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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1909
Page
6
Mrs. E. West of Main Street Menasha Wisconsin writes that Peruna relieves catarrh and colds and keeps her robust with a strong appetite. She claims it cured stomach catarrh doctors had called incurable and praises the medicine after using it for years each spring and fall.
Miss Mary Jones of Chicago and Mrs. B. H. Jackson of Newman Ga report strong improvements from Peruna tonic. Jones says six bottles raised her weight from ninety to one hundred nineteen pounds and eased chronic bowels and stomach catarrh. Jackson claims a year of internal organ catarrh ended after ten bottles of Peruna.
Robert V Turner of 398 Broadway South Boston sued for divorce from Annie M on desertion grounds. In Middle sex Divorce Court they halted proceedings after a brief talk and decided to reconcile to live together again. Turner, a stationary engineer, married Annie June 10 1898. They have one child and have lived apart about eight years.
The Quisetta from Dr. Grenfell’s Labrador mission is in Boston loading supplies for coastal stations. Boxes of warm clothing, papers, and periodicals join new machines for a factory at Bonne Bay, funded by Boston donors supporting Grenfell’s work.
Funeral services for Judge Robert Roberts Bishop will be held Sunday at 3 30 p m at First Church Newton Centre with Rev Edward M Noyes officiating. The obituary notes his death and the community's tribute to the jurist.
An article argues that complexion care must be systemic not local, urging purification of the blood and body via Stuart's Calcium Wafers to remove impurities and clear the skin, offering a sample treatment and factory address in Marshall Mich. It notes a chorus career plunge for Miss Hickey despite parental opposition to her stage ambitions.
John W. McKinnon on the board of reorganization managers bid 2 500 000 at the foreclosure sale yesterday. If boards plans succeed the line passes to Charles W. Morse and affiliated interests. Reorganization terms set 3 000 000 stock 3 000 000 of 5 percent 30 year first mortgage bonds and 500 000 6 percent notes.
The company plans to issue new bonds to cover 2 509 000 dollars in defaulted 5 percent bonds. 125 000 dollars of accrued interest will be paid as new stock at par, while 500 000 bonds and 600 000 dollars in notes will cover 1 024 750 dollars of preferred debt and receivers’ certificates. 1 191 227 dollars of floating debt, or 2 215 977 total, will be paid with new stock for unsecured claims. Morse interests purchased most claims and will push conversion. Morse poised to head reorganized company with a friendly board. Metropolitan line, once in Consolidated group, fell to a receiver after the larger firm failed. Clyde Steamship readies Pier 45 claim.
Miss May Hickey begins her stage career on Monday at the Colonial Theatre forfeiting a $5000 yearly allowance. In Boston, Frederick Barlow fights claims against four Corbett children alleging William J. Corbett’s paternity and hidden marriage to Mary Parrett, with hearings set to appoint administrators and unveil Cove district history.
Crowley & Gold Company at 44 Summer Street opens with windows full of suits and overcoats priced at 15 to 35 dollars. The store uses electric lighting for daytime viewing and has suits on the first floor and overcoats and trousers in the basement. Founders James F. Crowley and Edward C. Gold started as salesmen and now run the business with a complete furnishing department.
James J. Corbett, brother of the late William J. Corbett, is expected to supply support for four potential heirs in a large South Cove junk dealer estate dispute. Attorneys say testimony from South Cove residents will show William J. Corbett married to Mary Parrett and that Isa lived with her, producing the four contested children.
Funeral services for Edward W Dixon Jr who died last Tuesday at his father 207 Salem Street were held from St Stephen Church yesterday at 10 in the morning The Rev Leo Knappe officiated cele brating solemn high mass of requiem The body was placed in the receiving tomb in Calvary Cemetery West Roxbury
Hartford Oct 8 James T Moran once proprietor of the Hartford Hotel is in trouble after hiring several men to uproot about 92 stalwart apple trees on the Bloomfield farm where he lived with his wife the property is said to be in her name Ferdn D Esopo the wife's lawyer had Owens C Wolfe a Bloomfield grand juror prepare a warrant for Moran's arrest
The Little Sisters of the Poor Home for Destitute Catholic Children and St. Mary's Infant Asylum receive $1000 each from Margaret Louisa Driscoll's will, filed for probate in Suffolk county. The pastor of St. Margaret's Church on Columbia road and Dorchester avenue gets $200 for poverty relief.
Brakeman E. J. Patterson of the Boston and Maine railroad from Lechmere New Hampshire claims the title by growing a seven pound three ounce beet. The Post also received a mammoth radish from I. R. Merriam of Dorchester at 64 Lonsdale Street.
The Devotion of the Forty Hours will begin tomorrow morning in St. Thomas Jamaica Plain St Pauls Hingham St Brigids Lexington St Joachim Rockport St John the Baptist Lynn St Cecilia Ashland Our Lady of Lourdes Lowell and St Josephs Maplewood.
A Chelsea ferryboat incident left two 17-year-old youths involved in a knife attack as passengers disembarked. Marco Rocco attacked Abraham Shooker, stabbing him in the back. Shooker’s wound is described as not dangerous. The event caused a stir among the morning crowd.
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