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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
5
The advertisement touts washing clothes with Fels-Naptha in cool or lukewarm water to save time and labor. It claims clothes last longer, avoids boiling water, reduces doctor bills, and cites John D. Rockefeller on saving wealth, urging readers to follow wrapper directions.
Willard C. Wylie, nominated as the Prohibition candidate for governor, sends his acceptance to State chairman Jonathan S. Lewis. He states the party’s dominant goal remains liquor prohibition but emphasizes action on other legislative lines and the need for a dominant issue to win.
Abington reports burglars broke into the Burbeck and Yretton grain store on North avenue last night and stole about a dozen bags of grain.
Henry Underberger of Parkland Avenue sent two tomatoes two carrots and a beet to the Post for a smallest vegetable contest. The beet measured exactly three sixteenths of an inch in diameter.
Underberger, a mechanic, raises vegetables for home consumption. Carrot lengths include three eighths inch and one quarter inch while tomatoes measure three quarters inch and five eighths inch.
A dramatic offer claims a simple home treatment can erase facial and neck wrinkles without massage or devices. Readers are urged to provide name and address, cut out a coupon, and await a free trial sample sealed in a plain envelope. The message promises brighter complexion and velvet-smooth skin after trial.
Col William F Tucker U S Army was arrested on a Wabash train in Decatur Ill on a desertion allegation involving his wife daughter of General John A Logan He declined removal without requisition papers and moved toward Chicago then St Louis He was ill and did not speak as the warrant was read The wife had sought his dismissal over ties to Mrs Myrtle Leone Platt but he was exonerated.
A promotional certificate entitles the holder to one Free Partial Trial Wrinkle Treatment funded by the Boston Post. The document must be detached and attached to a letter and is valid for ten days. The notice specifies the offer details and redemption period.
This notice urges quick applications for free treatments before the discovery is priced according to its value. Once widely known in Boston and vicinity, free treatments stop and a charge will be set. The test costs nothing. MME. DUVAL Syracuse NY Suite 124.
Quincy councilman Abele accuses Woodward fund managers of risky loans to borrowers lacking real estate or collateral. The fund, from Ebenezer Woodward for a girls’ classical school, is invested in stocks bonds and mortgages. He says banks refused loans but the Woodward fund approved them, alleging prior mortgage security shortcomings under the prior administration.
The article notes growing medical debate over whiskey as a cure for rheumatism. It claims a formula mixing whiskey with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at night, urging sufferers to try it.
Police Commissioner O’Meara announced in a general order that Sergeant Jeremiah B Sullivan of 553 East First Street South Boston Patrolman Charles A Badger of 58 Sawyer Avenue Dorchester and Thomas J Crehan of 167 Chelsea Street Charlestown were placed on the retired list or had their resignations accepted. Sullivan served 34 years and one month, born October 9 1848 near the Beacon and Hereford streets area Back Bay, and was reportedly shot in the hand in 1886 during an arrest attempt in an alley near Bb Street.
Darius Cobb finished a study titled Abraham, Father of the People showing God on a mountain in a thunder storm. If funds permit, Cobb plans to enlarge to nine feet, similar in size to Washington on Dorchester Heights, bought by the D A R for the Capitol. Morris A Margolis promotes funding efforts for Hebrews.
Chelsea and Revere residents follow the Chelsea Board of Control action refusing Boston and Northern railroad temporary tracks in Cary avenue from Broadway to Washington. The Broadway bridge over 25 years old will be replaced by a new structure in about six weeks, causing passengers from Chelsea Revere Lynn Salem and Cliftondale to detour via Crescent avenue and Washington avenue with mid city transfers. Objections raised cited water and sewer pipe damage and long removal times for tracks.
Thomas J. Grady a six year Democratic House member from Ward 6 will run for a seventh term as Republican with Jerome Pettiti leading the ward committee. The pair will campaign on an anti Fitzgerald platform after Republicans withdrew the previous nominees.
Ellen O Rourke and Annie Horan were sentenced to one month each for larceny of funds from Sarah Irwin who lay dying at 10 Asylum Street. Additional sentences for drunkenness were four and three months. A witness, Sarah Condon, saw them take a large roll of bills from the pillow and flee after being discovered.
Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield bitterly attacked Democrat William Jennings Bryan at Mechanics Hall Worcester accusing him of dishonesty and inflaming class prejudice. Garfield likened Bryan to Debs on public ownership and warned against dangerous teachings. Also featured were remarks by Senator Lodge on tariffs and GOP nominees Draper Frothingham addressing fiscal policy and the Wrentham land purchase.
A fire of mysterious origin broke out last night in Michael H. Bluté's stable in Homer square Somerville. The blaze forced horses from the adjoining Caldwell stable into Union square where several boys jumped on their backs and rode around before being rounded up and forced to return the animals to the stable.
Max Fiedler praised the Symphony Orchestra as the superb body of artists he has directed. He noted the ensemble’s responsiveness to his wishes and commended the intelligent receptive audience after the Brahms C minor symphony performance.
Suffragettes and unemployed clash near Westminster as police battle projectiles. Twenty four suffragettes and twelve unemployed arrested. crowd collapses and several taken to hospitals. Mrs Pankhurst and Christabel Pankhurst summoned for inciting breach of peace but surrender at Bow Street station.
An advertisement promotes Rengo fat reducing tablets with claims of safe daily weight loss. It lists $1.00 per box or 60¢ mail offer and provides Detroit address for mail orders. Boston and Cambridge druggists are named as distributors.
An advertisement claims Mulo yuto relieves constipation quickly using tropical fruit juices. It markets as a fruit like candy, with full packages priced at 25 and 50 cents and offers a free trial by mail from the Rengo Co Detroit Michigan.
At Washington and Foster streets in Brighton, Martin Donnellon an 80 year old worker died after falling 58 feet into a sewer excavation. He was raised to the surface in a bucket then slipped and fell back into the pit. His body was taken to City Hospital morgue and then to W. J. Cassidy’s undertaking rooms.
Jen kin s lumber mill plant in Blaine Washington was nearly wiped out by a blaze last night with losses around 500000 dollars.
Mr and Mrs J Arndt of Wayne Illinois celebrate their 52nd anniversary with remarks about vitality. The interview highlights use of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a tonic aiding longevity and overall health. The ad-like endorsement claims medical benefits and worldwide availability for one dollar per large bottle.
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