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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
2
The text surveys historical calculating devices from Babylon to modern adding machines. It notes methods for handling invoices, cash ledgers, and bank reconciliations, highlighting how time and accuracy improved with mechanical and counting devices.
John Arbuckle, sugar refiner of New York, will float the cruiser Yankee, which ran aground off Spindle Rocks three weeks ago. He signed a contract with Secretary Metcalf for 87,500 dollars, may spend up to 30,000 on the task, and if the float mission fails the government will pay 25,000. Arbuckle plans to use compressed air in the operation.
In Chicago on October 13 estimates place the value of an inheritance at one million dollars for Emil Ascher, a middle aged man residing at 4831 Prairie Avenue.
Chief of Police Smith investigates a Bates school fire that could have caused a disaster but for Miss Blanche Holbrook who led 40 pupils to safety then reentered to rescue two youngsters. The blaze started near the entrance of the single story wooden building and spread into partitions and walls.
Miss Holbrook dismissed the youngest pupils as flames broke through the ceiling near a ventilator. She guided grades two to four to safety while Engine 2 kept the entrance clear. The roof collapsed, $1000 damage, insurance full, possible incendiary cause under investigation.
Morris Gordon and Morris Seegal, Chelsea builders, were held yesterday in 4000 bonds on eight manslaughter charges after a wall collapse on Winnisimmet Street on August 25 killed eight workers. The wall, the sole standing remnant after a large fire, was used in a new building under construction.
New York report says a slot machine typewriter will be placed in 100000 hotel rooms within weeks. Guests can use the machine in private, paying 10 cents for a half hour of writing, similar to private telephones.
A lone highwayman halted the Missoula Bonner stage two miles east of Missoula and robbed 12 occupants and the driver of amounts from 5 to 2 dollars. After taking the booty the bandit apologized and vanished into the darkness.
Drought drives snakes from hiding to the Delaware River. In the last week 14 rattlers have been killed near Port Jarvis New York as they seek water.
A newspaper notice lists multiple individuals from Massachusetts Rhode Island and New Hampshire claiming cures after Osmo Chemie treatment. Patients include Hiram Sewall Brockton Elia Hart Holliston J Cheney Boston Hattie Dodge Charlestown etc. and others from Brockton Stoughton Revere Lynn Wakefield Reading and more. The document quotes testimonials on kidney disease cancer nasal catarrh asthma bronchitis neurosis neuritis and indigent ulcers.
Mrs. A Sturtevant of 56 Trenton St Boston says she was cured of a tumor in the left elbow joint. Mrs. A P Wright of Needham Heights reports cure from catarrh of the stomach. Mrs. E T Rittall of Roxbury praises treatment for stomach and bowel trouble. Mrs. A J Brown of Framingham reports cure of stomach disease.
The provided text lists a medical office with an Osmo system and tinted consulting notes. It mentions a physician located at Permans Suite 8S 9 10, entrance on Hopiaten Street, with operating hours from 11 to 12 and 2 to 4 and 6 to, and closes Sundays and Boitage.
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