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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
8
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf reviewed the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets in San Francisco Harbor. The 44 vessels of battleships armored cruisers destroyers and auxiliaries formed four long columns as Metcalf rode the Yorktown along the line from the Oakland shore.
The Yorktown turns north after passing battleships and destroyers in a windy bay as ships fly signal flags and waves rise. Rear Admiral Evans, unable to join ceremonies due to his physician, stays ashore aboard. Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas remains senior officer aboard the Connecticut.
Thousands of American women sacrifice daily to keep homes neat and children well dressed. The piece highlights pain and silent suffering from a female weakness, urging recognition of women needing help to overcome burdens and improve life.
Mrs F Ellsworth of Mayville New York and Mrs W P Boyd of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania report recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female trouble. The ad touts the remedy as a standard for female ills with claims of curing displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration. It invites sick women to write for advice to Lydia E Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts.
In Quincy on May 8, Max Stire aged 43? and Morris Stire were arrested after Lieutenant McKay traced a Kingston circular. Police believe the pair’s capture may solve many Cape towns horse thefts, with Boston sharing details of a scheme selling stolen horses to sale stables and altering appearances.
The season features many engagements across Boston venues. Hollis hosts The Lion and the Mouse next week with Robert Edesen closing tonight, while major companies visit the Majestic, Tremont, Colonial, Park Theatre, Boston Theatre, Globe, Keith's, Bowdoin Square, Howard, Columbia, Palace, Scenic Temple, and Theatre Premier with a variety of operas, comedies, vaudeville, and moving pictures.
Long session details Jerome admitting he shook dice for drinks with Allan and Thomas F Ryan’s sons after Delmas finished Thaw I summing up. He also sought to spur E R Thomas to turn state’s evidence against Morse and denied steering jurors or showing bias toward Hapgood.
Dr. J. Mr. Thompson and A. B. M.D. formerly of 114 Court St are available for consultations daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 106 Huntington Ave.
An advertisement extolls Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative. It emphasizes gentle action without debility or dose increases, noting physician approval and that only California Fig Syrup Co. products are genuine and widely sold.
Ross Turner of Boston won the William T. Evans prize of 3800 for his water color The Dawn in the American Water Color Society exhibition. The work shows rippling water, a low coast, trees, and a gray sky. Turner is known for outdoor New England landscapes.
Alumni of the Rindge Manual Training School in Cambridge express strong opposition to a proposal to turn the school over to the State Commission on Industrial Schools for 15000 dollars. They denounce the move as an insult to founder Frederick H. Rindge and vow to actively oppose it.
A Harbin garrison detachment will depart on May 11 for Fort Arthur to join Japanese authorities in the dedication of a monument honoring Russian dead at Port Arthur.
The piece honors Paul Jones and the navy’s enduring spirit, noting iron battleships afloat in the Pacific and the determined stance of American seamen. It recalls the famous line We have just started to fight and links naval prowess to national identity and tradition.
The piece lauds the income paid to the government over many years that supported the navy’s build up, equipment, and readiness to defend the nation’s honor and deter foreign aggression.
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