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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1897
Page
2
Doctors McCoy and Powell offer a November only program allowing treatment until cured at a nominal $5 monthly fee. The offer covers catarrh, throat, bronchial, lung troubles, deafness, and hearing issues, with identical care to regular patients during November.
Mrs John Abibee of Old Colony and Newberry Avenues Atlantic Massachusetts testifies that doctors McCoy and Powell restored hearing in her right ear after thirty years of deafness. She says she can now hear a whisper and her health had declined for years before recovery.
A patient recalls becoming completely deaf before seeking Doctor McCoy. He describes hearing loss as 80 deaf and unable to hear a watch tick or clock. The account mentions tinnitus aurium as the diagnosed head noise and notes free mailing of the paper.
A woman recounts how lip reading failed her without sight but doctors McCoy and Powell used a new treatment to restore her hearing. She can now hear clocks ticking and conversations, expressing deep gratitude for the restored sense.
In Framingham Massachusetts Mr EN TM Cook recounts twelve years of total deafness in the left ear and progressive loss in the right. He reports a new discovery restored his hearing enabling him to hear a watch ticking at arm’s length and to hear sermons with ease.
Marcaret F. Coulehen of 385 Blue Hill Avenue Roxbury Massachusetts describes years of stomach trouble with bed days and poor digestion. After consulting doctors McCoy and Powell her appetite improved, bowels regular, headaches gone, and she feels bright and cheerful each morning.
William Charlton of 60 Franklin St Cambridgeport describes a yearlong illness starting with a cold that developed into bronchitis causing weight loss and extreme breathlessness. He notes inability to work and references Dr McCoy’s paper on catarrh and consumption available by office visit or mail.
Patient describes severe breathlessness with difficulty climbing stairs and persistent coughing. After examination by Doctors McCoy and Powell, the diagnosis led to a cure with the patient reporting renewed health and improved sleep.
Mrs. Marcellin Le Blanc of Roxbury Massachusetts reports two years of stomach catarrh causing headaches nausea nerve weakness and poor appetite. After visiting Doctors McCoy and Powell her symptoms vanished and she now feels better than in years.
Miss Laura Reper of Waban Massachusetts reports soothing results after treatment by Doctors Me Coy and Powell. She described waking with a dry parched throat and persistent hacking, hoarseness, and breathlessness prior to care.
Mrs. Mary N. Walker testified she knew of no adultery by Colonel Myron P. Walker before 1894, while the hearing in their divorce in Superior Court continued. A 1897 letter from Colonel Walker proposing compromise and a letter from Judge Bumpus were read, outlining the husband’s claimed authority as head of the household and master of its affairs.
A lawyer advises a husband to assert paternal authority at home citing that the husband is master of the house and responsible for directing where the wife shall live, child custody, and the family’s finances even if the home is in the wife’s name. The adviser notes the wife’s prior agreements and urges mutual happiness through adherence to traditional rights.
Judge Bumpus hears motions in a divorce case involving Colonel Walker and Mrs. Walker. Testimony places Mrs. Skiff with Walker at a hotel and a telegraph messenger confirms their presence. The judge recounts Walker’s career, noting defenses regarding shared funds and estrangement dating back to 188.
Randolph Guggenheimer says his campaign expenses for the Council of Greater New York totaled 7720.30 dollars with 5000 dollars going to Tammany Hall. Justice-elect Edward F. O'Dwyer certifies expenses at 5025 dollars, with 25 dollars remaining from payments to John C. Sheehan of Tammany Hall's finance committee.
A schoolboy note explains kidney roles and risks from diseased kidneys. The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills via J. Wm. McKay of 216 Silver St South Boston who reports relief after using the product sold at Curtis' Drug Store. It cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sole US agents.
Students discuss the expulsion of George A. Reader amid faculty backing. The controversy centers on Reader performing a ceremony after being warned, with mixed views among students and a noted dissent from Mr Thurston. Dean Buell travels. reintegration plans pause.
Testimonials from Mrs. Od A Stone of Winthrop Maine and A W Merrill of Kennebunkport Maine claim Hood's Sarsaparilla cured congestion of the liver and kidney trouble and healed scrofulous sores. They urge buyers to get only Hood's Sarsaparilla.
John Andersen and six crewmen of the American schooner Olive Pecker were arraigned after the murder of Captain John Whitman and mate William Saunders. Andersen faces murder charges while others are charged with setting fire to the vessel. Proceedings paused for further examination as a possible special grand jury is considered.
The U S Supreme Court affirmed the California Circuit Court ruling denying a writ of habeas corpus for William H T Durrant convicted of the 1895 San Francisco murder of Miss Blanche Lamont. Announcement came as San Francisco learned the death sentence would stand and execution would be set after official notice.
Building Commissioner John Camrell hosts a reunion at the American House honoring about 200 veterans who fought Boston’s 1872 fire. Many former teammates cannot attend due to age, but tickets go to those who helped save property and lives on that fateful November 9 1872.
In Caracas on November 8 a severe Venezuelan crisis halted coupon payments on the German loan, suspended pensions for widows and some veterans, and cut government salaries by 30 percent. No one is paid, imports falter, banks refuse discounts, and the CAREnero Railroad and Steamship Company stops traffic as General Andrade is welcomed as Crespo’s successor.
Formal clemency application has been filed for Amer Ben Ali known as Frenchy who was convicted in New York City in 1891 of manslaughter in the killing of an old woman known as Old Shakespeare. The petition is signed by Edward Brunnert the French consul general A E Claroski the Russian consul general J B Eustis ambassador to France Alfred Col in United States Navy Frederick R Coudert Frederick Gibbs and Louis Coudert among others.
About 75 members and guests attended with Mr. John H. North presiding. After dinner the Rev. Edwin C. Bolles spoke on The Christian of the Novelist and the Christian of Reality. Chief guest Rev H Yoshimura of Osaka, Japan, visiting the U S for health and mind, is well known in Japan.
The Boston Board of Aldermen debated rail rights on Washington Mor ton Canterbury streets and North Beacon street. Alderman Donovan urged East Boston citizens be heard on Marion street as the site for a new high school. The council approved a $300 payout to the Cadigan estate and scheduled a York trip to inspect Long Island Boynton Bicycle railroad system.
A cablegram reports the sudden death of Mrs Ellen M White, wife of Ralph H White of R H White Co, in Gibraltar Sunday morning. She traveled with Mrs Alice Tyler of New York for an extended pleasure trip and died at the hotel from brain congestion. Remains sail from Gibraltar to New York aboard the steamer Ems.
Isaac Goldstein, owner of a second hand store, was fined 200 dollars after local court arraigned him on six counts. He was found guilty on four counts and discharged on two.
A homeowner advises switching from regular coffee to Postum Cereal Food Coffee to aid a husband with suspected coffee related ailment. Start with half dose, then progress to Pure Postum after proper boiling. Proper boiling for 15 minutes is stressed to preserve value and taste, claimed to have saved many lives. Postum Causa. Co. Ltd. Battle Creek Mich.
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