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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
9
Mrs Octave Duperron aged 27 was seriously burned in Manchester New Hampshire when kerosene spilled while she poured it onto a coal fire in her kitchen. She was preparing supper for her husband whom she married a few months ago. The incident occurred about 5 this afternoon.
First outpouring flame leaped from the fire and caught the house dress of Mrs. Duperron enveloping her in fire. She struggled to extinguish the flames with her hands and shouted for aid. Her husband, upon return, found the locked kitchen door and broke it open to find her on the floor ablaze. She was taken to Notre Dame Hospital, where she was said tonight that she will probably die.
An ad-style item promotes GETS-IT as a safe painless cure for corns warts calluses and bunions. It claims rapid relief with no sticking or cutting and notes the product costs 25 cents a bottle sold by BE Lawrence & Co in Chicago and by Riker Jaynes stores in Boston.
The Boston district council bill known as the Lomasney Robinson measure passed the Senate engrossment by 19 to 16 with no change from last Monday. It would elect 17 councilmen by districts. it now moves to the House where opponents may seek amendments. Bellamy of Taunton and McCarthy of Marlboro again voted for it.
A column offers various consumer health tips and prescriptions. It instructs readers to obtain 3-grain sulfur tablets from druggists for constipation and blood purification, plus detailed tonics for bedwetting, catarrh, dandruff, rheumatism, dyspepsia, and weight control.
Aubrey Hilliard, 53, leading partner of J. 8. Hilliard & Son and officer of R. S. Brine Transportation Co., died yesterday in Wellesley from acute indigestion. Born Dorchester April 6, 1861, he grew up in Boston, joined his family firm, moved to Braintree in 1888, and served as representative for Braintree and Weymouth in 195 and 1906.
The Harvard Club of Boston plans record attendance at the annual Associated Harvard Clubs meeting in Chicago on June 5 and 6. Harvard club delegations from across the United States will attend with President Lowell scheduled to speak at the June 6 closing banquet.
East Cambridge Divorce Court testimony reveals Eva Mitchell recounting her husband Edward Mitchell assisting Mrs. Fairbanks during illness aboard a yacht and spending hours in her cabin. Witnesses describe past accusations of abuse and alleged infidelity amid a long divorce battle.
Hersey B. Goodwin aged 78 of 8 Folton street Cambridge died at home yesterday after a short illness. He was the first president of the Chamber of Commerce, once a railroad commissioner and a pioneer grain merchant of Boston.
A Boston advertisement reviews The Panama Canal by Frederick J. Haskin as highly authoritative. Colonel Goethals endorses its engineering chapters, with illustrations from the Canal Commission photographer, a National Geographic Society bird’s eye map, Library of Congress indexing, and government printing standards. Riker Jaynes Drug Stores offer it at 50c.
Charles Becker once headed New York’s strong arm squad and now fights to avoid the electric chair at Sing Sing. At trial’s start his lawyers attack District Attorney Whitman, claiming he created bias by feeding local papers stories branding jurors and witnesses who backed the four gunmen.
Motion to move venue and dismiss the special panel denied. Five jurors seated with Becker’s case proceeding under Justice Seabury. Becker observed nervous earlier, then composed, consulting counsel and questioning lead attorney Martin Manton as Mrs Becker watched nearby.
An advertisement claims thin individuals can gain 3 to 5 pounds weekly by eating six fatty elements absorbed via Sargol tablets with every meal. It asserts inefficacy of extra meals and stresses Sargol as a safe, scientifically formed product sold by druggists with a money back guarantee.
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