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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
2
Professor Munyon urges sufferers of Indigestion and Dyspepsia to try his Dyspepsia Cure. The remedy is claimed to cure distress after eating, loss of appetite, heartburn, belching, dizziness, chest pains, and debility, with almost immediate relief noted.
If you have rheumatism cold or kidney trouble Munyon offers targeted cures. His Kidney Cure and other remedies promise relief. The advertisement touts Munyon’s Inhaler for catarrh grippe and bronchitis with a complete medicine set priced at $1.00.
Munyon offers free medical advice and consultations with specialists for all diseases to avert illness. The Munyon Electrical Department claims cures for stubborn cases and stiff joints including paralysis, available day and evening with Sundays excluded.
Bequests totaling about 100000 are provided in the will of John D. French filed for probate. The Boston merchant leaves most of his fortune to charity and specific gifts to Harvard Rater, Y M C A, Home for Orphans, Missions, and several churches. Real estate is divided among siblings, with the residue to the Diocesan Board of Missions of Massachusetts. The will also mentions a separate 2000 bequest to the Roslindale Unitarian Church.
In Washington on May 10 the House narrowly seated Republican Pearson over Democrat Crawford by two votes. Fitzgerald of Massachusetts voted before being paired. an error tied 128 to 128 before a majority resolution finally elected Pearson 129 to 127. Pearson took the oath as the House adjourned. Senate seat for Clark of Montana postponed to next Tuesday.
Norfolk Bar Association members dined last evening at the Thorne Dike with no invited guests. President Sidge spoke, addressing the group along with ex-Judge Bunar and James Cotter. The gangroom tea featured Henscar A. Marden Asa Poeach George K. Clarke and J P. B. Churchill.
Postmaster General Smith announced a thorough examination of Cuban postal service conditions. A Deputy Auditor and a team of experts will depart for Havana tomorrow to conduct the review. Chief Inspector Cochran confirmed a report that $6200 was found on Neely's person.
Members of the Boston Retail Grocers Association held a social event in Odd Fellows Hall with about 400 attendees. The program featured Grace Tozier reading The Ghost of Lone Rock, Howard Tozier on cornet, Ernest W. Wright in a monologue, Alice Louise Knight singing Star of Love, Nichols and Pratt skit with Frank Bryan, Harold C. Fish clarinet Fantasie Bril lante, and M. M. Fish at the piano. Lunch followed and dancing lasted until midnight.
The Beacon A C held a boxing show at Turn Hall Middlesex street last evening. George Manning defeated George Handler in one round. In a two bout Lavack and Patten, Patten won while Lavack rallied. Monahan defeated Saxe on a solar plexus. Pocahontas beat Young Simons and Jacker outlasted Ed McVicker in four rounds with Dan Donnelly refereeing.
The twenty-ninth annual convention of the National Association of Stove Manufacturers adjourned in New York on May 10. Several papers were read and the group announced its next meeting will be held in Boston.
Hyde Park officers arrested James G. Brewster twenty years of age and Harry R. Pring two years of age for breaking into the home of Henry Harriman and stealing jewelry and silverware worth about $100. Jewelry found on the suspects. further items missing due to the homeowner's absence.
The article reports South African leaders pledging continued resistance to British forces with Vice-President Burger insisting on absolute independence for the republics. Steyn confirms burghers’ readiness to fight as Pretoria mobilizes volunteers to meet the approaching threat at Burghers square.
Report from the field notes casualties yet expresses hope of light losses. Cavalry and horse artillery advance in three routes as pursuit continues against the Boers.
London May 10 Lord Roberts reports the Boers are retreating from the Zand River causing relief at the war office There is belief he may prevent the Boers from reforming south of Kroonstad and keep rapid troop movement to drive them through Kroonstad while avoiding strong Walsh River fortifications General French and the enoe r have been brought up to support General Huttons mounted infantry in the pursuit.
Somerville Mayor Proctor vetoed an order to hire only male clerks at City Hall. Alderman Smith defended the measure saying it would prevent wage degradation and avoid shortages, while others criticized the move as biased. The board failed to override the veto 9 to 11.
A fragment notes a group declaring readiness to move to the front at a moment’s notice. The text emphasizes rapid mobilization and immediate service, reflecting wartime urgency without specifics.
Roberts reports progress across the Zand River as Boer forces retreat in a long fighting front. Baden-Powell’s telegram dated April 27 is acknowledged by the War Office.
The article warns that examining shipments to the Transvaal could become a serious matter for the Boers and indirectly for British prisoners as shortages of foodstuffs begin to bite.
Cape Argus cites Johannesburg cross examination of Acting Mining Engineer Munnick claiming reparations paid to explode twenty five mines and eight shafts bored under State Secretary Reitz approval. Pretoria foreign observers say the mines are safe as officials urge property protection and dynamite removal before resuming duties.
Three months after Charles Frederick King, a Dwight school boy, vanished from Sharon street home his parents hold a possible lead. A fishing schooner Lizzie Grady departed with a cabin boy matching the description and is due back in port Thursday.
Parents express hope after a search for a missing person named Poyer. No confirmed sightings or details of location provided. Community volunteers assist in scanning nearby areas and urging anyone with information to come forward.
In New York May 10 the Yorkville Police Court heard Isaac Heyman apply to remarry Sophie Heyman after she challenged his Rhode Island divorce and jailed him for abandonment. The judge halted the ceremony when Sophie cried she did not wish to remarry, and Heyman faced the original abandonment charge.
Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association members condemn the modern woman as unfit for motherhood. Dr. Frederick Baker cites neglect in feeding and clothing as causes of child ills. Dr. Julia Holmes Smith claims 999 of 1000 mothers cannot properly raise children from birth.
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