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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1907
Page
2
A local advertisement promotes a half price sale on 14.0 raincoats for men and youths. It lists varied fabrics and prices from $6.25 to $35.00, with sizes 32 to 48 and lengths 48 to 52 inches, plus guarantees of rainproof quality.
At Shuman corner the employees who are married received a fat turkey for Thanksgiving. The gift is part of a generous annual custom by A. Shuman & Co, presented with the store’s compliments.
In South Boston on November 27 Thomas Louis Kelly aged 47 is dead. Funeral from 256 Sixth Street South Boston Friday at 2 pm. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Halifax papers please copy.
A catalog notes smoking jackets and bath robes with price points from 2.00 to 7.50 dollars. Multiple styles labeled Smoking Jackets with varying prices 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 5.00 and 7.50.
Hugh Murray grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of Canada A F and A M and a leading Mason in America died at his Hamilton home from a stroke. He served as grand master of Canadian Masons in 1884 and was highly prominent in Masonic circles.
A gas explosion leveled a two story brick rooming house at 1102 Union avenue early today. Seven men were killed and two more fatally burned in the blaze. Victims burned beyond recognition. identities may never be established. The house housed transient white railroad laborers.
John Whitley, Brooklyn dealer in store fittings and vice president of Reliance Ball Bearing Door Flanger Co, shot his wife in their hotel room on the ninth floor and then plunged to his death. Police found a blood stained note reading I can't write signed John. Jewelry and letters hint at mining stock investments but no clear motive or financial ruin.
The tunnel planned to connect Tremont street and Washington street via the Boston Theatre was opened between Mason street and Washington street and was ready for use yesterday. The first user was Winslow W. Fifield of Medford who observed the door opening to record the event. The Tremont street access now opens through a building backing on Mason street opposite the theatre entry and theatre patrons used it all day with added comfort.
President Roosevelt spent Thanksgiving day at President Madison’s Montpelier home in Virginia with Mrs. Roosevelt and family. The party traveled by special train from Washington via Union Station and Southern Railway, visiting Madison’s tomb and returning for a White House reunion and dinner.
The Osmo-Chemic X Light aids diagnosis and cures for catarrh deafness bronchitis and air passage diseases. All new and old patients beginning treatment by November 30 receive one month of care and medicines free, with limited spaces to ensure attentive care.
A collection of patient testimonials from Massachusetts and New Hampshire praising Osmo-Chemic Physicians. Assertions include cures for ulcers and stomach issues, stomach trouble, cancer of the tongue and left breast, hernias, piles, neuritis, and other conditions.
Amherst reports interest from historic association members in buying the Chestnut Hill house where Horace Greeley was born on February 3, 1811. The dwelling once hosted counterfeiters after the Revolution, and a bronze tablet by former Attorney General Pillsbury was placed nearby. The Greeley family lived there from 1810 to 1821.
The United States National Museum displays a leaf specimen of a thornless cactus developed by Luther Burbank. The thornless variety promises a valuable forage plant suitable for both arid and moist regions.
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