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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1897

Page

2

Pyramid Pile Cure Demonstrated By Suffering Columbus Man

A Columbus Ohio man recounts four boxes of Pyramid Pile Cure curing four years of severe piles. The letter touts no opium or minerals, calls the treatment painless and quick, and notes accompanying Pyramid Pills for constipation. The ad urges writing Pyramid Drug Co Albion Michigan for a free booklet.

Pyramid PiléCure Henry Thomas Kosack Ave Columbus Ohio Pyramid Drug Co Cincinnati St. i Albion Mich

Hold Up W B C Fox In Glenway Near Franklin Park

Traveling salesman W B C Fox for the Cable Rubber Company was robbed by a tramp near Glenway and Franklin Park. The thief took about a dollar from Fox after a brief struggle and fled toward McLellan Street as Fox complained of poor lighting and dark streets in the area.

W. B. C. Fox Cable Rubber Company Mr. Fox Glenway Franklin Park Blue Hill Avenue

Iowa finishes final trial and reaches Brooklyn Navy Yard

The U S battleship Iowa arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard after completing its final trial trip. Report said performance was satisfactory and the board may recommend government acceptance. Under natural draught she achieved 13 1 2 knots, about 8 percent of her maximum speed.

New York United States Iowa Brooklyn Navy Yard

Postum Cereal Coffee Urges Purity Against Adulteration

The article condemns adulterated cereal coffees and counterfeit products that mimic Postum Cereal Food Coffee. It argues many blends mix low grade coffee to imitate Postum’s flavor, warns of health harm from adulteration, and promotes Postum as a pure, palatable alternative prepared to be served black, rich, and delicious.

Eople Java

Prominent Maine Lawyer Coffin Commits Suicide in Boston

Edmund P. Coffin, aSkowhegan lawyer famed for his digest and high Foresters role, killed himself with morphine in a Quincy House bath after facing alleged shortfalls in his Maine accounts. He died at Massachusetts General Hospital soon after noon. His wife, en route from Skowhegan, learned of his death upon arrival.

Edmund P. Coffin Quincy Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Skowhegan Mr. Coffin Maine High Court Foresters High Court of Foresters

Waterville Official Replaces Treasurers After Suicidal Morpheine Plot

P Prince of Waterville was elected treasurer replacing Mr Coffin who, in an apparent attempt to raise missing funds for the Foresters, ingested morphine and was found in his Boston hotel room. Clarence Scott and others accompanied Coffin, bought the poison in Waterville, and Coffin died after hours in hospital. Coffin, about 60, had planned the act, preferring death over repayment failures.

P. Prince Waterville Coffin Order of Foresters Maine Quincy House Charles A. Coffin General Electric Company E. P. Coffin New York Scott Mr. Coffin Mr. Scott Boston

Catarrh and Hood's Sarsaparilla Claim Cure

Catarrh is an inflammation of mucous membranes affecting head throat stomach and more. It often starts slowly and may lead to consumption if chronic. Hood's Sarsaparilla is marketed as the true remedy by purifying blood and removing scrofulous taints to heal mucous tissues.

Belting Prices Hike 25 Percent After Congress Duty

The Leather Belting Manufacturers' Association met in New York and approved a 25 percent price increase on belting. The move follows Congress imposing a duty on hides, triggering the immediate raise in prices.

New York Leather Belting Manufacturers’ Association Congress

Rally for O Callaghan Draws Crowd in Charlestown Ward 3

A crowded rally at the old schoolhouse in Ward 3 Charlestown featured speakers including John J. O Callaghan and Councilmen James F Haley and Charles S Sullivan. They claimed O Callaghan's past council work delivering a playground street improvements and notable appropriations while labeling rival Mahoney as duplicative of effort.

Charlestown Bunker Hill Lexington John J. O'Callaghan James H. Coale James F. Haley Charles S. Sullivan David B. Shaw Joseph J. Corbett O'Callaghan Haley Common Council Sullivan Shaw Corbett Mahoney Hayes

Melrose Carpenter Injured In Tar and Timber Fall

Leander Bishop a carpenter in Melrose fell from a building this afternoon and suffered serious injuries. A dramatic detail in the accident was his hand entering a pail of hot tar and being pinned there as a falling timber burned the flesh of the hand.

Melrose Leander Bishop

Leather Belting Association Advances Prices 2 Percent

The Leather Belting Manufacturers' Association announces a general 2 percent advance on belting in discounts without altering current price lists. The move applies to hides and leather products across the country as industries adjust.

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Entangled Romance Behind Mrs Edith Smith and John B Han an

At Narragansett Pier a sensational romance unfolds after the announced marriage of Mrs Edith Smith to millionaire John B Han an of New York. Formerly Edith Briggs widow of Charles T Smith of Newport, she rose from humble origins to society circles, while her new husband’s sudden devotion coincides with her winter plans and European stay.

Narragansett Pier Edith Smith John B. Hanan Newport Howard Smith Smith Miss Briggs

Dialogue Sparks a Door Slam at the Burbeck Home

Mrs Doneater offers advice to Mrs Burbeck in a tense exchange. A sharp interruption halts the talk as the front door bangs shut, signaling a abrupt end to the conversation in Cleveland.

Mrs. Doneater Mrs. Burbeck Cleveland

Doomed Creole Widow in Noted Toledo Murder Case

The article recounts the life of Mrs. Wallace Ketcham a Creole widow from New Orleans who married James R. Walkup then John Borden Ketcham. It covers Walkup's death in 1885 arsenic traces a murder accusation and acquittal amid public scorn. It follows Ketcham's marriage to Mrs. Wallace and her later divorce from Nettie Poe Ketcham in 1896 with a Toledo conservatorship and property details.

Mabe New Orleans Ketcham James R. Walkup Emporia Kan Kent William Jay Walkup John Borden Ketcham Milwaukee John B. Ketcham W. H. Ketcham Toledo Indiana Avenue Dearborn Avenue Wallace Nettie Poe Ketcham Payne E. H. Gary New York C. G. Clarke St. Clair Street

Milwaukee wedding ties will to estate of reformed drinker

Joe Keller the butler recounts a Milwaukee ceremony for Mrs. Ketcham and her late husband John Ketcham who reportedly left Mrs. Wallace Walkup as sole heiress in a will read on her bedside. Neighbors doubt the inheritance exceeds $100 000 amid questions about Ketcham’s fortune and the probate process.

Joe Keller Wallace Walkup Ketcham Chicago Cver Caer

Octopus of Kidney Disease Warns in Ad Tone

An alarm style medical advertisement compares kidney disease to a dangerous octopus and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills. It cites Emma Page of Boston Street who improved after use and claims the pills cure kidney disorders with nightly relief and full mobility restoration. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY 50 cents.

Boston Florida Bright Dean Emma Page East Dedham St Bradbury’s Washingon Foster- Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y United States

Ketcham Estate Dispute Reveals Warnings and Will Details

A lawyer testifies that John B. Ketcham’s fortune was likely over estimated and recounts drawing up his will after two drafts. The physician says Ketcham, a known heavy drinker, was mentally sound at the time of the will and death, though warned about his drinking and decline in health. The marriage to Mrs. Ketcham is described as secretive and amid suspicious incidents.

Tune John B. Ketcham Mr. Ketcham Ketcham de Veney Noel

Taunton Indicts Liquor Dealer for Bribery

Indicted in Taunton on two counts Joseph McGrady a Fall River liquor dealer offered Alderman Nightingale 100 and four votes for Hillar or fire chief and offered Councilman Reynolds nothing to vote for a school janitor McGrady pleaded not guilty and was held on 1000 bond with bail posted by Timothy Buckley.

Taunton Joseph McGrady Fall River Alderman Nightingale Hillar Fire Department Public Property Committee McGrady William J. Reynolds Timothy Buckley

Correction Names Of Hodgdon Captain In Tales Of Rescue

The report on the Theodore Dean rescue yesterday misnamed the captain. The drowned captain is John F Hodgdon, not James T Hodgdon. He resided in Somerville and leaves a widow two daughters and a son.

Theodore Dean James T. Hodgdon John F. Hodgdon Somerville

Vienna Ultimatum Threatens Turkish Port Bombardment

Austria demands that Turkey salute the Austrian flag and remove Adana's Vali and Mersina's Mutassarif after a reported attack on Austrian merchant Brazzafelli in Mer sina. With no capitulation by noon on Thursday an Austrian warship could bomb Mersina, amid fears of a new war.

Vienna Austria Mersina Herr Brazzafelli Constantinople Baron de Calice Asia Minor Adana Mutassarif Porte Associated Press Greece Brazzafelli Austrian Lloyd Steamship Company Vali

Sultan to give Austria full satisfaction on Mersina incidents

Vienna telegraph reports Baron de Calice, Austrian ambassador at Constantinople, says the Sultan is willing to provide Austria full satisfaction over the Mersina incidents and disputes linked to the Oriental railroad and troop movements during the recent Turkey Greece war.

London Vienna Baron de Calice Constantinote Austria Mersina Turkey Greece

Turkey Recedes as Sultan Offers Satisfaction to Austria

Constantinople dispatch confirms Vienna report that the Sultan is willing to give Austria-Hungary full satisfaction for the Mersina incident and the Oriental Railway Company claim.

London the Times Constantinople Vienna Austria-Hungary Mersina Oriental Railway Company

Changes in the Slates Shuffle Through City Elections

Alderman John H. Lee released yesterday the names of withdrawals from mayoralty and aldermanic nominations. Vacancies closed at 5 PM, with substitutes to be announced today. Several wards report full delegations despite withdrawals, including Fallon’s ward 18 aldermanic line up remaining on the ballot.

John H. Lee Democratic City Committee Thomas F. Fallon Fallon Whittaker Frank J. O'Toole Bernard J. Ne Charles H. Howard McNary G. A. Sanderson O’callaghan Stephen Hunt M. W. Kerrigan M. H. Murphy E. H. Madden J. H. Leary A. A. Badaraccho Octavio Brogi Moses Reinhertz Patrick F. Brogan J. A.kan M. J. Donovan Quincy Thomas Kelly Iney Thomas Nolan Cunningham Matthew B. McGrain anti-Quincy Michael Leary George A. Bullivan James I. Ford J. John J. Hartigan Pennie Patrick H. Bresnihan J. O'Toole Drohan Lawrence J. Parle John F. Shea W. J. Corcoran McCarthy Charles I. Sick D. J. Fitspatrick William H. Murphy Kirk Joseph F. Madden Thomas N. Monahan Arthur Watson John J. Fineno

Can We Be Cured A Test By Which The True Value Is Found

An appeal promoting Hyomel as a cure for respiratory diseases. It argues air pathways must be treated locally, touts a germicide inhaled through breathing, and cites 3800 physicians and 300,000 people who tested it. Free treatment offered at The R T Booth Co. or Hyomel Outfit priced at $1 with money back guarantee.

R. T. Booth Co

Ancient Order of Hibernians to Aid St Stephen's Parish

North End Boston division 1 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosts its 28th annual hall at St John’s Hall Moon Street on Thanksgiving Eve. Proceeds go to St Stephen’s parish poor. Stone’s Orchestra plays 15 pieces 8 to 9, grand march 9, dancing 9 to 4.

Order of Hibernians St. John’s Hall Moon Street St. Stephen’s Parish Stone Division 1 Boston

American Wringer Co. Ad Promotes Goods and Repair Service

The American Wringer Company advertises at 77 and 7 Franklin Street and 8 Arch Street as manufacturers of clothes wringers mangies and carpet sweepers. Wringers and sweepers are repaired. Orders by mail or telephone receive prompt attention.

American Wringer Company Franklin Street Arch Street

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