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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1909

Page

3

Cooper’s New Discovery Draws West Tour Crowds

L T Cooper tours Kansas where thousands seek his medicine claiming stomach health is the key to wellness. A Kansas couple testifies the New Discovery eased rheumatism and kidney troubles, with Cooper’s firm selling samples by mail from Dayton Ohio.

West L. T. Cooper Kansas Cooper Mr. Cooper J. L. Hayslip Kansas Avenue Oakland Topeka Cooper Medicine Company Dayton Ohio

Sentencing of Captain Hains for Bay Side Yacht Club killing

Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. was sentenced to eight to sixteen years at hard labor in Sing Sing for the August killing of William E. Annis at the Bay Side Yacht Club. Justice Garretson ruled the act not justified. A 24 hour stay was granted to file a certificate of reasonable doubt.

Flushing N. Y Peter C. Hains, Jr Sing Sing William E. Annis Bay Side Yacht Club Garretson Supreme Court John F. McIntyre Hains

New Girl Not In Favor

In St Louis on May 17 Rev E T Finan of Holy Angels Church condemned new women’s hats and gowns. He warned wives should not be chosen for attire and urged simpler dress, saying marriage is sacred and not based on fashion. He criticized the dishpan hat and directoire gown as signs of unstable marriages.

ST. Louis E. T. Finan The Holy Angels Father Finan

Carnegie Receives Audience With King Victor Emmanuel

Rome reports that on May 17 Andrew Carnegie was received in audience by King Victor Emmanuel. The encounter highlighted Carnegie’s status as a prominent industrialist in Italian affairs.

Rome Andrew Carnegie Victor Emmanuel

Newcastle Bank Cashier Reported Suicide in River

Damariscotta Me May 17 Lincoln H Chapman cashier of Newcastle National Bank reportedly took his life by jumping into the Damariscotta river after leaving a note of intent His hat coat and glasses were found on the river bank and search for his body was unsuccessful due to a strong ebb tide Born in Newcastle he was 42 a Bowdoin College graduate son of David W Chapman The banker left a widow three children survived by his father a brother and three sisters

Damariscotta Lincoln H. Chapman Newcastle National Bank Mr. Chapman Chapman David W. Chapman Lewis’ Point Newcastle Bowdoin College Zeta Psi Society Josephine Jordan Auburn William

Pittsfield Highway Commissioner Stricken by Refractory Hiccoughs

State Highway Commissioner John H. Manning is seriously ill at his home in Pittsfield. After a week with peritonitis his condition worsened with gastritis and persistent hiccoughs. Boston specialist Dr. Elliot T. Joslin was summoned, but hiccoughs could not be stopped.

Pittsfield John H. Manning Elliot T. Joslin Boston Mr. Manning

Parliament Dissolution Demanded Over Impotent Session

Paris May 17 Nationalist M Pugliesi Conti urged President Fallieres to dissolve Parliament claiming impotence and discredit from the majority for neglecting the country’s interests He accused the body of enriching itself while blood and Free Masons divide the nation Premier Clemenceau defended the Chamber against the charge.

Paris M. Pugliesi-Conti Chamber of Deputies Fallieres Free Masons M. Baudry d'Asson Clemenceau

Bryce to settle in Maine this summer at Northeast Harbor

The British ambassador James Bryce will have a summer residence in Northeast Harbor Maine this year. Mrs Bryce plans to move the household goods around June 9 as advices reach Portland.

Portland James Bryce Northeast Harbor

Non Comparative Price Policy in Boston Ads

The article discusses non comparative price advertising and questions whether comparative pricing misleads shoppers. It cites Boston clippings showing repeated lower prices vs. regular prices and explains James A. Houston Company’s May Stock Reduction Sale adopting a non comparative price policy promising actual price reductions on spring merchandise.

James A. Houston Company

Inherited Fortune Won’t Pull Clara Lipman From Stage

Clara Lipman Mann the actress who inherited 300000 from her father Abraham Lipman will not quit the stage or let the legacy affect her engagements. Louis Mann explains she will invest the fortune in her late father’s diamond business and continue acting. She is en route to New York after a stay in Chicago.

New York Clara Lipman Mann Abraham Lipman Louis Mann Miss Lipman Chicago

Roxbury Man Fined for Fare Evasion

Edward J. Jelley of Goodman Park Roxbury was fined $10 by Judge Perrins in the West Roxbury District Court yesterday morning for evading a Boston Elevated car fare on Saturday afternoon.

Edward J. Jelley

Funeral for Henry Chase Held at St Johns Methodist Church

Funeral services for Henry Chase former chief of the New England Watch and Ward Society will be held Wednesday at 2 30 PM at St Johns Methodist Church Watertown following his death at his home Sunday The article notes his leadership role in the society and the location of the service.

Watertown Henry Chase New England Watch and Ward Society St. John's Methodist Church

Marine Eye Remedy An Eye Tonic Soothes and Believes Ailing Eyes

A historic ad promotes Marine Eye Remedy as an eye tonic claimed to soothe and restore vision. The copy markets the product to readers seeking relief for eye discomfort and impaired sight, presenting testimonials and appealing to consumer trust.

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Court Street Gale & Kent Annis King Carnegie Washburn- Crosby J. H. Manning Bryces Maine P. H. Magrane Pres P. B. Magrane, Trens Long Shantung Pongee Coats Batiste Venice Valenciennes Bela Hyee Hess McKie Desi Clara Lipman Chase Blake Adams, Taylor &Co State St Ator Gardiner Frank E. Andrews Samuel W. Cutts Lord Roberts London Bobs E. Newman & Son Washington St Torre LIFE America TEE Emerson Home Co Roxbury Sta Mass
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