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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1904

Page

2

Osmo-Chemic Cure Offer Promises Complete Healing For Ten

An Osmo-Chemic Co promotion touts a ten dollar complete cure for any curable ailment if treatment begins at their Boylston Building office before June 1. The ad claims spring boosts health, promises no extra charges beyond the $10, and cites 20 years of practice with testimonials from doctors and ministers.

Boylston Building Shakspere Denny Massachusetts New England Boylston

Milk Producers Form Boston Co Operative to Supply Dealers

Milk producers from New England forming a corporation to supply Boston dealers. The Boston Co operative Producers Association will start with a capital of 30000 dollars. An expanded 15 member committee lists H E Bullard Holliston W A Hunter Worcester M A Morse Belchertown Jonas Bemis Charleton L L Beman West Brookfield Stanley H Abbott Milton N H Charles A Langley Chichester N H Mr Kimball Greenville N H John McCarty West Acton Justin F Rice Barre Mass J E Barr Hardwick C E Fairbanks Quinebagh Conn C A Hayes North Berwick Me S A Lovejoy Milford N H W W Barry Section River.

New England Boston Boston” Co-operative A? Producers’ Association H. E. Bullard Holliston W. A. Hunter Worcester M. A

Melrose Purity Crusade Tests Sunday Laws

Aldermen ordered Police Chief McLaughlin to personally visit boat-letting establishments at Hit Pond and report on their compliance with Sunday laws. The probe is to expand to all Sabbath businesses in the city as part of ongoing Purity Crusade efforts.

Melrose Magy.al McLaughlin

New Haven Road Names Fourth Vice President

New Haven Conn May 17 Directors of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad at a meeting Saturday created the position of fourth vice president. The duties cover charge of traffic maintenance and operation of party lines and representation in electrical lines not directly operated but where the company holds a controlling interest. Mr H McHenry formerly of the Canadian Pacific railway at Montreal and the Northern Pacific Railway Company has been chosen as fourth vice president and will assume July 1 1904 with headquarters in the general office building New Haven reporting to the president.

New Haven, Conn New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company Bttac Sectaeiee H. McHenry Canadian Pacific Railway Montreal Northern Pacific Railway Company Éw. Haven

Catholic T A Union To Meet Sunday

An important meeting of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of the Boston archdiocese will be held next Sunday afternoon at Fr Joseph's T A Society rooms in West nd. Topics include drafting a uniform constitution for local societies, an insurance and sick benefit plan similar to Father Mathew Knights, and a ritual for installation and society work. Edwin Mulready, president, will preside.

Catholic Total Abstinence Union Archdiocese of Boston Frooms of Art Joseph’s T. A. Society West Nd Father Mathew Knights Edwin Mulready

Girls at State University Publicized Kidnapping Escape

Ten female students at the State University faced inquiries for last week’s incident at Nebraska Hall. They drove a hack to kidnap the first two freshmen who appeared and took them to a kidnappers’ residence. The freshmen were undressed to prevent escape but found old dresses and were rescued via a ladder.

Lincoln Neb State University Nebraska Hall

House Favors Barber Bill Enacts State Board Examiners

By a 108 to 61 vote the House backed a measure creating a State Board of Barber Examiners appointed by Governor Bates. Law would require barber registration, public examinations quarterly, and certificates displayed at work. Current barbers must file affidavits within 90 days. violators face fines up to 100 dollars.

House of Representatives State “Board of Barber Bates State Board of Méaith

Hedda Gabler at the Colonial thrills big crowd

Miss Nance O Neil stars in Hedda Gabler at the Colonial Theatre with an enthusiastic audience. Critics praise her powerful realism and the seasoned supporting cast as Magda is listed for today’s matinee and evening show.

Colonial Theatre Ibsen Hedda Gabler Nance O’neil Miss O’neil O’neil Hedda ‘Gabler Magda

Powers-Benink wed in Cambridge railman and bride unite

Miss Ethel L. Powers of Buckingham Street Cambridge married Arthur Benink a well known Boston railroad man yesterday. The ceremony linked two prominent families in a small Cambridge ceremony with local friends and relatives in attendance.

Ethel L. Powers Buckingham Street Cambridge Arthur 8. Benink Boston

Strikers Idle as American Tube Works See No Work

The first day of the strike at American Tube Works in Somerville passed without incident. About 660 workers are out, with no one reporting to work and company officials making no replacements. Workers report daily at Union Hall headquarters.

Somerville Lower Union Hall

Benefit to Boston Theatre Ticket Men

Extraordinary demand attends the sale of tickets for the benefit performance of Girls Will Be Girls, tendered to John Osborne and William Guiney next Tuesday evening at the Boston Theatre. These young men have been at the Boston as ticket sellers since Mr. Laurence McCarty became lessee and manager, and were ticket agents at the Park Theatre before. They have a legion of friends expressing appreciation.

John Osborne William Guiney Boston Theatre Boston Laurence McCarty Park Theatre

The Deaf Cured The Radiant Light Treatment

An advertisement touts aRadiant Light treatment for deafness and head noises. It cites testimonials from individuals in Lynn Massachusetts Charlestown Pound Maine and Albany New York claiming cures and improved hearing after Osmo che P Fanna associated therapy. It lists names and addresses of patients professing success and urges readers to seek the treatment.

Wilkins Loney Peinson St Lynn Mass Sarah McFoote Superior St Deak Careway Elm Charlestown Eterik School St Pound, Me J. Ae Stewa Clinton St. Allany

Osmo Chemic Doctors Help Mrs Churchill Improve

Mrs Minnie Churchill of 805 Washington Street Boston describes long suffering from liver congestion and catarrhal inflammation of nose and throat. After examination and a course of Osmo Chemic treatment twice weekly with light cure she reports steady improvement and faith in a full recovery.

Minnie Churchill Washington St Boston Minnie A. Churchill

Sweeping Victory in Osmo-Chemic Physicians Claim

A chaotic OCR’d notice reports Osmo-Chemic Physicians defeating John FP Naughton of the ArMagno System of Medicine in a public competition or advertising dispute. It alleges Naughton copied their ad language and accuses him of misleading claims, with references to a stage poet and unnamed directors. The fragmentary text mentions legal action, claims of misrepresentation, and a failed affiliation between systems.

John FP. Naughton Wktra Amin Naughton John P. Naugh ArMagne John P. Nanian ArMagne Oy John Paniel Jonn L. L Plunkett

Thought to Be Dead Suffering From Heart Disease

Eldolph Labadie, once bedridden for seven years, collapsed on the street and appeared dead. After failed treatments, he sought Osmo-Chemic physicians who diagnosed heart trouble and claimed a remarkable recovery, praising the treatment as life saving.

Mr. Labadie Eldolph Labadie Eldolp

Osmo-Chemic System of Medicine Ad

The Osmo-Chemic System of Medicine Incorporated run by J. L. Plunkett and M. Atti, chief consulting physicians, lists office addresses in Boston Lynn Worcester Manchester Portland and more with daily hours 9 am to 8 pm and closed Sundays.

J. L. Plunkett M. Atti Bo Boylston Boylston Boston Mass Central Square Lynn Main St Worcester Elm St Manchester N. H Congress St Portland

Aldermen in Cambridge approve city projects and appointments

At a Cambridge Board of Aldermen meeting, Lewis M. Hastings was named city engineer succeeding James Pierce. Mayor Daly appointed Robert T. Culhane and Timothy Crane as patrolmen, with Warren J. Island and Joseph H. Shannon as reserve officers. A $200,000 bridge appropriation and a $28,000 Charles River dam order were approved with loans. An order seeking the city solicitor’s opinion on collar rules was ruled out of order. The board budgeted $1,500 for observances, formed committees, and linked Hobbs and Stony Brook conduit employment to Cambridge citizens. The Water Board pledged to hire only Cambridge citizens for conduits. A $430,000 Hobbs Brook to Fresh Pond pipeline appropriation was defeated and reconsidered.

Cambridge Boardé of Aldermen Lewis M. Hastings James Pierce McNamere Daly Robert T. Culhane Timothy Crane Warren J. Island Joseph H. Shannon Cambridge Bridge Charles River Coveney Pullen Hobbs Stony Brook Cambridge Water Board Hobb’s Brook Fresh Pond

Non-union bakers refuse to quit work at bakery

In Waltham on May 17 a pair of non-union bakers started work at the C. F. Hathaway bakery. A delegation of union men tried to persuade them to leave. They could not enter the shop, spoke to the workers from a rear window, and after a union warning the men left. Manager Saunders called the police. Officer Cater issued a warning to the union group.

Waltham C. F. Hathaway Grant Street Saunders Cater

Bakers Union Calls Meeting for Bread Label Campaign

The Bakers Union 4 and 53 announce a special meeting of all Boston union bakers this morning to outline plans for advertising the union bread label and to devise a more aggressive campaign. The mass meeting is set for Saturday night at 45 Eliot Street.

Union Bread Boston Bakers Eliot Street

Brockton Church Sued Over $16000 Lease Dispute

In Brockton on May 17 a suit for $16,000 was filed against the First Congregational Church parish by Dr Loring W Puffer and by Joseph M Hollywood and Banks Sanford executors of Peter F Hollywood estate. The action claims violation of a recently expired lease on property at the corner of Green and Main streets in the city center.

Brockton First Congregational Church Loring W. Puffer Joseph M. Hollywood Banks Sanford Peter F. Hollywood Green Main ‘Streets

How Consumption Develops and How to Prevent and Cure It

A 19th century health ad warns that neglecting a cold can lead to consumption. It claims Koch Tubercutine vapors cure lung diseases and promotes a Boston office at 361 Boylston Street offering free treatment inquiries.

Boston Boylston Street

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