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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1903
Page
4
Munyon claims remarkable cures for insomnia nervousness and indigestion labeling his remedies as discoveries benefiting users. Claims focus on health benefits and therapeutic effects without detailing clinical evidence or proven results.
An advertisement extols Munyon's Paw Paw as a universal stomach remedy that can curb appetites for alcohol and narcotics. It claims rapid improvement, urges use by ministers and temperance workers, and quotes J. D. Hall Jr praising its tonic effects. Available at druggists for $1.00 per bottle. Paw Paw Laxative Pills 25 cents.
At least three people were killed with two fatally injured and fourteen more hurt as tornadoes swept Hamilton in Greenwood County and Aliceville in Coffey County. The towns suffered extensive damage with downed wires and near demolition in Aliceville. casualties were still being confirmed late today.
The funeral for Mrs. Theodore Haupt known as Theresa Vaughn was held at her mother's home in Chelsea and at St. Rose Church Worcester. A high mass of requiem was celebrated by Fr. Fegan. The service included choir, special hymns, and Schmidt's Requiem Mass under Gilbert Dolliver. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery.
General William J. Dale Massachusetts surgeon general in the Civil War died at his home in North Andover after years of frail health and a recent stroke. He was 89, a Harvard graduate of 1837 and Harvard Medical School alumnus. He retired from public life in 1876.
The Boston Single Tax Society announces an open air meeting at Cambridge and Fourth streets East Cambridge this evening and at Broadway and C Street South Boston tomorrow evening. Edward Doherty will preside with several speakers addressing land, labor, tariff and trust questions.
In New York, Alexander C. Young asserts Mrs. Molineux has an absolute divorce and may resume the name Blanche Chesebrough. He says he held a certified decree for days. South Dakota judges reportedly did not grant it. Roland B. Molineux’s defense seeks to contest the decree’s validity, maintaining South Dakota jurisdiction.
A man claims Postum Food Coffee cured his 30 year nervous headaches after stopping coffee and tea. He says his wife also improved after switching, sleeps well, and their household now treats Postum as essential, noting friends advised to try the beverage.
Gilchrist workers met after hours to organize a sick benefit and social association. Robert H. Heartz was elected president with Louise Hazeltine as first vice president Jennie Robinson as second vice president Annie Harty as treasurer and P J Fleming as secretary. The company approved the association and winter social and literary entertainments are planned.
Boston and New York report a pleasant review of Bradford Torrey's The Clerk of the Woods. The volume divides observations by month and highlights bird interest. An onlooked moment on a crowded Boston sidewalk features a man recounting his first fox colored sparrow and its song.
An advertisement by Dr. Sargent Ferris of Cleveland Ohio claims a "marvellous Vital Life Fluid" can cure every illness and restore health. It promises free samples, urges readers to write detailing their sickness, and asserts dramatic recoveries despite doctor skepticism.
A new reform group calling itself the Citizens Alliance forms to purify Boston municipal politics. Only eight attendees were at a Tuesday Massachusetts Avenue meeting, though organizers claim 2000 members and plan a public statement within a week. Frank Keezer leads as spokesman while officers are unnamed. possible ties to Good Government Club are not confirmed.
With a 100000 betting fund, John Considine offers to cover all wagers of 500 or more on Low at even money. Backers include Considine 25000, Leo Mayer 10000, Eddie Burke 10000, George Considine 25000, Tom Costigan 5000, and a Brooklyn capitalist 25000. Little election betting appeared on Wall Street as discussions continued. Bun nell and Buchanan placed 500 even on McClellan for a client. A Low supporter offered 1000 on the fusion candidate, but McClellan money was scarce.
Oct 8 report notes the enlarged Bank of Commerce begins operations with net deposits of $120 million and gross deposits of $180 million, making it the largest bank in America. Its gross assets exceed those of the National City Bank by nearly $30 million, though net deposits trail by $6 million.
Democratic leaders voiced frustration over ward workers slow in adding voters as outside registration runs through Oct. 14. Nights in 2% wards yielded 177, 199, and 209 names with little overall action, while Republicans show more activity under Dr. Pierce.
Hartford officials announce a July 1699 paper from Governor Winthrop and Judge Wheeler detailing a Kidd pirate case. It orders John Holland to surrender treasure once hidden in a Stonington home and acknowledges a payment of 30 pieces of eight toward 90.
Ludwig Eisenbaum of East Boston began a 19 foot dory voyage to Marseilles aboard Columbia II Aug 11. He reported progress Sept 17 in latitude 7.1 north and longitude 42.45 while aboard the steamship Greenbrier traveling from Manchester to Kingston Jamaica.
The Rev. Isaac B. LeClaire of Nashua New Hampshire endured three years of severe kidney and bladder pain from a large stone. After tried doctors and hospitals failed, he used Blood Wine two bottles then a third, and the stone passed at 4 PM April 4 1903. He recovered swiftly with renewed health and vigor. The article touts Blood Wine as a universal remedy whose mysterious ingredients are beyond analysis and credits it with numerous cures.
Dan A. Metzel of Terra Haute Indiana credits Blood Wine with curing years of rheumatism and kidney disturbances. He bought a bottle at Baur’s drug store and reports no further rheumatism or kidney issues since, praising the medicine as great.
Mrs. Martha Moore Avery and David Goldstein challenge John C. Chase to a debate on socialism and its tenets including atheism free love and state destruction. The Socialist State committee ignored the challenge and sent one to the Republicans while denying the Democrats.
In New York a Calvary Church class condemns tobacco. 15 of 50 members attend after Rev. Dr. John H. Sharp denounces smoking as unclean. A female member counters with personal examples, noting public figures like President Roosevelt smoke without loss of respect.
An ad-style summary states Iron-Ox Tablets relieve constipation by stimulating natural digestion and cleansing the blood. It warns against harsh cathartics and liquid tonics, claims slow, steady system building, and markets Fifty tablets for five cents plus mail order from The Iron-Ox Remedy Co. Detroit.
Municipal Court judges adjourned proceedings yesterday in honor of the funeral of their late associate Judge Parmenter. The session paused as colleagues and staff paid tribute to his long service and impact on the court.
A Pittsburgh letter writer praises Mrs Theodore Roosevelt for modest dress and moral leadership, criticizes fashionable society for revealing attire, and urges a dressing reform. The communique cites an earlier Chronicle Telegraph feature and urges decency for public figures and sample behavior in high society.
Erastus B Powers runs as a Democrat in Malden while his brother, Congressman Powers, presides over the Republican State convention. Dartmouth praises Erastus as a bright Shakspeare scholar and Dartmouth alum. Democrats expect the race to elect Erastus to the legislature, while the Congressman preaches against voting for Democrats. Republicans plan not to force a joint campaign against his brother.
Samuel Lewis, among several charged with promoting a sparring exhibition in Roxbury in August, appeared before Judge Sherman in the Superior Criminal Court and pleaded guilty as the trial had not yet occurred.
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