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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1897
Page
5
An eminent physician argues that consumption destroys families and that old remedies fail. He credits inhalation therapy with HYOMEI as a breakthrough, noting doctors test it for catarrh bronchitis and asthma, and promising money back if no relief is found.
Free treatment with Hyomei is given daily to all who visit the 4131 Tremont Street office from 9 AM to 5 PM, Sundays excluded. The Hyomei Inhaler Outfit costs $1, extra bottles 50 cents, and Hyomei Balm 25 cents. Pamphlets and advice free. mail order available.
Retail Merchants Association offers free admission to all excursion ticket holders during a special shopping week at Castle Square Theatre. The drama Little Holl or Little Humly and operetta The Belle of New York headline the program with discounted tickets for the week. Tickets must be bought at Greene's drug store in Providence and at Morgan's pharmacy in Pawtucket on Dec 2 and 3 for Saturday's special train.
Dispatches from Saux Thuringer report earthquakes in the mountainous districts near Berlin that damaged the Goeltzsch valley railroad viaduct, rendering it useless for traffic for some time.
Members of the Gayety Social and Athletic Club at 185 Dorchester avenue South Boston elected J. Powers as president B. J. Connolly as vice president J H Coyle recording secretary and D T Lydon treasurer for a year The board includes M W Welch M J King and M J Connolly George F Perry was unanimously endorsed for the Common Council.
A testimonial from William H. Brown of Striebinger House Cleveland Q describes Salvation Oil as a peer of all liniments. He says twelve years of rheumatism kept him bedridden until using Salvation Oil, after which he could walk again. It is sold for 95 cents.
Boston Aldermen reject a hearing on Moody Boynton’s proposed bicycle railway after a railroads committee urged examination. The session also approved a city reception for Irish patriot John Daly and discussed Scollay square transit and prison inspections as well as juror summons for December court term.
London residents blame the fire brigade after the Friday blaze as letters compare London with New York and other cities. Fleming & Co. reports engines ran short of coal and water, crews refused coal, and hydrant confusion marred response while Sir Eyre Massey Shaw defends London as superior to peers.
The Lovering court martial at Fort Sheridan heard Post Surgeon Lippincott who found Hammond with minor marks and suggested sword point could have caused them. Colonels Hall and Hunter testified on force used and Hammond's behavior, while Captain Lovering defended himself noting the stress of the situation. Captain Bubb vouched for Lovering's character as Sergeant Wooten described dragging Hammond by the heels.
The Hebrew Woman's Sewing Society in Minot Hall heard Rabbi Solomon Schindler discuss the Puzzle of Modern Philanthropy. Next Wednesday James A Page of Dwight Grammar School will speak. Rev Herbert N. Casson will lecture on Americas Task tomorrow at 188 Hanover Street under the National Educational Society. The Bnai Zion Educational Society hosts its eighth annual ball tonight at Comey Hall.
Mrs. John C. Van Schaack recounted in Chicago how she obtained letters from John C. Van Schaack and his father that form crucial evidence in her $965,000 case against Peter Van Schaack. She described the New York apartment meeting and the moment the letters fell from his coat, enabling her to secure the proof.
Lov ering says the force used was exaggerated and he touched Hammond lightly with sword and foot to wake him. He admits not reporting the prisoner’s refusal and explains he would not order a wagon. After 25 years in the army with no court martial, testimony ends and Blair nears closing address.
Governor Roger Walcott gathered 165,095 votes, George Fred Williams 79,562, and William Everett 18,879. Socialist Labor candidate Thomas C. Brophy received 6,901 votes, and Prohibition candidate John Bascom 4,948.
Preparations are complete for a major cake walk at Music Hall with large advance ticket sales. Stars include Mr and Mrs Lightfoot performing in the ollo and cake walk, plus the Andersons from Hammerstein's Olympia. Captain Bill Daly acts as judge as seats sell at 2, 60 and 3 cents.
In New York on November 24 the third day of Martin Thorn’s second trial unfolded with tense exchanges between Thorn and prosecutors. The court focused on corpus delicti evidence as Coroner Tuthill cited a fatal stab wound. The prosecution pressed a witness about Thorn’s alleged relations, but Howe forced objections, prompting a recessed conference where the tactic shifted.
Witnesses from Woodside describe a gayly dressed woman with a man in light clothes near the cottage on the murder day June 2. Thorn identified in dark blue clothes and photos shown as the light suit man. Nack’s identification order and a bone exhibit provoke courtroom tension as Thorn denies knowledge.
An advertisement promotes Colonial Blended Flakes as a nutritious breakfast food made from oats wheat and rye. It claims the blend provides fat producing strengthening and laxative properties in one savory dish and urges readers to order from grocers. Colonial Cereal Co Rochester NY.
The article notes that the defendant admitted to committing the murder and described what she told the captain. The court will hear the statement, and the trial is scheduled to continue Friday morning.
The Evening Star reports the President will urge a currency reform plan in his message written with Secretary Gage. Gage fully supports the financial legislation and plans to present a Treasury report to Congress on currency reform, essentially as Cabinet discussed on Oct 29 with minor further recommendations.
Annie P Hamilton of Boston filed an attachment for 100000 in Middlesex County Court against John F O Brien of Cambridge for breach of contract. The attached property is listed in William McKenneys name, O Briens father in law. O Brien says he has no knowledge of the suit or the woman and had not heard of the case. The only Annie Hamilton in Boston is Mrs Hamilton of 286 Dorchester Street.
William S Langford referee at the Yale Princeton game and railroad clerk received a Life Saving Benevolent Association gold medal for rescuing passengers from a submerged car after the Garrison disaster. Captain James Parker presented the award in the comptroller's office with Dr Chauncey Depew present.
The Hon. Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the House, revisited Elmer Chickering's West Street studio after a previous 1894 session. Reed praised the earlier portraits, submitted to the photographer with the line I am in your hands. Chickering expects the forthcoming pictures to be thoroughly successful under artist guidance.
The schooner A L Morris commanded by Captain Nicholson leaves Sargent's wharf for Copper River via Cape Horn. It carries eighteen months provisions for thirty men plus five crew and three passengers L B Terrell J B Drew and W A Crowell. They expect five months later to meet twenty five more in San Francisco. The voyage aims for Copper River with a steam launch aboard. Clothing including fur suits sleeping bags and underwear were supplied by Oak Hall Clothing Company of Boston.
A basement blaze at 268 Devonshire Street occupied by Stone and Forsythe wholesale paper dealers caused smoke and water damage to stock valued from 0 to 15,000 dollars. Firemen pulled a scare alarm from Box 62 at 11 am for a brisk fire that was put out after a brief but hard struggle.
New York November 24 J P Morgan and Co deny any stake in a proposed merger of sewer pipe manufacturers. They say their first knowledge came from newspaper reports.
General Order No. 469 read last evening appoints Reserve Officers Charles Carl yon James McDevitt and Harry B Wood to regular patrolmen in Division 1 after a six month probation. They report Friday at 9 am to the police commissioners to be sworn in. James Colbert and Gilbert H Angell of Division 10 are added to the meritorious list for saving a gas victim.
The examination of Commodore udd's widow at New Brighton charged with theft by Mrs. Cross Douglas was adjourned for a week. It is now thought the case may end as Mrs. Douglas does not wish to prosecute further.
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