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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1903
Page
5
Aug 4 1903 Ingfield Mass resident J P McCormack reports cure from backache and kidney trouble after using Kidney-Wort Tablets He praises the remedy and urges others to try it with free guidance from Dr Pettingill Burlington Vermont for symptom based advice.
Western dispatches say Massachusetts Democrats shelved Richard Olney as a presidential candidate to avoid a GOP setback. State leaders like Gaston and Quincy support Olney, while Western editorials mock the scene and praise the party’s decorous act.
Judge Emmons, chairman of the Police Commission, declines to discuss political attacks from Democratic speakers. He says his duty is to handle police matters and expects criticism as part of his duties.
Mayflower of the Dominion line sails from Pier 6 Hoosac Tunnel docks at 11 today for Queenstown and Liverpool. On board are 31 saloon 25 second cabin and 125 steerage passengers. Saloon passengers include Mr and Mrs J C Batley George Bernard W C Blanding P H Blanding Mr and Mrs F G Bradford Miss Capper Miss Clara Capper Mrs Eliza B Chatfield Henry M Cowles Miss Curtis Miss C Curtis R Harvey Daw George Doughty Miss Alice Co Foster F W C Foster Ms A M Goodale Miss Dorothy H Goodale Miss Katharine M Goodale G G Hubbard Mr and Mrs G Palliser Martin Peter Strickland Miss Strickland Alderman J Sutcliffe G H Thayer Miss Lucy F Winslow Miss Mabel G Winslow Miss Cora B Young Miss Jessie Youngs.
Clara Conners a renowned New York pianist has vanished since Sunday afternoon. The mentally unstable artist known for striking gray eyes disappeared after dining with her uncle L G Palmer at a restaurant on East One Hundred and Fourteenth Street and First Avenue. Palmer remained paying the bill when she vanished. no trace has been found.
The Rev. William H. Hamilton of Brooklyn's New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church disclosed he secretly married Belle Swannedell months ago to play a joke on his congregation. Only the couple, their parents, and witnesses knew of the union.
Two marriages took place at St Patrick's Church Roxbury with couples Constantine Lundy and Miss Alice Healey, and Emma A O'Brien with John J Ahern. Bridesmaids, best men, and Catholic Association members attended receptions afterward.
Dr. William J. Hammond of Dorchester Mass and Miss Edith Lewis of Baltimore Md wed at the bride's mother's home 1309 Myrtle avenue Rev Robert S Coupland officiates. The bride given away by her brother A Leslie Lewis. Best man is Charles L Hammond postmaster of Quincy. They plan a brief wedding tour and will reside at 441 Washington street Dorchester.
One of the season’s most fashionable weddings occurred at the Universalist Church. Miss Mabel Florence Davis and Mr. Robert Irvine Small wed, with Rev. Thomas Sims officiating. The couple’s families reside at 68 Laurel Street and Somerville, respectively.
Miss Ethel Louise Clark and Mr. Harry Elmer Gerry were married at 83 South High Street Melrose in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Thomas Sims with Mrs Lydia W Clark hosting. The couple is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Willis Gerry.
Miss Lillian Eaton Holt daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur K Holt married Clifford Mortimer son of Mr and Mrs William Mortimer at the Holt home 19 Cedar Street Oct 7 in a ceremony conducted by Rev Albert P Davis.
William Leonard Shearer Jr of Commonwealth avenue and Elsie Bailey Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry N Clark of Marlboro street were married at Central Congregational Church Berkeley street last evening by Rev R A Beard of the Congregational Home Mission.
Captain Talbot, British consul, says no successor named yet for Sir Michael Herbert. He notes Lord Denbigh is popular in England and could fit if suitable, but has no diplomatic experience. Washington reports show favorable reaction to the Denbigh suggestion.
In Richford New York residents react to John D Rockefeller claiming no religion in the town and remark on his childhood. Local merchants clerk and a pastor condemn the remark as inappropriate and insulting to the community and its Congregational church.
Saturday evening the Fifth Garrison Artillery band from Halifax will entertain at a smoker at Jacot's Hotel on Boylston street as a complimentary finale to their Boston visit.
Arthur Fiske Tyler, a noted Athol manufacturer and member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, married Ruth Challis Nichols at the Congregational Church. Best man Abbott S. Mitchel of Lexington attended. reception at 29 Alder Street followed. The couple planned a Washington trip for President Roosevelt's reception to London Honours.
A historical survey notes dramatic milestones in American railroading from the 19th to early 20th century. It highlights growth from the first locomotives and short lines to eight systems over 10,000 miles, with modern U.S. rail mileage near 200,000 miles and the Pennsylvania system moving vast freight. It contrasts early limits with present scale.
A Burlington man convicted of a third intoxication offense signs a probation contract promising no alcohol or tobacco, family abstinence, good company, employment, wage assignment, and adherence to fines within three months, under the supervision of a probation officer.
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