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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1903
Page
5
James Hannegan states he suffered long in bad health and extreme weakness with nervousness and hemorrhages. He credits Paine's Celery Compound, via a friend's recommendation, with bracing him and restoring health and strength.
In a courthouse corridor yesterday Frank H Russell, a child actor, cried as he separated from his stepfather Clifford Lamont to live with his father by court order. Judge Braley granted six months custody to the boy’s father to assess his welfare. the younger brother John C Russell remains with Lamont. Both boys are in show business.
Ten year old Julia Winters left her 102 Orleans street home at 8 am and was found ten hours later asleep on a waiting room settee at the East Boston ferry. A dark haired girl with a wish for emancipation, she carried a bundle of belongings. Police aided in her return after a brief effort to persuade her.
At a Royal St Lawrence Yacht Club meeting in Montreal on October 6 the club rescinded its plan for a triple race to select a challenger. The White Bear Club of Minneapolis remains the sole challenger accepted for the St Lawrence boat.
Wilson Shannon Bissell former Postmaster General died at 10:15 pm after a long illness in Buffalo New York born December 31 1847 in New London New York. Yale graduate 1869 he practiced law with Lyman Bass and Grover Cleveland joined the firm later he served as presidential elector in 18% and 1898 appointed Postmaster General resigning two years later to return to law practice.
St. Leo's Parish Church Dorchester hosted a whist party and dance in Hendrie's Hall last evening with about 100 couples attending. Prizes went to Dr Stephen Devlin and Miss Frances Barry for selling the most tickets. Whist winners included Frank Glynn first gentlemen Harry O'Meara second, Mrs Mary McGarigle first ladies Catherine O'Byrne second, and Theresa Ball third.
The Honourable Artillery Company of London left Boston at 2 p m for a cross country and Canada tour. A crowd of about 2000 gathered to bid farewell as the special 12 coach train departed amid cheers. Lord and Lady Denbigh led the party, with an itinerary that includes New York West Point Washington Niagara Falls and Canada.
A Boston woman known as May Simmons, 19, of Cambridge, appears in a string of alleged druggings and river rescues. She has used names Charlotte Simmons and Charlotte Percie, denies sharing details, and is linked to a boarding house fire inquiry at 69 Myrtle Street.
A Middlesex County Democratic gathering highlights campaign pace with leaders Gaston Thayer Burke and others pressing for stronger organization. Speeches attack Republican finances and tax policy, urging turnout and unity. remarks reference pool selling and race relations.
A Washington letter from James Crozier M D former U S Pension Office Medical Examiner and Medical Board of Referee praises Peruna for coughs colds and catarrh noting it as a strong tonic. Leland Williamson of Yorktown Arkansas adds personal and professional use calling Peruna a spring tonic and blood purifier aiding recovery from la grippe pneumonia malaria and general weakness. He invites readers to seek Dr Hartman for free advice if results are unsatisfactory.
A distinctively Dartmouth side and a distinctively Williams side will give the annual match a big game flavor at the Newtown Centre field on Oct. 17. Dartmouth will have new stands on the side previously lacking seating while Williams will echo with a mikado like cheer from the Cedar street stands. Harry Cadman, famed Worcester Tech athlete, is expected to umpire the game.
A large meeting of St. Valentine’s Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society was held at Boston College. A resolution praising the work of Rev. W. G. Read Mullan, former rector of Boston College, on behalf of total abstinence, was adopted unanimously.
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