishing Co
Ir. Edward Bok
Bok
Pierce
Supreme Court of
New York State
Lee H. Smith
Smith
United States
Grover Coe
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett Medical College of Chicago
Edwin M. Hare
Hobart A. Hare
University of Pa
Laurence Johnson
University of New York
John King
Wm. Paine
New School Practice of Medicine
John M. Scudder
Horatio C. Wood
Roberts Bartholow
A. M
Materia Medica
Jefferson Medical College of
Doctor Pierce
Georges
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
M. D
Horatio C.wood
University of Pennsylvania
John
Hale
King
John Fyfe
Department of Therapeutics
Eclectic Review
Helenias
Lowell Wells Exonerated in Chelsea Fraud Case
Lowell Wells was discharged by Judge Stearns of the Chelsea Police Court after being charged with fraudulently soliciting funds in Chelsea for the San Francisco sufferers. He admitted soliciting as a private citizen and proved the funds were turned over to proper authorities. He is highly regarded by acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Wells
Chelsea
San Francisco
Judge Stearns
Hudson Woman Struck by Auto on Tremont Street
Miss Margaret Collins of Hudson was struck by a coupe while crossing Tremont street near School street yesterday. Her right leg was broken and she is confined to Relief Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Collins
Hudson
Tremont Street
School Street
Relief Hospital
Judge Beer By Its True Worth
An article argues beer has high food value and temperance potential. It cites endorsements from Miss Phebe Cousins and Dr. Joseph Feisler, praising beer as a nourishing, mild beverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Cousins
Joseph Feisler
Northwestern University
Miss Cousins
West
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Southwest
Stabbed Woman Pursues Suspect After Robbery Attempt
Mrs Flora Williams 29 was stabbed in the knee by an escort while he tried to rob her pocket book from her hosiery. She left splints, searched for the assailant, and was found bleeding at 125 Charles Street by Officer Dayle. She was treated and sent home with leg bound. She named two suspects but later retracted. Police had no link by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Williams
Charles Street
Dayle
Wonder Who Bought Hamburg Canal in Buffalo Deal
Financial circles debate the buyers of the Hamburg canal in Buffalo New York sold for 901000 dollars. Lee Higginson & Co. handled the deal for unnamed clients and rumors tied Boston and Maine to the purchase, which the firm and Boston officials denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee, Higginson & Co
Hamburg Canal
Buffalo
N. Y
State Street
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lucius Tuttle
Boston
Office Boy May Inherit Large Part Of 50 Million
Theodore Rankin White, 15, an office boy for the New England Box Company and a Sunday paper peddler for the Greenfield News, is named as a prospective heir to a sizeable estate. he claims descent from Henry White who once owned land on Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Theodore Rankin White
New England Box Company
Greenfield News Company
Davenport R. White
North Andover
Henry White
Long Island
Fales Resigns as Tax Collector in Somerville
Fales, chairman of the Somerville assessors, tendered his resignation to the board yesterday with the request it be accepted by May 15. He cites health and other duties as his reason and notes his deputy tax collector post remains vacant amid the new charter. The resignation carries a salary of 2600 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alert Fales
Somervos
Apitezo: a vegetable iron tonic for stress and worry
A vintage advertisement touts Apitezo as a food rich in vegetable iron. It claims the product strengthens the system under stress, promising increased staying power in a month or less.
Apitezo Biscuits Sold Everywhere with Milk or Cream
Apitezo biscuits are praised for healthful ingredients and delightful flavor. A single Apitezo Biscuit with milk or cream makes a satisfying meal, with packages priced at 18¢ for itexo and 10¢ for Apitese, sold by grocers nationwide.
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Grocens Everywhere
Post Office Clerk Charged in Mail Robbery Case
William V. Maloney a central station post office clerk was held in 1000 after a lengthy hearing for opening letters at his station and taking money. Prosecutors say he altered mail addressed to Boston residents and redirected funds to others. Testimony from several victims whose mail was tampered with was presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William Hayes
William V. Maloney
Central Station Post Office
Maloney
Boston
Coal Prices Steady in Boston as New York Rises
Coal in Boston remains at eight dollars per ton amid a national strike outlook and storage shortages. Dealers expect possible price uptick today while anticipating a peaceful settlement of the anthracite dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
May Breakfast Attracts Boston Actors Church Alliance
The St. Pauls Church parish room became a rose filled setting for the Boston Chapter of the Actors Church Alliance annual May breakfast. Over 300 guests from the city’s social circles attended from 11 to 2, with committee chair Miss Frances Gallier of Dorchester leading the event assisted by several volunteers and notable ladies from theatre and local society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Boston
Actors’ Church Alliance
Frances Gallier
Dorchester
Alice Kent Quimby
N. R. Batchelder
Florence O’hara
William T. Beale
Joseph R. Fuller
Laura Hallet
James MacMahon
Mary Co. Crawford
Lillian Lawrence MacMahon
Mary Young
Castle Square Theatre
P. 8. Abbott
Maud Flagg
Brookline
Edith DeLong
New York
Mabel Markeley
Lynn Man Discovers Alaska Copper Vein
Lynn May 1 Mr and Mrs Michael Cashman of Washington street report a letter from their son Edward Cashman who has prospected in the Klondike for eight years claiming to have struck a rich copper vein He has bonded his claims for 17 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Alaska
Michaelashman
Washington Street
Edward Cashman
Klondike
Shoe factory man bankrupted by four creditors
Charles F. Kelly of Charles F. Kelly & Co., shoe manufacturers at 183 Essex Street and once a Brookline clubman now in Dorchester, is petitioned into bankruptcy by Webster & Co. 1975.88 Farnsworth Hoyt & Co. 2311.32 H. W. Wadleigh & Co. 3873.57 and W. F. Mosley & Co. 3867.37. The assignee estimates total liabilities around 100000 with assets currently undetermined and likely small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Kelly
Charles F. Kelly & Co
Essex Street
Brookline
Dorchester
Webster & Co
Farnsworth, Hoyt & Co
H. W. Wadleigh & Co
W. F. Mosley & Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
DOCTOR PIER@GE
Supreme Court of New York State
Ellingwood
Bennett College
Chicago
Jefferson Med. College
Cypripedium
E. Ives
New Haven
Conn
Edward M. Hale
Hahnemann Medical College
King and
Scudder
Dispensary
Me Ical Association of
Buffalo, N. Y
Bpeidel & CO
Mazin Si Sleeper
Fales
Somerville
Allanaman & Son
Wellington A. Hardy
Hinckley Bidg
Water St
Alliance
Dis
Tinguished Company
Shoe Factory Man
Callahan Home
Callahan
John K Ddall
Federal St
Mass
Bradstreet’s and
Dun’s Mercantile Agencies
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
Criterion Pen CO
Tremont Row
Epstein’s Drug Store
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