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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1904
Page
5
A long argument on safe eating argues the rule to stop at a certain point is unreliable. It promotes digestion through Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets which claim to convert eaten food into strength without habit formation. The copy urges eating heartily, digesting well, and using the tablets to counter exhaustion and disease.
Brown University President W H P Faunce urged the Baptist Social Union to organize from county to national conventions to wield influence on social issues. He called for action on divorce laws and political participation, and urged abandoning political boss control. Attorney General Parker noted past persecutions and urged commitment to liberty and heritage.
An editor describes a neck swelling that grew rapidly, fearing malignancy. He used Cuticura Resolvent and Ointment, bathing with warm water and Cuticura Soda, drawing the swelling to a head and draining it daily until the tumor vanished over three to four weeks. He notes his sister had a similar success and provides permission to reveal his name for substantiation.
Lieutenant Richard H. Robinson, in charge of battleship Connecticut construction, is under guard after a near-fatal shooting six months ago and an anonymous threat promising another attempt.
Jewelry valued at 200 dollars was stolen from George Deane at 50 Benton Road Somerville between 7 and 11 Monday evening. A window was forced with a chisel, the gas lit, and rooms ransacked though Mrs Deane’s diamonds worth 1500 were not taken. A neighbor watched the suspect for over half an hour, but the thief overlooked 200 dollars in cash and left a long list of silverware and souvenirs missing.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Tennyson Smith of Manchester England were hosted by the Twentieth Century Pledge Signing Crusade at Park Street Church. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore and other speakers celebrated temperance progress dating from 1840 with the Washingtonian report and noted Smith as a leading UK advocate and founder of multiple temperance groups.
Trinity Church hosted the noon ceremony for Miss Marion Lee Peabody and Mr. James Lawrence Jr. attended by Bishop Lawrence and Rev Endicott Peabody. The bride wore duchesse satin with a long train and lilies of the valley bouquet. four bridesmaids wore pale blue liberty satin. Guests included Mrs Davidson and J Pierpont Morgan along with church figures and bishops.
Massachusetts Forestry Association held a meeting at 2 Ashburton Place to organize action against gypsy moths harming Boston area trees and orchards. Dr Henry P Walcott was chair and Alfred A Ackerman secretary. Officials from park, water and sewerage, agriculture and state forester supported action. Mayors and officials from Melrose Salem Winchester Everett Reading Revere spoke on urgent health and property risks. A committee was formed to push a bill in the Legislature that winter.
The Norwegian peace delegate John Lund received a foot high silver loving cup at a public reception in Berkeley Hall with over 300 attendees. Olaf Olsen presented the cup inscribed To Norway's representative to the Peace Congress, Mr John Lund Oct 11 1904 from his countrymen in Boston U S A. Attendees included Gj Lootz the Boston consul and notable guests B H Bergesen Mrs Ole Bull widow Angot Lunde Wright and Miss Lund.
John Freeman a Glasgow Manufacturing employee and Lido Rus sia native testified in a U S district court case led by Judge Lowell. He said he was paid as a witness and that the district attorney paid him to appear, receiving 1.50 weekly since 1904. He described Glasgow goods and shipments to several eastern cities and recalled statements from lawyer Searle accusing others of duties evasion.
A record delivery arrived Tuesday for D Arcy and Co. at 44 Causeway street, corner of Lowell. Six cases weighing 400 pounds each hold 2000 pairs of overalls from the Brattleboro Vermont factory. The firm is noted as a leading retailer and makes union made overalls and coats.
A blaze in Winnipeg Man on October 11 destroys four business blocks including the Ashdown Building, a hardware firm, and Bullman Bros printers and lithographers on Main Street near Balantyn. The fire spreads toward Williams Avenue as the Great Northwest Telegraph Company office burns out. losses are heavy with no reliable estimate yet.
Four motorists charged with speeding more than ten miles an hour on Commonwealth Avenue Brighton appeared in Brighton District Court yesterday. All pleaded guilty and received fines of twenty dollars. Names listed include Elmer G. Wilcox of Newton, Arthur Baker of Boston, Charles P. Boyd of Newton, and Harry P. Priest of Auburn.
Judge Sweetser of the Malden District Court will report findings today after an inquest into the Melrose accident. Sworn testimony from 35 witnesses was submitted last week, with the judge preparing to announce blame. A public release is expected after Driver Fenton's manslaughter hearing set for next Tuesday morning.
Henry W. Savage presents Parsifal in English at the Tremont Theatre starting next Monday. The advance sale drew a record crowd with a long rain soaked line from 6 to 8 PM, stretching from Tremont to Boylston Street as patrons waited for box office access.
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