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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1904
Page
2
A letter extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a miracle tonic for aged health restoring recovery from pneumonia. Mrs Masters credits the product with enabling long life and vigor, claiming it is her sole medicine and a remedy after a severe illness.
Purported health tonic claims urge regular use of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey to boost digestion, blood flow, nerve strength, and overall vigor. Advertising notes its purity, absence of fusel oil, and seal integrity, priced at one dollar per bottle with a medical booklet offered.
Governor Bates will hear both sides tomorrow morning on a possible message to the Legislature to ban Sunday entertainments at Revere Beach. He notes about 40 Sabbath-law convictions last year near the beach and questions whether a more open Sunday is desired. Methodist leaders cite a Supreme Court decision allowing profitable entertainments if proceeds go to charity and warn of broad implications.
Yesterday at high noon Miss Elinor Whitney became Mrs Archibald Blanchard in a fashionable Trinity Church ceremony. The bridal party included six bridesmaids in ivory lace gowns with pink accents, while a large retinue of relatives and society figures attended the reception at the bride’s mother’s home. Bishop William Lawrence presided as guests and family members of both families joined in the celebration.
United States marshals are seeking Philip Tworoger a former Democratic State committee member and a recent candidate for the Board of Aldermen. He was a leader in the Hearst fight for delegates to the Democratic national convention and is now missing.
Judge Francis Lowell issued a contempt order in the Worcester bankruptcy case involving Israel Reubrin's estate. Tworoger claims the missing lawyer Eben Mason received all assets while a receiver in contempt is held at Charles Street jail. Aldrich refereed to take evidence and report facts. Mason’s property may be sold today to cover mortgages.
Rev Charles Parkhurst of Somerville says no successor to his editor post at Zion's Herald has been named as he has not resigned. He plans to resign only for reasons beyond the October lawsuit, which he says does not affect him now and denounces the ongoing talk as reprehensible.
Tonight the school committee convenes amid a rift over superintendent and supervisors. Chairman Dr Harkins says a quorum existed. member Mr Kenny counters there was none. The panel voted to appoint a new superintendent with George H Conley named as candidate against Superintendent Seaver.
At St John’s Hall East Cambridge the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society publicly installed officers with 500 witnesses. Edward B. Gaughan became president, John J. Brownrigg vice president, Thomas E. Toomey clerk, Charles J. Gormley treasurer, Joseph J. McCarthy financial secretary, Hugh F. O’Rourke corresponding secretary. Board directors include Rev John O’Brien and M. J. Newman. A形式 musical program and banquet followed with remarks by Rev P J Durcan Edwin Mulready and Otho T. O’Leary.
Mayor Collins sent to the Board of Aldermen the name of Charles Logue to join the school house commission for three years, a move seen as a setback for organization leaders who backed ex-Congressman Conry. The mayor also named Edward F. Sawyer as overseer of the poor for three years, replacing John S. Patton. Aldermen approved a pay roll reduction for Brackett and Johnson, and Slattery urged passage of Kneeland’s firemen time-off order as Bromberg prepared to seek the building committee report. Early session 80 Suffolk jurors were drawn, including ex-president David F. Barry.
A patient credits an Indiana physician with curing twenty years of stomach trouble by changing diet and avoiding coffee. The doctor advised Postum with cream as a coffee substitute, stating it is delicious and without coffee’s ill effects. The testimonial urges a ten day Postum trial and notes the famous Road to Wellville book.
Luke P. Willard longtime Boston financier and coal shipping entrepreneur died at his Dorchester home 18 Monadnock street. A Sterling native born 68 years ago, he served at Freeman's National Bank, then with Webster Coal Company in Boston for 28 years, and later as a trustee of Bridgewater Iron Company. Survived by his widow and daughter Annie W. Whidden, with deep ties to Bunker Hill Monument Association and the American Revolution groups.
Bronze tablets bearing the names of Melrose Civil War enlistees have been placed in the new library and will be formally dedicated on Memorial Day. U S Grant Post 4 G A R will lead the service with speakers Elbridge H. Goss city historian Mayor Sidney H. Buttrick and Commander A A Carleton of the Grand Army post aboard.
Boston postoffice officials rebut a New York paper critique of Boston mail service praising current facilities and quick transit. Assistant Postmaster Mansfield and railway officials defend schedules and deny a demand for overnight trains, noting existing NY to Boston departures at 10:45 and 11:15 p m and a midnight train carrying pouches. They cite connections from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and argue for no substantial demand for change.
The Frederick P. Glover of Needham will case, involving 44000 dollars, reached a final hearing yesterday in Judge James H. Flint's office at 30 Court Street after two years of litigation. The prolonged dispute centers on whether the testator was of unsound mind when he left most of his estate to establish the Glover Home and Hospital at Needham.
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