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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1905
Page
2
Thousands of women suffer unseen kidney trouble yet are told their symptoms arise from womb issues or female weakness. The article explains that disordered kidneys are the main cause of distressing ailments in women and urges proper medical evaluation.
A doctor’s remedy Swamp Root is advertised as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles. The letter from Emma McCulley of Oviedo Florida claims relief from gall stone like pain after using Swamp Root.
A Boston Daily Post notice urges readers to try Swamp-Root by mail with a free sample bottle and a booklet of testimonials. It notes the offer is genuine, requests mention of the newspaper, and mentions available fifty cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores.
Daniel A Whelton directs Fire Commissioner Wells to grant one day off in every five during his acting mayoral term. The plan, proposed earlier, aims to aid Donovan supporters while Wells cites extra costs. Wells awaits official order and will respond after review.
Thomas W. O'Reilly, 28, of 1276 Tremont Street Boston and Henry Heard, 54, of 64 Dolphin Street Revere were badly injured in separate falls yesterday. Heard fell 15 feet from a staging at 500 Washington Street while painting and is at the Relief Station. O'Reilly, working for J B Graham Company in the Fenway area, plunged 17 feet into a trench and was carried to City Hospital insensible.
About 1000 children at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum on Amsterdam Ave near 136th St were awakened by cries of fire and bells as a garbage incinerator burned. Attendants formed a bucket brigades and limited damage before firemen arrived, saving most residents as panicked youngsters rushed to the doors.
The Moran led liquor group plans to press changes in statutes and loosen restrictions on 11 pm hotel closing hours. They seek 12 o'clock closings for larger hotels and looser schoolhouse and abuttors laws with discretionary licensing. Boston hotelier J Reed Whipple warns without liquor service the Touraine may close and cites harm to enterprise.
In Providence R I on November 13 three Boston couples obtained marriage licenses at the city registrar's office. One prospective bride, Elmyra Weston Fairbanks aged 21, of Whitman Mass claims relation to Vice President Fairbanks. Her companion Roland Martinez Benjito, 22, of Boston, born in Cuba, accompanies her.
An early morning basement fire at the four story Cyphers Incubator building on Union Street and Friend Street caused the death of forty chickens and a pet cat. About $2000 in damage was reported.
Attorney General Herbert Parker said he will not permit his name to be used in the dispute between Royal Arcanum holders and the corporation. He argued the issue concerns individual rights, not state interference, and that the matter falls under the insurance commissioner’s authority.
This notice instructs Boston citizens to cut out the straw ballot, mark and sign it, and send to Straw Ballot Editor at P. O. Box 5276 Boston Mass or drop it at Boston Post Counting Room 259 Washington Street. Ballots must be signed but signatures will not be made public and tabulations will appear in the Boston Post on Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
Mrs Mary Ida Sweazey of South Boston vanished from her mother's home on Sept 28 after a dramatic incident at her wedding when her sailor husband was taken back to his ship Cleveland and labeled a deserter. Desperate mother appeals to police fearing danger and possible mental distress amid lingering fear for her safety.
In August an unknown woman died from a meat obstruction at a restaurant table. Last night a man, believed to be Dr. O V Jones of West Medford, also choked to death at the Causeway lunch room on 32 Causeway street. He left a wife and 18 year old daughter Queenie.
Junction City reports the sixth battery of field artillery departs Fort Riley for Fort Sam Houston Texas. Officials say it will be the longest march ever made by an artillery organization in the United States.
James J. Ord of Chicago says he is the great grandson of George IV and Maria Fitzherbert and will pursue a share of the estate. He estimates the gross value at 125 million dollars, tracing his claim through his father, the sole surviving son of a son of the royal couple who came to the United States in 1830 as John 8S Ord.
Rome reports Italy may cut wheat duties under a new commercial treaty with Russia. The concession could extend to the United States due to the most favored nation clause in the Russia pact.
Quincy obituary notes Henry Slaxon, famed temperance advocate and philanthropist, died at his residence early this morning after a prolonged illness.
A Washington report says Secretary Shaw will not use treasury power to ease the money market. Banks offer 6 percent for legitimate business. auction loans run higher. By afternoon, call money climbs to 20 percent with H P Frothingham loaning about 12 million at 17 to 20 percent for banks and trust companies.
In Atlanta on November 13 T. Z. Justice, a white man accused of assaulting a black girl, was captured by a mob that swelled past a thousand. Police intervened and escorted Justice to police headquarters.
Henry M Faxon died at age 8 from burns received when a hot water bottle burst. He was the son of Henry Hardwick Faxon, head of the Quincy Electric Light Co., and a descendant of early Quincys. Faxon built a fortune in real estate after wholesale grocer years, and held varied business ventures. He married Mary Munroe in 1853. He was active in the Total Abstinence Society and other clubs, noted for his fierce liquor opposition yet remembered for an early era of notable punch making.
An old advertisement hawks a one day cold cure with laxative brominated quinine tablets. It promises refunds if it fails and notes Druggists supply the remedy with Dr. W. Grove’s signature on each box.
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