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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
2
An essay arguing polluted city reservoirs threaten public health and urging cleansing of mucous membranes with Peruna during spring to prevent disease from impure drinking water. It promotes Dr S B Hartman’s advice from The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
The address by Right Eminent Sir Henry W. Rugg recalled the early Newburyport Boston and Providence encampments and the 1805 Providence convention. He credited harmonious founding of the grand commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island and noted 1816 as birth of the national Knights Templar body. Modern templary is Freemasonry Christianized and continues with renewed resources and duties.
In Corinthian Hall the Grand Commandery hosts a special conclave for the 100th anniversary ceremony. Attending are officers from Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont and Rhode Island, plus delegates from the Grand Encampment. Grand Commander Dana J. Flanders presides with remarks on the order’s growth from three commanderies in 1805 to nearly 15,000 Sir Knights today.
About 300 members of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templars of Massachusetts and Rhode Island gathered at the Somerset banquet hall for a formal close. The evening featured 13 speeches led by Commander Flanders and included music by Carter's Orchestra and the Harvard Quartet amid ornate décor and ceremonial regalia.
Senator Heman A. Harding of Chat ham earns praise from Cape district constituents for backing a bill allowing Gloucester fishing vessels to repair in Boston instead of winter trips to Gloucester. The measure is known as the Jeffries Point bill.
A writer asserts universal aches afflict nearly all ages from infancy to old age and claims a remedy founded on a correct principle offers relief in all cases, noting the remedy’s wonderful success.
A testimonial proclaims Dr. Milea Anti Pain Pills ease periodic headaches by soothing irritated nerves and improving blood flow. E M Mooberry of Windsor Illinois credits the remedy with relief after years of pain and urges purchasing only small packages to avoid bulk sales.
The text describes coffee made from well cared for and well fed beans, cleaned and properly roasted. It claims upland coffee grown in cool mountain air yields full aroma and flavor from rich soil sourced from top plantations.
The measure to dredge the Point flats to allow fishing craft access to a marine railway was introduced by Representatives Flaherty and Sheehan of Ward 2 Boston. Senator Harding backed it in committee and faced an unfavorable Senate Ways and Means report but secured substitution against the dissenting panel. A recon sideration failed yesterday.
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