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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1906
Page
2
Measles epidemic continues in Waltham with hundreds of cases. Health officials report new victims weekly and note spread across the city including the Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded where over 50 cases have been recorded.
An across the board ten percent wage increase took effect today for 400 workers at the Greylock cotton mills in North Adams. The raise restores a cut from four years ago and mirrors a ten percent boost in the weaving department across Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company mills affecting about 2000 employees.
Miss Virginia Butler of New York and Stockbridge announced she would donate a new rectory and parish house to St. Pauls Episcopal Church at Stockbridge. The building at Main and South Streets will cost $40,000 and plans were drawn by New York architect Robert S. Stephenson.
Patient suffered terrible eczema spreading over body limbs and arms with scalp severely affected. Condition worsened for three years before rapid improvement over two months following treatment.
A parent recounts a severe childhood eczema case starting at four months old. After multiple doctors failed, use of Cuticura remedies led to dramatic skin improvement by age four, with the child finally recovering fully.
Jacob Meyerowicz, 16, confessed to stabbing Bella Hecht, a fellow clerk, in a Maiden Lane jewelry store on April 2. Police say he initially claimed a thief but then admitted the act and that he stole diamonds worth $10,000 to send to his mother in a Russian insane asylum.
After the grand jury adjourned, District Attorney Jerome announced he had secured the entire records of Mutual Life Insurance Company supply department. He declined to say if obtained by court order. A truck delivered three large packing cases with vouchers books and letter files to his office at the Criminal Court building.
Newburyport May 14 James V Felker former city treasurer charged with embezzling 86500 from the city appears in Municipal Court on continuance. City Solicitor Bayley says experts are still examining Felker's books and asks for a delay to May 28. Judge Simpson grants the request, Felker returns to jail with bail set at 10000 but not posted.
A May 14 communication to the House warns that a new building could endanger workers due to acids hot air and steam. Officials say a collapse risk could release hazardous substances into a channel house, threatening lives.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis lies critically ill in Atlanta as an appeal is sent to President Roosevelt to drop the treachery charge against her husband. Attorney Alfred C. Broom of Atlanta forwarded the appeal noting the fervor of youth and wild passions.
The advertisement claims Pyramid Pile Cure provides quick lasting relief from piles without surgery. It cites a patient letter from Oct 31 1905 and offers a free trial package by sending name and address to Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan.
The speaker recalls prior accusations against Jefferson Davis as arch traitor and Benedict Arnold and urges a matured view. She asserts that in time honest Patriots North and South will honor Davis and Mrs Davis as she faces death, delivering a welcoming message to a reunited country.
Cambridge May 14 Judge Hitchcock overruled Mayor Casey of Lowell on his motion to dismiss the police commissioners petition for review of the evidence that led to their removal. The case goes to the Superior Court for hearing.
Thousands of unemployed men and women marched to Hyde Park in London on May 14. James Keir Hardie and George Nicoll Barnes, Labour Party MPs, presided at meetings aimed at boosting relief and support for the unemployed in the metropolis.
New York May 14 A banker Charles A Wright of Hancock Michigan launches a plan to create a central national bank in New York with a capital of 66 million dollars representing half a percent of US banking power. He argues this would neutralize industrial control over major banks and fix money prices. Banks would hold five percent of deposits as reserves, pushing total funds above 500 million dollars.
Parmenas B. Whitcomb, 76, a well known newspaper editor and businessman, died today in Hanover of apoplexy. He leaves a widow and was born in Newport.
In probate court today Waler F H Pearl of Haverhill was stricken with fainting spells and a nosebleed. Doctors diagnosed a ruptured blood vessel in his head.
May 14 fire swept the W Swan block the main business block in Stoughton this morning causing about 11 as damages officials report the blaze started in the etest section and spread through the building authorities investigate the cause and assess losses to tenants and adjacent structures
Readable details describe a historic notice about Qod's Tooth Powder with unclear origin and no identifiable date or authority. The fragment mentions powder quality and a call for consumer awareness. No concrete actions or entities beyond the product name are clear.
An early advertisement extols Hood's Tooth Powder as preventing decay and suffering, claiming it preserves teeth from infancy to old age. The jumbled text hints at exaggerated promises and brand prominence in a period dental care pitch.
The barkentine Hattie G. Dixon, ashore on Skiff's Island since Sunday, broke up today in a heavy southwest sea. The crew departed for New York this afternoon. Coal cargo was bound for the Maryland Coal and Coke Company of Boston.
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