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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1908
Page
5
The article highlights backache as a key signal of feminine health trouble. It links aches to nervousness headaches and pelvic pain, urging immediate attention and a remedy to restore normal ovarian function.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine reports long backaches and side pain that vanished after three bottles. Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania says severe backaches and sleep loss eased, appetite returned. The ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's remedy as a 30 year standard treatment for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and nervous symptoms.
The article describes varied stomach trouble symptoms including appetite changes, chest weight, throat fullness, gas pressing on the heart, and sick headaches. It argues for a tonic to strengthen digestion rather than pre-digested food, noting digestion is controlled by blood and nerves and cites medical science’s best tonic.
An old ad urges weekly washing of scalp and hair with a specialized product Birt's Head Wash. It claims common soap dries hair and scalp and that Birt's Head Wash cleans without greasiness, using refined soap glycerin white of eggs casein chestnut oil and salicetic acid.
Alderman John E. Baldwin seeks the Democratic nomination in South Boston where two candidates are to be named. A Post reporter heard veteran street department workers urge pensions for aging city employees, citing President Eliot and long service as justification.
South Boston Democrats list Thomas J. Collins as a leading aldermanic candidate backed by his ward and two others. He is praised for long service as dean of the Aldermanic Board and as a proven vote getter. Frank O H are Ward 14 also seeks the nomination and will hold a Ward 13 rally this evening with numerous speakers from ex representatives to union leaders.
A Ward 20 rally organized by the Young Men's Democratic Club is set for this evening in the ward room opposite Mather School Meeting House Hill Dorchester. Speaker lineup includes Congressman Joseph F O Connell presiding and candidates Captain Jack Dunn James J Byrne Charles F Riordan ex Representative John W Connelly Charles V Russell Roswell G Hall Daniel H McNeil. A second rally is planned tomorrow evening at Norfolk Hall Washington Street Dorchester in support of delegations and candidates.
Martinsville Indiana reports that Thomas J. Hughes, while searching shoes at home, discovered a hidden stash containing $500. He had misplaced $50 at a local entertainment last spring, thinking it fell from his pocket. The find occurred on a Sunday afternoon while Hughes sorted footwear.
George Foss aged 3, a native of Ossipee New Hampshire and resident of Waterboro Maine, was killed when a tree fell on him while he worked on the timber lot of J B Philpot.
The Republican nomination race for Somerville mayor pits Joan M Woods against Jesse S Newcomb in the closest city contest yet. Voters open at noon and tallying is expected to be heavy as both camps claim victory.
A Boston Dorchester note from C. S. Cooper asks Linwood Lewis for aid after an accident and memory loss. Cooper, about 55, 5 ft 1 in, 145 lb, with gray hair and mustache, disappeared for over six weeks after traveling from Boston to New York. The letter hints at possible coercion or kidnapping and seeks his friend Rose’s whereabouts and Cooper’s own location.
Linwood Lewis of Dorchester received a perplexing letter allegedly from C. S. Cooper, a San Diego millionaire, who left Boston in late September and has since vanished. Investigators in Mt Vernon and San Diego probe possible drugging, kidnapping, or captivity as they trace Cooper’s relatives and verify hotel paper origin and a Mt Vernon postmark. The missive, dated November and written in shaky, childlike script, bears hotel pad fragments and a torn header, with the writer’s location unclear.
Mrs. Sarah E. Hoyt widow of Captain Joseph C. Hoyt died suddenly last night at age 86. She lived with her sister Mrs J Henrietta Jackson an octogenarian on High Street in Newburyport.
A home remedy claims to cure obstinate coughs within hours. It uses a pint of Granulated Sugar Syrup mixed with 24 oz Pinex, dosed by teaspoon every one to three hours. The article touts low cost and pine-based ingredients for chest pains, hoarseness, and bronchial throat troubles.
Mrs. Abraham Mikels, 55, fought three burglars who tried to enter her flat through a bathroom window on Wall Street. She was beaten but pursued the trio before collapsing on Leverett Street. She suspects two men and says a sizable sum drawn by her husband was at risk. Earlier, thieves entered 149 Court Street stealing tools worth 50, and a coat worth 18 from another resident.
In Hudson Wisconsin a seven year old boy is in critical condition after being chased by a ferocious bull. The incident occurred recently and authorities are investigating the animal attack.
Constantine Court 49 of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters hosts a big class initiation service at St Rose Ifall Worcester Street. The Indian degree staff of Lafayette Court of Lynn performs the degree work. Guest of honor Rev Thomas I Gasson S J Boston College president and once connected with a Pine Tree State Indian tribe.
Eue gene Hoyt, a stormer workman at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, was arrested by United States Marshal Nute for pedling liquor to sailors at the navy yard.
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