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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
5
An alert warns against counterfeit Hoff Cure products for consumption touting Professor Hoff's prescription. Letters from users claim renewed strength and recovered health, while providers emphasize the genuine bottle bears the registered Hoff trade mark to ensure safety.
Frederick Hammann, once deemed doomed by consumption and sent to Vienna for Hoff treatment, is now insured by the New York Life Insurance Company. The policy signals the cure’s credibility and the insurer’s stance against accepting weak lungs, highlighting Hammann as a premier test case among cured consumptives.
Note explains a bottle from Mrs. Crowell was tested and found to lack a key Hoff ingredient replaced by a dangerous substitute. The falsely marketed Hoff Consumption Cure was sold to an unsuspecting woman, highlighting the danger of buying prescriptions without the American Bureau triangular trademark.
A Victorian-era warning notes consumption lurks within common illnesses and cold season, detailing how germs spread during thaws and floods. It mentions Professor Hoff and urges vigilance to prevent outbreaks before full illness appears.
A 64 page book from C K Woodward & Co promotes the Hoff prescription as a cure when latent consumption is suspected. It claims chronic bronchitis asthma and catarrh respond to a short course and cites Hammann as cured. Free descriptive treatise and case reports are mailed on request.
Wood G. Dunlap leaves Lexington for Jackson as attorney for fusionists in Breathitt county contested election. The killing of James B. Marum escalates tensions in the Cockrill Hargis feud with renewed promises of violence and limited reporting from Jackson officials. Martial law and US marshal involvement discussed as suspicions focus on three men.
The Board of Aldermen confirmed almost all municipal office candidates Monday and they qualified with City Clerk Donovan yesterday. Health commissioner D. J. Hern will assume office today.
A south-bound schooner fighting Bearse Shoal surf near Monomoy was driven off the shoal by heavy seas after grounding on Bearse Edge. Life-savers at Monomoy and Point Rip prepared to assist but the vessel escaped and continued southward, with signs of leakage.
President Stern of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum announced plans to establish a protectory for Jewish children in need of reform, near New York within a year. About 1,000,000 dollars would be spent on the project, with the funds pledged for the undertaking.
The Clan na Gael of Boston plans an annual field day at New Downer’s Landing on July 4 with liberal prizes to attract top talent. Transport arrangements include 20 000 attendees by Boston Elevated and Old Colony Street Railway and a chartered steamer for those preferring water travel. A grand stand will overlook athletic grounds with 5000 seating, two bands in the dance halls, and a military band for competing companies.
Delegates from 123 councils gather at Lawrence Encampment Hall for the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus annual convention chaired by State Deputy Joseph C. Pelletier. Officials report strong membership gains, with 15 000 statewide and 409 new members added this year while deaths declined to 58. Edward L. Hearn attends as supreme knight, and leadership is re elected. Delegates to the national meeting in New Haven are announced. The gathering adjourns to May 1904.
An Easton Pennsylvania man relates his experience with Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. A single puff through the blower gave instant relief from nasal pain and catarrh, with lingering skepticism dissolved. The testimonial notes relief from catarrh.
Beginning today and lasting until the June brides put on their fine raiment there will be an acting Mayor at City Hall. Today Chairman James H. Doyle of the Board of Aldermen will occupy the chair. Mayor Collins will depart at 11 o clock for a rest awaiting a West and South trip to Hot Springs Virginia. He will be accompanied to Pittsburg and Harrisburg by Mayor McNamee of Cambridge and city officers. The party aims to inspect steel and iron plants to secure bridge supplies for West Boston share costs. Doyle will handle all business in Collins absence.
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