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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1895
Page
11
An advertising list touts the Almyr System and Almyr Blood Cleanser as a cure for catarrh and nervous disorders. It links poisons in the blood to headaches sleeplessness and dizziness and promises rapid relief.
Symptoms list includes head throat nose stomach and kidney nerves as poisons in the blood. The text urges readers to mark applicable symptoms and present them to Dr McCoy or mail for treatment, noting many diseases stem from sharp crystal poisons and catarrh.
A list of questions about nasal and throat discomfort precedes an assertion that neglect and poisons cause catarrh and that the Almyr Catarrh Cure will cure you. The passage reads like an old medical advertisement urging readers to seek the product for many listed symptoms.
An old classified style health notice lists warnings of catarrh spreading from the head to the lungs and asks reader questions about coughing spitting and breath. It touts The Almyr System of Treatment and The Almyr Catarrh Cure as the solution.
Superintendent Kellough announced major cuts with six heads rolling. Four temporary layoffs target spare workers while two permanent positions vanish. Hayes the assistant janitor is suspended. Remaining crews face retraining as D D Kelly hull work and boiler inspections proceed. Captain Wheeler and others reshuffle roles on Hast Boston and East Boston boats.
The text lists numerous signs of kidney irritation and disease attributed to uric and lithic acids. It promotes cleansing the blood with The Almyr Bloud Cleansen and urges readers to cleanse to relieve symptoms such as swelling, eye rings, dry skin, and back pain.
If you live far from Boston and cannot visit, Doctor McCoy offers a free examination and careful case review by mail. Write detailing your symptoms and include full contact information for a reply.
Large attendance on day two as President Harris chairs morning session. The group approves buying National Formulary pamphlets for Massachusetts Medical Society and funds, while rejecting price cutting and Formulary exhibit ideas. A proposal to tighten pharmacy laws to require registered pharmacists as retail druggists passes. Elections favor Durkee as president and Larrabee Reeves Richardson Guerin as officers. amendments widen membership to registered pharmacists only. Evening events at Cq Square Hotel draw no attendees.
The Almyr Remedies Company invites entrants to identify misspellings in the book Beautiful Skin. Submit the misspelled word with page and line, plus name and address, by June 15. Send a coupon from the book or request the book for ten cents. Prize awarded to the most accurate answer.
Chronic sufferers may apply in person at 564 Washington street to receive the latest treatment from THE ALMYR EXPERTS at nominal rates. Free trial for in person applicants includes a careful examination and complimentary consultation and diagnosis on first visit.
An old Boston advertisement announces the Almyr System of Treatment at 564 Washington Street in the Jefferson Building opposite the Adams House. Dr J Cresap McCoy, chief consulting physician, offers office hours from 9 A M to 8 P M daily and Sundays 10 A M to 2 P M. Products listed include Almyr Catarrh Cure and Skin items with prices from 25c to $1, with mail order available nationwide.
Richard and David Crowley charged with the May 4 killing of John Burns on the New Heath Bromley corner. Both held without bail for June Superior Court term as witnesses testify including Dr Draper and Patrolman O Connell.
Democratic caucuses last night drew large crowds across the city as ward and city committees faced new leadership. In Ward 3, Hayes supporters led all tickets, amid a contest with James Donovan for the committee presidency, reflecting a pivotal local power shift.
In a tense Charlestown ward caucus, supporters of Hayes claimed a large attendance and over a thousand votes were cast. Contested supervisors from the central committee were escorted out after clashes, while regulars led by Donovan and Barry failed to prevent the Hayes win, prompting talk of a possible protest.
Ward 19 and Ward 20 caucuses erupt in fights over control with Mark Lynch and Thomas Fallon factions clashing. Warden Watson declares results amid protests as dozens gather. Donovan and Hayes backers battle for leadership, while patrols keep order at the old bath house venue.
The article lists numerous candidate names for wards 23 2 and 25 including Patrick M Keating George H Johnson George B Jones John F McDonald William J Leonard Conrad J Rueter Michael S Morton James J McManus James H Cunningham Thomas F Long Michael F Dolan William J Fallon Louis P Pfau Edward Callahan David F Hayes John J Kane John H Donovan Patrick F McDonald John J ONeil Thomas J Dwyer Joseph P Ripley John F Riley Thomas H Meade John F Kelly Thomas F Campbell Patrick J Dugan Joseph A Singler James F Shelley George W Allen Maurice Condon Thomas F Thompson Francis H Mc Bride and Charles F Collins.
The Ward 3 caucus final tally shows Hayes ticket leading with James E. Hayes 600 votes and John M. O Hara 596 while Mahoney’s Donovan ticket trails with 487 for John J. Mahoney and 463 for John J. O Callaghan. A third split ticket lists Doherty 8 and other candidates with single to low double digit totals.
In East Boston at the Ameri can House cafe a Howard marble clock sits as a gift to owner Charles M. Beldon. Patrick Kennedy announced the clock was a present from Beldon’s friends and the gathering shared a luncheon after the tribute. Attendees included ex-Senator P. J. Kennedy and many local figures.
In South Boston last evening Mrs. James Morrissey and Mrs. Patrick Donohue argued over closing an outer door at 6% East Second Street. Mrs. Morrissey’s husband James arrived with a baseball bat, police from Station 12 intervened, and the two men were arrested. The notice ends with an unrelated advertisement for The American Wringer Co. at 13 and 1% Broadway Extension, offering repairs and mail orders.
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