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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1906
Page
5
Lucy V McGivney of Brooklyn writes of severe headaches and side and back pains easing after using Peruna. She reports improved activity and no more headaches. The note claims many grateful letters from women and mentions a recent laxative addition by S B Hartman MD.
Elizabeth Hartford was arrested under Chapter 816 of the Acts of 1901 for circulating printed matter that suggested where a criminal operation could be performed. The first such arrest in the state, the raid and evidence from a hospital linked to Susie Geary’s death injuries are noted. Police used a business card as key evidence.
A runaway automobile injures Mrs. Julia Phillips and Mrs. Lydia Elliot at Dudley and Cottage streets Roxbury. Mrs. Phillips suffers a severe scalp wound. Mrs. Elliot sustains internal injuries. H. C. Joy suffers a broken ankle. The car crashed into a fruit store. both women later rest at home.
Court sessions expose letters to E L Birch and Boston schemes promising high returns and registrar setup while Lloyd Frost testifies to Ubero stock transfers. Emma McGowan confirms offices with Ubero Plantation and related companies as the trial aims to prove Borges received a quarter of a million dollars. Judge White adjourns to continue today at 9:30.
A Back Bay blaze at 401 Commonwealth Avenue on April 2 coincided with a theft of valuables from Mrs. Atherton T. Brown. The fire started near an electric cooking range while servants fled in night clothes. Losses include a Sweden gold watch, gold coral shirt studs, hair brushes, shell combs, powder box, and a silver bound shell comb marked H. D. B.
Jacob Furth of Seattle, acting Massachusetts relief agent, told the general committee that displaced San Francisco residents will live in tents for months and need food for four to six months. He urged ongoing funding for food, hospitals, and charity operations. A shoes shipment of eight car loads, funded at fifty thousand dollars, was arranged under Lieutenant Belcher, and a public meeting in Faneuil Hall may be held for further updates.
Washington May 14 The Red Cross receipts for California earthquake relief total 2 135 million with about 1.7 million still unexpended.
A massive explosion at the Union Metallic Cartridge Company magazines in Bridgeport Connecticut on May 14 shook the city and county, shattering windows and alarm spreading panic. Hospitals report twenty patients with severe afflictions driven to hysteria and losing hope for recovery in some cases.
The city reports mass hysteria among residents after a shocky event, with four unclaimed children found at the police station and widespread damage to homes. Experts link the blasts to weather conditions and heat from prior damp days, causing combustion in magazine areas.
May 14 Newton Lower Falls Park fire aimed at stopping canoeists who commonly arrive ashore for spooning. Sergeant Chaplin was badly burned on face and hands and may lose sight in one eye. He, Patrolman Coombs and fire crews battled the flames as a chemical engine arrived and extinguished the blaze.
The article argues that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery gains broad support from prominent physicians across schools. It cites Dr. Bartholow, Dr. Coe, Prof. Hare, Prof. Johnson, Prof. King, Dr. Scudder, and Dr. Ellingwood praising Golden Seal root and related ingredients as tonics and cures for dyspepsia, liver and stomach ailments, catarrh, and systemic debility.
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