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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1898
Page
8
The temperance periodical The New Issue in Temperance calls for a renewed crusade against whisky medicines, urging readers to oppose medicinal alcohol and promote prohibition aligned with the paper's leading stance.
A public plea denounces alcohol in so called medicines sold widely for home use. It urges labeling alcohol content and bans advertising by temperance groups. The piece highlights Dr. Pierce products as alcohol free and promotes The Bible of the Body and other Works by R V Pierce, urging readers to obtain them from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
The Riverdales, Brookline's prominent social group, plan their annual dancing party in Town Hall on Thanksgiving afternoon. Large delegations expected from Trexbury Jamaica Plain and South Boston as the group leases one of the state's finest halls for the event.
The St James Young Men's Co Society plans its annual Thanksgiving afternoon party in Copley Hall Clarendon Street tomorrow. Delegations from Brockton and Waltham will attend with special car arrangements. ticket sales are at a record high. Berkeley Orchestra will provide music and dancing will run from 1 to 5 p.m.
Mr Watts, the Inglish sculptor, is engaged on a large statue of Lord Tennyson. The poet and sculptor were friends for upward of fifty years.
An old catalog entry touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as strong medicine with one inch of pus and claimed healing for weak and sore lungs at a price listed as vde, suggesting a sale price and dubious medicinal claim.
In the subway explosion trial yesterday ex Mayor Matthews closed for the Metropolitan Construction Co while Judge Lilley instructed the jury. Whipple argued three factors gas air a chamber and a spark. Defense opened with Badger detailing pipe age leakage inspections and transit commission responsibilities. A first defense witness Dr Edwards testified about gas odor encountered en route to Tremont Street.
Don Maximo Cortez and his brother Don Angel Cortez, Manila’s wealthy class, travel to Washington to press President McKinley for annexation. They seek restitution for property seized by Spaniards and urge the United States to occupy and rent their Manila estates for troops. They frame US power as inevitable, criticizing Aguinaldo and predicting world order dominated by six great nations.
New York dentist Charles C. Dupont says his marriage to Catherine Hughes on Oct 26 1897 was coerced to save his life. He claims she threatened arrest and her father would kill him if he refused. Mrs Dupont denies forceful marriage and says she told her parents only months after the ceremony.
A wealthy Brooklyn woman, richly dressed and wearing diamonds, was arrested for intoxication at Murray and Church streets. She gave the name Marie Antoinette Smith though admitting it was fictitious, and the nearby saloon keeper posted bond as police sought to shield her identity.
State Senator Burke testified in disbarment hearings that Judge Dellenbaugh introduced him to Mrs Manning and discussed the Manning divorce. Burke said detectives tracked Mrs Manning for allegedaffectional influence and that Mrs Manning offered to pay 10000, with 5000 paid in cash and Dellenbaugh claiming one third of the fee.
An advertisement claims a home remedy by Dr. J. W. Haines can secretly cure drunkenness in a short time. It offers a free trial sample mailed to readers who write to 650 Glean Building, Cincinnati. The notice promises full usage directions, testimonials, and books to help save loved ones from degradation.
Corbett urges readers to see affliction and poverty as potential blessings that kindle gratitude and resilience. He cites Rough Riders and Governor-elect examples, praises acts of charity, business notices, and local services, and closes with practical Thanksgiving don’ts and a call to stay hopeful.
Excitement ran high at the MIT South End grounds as the freshman class defeated the sophomores 11 to 0 in the football game while sophomores won the cane rush. A banner dispute and multiple scraps occurred before and during the events with several players injured lightly and banners torn.
Washington reports the court of inquiry exonerated Lieutenant J G Fennessey quartermaster of the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment. It found four officers of the same unit are subjects for military discipline and that public accusations against Fennessey were unfounded. Proceedings against the four are not recommended as the regiment musters out.
One of the prettiest weddings of the season was solemnized at St Marys Church Brookline yesterday morning at 8. The groom was P J Kelley and the bride Miss Agnes Duffy both popular in town. Father Costello officiated. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride's parents on Boylston street. The pair left for a bridal tour to Washington DC. Many gifts came from the groom's business associates.
A 19th century promotion describes Runnygede Club as the purest whiskey recommended by physicians for clubs, home use, and medicinal purposes, signaling its valued status in social and health contexts.
Boston florist Julius A. Zinn of No 2 Beacon Street writes praising Warren Medicine Company and Dr Warren's Formula B after a personal cold cure. He reports rapid recovery and recommends the product for early cold treatment, enclosing 25 cents for a replacement vial.
A long list of shop names and addresses across Boston areas including Tremont Washington Cambridge and Dudley streets. Businesses such as Woodward's Jaynes's Kelley and Durkee's and many others are listed with street numbers and cross streets. The compendium appears to catalog vendors by neighborhood like Charlestown South Boston Cambridge Chelsea and Chelsea sections.
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