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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1909
Page
2
Commander Robert E. Peary was awarded the National Geographic Society gold medal after a sub committee found his records show he reached the North Pole. The society has not ruled on who first discovered the Pole and will review the priority claim next.
An advertisement touts Hunyadi Janos water as a gentle laxative for regular bowels. In East Cambridge a court hearing over the $100,000 estate of Mrs. Fannie F. Allen opens with claimants including Madame Lillian Nordica alleging undue influence by housekeeper Alice Lothrop. Neighbors, dates, and a keyhole-putty detail frame the tense proceedings for the aunt’s will contested by nieces and a Dorchester householder.
Hartford Nov 3 Mrs Lucinda Treat Goddard aged 70 wife of C R Goddard of Yale Law School was declared capable of managing her affairs by Judge Marvin after a Probate Court hearing. Her son sought a conservator fearing his stepfather might dissipate the fortune.
Norah O'Keefe five year old daughter of a Boston Elevated motorman was struck and killed by an Elevated car on Bunker Hill street Charlestown yesterday afternoon. The parents reside at 8 North Meade street.
A home remedy for coughs costs 54 cents for a pint of granulated sugar syrup with Pinex and water. It claims to clear deep-seated coughs within 24 hours and helps colds bronchitis and whooping cough.
Captain John Pritchard commodore of the Cunard line announces resignation upon sailing for Liverpool. He began his sea career in a 150 ton schooner and ends it in command of the 39,000 ton steamship Mauretania after 53 years of service.
Miss Estelle Burroughs formerly a stenographer at Dan's Mercantile Agency in Boston wed last March to Frank Hughes a reporter at Dann's Agency. The Lynn resident has lived on Franklin Street for years and kept the marriage private from family and friends until today.
The society resolves to award Commander Robert E Peary a special gold medal for reaching the North Pole and to recognize Captain A C Bartlett for seamanship and leadership during the Peary Arctic expedition. The board will consider whether anyone reached the Pole before 1909 by forming a research sub committee to inspect records.
Commander Peary expresses extreme gratification at the National Geographic Society board's decision to award him the medal. He and his family will relocate to their Washington residence next week, as announced from Portland, Maine.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook arrived in New York and proceeded to his hotel to prepare data on Arctic exploration for the University of Copenhagen. He appeared fatigued after his Western trip.
District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier said he will take a few days’ rest before deciding when to assume office. He may request that District Attorney Hill continue in trial of the steel cress case. Pelletier received about 3000 telegrams and letters and spent the day with friends in a downtown hotel while away from his office. He plans to meet Hill to discuss office affairs before his departure.
The newspaper teases a mystery feature titled The Parted Curtain for next Sunday in the Post. Readers are invited to follow an unfolding narrative with clues and atmospheric details.
A Philadelphia manager describes seven years of relentless skin itching and scales on his leg. After trying many doctors, he used Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment with Cuticura Soap and saw the skin fully recover with no recurrence six months later. He endorses the Cuticura line and cites Benson drug company distribution.
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