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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1908
Page
5
A long advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as the leading remedy for feminine ailments. It claims decades of use and broad relief for inflammation ulcers spinal weakness and various women's health issues with numerous sympathetic testimonials.
The crew of the schooner John M. Brown, lost at sea while bound from Brunswick Georgia to St John New Brunswick, were brought to New York today aboard the steamer Carolina.
An advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cure neuralgia and nervous headaches by purifying blood. It cites a Lynn Massachusetts case of Miss Louise Stanley showing long standing headaches and neuralgia resolved after taking the pills. It notes pills contain no opiates and are sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York.
Alderman Brand pressed a move at a meeting to override Mayor Hibbard's veto on the Union Freight Railway Company's track franchise tied to the new Northern Avenue bridge.
The committee on public improvements fails to report the veto back to the board by seven to five with Alderman Curley not voting. Cotton leads a contest to fund a $70,000 Hyde Park avenue improvement, inside the debt limit, postponing action to the next meeting while a large district improvement delegation attends. Mt Hope Association's George Cherry warns the district may face losses on election day.
The Sunday Post reports the unreserved sale of Freeman and Taylor stock at Homer's of 45 Winter Street drawing a crowd of shoppers. To help women, several items were held for today and tomorrow with prices averaging one half the usual. Diamond bargains are especially attractive.
Professor Guglielmo Ferrero at the Lowell Institute compares Gaul to Rome and America to today’s Europe and United States. He notes Gaul’s land fertility and abundance, with a hint of ostentation mirroring American signs of luxury. The lecture titled The Development of Gaul.
Professor Ferrero discusses how exploration and conquest shaped civilizations. He links Columbus mistaken for India with Rome’s conquest of Gaul and notes Gaul’s influence on language and industry, comparing Gaulish craft to early industrial activity. He cites Caesar’s flawed policy and Rome’s impact on Gaul.
Boston welcomes the new Gaiety Theatre built to modern codes by Clarence H Blackall with steel skeleton and reinforced cement interiors. George R Bacheller will manage with Ralph L Ripley as treasurer. Opening features Trocadero Burlesquers and a vaudeville bill including Minnie Burke and Tilly Cohen plus a 16 girl gun drill. Two daily shows at 2 15 and 8 o clock.
An outbreak of smallpox in Manitowoc within ten days prompts the Board of Health to close all North Side public and parochial schools, the Public Library, theatres and other public amusements.
Mayor Hibbard argues city spending on street repairs reaches 250000 annually due to street occupancy by traction gas and electric companies. He calls for reform proposing a shared assessment or end of non self supporting departments to curb rising city debt.
An offer to treat any catarrh case for five dollars per month if applicants apply in person or by letter before November 30. The notice emphasizes difference from useless methods and invites immediate action.
Mrs. George Overton and her family receive a 1000 acre Ed ward county ranch stocked with cattle and $10,000 in cash from a former partner of the husband and father. The partner had vanished fifteen years ago.
A man who spent years in Mexico amassing wealth through mining returned home to make restitution. He intends to use his resources to compensate those harmed and support community projects.
Congressman Lorimer of Chicago was struck with blood poisoning at a Portland hotel last night and is under a surgeon's care. Recovery expected though he may be bedbound for a week.
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