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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1908
Page
4
An article warns riders to wear wraps when using street cars as body cooling and perspiration can lead to catching colds, especially in autumn. It urges immediate Peruna use at first symptoms, citing endorsements from George Livingston and others and noting Peruna as both a tonic and a catarrh remedy.
Inspector Patterson stopped a man named James Cameron of Manchester New Hampshire on Stamford Street as he offered jewelry at a price far below value. Officers found diamonds worth between one hundred and five hundred dollars each and Cameron claimed he bought them from a stranger. In court he requested an examination but then refused to provide further information. He is held for the grand jury in one thousand dollars bond.
The back signals trouble by aching and, with nervousness headaches and loins pains, warns that the feminine organ needs care. The article claims a single remedy quickly removes the cause and restores health.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine reports backache and side pain relief after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania says it cured severe backaches and loss of appetite. The advertisement touts thirty years of use and claims cures for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and other female ailments.
In three Republican conventions yesterday Ames faced renominations. in Lowell fifth district Democrats endorsed Butler Ames a Republican, after a contest with Joseph Flynn of Lawrence. Weeks tops in 12th. Gardner unopposed in 6th. Democratic caucus at Lowell also debated party unity.
Sofia reports semi official word that Malinoff in Prince Ferdinand’s name has urged return to Sofia from Vienna. War factories run night and day while cavalry remounts are bought in Hungary. Mobilization pushed openly as Russian aggression blamed. army strength around 210000 with 7000 cavalry and 600 guns.
Michael O'Neil of Brighton will be nominated as Independence League candidate for Governor at a convention in Faneuil Hall at 2 p m today. The platform mirrors the Chicago Independence Party platform. Presidential electors from Boston district named Colonel Charles Power John Coulthurst and James Hayes. Jeremiah Kelleher Ward 7, former ninth district congressional candidate, to serve as permanent chairman.
About 50 Boston Independence Leaguers met in Old South rooms to decide the league slate for the State convention. Election returns show 198 votes for the league ticket in Boston primaries, while other state sections have not yet reported. Colonel Power could not name the remaining ticket holders. a State committee meeting set for 11 am today will decide. Richard J. Talbot of Springfield will present the platform. The Boston delegates met in secret to settle preliminaries.
Thomas W. Lawson dictated a statement denying reports of his death and claiming he remains dead to profit from Wall Street. He jokes about dying to ease the market’s neuritis and demands the right to announce his funeral after it occurs, urging Wall Street to let him arrange rites privately.
The American battleship fleet sailed into Manila Bay with no land entry allowed due to cholera fears. The Connecticut led the procession past Corregidor as Governor-General Smith watched from a launch. Four cholera cases were reported in Manila, including dentist C D Mitchell whose wife died earlier.
Onaip the Hindoo hypnotist and illusionist performs a free vaudeville act at Park Square Coliseum lifting a 1200 pound piano and pianist in air inside an iron hoop. Spectators overflow the hall with 5:30 and 8:30 shows as the seventh Boston food fair nears a record attendance and Sousa debuts a new program.
Secretary of State Elihu Root visited Republican national headquarters in New York to probe campaign operations. He was sent by President Roosevelt who was unhappy with the national committee's work and blamed National Treasurer Sheldon for the lag, noting Hitchcock handled much of the treasurer's duties. Hitchcock denied a card index system and urged future fundraising to be run by state committees.
Washington report on the International Tuberculosis Congress summarizes Noble J. Barnes in urging mouth nose throat skin and mucous membrane hygiene as key to preventing disease. He warns against overexpansion of the chest during lung exercises and stresses clean open drained membranes dust free air and avoiding fatigue or poor living conditions to avert bronchitis tonsillitis and rheumatism.
Daniel S. Emery, 75, retired Newton businessman, died at his Waverley Avenue home. He owned or co owned over 200 vessels, from schooners to ships, and served as director of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, New England Marine Insurance Co, East Boston Drydock Co, and 12 years on the Commercial National Bank board. He was active in the Bostonian Society, Boston Marine Society, and several clubs. Born in Sullivan Maine, he moved to Boston in 1850 and, with his brother, formed John S Emery & Co in 1867.
Taft defended his labor record in a Denver speech, denouncing Gompers for allegedly wielding the labor vote and alleging misrepresentation by labor leaders while urging workingmen to judge him by facts and law. He spoke after visiting Omaha to Denver, with Senator Dolliver praising Wyoming before a Denver crowd.
Lyman H. Howe presented moving pictures at Tremont Temple last night drawing a large crowd. The program included views of Sweden England France Africa South America and China plus Canadian motion views with humor and landscapes. A mats performance will be at the Boston Theatre Sunday.
Mary Sanders of the Boston Theatre stock company collaborates with a Bostonian on a California life drama titled Santy of the Hills. The heroine is a mountain girl, daughter of a miner, with adventures across California. The English hero joins a mining venture.
One of eight suspects rounded up at the Brockton Fair was identified yesterday as Lawrence Mickey, real name Michael Hartnett. Police photographed the group to identify others believed linked to recent post office breaks in Plymouth, Bridgewater, and Brockton where safes were blown and cash and stamps stolen.
Morris Kargin was fined 25 by Judge Murray in the Municipal Criminal Court for connecting an iron drain to an old earthen drain pipe in a family tenement under construction on Primus Avenue West End. The second session of the court handed down the penalty yesterday.
Charles Frohman refutes reports of Ethel Barrymore criticizing American society women. He messages the public that the interview is a tissue of falsehoods and cites a telegram received at the Empire Theatre. He says he would never utter or repeat such statements about American sisters.
The advertisement claims Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is a valued laxative among many remedies. It highlights cleansing and gentle relief without debility or dosage increases, and asserts physician approval and authenticity of California Fig Syrup Co. product.
A notice from Volunteer Co-op Bank at 120 Tremont states monthly savings accounts opened before October 21 will earn 5 percent interest on balances from one to twenty five dollars.
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