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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
2
Advert says witch hazel soap stops hair loss improves shampooing complexion and cures facial blemishes and eruptions. It promises to soothe chapped hands and scalp disease with multiple calls to try it. Sold everywhere for 15 cents.
The Highland Club of West Rox bury presented four act comedy All the Comforts of Home by William Gillette with a large audience despite rain. Cast included Alfred Hastings Frank Mason and Josephine Bender with strong turns by Aymar Botsford Dabney and Poole, praise for staging and music by the Criterion Orchestra.
Mrs. Ethel Scott Moore in high spirits over progress in a $25,000 breach of promise suit against F. B. Fuller. She vows to keep love letters Fuller wished burned as souvenirs noting they are interesting and that he asked her to burn earlier letters.
The Boston department store showcases the largest silverware jewelry and leather goods display yet, with mahogany cases and extensive stock. New items include Vienna card cases and a netsuke purse from Japan, highlighted by hundreds of electric lights to emphasize the gleaming wares.
Delegates from Boston and four states attend the 15th annual Massachusetts Association of Women Workers gathering at Tremont Temple. The event highlights education, social reform and eight hour work goals with talks by Miss Edith Howes and others and a tour of Boston sites planned for the day.
Close friends of the President fear the widening Post Office Department scandal will impact the national situation as investigators tighten scrutiny in Washington. The report notes growing anxiety over possible repercussions for administration figures and policy.
An Minneapolis teacher credits Grape-Nuts with rebuilding nerve and brain function during a demanding school year. She reports steady improvement after using the cereal daily, traveling with it, and deeming it essential to health alongside fresh air and exercise.
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians draw large crowds in Boston and beyond, with patients traveling by train, steamer, and trolley to seek their light cure. Families from British Provinces and rural towns cite relief from chronic diseases as crowds fill Boylston Building offices and old acquaintances greet each other.
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians offer a complimentary X ray examination using a Fluceroscopic attachment claiming absolute certainty of the diagnosis. Their outfit is presented as the most elaborate in the country and patients are invited to be examined at no cost.
The Clyde liner Saginaw sank after a fog collision with the Hamilton near Egg Harbor. Twenty lives lost include fifteen colored women in a lifeboat. survivors include Captain J. S. Tunnell and several engineers and crew. The Hamilton, which rescued some, reported the sinking occurred within about ten minutes.
Mrs. M H Werner of 190 Princeton Street Boston says ten years of side pain and wrong medicines ended after Osmo-Chemic exam with X Ray. They diagnosed gas in stomach and neuralgia and she improved greatly after treatment, noting her side growing strong again.
Mrs W B Raymond of 762 Fast Ltd Street South Boston Mass reports four years of severe nervous trouble eased by Osmo-Chemic doctors after X ray evaluation. She states the treatment twice weekly brings ongoing improvement and near elimination of nervousness. The testimonial calls the benefit marvellous.
A historical notice touts a permanent asthma cure using Osmo-Chemic Light Treatment. It advertises a breakthrough therapy with claims of lasting relief and invites readers to visit clinics for demonstrations and trials.
Mrs. C. F. Dodge reports visiting Osmo Chemic physicians for asthma. She says the treatment cured her, and after stopping last fall she has had no asthma attacks since, attributing the improvement entirely to the Osmo Chemic Cure.
Mr. John McPhail of Topsfield Maine recounts six years of a scaly facial eruption. After visiting Boston and undergoing Osmo-Chemic light therapy the itching and burning subsided and his skin improved. He endorses the treatment for eczema citing notable benefit.
Mrs. S C Austin of 45 School Street Brookline Massachusetts reports eczema on her face improved after Osmo-Chemic light treatment. She had tried washes and ointments from several doctors without relief and notes back and a lame back also improved after the light cure.
An open invitation from Osmo-Chemic physicians invites patients with catarrh asthma bronchitis consumption cancers or tumors who have not improved after long treatment to come for examination and trial light therapy free of charge before May 5th.
J J Plankett M ID chief consulting physician announces offices in the Boylston Building Boston at 18 Boylston Street. Hours listed as 9 am to noon 2 to 4 pm daily except Sunday.
James J. McGinty an Englishman about 30 years old in the country since October was committed to Taunton insane asylum by Judge Avery. He caused excitement in Quincy Braintree and Weymouth before Patrolman Brown caught him.
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