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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1904
Page
4
An advertisement promotes Liquozone as a germ killer that cures disease by killing germs inside the body without drugs or alcohol. It claims diseases yield to Liquozone, lists many illnesses, and offers a free bottle via coupon, noting prices of 50 cents and 1 dollar.
At the Boston Tech riot hearing, Mrs. Anna Hibbs of 63 St. Botolph Street testified she saw a woman struck by a policeman on Boylston Street near the Hotel Brunswick, with her hat crushed over her head. Police Captain Hall stated he believed her account and condemned the act as dastardly, urging the officer be named. Witnesses including Tufts student Harold Bailey and Tech student R C Caryl described blows from behind, injuries, and torches used for defense. The hearing continued with more witnesses and reconvened after a recess.
Watertown records a November 15 birth of William Douglas Quirk to James H. Quirk who named his son after governor elect Douglas. Governor elect W L Douglas replies with goodwill wishes. The page also promotes free medical advice for women from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. and notes a demand for original letters and signatures to prove testimonials.
The Baxter family of 124 Revere Street Winthrop faced a house fire that threatened their lives. George Baxter, a mason, heard their dog howling and narrowly saved his family by evacuating them before flames, with Mrs. Baxter overcome by smoke. Property damage is estimated at $2000.
Gas Commission chairman Forrest E. Barker and the board met with Boston city counsel Thomas Babson and Massachusetts Gas companies representative Frederic Snow to set hearing dates. Recapitalization hearings begin November 23 while Mayor Collins petition for lower gas prices starts November 30. if recapitalization runs long, it will pause until after Collins hearing and no decision will be issued before that.
The second ball of the Catholic Total Abstinence Societies of Suffolk County was held at Berkeley Hall last evening under county directors. An 8 to 9 concert featured an orchestra, then a grand march led by Thomas J. Sheerin and Miss Emily Frazer with 150 couples. Notable guests included Edwin Mulready, Maurice Dineen with Miss May A. Mullen, Otho T. O Leary, and John Quinn, as the floor was organized by T. J. Sheerin and John S. Fitzgerald with a team of floor directors and aides Mohan.
An advertisement touts Scott’s Emulsion as the cure for colds and a builder of strength. It claims feeding a cold speeds its end and wards off future illness, promising to strengthen weak lungs and fight wasting diseases with a free sample offer from Scott & Bowne of New York.
The comic feature promises a full story in next Sunday's Post with Muggsy receiving money and Mulligan guiding a prisoner into the county jail. Mulligan thinks he has him, but an unexpected twist saves Muggsy, in a tale readers will see in pictures.
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