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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1911
Page
4
The Free Home for Consumptives receives support from weekly whist gatherings held every Monday at 2 30 PM and Friday at 8 30 PM in Room 410 Huntington Chambers 30 Huntington Avenue.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a simple safe treatment for catarrh of the stomach and indigestion. It describes symptoms like bloating sour risings and headaches and claims the tablets aid digestion after meals. The ad promotes the product from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan with a 50 cent price and free trial offer.
Governor Foss faces a vote buying exposé as Post reporters reveal tactics in the city’s last state election. Affidavits describe booking and barroom payments of 3 to 5 dollars per vote, with hundreds of purchasable ballots and a city-wide effort led by ward heelers. Officials vow warrants and arrests as investigations unfold.
The article describes a tonic claimed to raise red and white blood cells, improve color and weight, and boost vitality in the frail. It notes weight gains of 10 to 30 pounds after several months and immediate color improvement, with three-grain hypo-nuclane tablets sold by apothecaries for home use.
A vintage ad proclaims Blackburns Pain Away Pills as the best and safest headache remedy available at all “drug stores.”
A pastor rails against a Kansas tar and feather crime and the broader harms of vice. He denounces hotel establishments enabling young women’s ruin, calls for moral reform, and urges a religious revival to safeguard women's honor.
Passengers on an outbound Medford Winter Hill streetcar near Tufts Square faced a sudden blaze beneath the car. The motorman halted the vehicle as a bright glow appeared under the frame, the crowd of 40 evacuated without injury, and the fire department arrived after the undercarriage was burned out.
Policemen from Roxbury Crossing raided Boston Hall at 1096 Tremont Street and arrested five men for gaming and three for being present where gaming implements were found. All accused were passed out an hour later. The hall serves as a club room for a social organization. A business meeting had been in progress hours earlier, with some lingering to enjoy the evening.
Charles H. Melcher a 36 year old boss machinist suddenly acts violently killing his 10 year old son, attempting to kill his wife, and then cuts his own throat. Police find the boy decapitated in the hall and Melcher dead upstairs with a throat wound.
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